Esalen Catalog July–December 2012

The Esalen Catalog July–December 2012

Celebrating Fifty Years of Personal & SociaL Transformation “Unique and magical—a rare combination of mind-opening ideas, direct contact with activists and thought leaders (both presenters and fellow participants!), and on top of that, a whale of a good time. We ranged from tears to hilarity, from sober contemplation to excited dialogue to moments of sheer raucous fun. Wouldn’t miss it for anything—we came straight home and put it on our calendar for next year.” — A past participant

Esalen’s 50th Anniversary Benefit Weekend Honoring the Past, Celebrating the Present, Creating the Future Special 4-Day Program – October 4-7, 2012 Marianne Williamson, Robert Reich, Byron Katie, Dean Ornish, Michael Krasny, Anna Halprin, Chungliang Al Huang, Michael Murphy, Ken Dychtwald. Other presenters and entertainers to be announced—see www.esalen.org/benefit for up-to-date details.

This year Esalen Institute celebrates fifty years as a leader and catalyst in the world of personal and social transformation. Concepts and experiences originating at Esalen have influenced a wide range of areas that are a vital part of the world stage today: psychology, sustainability, health and healing, lifelong personal growth, citizen diplomacy, and our common search for meaning through religion, spirituality, and authentic personal commitments.

We are celebrating Esalen’s 50th Anniversary with a very special 4-day weekend benefit event that offers what former Labor Secretary Robert Reich has characterized as “a true growth experience…a true pleasure…a community of people that understands…that personal development and social development go hand in hand.” Presenters include: Marianne Williamson, spiritual activist, author, lecturer and founder of The Peace Alliance and Project Angel Food Robert Reich, leading economist, author, professor at UC Berkeley, and former US Secretary of Labor Byron Katie, founder of The Work; author of four best-selling books including, Loving What Is Dean Ornish, founder of Preventive Medicine Research Institute, author, leading expert on fighting illness with dietary and lifestyle changes Michael Krasny, scholar, critic, fiction writer, and host of KQED-FM radio’s award-winning Forum program Anna Halprin, author, teacher, and for nine decades a seminal figure in the world of dance Chungliang Al Huang, philosopher, musician, author, teacher of Tai Ji, East/West Synthesis and the art of movement meditation Michael Murphy, Esalen co-founder, author and head of Esalen’s Center for Theory and Research (CTR) Ken Dychtwald, (emcee) gerontologist, and the nation’s foremost authority on the economic and cultural effects of the “age wave”

Additional activities in this extended four-day program include entertainment, music and movement, yoga and meditation classes, Big Sur nature hike, a silent and live auction featuring Ashley Smith Johnson, an opportunity to engage with other Friends of Esalen, to have fun, relax, enjoy the baths, meditate and just be… All speakers are generously donating their time. By participating or sponsoring others to participate, you co-create this weekend while providing philanthropic support for Esalen Institute. To register or learn more, please contact Nancy Worcester, [email protected], 831-667-3032 or www.esalen.org/benefit for current pricing and to reserve your space. See page 63 for more details. July – December 2012 Volume li, Number 2

contents Friends of Esalen...... 2 General Information...... 3 Reflections on the Land...... 4 Guide to Workshops ...... 6 Partner Programs ...... 7 Seminar Spotlight...... 8 Esalen Seminars...... 10

DOUG ELLIS Esalen Birthday Week...... 62 Extended Benefit Weekend...... 63 Join Our 50th Year of Expanding Our Sense of Humanity 28-Day Esalen Massage Training...... 84 Work Study Program...... 105 ith this catalog season Esalen moves toward the climax of our 50th Anniversary Celebration events. Today humankind faces unprecedented Rates and Reservations...... 110 Wchallenges and exciting new opportunities to create a world of sustainability, Leader Index...... 113 humanity, and justice — the living promise of our creative human potential. Over the past 50 years Esalen has led the way in developing the new tools and practices that equip us to Continuing Education Programs.....114 address these challenges in ever-new ways, and evolve, adapt, and lead in an ever-shifting, always open-ended future. In areas ranging from experiential education, lifelong personal growth and development, sustainability and permaculture, integral leadership and organizational transformation, contact relationships and intimacy, citizen diplomacy and social change, this catalog offers building blocks for deep shifts in consciousness and windows into your own personal curriculum: Website: www.esalen.org adventure, healing, and new tools for transformation in your life, and in our shared world. E-mail: [email protected]

This catalog also brings you your special invitation to join us for Esalen’s 50th Birthday Mailing Address: Esalen Institute, 55000 Highway 1, Big Sur, CA 93920 Celebratory Benefit Weekend (inside cover, p. 63, and www.esalen.org), a unique 4-day event this year, with an all-star roster of speakers plus the stimulating company of your fellow General Information: 831-667-3000 celebrants. Don’t miss this one-time milestone extravaganza event! Also check out the four- Reservations: 9 am–7 pm every day. day period leading up to the Birthday itself (p. 62), when Esalen will feature a special series Preregistration is required for all Esalen of days in honor and celebration of our remarkable past and our equally amazing present — programs. and most of all in full embrace of our shared, exciting future. Online: www.esalen.org/workshops/ Always remember that the limits of the life we can create and the world we can build reservations.html together are set only by the limits of our ideas and our imaginations. Join us this fall and Phone: Toll-free US: 888-8-ESALEN anytime to nourish yourself and your journey with this rich feast of offerings, adding the (888-837-2536) flavor of your unique experience and perspectives to this creative flow. Celebrate, learn, Local US: 831-667-3005 International: +1 703-342-0500 and recharge! See you soon at Esalen. Fax: 831-667-2724 Mail: See address above Mail and fax reservations must include a Gordon Wheeler completed reservation form, available President online at www.esalen.org. Esalen Institute, 55000 Highway 1 Big Sur, California 93920-9546 Catalog Requests: 831-667-3000 Esalen Board of Trustees: friends of esalen Sam Yau Chair Chip Conley s a Friend of Esalen, you can help ensure q Friends Circle: $50+ q Founders Circle: $5,000+ Bill James Mary Ellen Klee Esalen’s place in the world. It is through the q Hot Springs Circle: $250+ q Partners Circle: $10,000+ Nancy Lunney-Wheeler ex officio A generosity of friends like you that Esalen David Lustig q Sustainers Circle: $500+ q Anniversary Circle: $25,000+ Tricia McEntee can continue its mission of developing human Anisa Mehdi q Benefactors Circle: $1,000+ q Coast Circle: $50,000+ Gordon Wheeler potential. Your support not only benefits current Cofounder & Chair Emeritus: programs, but also helps secure Esalen’s long-term Name ______Michael Murphy financial future. 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Date ______Deborah Medow, Healing Arts Christina Dauenhauer, Grounds of their long-range plans by including a bequest or Eric Moya, Residential Education Signature ______Denise Byrne, Information Services deferred gift to Esalen in their estate plans. A chari- Sonya Sirrs, Accounting table bequest is one of the easiest ways you can make Please complete this form or the inside flap of the envelope insert Eric Erickson, Security Daniel Cyrns, Maintenance a lasting difference to the Institute. included in the catalog and return with your gift. Check the box on Carolyn Shearer, Bookstore the outside of the envelope marked “Friends of Esalen.” Donations can Scott Stillinger, Human Resources also be made online at www.esalen.org. Thank you for your support. To donate online: www.esalen.org/donate The Esalen Catalog is published biannually by Esalen Institute is a non-profit public charity corporation, exempt the Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA 93920-9546. Email: [email protected] from income tax under IRC section 501(c)(3). Contributions are Printed on recycled paper. Or call: 831-620-6249 tax-deductible to the extent allowable by law. ©2012 Esalen Institute. All rights reserved. ISSN 1088-2782 front cover photograph: Doug Ellis back cover: Kodiak Greenwood, Doug Ellis Share the magic of Esalen by connecting with Esalen’s Facebook community at facebook.com/EsalenInstitute or on Twitter at twitter.com/EsalenInstitute.

Coming to Esalen? Bring Your Kids!

Did you know that our Gazebo Park School offers experiential daycare as a service to visiting parents? Gazebo offers children ages 1–7 the opportunity for full immersion in the natural world through a rich, child-centered park environment. Activities include planting, harvesting, eating, and composting fruits and vegetables, exploring nature, caring for animals, art projects, cooking, stories, dramatic play, and more!

Childcare Rates for parents in workshops: • Daily: $150 full day/$75 half day • Weekly: $500 full day/$250 half day We offer monthly rates for local Big Sur families on a sliding scale based on income. To reserve your spot, call Gazebo Park School at 831-667-3026 or email [email protected]. KODIAK GREENWOOD

2 general information

ince 1962, The Esalen Institute has been devoted to the exploration of what Aldous Farm and Garden In addition to its structured Esalen’s five-acre farm and garden produces hun- SHuxley called the “human potential,” the dreds of varieties of vegetables for the kitchen. world of unrealized human capacities that lies programs, Esalen has many In addition to enjoying the farm and garden’s at the growing edge of consciousness. Esalen is bounty during mealtimes, guests may wander known for its blend of East/West philosophies, ongoing events and features among the fields, enjoy the flowers during experiential/didactic workshops, a steady influx spring and summer, participate in farm- and of expert teachers from around the world, and to enrich your stay. permaculture-oriented workshops throughout its breathtaking grounds and natural hot the year, and volunteer with the farm and garden springs. Once home to a Native American tribe ® crew during their stay. called the Esselen, Esalen is situated on the spec- Esalen Massage and Bodywork tacular Big Sur coastline with the Santa Lucia Esalen has long been known for its unique mas- Mountains rising sharply behind. sage and bodywork modalities, developed by innovative practitioners at the baths overlooking Children and Families the Pacific, and offered to guests during their Esalen welcomes families and offers a selection stay. Esalen Massage incorporates long flowing of family-oriented workshops and child care. There are many ways strokes over the whole body, and helps release the See page 7 for a full listing of family-friendly stresses of everyday life, leaving the receiver feel- workshops. See page 111 for child care options. to experience Esalen. ing integrated and deeply relaxed. Other modalities often available at Esalen include Cortical Field Reeducation®, Craniosacral Work, LaStone®, Accommodations Workshops Rolfing, Shiatsu, Thai Massage, and Transformational Esalen offers several types of accommodations Weekend, five- and seven-day workshops and Kinesiology. Massage and bodywork reservations including standard shared rooms, premium seminars range in subject matter from Gestalt to must be made and paid for in advance through rooms, and the Point Houses. For full descrip- visual art. The Guide to Workshops on pages 6–7 Esalen Reservations. If you are coming to Esalen tions and pricing, see page 110. provides a list of all programs by subject, and the for a massage only, or to make an appointment Seminars section contains full descriptions of for a massage at Esalen’s Carmel Center, please Friends of Esalen weekend, five-, and seven-day programs, listed call 831-667-3002. chronologically. Friends of Esalen are supporters whose donations of $50 or more will benefit Esalen pro- Hot Springs grams and help build Esalen’s long-term financial Work Study Esalen is the steward of a natural hot springs base. Please see page 2 for a description of the Work Study programs provide an intensive overlooking the Pacific. The hot springs are a many benefits of becoming a Friend. month-long course of study for those who want source of relaxation and healing for those who to make a directed commitment to self-explo- visit, and you may catch a glimpse into the life ration, growth, and the Esalen community for a Accreditation and of a sea otter, seal, or migratory whale while Continuing Education longer period. See page 105 for a full description you enjoy the baths. Swimsuits are optional, of the Work Study program. Many educational institutions recognize Esalen and nudity common, in the hot springs and programs as eligible for credit in their curricula; massage areas. check with your university or college. Additional Personal Retreats information can be provided if needed. Esalen Personal Retreats offer the opportunity to nour- Daily Movement Arts Classes provides continuing education (CE) credit for ish body, mind, heart, and soul without partici- Every day, Esalen offers a schedule of free classes psychologists, MFTs, LCSWs, nurses, and body- pating in a workshop. Those on Personal Retreat open to everyone. Offerings can include yoga, workers. See page 113 for details. structure their time at Esalen themselves, and chanting, meditation, free-form dance, and did- can participate in daily yoga and movement jeridoo meditation at the baths. You will receive classes, enjoy the hot springs, meditate, and a schedule when you arrive. For additional details explore Esalen’s beautiful land. Esalen Personal Retreats are open only to members of the about your stay at Esalen, Friends of Esalen program, which supports Wednesday Evening Programs Esalen’s transformational mission. For additional Esalen hosts visiting scholars and teachers, please see page 112. benefits of membership, and to join Friends of who interface with the rest of the Esalen com- Esalen, please see page 2. See page 111 for munity in many ways. Usually there is a Esalen is a center for experimental education. Personal Retreat fee information. scheduled program on Wednesday evenings We offer neither psychotherapy nor assurances for visiting scholars, workshop leaders, or of change. Esalen staff to share their expertise with the larger Esalen community.

3 Community Voices Reflections on the Land

Steven Harper is a wilderness guide, author, artist, longtime Esalen leader, and Christine Stewart Price is a teacher and ongoing student Big Sur resident. His work focuses on wild nature as a vehicle for awakening. of Gestalt Awareness Practice. She was married to Esalen See pages 13, 32, 49, and 74 for his workshops. co-founder Richard Price. See pages 11, 12, 48, and 78 for her workshops. Wildness, rich diversity, and the dramatic meeting of edges — both inner and outer — converge to create the place we call Big Sur. Here the elements Long before any of us fell in love with this place it meet, greet, and co-create. Fire, Air, Earth, and Water come together in a was home to others, for many generations. In the manner so clearly on display that we have no choice but to come to our “Institute Era” of the past fifty years, there have been senses and awaken in our human body. weddings celebrated, often for couples who met on the property. We have blessed pregnancies, held vigil during births, and Esalen’s underlying support comes from a constella- delighted in the babies who arrived. We’ve gathered to mourn our dead tion of dynamic factors. Well before spoken word and rejoice in their lives. and long before people, the elemental dance of creation has been and is now forming and shaping Within the shelter of the cypresses, fortified by the sound of the ocean, I this mountain seascape. If we look at Esalen as just have birthed one child here. I’ve said goodbye to my father, my first hus- the human-inhabited grounds, we miss the deeper band, and another child here. In these very personal ways this property integral webs that literally ground and connect us to holds my life, my history, and the history of so many of us. the extended community of things — to the timeless I am only one of many who have experienced profound moments of source of everything. From this heartfelt and bodily-felt their lives within these village gates. This includes what happens within basis we are supported in allowing ourselves to try on the new and dif- the bodies, psyches, and souls of those who come here to explore their ferent, to deepen, to ask the frightening questions, to touch that which inner landscape. In these moments of deep opening, we bond with this has not been touched. Nature here is not separate, but inclusive of all, land, like a newborn turning toward the biggest, nearest, warmest pres- and it is the primary teacher of those human beings that choose to ence. From that moment forward, we belong to this place in some way, inhabit this wild coast. and it to us.

4 DOUG ELLIS

Mackenzie (Mac) Murphy was raised on Esalen land. He is a holistic health deeply inform the immersions we offer at Esalen, where practitioner and the son of Esalen co-founder Michael Murphy the splendor of the world is experienced in scents of sea and jasmine, glimpses of otters, Gray whales, and As an offspring of the land, I find myself interconnected with the ele- condors, thermal spring baths, and in the bounty of the ments in motion at Esalen. I feel the rhythms of the ocean in my heart and gardens and kitchen. Here, all but the toughest ego-identities the waves coinciding with emotions. All of the elements are represented crack open in both ecstasy and grief — grief that the human here: The crisp Big Sur air; the rocky cliffs emerging from venture has strayed so far from honoring the exquisite the waters; and the earth-warmed springs, bubbling into exuberance of life, and ecstasy for the glimmering sense the bathhouse. The healing culmination of the ele- that far, far more is possible for each of us, and for our ments entices the seeker to ground, expand, and to species. move into a primordial way of being. The spirit of the land is powerful, magnetizing travelers from all over the world. I pray for its continued prosperity — for the The Esalen Grounds Crew consists of five staff and three workscholars. They land, the institute, and for the heritage and continuing tend Esalen land day in and day out. legacy of the Esselen Indians who inhabited this place for We, the grounds crew, are stewards of this land. We have the privilege of so long. Esalen is a beacon of transformation: in the personal, social, and maintaining the beauty that exists naturally here. We start our days in silent spiritual domains — as long as we listen to the inherent wisdom that is meditation, giving thanks for all that is provided. Then we make ourselves intertwined into the DNA of the Esalen land. heard Esalen-wide: singing, laughing, and working until we drop. When you work in the dirt and breathe in the air this land becomes a part of you — a Geneen Marie Haugen & Bill Plotkin offer immersions in Soulcraft and in re- part of us. We try to reflect that love back into the land, and thus better our wilding our relationships with nature and psyche. See page 103 for their workshop. community. We hope that every person can have a piece of the beauty, love, and magic that flow in this sacred land, and take it back out into the world. Esalen is a place where the veil between human dreams and Earth’s dreams is thin, a place where the psyches of human beings become porous to our planet’s longings. The land, waters, and sky of Big Sur Visit www.esalen.org for more Reflections on the Land.

