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The Power of Embodied Presence: A Retreat with John Welwood
Aug 5 2011 - Aug 7 2011
A Personal Note from John Welwood...
For 24 years I have offered an annual retreat/training on the East Coast that has explored the intersection between psychological, meditative, and embodiment work, evolving in new directions each year. My intention is to offer this rich opportunity for personal and spiritual exploration as an annual residential retreat in the Bay Area as well.
This year's program marks the fifth year of this West Coast retreat offered by the California Institute of Integral Studies. It is appropriate both for new participants and for those who have studied with me before and would like to go deeper in continuing this work. It will be useful not only for those in the helping professions, but for everyone who is interested in these issues.
One of the great challenges in our busy world is staying present in our bodies and staying connected with ourselves- with our bodily felt experience, our living wisdom, our sensitivity and our depth. This intensive retreat will address this challenge through helping you connect with yourself, your awareness, and your felt experience in a fully embodied way.
Grounding in the heart and belly, we will practice consciously inhabiting the "wisdom body"- our capacity to relate freshly to our experience just as it is. We will work with tracking the "life stream"- the ongoing flow of present experiencing- allowing it to open up and flow freely. And we will also unpack the mental and emotional patterns that normally act as logjams blocking this presence and flow.
This retreat is largely experiential, drawing on embodiment exercises, psychospiritual inquiry, mindful speaking and listening, periods of silent practice, and meditation to cultivate embodied presence and awareness. There will also be talks and discussion.
John Welwood, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist, an editor of The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, and teacher whose innovative approach integrates psychological, meditative, and embodiment work. His books include Toward a Psychology of Awakening: Buddhism, Psychotherapy, and the Path of Personal and Spiritual Transformation; Journey of the Heart; Love and Awakening; and most recently, the award-winning Perfect Love, Imperfect Relationships. www.johnwelwood.com
SCHEDULE (subject to change at instructor's discretion)
Friday
1:30pm - 2:30pm.........Check in
3:00pm - 5:30pm.........Session One
5:30pm - 6:30pm..........Dinner
7:00pm - 9:00pm.........Evening Talk
Saturday
8:30am - 9:30am.........Breakfast
10:00am - 12:30pm......Morning Session
12:30pm - 1:30pm.......Lunch
2:00pm - 5:30pm..........Afternoon Session
5:30pm - 6:30pm.........Dinner
7:00pm - 9:00pm.........Evening Talk
Sunday
9:00am.....................Check Out
8:30am - 9:30am........Breakfast
10:00am - 1:00pm..... ...Morning Session
1:00pm - 2:00pm.........Lunch
LOCATION
Santa Sabina Retreat Center
25 Magnolia Avenue, San Rafael, CA 94901
FEES:
*All meals are included in the prices below*
Single: $545/$490 members & CIIS Community
Double: $495/$440 members & CIIS Community
Commuter Rate: $425/$370 members & CIIS Community
15 CEU credits (RN, LCSW, MFT) are available for this retreat
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