April 2012 - Ashes to Honey - Nuclear Awareness doco and AMAZING music!
An extraordinary and informative documentary movie by Japanese filmmaker. Followed by outstandingly creative music.

April 2012 - Khandro Thrinlay Chodon - The Feminine Principle
What an honour to have Khandro-la spend an evening with us at The Bodhi Tree. She reminded us of how important it is to see our family as our practice, and to embrace our feminine qualities to nurture compassion in ourselves and the world. Her chanting and her blessings touched us all and inspired us to deepen our spiritual practice.

April 2011 - Book Launch: Creating Brand Energy by Cath Sutherland
Cath wowed us, not only with her dynamic personality, but also her inspiring model to help launch a first class branding strategy for our businesses. A well-seasoned professional in her field, Cath's book will surely bring success to many organisations.

December 2010 - International Author Talk and Book Signing: Brandon Bays
We were thrilled and priveleged to have the energetic and charismatic Brandon Bays talk to us for an evening about her Journey workshop. She told us about her own journey of discovery that led to healing her physical illness through mental, emotional and spiritual work - very empowering stuff. Her work was further supported by anecdotes from members of the audience who had experience their own personal healing journeys, using Brandon's techniques. We were all on cloud nine by the end of the evening. Thank you Brandon!

June 2010 - Local Author Talk and Demo: Yoke Mardewi (Wild Sourdough)
And we thought we knew all about Sourdough! Yoke is an extraordinary authority of Sourdough, and her book "Wild Sourdough" is testament to that. Yoke brough along some delicious samples of bread that she had baked at home. In her talk, she astounded us when she said that real sourdough can be eaten by many gluter-intolerant people. This was excellent news for many who came to listen. Yoke is a beautiful lady, whose book should be on all of our shelves!

April 2010 - Local Author Talk and Demo: Steve Wells (Enjoy Emotional Freedom)
Steve is a skilled and talented speaker, who had us both amused and amazed at his emotional freedom technique. He had everyone in the room tapping away on various parts of their body, which made us look a bit like a room full of monkeys! One customer said he had come to the talk as a skeptic, and left saying "I would never had believed it if I hadn't seen how effective this is with my own eyes!" Go Steve!

December 2009 - Creative Reading for Kids: Erica Bentel
Children's author Erica Bentel provides holiday fun for the kids with creative reading for ages 3-8 and creative writing for ages 9-12. The children love her engaging style, and laugh at her lateral thinking book "Has A Book Got A Spine". Keep your eye out for Erica's sessions during school holidays.

December 2009 - Curiosi-Tea reading
The very talented author and musician, Camellia Cha (aka Anne Norman) entertained us with readings from her awesome book "Curiosi-tea" - this is certainly a book like no other and a must-have if you are a tea lover or not! We were lucky enough to also hear Anne play her "Shakuhachi" an instrument she plays professionally around the globe.

November 2009 - Raw Food Class: Karen Bartz
This superb occasion marked the beginning of our monthly raw food classes with the inspiring Raw Food Karen. Classes are generally held on the first Wednesday of each month, but check the events calendar to make sure. In a very short space of time (2 hours) Karen demonstrates how to prepare a host of delicious raw food items, from breakfast porride, to crispy crackers, to very yummy chocolate!

October 2009 - Book Signing and discussion: Bruce Sullivan
We were lucky enough to have Bruce Sullivan call in for an hour on his way to the airport, after holding a workshop in Perth the day before. Bruce is from the east coast, and this was his first visit to Perth. We were very impressed with Bruce's charisma, authenticity and passion, and have invited him back to The Bodhi Tree.

August 2009 - The Bodhi Tree was blessed by Ajahn Brahm
We were blessed indeed to have Ajahn Brahm grace our store. He conducted a traditional Buddhist blessing, during which we all got well sprinkled with water. He signed books and enlightened and amused us with some wonderful stories. Thank you Ajahn for your graceful presence.

July 2009 - Meet the Author: Ron Cacioppe
Ron gave us an enlightening talk on the benefits of meditation and mental clearing, discussing the ideas and techniques presented in his book "Meditation: Bringing Serenity to a Busy Life", and his CD "Techniques for Tranquility and Clarity of Mind".

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