5 guide to workshops his is a guide to the workshops S THE BODY Aug 19-24 • The Joy of an Open Heart offered in this catalog. Many of them Aug 24-26 • Embodiment Tools Tdefy easy categorization and could be Massage Aug 26-31 • Dream Action and Dream Meanings July 6-8 • Advanced Esalen® Massage cross-referenced across many disciplines; most Aug 31-Sept 2 • Claiming Your Voice July 22-27 • Current Trends in Esalen® Massage Sept 2-7 • Gestalt Awareness Practice are listed in one or two main subject areas. If Aug 10-12 • Esalen® Massage in Motion Sept 7-9 • The Work and Future Generations you have never been to Esalen or taken an Aug 12-17 • Traditional Thai Massage Sept 9-14 • Eat by Choice, Not by Habit Esalen workshop, you might consider the Sept 2-7 • Meridian Massage: Touch and Core Energy Sept 14-16 • Presence: The Heart of Connection “Experiencing Esalen” workshop scheduled Sept 14-16 • Massage Retreat for Couples Sept 14-16 • The Art of Joyful Living Sept 16-21 • The Art of Touch: Esalen® Massage throughout the catalog and listed in the Sept 16-21 • The Courage to Be You Oct 7-12 • Healing Art of Deep Bodywork Sept 28-30 • The Stories We Tell through Our Bodies Integral Practices section of this guide. Please Oct 12-14 •V Fundamentals of Esalen® Massage Oct 14-19 • Healing Traumatized Hearts call the Esalen office if you have questions Nov 9-11 • Esalen® Massage in the Side-Lying Position Oct 19-21 • The Art of Leadership concerning a workshop. Nov 30-Dec 2 • Esalen® Massage for Couples Oct 19-21 • Integrated Brief Therapy Dec 2-7 • Deep Tissue Techniques Oct 21-26 • Living in Gratitude S ARTS & CREATIVITY Dec 21-23 • Holiday Couples Group Oct 28-Nov 2 • Abandonment to Healing Dec 23-28 • Esalen® Massage and Presence Nov 4-9 • Gestalt Awareness Practice Visual Arts July 1-6 • The Magic of Metal Somatic Practices / Movement / Sports Nov 9-11 • Butterfly Wisdom July 13-20 • Guiding Lights in Film July 1-6 • Introduction to Cortical Field Reeducation® Nov 16-18 • Changes and Transitions: 30s and 40s Aug 5-10 • Framing Nature: Photography July 15-20 • Walking on Clouds: Tai Chi Nov 18-23 • Angels and Traitors Aug 12-17 • Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Aug 3-5 • Recapturing Your Posture Nov 18-23 • The MAX Aug 17-19 • The Passion of Painting Aug 19-24 • Core Zero Balancing—Part I Nov 18-23 • Sweet Mischief: Self-Realization Sept 9-14 • The Alchemical art of Glass Fusing Aug 19-24 • Wild Serenity Nov 25-30 • Reclaiming Your Authentic Self Sept 16-21 • Painting the Inner and Outer Landscape Aug 24-26 • Energy Medicine Nov 25-30 • Gestalt Practice and CFR® Oct 19-21 • Divinatory Cards: SoulCollage® Aug 24-26 • Spinal Awareness (with Humor) Nov 30-Dec 2 • Thriving in Uncertainty Oct 21-26 • SoulCollage® and the New Paradigm Aug 26-31 • Advanced CranioSacral Therapy 1 Dec 2-7 • Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Nov 11-16 • Painting Improvisations Aug 26-31 • The Gokhale Method™ Dec 2-7 • Total Immersion for Total Transformation Nov 25-30 • Inspired Art / Inspired Life Aug 31-Sept 7 • Gokhale Method® Teacher Training Dec 7-9 • Rest, Rejuvenation and Renewal: Pause Dec 2-7 • Awakening the Creative: Painting Sept 9-14 • Therapeutic Imagery and Diolague 1 Dec 14-16 • Love Yourself and the Rest Will Follow Dec 9-14 • Discover Your Soul Mandala Sept 21-23 • Taoist Chi Kung: The Cloud Hands Dec 21-23 • Loving Yourself Oct 12-19 • The Future of the Body: Continuum Dec 28-30 • This Year I Will... Writing Oct 14-19 • The Refined Hakomi Method Relationship / Sexuality / Gender July 15-20 • Bone Knowing: Access Intuition Oct 21-26 • CranioSacral Therapy 2 July 22-27 • The Writing Life July 13-15 • Getting the Love You Want: Couples Oct 26-28 • Zero Balancing Open Forum July 15-20 • Becoming Able-Hearted Aug 5-10 • The Way of Story Oct 28-Nov 2 • Gateway to Soul: Process Acupressure Oct 7-12 • Straw into Gold: Memoir July 20-27 • Healing the Pelvic Floor: Power, Sexuality Oct 28-Nov 2 • The Spirited Body July 27-29 • Opening to Relationship: For Gay Men Oct 12-19 • The Artplane Painting Workshop Nov 2-4 • Anatomy Trains® and Fascial Fitness Oct 26-28 • The Sun Celebrates Personal Writing Aug 10-12 • Why We Choose What We Choose Nov 4-9 • Visceral Manipulation 1 Aug 17-19 • Celebrate Seventy! For Women Oct 28-Nov 2 • Writing the Wild Nov 11-16 • Spiritweaves™: Rites of Belonging Nov 9-11 • Writing For Our Lives Aug 17-19 • Couples’ Communication Retreat Nov 18-23 • Feldenkrais® Spinal Awareness Aug 26-31 • Relational Mindfulness Nov 18-23 • Deepening the Characters We Create Nov 25-30 • Essential Practice: Tai Ji Dec 23-28 • Crafting Your Journey through Memoir Sept 9-14 • Tantra: The Art of Conscious Loving Dec 2-7 • Brilliant Body: Conquering Injury and Pain Sept 9-14 • From Isolation to Intimacy Music / Rhythm / Dance Dec 7-14 • Gokhale Method® Teacher Training Sept 23-28 • The Intimate Couple: IBP July 1-6 • Soul Motion™: Taking Refuge Dec 14-16 • Luminous Being: Radiance Sutras Sept 28-30 • The Extraordinary Couples Workshop July 8-13 • Dance of Oneness®: Dance Your Passion Dec 21-23 • Spinal Awareness (with Humor) Oct 7-12 • Pleasure, Intimacy and Connectedness July 29-Aug 3 • Empowering Creativity Nov 11-16 • Secrets to Lasting Intimacy for Couples Aug 3-5 • The Ecstasy of Sound: Music and Healing S PSYCHOLOGY & RELATIONSHIP Nov 16-18 • Wild and Precious Life: For Women Aug 19-24 • Building a Vocal Community Dec 2-7 • The Second Half of Life: For Women Aug 31-Sept 2 • 5Rhythms®: Heartbeat Psychological / Transpersonal Process June 29-July 1 • Strengthening the Heart Dec 14-16 • Traer Calma y Equilibrio a Nuestras Vidas Sept 16-21 • Songwriting: Catch and Release Dec 21-23 • Mindful Communication Sept 21-23 • Soul Motion™: Alone Together June 29-July 1 • Intro to Gestalt Awareness Practice Sept 23-28 • Soul Motion™: Sanctuary July 1-6 • Gestalt Awareness Practice July 1-6 • Leading Your Life S NEUROPSYCHOLOGY / NEURO- Oct 14-19 • Spirit Songs: The Power of Gospel SCIENCE / PARAPSYCHOLOGY Oct 14-19 • The Dancing Buddha July 8-13 • Not for The Feint of Heart Oct 21-26 • Songs of the Heart July 8-13 • Intelligent Risk Taking July 6-8 • Brain Integration and Self-Development Nov 16-18 • Soul Motion™: The Dance of the Master July 15-20 • Families Under Pressure July 13-15 • Words Can Change Your Brain Nov 25-30 • 5Rhythms®: Heartbeat July 20-22 • Public Speaking Aug 12-17 • Forgiveness: Brain Change Therapy Dec 23-30 • Soul Motion™: Tenderness July 22-27 • Awakening the Heart Aug 31-Sept 2 • The Neuroscience of Resilience Dec 30-Jan 4 • The Natural Singer July 22-27 • Meditative Hypnosis Sept 23-28 • Buddha’s Brain July 29-Aug 3 • Relational Gestalt Process Creative Expression / Theater Aug 3-5 • Introduction to Radical Aliveness S Aug 26-31 • Sharing Your Life Story: Page to Stage SOCIAL /POLITICAL ISSUES Aug 5-10 • The Radically Alive Leader Oct 12-14 • Everyday Spontaneity Nov 23-25 • Social Entrepreneurship Aug 10-12 • Open Your Heart, Reclaim Your Health Nov 23-25 • Improv Inspiration: Wit and Wisdom Aug 17-19 • Walking an Authentic Path Dec 23-30 • A Big New Free Happy Unusual Life

6 S PROFESSIONAL GROWTH / Sept 23-28 • Experiencing the Farm and Garden Yoga TRAINING Oct 21-26 • The Nature of Movement June 29-July 1 • Learn to Thrive through Change July 6-8 • Esalen Embodied Arts Retreat July 8-13 • Mindfulness with Youth Training Nov 25-Dec 2 • Permaculture Teacher Training July 27-29 • Advanced Yoga for Everyone July 29-Aug 3 • Full Body Presence Nov 30-Dec 2 • The Tao of Ecology July 29-Aug 3 • Advanced Yoga for Everyone Intensive Aug 12-17 • StoryPlay®: Play Therapy Dec 7-9 • Energy Efficiency for Climate Protection Aug 5-10 • 2012 Maya Wisdom and Yoga Retreat Aug 31-Sept 7 • EMDR (Parts 1 and 2) Dec 21-23 • The Festive Cuisine of the Caribbean Aug 12-17 • Radiant Body Yoga Sept 16-21 • Tai Chi Easy™ Aug 26-31 • Yantra Yoga: Perfect Rhythm of Life Oct 19-21 • Yoga One on One S SPIRITUALITY Sept 9-14 • Jivamukti Yoga Immersion Nov 18-Dec 16 • 28-day Esalen® Massage Contemplative / Spiritual Studies Sept 16-21 • The Three Faces of Spirit July 13-15 • Sacred Activism in a Chaotic Time Sept 28-30 • Prime of Life Yoga™: Midlife and Beyond S PHILOSOPHICAL AND July 15-20 • Music, Spirituality and the Brain Oct 12-14 • Yoga Psychology SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY July 20-22 • Buddhism and the Twelve Steps Oct 14-19 • Yoga Practice: Body, Mind and Spirit June 29-July 1 • Paradigm Shift Then and Now July 20-27 • Tibetan Buddhism and Continuum Nov 2-4 • Gratitude Retreat July 1-6 • Knowing the Self, Understanding the Mind Aug 12-17 • The Transformational Enneagram Nov 4-9 • Yoga and Addiction Recovery July 20-22 • Natural Mind-Brain Change Effortlessly Aug 17-19 • The Embodied Life™ Nov 11-16 • Advanced Yoga for Everyone Intensive Aug 17-19 • The Energetics of Consciousness Aug 19-24 • Gratitude and Forgiveness Nov 16-18 • Advanced Yoga for Everyone Aug 19-24 • The Energetics of Consciousness Sept 9-14 • The Shift: Living in the Flow Nov 23-25 • Heart Fire: Tending the Flame Sept 14-16 • Science Set Free: Dispelling Dogmas Sept 16-21 • Relaxed & Awake: Meditation, Feldenkrais® Nov 25-30 • Awakened Heart, Embodied Mind Sept 28-30 • Science, Shamanism and the Hidden Self Sept 21-23 • Hidden School, Open Path Dec 14-16 • Kripalu Yoga Immersion Oct 19-21 • Civilized to Death Sept 28-30 • Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Dec 21-23 • Moving into Stillness: Winter Solstice Yoga Nov 2-4 • What’s Next? Revisioning Our Lives Oct 12-14 • Being Present For Your Life Dec 28-30 • Meditation, Yoga and the New Paradigm Nov 9-11 • The Holy Fool Oct 21-26 • Awake in the Wild: Meditation in Nature Dec 30-Jan 4 • Shadow Yoga and Buddhist Meditation Dec 28-30 • Living Deeply: Transformation Nov 9-11 • Falling in Love with the Divine: Nov 11-16 • Way of the Dreamer: Active Dreaming Myth / Ritual / Shamanism Sept 14-16 • Chanting, Ritual and Resonance S Nov 16-18 • The Heart of Buddhism NATURE / ECOLOGY / Nov 18-23 • Thanksgiving and Gratitude Nov 23-25 • Applied Zen SUSTAINABILITY Dec 30-Jan 4 • Re-Wilding the Future Nov 30-Dec 2 • Partners in Integration June 29-July 1 • An Ecology of Relationships Nov 30-Dec 2 • Spiritual Awakening: Meditation July 1-6 • Simply Wild: Experiencing Nature S Dec 7-14 • “Pointing Out” Way of Tibetan Meditation CHILDREN / FAMILIES / July 29-Aug 3 • Summer in the Full Moon Garden Dec 14-16 • Heartfelt Wisdom EDUCATION Aug 3-5 • Succulent Design Dec 14-16 • The Science and Practice of Mindfulness Aug 5-10 • Be Present Family Camp Aug 5-10 • Big Sur Wilderness Experience Dec 21-23 • The Power of Mindfulness Aug 10-12 • Magic and Music in the Gardens Aug 24-26 • Experiencing the Farm and Garden Dec 23-28 • Entering the Heart of Love Aug 24-26 • Kids Beyond Limits Sept 2-7 • Belonging to Earth Dec 30-Jan 4 • New Year’s Meditation Aug 31-Sept 2 • The Magical Family

S ECONOMICS / BUSINESS / LEADERSHIP V July 8-13 • Creating the Work You Love Check out this season’s Partner Programs Aug 3-5 • The Leadership Clinic Aug 10-12 • SVN’s Succeeding with Your Soul Intact: Milton H. Erickson Foundation Full Body Presence: Energize Your Life, Aug 10-12 • Speak to Inspire Promoting and advancing Erickson’s page 18. Aug 17-19 • The Transition Catalyst Intensive contributions to the health sciences. Full Body Presence: Healthy Boundaries, Nov 2-4 • SVN’s Enlightened Leadership Brain Integration and Self-Development, page 27. Nov 9-11 • Crafting Careers that Truly Fit page 14. Advanced CranioSacral Therapy 1, page 44. Foster Natural Mind-Brain Change, page 23. Therapeutic Imagery and Dialogue 1, S HEALTH / HEALING Meditative Hypnosis, page 24. page 51. July 6-8 • Practical Intuition: Intuitive Lifestyle StoryPlay®, page 36. CranioSacral Therapy 2, page 72. July 6-8 • The Alchemy of Abundance Brain Change Therapy, page 37. Visceral Manipulation 1, page 77. July 13-15 • Full Body Presence Dream Action, Dream Meanings, page 46. July 27-29 • Your Inner Voice: Power of Intuition Integrated Brief Therapy, page 71. Social Venture Network Aug 19-24 • Healing Your Heart 101 Inspiring and supporting innovation and Sept 9-14 • Eat by Choice, Not by Habit Gokhale Method Institute influential social entrepreneurship. Sept 23-28 • Taoist Chi Kung: Enhancing Vitality Helping people reclaim pain-free posture and Succeeding with Your Soul Intact, page 33. Oct 12-14 • A Renaissance In Herbal Medicine movement. Enlightened Leadership in Challenging Oct 19-21 • Living the Anticancer Lifestyle The Gokhale Method® for a Pain-Free Life, Times, page 33. Oct 21-26 • Alchemical Healing page 45. Dec 7-14 • Wisdom Healing Qigong™ Gokhale Method® Teacher Training, Stand and Deliver pages 47 and 95. Helping leaders achieve exceptional results S INTEGRAL PRACTICES through powerful communication. Aug 3-5 • Experiencing Esalen International Alliance of Healthcare Speak to Inspire, page 35. Sept 21-23 • Experiencing Esalen Educators and The Upledger Institute Sept 28-30 • ITP®: 40 Years of the Esalen Experience Offering light-touch therapy training programs, information, and products.

7 seminar spotlight A Closer Look

n this section, we highlight a few of the programs we are especially excited about this season, so that you can Kelly McGonigal & Leah Weiss Ekstrom Ilearn a bit more about our faculty and their specific areas of expertise. Enjoy!

Nora Bateson & Rex Weyler Nora Bateson writes, “As a child growing up at Esalen, my early memories are of scampering up Big Sur hillsides bare- footed, reaching for stable footing on the crumbly earth. It was a good metaphor; it taught me to be flexible. If there is one thing I learned at Esalen, it is that with any luck, and with a great deal of courage, the process of learning to learn never stops. Kelly McGonigal writes, “My passion is bringing together two seemingly disparate ways of understanding suffering and how to relieve it: science and Eastern wisdom. I’m trained as a research scientist and I’m fascinated by new insights about how the brain works, the mind-body relationship, what makes us happy, how we find strength, and how people heal. I’m also a long-time practitioner of Buddhist meditation and yoga, and have been profoundly moved by these traditions’ understanding of suffering. There is so much wisdom to draw on, from the idea of deep practice as a path for freedom, to the importance of supportive community.” Leah Weiss Ekstrom writes, “Sharing meditation practices with refugees to heal trauma, and with clinicians to transform burnout and compassion fatigue, has greatly informed my “Some may remember my father, Gregory Bateson, lumber- approach to suffering and its alleviation. My adult life has alter- ing up from the Esalen baths in the 60s and 70s. His body nated between clinical social service work and long meditation showed age, but his mind was incredibly nimble. He liked retreats. That contemplative practice and service—together—can to talk about ecology as the totality, or pattern, of relations. engage personal and social suffering in a meaningful way is at Now, thirty-two years after his death, Gregory’s ideas are the heart of my understanding of compassion.” experiencing a new traction. The world has changed. Now more than ever, his notion of life within dynamic systems McGonigal and Ekstrom’s workshop is offered through the provides useful tools to expand our frames of perception. Center for Compassion and Altruism Research (CCARE), an Between and among living things there is only integrated organization based at Stanford University that conducts and interaction. It is the restless conversation between all supports rigorous scientific studies of compassion and subjects: history, biology, creatures, math, psychology, altruistic behavior. anthropology, and you and me. See Strengthening the Heart with Compassion, June 29–July 1. “This year, as Esalen celebrates its 50th anniversary, it is an honor to bring this conversation—that began so many years ago—to new light. After traveling around the world with the Miguel Angel Vergara & Saul David Raye film, An Ecology of Mind, I am happy to be coming back to my Mayan shaman Miguel Angel Vergara writes, “The ancient childhood home, to play with the ideas, to dangle in uncer- Mayan teachers said, ‘Everything will be unveiled to humankind tainty, and to find footing in the rhythms of nature’s patterns.” in its right time and at the right hour.’ According to the Mayan See An Ecology of Relationships in Science, Art and Life, June calendar the year 2012 is 12 BAKTUN, 6 AHAU, the ‘time of 29–July1. the return of the wise men.’ All of us have been preparing for

8 this new beginning, in which neuroscience, informed by ancient contemplative wisdom, you love and wisdom will shine can use your mind alone to change your brain for the better,” again. says Hanson. “This presents truly amazing opportunities for “The Mayan prophecy of 2012 personal wellbeing, fulfilling relationships, and a more peaceful is about a time of hope, humili- world.” His most recent book, Just One Thing: Developing a Buddha ty, forgiveness, and love. It is a Brain One Simple Practice at a Time, is about the power of practice: time to go to the very depths doing those little things in your mind that add up over time to of our being and a time to big results. share who we are for the bene- Rick says he loves Esalen: “I’d of course heard about it forever, fit of humankind. The prophe- and when I finally came here it was even more wonderful than cy will exist only in the reflec- I’d imagined. It’s a great place for feeling nurtured, going deep, tion of our state of conscious- having fun, feeding your soul, and lifting your heart.” ness and our belonging to the See Heart of the Earth and the Buddha’s Brain: Lighting up the Neural Circuits of Happiness, Heart of the Sky. The Mayan Love and Wisdom, September 23–28. elders are very clear that 2012 is not an exact date, and it is not the end of the world. It is the time of a great shift in our consciousness.” Tom Myers Don Miguel and yoga teacher Saul David Raye bring together “My journey into the body started the sacred traditions of Mayan wisdom and Tantra yoga and at Esalen way back in 1974,” Tom integrate these teachings with their students’ contemporary Myers writes. “This journey lives. There are ancient connections between the Maya and the began as a youthful lark, but yogis of India. The roots of yoga lie in a tantric and shamanic deepened rapidly into a career. past, connected to the cycles, rhythms, and forces of the uni- Through Michael Murphy’s book, verse. During their Esalen workshop, the leaders will explore The Future of the Body: Explorations the profound ways to connect directly with those energies. into the Further Evolution of Human Nature, and my studies with Ida See Heart of the Sky, Heart of the Earth: 2012 Maya Wisdom and Rolf and Moshe Feldenkrais, I Yoga Retreat, August 5–10. burrowed into the literal stuff of our corporeal selves: the nerves, fluid exchange, the fascia. I devel- Rick Hanson oped a focus in my work and ended up writing some books Rick Hanson is a neuropsycholo- myself. Anatomy Trains and Fascial Release are all about how to gist who writes and teaches about see the patterns between body and spirit and how to connect the inner skills of psychological parts into wholes. How can such base matter manifest such healing, personal growth, spiritual alchemical gifts of spirit? practice, and healthy relationships. “Now we stand on a threshold: the industrial age is over and the Founder of the Wellspring electronic age is washing over us like a tsunami. Our images of Institute for Neuroscience and heart as pump, lung as bellows, liver as factory, or muscles as Contemplative Wisdom and levers are all a century out of date. We are entering a world of affiliate of the Greater Good fluid information, of multiple but tenuous connecting bonds, Science Center at UC Berkeley, a world where many of our kids are thoroughly divorced from Rick has taught at Oxford, ‘nature’ as we oldsters knew it — a nature that anyway is rapidly Stanford, and Harvard, and in changing. meditation centers internationally. “How do we reduce the stress of constant adaptation for those After growing up in the suburbs of LA, he dove into the human of us who grew up in a steadier-state world? How do we edu- potential movement of the early 1970s. He went to graduate cate the Neolithic bodies of our youngsters to live successfully school in developmental psychology and then got a Master’s in this electronic world? I am pleased to come back to Esalen to and a PhD in clinical psychology. His work developed into an present an experiential exploration of both ancient and modern exploration of the intersection of three circles: brain science, solutions to these questions. And I’m glad to say these solutions psychology, and contemplative practice, and in 2009, he wrote are a lot of fun.” Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and See Wisdom (now in 20 languages). “With the power of modern The Spirited Body, October 28 – November 2 and Anatomy Trains and Fascial Fitness, November 2–4.

