Practitioners and Prayer

Practitioners are here to help. Talk to a practitioner for inspiration, celebration of a major life event, or healing in any area such as financial, relationship, health, or career. You are God's wondrous gift. Let a practitioner remind you of that.

A practitioner session provides a safe, nurturing environment for you to explore your spiritual practices and current beliefs you want to change. You have the opportunity to co-create “new thought” that allows you to change your thinking and change your life.

Your Practitioners

The Center for Spiritual Awakening’s practitioners are volunteers in service to our spiritual community, dedicated to pray with you and for you. They support our community through:

• Prayer Support: Before, during and after Sunday service
• Prayer Blasts: Immediately following the Sunday service, this quick, one-on-one prayer can help you get through a specific situation. For more in-depth prayer work, talk with, or email a practitioner to make an appointment.
• Prayer Request Response: Fill out the prayer request form (you’ll find one in your printed program) and drop it in the prayer box located at the information table, or send an email to prayers@CSLOlympia.org.
• Meditation: Before each Sunday service, a practitioner leads a guided meditation which is free and open to the public.

	Ann Aubuchon, RScP Ann, a Seattle native, is a founding member of the Center for Spiritual Living - Olympia. Her spiritual journey brought her to Science of Mind in the mid-1990s and she became a licensed practitioner in July 2009. Ann is the children and teens practitioner and is actively involved in the Center’s children’s program. Ann has been a council member, served on many committees, and facilitated small group discussions. Her areas of specialty as a practitioner are family issues, prosperity and divine right livelihood. Ann has worked in public schools as a special education teacher for children with learning and behavior challenges, where she taught stress management and conflict resolution strategies to children, parents and teachers. Ann’s personal passion is Spiritual Cinema, identifying spiritual principals in mainstream movies, and she coordinates our Spiritual Cinema group. She created and produced a series of meditation CD’s for children and is engaged in bringing spirituality into the workplace as an organization development consultant.
Rick photo	Rick Brugger, RScP
	Barb Hart, RScP Science of Mind totally changed Barb’s life. And over the years, she has watched as it has changed lives for so many. A practitioner since 1985, Barb has concentrated much of her practice on education. Her passion continues to be teaching others to use this wondrous philosophy to lead joyful and purposeful lives. She has done this by writing curriculum, teaching classes and workshops, and with one-on-one client sessions. She is a grandmother (and about to be a great grandmother). She left Oregon many years ago, relocating to Southern California when her husband earned his PhD and was offered a university teaching position. Upon retiring last March, she was finally able to return to her native soil: the Pacific Northwest.
	Susan Einhorn, RScP Susan traveled a deep and winding path to God, beginning in her childhood living on a reservation. Her early lessons of seeing Spirit in nature and the experience of tribal traditions are still a strong influence on her today. She has studied archetypes with Caroline Myss, healing modalities at the Deepak Chopra Institute, and is an initiate of Peruvian shamanism. In Religious Science, Susan found “a faith that has faith in me.” She provides spiritual counseling as a practitioner at the Center and private practice. She loves teaching Religious Science classes and writes spiritual articles for a local news publication. Susan’s passion is to serve as a divine channel to aid and empower others in the clearing of dysfunctional thought patterns, emotional wounds, traumas, and life obstructing beliefs. She bridges mind, body, and spiritual healing modalities as a counselor and alchemical hypnotherapist in her private practice.
Marcia photo	Marcia MacLean, RScP
	John Mulhall, RScP John has been involved in the metaphysical field seemingly his whole life and has studied and taught meditation and other metaphysical classes since 1973. Being a Practitioner enhances his own desire to take the time to recognize his connection with God/First Cause and to be ‘at cause’ in his own life and less ‘at effect’ in daily life, while allowing him to share this same recognition with others in their own lives. It is one of the great pleasures of his life to see people open up to more of who they truly are. He subscribed to 'Science of Mind' magazine for many years and eventually sought out a Science of Mind church. Taking the foundations classes whetted his appetite for the personal-ness of this Spiritual practice, and he continued classes and became a certified Religious Science Practitioner in July 2003. He was received into CSL-Olympia as a Practitioner February 6, 2011. John is a Master Mason and Past Master of his Lodge; active member of the Tacoma Valley Scottish Rite where he is a 32nd Degree Mason and Knight Commander Court of Honor. A retired Firefighter and Navy Master Chief, he is the Training Officer at Capital City Rifle and Pistol Club, where he trains Range Safety Officers and teaches classes

About Practitioners

We know that with God all things are possible. Therefore, whatever the problem, there is always an answer. When a problem defies our imagination, when we cannot see what went wrong, when we are willing to be healed of that within us which brought the situation about, a practitioner can help. A Practitioner uses his/her own mind to get clear about you and your desire, so that the One Mind —in which we all live and move and have our being — will work positively in your life.

