Mary Goldenson
Time to Wake Up!
Mary
has been teaching at Esalen Institute in Big Sur since
1975. Esalen is a gorgeous retreat site right on the
ocean in Big Sur, with natural hot spring baths and delicious food, much of
which is grown in their own organic gardens.
MARY GOLDENSON - 2012 ESALEN INSTITUTE WORKSHOP
Relationships:
The Courage to Begin
The week of January 15th - 20, 2012
For
one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of all our
tasks, the ultimate test and proof, the work for which all the other work is but
preparation.
— Rilke
Life
is a precious gift. We have all experienced moments of feeling totally alive,
especially within our relationships. When beliefs, defenses, fears, and emotions
from the past enter into our present-day relationships, we lose our ability to
feel love, trust, and joy.
The
goal of this workshop is to experience these restrictive patterns and to create
new ways to relate to ourselves, others, and our work, thus enabling us to
create new beginnings. This workshop can help you:
•
Find out how your relationships mirror you
•
Clarify what you want and how to get it
•
Examine ways you sabotage yourself
•
Learn more about how others see you
Learn practical tools and knowledge that will help create empowered relationships
In a supportive and safe environment, experiential exercises
will help you become more adept at listening, empathizing, truth telling,
creative problem-solving, and taking responsibility to create the relationships
you want. Come alone or with a partner. The workshop will draw from Gestalt,
Reichian work, dance, imagery, and
meditation.
Recommended reading: Goldenson, It’s Time-No One’s Coming to Save You.
A
New Beginning: Courage & Heart
Week of February 3rd - 5th, 2012
Dr.
Mary Goldenson
One
Day you finally knew What you had to do, and
began
-Mark Oliver
Courage
is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
-Mark Twain
“In this workshop,” Mary Goldenson
writes, “we will courageously peer into the depths of our hearts and minds to
ask:
-
Does my life reflect my heart’s desires?
- If fear did not stop me, what
might I be doing differently?
-
What truths do I need to tell to live?
- To whom or what have I given power
over my life? What must I do to reclaim it?
- How shall I live, knowing I
shall die?
“More than the answers, our questions define where the real
meaning of our life resides. Firmly grounded in the moment, we will explore ways
to reconnect with our source of creativity and spirituality.”
This
workshop offers ways to help complete the past, be open to the present, and
create the future. A safe, supportive environment will be provided. Didactic and
experimental exercises will draw from Gestalt, Reichian work, imagery, dance, and meditation.
This
workshop may have to 34 participants.
Recommended
reading: Goldenson, It’s Time-No One’s Coming to Save
You.
CE
Credit for MFT’s and LCSW’s
Forgiveness
& Intimacy: A Time of Acceptance
Weekend of May 11th - 13th, 2012
Dr.
Mary Goldenson
A
life is about relationships. Creating an alive and honest connection with an
intimate partner requires us to go deeply into our hearts and allow the
courageous self to emerge. This journey to intimacy begins with the path of
forgiveness. How does forgiveness lead to intimacy?
- It allows us to let
go of anger, resentment, and grief.
- It allows the agitated mind to move
more deeply into the healing heart.
- It resolves separation from ourselves and from others.
- It allows us to complete
unfinished business.
The workshop will present ways to help complete the
past, be open to the present, and create the future. It will offer a safe,
supportive environment that will include taking risks, intense bodywork, Gestalt
imagery, dance, and meditation.
The
workshop can be especially helpful for those dealing with boundary issues, the
effects of a dysfunctional family life, or addictions that have been used as
defense against intimacy. It is appropriate for everyone: individuals and
couples, mothers, fathers, daughters, and sons, and healing professionals.
The
workshop may have up to 34 participants.
Recommended
reading: Goldenson, It’s Time-No One’s Coming to Save
You.
CE Credit for MFT’s and LCSW’s
MARY GOLDENSON - 2011 ESALEN INSTITUTE WORKSHOP
A
New Beginning: Courage & Heart
Week of January 16 - 21, 2011
Dr.
Mary Goldenson
One
Day you finally knew What you had to do, and
began
-Mark Oliver
Courage
is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
-Mark Twain
“In this workshop,” Mary Goldenson
writes, “we will courageously peer into the depths of our hearts and minds to
ask:
-
Does my life reflect my heart’s desires?