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ences with nature and society, we will examine Rex Weyler is a writer and ecologist. His books Weekend of June 29–July 1 the paradigms that keep us bound to non-sus- include Pulitzer-nominated Blood of the Land, tainable thought patterns. We will liberate Greenpeace: The Inside Story, and Chop Wood, habitual patterns and rediscover the creative An Ecology of Relationships in Life, Carry Water: Finding Spirituality in Everyday potential of an ever-changing mind in a chang- Science and Art Life. Weyler was a cofounder of Greenpeace ing world. International and the Hollyhock education center. Nora Bateson & Rex Weyler www.rexweyler.com. We’re on a quest for a new kind of thinking Our world is made of relationships. Our bodies before we propose solutions. We need to ask are a dynamic interplay of processes. Even our new questions. When Gregory Bateson asked, Strengthening the Heart with most personal thoughts arise within an ecology “What is the pattern that connects?” he nudged Compassion of ideas and contexts. Science does not describe us to observe relationships and change. Nature “things” but rather changes, patterns, and reci- is our guide because the patterns of living sys- Kelly McGonigal & Leah Weiss Ekstrom procity. Simply: Relationships. tems hold the secrets to revitalize human sys- Experience a weekend immersion in compas- Humans co-evolve with every creature in nature tems, grow healthy communities, and heal our sion cultivation, based on the Stanford and with every social context. Our lives are the relationships. Compassion Training program developed by stories of these relationships. Learning is a dance psychologists, scientists, and contemplative with a dynamic world. Join Nora Bateson, daugh- See Seminar Spotlight, page 8. scholars at Stanford University. Explore strate- ter of Gregory Bateson and director of the film Nora Bateson wrote, directed, and produced the gies for strengthening self-compassion, connect- An Ecology of Mind, and author and Greenpeace award-winning documentary, An Ecology of Mind, ing with others, finding peace in difficult International co-founder Rex Weyler for a a portrait of her father Gregory Bateson’s way of think- circumstances, and overcoming compassion weekend of synchronizing our lives with ing. She has developed curriculum for schools, written fatigue. This session will include lecture, gentle nature’s patterns. for several journals, and produced and directed multi- yoga movement and breathing practices, medita- Using Gregory Bateson’s ideas of communica- media projects on intercultural understanding. tion, self-reflection, and discussion. You will also tion and relation, and our own direct experi- learn about the scientific research demonstrat-

10 Register online at www.esalen.org or by calling 888-8-ESALEN (888-837-2536). ing the benefits of training compassion, and mance. Her provocative and original works have been workshop is both didactic and experiential. strategies for sharing these practices with honored with seven Bay Area Critics’ Circle Awards Utilizing group exercises, meditations, and dis- others. To learn more about the Stanford and three National Endowment for the Arts fellow- cussion, participants work with each other to Compassion Training program, visit ships. explore ways of increasing our quality of aware- www.ccare.stanford.edu. ness as well as working with what arises in the process. Open seat work may be included but is See Seminar Spotlight, page 8. Learn to Thrive through Change not the focus of the workshop. CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. Amy Ippoliti Please note: Meeting times for this workshop are CE credit available for psychologists (pending); see page 113. Yoga teaches you that the only thing certain is longer than the average Esalen workshop. , PhD, is a psychologist and lecturer Kelly McGonigal uncertainty, but it doesn’t just stop there, it Recommended reading: Perls, Gestalt Therapy at Stanford University, and a senior teacher for the teaches you how to skillfully navigate the Verbatim; Chodron, The Wisdom of No Escape. Stanford Center for Compassion and Altruism changing tides of life, loss, and love. In this Research and Education. She is the author of The weekend gathering you will be shown: CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. Willpower Instinct and Yoga for Pain Relief. CE credit for nurses; see page 113. • Empowering standing poses, single-leg is a teacher and ongoing Leah Weiss Ekstrom directs compassion education balancing poses, and arm balances designed to Christine Stewart Price for the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research strengthen your resolve and fortify your core student of Gestalt Awareness Practice and other approaches to developing awareness. and Education at Stanford University. She practices • Fun, new poses that spark your creativity in the Tibetan tradition and has taught meditation • Morning rituals that you can do at home to set in a variety of secular contexts for more than 10 years. the tone for your day and inspire you to take She cofounded the Foundation for Active Compassion. action toward your dreams and goals Week of July 1–6 • Specific practices you can do at home to instantly shift your mood and outlook on life Paradigm Shift Then and Now: Knowing the Self through • How to be a leader even in the face of Building the Future Together Understanding the Mind challenge Ralph Abraham & Nina Wise Pierre Grimes • Make lifetime friends to support you as true Many people believe we are on the brink of a companions on the path Communications from the mind are as pro- paradigm shift of great magnitude—as great as Please bring a yoga mat. found as they are utterly appropriate to our cir- the 17th Century’s Scientific Revolution which cumstances, for while the scope of the mind is effectively removed the earth from its tyrannical Amy Ippoliti travels the globe helping people bridge pervasive, its precision is always directed to reign at the center of the universe and set the the gap between ancient yoga wisdom and modern what is personally and philosophically signifi- stage for material science to reign in the minds day life. She has appeared on the covers of Yoga cant. During this workshop, we will explore a of men. As so often happens in the course of his- Journal and Fit Yoga Magazine, and inside numer- new paradigm that offers a profound under- toric developments, progress is made at the cost ous publications nationally and internationally. standing of the way the mind functions and of something of value being left behind. Many communicates with us for our benefit. The self have posited that in these early years of the 21st is always seeking completion; hence, our choice century, as we move forward into perceiving the Introduction to Gestalt Awareness of goals, the problems we face, the daydreams universe not as a collection of distinct and inde- Practice and fantasies we have, the seemingly random pendent parts but as a unified system of inter- Christine Price thoughts that occur during our meditations and connected and interrelated beings, that we have Gestalt Awareness Practice is a form—nonanalyt- the dreams that visit us in our sleep—each and the opportunity to reclaim what was lost in the every one of them is a doorway into the richest past. In this workshop we will explore this last ic, noncoercive, nonjudgmental—derived from the work of Fritz Perls, influenced by Buddhist source of insights into our lives. What we dis- major paradigm shift in human consciousness, cover through these insights is that the mind discuss its implications for those living today, practice, and evolved by Richard and Christine Price. The work integrates ways of personal itself continually provides evidence of its own and together be active agents in ushering in a goodness and intelligibility. The master crafts- new paradigm. clearing and development that are both ancient and modern. To the extent that awareness is man of these communications is called the The workshop will include talks by Ralph made primary, Gestalt Awareness Practice has a Dream Master. Pierre Grimes has developed this Abraham, dialogues between Ralph and Nina strong relationship to some forms of meditation. path of self-discovery over many years. It has its Wise, group discussion, and some movement Emotional and energetic release and rebalancing roots in the Homeric/Socratic tradition. As we and easy theater games led by Nina to loosen are also allowed and encouraged. The emphasis focus on our dreams and daydreams with the our bodies and minds and create group synergy. is intrapersonal rather than interpersonal. simple rules of this new paradigm, we are brought to an awareness that our everyday exis- chaos mathematician and theorist, Participants are not patients but persons actively Ralph Abraham tence can be the doorway to the profound and is the author or coauthor of several math texts and consenting to explore in awareness. The leader that what is often ignored can be the key to our three philosophical books. He is professor of mathe- functions to reflect, clarify, and respect whatever inner development. Please bring writing materi- matics at UC Santa Cruz. emerges in this process. The aim is unfoldment, wholeness, and growth, rather than adjustment, al and a small tape recorder for recording your Nina Wise is a performance artist and founder of cure, or accomplishment. This introductory dreams. Motion Theater, a form of autobiographical perfor-

11 See pages 110-111 for reservations, fees, accommodations, scholarship information, and discounts.

Please note: There will be a property-wide celebra- sense of kinesthetic intimacy with the body. Zuza Engler has been on the spiral path of kinesthet- tion on July 4th. Both in solo and in partner or ensemble dances, ic investigation into consciousness for more than two we are encouraged to investigate the shape and decades, in motion, stillness, and process inquiry. She is founder and president of the Pierre Grimes force of motion in space. We are less concerned is a long-term practitioner of Buddhism, Soul Academy of Platonic Studies and the Noetic Society. with what the movement looks like and more Motion™, and Gestalt Awareness Practice. He wrote Philosophical Midwifery: A New with the movement of attention. We move in all Paradigm for Understanding Human Problems. directions at once, receiving and using inspira- He has led workshops and meditation retreats for 30 tion from all around us. We pause in stillness to Gestalt Awareness Practice years. listen more deeply while remaining fully pre- Christine Price sent to the dance within and without. The Way, when declared Soul Motion™: Taking Refuge “To take refuge in Soul Motion means to engage Seems thin and so flavorless. Zuza Engler wholeheartedly in a kinesthetic exploration of Nothing to look at, nothing to hear— aliveness and to give oneself permission to be And when used—is inexhaustible. Every heart to love will come–but like a refugee. changed in the process. Ultimately, Soul Motion —Lao Tzu —Leonard Cohen can be a path of liberation of the mind and Gestalt Awareness Practice is a form—nonanalyt- “What would it be like to find a place of refuge expansion of the heart toward a life of inclusion, ic, noncoercive, nonjudgmental—derived from in the midst of a busy, overwhelming life?” Asks in service to the whole, where one can become a the work of Fritz Perls, influenced by Buddhist Zuza Engler. “Soul Motion offers just that. More refuge to others.” practice, and evolved by Richard and Christine akin to meditation than to formal dance, this Please note: There will be a property-wide celebra- Price. The work integrates ways of personal movement practice brings attention home to tion on July 4th. clearing and development that are both ancient simple facts of aliveness: breath and heartbeat, and modern. To the extent that awareness is space and ground, inviting a return to the felt CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. made primary relative to action, Gestalt Aware- DOUG ELLIS

12 Register online at www.esalen.org or by calling 888-8-ESALEN (888-837-2536).

ness Practice has a strong relationship to some TS O’Grady is a metal worker and builder who Leading Your Life forms of meditation. This form is similar to recently moved to New Orleans after a decade in Laurie Gerber & James Phills some Reichian work as well, in that emotional Big Sur. and energetic release and rebalancing are Leadership is the most celebrated aspiration in is an artist/blacksmith who resides allowed and encouraged. Caleb Smith the worlds of business, politics, athletics, and in Santa Fe, NM. He creates custom architectural religion. We want to be or to have great leaders The emphasis is intrapersonal rather than inter- ironwork, works as a glass artist and woodworker. because they inspire and guide us, and they personal. Participants are not patients but per- He loves to bring all of these skills together to create drive their organizations to be exceptional. sons actively consenting to explore in awareness. artwork. He loves to spread the joys of metal work What if we took everything we know about The leader functions to reflect, clarify, and respect whenever possible. what makes leadership effective in these realms whatever emerges in this process. The aim is and applied it on a personal level to the chal- unfoldment, wholeness, and growth, rather than lenge of building an exceptional life? adjustment, cure, or accomplishment. The work- Simply Wild: Experiencing Nature shop will utilize group exercises, meditations, Steven Harper This retreat applies conventional managerial and discussion. The format combines introducto- perspectives on the strategic leadership of orga- I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down ry group work with the open seat form, in which nizations to the design and management of your into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass, each participant will have the opportunity to life. We’ll translate fundamental notions of pur- how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through work with the leader in a group context. pose and vision to dreams and aspirations. the fields, Apply basic elements of strategy such as scope Please note: Meeting times for this workshop are which is what I have been doing all day. and competitive advantage to help evaluate basic longer than the average Esalen workshop. Tell me, what else should I have done. choices about how you lead your life. These con- Please note: There will be a property-wide celebra- —Mary Oliver structs and more all have analogues in individ- tion on July 4th. The week is simple. We stroll through the wilds ual life—as does the core objective of performance and success. Recommended reading: Perls, Gestalt Therapy of Big Sur on hikes, soak in the natural mineral Verbatim; Chodron, The Wisdom of No Escape. hot springs, eat good wholesome food, commune The retreat begins with a hard-nosed and broad- with ourselves, others, and nature. With the bare based self-assessment of the quality of your life CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. attention of awareness and wilderness as our CE credit for nurses; see page 113. along a variety of dimensions including relation- teacher, we show up for our life as it unfolds ships, career, money, spirituality, and health. Leader bio on page 11. moment to moment. We make inquiry into the Based on this assessment you will develop a process of getting out of our own way — doing strategy and a set of concrete goals for enhanc- less and being more. Cultivating silence, space, ing the quality of your life in targeted domains. The Magic of Metal: Blacksmithing, and simplicity we come into intimate contact You will develop the skills and knowledge—but Welding and Sculpting with the raw beauty of this mysterious world. more importantly the insight and capacity—to TS O’Grady & Caleb Smith The group ventures out each day on hikes 4-8 be more strategic (in the best sense of the term) There is a magic about metal that can mesmerize miles in length, exploring the unique natural and effective in how you lead your personal and those who appreciate it and energize those who diversity at the meeting of mountain and sea. professional life. work with it. Experience blasting through steel From ocean beach to deep canyon to open ridge- Please note: There will be a property-wide celebra- plates with a cutting torch to create fantastic line, Big Sur in summer offers an invitation to tion on July 4th. shapes, or heating, twisting, hammering, and be fully alive. Simple practices that encourage shaping hard metal rods or bars as if they were awareness and contemplation (“how to be idle Laurie Gerber is president of Handel Group™ Life clay. The results can be useful and infinitely and blessed”) are shared with the group as well Coaching. Passionate about personal development, beautiful. The workshop focuses on the basics as the wonders of the rich natural history of Big Laurie has dedicated the last 15 years to coaching hun- of cutting, forging, and welding metal. Students Sur. As this workshop falls over the 4th of July dreds of individuals and leading large groups. She will learn through hands-on instruction, design holiday, we will include space to join in the blogs for The Daily Love, Huffington Post, Crazy talks, and show and tell sessions. Each student Esalen community celebration on the 4th. Sexy Wellness, and more. www.handelgroup.com. will take home the sculptural or functional No previous experience in simplicity or nature is James Phills is professor of organizational behavior pieces they create during the week. required. More information and a waiver will be at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He has All levels are welcome; no experience is neces- sent upon registration. For an equipment list and more than 25 years of experience as teacher, author, sary. Returning participants can build their skill frequently asked questions about Steven’s work- and consultant in the areas of individual and organi- level and tackle more complex projects. Bring shops, visit www.stevenkharper.com/faqs.html. zational learning, leadership, and strategic change. long-sleeved work clothes and leather boots that ($20 park entrance fee paid directly to the leader) you feel comfortable getting dirty in. Your Life Cannot Be Any Easier Steven Harper is a wilderness guide, author, artist, Please note: There will be a property-wide celebra- and Big Sur resident. He has led both traditional and Than Your Movement: Introduction ® tion on July 4th. experimental wilderness expeditions internationally to Cortical Field Reeducation Recommended reading: Sims, Backyard for more than 35 years. He has an MA in psychology Sybil Krauter, Ellen Kindl & Melissa Krikorian Blacksmith. and his work focuses on wild nature as a vehicle for How we sit, stand, move, or respond to contact awakening. www.stevenkharper.com. ($100 materials fee paid directly to the leaders) with others reflects patterns wired into our ner-

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we use this concept of unity in our daily lives to reach our goals and to create a stronger community where we can find an organic, supporting, and supportive role? Many of us have been to psychics and healers to help us find our way or heal our physical, psychological, and spiritual wounds, but how do we use these modalities as a living practice in our lives and communities? “In this workshop you will be taught intuitive and healing practices that you can put into practice in your daily life and in your interactions with others. Working together as a community we will explore different intuitive and healing modalities as we work with one another to heal specific areas of our body, lives, and spirits.” Within each of us is a psychic, a healer, and a teacher. Drawing from her six books on intuition and healing, Laura Day will participate with you in creating a supportive community of healers and intuitives who can be a reciprocal source of guidance and support for the rest of DOUG ELLIS your lives. vous systems in infancy. By early childhood, CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. Important Note: Intuition lends itself to direct, conflicting intentions distort these patterns. CE credit for nurses; see page 113. clear insight. This workshop can be very con- Feeling powerless, we attempt to survive and to Sybil Krauter teaches Integrated Awareness® and frontational and sometimes uncomfortable. win love by figuring out “the rules.” The result- Cortical Field Reeducation® internationally. Her Please be sure you are able to approach this ing strategies may protect us as children, but, background is in education, clinical hypnosis, and work with that in mind, and are willing to push deeply ingrained in our muscular postures and neurolinguistic programming. Currently her focus your boundaries (and have your boundaries movements, they imprison us as adults and is on how we create reality. pushed). For more information about Laura Day limit our choices. They remain outside of aware- and her work, visit www.practicalintuition.com. began Harriet Goslins’ Cortical Field ness, causing discomfort and limitation. Ellen Kindl Reeducation® as an attempt to control chronic pain Laura Day has taught at Esalen Insitute for more By reeducating the brain-muscle-emotion con- after a 21-hour surgery to fuse 14 vertebra. It worked, than two decades. A New York Times bestselling nection, restrictions in movement can be she was certified as a teacher in 2000, and has taught author of six books on intuition in business, love, and released, freeing lifelong behaviors that have at Esalen and other locations nationally since then. healing, Laura travels the world creating communi- organized around that movement, and restoring ties of intuitives and healers. www.practicalintu- , MPT is a physical therapist and freedom of choice. The protective postures alter, Melissa Krikorian ition.com. CFR® practitioner with a 20-year private practice. deeply affecting the body’s habitual defense sys- She conducts CFR intensives at her Westlake Village, tem and allowing a higher level of energy. Calif. clinic and co-teaches CFR workshops at Esalen. Brain Integration and Self-Development: This workshop begins the process of relearning Ericksonian Hypnosis Seminars the ease, fluidity, and openness taken for grant- ed as a child and lost somewhere along the way. Dan Short Weekend of July 6–8 It is for the sedentary; for the active who want What if someone told you that you must climb a to increase physical skills and reduce risk of tall mountain but with one hand tied behind injury; for those dealing with aftereffects of Practical Intuition: your back, or with your eyes closed? Would you injury or emotional trauma, and the profession- The Intuitive Lifestyle accept? Most would not because we recognize als who work with them; for the chronically Laura Day the importance of using all of our available tired and stressed who want to take better care resources to meet complex challenges. However, of their necks, shoulders, and backs; and for “Science, spirituality, and psychology are com- many people limit themselves when it comes to those who want to improve their posture, flexi- ing together in the 21st century to illuminate a the use of the brain. The problem is that modern bility, and breathing while deepening their single concept: we share a unified energy field,” education and culture do not prepare individu- sense of connection and belonging. says Laura Day. “We have scientists exploring als to address life’s problems with the full capaci- telepathy, doctors exploring faith, and psychics Please wear loose comfortable clothing; no jeans ty of the brain. Rather, it is the left-hemisphere in the law enforcement and business world. or belts please. that is developed (i.e. the logical-speech-orient- There is no ‘para’ in psychology anymore and ed center of the brain). Not knowing any better, Please note: There will be a property-wide celebra- new paradigms are addressing a more complete we sometimes turn off entire regions of the tion on July 4th. understanding of the human condition. How do brain, thus limiting our overall functionality

