The Art and Discipline of Writing
Richard Tarnas

This one-day workshop is for those who wish to communicate their ideas and passions effectively through writing.  Because we live in a time of extraordinary urgency—when we must contemplate the future of the Earth community—it is essential that those with relevant information speak and be heard, received, and understood.  Writing in service of such a goal involves the development of certain skills, disciplines, and knowledge—as well as other less tangible but perhaps even more important capacities. This workshop will be especially valuable for those who wish to commit themselves to the life and labor of writing as not only an intellectual and artistic discipline but also a spiritual path, a sustained engagement with the deep mysteries of language, creativity, and communication.

Drumming and Building Community: The Art and Heart of Drum Circles
Christine Stevens

De-stress, inspire your soul and create community in this interactive workshop! Drumming has been shown to reduce stress, support immune function, boost morale, and decrease burnout. We will engage in a combination of experiential and didactic inquiry around the usefulness of drumming. Clinical examples of drumming with survivors of disaster areas and to enhance corporate teambuilding will be highlighted.

Some of the learning topics include:

• Scientific basis of rhythm and healing
• Rhythms of life, spirit, and the world from the healing drum kit, including ayube, taiko, clave, samba, ramba, agilablanca, and econcon
• Drum sounds to build your rhythmic vocabulary
• Drum massage: working with the vibration of the drum
• Facilitating drum circles Drums will be provided.

Psychology of the Future: Explorations of the Frontiers of Human Consciousness
Stanislav Grof

In the last five decades, psychedelic therapy and other avenues of modern consciousness research have revealed a rich array of “anomalous” phenomena that have undermined some of the most basic assumptions of modern psychiatry, psychology, and psychotherapy concerning consciousness and the human psyche in health and disease. Many of these observations are so radical that they question the basic philosophical assumptions of materialistic science.

In this workshop, we will review this remarkable data and explore the most important major revisions that would have to be made—in our understanding of consciousness, of the human psyche, and of the nature of reality—to respond to these conceptual challenges. We will also explore the sociopolitical implications of these findings.