- If fear did not stop me, what
might I be doing differently?
-
What truths do I need to tell to live?
- To whom or what have I given power
over my life? What must I do to reclaim it?
- How shall I live, knowing I
shall die?
“More than the answers, our questions define where the real
meaning of our life resides. Firmly grounded in the moment, we will explore ways
to reconnect with our source of creativity and spirituality.”
This
workshop offers ways to help complete the past, be open to the present, and
create the future. A safe, supportive environment will be provided. Didactic and
experimental exercises will draw from Gestalt, Reichian work, imagery, dance, and meditation.
This
workshop may have to 34 participants.
Recommended
reading: Goldenson, It’s Time-No One’s Coming to Save
You.
CE
Credit for MFT’s and LCSW’s
Relationships:
The Courage to Begin
Weekend of February 18 - 20, 2011
For
one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of all our
tasks, the ultimate test and proof, the work for which all the other work is but
preparation.
— Rilke
Life
is a precious gift. We have all experienced moments of feeling totally alive,
especially within our relationships. When beliefs, defenses, fears, and emotions
from the past enter into our present-day relationships, we lose our ability to
feel love, trust, and joy.
The
goal of this workshop is to experience these restrictive patterns and to create
new ways to relate to ourselves, others, and our work, thus enabling us to
create new beginnings. This workshop can help you:
•
Find out how your relationships mirror you
•
Clarify what you want and how to get it
•
Examine ways you sabotage yourself
•
Learn more about how others see you
Learn practical tools and knowledge that will help create empowered relationships
In a supportive and safe environment, experiential exercises
will help you become more adept at listening, empathizing, truth telling,
creative problem-solving, and taking responsibility to create the relationships
you want. Come alone or with a partner. The workshop will draw from Gestalt,
Reichian work, dance, imagery, and
meditation.
Recommended reading: Goldenson, It’s Time-No One’s Coming to Save You.
Forgiveness
& Intimacy: A Time of Acceptance
Weekend of May 27-29, 2011
Dr.
Mary Goldenson
A
life is about relationships. Creating an alive and honest connection with an
intimate partner requires us to go deeply into our hearts and allow the
courageous self to emerge. This journey to intimacy begins with the path of
forgiveness. How does forgiveness lead to intimacy?
- It allows us to let
go of anger, resentment, and grief.
- It allows the agitated mind to move
more deeply into the healing heart.
- It resolves separation from ourselves and from others.
- It allows us to complete
unfinished business.
The workshop will present ways to help complete the
past, be open to the present, and create the future. It will offer a safe,
supportive environment that will include taking risks, intense bodywork, Gestalt
imagery, dance, and meditation.
The
workshop can be especially helpful for those dealing with boundary issues, the
effects of a dysfunctional family life, or addictions that have been used as
defense against intimacy. It is appropriate for everyone: individuals and
couples, mothers, fathers, daughters, and sons, and healing professionals.
The
workshop may have up to 34 participants.
Recommended
reading: Goldenson, It’s Time-No One’s Coming to Save
You.
CE Credit for MFT’s and LCSW’s
Choosing Aliveness and Intimacy
Week of June 19 - 24, 2011
Dr. Mary Goldenson
We
have all experienced moments of feeling totally alive, yet much of our life is
spent in a half-asleep, half-committed state of being. While there are many
life-situations beyond our control, we choose how we respond to these events.
The choice to be passionately alive is an act of courage. To choose life is
to:
Open ourselves to all of life—suffering, joy, success, failure, love,
and grief
Fully acknowledge the truth of who we are
Commit to
living our deepest values and dreams
Define what we must change in our
relationships
Learn new ways to heal, forgive, and
communicate
The
challenge is to honestly address the ways in which we have compromised, given
up, or lied to ourselves and others. This workshop is designed to bring to
awareness our unconscious choices of how we deaden ourselves and to create the
possibility for new aliveness and passionate involvement.
Come
alone or with a partner. A safe, supportive atmosphere will be provided, using
communication skills, movement, Gestalt, and Reichian
work.
This
workshop may have up to 34 participants.
Recommended
reading: Goldenson, It’s Time-No One’s Coming to Save
You.