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and problem-solving capacity. In this workshop, rience transformational Liquid Asana™ vinyasa The Alchemy of Abundance: participants will engage in a variety of exercises, yoga, ecstatic dance, somatic ritual, tribal paint- The Healed Vision demonstrations, and dialogue designed to ing, spontaneous flights of ecstatic world music, Rick Jarow with Dawn Avery increase brain integration. This workshop is and a deep communion with the healing waters open to anyone who wishes to learn how to “act of Esalen. Have you ever had the sense that everything in on instinct” or “trust one’s gut” or many other your life is falling into place and that you are Yoga, painting, and dance sessions will be abilities that originate in underused regions of right where you are supposed to be? Can you accompanied by live or DJ’d music by Red the brain. Some of these exercises will open imagine feeling this way on a regular basis? The Musette Ensemble to guide you deeper into the pathways to emotional experiencing. Others Healed Vision energizes your life in this truly rhythmic flow of your authentic, embodied art. will open pathways to greater emotional self- creative way. Rick Jarow teaches an in-depth and Through dynamic asana sequences and somatic regulation. With increased brain regulation, effective process utilizing the power of commu- movements that lead to peak states of embodied what seemed like a one-way street suddenly nity and the integrity of the individual to move creativity, you’ll cultivate a deeply nourished, transforms into two-way communication within from what you imagine you want to what your inspired, and empowered state of being that will the brain. This workshop will include informa- soul deeply seeks. remain with you long after you return to your tion on modern brain science, presented in a urban lives. During this workshop you are guided to: logical and orderly way. At the same time, partic- • Reflect on events that have occurred and ipants are likely to achieve understandings that The retreat will include: choices you have made in your life are difficult to define. • Four Liquid Asana™ Vinyasa Flow yoga • Identify and release conditioned responses CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. journeys, ecstatic dance, and meditations with that keep you repeating the same scenarios Micheline Berry , PhD, practices in Scottsdale, Ariz., and • Incubate “Healed Visions” that galvanize Dan Short • Summer ecstatic dance concert with teaches the dynamics of therapeutic relationships to the power of your Spirit into forward Micheline Berry and Red Musette interns and professionals. He authored Transforma- momentum • Tribal art making with artist Domonic Dean tional Relationships, coauthored Hope and Through deeply meditative and reflective Breaux and musicians Resiliency, and currently serves as executive director processes, you access the alchemy of the con- for the Milton Erickson Institute of Phoenix. This retreat is open to all levels of yoga, dance, scious and unconscious coming together, which and painting experience. Please bring a yoga allows you to become the dynamic architect of mat. your life. Experience the phenomenal release of Esalen Embodied Arts Retreat energy through movement, writing, poetry, Micheline Berry is a pioneer in the healing integra- Micheline Berry with Joey Lugassy and tion of live world music with yoga sadhana. As group dialogue, and dream work that can fuel Red Musette Ensemble founder of Zen Dancing® and the world music your fundamental sense of wellbeing and empower you to meet the challenges of your life Join us for an alchemical, healing celebration of ensemble Shaman’s Dream, she has facilitated more with dignity and creativity. Transform the “base embodied creativity in the pristine nature of Big than 500 ritual world music concerts, retreats, and metals” of resentment, disease, and despair into Sur. During this somatic immersion, you’ll expe- multimedia events. www.michelineberry.com. directed power, vibrant health, radiant compassion, and a new Healed Vision that opens you to profound levels of abundance. Recommended reading: Jarow, Alchemy of Abundance.

CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113.

Rick Jarow, PhD is professor of religious studies at Vassar College, practicing career consultant, and author of Creating the Work You Love and Alchemy of Abundance, among others. His seminars on career, life-alignment, and transition have been offered at holistic learning centers around the world.

A Weekend of Advanced Esalen® Massage Deborah Anne Medow & Jessica Fagan This weekend provides practitioners with the opportunity to inspire their current massage practice. Experienced Esalen Massage and Bodywork practitioners Jessica and Deborah will offer unique explorations in the practices of DOUG ELLIS

15 See pages 110-111 for reservations, fees, accommodations, scholarship information, and discounts. gentle extensions and dynamic mobilization, Various curriculum models, lessons, and current and group Gestalt work in an environment of along with soft tissue release work. Elements of research will be presented and practiced, and trust, compassion, and emotional generosity. Thai massage will also be brought onto the table, participants will spend time looking at how A thirty-year survivor of Lou Gehrig’s Disease, along with range of motion and passive release these teachings apply to children of different Mariah speaks with what she calls her “ALS techniques, creating an atmosphere of innova- populations and ages. Other focuses will be on accent,” which will be translated. tion and exploration. working with resistance, trauma, and special Recommended Reading: Gladis, Tales of a needs, and learning how schools and organiza- Come prepared to practice and learn new meth- Wounded Healer. tions are already successfully integrating these ods of massage while enjoying the natural beau- practices. CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. ty and healing waters of the Esalen Institute. CE credit for nurses; see page 113. Recommended reading: Greenland, The Mindful Previous massage training and a good sense of Child; Trungpa, Training the Mind; Kabat-Zinn, Mariah Fenton Gladis, founder/director of the humor are encouraged. Wherever You Go There You Are. Pennsylvania Gestalt Center for Psychotherapy and CE credit for nurses; see page 113. Training for more than three decades, leads workshops CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. CE credit for nurses; see page 113. and trainings around the US and in Europe. She CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. is recognized for the sensitive and creative way she , longtime Esalen workshop Deborah Anne Medow , MA, is founding director of practices the art of Gestalt. leader, yoga instructor, and bodywork practitioner, Daniel Rechtschaffen the Mindful Education Institute. He has a private teaches yoga, massage, creative movement, awareness psychotherapy practice and has taught mindfulness practices, and related healing disciplines throughout practices to youth in such varied settings as high- Creating the Work You Love: the US, Europe, and Japan. She is also a certified school basketball and baseball teams, hospitals, and Thriving in the New Economy nutrition educator, Zumba® dance instructor, and summer camps. www.mindfuleducationinsti- manager of the Esalen Healing Arts Department. Rick Jarow with Dawn Avery tute.com and www.mindfulchildren.com. Has “work-life balance” become a meaningless Jessica Fagan, a member of the Esalen massage staff, is a dancer and performer who is deeply immersed in cliché? Might it ever be possible to “balance” the practice and teaching of Eastern and Western Not for The Feint of Heart: your life and your work in a truly integral way? somatic therapies as well as Vinyasa yoga. Be Bold in Your Personal Growth This can be done, but it requires the vision and clarity to navigate the new economy in a power- Mariah Fenton Gladis fully engaged manner. Build a career that res- If you’re “feint of heart,” you avoid confronting onates with your deepest levels of spirit, integri- Week of July 8–13 the emotional injuries or habits that prevent ty, passion, and purpose without sacrificing your you from enjoying life to the fullest. You feint personal life. this way and that, preserving the status quo Mindfulness with Youth Teacher Training In this richly experiential workshop, you can instead of moving past obstacles. This workshop gain clarity and inspiration, learn to discern Daniel Rechtschaffen is not for the feint of heart—nor the faint of your true priorities, manifest your creative heart. It’s for people who have a passionate com- Through this transformative training, partici- visions in the world, and design a fluid vocation- mitment to creating healthy relationships with- pants have the opportunity to deepen their own al network that allows you to build a career in healthy lives. It offers opportunities to bene- mindfulness practices, learn from various mind- aligned with your entire life. fulness-based curricula, and bring these prac- fit from intensive individual healing work, tices back into their lives and work. Research which may involve emotional injuries rooted in Utilizing a meditative format of internal exer- shows that mindfulness practices decrease the past, recurring themes or patterns of dys- cises based on the chakra system, processes of stress, anxiety, and depression in children, while function, or personal longings in the here and radical inquiry, and pragmatic methods for improving emotional regulation, attention now. Whatever the content of your work, this designing your life’s work, career consultant capacity, and social relations—all proven contrib- workshop helps you: and founder of the Anti-Career process Rick utors to academic achievement. When learned • Discover the issues that are immediately Jarow guides you through a step-by-step at a young age, these skills have the capacity to obstructing the quality of your life process to: transform lives, families, and societies. This • Learn contact skills to authentically and • Harmonize your personal and professional training gives educators, counselors, parents, effectively express yourself and assure healthy life and childcare providers the practical tools they interaction with others • Understand the emerging needs of the global need to bring the many benefits of mindfulness • Risk working deeply in an atmosphere of trust marketplace to children aged K–12. and mutual support • Successfully negotiate life transitions The training begins with personal retreat time • Expand your capacity for generosity and • Learn techniques for clear, effective decision including guided mindfulness sittings, move- compassion for yourself and others making ment, time spent in nature, and heartfulness. The didactic and experiential sessions are partic- • Discover a holistic approach to your life’s work Through settling the mind, relaxing into the ularly helpful for human-relations professionals that reflects your heart’s compassion and soul’s body, and developing insight, participants get a and those committed to a path of personal bet- courage taste of the inner teachings of mindfulness. By terment. Mariah Fenton Gladis, known for her embodying these teachings, participants train in Leader bio on page 15. effective and innovative use of music to enrich modeling empathy, presence, and attention. the workshop experience, will blend individual

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ment, and service, live your flame to the extent that even chaos feels like home.” Open to all. The workshop includes ceremony and an ecstatic dance celebration. Please bring a yoga mat. Recommended reading: Harvey, Light Upon Light; Barks, ed. The Essential Rumi. Recommended viewing: Sayyad and Harvey, In the Fire of Grace DVD.

Banafsheh Sayyad is a pioneer in her unique synthesis of dance and spirituality. A licensed acupuncturist with an MFA in Dance from UCLA, she teaches and performs worldwide a mesmerizing offering of the timeless sacred feminine inside a contemporary gypsy dervish. www.namah.net.

The Practical Art of Intelligent Risk Taking: Soulful Life Skills David Schiffman To live with integrity and originality in an increasingly challenging world requires a wide variety of skills, capabilities, and attitudes: soundness in judgment, originality in action, and knowing when and how to act. This workshop examines the essential components of making intelligent, creative choices. The foundation of the curriculum lies in consid- ering the risks we must take to make a life of depth, meaning, and integrity. Together we will consider: • The impact of origins and ancestry on our risk-taking style • Conventional thinking versus kaleidoscopic, emergent logic and multi-focal vision • Intuition and imagination: The mutability of consciousness, perception, and presence • Recognizing and developing allies, guardian angels, and supporters DANIEL BIANCHETTA • Dealing with antagonists and the judicious use of strength Dance of Oneness®: Dance Your Passion our bodies, our selves, and living as a Lover. • The soulful, energetic logic of improvisational Banafsheh Sayyad with Tony Khalife “Drawing from Sufism, tai chi, yoga, Persian spontaneity and expressiveness dance, flamenco and Middle Eastern tribal “In the changing face of our world, to survive • The use of accurate appraisal and critical dances, Dance of Oneness offers a foundation and truly serve we need to be passionately alive analysis and joyous,” writes Banafsheh Sayyad. “The time for creative flight. Banafsheh and Tony will lead the group through an exploration of the chakras • Affirmation and direction through oracular is NOW to connect deeply with what you truly and archetypal perspectives love and align yourself with source energy to and how to ignite the flame in our heart through a sacred marriage of all opposites with • Fluency, intelligence, and adeptness as ignite your creative flame and uplift yourself measures for sound emotional expression and thereby the world. Since ‘No one can light structured and free dance, live music, chanting, • Timing: The wisdom to know when and how your flame for you and keep it alive but your- and meditation. Gain transformative tools to put in manageable increments self,’ as Rumi says, it is imperative to have a into immediate practice and move into a place body/spirit-based practice that serves as a of living an ecstatic life with source energy flow- • If at first you don’t succeed: Cultivating cauldron to nourish this flame. Designed by ing abundantly and opening you to your full persistence and emotional resilience potential. Through peaceful groundedness, Banafsheh, Dance of Oneness facilitates a way to Together we’ll create a community based on empowered embodiment, passionate engage- embody the transcendent flame through loving goodwill and mutual support aimed at develop-

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ing risk-taking skills that minimize wasted www.gratefulness.org/brotherdavid/index.htm. Rick Brown is executive director for the Institute for time and unnecessary suffering. It will be an Relationship Therapy in Winter Park, Fla. Rick was This seminar may be of interest to other health opportunity for examining and creating your executive director for Harville Hendrix’s Institute, and and mental health professionals. own unique risk taking style. he lectures and gives workshops across the country. He CE credit available for psychologists (pending); see page 113. has been married for 33 years. David Schiffman has taught at Esalen for 40 years. CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. His work combines creative elements ranging from CE credit for nurses; see page 113. sweet mischief to intelligent risk taking and includ- is the Luke & Grace Kim Endowed Full Body Presence: ing ceremony, music, movement, and inner work. Francis G. Lu Professor in Cultural Psychiatry at UC Davis. Since Skills to Energize Your Life He has been a consultant to California Institute for 1987 he has coled 24 seminars at Esalen exploring Integrative Studies and Saybrook Institute, in San Suzanne Scurlock-Durana film and the transpersonal. Francisco. Energize your daily life in this weekend work- Brother David Steindl-Rast, Benedictine monk, shop. Gain practical tools and skills that will psychologist, and author, has lectured on five conti- enable you to meet life’s challenges with new nents. He was Spiritual Teacher in Residence at resources that don’t fade but grow stronger with July 13–20 Esalen, and is concerned with the unique challenges practice. and opportunities of our time. Discover how to tune into your body’s wisdom Guiding Lights in Film: and acquire skills to stay energized in the face of Inspirations to Live By life stressors and draining situations. Learn Francis Lu & Brother David Steindl-Rast Weekend of July 13–15 exact tools for re-charging your system to calm And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously physical tension and quiet your mind. Leave the give other people permission to do the same. Getting the Love You Want: weekend more embodied, with clarity about —Nelson Mandela A Workshop for Couples how your own full body presence can support you in your world. Memorable film characters, luminous Rick Brown actors/actresses, and even some unforgettable This workshop is designed to help couples In today’s world we all need full access to our great films themselves have inspired audiences understand at a deeper level why they were inner and outer resources in order to survive since the beginning of movies. This week-long attracted to each other, why they get stuck in and thrive with the daily demands being pre- seminar focuses on sixteen feature films from endless power struggles, and how to safely begin sented to us. This course teaches the process of the US, Japan, France, and Germany dating from to work through those stuck places toward a allowing the deep wisdom of the body to inform the 1930s to the present that have depicted safer and more satisfying relationship. Couples and help us navigate in our living, working, teachers, mentors, and spiritual visionaries— share only with their partner and are able to healing, and relating in the world. Learning to both secular and religious—who were able to maintain privacy. Couples are shown: respect and listen to this body wisdom as the bring forth inspiration akin to its original mean- ground of our knowing helps us rediscover our • New communication skills to break innate spirituality and to develop our emotional ing: “A divine influence or action upon the lives destructive cycles of relating of certain persons that is believed to qualify intelligence. Attend this workshop and acquire • How to channel the energy from arguments to them to receive and communicate sacred revela- effective skills to: create passion and stability tion interpreted within Christianity as the • Learn about healthy boundaries and how to direct action of the Holy Spirit” (Webster’s 3rd • How the unconscious forces that attract hold them partners to each other are also the source of International Dictionary, 2002). The films cho- • Understand the dynamics of your own energy conflict sen evoke—through their characters, scenarios, habit patterns • New tools for re-romanticizing their bold cinematography, and music—those quali- • Nourish and rejuvenate in healthy, life-giving relationship to reestablish the passion of their ties of inspiration and spiritual leadership that ways have served to guide oneself and others to early time together • Remain grounded, steady, and present, even embrace the courage, passion, and imagination • How to use their relationship for emotional under stress needed to take up a new way of living. healing and spiritual evolution This course is valuable to individuals from all Film-viewing seminars led by Francis and Activities include lectures, written exercises, walks of life, including healthcare professionals Brother David have become a tradition at Esalen guided imagery, and live demonstrations of and caregivers, life coaches and counselors, par- since 1990; this will be their 21st one together. communication skills and processes. Rick ents, and teachers. These sessions interweave fine films carefully Brown has been offering this workshop for chosen and sequenced, extensive hand-out more than twenty years, and has appeared on Prerequisite: Read and listen to the audio CD in materials, state-of-the-art home theatre equip- Oprah. The methodology is based on Harville Full Body Presence: Learning to Listen to Your Body’s ment, and processing of the film-viewing experi- Hendrix’s best-selling Getting the Love You Want. Wisdom. ence through group interaction and personal For more information, visit www.rickbrown.org. Note: Registration for this workshop is through silent reflection. Please note: This workshop is for couples only. IAHE only. To register, please call 1-800-311- For further information, contact Francis Lu 9204. Only after you have registered with IAHE ($20 materials fee for manuals paid directly to the leader) at [email protected]. For a description and paid tuition fees will you be able to reserve of their 2002-2011 seminars, see CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. accommodations at Esalen. Please see accommo-

