Bereaved Families of Ontario


	Bereaved Families of Ontario (BFO) - Pembroke wishes to extend our deepest sympathy to you and your family.

	GRIEF
	Death seems totally unjust and unfair. Learning to cope with it involves learning to cope with intense grief. Grief is now recognized as a natural healing process and progresses through a number of steps involving several strong emotions. It may begin with shock and disbelief and be followed by anger, guilt, fear, sorrow and depression. These feelings are steps along the road to learning to accept the loss and to live with it. At times, emotions may be so intense that families do not understand what is happening to them. They may need support during these difficult times.

	HOW BFO PEMBROKE CAN HELP
	Bereaved Families is sensitive to the grief experienced after the loss of a loved one: • We provide comfort. • We affirm hope in a future without the person who has died. • We provide a forum to remember and to value that special person.

	HOW YOU MAY HELP YOURSELF
	Look at your present feelings of numbness and emptiness as feeling of temporary protection from pain, anger and confusion. Be assured that you will be able to concentrate again, laugh again, remember your loved one without so much sadness and recall the good times.

	BFO PEMBROKE ALSO PROVIDES
	• A caring telephone support. • One to one listening • Lending library of books, videos and audio tapes. • Newsletter (3 times per year) • Weekly General Grief Groups every Wed. from 1-3pm

	LOCATION
	We are now located at the Marguerite Centre, 700 MacKay Street, Pembroke, Ontario K8A 1G6. Daytime: park and enter by the front entrance (ask for directions at reception). Click the map for directions.

	OFFICE HOURS
	Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Please call ahead to ensure that someone is available in the office. Phone: (613) 732-7894 bfopembroke@nrtco.net




	A portion of our funding is through The Ontario Trillium Foundation, an agency of the Government of Ontario.