MARY GOLDENSON - 2010 ESALEN INSTITUTE WORKSHOP
Relationships:
The Courage to Begin
The
week of January 10th - 15th, 2010
For
one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of all our
tasks, the ultimate test and proof, the work for which all the other work is but
preparation.
— Rilke
Life
is a precious gift. We have all experienced moments of feeling totally alive,
especially within our relationships. When beliefs, defenses, fears, and emotions
from the past enter into our present-day relationships, we lose our ability to
feel love, trust, and joy.
The
goal of this workshop is to experience these restrictive patterns and to create
new ways to relate to ourselves, others, and our work, thus enabling us to
create new beginnings. This workshop can help you:
•
Find out how your relationships mirror you
•
Clarify what you want and how to get it
•
Examine ways you sabotage yourself
•
Learn more about how others see you
Learn practical tools and knowledge that will help create empowered relationships
In a supportive and safe environment, experiential exercises
will help you become more adept at listening, empathizing, truth telling,
creative problem-solving, and taking responsibility to create the relationships
you want. Come alone or with a partner. The workshop will draw from Gestalt,
Reichian work, dance, imagery, and
meditation.
Recommended reading: Goldenson, It’s Time-No One’s Coming to Save You.
The
Courage to Be You: Letting Go and Moving On
The weekend of January 29th - 31st, 2010
Dr.
Mary Goldenson
Birds
make great sky-circles of their freedom. How do they learn it? They fall,
and falling, they’re given wings. — Rumi
Much
in life is beyond our control. Our choices lie in how we respond to these
moments. We can develop the ability to move into these moments with aliveness
and passion. This choice is an act of courage. This workshop will help you
explore what you are holding in, holding onto, and holding back that keeps you
from experiencing who you truly are. “The courage to be you” means the ability
to appropriately express the repressed anger, fear, resentments, sadness, joy,
and laughter that keep you stuck in old patterns. Using
emotional release work, writing, movement, Gestalt, meditation, and silence, the
workshop will provide a safe environment to explore your deepest
emotions.
The
focus will be on:
•
Having adult relationships with partners, parents, and children
•
Taking full responsibility for your life
•
Discovering your own personal rhythm of closeness
•
Distinguishing accountability from blame
The
workshop constitutes an in-depth life review. All that is required is a
willingness to engage wholeheartedly.
Start
Over: Choose Aliveness and Intimacy
The weekend of May 14th - 16th, 2010
Dr. Mary Goldenson
We
have all experienced moments of feeling totally alive, yet much of our life is
spent in a half-asleep, half-committed state of being. While there are many
life-situations beyond our control, we choose how we respond to these events.
The choice to be passionately alive is an act of courage. To choose life is
to:
Open ourselves to all of life—suffering, joy, success, failure, love,
and grief
Fully acknowledge the truth of who we are
Commit to
living our deepest values and dreams
Define what we must change in our
relationships
Learn new ways to heal, forgive, and
communicate
The
challenge is to honestly address the ways in which we have compromised, given
up, or lied to ourselves and others. This workshop is designed to bring to
awareness our unconscious choices of how we deaden ourselves and to create the
possibility for new aliveness and passionate involvement.
Come
alone or with a partner. A safe, supportive atmosphere will be provided, using
communication skills, movement, Gestalt, and Reichian
work.
This
workshop may have up to 34 participants.
Recommended
reading: Goldenson, It’s Time-No One’s Coming to Save
You.
The
Courage to Be You: Letting Go and Moving On
The weekend of August 8th - 13th, 2010
Dr.
Mary Goldenson
Birds
make great sky-circles of their freedom. How do they learn it? They fall,
and falling, they’re given wings. — Rumi
Much
in life is beyond our control. Our choices lie in how we respond to these
moments. We can develop the ability to move into these moments with aliveness
and passion. This choice is an act of courage. This workshop will help you
explore what you are holding in, holding onto, and holding back that keeps you
from experiencing who you truly are. “The courage to be you” means the ability
to appropriately express the repressed anger, fear, resentments, sadness, joy,
and laughter that keep you stuck in old patterns. Using
emotional release work, writing, movement, Gestalt, meditation, and silence, the
workshop will provide a safe environment to explore your deepest
emotions.