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dations costs under “Pricing for Partner strategy called Compassionate Communication CE credit for nurses; see page 113. Programs” at www.esalen.org/workshops/reserva- that integrates mindfulness, relaxation, and vari- CE credit available for psychologists (pending); see page 113. CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. tions.html. ous “inner values” meditations. By staying deeply relaxed and in the present moment, you Mark Robert Waldman teaches stress reduction and CE credit for nurses; see page 113. communication strategies at Loyola Marymount CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. can use your tone of voice and facial expressions to generate neurological trust and cooperation University. His research has been featured in Time, Suzanne Scurlock-Durana, author of Full Body in the listener’s brain. The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Presence, CranioSacral therapy instructor since elsewhere. He is the author of Words Can Change Compassionate Communication undermines 1987, and creator of the Healing From the Core train- Your Brain, among other books. www.markrobert- neural patterns of defensive communication, ing series, specializes in conscious awareness and its waldman.com. relationship to the healing process. She has taught interrupts the inner speech that governs every- with the Upledger Institute, and at Esalen since 1994. day consciousness, and promotes a spontaneous Chris Manning, PhD, is professor of finance and real www.healingfromthecore.com. dialogue that generates neurological empathy. estate at Loyola Marymount University. He is on the editorial board for the Journal of Real Estate This workshop combines experiential practices, Research and is a former president of the American lectures, and group discussion. Participants will Real Estate Society. He has authored dozens of articles. Words Can Change Your Brain: be guided through the twenty-minute Mindfulness in Personal and Compassionate Communication training mod- Business Conversations ule and several basic mindfulness exercises. What Breaks Your Heart Open? Mark Robert Waldman & Chris Manning Discussions include how to use this process Sacred Activism in a Chaotic Time with children and conflicted couples, and Dr. Effective communication is essential in virtually Andrew Harvey all aspects of life, but the latest neuroscientific Manning will explain how to bring these strate- evidence shows that the expression of any form gies into all aspects of business, negotiation, This workshop begins with an exploration of of negativity is damaging to both the speaker’s management, and sales. The material in this the tremendous relationship between Rumi and and listener’s brain. Whether it takes place at class will be featured in Newberg and his great beloved, Shams of Tabriz, focusing on home or in the workplace, negative speech cre- Waldman’s forthcoming book, Words Can Change how heartbreak shattered Rumi and opened ates interpersonal stress, neural dissonance, and Your Brain (June 2012). him into divine consciousness. Using this story and some of the magnificent poems that were work-related burnout. Recommended reading: Newberg and created as its consequence, participants will dis- Waldman, How God Changes Your Brain. Mark Waldman, Andrew Newberg, and Chris cuss the ways that personal heartbreak can lead Manning have developed a new communication KODIAK GREENWOOD

19 See pages 110-111 for reservations, fees, accommodations, scholarship information, and discounts. DANIEL BIANCHETTA to a great positive change and, more broadly, more than 20 books, including The Hope: A Guide Yuval Ron on the oud, an ancient Middle how the heartbreak that is happening in the to Sacred Activism and Heart Yoga: The Sacred Eastern lute used to accompany poetry and bib- world today can facilitate a more urgent con- Marriage of Yoga and Mysticism. He has taught at lical prophetic recitations; Echad and Nigun frontation with the problems, and our commit- Oxford University and Cornell University. meditations; movement exercises from the Zen ment to do everything we can to heal them. tradition of Butoh; ecstatic dance and music; and an orchestrated video presentation of the Drawing on his book, The Hope, Andrew Harvey neuro-scientific effects of meditation and prayer will lay out his vision of Sacred Activism, a Week of July 15–20 on the brain. You can come away with a deep fusion of mystical knowledge, peacemaking, understanding of the commonality of spiritual passion, and urgent action. He believes that the practices and the love for life that is reflected in fusion of the passion for God and the passion Music, Spirituality and the Brain: these mystical paths. for justice creates an evolutionary force of love Sacred Practices to Open Your Heart and Mind in action that can help us not only transform Mark Robert Waldman bio on page 19. our current crisis, but evolve into divine human- Mark Robert Waldman & Yuval Ron is an Oscar-winning and Grammy-nom- ity. Participants will discuss the five forms of Yuval Ron This workshop takes you deeply into the sacred inated musician, composer, and producer for film, service that are necessary to be a Sacred Activist, music, movement, dances, rituals, and practices television, dance, and theater. He has performed for the seven laws that Harvey has distilled from of five ancient spiritual paths: Kabbalistic the Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, and Zia Iniyat the world’s mystical traditions that govern the Judaism, Sufism, mystical Christianity, Zen Khan, and has been featured on CNN and in wise use of Sacred Activism, and the four kinds Buddhism, and Hinduism. Experience the National Geographic. www.yuvalronmusic.com. of sacred practice that he recommends to all sacred poetry and storytelling from these mysti- Sacred Activists to help them build a holistic cal paths as the leaders guide you through medi- spiritual container strong enough to withstand tations and chants that have been shown to alter Walking on Clouds: Tai Chi the inevitable stresses and pressures we all face. the structure and function of your brain in ways Kenn Chase Recommended reading: Harvey, The Hope: A that enhance memory, cognition, and social Move like a river, Guide to Sacred Activism. awareness while simultaneously reducing stress, anxiety, depression, and anger. Walk like a cat, Andrew Harvey is an internationally renowned Be still as a mountain. poet, novelist, scholar, and mystic. He is the author of The program includes live music performed by — Tai Chi Classics

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The focus of this tai chi workshop is effortless group work in an environment of trust, compas- Julie Bowden, psychotherapist and author, special- movement, with grace and serenity. A special sion, and emotional generosity. A thirty-year izes in childhood trauma, substance abuse, and for- shortened version of Yang-style Tai Chi will be survivor of Lou Gehrig’s Disease, Mariah speaks giveness. Coauthor of Recovery: A Guide for Adult introduced. This health form has twelve moves, with what she calls her “ALS accent,” which will Children of Alcoholics and Genesis: Spirituality which, if practiced regularly, increase chi (per- be translated. in Recovery from Childhood Traumas, she has sonal energy), improve balance, and promote been teaching at Esalen for more than 20 years. Recommended Reading: Gladis, Tales of a strength and wellbeing. In addition to the www.juliebowden.com. Wounded Healer. tai chi postures, students will learn Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement® and chi kung CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. practices. CE credit for nurses; see page 113. Bone Knowing: Using Art, Body Sensing and Writing to Access Intuition The workshop will culminate in a group excur- Leader bio on page 16. sion to the New Camaldoli Hermitage for medi- Jennifer Allen tation followed by a trip to beautiful Sand Dollar “What do you know deep in your bones?” Asks Families Under Pressure: Beach for tai chi by the sea. Jennifer Allen. “With the crazy pace of the Diamonds in the Making world we live in, it can be difficult to access the Recommended reading: Breslow, Beyond The Chris Chouteau & Julie Bowden Closed Door; Lo, Inn, et. al, The Essence Of Tai Chi wisdom to guide us in relationships, life chal- Ch’uan; Man-ch’ing, Tai Chi Ch’uan. Every family is vulnerable to the pain of addic- lenges, and creative blocks. tion, trauma, and loss. In crisis, family members has taught tai chi for more than 40 “Working from the ‘bones-up,’ we’ll leave the Kenn Chase often feel confused, helpless, and frightened, realm of thinking. Residual inhibitions around years. His Integral Way Practice combines tai chi, The and fall back on old behaviors. Denial, anger, Feldenkrais Method®, chi gong, and meditation. He creativity can drop away as we enter the body blame, and control only increase the difficulties. for guidance. Our body’s ‘felt-sense’ opens us to a is a stress management consultant and maintains a Just as the addict or the one who is sick needs to private practice in the north San Francisco Bay Area. fresh perspective through the language of emo- seek recovery, so must the family. While there tion, sensation, and metaphor. When we learn to are many resources available to the individual, hold an opening and create from this place of families are often included only as an adjunct, Becoming Able-Hearted: presence, we invite spontaneity and new knowl- mostly in the hopes of helping the identified Essential Skills of Loving edge via color, shape, and symbol. patient. But everyone in the family needs infor- Mariah Fenton Gladis mation, support, and guidance not just to weath- “The Esalen Art Barn is where we’ll practice guided imagery to sense into our body’s brilliance and Are you able to communicate your love to those er the emotional and physical upset but also to express it through paint, pastels, and collage, fol- most important to you? Do you hold back or use it as a springboard to stronger ties and deep- lowed by journaling exercises and group sharing. inhibit your expressions of love, verbally and/or er satisfaction. Each of our five days will build on the last, deep- physically? Share with others who are facing their family’s ening the experience and culminating in knowl- “In my practice I see the tragic consequences of challenges and learn the skills and strategies for edge that can inform our daily lives. people’s inability to generate, embody, and strengthening your closest relationships in See how to make this creative process your own express their love,” writes Mariah Fenton Gladis. times of crisis. Learn how to separate the person through various facilitated exercises and readings “Even with the best of intentions and genuine from the problem, distinguish between your from Jennifer’s memoir, Bone Knowing, which illus- love, people are often plagued by the lack of skills part and theirs, and discern what it means to trate examples of intuitive knowing and using art to utilize and deliver their love. There is perhaps take care of yourself while caring about others. process. Each day will consist of a ‘sit’ to listen-in, no more important work you can do than to The leaders bring decades of experience in the guided art experiences, group sharing, and plenty expand your capacity for creating fulfilled and fields of addiction, trauma, and recovery. Group of open-studio time to take explorations further. sustainable relationships.” This workshop is for and individual work includes meditation, aware- Professional clinicians will learn, experientially, men and women or couples who want to develop ness practice, structured communication, role- how this process applies to clients.” Please bring an their capacity to create intimate connections with play, guided imagery, and writing to help partici- 8x10 blank journal or sketch book. a present or future partner. Much of the work you pants navigate a path toward clarity, enhanced will be doing in this workshop will be applicable relationships, and spiritual growth. Participants Recommended reading: Allen, Bone Knowing; to other relationships as well. will develop a plan for continued growth and McNiff, Trust the Process; Malchiodi, The Soul’s Palette; Rappaport and Kinsley, Focusing-Oriented You will be shown how to: support back home. Art Therapy; Herring, Writing Begins with the • Increase your knowledge base of sustainable This workshop is for family members age eigh- Breath. relationship skills teen and up. Participants are asked to forgo alco- • Exercise and develop your emotional skill set hol and non-prescription drugs during these ($30 materials fee paid directly to the leader) • Enliven and expand your self-expression five days. CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. • Understand the importance of healthy sex and Jennifer Allen author of Bone Knowing, is an touch in lasting relationships artist, art therapist, and licensed psychotherapist spe- Chris Chouteau is a teacher and student of aware- Mariah Fenton Gladis, known for her effective ness practice and recovery. He has facilitated change cializing in children’s grief. She is active in Medicine and innovative use of music to enrich the work- for individuals and organizations over the past 30 Wheel, Mystery School, and Elders’ Council groups. shop experience, will blend individual and years. www.jenniferallenbooks.com.

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experience new possibilities for renewed femi- Lotus Borne Perception: July 20–27 nine energy, greater health, and a deeper sense Awareness Teachings of Tibetan of pleasure in being a woman. We will spend Buddhism and Continuum Movement Healing the Pelvic Floor: time exploring nature and how our connection Susan Harper & Lama Drimed Reclaiming your Power, Sexuality to the earth can deepen our connection to our- In this retreat Lama Drimed and Susan Harper and Pleasure Potential selves. The workshop will culminate with an evening of nurturing at the Esalen natural hot open a multi-dimensional inquiry into our Suzanne Scurlock-Durana spring baths.” This course is valuable for health- spiritual, somatic, and creative human capacity. “As women we have a unique power of creativity care professionals and anyone wishing to learn Recognizing our natural state of awareness as in our reproductive system,” Suzanne Scurlock- alternative approaches to women’s health. a foundation, we will explore a dynamic range that includes meditative stillness, fresh perceiv- Durana writes. “That power is used not only to Required reading and listening: Read Full Body create new life, but also to bring personal pro- ing, and movement and sounding, which opens Presence and listen to the audio portion (available a vital flow of creativity. jects into being. However, that energy can be from Healing From the Core at 703-620-4509, or blocked by physical, emotional, or spiritual trau- at www.healingfromthecore.com or www.fullbodyp- Lama Drimed offers awareness teachings from ma to the pelvic floor and the female organs. resence.com). the Dzogchen tradition. Our natural state is rec- This workshop for women uses guided imagery, ognized to be all-inclusive awareness. We awak- movement, and hands-on exercises (while Recommended reading: Ogden, The Return of en to the fresh perception of this moment—the clothed) to heal the pelvic floor, including the Desire and The Heart and Soul of Sex; Berman and natural aliveness that is our birthright. This is vagina and uterus, places that often hold our Berman, For Women Only; Williamson, A the essence of the ancient tantric ways that deepest wounds: sexual abuse, rape, abortions, Woman’s Worth; Northrup, Women’s Bodies, celebrate the unfolding of our life as sacred. childbirth tearing and scars, self-esteem, and Women’s Wisdom. negative images about our femininity. Because Susan Harper offers explorations from CE credit for nurses; see page 113. Continuum, a unique sound and movement self-knowledge is important, scientific and CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. anatomic information will be presented. CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. practice, in which we inquire into our capacity to innovate, and participate with the essential “This workshop offers a rare opportunity for Leader bio on page 19. movement processes of life. The dynamics of deep healing. During these five days you can KODIAK GREENWOOD

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how we perceive and relate are simultaneously have a background in Buddhist meditation. The Annellen M. Simpkins, PhD, is a psychologist in physical and psycho-emotional. They offer workshop will include introductory meditation private practice who, with her husband C. Alexander perceptual practices to open ways that we instructions. Beginners are welcome. Simpkins, specializes in study and research of mind pay attention, listen, and speak about our and brain. Together they teach widely on meditation Recommended reading: Griffin, One Breath at a experience. and hypnosis, have written twenty-four books, and Time and A Burning Desire. live in San Diego. Lama Drimed and Susan share an innovative is the author of One Breath at a teaching style, and are open and attentive to Kevin Griffin , PhD, is a psychologist in Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps and A C. Alexander Simpkins each participant’s process of discovery, and to private practice, and, with Annellen M. Simpkins, is Burning Desire: Dharma God and the Path of the group process. the author of twenty-four books. Together they study Recovery. A cofounder of the Buddhist Recovery and research mind and brain, teach meditation and Many of our explorations will take place outside Network, he is a leader in the mindful recovery move- hypnosis in seminars and workshops, and live in in nature where we explore the elemental affini- ment. www.kevingriffin.net. San Diego. ty between our bodies and the living lineage of our breathing planetary body. Foster Natural Mind-Brain Change brings her thirty-six years of experience Public Speaking: Susan Harper Effortlessly: Ericksonian Hypnosis teaching Continuum Movement internationally to Powerfully Presenting Yourself Seminars all the work she develops. She teaches a Continuum Mary Goldenson & Robert Corff Depths retreat twice yearly with Emilie Conrad, and Annellen Simpkins & C. Alexander Simpkins Why are some people so inspiring and is developing Portals of Perception with Hubert Milton Erickson (1901–1980) was one of the impactive when they speak? What inhibits us Godard. foremost twentieth-century practitioners of from delivering our message? This workshop hypnotherapy. He created an original and high- Lama Drimed offers awareness teachings from will explore the inhibitions to self-expression ly effective hypnotic method to foster the nat- Great Perfection/Dzogchen and Tibetan Vajrayana and communication, and help participants move ural mechanisms of mind and brain that we Buddhism. His Tibetan teacher, Chagdud Tulku beyond them with more freedom in both per- all possess. Erickson’s hypnosis was based in a Rinpoche, recognized Lama Drimed as his lineage sonal and professional life. It is designed for firm belief that the unconscious is a reservoir holder in 1995. His vision is to open dialogues that those who want to develop a more powerful per- of potential and that hypnosis is the way to include current discoveries and the ancient tantric sonal and public presentation, and better profes- access that potential. Recent neuroscience arts. sional and business communication skills. research corroborates this belief in finding that the brain has many intelligent, unconscious The leaders combine their expertise in the fields pathways. These pathways function automati- of psychology and the performing arts to guide Weekend of July 20–22 cally and can be engaged and used to help you through this pulse-raising adventure. The accomplish goals that might be difficult to do focus will be on self-exploration through indi- deliberately. By working indirectly and uncon- vidual and group work. Participants will use Buddhism and the Twelve Steps sciously, people can bypass conscious limita- voice and body to express themselves with Kevin Griffin tions to resolve problems and live a happy, more power and passion. fulfilling life. The Buddha said craving is the cause of suffer- Courage, passion, and clarity need not be ing. Twelve Step programs work with the deep- This workshop will teach Erickson’s powerful restricted to rare moments in life. Learn to est forms of craving. How can these two tradi- and individualized self-hypnosis approach. All express yourself more fully and experience the tions come together to deepen our recovery and participants will be shown how to experience satisfaction of being more authentic and self- our spiritual life? trance in themselves, use direct and indirect assured. This process can help awaken your Through a combination of traditional and con- suggestion, experience the ideomotor mind- dreams and invigorate your life. body link, work with the utilization method, temporary Buddhist meditation practices, inter- Recommended listening and reading: Corff, and experiment with varied trance phenomena. active exercises, lecture, and discussion, this Bob Corff’s Speakers Voice Method; B. & C. Corff, Therapists will gain hypnotic techniques to use workshop will explore the ways that Buddhism Achieving the Standard American Accent (CD and with clients, and everyone can enjoy deep relax- and the Steps complement each other on a path workbook), available at www.corffvoice.com. of recovery. We will be delving deeply into the ation, fostering creativity, and the experience practice of Buddhist insight meditation with of natural, effortless change. With stories from Mary Goldenson is a clinical psychologist, chiro- plenty of time for question and answer periods. case examples, guided trance experiences, hand- practor, and certified Radix teacher in Los Angeles. We will also do mindful walking, speaking/lis- outs, and a clear understanding of the effects in She has a private practice specializing in relationship tening, and eating exercises as well as group the brain, this workshop will inform, inspire, therapy and transitions, and leads mediation train- sharing. The goal is to bring a mindful approach and uplift. ings and workshops around the country. to all activities. This quality then informs our Recommended reading: Simpkins and Robert Corff is one of Los Angeles’ most prominent recovery and our spiritual growth. There will be Simpkins, Neuro-Hypnosis and The Dao of performance teachers. His clients include such award- time to enjoy the beautiful natural setting, as Neuroscience. winning celebrities as Sally Field, Samuel L. Jackson, well as the Esalen hot springs. Vanessa Redgrave, and Hank Azaria. In addition, he CE credit available for psychologists (pending); see page 113. has had leading roles on Broadway, television, and in This workshop is open to all those interested. CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. You need not be in a Twelve Step program, nor motion pictures.

