Faith & Community Section

The path to peace
Healing Center in Delray offers ways to cope with life’s issues.
April 4th, 2003

By Linda Reeves
Special Correspondent Justine Ding left behind family, belongings and her native land of China and headed to the west on a spiritual mission – to find peace, happiness and purpose.

She lives in Canada and then America, landing several good jobs and meeting interesting people along the way. But nothing seemed to fulfill her until she ended up at the Quantum Healing Center in Delray Beach, where she learned that what she had been searching for, for almost a decade, had been with her the whole to me.

“I found my peace within,” said Ding, 36, of Boynton Beach, who had taken classes at the center for about two years, “I have found happiness, serenity and a spiritual home in a time when the world is so troubled.”

Quantum Healing Center, a nonprofit, nondenominational, spiritual growth foundation, had an open house in March to introduce the center’s new programs, instructors and services.

“We work with people to help them deal with life’s issues,” said Brian Sheen, the center’s executive director and a facilitator. “Our mission is to help people have a healthy mind, body and soul. We give people new skills and tools to obtain greater enjoyment in life”

“War is on the minds of everyone right not,” Sheen said. “If a person has unease of mind, they don’t have peace. We reflect on getting rid of negative thoughts and concentrating energies on something higher. We create more energy to focus on the Divine Spirit.”

The center, now in its ninth year, offers meditation, yoga and dancing classes, alternative therapies such as acupuncture, hypnosis and Incan transmutation, an ancient technique with roots in Peru, and speakers on a variety of topics.

Deep-healing sessions are designed to help people find the underlying causes of negative feelings and get to the root of their unhappiness. A popular course in miracles, held Wednesdays and Sundays, gives students tools to let go of fears, anger and guilt.

The center has a large room for group sessions and four offices for individual sessions with practitioners and therapists. It has a flotation tank filled with saltwater designed for washing away stress and floating in a weightless state in silence or with music.

“We all have stress every day in our lives,” said Gail Sternlieb, 68, of Boca Raton, a former paralegal. “I began taking classes five years ago to relieve work related stresses. I also had a great deal of tension because I was facing a family crisis. My mother was terminally ill. The center has been a blessing to me.”

Sheen came to the center after exploring other religions and philosophies.

“I was brought up in a very nonreligious Jewish family,” Sheen said. “We only did the holidays. At 15, I embraced Buddhism. Then I tried dianetics. Later, I embraced Jesus, and later, Krishna and Science of Mind. I honor all paths as being different spokes in the wheel of life. All bringing us together to out One Source in whatever name we give it.”
Sheen, 50, a former resident of Brooklyn, N.Y, moved to Florida in 1975. He has a masters degree in hypnotherapy from the American Institute of Hypnotherapy in San Diego and a doctorate from American Pacific University in Hawaii.

He has written six books, including When Life Becomes overwhelming and Nest Egg Investing. He is also the host of a live radio show broadcast noon Wednesdays on WBZT, AM 1230. The show is replayed 2p.m. Sundays. “We help people find purpose and insight into their Divine Power, whatever they may believe,” sheen said.

The center is located at 12 NE Fifth Ave., Delray Beach. Ongoing yoga classes are held at 9 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays and 6:15 p.m. Mondays Tuesdays and Thursdays. A meditation class is held 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays followed by “A Course in Miracles” at 7:45 p.m. Wednesdays. The miracles course is also held 7 p.m. Sundays. Rates for the classes vary, however, $10 is charged for the first class.

For information about the center, events and schedules call 561-272-3733 or go to www.spiritgrowth.com www.spiritgrowth.com