The
focus will be on:
•
Having adult relationships with partners, parents, and children
•
Taking full responsibility for your life
•
Discovering your own personal rhythm of closeness
•
Distinguishing accountability from blame
The
workshop constitutes an in-depth life review. All that is required is a
willingness to engage wholeheartedly.
Letting Go and Moving On—Completions and Transitions
The Weekend of October 15 - 18, 2010
Often
in our lives we feel incomplete with the past. Unresolved issues inhibit us from
moving into the present with an open and generous heart. Though we experience
them as “finished,” old memories continue to haunt us. When we
exist more in the past than in the present, it is time to make the distinction
between “finished” and “complete.” Transitions without completions foster
unsuccessful marriages, friendships, and careers, producing sorrow and, some
believe, the causes of illness. Transitions are
crossroads in our lives that give us the opportunity to complete the past,
reconnect with our present truth, and renew our passion, courage, and commitment
for the future. The focus of this workshop is an in depth review of our lives to
try to discover what needs to be transformed from “finished” to “complete.” The
workshop will provide a safe, supportive environment that includes risk taking,
intense bodywork, Gestalt, imagery, movement, and meditation to keep us
committed to the process of discovering ourselves.
A
New Beginning: Courage & Heart
The Weekend of November 26 - 28, 2010
Dr.
Mary Goldenson
One
Day you finally knew What you had to do, and
began
-Mark Oliver
Courage
is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
-Mark Twain
“In this workshop,” Mary Goldenson
writes, “we will courageously peer into the depths of our hearts and minds to
ask:
-
Does my life reflect my heart’s desires?
- If fear did not stop me, what
might I be doing differently?
-
What truths do I need to tell to live?
- To whom or what have I given power
over my life? What must I do to reclaim it?
- How shall I live, knowing I
shall die?
“More than the answers, our questions define where the real
meaning of our life resides. Firmly grounded in the moment, we will explore ways
to reconnect with our source of creativity and spirituality.”
This
workshop offers ways to help complete the past, be open to the present, and
create the future. A safe, supportive environment will be provided. Didactic and
experimental exercises will draw from Gestalt, Reichian work, imagery, dance, and meditation.
This
workshop may have to 34 participants.
Recommended
reading: Goldenson, It’s Time-No One’s Coming to Save
You.
CE
Credit for MFT’s and LCSW’s
MARY GOLDENSON - 2009 ESALEN INSTITUTE WORKSHOP
Relationships:
A Journey of Growth
Week of November 15-20, 2009
Relationships
present profound opportunities for personal development and spiritual
fulfillment. Healthy relationships are the foundation of healthy families and
ultimately a healthy society. If we embrace the challenges of our relationships
they become great teachers, mirrors reflecting unseen and often rejected parts
of ourselves. Relationships provide the opportunity to experience both our
greatest pain and joy. The challenge of this journey is
to:
·
Open
ourselves to all of life: suffering and joy, success and failure, gain and
loss
·
Fully
acknowledge to ourselves the truth of who we are
· Commit to living our deepest values and dreams, and make powerful choices to actualize them
This
workshop is for all who wish to look deeply into themselves and their lives
through their relationships: fathers and mothers, daughters and sons, lovers and
partners. Come alone or together. In a supportive environment, you will have the
opportunity to heal old wounds, learn new skills to help you in troubled times,
and actively create the heartfelt and spiritual relationships you desire. Mary
Goldenson, clinical psychologist and author of It's
Time: No One's Coming to Save You, will draw from
Gestalt, Reichian work, dance, imagery, meditation and
breath work to help you express your truth and take responsibility for your
feelings.
The
Courage to Be You: Letting Go and Moving On
The weekend of January 29th - 31st, 2009
Dr.
Mary Goldenson
Birds
make great sky-circles of their freedom. How do they learn it? They fall,
and falling, they’re given wings. — Rumi
Much
in life is beyond our control. Our choices lie in how we respond to these
moments. We can develop the ability to move into these moments with aliveness
and passion. This choice is an act of courage. This workshop will help you
explore what you are holding in, holding onto, and holding back that keeps you
from experiencing who you truly are. “The courage to be you” means the ability
to appropriately express the repressed anger, fear, resentments, sadness, joy,
and laughter that keep you stuck in old patterns. Using
emotional release work, writing, movement, Gestalt, meditation, and silence, the
workshop will provide a safe environment to explore your deepest
emotions.