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Awakening the Heart engage and use these unconscious pathways to Week of July 22–27 Joe Cavanaugh help accomplish goals that might be elusive to your deliberate efforts. Meditative hypnosis pro- The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man vides ways to access that potential. Writing and Knowing while he lives. This workshop will give an intensive and pow- Ellen Bass, Dorianne Laux & Joseph Millar —Albert Schweitzer erful experience of meditative hypnosis to acti- What another would have done as well, do not do it. We are born with an abundance of creative ener- vate unconscious processing automatically and What another would have said as well or written as gy, vitality, and aliveness. Yet, simply by living in naturally. You will familiarize yourself with your well, do not say or write it. Be faithful to that which an imperfect world, we have all experienced own positive unconscious through exercises exists nowhere but in yourself. some degree of wounding of the heart, causing that develop an intuitive felt-sense. You will — André Gide us to retract our love to protect ourselves against learn to use different forms of direct and indi- There is a world inside each of us that we know further hurt. We then develop strategies to sur- rect suggestion, experience the ideomotor mind- better than anything else, and a world outside of vive in a world of uncertainty and change. These body link, and learn focusing, open-monitoring, us that calls for our attention. Our subject mat- defense strategies, once essential for our survival, and self-transcending meditation methods that ter is always right with us. The trick is to find now simply perpetuate our own suffering while tap into unconscious processing. You will expe- out what we know, challenge what we know, further alienating us from who we really are. rience ways to bypass conscious limits and over- own what we know, and then give it away in Through personal and interpersonal processes, come barriers as you learn how to work with language. including Gestalt, psychodrama, meditation, your unconscious to overcome difficulties and and other self-awareness tools, this workshop is discover wellbeing. Therapists will also gain The leaders write: “We will write poems, share designed to assist participants in identifying and techniques for attuning to their own uncon- our writing, and hear what our work touches in working through their own self-imposed limita- scious and utilizing clients’ unconscious others. We’ll also read model poems by contem- tions and thus reclaim the true identity of their resources to facilitate lasting change. This porary poets and discuss aspects of the craft. But authentic selves. This requires the courage to workshop will inform, uplift, and transform. mainly this will be a writing retreat—time to awaken the heart from its slumber (from Latin, explore and create in a supportive community. courage cor means heart!) and embrace life to its Recommended reading: Simpkins and Though we’ll focus on poetry, prose writers who fullest, including the full range of our human Simpkins, Zen Meditation in Psychotherapy: want to enrich their language will find it a fer- emotions. This, once again, opens us up to the Techniques for Clinical Practice, Meditation and Yoga tile environment.” wellspring of joy and gratefulness (great-fullness) in Psychotherapy: Techniques for Clinical Practice, and Meditation for Therapists and Their Clients. There is a vitality, a life-force, an energy… that is that comes naturally from just being fully alive! translated through you into action. And because Prerequisite: Be willing to attend all sessions CE credit available for psychologists (pending); see page 113. CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. there is only one of you in all time, this expression is and abstain from alcohol and non-prescription unique. And if you block it, it will never exist… drugs for the duration of the workshop. Leader bios on page 23. It is not your business to determine how good it is… It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, Recommended reading: Cavanaugh, Who Am I, to keep the channel open. Really? How Our Wounds Can Lead to Healing. Current Trends in Esalen® Massage — Martha Graham CE credit for nurses; see page 113. and Bodywork Recommended reading: Bass, The Human Line; CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. Peggy Horan & Vicki Topp Laux, The Book of Men; Millar, Fortune. Joseph Cavanaugh is a licensed psychotherapist in This workshop is an invitation to explore and private practice in the Sierra foothills and a psycholo- has supported and inspired writers for 40 experience the current trends in Esalen Massage Ellen Bass gy instructor at a local community college. He has years. Her many books include Mules of Love,The and Bodywork. During the week, attention will facilitated personal-growth workshops throughout Human Line (poetry), and The Courage to Heal, be focused on various ways to: California for the past 30 years. which has sold over a million copies. She teaches at • Sensitively and comfortably work at deep Pacific University. www.ellenbass.com. levels • Utilize both active and passive movement to Dorianne Laux is the author of four collections of Meditative Hypnosis—Trusting Your poetry, Awake, What We Carry (a finalist for the Unconscious: Ericksonian Hypnosis enhance effectiveness 1994 National Book Critics Award), Smoke, and Seminars • Develop a deeper understanding of the terms Facts About the Moon. She has received a Pushcart Annellen Simpkins & C. Alexander Simpkins listening, balance, and integration Prize for poetry, two NEA fellowships, and a The workshop leaders will offer various ways Guggenheim Fellowship. We have all had the joy of accomplishing something almost effortlessly and automatically. of working that can easily be incorporated into Joseph Millar’s first collection of poems, Overtime, These intuitive moments may seem unusual, existing personal styles. Unusual, interesting, was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award. His work and yet a large part of the brain is devoted to and fresh aspects of Esalen Massage will also be has won fellowships from the NEA, received a 2008 unconscious processing. In fact, your uncon- introduced, expanding technique repertoire Pushcart Prize, and has appeared in many journals. scious is a reservoir of potential. Recent neuro- and inspiring creativity and innovation. Millar teaches at Pacific University’s Low Residency science research shows that the brain has many Sessions will include plenty of personal atten- MFA program. intelligent, unconscious pathways. You can tion and assistance to support the process of learning. Come prepared to touch and be

24 Register online at www.esalen.org or by calling 888-8-ESALEN (888-837-2536). DANIEL BIANCHETTA touched by the beauty, power, and spirit of touch with our inner voice. What stops us from Judith Orloff, a psychiatrist and intuitive, is author Esalen and the Big Sur coast. All levels of experi- listening? How can we listen more? of the New York Times bestseller Emotional ence are welcome. Freedom: Liberate Yourself from Negative Judith Orloff, a psychiatrist, intuition expert, Emotions and Transform Your Life and Second CE credit for nurses; see page 113. and author of Second Sight, shows how to reclaim Sight. She synthesizes traditional medicine with CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. this intelligence. She passionately believes that intuition, energy, and spirituality. www.drju- the future of medicine lies in using intuition to Peggy Horan has been practicing and teaching mas- dithorloff.com. sage at Esalen for more than 35 years. She has also access deeper insight, empathy, and greater well- been involved in childbirth education and has prac- ness. Orloff offers practical methods to tap into medical intuition and use it to improve the qual- ticed midwifery in Big Sur for 15 years. Peggy is the The Promise: Advanced Yoga ity of your decisions, health, and life. author of the book Connecting Through Touch. for Everyone This workshop offers practices to help you Vicki Topp is a senior practitioner and instructor of Mark Whitwell Esalen Massage and somatic bodywork. She teaches access your intuition. You’ll be shown how to Yoga is not a linear process. It is direct intimacy workshops and training groups internationally and listen to the body, identify different forms of with life, and it is available to everyone. This is a Registered Movement Therapist and practitioner intuition, incorporate the analytic mind, and use weekend, Mark Whitwell offers yoga’s advanced of Body-Mind Centering. medical intuition for healing. You will be taught how to tell the difference between intuition and practices in a way that you can integrate and fear, recognize what blocks intuition, and deflect make your own, whether you are just beginning the negativity of others. You’ll also be shown to practice or have years of experience. The Weekend of July 27–29 how to remember and interpret dreams as well weekend involves an interwoven promise: You as recognize déjà vu, synchronicities, and predic- promise to practice yoga, and in return you receive the promise of yoga’s gifts, including Your Inner Voice: Awakening tions. For more information, visit www.drju- dithorloff.com. health, intimacy, wellbeing, and joy. In order to the Power of Intuition experience these benefits, your yoga practice Judith Orloff Recommended reading: Orloff, Second Sight and must be adapted to you, not you to yoga. With Dr. Judith Orloff’s Guide to Intuitive Healing. Intuition is an incredible source of wisdom Mark’s skillful and heartfelt guidance, you will: that everyone can tap into. The magic comes in CE credit for nurses; see page 113. • Explore the five principles of advanced awakening it and trusting its guidance in our CE credit available for psychologists (pending); see page 113. personal practice lives. Yet too many of us walk around out of CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113.

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The atmosphere of the workshop is deeply reju- venating, accepting, supportive, and alive. Our focus is on exploring and gaining first-hand experience of the Nine Principles of Harmony, which can be applied in any activity or situation. Through the Nine Principles, we discover a receptive mind, supportive feelings, and a relaxed body. Breema bodywork and Self- Breema exercises are ideal vehicles for entering into Breema’s comprehensive philosophy and understanding of the meaning and purpose of life. Practicing Breema also brings increased flexibility, ease, comfort, vitality, and a tangible sense of wholeness and aliveness. By the end of the weekend, you will have learned a variety of Self- Breema exercises and Breema sequences that you can comfortably and joyfully practice on your own. The bodywork is received fully clothed; participants should be comfortable sitting and working on a padded floor. Recommended reading: Schreiber, Breema and the Nine Principles of Harmony and Freedom Is In This Moment.

CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. CE credit for nurses; see page 113. CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113.

Jon Schreiber is director of the Breema Center and the Breema Clinic in Oakland, Calif. The author of several books, he is also a licensed chiropractor. He has taught Breema worldwide since 1980.

Opening Our Hearts to Relationship: A Workshop for Gay Men Rob Bauer DOUG ELLIS We dream of loving and being loved. Yet we often deny this need for love, support, and nur- • Dive into asana, pranayama, and meditation Mark Whitwell has enjoyed a lifelong relationship turing from another, even when we’re in a com- as a seamless process with the teachings of Krishnamacharya through mitted relationship. We struggle to find our true • Discover how yoga transforms life into an his students T.K.V. Desikachar and Srivatsa selves but shut our hearts down. However, emo- intimate celebration with everything Ramaswami. He travels the world teaching yoga tions and needs that we suppress do not go away • Experience the nurturing principle as a and is the author of Yoga of Heart: The Healing – they stay inside our bodies and psyches, affect- constant in your life from now on Power of Intimate Connection. ing health and wellbeing. • Return home with understanding and the In this workshop we will learn what keeps us embodied felt sense of your own joyful Breema®: The Art of Being Present alone and apart, how we sabotage new begin- practice Jon Schreiber nings, and how to be present in the moment This program is a regenerative and joyful event with another. We will find new ways to commu- that will continue to reverberate through your Breema bodywork is a teaching of the heart, an nicate and make contact with each other in daily life in very practical ways. For all levels; no expression of the unifying principle of existence. respectful, non-threatening ways. While many prior yoga experience needed. Please bring a Its purpose is to enable us to live fully in the pre- of us have been taught to see touch with a man yoga mat. sent. Both practicing and receiving Breema help as sexual and nothing more, we will learn how create harmony and balance between your mind, the power of touch can initiate emotional and Recommended reading: Whitwell, Yoga of Heart feelings, and body, and in your relationship to physical healing. Most of all, we will share our and The Promise; Desikachar, The Heart of Yoga. yourself, to others, and to all life.

26 Register online at www.esalen.org or by calling 888-8-ESALEN (888-837-2536). laughter, stories, and feelings, and reclaim our inspire, envision, and catalyze new resources blocks. This will take place in a safe, supportive souls. to bring back into daily life. The workshop is circle, through guided explorations, conscious designed for everyone, with no previous experi- intention, gentle movement, breath, journaling, Rob will teach through individual demonstra- ence in dance/art needed. Live music by Billy and dream work. This course is especially bene- tions, group process and hands-on techniques. Cauley. ficial for healthcare professionals or anyone Join Rob Bauer, find your true self, and learn wanting to be a healing influence in the world. Recommended reading and viewing: Anna what holds us back from relationship in the Halprin, Moving Toward Life: Five Decades of For more information about Suzanne Scurlock- stunning landscape of Big Sur. All gay, bi and Transformational Dance and Returning to Health: Durana’s work, visit trans men are welcome, regardless of age or With Dance Movement and Imagery; Gerber, www.HealingFromTheCore.com. relationship status. Rob has been working with Breath Made Visible: Anna Halprin (DVD); Daria gay men singly and in relationship for more Note: Registration for this workshop is through Halprin, The Expressive Body in Life, Art and than twenty-five years as a body-centered psy- IAHE only. To register, please call 1-800-311- Therapy, Working with Movement, Metaphor and chotherapist. He is celebrating fourteen years 9204. Only after you have registered with IAHE Meaning, and Body Ensouled, Enacted and of teaching at Esalen. and paid tuition fees will you be able to reserve Entranced. accommodations at Esalen. Please see accommo- CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. dations costs under “Pricing for Partner Rob Bauer has been working with gay men for Programs” at www.esalen.org/workshops/reserva- Anna Halprin was named one of “America’s 100 25 years. His workshops incorporate the Rubenfeld Irreplaceable Dance Treasures” by the Dance Heritage tions.html. Synergy Method, a body-centered psychotherapy, Coalition. She founded the San Francisco Dancer’s Required reading: Scurlock-Durana, Full Body Imago Relationship Therapy, as well as experiential Workshop in 1955 and the Tamalpa Institute in 1978 Presence: Learning to Listen to Your Body’s Wisdom, exercises, relationship dynamics, and meditation. He with her daughter, Daria. book and CD. has presented workshops across America. www.rob- bauer.net. Daria Halprin, dancer, poet, psychologist, teacher, CE credit for nurses; see page 113. and author, is among the leading pioneers in the field CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. of movement/dance and expressive arts education Leader bio on page 18. and therapy. Her work bridges the fields of somatic Week of July 29–August 3 psychology, movement/dance therapy, expressive arts therapy, and community-based arts and health The Promise: Advanced Yoga for Empowering Creativity through education. www.dariahalprin.org. Everyone Intensive Movement/Dance and Mark Whitwell Life/Art Metaphors Full Body Presence: Grounding and Yoga is not a linear process. It is direct intimacy Anna Halprin & Daria Halprin Healthy Boundaries with life, and it is available to everyone. This In celebration of Esalen’s 50th year, Anna Suzanne Scurlock-Durana week, Mark Whitwell offers yoga’s advanced Halprin and Daria Halprin will join forces for practices in a way that you can integrate and To thrive in today’s demanding world, we all this one-time, very special workshop. They were make your own, whether you are just beginning need full access to our inner and outer resources. both part of the groundbreaking human poten- to practice or have years of experience. The This course teaches how the deep wisdom of tial movement that flourished in the early 1960s weekend involves an interwoven promise: You the body can help navigate our living, working, and they worked with Fritz Perls, Ida Rolf, and promise to practice yoga, and in return you healing, and relating. Listening to this body- others in the early years at Esalen. receive the promise of yoga’s gifts, including wisdom as the ground of knowing enables us to health, intimacy, wellbeing, and joy. In order to Throughout time, movement, dance, and the rediscover our innate spirituality and develop experience these benefits, your yoga practice expressive arts have provided individuals and our emotional intelligence. must be adapted to you, not you to yoga. With communities with a means of soulful expres- Many of us are inspired to be a healing influ- Mark’s skillful and heartfelt guidance, you will: sion, healing, and connection with the spirit. ence, to have a strong and beneficial presence in This workshop will generate opportunities for • Explore the five principles of advanced our work and personal lives. Yet unless we know participants to find such meaning and connect personal practice how to hold a healing space for ourselves, the it with the real issues in their lives. • Dive into asana, pranayama, and meditation as outcome is often burnout. This course presents a seamless process Pioneers in their respective fields of dance and a step-by-step process of reclaiming and trans- • Discover how yoga transforms life into an expressive-arts-based psychology, Anna and forming the tight, numb, or painful places with- intimate celebration with everything Daria will interweave their original work in an in so that we can feel, in each moment, our exploration of the body in movement and imagi- wholeness—the sense of aliveness that allows us • Experience the nurturing principle as a nation, life and art, and individual and collective to be in a state of grace with our core. constant in your life from now on stories and myths. The Life/Art Processâ devel- • Return home with understanding and the Although each person’s journey is different, the oped by the Halprins includes the following embodied felt sense of your own joyful underlying principles are the same. These prin- tools: movement/dance, drawing, poetic dia- practice ciples will be explored first conceptually, then logue, individual and group dance, reflective experientially. You will learn about your unique This program is a regenerative and joyful event writing, and the natural environment. These energy flow and how to create new energy that will continue to reverberate through your elements will be utilized to renew, regenerate, habits that will help you heal your internal daily life in very practical ways. For all levels; no

27 See pages 110-111 for reservations, fees, accommodations, scholarship information, and discounts. prior yoga experience is needed. Please bring a and studied Dr. John Shen’s pulse system intensively seasoned growers are encouraged to attend this yoga mat. with him. Since 1995 Brian has been teaching Pulse dynamic workshop. No prior experience is nec- Diagnosis internationally. essary. Recommended reading: Whitwell, Yoga of Heart and The Promise; Desikachar, The Heart of Yoga. Join Shirley Ward, manager of the Esalen farm and garden, Wendy Johnson, Buddhist medita- Leader bio on page 26. High Summer in the Full Moon Garden: tion teacher, organic gardening mentor, and a Growing Food and Ourselves on the founder of Green Gulch Zen Center’s farm and Esalen Land Intermediate Level Chinese Pulse garden, and Amigo Bob Cantisano, one of the Diagnosis and Integrating Western and Shirley Ward, Amigo Bob Cantisano most widely experienced and influential advi- Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine & Wendy Johnson sors in California organic agriculture. Brian Weissbuch & Brian LaForgia From the beginning, the fertility of the garden Recommended reading: Johnson, Gardening at depends on the fertility of the gardener’s imagination. This intermediate level class is open to all the Dragon’s Gate. —Wendy Johnson acupuncturists, naturopaths, and health care pro- Shirley Ward’s loving expertise has blessed the fessionals who have attended the Introductory Follow your heart’s desire to be connected to Esalen Farm and Garden for the last six years: as Pulse course taught by Brian LaForgia or any of the land that sustains you and feel the simple groundskeeper, farm manager, and consultant. Prior the certified Shen/Hammer pulse teachers. We pleasure of growing, harvesting, and sharing to Esalen, she created magnificent, sustainable, organ- will first review pulse positions, qualities, and the food with community. There is a need to work ic landscapes for a large East Coast clientele. Three Depths. Without a precise understanding together and create new economic models to of the location of the positions and depths, it is make self-reliance a viable option for everyone. Wendy Johnson is a Buddhist meditation teacher and organic gardening mentor who lives in the San impossible to make accurate readings of the qual- This immersion in the life of the bountiful four- ities, and then make an accurate diagnosis. The Francisco Bay Area. She is one of the founders of the acre Esalen farm and garden will focus on the organic Farm and Garden program at Green Gulch leaders will then record the pulse qualities of fundamental practices and principles of local, patient models, followed by the students attempt- Farm Zen Center and author of Gardening at the organic agriculture. Our teaching sessions will Dragon’s Gate. ing to feel the same qualities as are recorded. We include hands-on work experience in harvest- will then review the pulse picture and qualities of ing, cultivation, seed starting, transplanting, the patient models and work up diagnoses. The compost-making, fertility, seed saving, and plant Relational Gestalt Process: focus is on learning and developing the process of propagation — as well as a full review of current The Transformative Power of Emotion preparing a diagnostic presentation. ecological practices to help enhance and main- Dorothy Charles Treatment with herbal medicine is dependent tain the health and vitality of any farm or gar- upon accurate and thorough pulse diagnosis. den. Our time together will include ceremony In order to become whole, we must engage in We will briefly discuss Dr. Shen’s herb formulas and daily practices that connect us to the land the ongoing process of discovering our own per- in the context of pulse presentation and corre- on the rugged Big Sur coast, as well as ample sonal truth. This truth may challenge us, may sponding treatment protocols. We will continue time for rest and relaxation in the restorative even be painful, before it gives us new freedom to build upon and explore the Traditional beauty of the Esalen environment. Aspiring and and expands our horizons. When we choose to Chinese Medicine energetics and indications of Western herbs; incompatibilities and contra- indications of herbs with pharmaceuticals; food and supplements; herb combinations; posology (dosage and administration); phytopharmacolo- gy; pharmacognosy; toxicology; and dysjunct cosmopolitan Asian and American species with similar properties and uses. For this seminar, we will focus on slide presentations with an emphasis on case histories and formulation. Recommended Reading: Hammer, Chinese Pulse Diagnosis: A Contemporary Approach.

CE credit available for acupuncturists; see workshop leaders. CE credit for nurses; see page 113.

Brian Kie Weissbuch, LAc, is an herbalist and acupuncturist in private practice in Northern California since 1991. Cofounder of KW Botanicals, Inc. in San Anselmo, Calif., he has 41 years of experience as a botanist and western herbalist.