	MEETINGS & SPECIAL EVENTS
	For anyone suffering a loss we offer a General Grief Support Meeting weekly every Wednesday at the Marguerite Centre 700 Mackay Street Pembroke from 1 - 3 p.m. » Angels...Guides...and Spirits...February 28, 2010 10am – 3pm Come out and learn about angels, guides and spirits. Who and what are these beings. Learn how to receive messages and communicate with them. Cost of the Workshop is $60 and includes lunch. Pre-registration is required – please contact Tracy at 613-732-7894 for more details or to register. » Integrated Energy Therapy April 11, 2010 9am – 5pm In the tradition of Caroline Myss's "Energy Anatomy", Integrated Energy Therapy developed at The Center Of Being, Inc., by Stevan J. Thayer, is one of the next generation - hands on - power energy therapy systems that gets the "issues out of your tissues" for good. Our IET training classes are each powerful days of self-healing and energy therapy certification training. In each class, you will be attuned to a powerful angelic energy ray. You will then learn how to heartlink to the energy of your angels and use their energy for healing. You will learn how each primary human emotion is correlated to a specific physical region of the body and human energy field (cellular memory map), as well as how to use the IET integration power points to clear them. Everyone can be an energy intuitive, and through the IET system, you will be taught how to feel and interpret energy flow in the nine primary cellular memory areas of the body. Furthermore, the IET energy attunement you receive in this class will increase your ability to "read" a person's energy patterns. Whereas Reiki is a passive energy therapy technique, IET is an active energy therapy technique. At the heart of IET's power are the 9 sets of energy integration points. When activated with the IET energy ray, these points provide powerful clearing of suppressed cellular memories and emotions, including Karmic past life memories. IET is perfectly complementary to Reiki and other healing energies. You will receive training in the complete basic IET self treatment, facilitated treatment and absentee treatment procedures. As part of the training you will receive an illustrated basic level IET manual and a certificate of completion. Cost of the Workshop is $100 and includes lunch. Pre-registration is required – please contact Tracy at 613-732-7894 for more details or to register. » Bereaved Families of Ontario - Pembroke is offering a One Day Meditation Retreat April 17, 2010 from 9am-4pm. The retreat starts with a focus on relaxation, then the issue of mental distraction is examined and finally participants attempt to become totally still. This one day retreat allows for plenty of direct experience of just being. Participants need not have any previous experience with meditation. Everyone starts at the beginning, every time. Cost of the Retreat is $30 for BFO Members and $40 for Non Members and includes lunch. Pre-registration is required - please contact Tracy at 613-732-7894 for more details or to register for the retreat. » Bereaved Families of Ontario - Pembroke is offering a One Day Meditation Retreat May 1, 2010 from 9am-4pm. The retreat starts with a focus on relaxation, then the issue of mental distraction is examined and finally participants attempt to become totally still. This one day retreat allows for plenty of direct experience of just being. Participants need not have any previous experience with meditation. Everyone starts at the beginning, every time. Cost of the Retreat is $30 for BFO Members and $40 for Non Members and includes lunch. Pre-registration is required - please contact Tracy at 613-732-7894 for more details or to register for the retreat. » Bereaved Families of Ontario - Pembroke is offering a One Day Meditation Retreat May 15, 2010 from 9am-4pm. The retreat starts with a focus on relaxation, then the issue of mental distraction is examined and finally participants attempt to become totally still. This one day retreat allows for plenty of direct experience of just being. Participants need not have any previous experience with meditation. Everyone starts at the beginning, every time. Cost of the Retreat is $30 for BFO Members and $40 for Non Members and includes lunch. Pre-registration is required - please contact Tracy at 613-732-7894 for more details or to register for the retreat. » Bereaved Families of Ontario - Pembroke is offering a One Day Meditation Retreat June 5, 2010 from 9am-4pm. The retreat starts with a focus on relaxation, then the issue of mental distraction is examined and finally participants attempt to become totally still. This one day retreat allows for plenty of direct experience of just being. Participants need not have any previous experience with meditation. Everyone starts at the beginning, every time. Cost of the Retreat is $30 for BFO Members and $40 for Non Members and includes lunch. Pre-registration is required - please contact Tracy at 613-732-7894 for more details or to register for the retreat. » Bereaved Families of Ontario - Pembroke is offering a One Day Meditation Retreat September 11, 2010 from 9am-4pm. The retreat starts with a focus on relaxation, then the issue of mental distraction is examined and finally participants attempt to become totally still. This one day retreat allows for plenty of direct experience of just being. Participants need not have any previous experience with meditation. Everyone starts at the beginning, every time. Cost of the Retreat is $30 for BFO Members and $40 for Non Members and includes lunch. Pre-registration is required - please contact Tracy at 613-732-7894 for more details or to register for the retreat. » Bereaved Families of Ontario - Pembroke is offering a One Day Meditation Retreat September 25, 2010 from 9am-4pm. The retreat starts with a focus on relaxation, then the issue of mental distraction is examined and finally participants attempt to become totally still. This one day retreat allows for plenty of direct experience of just being. Participants need not have any previous experience with meditation. Everyone starts at the beginning, every time. Cost of the Retreat is $30 for BFO Members and $40 for Non Members and includes lunch. Pre-registration is required - please contact Tracy at 613-732-7894 for more details or to register for the retreat. » Bereaved Families of Ontario - Pembroke is offering a One Day Meditation Retreat October 9, 2010 from 9am-4pm. The retreat starts with a focus on relaxation, then the issue of mental distraction is examined and finally participants attempt to become totally still. This one day retreat allows for plenty of direct experience of just being. Participants need not have any previous experience with meditation. Everyone starts at the beginning, every time. Cost of the Retreat is $30 for BFO Members and $40 for Non Members and includes lunch. Pre-registration is required - please contact Tracy at 613-732-7894 for more details or to register for the retreat. » Bereaved Families of Ontario - Pembroke is offering a One Day Meditation Retreat October 23, 2010 from 9am-4pm. The retreat starts with a focus on relaxation, then the issue of mental distraction is examined and finally participants attempt to become totally still. This one day retreat allows for plenty of direct experience of just being. Participants need not have any previous experience with meditation. Everyone starts at the beginning, every time. Cost of the Retreat is $30 for BFO Members and $40 for Non Members and includes lunch. Pre-registration is required - please contact Tracy at 613-732-7894 for more details or to register for the retreat. » Bereaved Families of Ontario - Pembroke is offering a One Day Meditation Retreat November 6, 2010 from 9am-4pm. The retreat starts with a focus on relaxation, then the issue of mental distraction is examined and finally participants attempt to become totally still. This one day retreat allows for plenty of direct experience of just being. Participants need not have any previous experience with meditation. Everyone starts at the beginning, every time. Cost of the Retreat is $30 for BFO Members and $40 for Non Members and includes lunch. Pre-registration is required - please contact Tracy at 613-732-7894 for more details or to register for the retreat. » Holiday Help Regardless of where someone is on their journey of grief, the holiday season can be a very difficult time for anyone who is bereaved. Join us for an evening of information and support as we enter the holiday season, and suggest practical ways to “get through the holidays.” November 19, 2010 7:00 pm Marguerite Centre No Cost. If you would like further information or to register please contact Tracy Gorman at 613-732-7894. » Bereaved Families of Ontario - Pembroke is offering a One Day Meditation Retreat November 20, 2010 from 9am-4pm. The retreat starts with a focus on relaxation, then the issue of mental distraction is examined and finally participants attempt to become totally still. This one day retreat allows for plenty of direct experience of just being. Participants need not have any previous experience with meditation. Everyone starts at the beginning, every time. Cost of the Retreat is $30 for BFO Members and $40 for Non Members and includes lunch. Pre-registration is required - please contact Tracy at 613-732-7894 for more details or to register for the retreat. » Bereaved Families of Ontario - Pembroke is offering a One Day Meditation Retreat December 4, 2010 from 9am-4pm. The retreat starts with a focus on relaxation, then the issue of mental distraction is examined and finally participants attempt to become totally still. This one day retreat allows for plenty of direct experience of just being. Participants need not have any previous experience with meditation. Everyone starts at the beginning, every time. Cost of the Retreat is $30 for BFO Members and $40 for Non Members and includes lunch. Pre-registration is required - please contact Tracy at 613-732-7894 for more details or to register for the retreat. » Loving Memory Tree Ceremonial Tree Lighting & Dedication Service December 8, 2010 7:00 PM BFO Pembroke Memory Garden on Mary Street at Indian Lane in Pembroke. Join us for this candlelight service to mark the beginning of the holiday season. A minimum donation of $25.00 will include the name of your loved read aloud at the ceremony as well as include the name of your loved one on our special scroll printed in the Bereaved Families of Ontario – Pembroke’s Winter Newsletter which will be mailed to each registrant. Register by calling Tracy at 613-732-7894. » Bereaved Families of Ontario - Pembroke is offering a One Day Meditation Retreat December 18, 2010 from 9am-4pm. The retreat starts with a focus on relaxation, then the issue of mental distraction is examined and finally participants attempt to become totally still. This one day retreat allows for plenty of direct experience of just being. Participants need not have any previous experience with meditation. Everyone starts at the beginning, every time. Cost of the Retreat is $30 for BFO Members and $40 for Non Members and includes lunch. Pre-registration is required - please contact Tracy at 613-732-7894 for more details or to register for the retreat. If you have any questions or would like to more information or to register for one of our special events please contact Tracy at 613-732-7894.