The
focus will be on:
•
Having adult relationships with partners, parents, and children
•
Taking full responsibility for your life
•
Discovering your own personal rhythm of closeness
•
Distinguishing accountability from blame
The
workshop constitutes an in-depth life review. All that is required is a
willingness to engage wholeheartedly.
PREVIOUS ESALEN INSTITUTE WORKSHOP
Communication
and Partnership
Dr.
Mary Goldenson
Underlying
all our relationships—husband, wife, lover, friend, daughter, son, mother,
father—is the need to communicate. Too often we learn to express our needs
through control, power struggles, addictions, dependency, guilt, denial, and
unreasonableness. This workshop is about healing the soul-wounds sustained in
our attempts at partnership. The focus will be on:
Exploring the
possibilities of equal soul partnership
Learning new ways to express our
fear, sadness, grief, and love
Defining what we need to change in our
relationships
Learning different language styles to better connect with
our partners
Learning ways to heal, forgive, and move on to a mutually
beneficial relationship
Come
alone or with a partner. The workshop will provide a safe, supportive
environment to learn new practices of breathwork,
communication skills, movement, and Gestalt, making it easier to express your
truth and take responsibility for your feelings and
issues.
This
workshop may have up to 34 participants.
Recommended
reading: Goldenson, It’s Time-No One’s Coming to Save
You.
Start
Over: Choose Aliveness and Intimacy
Dr.
Mary Goldenson
We
have all experienced moments of feeling totally alive, yet much of our life is
spent in a half-asleep, half-committed state of being. While there are many
life-situations beyond our control, we choose how we respond to these events.
The choice to be passionately alive is an act of courage. To choose life is
to:
Open ourselves to all of life—suffering, joy, success, failure, love,
and grief
Fully acknowledge the truth of who we are
Commit to
living our deepest values and dreams
Define what we must change in our
relationships
Learn new ways to heal, forgive, and
communicate
The
challenge is to honestly address the ways in which we have compromised, given
up, or lied to ourselves and others. This workshop is designed to bring to
awareness our unconscious choices of how we deaden ourselves and to create the
possibility for new aliveness and passionate involvement.
Come
alone or with a partner. A safe, supportive atmosphere will be provided, using
communication skills, movement, Gestalt, and Reichian
work.
This
workshop may have up to 34 participants.
Recommended
reading: Goldenson, It’s Time-No One’s Coming to Save
You.
A
New Beginning: Courage & Heart
Dr.
Mary Goldenson
One
Day you finally knew What you had to do, and
began
-Mark Oliver
Courage
is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
-Mark Twain
“In this workshop,” Mary Goldenson
writes, “we will courageously peer into the depths of our hearts and minds to
ask:
-
Does my life reflect my heart’s desires?
- If fear did not stop me, what
might I be doing differently?
-
What truths do I need to tell to live?
- To whom or what have I given power
over my life? What must I do to reclaim it?
- How shall I live, knowing I
shall die?
“More than the answers, our questions define where the real
meaning of our life resides. Firmly grounded in the moment, we will explore ways
to reconnect with our source of creativity and spirituality.”
This
workshop offers ways to help complete the past, be open to the present, and
create the future. A safe, supportive environment will be provided. Didactic and
experimental exercises will draw from Gestalt, Reichian work, imagery, dance, and meditation.
This
workshop may have to 34 participants.
Recommended
reading: Goldenson, It’s Time-No One’s Coming to Save
You.
CE
Credit for MFT’s and LCSW’s
Forgiveness
& Intimacy: A Time of Acceptance
Dr.
Mary Goldenson
A
life is about relationships. Creating an alive and honest connection with an
intimate partner requires us to go deeply into our hearts and allow the
courageous self to emerge. This journey to intimacy begins with the path of
forgiveness. How does forgiveness lead to intimacy?
- It allows us to let
go of anger, resentment, and grief.
- It allows the agitated mind to move
more deeply into the healing heart.
- It resolves separation from ourselves and from others.
- It allows us to complete
unfinished business.
The workshop will present ways to help complete the
past, be open to the present, and create the future. It will offer a safe,
supportive environment that will include taking risks, intense bodywork, Gestalt
imagery, dance, and meditation.