Brian LaForgia, LAc, has been practicing Chinese Medicine since 1979. In 1992, he met Leon Hammer DOUG ELLIS

28 Register online at www.esalen.org or by calling 888-8-ESALEN (888-837-2536). remain content with intellectual wisdom only, we limit ourselves and limit our relationships. When we integrate the full breadth of our emotional wisdom, we open the path toward becoming whole. Experiencing and expressing emotions are integral to being alive. Learning to fully experience feelings and express them in healthy ways enables us to have more pleasurable and fulfilling relationships. We cannot change the past. We can change what we have come to believe about our capacity for love and belonging. Relational Gestalt process is a holistic, process- oriented, dialogical, phenomenological, existential, and field theoretical approach to human change with the centrality of contact, awareness, and personal responsiveness and responsibility. Primacy is given to the uniqueness of the individual. In this way of working, people are viewed as an integrated whole with the innate DANIEL BIANCHETTA potential of growth and mature self-expression. create equanimity, joy, ecstasy, and healing. you to connection with your deepest essence. This experiential and didactic workshop will The workshop will include sessions of toning, blend individual and group Relational Gestalt “In this workshop, you will work individually chanting, harmony and rhythm, improvisational work with the intention of finding individual and in groups to understand, transform, and sounding, meditation, and silence, in a safe, truths through our felt and expressed emotions, release the past as you deeply explore, experi- humorous, and sacred environment. No musical and exploring how these truths will help ence, and express your blocked and held energy. experience is necessary. To learn more, visit strengthen our relationships to self and others. You will work on your relationship to yourself www.edgeofwonder.com. We will experiment with tracking emotions as and explore relating to others in radically alive sensations and learn to recognize them as sig- Jennifer Berezan is a singer/songwriter, teacher, ways. You will find what stands in the way of nals calling for awareness and attention, rather and activist. Her groundbreaking work as a recording your full potential for life.” artist and teacher has established her as a leading than problems to be avoided. Please note: An interview is required for admis- voice in the field of music, ritual, and healing. She CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. sion. Please e-mail [email protected]. has released 8 albums and produces large-scale multi- Dorothy Charles has been a student and teacher at cultural, ecstatic ritual events. CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. Esalen since 1982. A student of Esalen cofounder Dick is director of the Radical Price, she combines Esalen body-centered Gestalt with Ann Bradney Aliveness/Core Energetics Institute of Southern relational Gestalt theory, and leads workshops in Introduction to Radical Aliveness California. She studied under Core Energetics Asia, Europe, and the US. Ann Bradney founder John Pierrakos and teaches internationally. Ann Bradney writes, “There is a state in which Ann’s Radical Aliveness model expands Core beyond you are fully alive, authentic, and spontaneous. the individual, to address community healing and Weekend of August 3–5 You are open to all of your feelings, connected to world issues. your strength and your truth. You are not afraid to know anything about yourself. I call this rad- The Ecstasy of Sound: Recapturing Your Posture: Release A Music and Healing Workshop ical aliveness. In this state you embrace your creativity and see life in all its possibilities. Biomechanical Stress and Maximize Jennifer Berezan Your Energy “Standing in the way of radical aliveness are At the core of all that exists in the universe is Harvey Deutch chronic patterns formed in your past to survive. vibration. Many cultures have long believed that These live as frozen feelings and history in your Sometimes it is sudden, but more often it is a the world itself was created through sound. body and no longer serve you. slow realization that our postures and energy Some peoples believe that illness is a musical have started to slump and drag. We assume posi- “Core Energetics is a powerful body-based system. problem, a result of a lack of harmony in the sys- tions and engage in tasks that our bodies are not It frees the frozen feelings and history in your tem. This workshop will explore music as a spir- meant to do nor were ever taught how to per- body by working with the blocked and held itual practice and a path to opening one’s heart form correctly. Without mindfulness and grace energy. It helps you reconnect with deep parts and uncovering one’s true nature. in our movement and without awareness of our of the self that you disconnected from as a child. Participants will engage in a wide range of musi- energy systems, our bodies begin to break down It uncovers the power and goodness at the cal experiences, from traditional and contempo- faster and earlier than expected. Is your body source of your most destructive patterns. It leads rary traditions, designed to open the heart and heading down this path? Has your once pristine

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temple turned into a fixer-upper? Good news! physical therapists at Red Hawk Physical Therapy ($45 materials fee for 3 containers and plants, You can change this course and re-fortify your in San Francisco. paid directly to the leader. More plants and containers are available for an additional small fee.) foundation starting now. The key is to uncover the “what” and the “how” of healing and aligning Christina Dauenhauer is a landscape designer your own body. Succulent Design and manager of the Esalen grounds crew. She grad- Christina Dauenhauer uated from The Art Institute of Chicago in 1993, in Come join us for a playful weekend of exploring sculpture, and founded her own design/build land- proven self-help practices to release tension in Containers can be elegant additions to any gar- scape company in Seattle. Her passion for design, your system. Incorporating the principles of den or patio. Here at Esalen, succulent plants rare plants, and found objects inspires her creative yoga, chi gong, and pranayama, and therapeutic thrive; this is a perfect place to garden with work. equipment such as foam rollers, medicine balls, them. Containers of succulents are drought tol- and yoga straps, we will draw from various meth- erant, easy to maintain, and a great accent to ods of healing to help you regain balance and Esalen’s gardens. In this workshop we will play The Leadership Clinic harmony in your body and mind. Come pre- with basic design principles, exploring shape, Gustavo Rabin pared to unwind and laugh, and to fill your tool- form, texture, color, and line. We will learn about box with simple do-it-yourself tactics to maxi- propagation and care of succulents (they thrive You may be familiar with tennis or golf clinics, mize your energy. It’s time to excavate the healer in a wide range of climates), and each participant intended to examine your game and help you that lives inside of you. Arrive curious, depart will create and take home two to three small improve it, but what about leadership? This aligned! container gardens. We will also replant a few workshop is designed to rapidly identify what raised beds at Esalen (around the art center) to may be limiting your leadership capability and CE credit for nurses; see page 113. pinpoint how to gain the competencies needed CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. explore succulent design in a larger space. I am collecting found containers for our use and feel for the next stage of your personal and profes- has been both a physical therapist Harvey Deutch free to bring your own smallish containers from sional journey. Through short “lecturettes” and and yogi for the past 25 years. His life path has blend- home. This beginner course will give you tools to discussion, we will review the principles of ed the intricate knowledge of movement with the create your own inspired succulent containers effective leadership, powerful communication, practice of yoga. He is the owner and one of many and keep the spirit of Esalen alive at home. and how to build the executive presence needed KODIAK GREENWOOD

30 Register online at www.esalen.org or by calling 888-8-ESALEN (888-837-2536). to move your career forward. Participants in this be exquisitely present, fully alive, and unafraid • How to balance craft with intuitive skills class will receive an individualized leadership to know anything about themselves. When you • How to access and free your potential story profile by completing an online assessment in can engage the powerful feelings of others with- Catherine Ann Jones is an award-winning advance of the clinic. Based on these profiles, we out the need to control or tame them, that’s radi- writer whose films and TV shows have enjoyed will review the traits and tendencies that best cal aliveness. When you can learn to hold a widespread success. She has served on the writ- support effective leadership and strengthen space where conflict and challenge are welcome ing faculties of several universities, lectures those skills. The same reasons that keep us from because they serve as doorways to fresh insights, internationally, and published a book on narra- learning how to ride a bike just by reading about that’s also radical aliveness. tive writing and professional memoir, The Way it also apply to leadership. This workshop is designed for established or of Story (Michael Wiese Productions, 2007). This will be an experiential and highly interac- emerging leaders—therapists, businesspeople, For more information visit www.wayofstory.com. tive class. We will create a learning community community leaders, health care workers, minis- and a supportive environment in which to look ters, educators, social activists, and other profes- Recommended reading: Jones, The Way of Story at ourselves clearly and compassionately and try sionals who want to learn the principles and (The Craft & Soul of Writing). new ways of exercising leadership in relation to apply the techniques of Core Energetics and Catherine Ann Jones is an award-winning author, self, others, and our work. Ann’s Radical Aliveness approach to bring more playwright, and screenwriter whose films include charge and creativity to their work. Recommended reading: Rabin, Becoming a Great Unlikely Angel, The Christmas Wife, and the Leader. Participants will work with blocks to leadership, series Touched By An Angel. She was a Fulbright facing conflict head-on, and opening to the unpre- Scholar to India and winner of the National ($35 fee for leadership profile paid directly to the leader) dictable energy of life. Everyone will be encour- Endowment for the Arts Award. CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. aged to lead, take risks, be emotionally honest, www.wayofstory.com. shed personal agendas, and help build a dynamic Gustavo Rabin is a psychologist and an organizational consultant based in Silicon Valley, Calif. He group process where every member is an essential Heart of the Sky, Heart of the Earth: specializes in improving leadership skills of individu- part of the whole. The aim is to become leaders 2012 Maya Wisdom and Yoga Retreat als and the effectiveness of teams and organizations. who serve the greater purpose of life. Gustavo is also a cofounder of Skyline Group. This group process may be like group work Saul David Raye & Miguel Angel Vergara you’ve done before, demanding courage, com- Join us for a powerful and inspiring week of mitted engagement with others, and a strong sacred wisdom teachings, ceremony, yoga, medi- Experiencing Esalen desire to discover and develop your leadership tation, and chanting as you discover the com- Experiencing Esalen Staff potential within an accelerated, intense time mon understandings and shared practices of the We must answer anew the old questions. “What frame and setting. Mayan Cosmo vision and yoga. are the limits of human ability, the boundaries Please note: An interview is required for admis- The ancient Mayans were great visionaries who of the human experience? What does it mean to sion. Please e-mail [email protected]. developed an advanced culture with systems of be a human being?” mathematics, architecture, science, and art. They CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. — From the 1965 Esalen Catalog were excellent astronomers fascinated by time Leader bio on page 29. Experiencing Esalen is a workshop that intro- and space. According to the Maya, much of what duces participants to some of the transforma- has been written through “his-story” is a misrepre- sentation of their culture, including what is being tional practices of Esalen. Designed for first- The Way of Story: taught about 2012. The Maya are very clear: 2012 time participants or those renewing their The Craft and Soul of Writing is not the end of the world. It is the end of a cycle acquaintance with Esalen, the emphasis is on Catherine Ann Jones finding those approaches to personal growth of imbalance, greed, and darkness. It is not an that work most effectively for each participant. We’ve become lopsided living only in our heads. exact date per se, but a period of transition, a shift Sessions may include: meditation, sensory Writing, in order to serve the soul, must integrate in consciousness; and we are in that time now. awareness, Gestalt Practice, group process, art, outer craft with the inner world of intuition and The roots of yoga lie in a tantric and shamanic movement, and massage. There will also be time feeling. past of connection to the cycles, rhythms, and to explore the magnificence of the Big Sur coast. —Catherine Ann Jones, New York Times forces of the universe and how people can con- The Way of Story offers an integrative approach nect with those energies. Tantra is the mother of to writing narrative, combining solid craft with yoga. It is the harmonizing of the masculine and feminine, an exploration of our essence that Week of August 5–10 the experiential discovery of the intangible dimensions of writing, because craft alone is not weaves together all parts of ourselves into a state enough. This unique workshop is for writers of of oneness. The Radically Alive Leader: all levels and all narrative forms including plays, Please join Mayan shaman and wisdom keeper A Core Energetics / Radical Aliveness screenplays, short stories, novels, and memoirs. Don Miguel Angel Vergara and acclaimed yoga Workshop In this workshop, you can learn: teacher Saul David Raye to dive deeply into Ann Bradney these two ancient paths. • The seven steps to story structure People in leadership positions who strive to be • How to create memorable characters and The morning sessions will include yoga, medita- inspiring, influential, and highly effective must dialogue tion, and chanting with Saul and the afternoon

31 See pages 110-111 for reservations, fees, accommodations, scholarship information, and discounts. sessions will be lecture, meditation, and ceremo- and the PBS broadcast The Grove. His focus is using Empowerment Model® (BPEM®), a holistic lead- ny with Miguel. They will also co-teach during the camera to create a bridge between ourselves and ership development model for individual and certain sessions. Please bring a yoga mat. our environment. collective effectiveness. BPEM replaces silence with information, assumptions with a diversity See Seminar Spotlight, page 9. of insights, and powerlessness with a sense Big Sur Wilderness Experience Saul David Raye is an internationally acclaimed of personal responsibility. Through engaged teacher, healer, and spiritual activist known for his Steven Harper & Michael Newman creativity, imaginative play, and community celebration, Be Present, Inc. supports people empowering and transformational approach to yoga. Esalen is the trailhead to one of the most spec- to create wellbeing within themselves and in He holds certifications in yoga, bodywork, and energy tacular mountainous coastlines in the world. their families, organizations, and communities. healing, and is an ordained minister and musician With the Big Sur wilderness as the primary Family Camp empowers children and adults who infuses his classes with healing music and teacher, participants will explore the beauty of with skills to build trust and connection, chants. www.sauldavidraye.com. this alive and wild coast, from ancient redwood- improve communication, and help family is a Maya priest and master forested canyons to dramatic coastal beaches, Miguel Angel Vergara members transform challenging moments teacher who lives and works in Yucatán, Mexico. He from rugged rocky mountains to the soft grassy into learning opportunities. was a director at Chichen Itza for four years and has slopes of the Big Sur hills. Drawing from nature written books and given lectures and conferences on and various experiential awareness practices, Our goal is for campers to: the Maya sacred knowledge internationally. individuals will be encouraged to open both to • Experience sharing their voices in a nurturing www.casakin.org. the natural world and to the landscapes of their environment where their feelings and inner world. It is said that Big Sur is not just a experiences are validated and supported place but a state of mind. This wilderness experi- • Increase knowledge of self and awareness of Framing Nature: Photography as ence seeks to merge mind and place, then to others through learning how to listen in a Meditation and Mirror embody what is learned. clear and conscious state Andy Abrahams Wilson Participants in this weeklong workshop will • Practice ways of supporting one another within In every step of the process, photography is a venture out into the richness of the summer the family system and among peers to increase balancing of relationships (light, time, space, season of Big Sur on five day-hikes, four to ten feelings of connection and community etc.), the merging of which creates a still miles in length. The leaders will draw from a • Engage in the conversations that nurture and moment–a meditation. Both an inward and wide range of contemporary and age-old wis- sustain authentic relationships across the outward journey, this workshop invites you to dom traditions, borrowing from psychology, interconnected issues of race, gender, class, go deeply with the camera–into the world of meditation, aikido, and the natural sciences to ethnicity, culture, language, religion, age, nature and your own nature. Photography weave together a holistic experience of self and sexual orientation, and gender identity becomes a bridge, a metaphor for living, and a the natural world. Each hike begins after break- Family Camp integrates BPEM into child- and means to experience flow. Through field trips, fast and concludes in time to enjoy the hot adult-friendly activities with emphasis on the photo assignments, and group critique, we springs and dinner at Esalen. Evening sessions process of the children. Families with children explore ideas of seeing and being, and discover include informal sharing, basic awareness prac- of all ages are welcome. how our photographs tell us as much about tices, and useful outdoor skills, with attention ourselves as what we photograph. given to incorporating what is learned during Lillie Allen is founder and executive director of the week into our daily lives. All levels of experi- Be Present, Inc. and developed the Be Present An adventure into the sights and secrets of ence are welcome. Be prepared for the invigorat- Empowerment Model™. Lillie has more than Esalen and Big Sur, the workshop allows us to ing challenge of physical activity and the oppor- 30 years of experience in public health education, see the world anew: to alter perspective, shift tunity to simply sit still in quiet reflection. More human development, interpersonal relations, group focus, find detail, notice contrast, and receive information and a waiver will be sent upon reg- dynamics, and the interconnections and conflicts the light and shadow around us. It is a way to istration. For an equipment list and frequently between work, home, and personal goals. encourage intimacy and engagement with our asked questions about Steven’s workshops, visit environment and our selves–sparking connec- is a national Be Present, Inc. trainer www.stevenkharper.com/faqs.html. Eugene Allen tions and insights, and creating an art that and member of the Regional Community Organizing informs our life. Taught by Emmy-nominated ($20 park-entrance fees paid directly to the leaders) Core Group in Atlanta, Ga. Eugene’s areas of focus are cinematographer and photographer Andy developing the leadership of young men and boys, and Steven Harper bio on page 13. Abrahams Wilson, the workshop covers basics building sustainable partnerships with social justice of photography and camera, but is geared Michael Newman is an attorney-mediator, surfer, organizations. and lifelong resident of the Big Sur coast. He has an toward those with some familiarity. Please bring is a community activist who has your own digital SLR camera, laptop, and photo MA in psychology and promotes the integration of Noa Mohlabane wilderness into contemporary life. worked with families and teachers for more than 40 editing software, if possible. Enrollment is limit- years in the nonprofit world in organizational devel- ed for an optimal and intimate group experi- opment and program directing. She is a Be Present ence. Early registration is encouraged. Be Present Family Camp Inc. regional core organizing group member, trainer, and former board member. Andy Abrahams Wilson is an award-winning Lillie Allen, Eugene Allen & Noa Mohlabane filmmaker and photographer. Recent projects include the Academy Award semifinalist Under Our Skin Be Present Family Camp brings together diverse families to learn and practice the Be Present

32 Register online at www.esalen.org or by calling 888-8-ESALEN (888-837-2536). DOUG ELLIS

between them, and understand why they Social Venture Network’s Succeeding Weekend of August 10–12 are experiencing burnout rather than joy and with Your Soul Intact: Lessons from satisfaction in their work, marriage, or both. Sustainable Business Why We Choose What We Choose: The goal is to gain deeper understanding of the Jeff Mendelsohn, Mike Hannigan Career, Love and Everything in Between underlying dynamic for our career and love & Margot Fraser Ayala Pines choices and learn better skills for coping with This workshop can help you develop the art of both career and couple burnout. Two of the most important choices we make in successful, values-based leadership. Through life are work and love. Both may seem at times This workshop is for individuals, couples, and interactive dialogues and exercises, explore ways random, but in fact reflect deep, largely uncon- career and couple therapists interested in under- to create and grow the kind of organization scious processes. This is why we enter both our standing the impact of career and love choices. you’ve always wanted to work in—one that lets you bring your values to work, is successful in careers and our love relationships with such Recommended reading: Pines, Falling in Love: accomplishing its mission, and generates a high expectations and why so often we are Why We Choose the Lovers We Choose and Couple healthy profit. You will hear practical advice, disappointed and burned out. Burnout: Causes and Cures. lessons, and confessions from visionary social What influences those choices and what is the CE credit available for psychologists (pending); see page 113. entrepreneurs who are members of Social relationship between them? This unexplored CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. Venture Network, a San Francisco-based organi- territory is the focus of this workshop. zation that supports a community of business Ayala M. Pines is a clinical social and organization- In the workshop, participants will hear about al psychologist, a university professor, and the dean of and social leaders to build a just and sustainable relevant theories and research and undertake a the faculty of management at Ben-Gurion University planet. The group will share their stories and series of experiential exercises and group discus- in Israel. She is the author of 10 books, including insights throughout this interactive workshop, sions that will enable them to explore their Career Burnout, Couple Burnout, Romantic and you will have the opportunity to schedule career and love choices and the relationship Jealousy, and Falling in Love. one-on-one sessions with the presenters. This

33 See pages 110-111 for reservations, fees, accommodations, scholarship information, and discounts. DOUG ELLIS workshop is open to established and emerging so common we assume they are unavoidable: Mind/Body Medicine at the Massachusetts General business and non-profit leaders, as well as those insomnia, heart disease, arthritis, gastrointesti- Hospital, she has a private practice and is an instruc- in transition. It’s a great opportunity for those nal problems, and more. The key to reversing tor at Harvard Medical School. www.thelovere- interested in bringing more purpose, creativity, the negative impacts of stress and reclaiming sponse.com and www.drselhub.com. innovation, and effectiveness into their profes- our health is simple: love. Love sets off a series sional lives. of physiological events in the body that help us adapt to life’s challenges, stop and reverse dis- Magic and Music in the Gardens founded New York Recycled Paper Jeff Mendelsohn ease, maintain health, and make it easier for in 1991, and New Leaf Paper in 1998. He has focused Joanna Claassen & Banana Slug String Band our bodies to improve rather than deteriorate his career on building a highly successful green busi- Celebrate summer in the land of rejuvenation with age. ness and driving a fundamental shift toward sustain- with a unique collaboration between the world- ability in the paper industry. Eva Selhub, MD, provides a practical framework renowned Banana Slug String Band and Esalen’s to rid the body of the ravaging effects of these is president and cofounder of Give Gazebo Park School environmental education Mike Hannigan stressors, overcome hurtful past life events, and Something Back, California’s largest independent teachers. We will use music, theater, puppetry, shape an empowered personal future. The Love business-to-business office supplier. Founded in 1991, poetry, arts, and games to deepen our connec- Response® addresses how to change the body’s GSB donates its profits to community organizations. tion to this magical earth. The program will cul- physiology quickly and lastingly through the minate in a performance by the budding chil- Margot Fraser founded Birkenstock USA in 1966. deliberate evocation of biochemical reactions dren stars and the Banana Slug String Band. Her focused and innovative management style turned that counteract the unhealthy effects of fear and Together we’ll create a community of families to Birkenstock USA into a company with more than stress. This allows us to experience the myriad laugh, connect, and renew as we explore dance, $100 million in annual revenues. She coauthored health benefits of nature’s own antidote: love family yoga, harvesting and eating delicious Dealing with the Tough Stuff in 2009, with Lisa and affection. organic food, hiking among the redwoods on Lorimer. Recommended reading: Selhub and Infusino, the Esalen grounds, a night walk, stargazing, and The Love Response. plenty of time to soak in the baths. We will watch the sun set on the ocean bluff and feed Open Your Heart and Reclaim CE credit for nurses; see page 113. the goats and chickens at Gazebo Park School. Your Health CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. You’ve been busy all year; take the time to drop Eva Selhub Eva Selhub, MD, is board certified in internal medi- into your sense of wonder and reestablish your Fear, anger, and anxiety that go on for too long cine and trained in Eastern medical practices. A clini- loving bond with each other and the earth. This can lead to a list of debilitating ailments that are cal associate of the Benson Henry Institute for workshop is open to children of all ages.