• What is a Practitioner?
• What is Affirmative Prayer?
• Do I need a Practitioner?
• Once I decide to seek the services of a Practitioner, what do I do next?
• Must I be present in order for treatment to work?
• Can I do Spiritual Mind Treatment for myself?
• After I receive the services of a Practitioner, what can I do to assist in the manifestation of my good?
• Is there a cost to work with a Practitioner?

What is a practitioner?

An International Centers for Spiritual Living practitioner is a person of high spiritual consciousness and deep understanding, trained in the study of the Science of Mind, and in the art, science and skill of affirmative prayer. Practitioners are dedicated to the cause of helping others, licensed to practice professionally, and bound by a high code of ethics to respect your privacy.

RScP is the designation for a licensed Professional Center for Spiritual Living Practitioner ("Religious Science Practitioner") to perform spiritual counseling and other types of spiritual work after a four-year course of study in the philosophy, principles, spiritual practices, and skills. The license is granted by the United Centers for Spiritual Living.

Practitioners follow a professional code of ethics, take continuing education classes, and provide service to their spiritual community to retain their designation as licensed practitioner. Licenses are renewed every two years.

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What is affirmative prayer?

The use of affirmative prayer —sometimes referred to as a 'spiritual mind treatment' or just 'treatment' — in our daily lives gives us the privilege of choosing the direction of our thoughts, so we are in harmony with a Power greater than we are, and brings our experience out of the darkness of limitation. It is a very powerful tool used to change one’s thought, one’s belief, and one’s experience in a positive way.

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Do I need a practitioner?

Ask yourself the following questions:

• Am I too close to my own problem to see the situation clearly?
• Do I feel that something is blocking that which I am seeking?
• Do I feel that I lack the experience with, the training in, or the understanding of the Science of Mind principles necessary to resolve the difficulty?

If any of these questions can be answered 'Yes', a practitioner can be very helpful to you.

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Once I decide to seek the services of a practitioner, what do I do next?

When you have decided to seek the services of a practitioner, you can help by trusting the process:

• Have faith in the Mind of God. It is omnipotent and It does the work.
• Contemplate your challenge and get clear on what you want to accomplish in consciousness.
• Release your problem by giving it to your practitioner.
• Be ready to move forward in consciousness and accept a healing.
• Endeavor to keep a positive attitude. Be expectant, accepting every good thing as part of your demonstration.
• Be thankful. Give thanks for the wonderful change that is taking place in your life.

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Must I be present in order for treatment to work?

No. Affirmative prayers are just as effective if the practitioner is in your presence, on the telephone, or on the other side of the world. There is only One Mind: God’s Mind and that Mind is everywhere present.

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Can I do Spiritual Mind Treatment for myself?

Yes. The practitioner will also assist you in the process and correct use of affirmative prayer. For example, the following simple affirmative prayer alone can raise your consciousness and your level of acceptance of good in your life:

There is One Universal Life, and I am unified with It. I declare that within this Divine Life is contained all that I need for a healthy, happy, prosperous life. I accept this good gladly, turning away from any appearance to the contrary. In deep gratitude I give thanks – I let go and let God. And so it is.

Here are a few more samples of Affirmative Prayer for you to try.

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After I receive the services of a practitioner, what can I do to assist in the manifestation of my good?

• Have faith in the healing power of the One Mind. Remember the words of Jesus: "The Father that dwells in me, He does the work."
• Release your problem to God. If the problem comes up in your mind later, dismiss it with a simple affirmation, such as, "Through prayer all things are possible. God is resolving this situation NOW."
• Use the affirmative prayer given to you by the practitioner as many times as necessary every day.
• Keep a positive attitude. Believe and know that God desires your demonstration just as much as you do.
• Be grateful. Give heartfelt thanks to God for the wonderful changes that are taking place in your life.

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Is there a cost to work with a Practitioner?

Beyond the services they contribute to the Center for Spiritual Awakening community, practitioners are available for private and confidential sessions on a fee basis to assist you with challenges in your life.

The work of the practitioner is a professional service. In private practice, a practitioner — like any other licensed professional — receives a fee for his or her time, training, and skill in providing a service.

The hourly fee for a licensed practitioner session varies. Please speak with a practitioner about current rates and appointment schedule.

Treatment work is never withheld because of an inability to pay. Simply explain to the practitioner, and ask for work in the area of prosperity so you can start to heal and be in a more stable financial condition.

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