The
workshop can be especially helpful for those dealing with boundary issues, the
effects of a dysfunctional family life, or addictions that have been used as
defense against intimacy. It is appropriate for everyone: individuals and
couples, mothers, fathers, daughters, and sons, and healing professionals.
The
workshop may have up to 34 participants.
Recommended
reading: Goldenson, It’s Time-No One’s Coming to Save
You.
CE Credit for MFT’s and LCSW’s
It's
Time: The Courage To Be
You
Dr.
Mary Goldenson
Much
in life is beyond our control. Our choices lie in how we respond to these
moments with aliveness and passion. This choice is an act of courage.
This
workshop will help you explore what you are holding in, holding onto, and
holding back that keeps you from experiencing who you truly are. “The courage to
be you” means the ability to appropriately express the repressed anger, fear,
resentments, sadness, joy and laughter that keep you stuck in old patterns.
Using emotional release work, writing, movement, Gestalt, meditation, and
silence, the workshop will provide a safe environment to explore your deepest
emotions. The focus will be on:
-Having
adult relationships with partners, parents, and children.
-Taking full
responsibility for your life.
-Discovering your own personal rhythm of
closeness.
-Distinguishing between accountability and blame.
The
workshop constitutes an in-depth review of our lives. If you are willing to
engage wholeheartedly, it can help you to accomplish the transformative change
you seek.
This
workshop may have up to 34 participants.
Recommended
reading: Goldenson, It’s Time-No One’s Coming to Save
You.
Relationships:
A Spiritual Journey
Dr.
Mary Goldenson
Relationships
present profound opportunities for personal development and spiritual
fulfillment. Healthy relationships are the foundation of healthy families and
ultimately a healthy society. If we embrace the challenges of our relationships
they become great teachers, mirrors reflecting unseen and often rejected parts
of ourselves. Relationships provide the opportunity to experience both our
greatest pain and joy. The challenge of this journey is to:
-
Open ourselves to all of life-suffering and joy, success and failure, gain and
loss.
- Fully acknowledge to ourselves the truth of who we are.
- Commit
to living our deepest values and dreams, and make powerful choices to actualize
them.
This
workshop is for all who wish to look deeply into themselves and their lives
through their relationships: fathers and mothers, daughters and sons, lovers and
partners. Come alone or together. In a supportive environment, you will have the
opportunity to heal old wounds, learn new skills to help you in troubled times,
and actively create the heartfelt and spiritual relationships you desire. The
workshop will draw from Gestalt, Reichian work, dance,
imagery, and meditation to make it easier to express your truth and take
responsibility for your feelings.
This
workshop may have up to 34 participants.
Recommended
reading: Goldenson, It’s Time-No One’s Coming to Save
You.
The
Courage to Be You: Letting Go and Moving On
Birds
make great sky-circles of their freedom. How do they learn it? They fall, and falling, they’re given
wings. — Rumi
Much
in life is beyond our control. Our choices lie in how we respond to these
moments. We can develop the ability to move into these moments with aliveness
and passion. This choice is an act of courage. This workshop will help you
explore what you are holding in, holding onto, and holding back that keeps you
from experiencing who you truly are. “The courage to be you” means the ability
to appropriately express the repressed anger, fear, resentments, sadness, joy,
and laughter that keep you stuck in old patterns. Using
emotional release work, writing, movement, Gestalt, meditation, and silence, the
workshop will provide a safe environment to explore your deepest
emotions.
The
focus will be on:
•
Having adult relationships with partners, parents, and children
•
Taking full responsibility for your life
•
Discovering your own personal rhythm of closeness
•
Distinguishing accountability from blame
The
workshop constitutes an in-depth life review. All that is required is a
willingness to engage wholeheartedly.
Public
Speaking: Powerfully Presenting Yourself
Mary
Goldenson & Robert Corff
Why
are some people so inspiring and impactive when they
speak? What inhibits us from delivering our message? This workshop will explore
the inhibitions to self-expression and communication, and help participants move
beyond them with more freedom in both personal and professional life. It is
designed for those who want to develop a more powerful personal and public
presentation, and better professional and business communication skills.
The
leaders combine their expertise in the fields of psychology and the performing
arts to guide you through this pulse-raising adventure. The focus will be on
self-exploration through individual and group work. Participants will use voice
and body to express themselves with more power and passion.
