**Palmistry Weekend Intensive: Accepting Registrations*

*When:* 10-4pm Saturday January 23 and Sunday January 24
*Where:* Follow Your Bliss Toronto (25 Grange, SE of Dundas-Spadina)

For thousands of years, palmistry has been a tool for wellness and human process. Widely misunderstood, it remains an untapped art which I am committed to sharing with others. Like any language and healing art, it can be learned. As a service, palmistry can be used at events, wellness centers, or in private practice as a stand-alone process or in conjunction with other healing arts. The course will cover palmistry fundamentals, practice exercises, interactive discussions, and tools for continuous learning. It is designed to be a foundational building block for those aspiring to add palmistry to their professional service portfolio.

The cost for the weekend is $175, materials included. Pre-registration is required.

Feel free to pass along the event invitation to a friend/colleague. To reserve your seat at the workshop and for further information, email me at: melanie@korechanges.com

BIO - MELANIE OLLENBERG, Instructor

Propelled by a dedication to wellness, Melanie combines her lived experience with formal education in Esoteric Studies (Transformational Arts College, ON) and Health Science (University of Lethbridge, AB) to share the natural interconnectedness of nature, passage, energy and divination with her communities.

She has worked with non-profit, corporate and hospital organizations for 15 years. Beginning with front-line addictions counselling (6 years), Melanie gained experience in creating safe space, nurturing the healing process with both mainstream and alternative tools and processes, and developing an awareness of issues around diversity and the social determinants of health as they are experienced by individuals. Her experiences working with individuals have lead her to working in community research and development initiatives (12 years), and using findings to advocate across the social determinants of health at an organizational and systemic level. Concurrent to her counselling and community development careers, Melanie practiced her art as a palmist (12 years), blending the skillful heart of individual counselling with the rational mind of pattern in research. Through Kore Changes, she weaves community development, health promotion, and diversity frameworks into all of her initiatives.

Melanie has lectured, read palms and facilitated ceremonies and rites of passage internationally. Appearances include guest reader on the Discovery Channel in 2002, opening ceremonies for the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health's community forum in 2006, Psychic Society of Toronto 2002-2006, and the Steve and Chris Show 2008. She has also facilitated palmistry sessions at numerous corporate events, retreats, festivals, and family gatherings.