Courage,
passion, and clarity need not be restricted to rare moments in life. Learn to
express yourself more fully and experience the satisfaction of being more
authentic and self-assured. This process can help awaken your dreams and
invigorate your life
Relationship:
A Spiritual Journey
Relationships
present profound opportunities for personal development and spiritual
fulfillment. Healthy relationships are the foundation of healthy families and
ultimately a healthy society. If we embrace the challenges of our relationships
they become great teachers, mirrors reflecting unseen and often rejected parts
of ourselves. Relationships provide the opportunity to experience both our
greatest pain and joy.
The
challenge of this journey is to:
·
Open
ourselves to all of life—suffering and joy, success and failure, gain and loss
·
Fully
acknowledge to ourselves the truth of who we are
·
Commit
to living our deepest values and dreams, and make powerful choices to actualize
them
This
workshop is for all who wish to look deeply into themselves and their lives
through their relationships: fathers and mothers, daughters and sons, lovers and
partners. Come alone or together. In a supportive environment, you will have the
opportunity to heal old wounds, learn new skills to help you in troubled times,
and actively create the heartfelt and spiritual relationships you desire. The
workshop will draw from Gestalt, Reichian work, dance,
imagery, and meditation to make it easier to express your truth and take
responsibility for your feelings.
Win/Win:
The Path to Peaceful Solutions
When
people experience conflict and their needs continually go unmet, they
participate in a retaliatory cycle or “getting even” process. All conflict
contains need—the need for power, for approval, for inclusion, for justice, or
for identity. Mediation interrupts the retaliatory process, circumventing the
likelihood of costly arbitration or litigation. During mediation the disputants
have the opportunity to confront each other and express their strong emotions
and opinions before a neutral party. Confrontation precedes resolution,
communication precedes negotiation.
This
workshop teaches:
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The five steps of negotiation
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How to constructively manage disagreement
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Communication amid resistance
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How to ask productive questions
In
a safe and supportive environment, the workshop will address personal,
work-related, and relationship issues using experiential and didactic methods,
case studies, handouts, and open discussion. The course is for individuals or
couples seeking ways to address conflict and identify creative resolutions; for
professionals addressing the issues of our times (divorce, separation, blended
families); and for those considering mediation as a second career or as an
adjunct to their profession.
Letting
Go and Moving On—Completions and Transitions
Often
in our lives we feel incomplete with the past. Unresolved issues inhibit us from
moving into the present with an open and generous heart. Though we experience
them as “finished,” old memories continue to haunt us. When we
exist more in the past than in the present, it is time to make the distinction
between “finished” and “complete.” Transitions without completions foster
unsuccessful marriages, friendships, and careers, producing sorrow and, some
believe, the causes of illness. Transitions are
crossroads in our lives that give us the opportunity to complete the past,
reconnect with our present truth, and renew our passion, courage, and commitment
for the future. The focus of this workshop is an in depth review of our lives to
try to discover what needs to be transformed from “finished” to “complete.” The
workshop will provide a safe, supportive environment that includes risk taking,
intense bodywork, Gestalt, imagery, movement, and meditation to keep us
committed to the process of discovering ourselves.
The
Courage to Be You: Letting Go and Moving On
Dr.
Mary Goldenson
Birds
make great sky-circles of their freedom. How do they learn it? They fall,
and falling, they’re given wings. — Rumi
Much
in life is beyond our control. Our choices lie in how we respond to these
moments. We can develop the ability to move into these moments with aliveness
and passion. This choice is an act of courage. This workshop will help you
explore what you are holding in, holding onto, and holding back that keeps you
from experiencing who you truly are. “The courage to be you” means the ability
to appropriately express the repressed anger, fear, resentments, sadness, joy,
and laughter that keep you stuck in old patterns. Using
emotional release work, writing, movement, Gestalt, meditation, and silence, the
workshop will provide a safe environment to explore your deepest
emotions.
The
focus will be on:
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Having adult relationships with partners, parents, and children
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Taking full responsibility for your life
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Discovering your own personal rhythm of closeness
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Distinguishing accountability from blame
The
workshop constitutes an in-depth life review. All that is required is a
willingness to engage whole heartedly.