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Participants under 18 years old must be accom- leader and a strategy for your future growth. is a founding member of the Esalen Massage School, panied by a parent or guardian. trained in Gestalt awareness work, and participated Note: Registration for this workshop is through in Esalen’s two-year somatics education project. Joanna Claassen is Esalen’s Gazebo School Park Stand & Deliver only. To register please call 415- director, outdoor and early childhood educator, and 627-7477 or email [email protected]. Vicki Topp bio on page 25. community organizer. She leads parent education Only after you have reserved your place through and seminars for educators. Joanna is inspired by Stand & Deliver will you be able to reserve your work happening in Reggio Emilia, Italy, and the accommodations by contacting Esalen (course No Child Left Inside outdoor education movement. fees and accommodations are separate). Please Week of August 12–17 see accommodations costs under “Pricing for is a group of lovable The Banana Slug String Band Partner Programs” at www.esalen.org/workshops/ musicians and educators from the coastal redwoods Traditional Thai Massage: reservations.html. of Northern California. Since 1987 the Slugs have Sacred Bodywork dedicated themselves to making great music for kids Peter James Meyers is the founder and president Richard Gold that teaches science and a love of this green earth. of Stand & Deliver, a global communications consul- What in the West we call traditional Thai mas- www.bananaslugstringband.com. tancy that helps leaders and their teams to engage, sage is known in Thailand as Nuad Bo’Rarn. inspire and achieve exceptional results through the Nuad is a Thai word that translates as “to touch vibrant power of human communication. with the intention of imparting healing.” Speak to Inspire Bo’Rarn is derived from Sanskrit and translates Peter Meyers with Stand & Deliver Staff as “something ancient and revered.” Historians Esalen® Massage in Motion Social networks and the instantaneous exchange date this traditional medical practice from Brita Ostrom & Vicki Topp of information have made us more connected approximately 500 BC. Thai massage fulfills the than ever. But in this new era of virtual commu- We live our lives in motion. A muscle appears Buddhist principle of bringing spiritual philoso- nity, more and more people are left feeling static on the anatomy chart, and the ribs nicely phy into everyday life and work, allowing both depleted and detached. In the face of this align, but in fact we are reaching, bending, and practitioner and recipient an opportunity to uniquely 21st-century challenge, how can lead- coordinating dozens of fine motor skills every experience the four divine states of mind: loving ers rise above the din of data to truly connect, second. A joyous mood opens the limbs wider; kindness, compassion, mental equanimity, and engage, and inspire others through the power an anxious thought freezes our breath and con- vicarious joy. of the human voice? tracts our core. In this course, we will be shown This workshop is an immersion into the prac- to use lifting, passive joint rotations, gentle This exclusive weekend summit will bring tice of Thai massage. An extensive curriculum movement, and stillness to make our bodywork together leaders from around the world and in northern (Chiang Mai) style will be taught more effective, fun for the receiver, and easier across industries to examine the critical ques- and practiced. The course will focus on the for the practitioner. tion of their power and responsibility to foster meditative aspects of this traditional healing vital human connections in their organizations. We will build a field of trust by offering gentle art, with emphasis on proper body mechanics. Peter Meyers, author of As We Speak and founder supportive lifts. We will practice passive Combining aspects of yoga, acupressure, and and president of Stand & Deliver, a global com- stretches to release the shoulders; we will roll assisted stretching, Thai massage is a healing munications consultancy, has worked for more to access the low back; we will rock the leg and and deeply relaxing form of bodywork. than a decade helping leaders and their teams to articulate the hip; we will gently mobilize the Practitioners learn to work with their feet, enrich their presence and effectiveness through neck to free our minds. The diaphragm, key- knees, forearms, and elbows, as well as with greater clarity, credibility, and connection. stone of a relaxed state will release, and we will their hands. Thai massage is practiced slowly, breathe more easily. on a futon or mat placed on the floor, with the This workshop challenges high-level leaders to client dressed in loose-fitting clothing. No tackle difficult questions about themselves and This workshop offers the practitioner a three- oils or lotions are used. Come and join this their organizations. Most importantly, partici- dimensional approach into the body-mind expe- comprehensive immersion into an ancient pants will learn—and practice—models and rience. The basic lengthening strokes add anoth- healing art. methods for expanding their leadership voice; er dimension to the massage, welcoming a sense provide insight in the face of confusion; create of release and acceptance. Required reading: Gold, Thai Massage: A confidence in place of doubt; and ignite empow- Traditional Medical Technique, 2nd edition. The schedule allows ample time for guided prac- ering beliefs that inspire others to action. tice sessions, feedback, and questions, including CE credit for nurses; see page 113. Activities include lecture, group discussions, individual attention from Brita and Vicki. The CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. CE credit for acupuncturists pending. self-awareness exercises, simulations, coaching, course is suitable for those interested in learning and personal feedback. basic massage skills or for advanced practition- Richard Gold has been practicing and teaching ers who want to add a fresh dimension to their Oriental healing arts since 1978. A graduate in Thai You will have an opportunity to examine your massage. Massage from the Old Medicine Hospital in Chiang underlying assumptions and beliefs; overcome Mai, Thailand, he is chairman of the board of the inner blocks; discuss and test new ideas with a CE credit for nurses; see page 113. International Professional School of Bodywork in San CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. group of accomplished peers; step away from Diego, Calif. www.traditionalthaimassage.com. the frenetic demands of your day-to-day routine Brita Ostrom, a licensed MFT, has led massage and and ask big questions in an awe-inspiring natur- other workshops at Esalen for more than 20 years. She al setting; and create a vision for yourself as a

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The Transformational Enneagram: Based on the pioneering work of Dr. Betty of therapeutic storytelling and play at its center, Mindfulness, Insight and Experience Edwards, Drawing on the Right Side of the each element of the StoryPlay approach provides Russ Hudson Brain provides a forum on how to see and think participants with play therapy, hands-on, cre- differently by tapping into the non-verbal (non- ative tools for working with difficult or trauma- A growing number of people are aware of the dominant) side of the brain. Set in Esalen’s Art tized clients using their favored treatment Enneagram as an accurate and profound map Barn on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, modality or philosophy. of personality. The nine Enneagram types are students will have a host of stunning views to By the end of the course participant will be based on the three primary centers of intelli- draw and contemplate, including rocky streams, able to: gence: thinking, emotion, and instinct. sunsets, jagged cliffs, and an expansive ever- However, in almost all human beings, distor- green forest. In a carefully sequenced process, • Define three essential elements of StoryPlay tions or blockages in these centers have led to a participants will explore the strategies of seeing • Utilize Ericksonian psychotherapy to facilitate loss of connection with our essential nature and that will enable them to draw with a high positive change to the arising of ego structures to compensate degree of skill. By workshop’s end, participants • List the four stages of the Therapeutic for this loss. Thus, while our Enneagram type will have finished drawings and gained new Metamorphosis process of healing usually obscures our true nature with a charac- thinking strategies to help enhance their gener- • Apply the StoryPlay steps for creating and teristic web of defenses, it can also serve as an al problem-solving capacity. utilizing therapeutic metaphors opening to the deeper reality of spirit. Please register early; enrollment is limited to • Identify and utilize a child’s blocked sensory This workshop will emphasize recognizing the twenty. A materials list will be sent upon regis- system ways that each of the nine types plays out in our tration. All exercises will be preceded by • Recognize how to utilize the elements of our own personalities. It will combine psychological demonstrations and followed by assessments natural ecology insight into the inner workings of the types of individual progress. with meditation practices and exercises to lead Note: Esalen has been selected to host participants toward a more direct experience of Recommended reading: Edwards, Drawing on Continuing Education courses offered by qualities of essence such as presence, clarity, the Right Side of the Brain. StoryPlay®Global/Joyce C. Mills, PhD, LLC. To reserve a space in this course, you must first compassion, and joy. Conversational instruction ($15 materials fee paid directly to the leader) will be combined with group meditations, contact Dr. Joyce Mills, 602-923-2704 or visit has been practicing art for thirty small-group work, physical movements, and Lynda Greenberg www.storyplayglobal.com/esalen. Only after you years and holds a Masters of Fine Arts degree. She music so that participants can more fully inte- have reserved your place in the course through teaches at Antelope Valley and Harbor colleges, grate the richness of the Enneagram material Dr. Joyce Mills will you be able to reserve your among others. She was trained by Dr. Betty Edwards, into their daily work and relationships. accommodations through Esalen at 831-667- author of Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. 3005 (course fees and accommodations are Recommended reading: Riso and Hudson, separate). Please see accommodations costs The Wisdom of the Enneagram, Personality Types under “Pricing for Partner Programs” at ® (Revised Edition, 1996), and Understanding the StoryPlay : A New Ericksonian www.esalen.org/workshops/reservations.html. Enneagram (Revised Edition, 2000). Indirective Model of Play Therapy CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. Joyce C. Mills CE credit for nurses; see page 113. CE credit for nurses; see page 113. This play therapy course for healing profes- CE credit available for psychologists (pending); see page 113. Russ Hudson is executive director of the Enneagram sionals teaches participants the origins, key Joyce C. Mills, PhD, is an award-winning, interna- Institute in New York. He is the coauthor, with elements, and essentials of StoryPlay Therapy, tionally recognized trainer, author, play therapist, Don Richard Riso, of several books, including The including therapeutic metaphors, storytelling, consultant, and program development specialist. Wisdom of the Enneagram and Personality story-crafts, sensory synchronicity, artistic Founder of StoryPlay® Global and codirector of the Types (Revised Edition). living metaphors, and therapeutic rituals and Phoenix Institute of Ericksonian Therapy, she has ceremonies. A trauma and program develop- authored 8 books including Therapeutic ment specialist, Dr. Joyce Mills shows how the Metaphors for Children and the Child Within Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Play Therapy model of StoryPlay can be effec- and Butterfly Wisdom. Lynda Greenberg tively utilized with specialized populations or situations, such as natural and man-made disas- For many of us, drawing seems to be a mysteri- ters, PTSD, abuse, ADHD, attachment, grief Radiant Body Yoga ous process reserved for the “talented” few, but and loss; and various treatment modalities. Kia Miller Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain has debunked this myth. StoryPlay is a multicultural, resiliency-based, As modern humans, we process a tremendous indirective Play Therapy model that draws on amount of information each day. How can we Welcoming students who are convinced they the natural inner resources, skills, and strengths find a way to respond from a place of conscious- have little talent for drawing and those who of each child, adolescent, adult, or family mem- ness and grace, rather than blind reaction to the wish to expand their current artistic abilities, ber to generate healing, growth, and change. immense demands of life? Yoga and meditation this workshop offers an intensive combination StoryPlay Therapy is founded on the principles are the technologies that have become ever of discussion and studio exercises. The class of Milton H. Erickson, indigenous teachings, more applicable to these stressful modern times. is designed to awaken the perceptual skills and the innovative approaches of healer and Radiant Body Yoga focuses on revitalizing ener- necessary for drawing with confidence, and therapist Dr. Mills. With the power and spirit gy, calming the fluctuations of the mind, and has proven valuable to students at all levels.

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thriving in life is more than an intellectual decision to forgive those who have harmed you. Brain Change Therapy is a new approach that shifts states of mind and conditions happier and more stable emotions so that you can access clarity of thought, successful actions, a sense of personal control, confidence, and heightened intuition and awareness. This is a five-day Deep Dive workshop that invites you into the alpha/theta states where you can gently release and resolve old wounds. We will explore patterns that block you from being happier, discover your unique gift and purpose, and plan for your life success. By journeying to the edge of sleep and observing your own archetypal imagery, you can unlock and apply the best in life. The Deep Dive process involves naming chronic negative states including people and events that have harmed you, and what triggers them; creating a sanctuary for releasing trauma; learning how to release inner forgiveness, love, and compassion; practicing the witness mind state to move beyond survival strategies; creating an action plan, commitment to the life you want, and follow-through.

CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113.

Carol Kershaw, EdD, is a psychologist, codirector of the Milton Erickson Institute of Houston, and coauthor of Brain Change Therapy. She is an international trainer and has produced several programs on personal growth and creating lasting solutions.

Bill Wade, PhD, is a licensed professional counselor, marriage and family therapist, and codirector of the Milton Erickson Institute of Houston. He is coauthor of Brain Change Therapy (2012, WW Norton). He has taught meditation and given Dharma lectures at various Buddhist temples. KODIAK GREENWOOD connecting with the divine. In this exciting and ways to excel in life, and to be a lighthouse for comprehensive workshop, Kia Miller shares her all those around you. All levels welcome. Weekend of August 17–19 deep experience and love of yoga as a way to teaches at YogaWorks in Los Angeles and thrive in these turbulent times. Participants will Kia Miller leads several of their 200- and 300-hour teacher train- Walking an Authentic Path: explore ancient yogic teachings that have been ing programs. Trained in Hatha and Kundalini yoga, Awakening to Purpose and passed down from teacher to student for thou- she offers a powerful combination of asana, breath, Meaning in Your Twenties sands of years. The group will practice Vinyasa meditation, and chanting that leaves students uplift- Soren Gordhamer & Kerena Gordhamer Flow to open and strengthen the body as well as ed and empowered. Saltzman Kundalini yoga and meditation to shift through energetic blockages and build vitality and Are you part of the “Y” generation of people cur- awareness. Take this “time out of time” to rejuve- The Heart of Forgiveness—Brain rently in their twenties? Generation Y grew up nate yourself in the healing waters of Esalen, Change Therapy from Trauma to in the information age of social networking, tex- connect with like-minded individuals, and Thriving: Erickson Hypnosis Seminars ting, and constantly-connected life, yet often establish a practice that will enable you to touch seek a more authentic, deeper connection to Carol Kershaw & Bill Wade and experience your true self and connect to their inner wisdom. This workshop is for people your neutral mind and purpose. This workshop Life trauma hinders you in the pursuit of your who want a life that is aligned with the deep is for anyone looking for a toolbox for elevation, dreams. The secret to resolving trauma and care and passion that they feel inside for the

37 See pages 110-111 for reservations, fees, accommodations, scholarship information, and discounts. world—a life that is not confined by ideas of who others think they are and who their families want them to be. We will practice mindfulness meditation, dyad self-inquiry exercises to reveal inner calling, and give and receive authentic feedback in the larger group. People will have the opportunity to find a deeper connection to what is true for them and create next steps to express this truth. Through the various activities, we will allow people to more clearly see what life is calling forth in them and how that calling wants to be expressed in the world. Participants will come away with a deeper connection of what is true for them, potential next steps to take, and ways the group can support each other after the workshop.

CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113.

Soren Gordhamer is the founder of the Wisdom 2.0 Conference. He has written several books, walked for

a year through various countries, and has taught AATISH MEHMOOD mindfulness to incarcerated youth, trauma workers in Rwanda, teachers in Nigeria, and at US technology ing, and those attending will be supported in our thirties invented consciousness-raising companies. moving to the next level of their own spiritual groups; we are indisputably the generation that Kerena Gordhamer Saltzman, LCSW, is a Gestalt development. began to change the landscape for professional women. We pre-baby boomers have much say to therapist who founded the business Through Insight. Recommending reading: Selig, I Am the Word: one another and to the multitude of women The company works with UCSC students. Kerena A Guide to the Consciousness of Man’s Self in a closely behind us who are about to turn seventy. and Soren Gordhamer are siblings and were former Transitioning Time. staff at Esalen in their twenties. “In this weekend workshop, participants will ’s channeled books are I Am the Word: Paul Selig explore what’s been written and said about our A Guide to the Consciousness of Man’s Self in a generation and will have the opportunity to I Am the Word: The Energetics of Transitioning Time and The Book of Love and look back at our lives, share our challenges and Consciousness Creation (Tarcher/Penguin, 2012). A conscious joys in the present, and imagine our futures. channel, intuitive, and empath, Paul also directs the Paul Selig Longtime Singing Gestalt teacher and former MFA in Creative Writing Program at Goddard Esalen programs director Nancy Lunney- In his breakthrough work of channeled litera- College. www.paulselig.com. ture, I Am the Word, author and medium Paul Wheeler will help us celebrate with music and Selig recorded a program for personal and plane- Janet Carnay, LMFT and Board certified Art tary evolution as humankind awakens to its Celebrate Seventy! How Women Therapist, will expand our explorations through own divine nature. Through a series of lectures, Flourish in the Eighth Decade the visual, tactile, and creative arts. We will conclude with a seventy candles birthday party. attunements, and energy activations, workshop Jane Giddan & Ellen Cole participants will be introduced to the frequency CE credit for nurses; see page 113. “What does it look like and feel like to be of the Word, which can be described as the ener- CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. gy of “God in action.” women in our seventies today?” ask the leaders. “What are our challenges? Are we still working Jane Giddan, M.A.,CCC-SLP, is a speech-language You will be shown exercises for healing the self for a paycheck? If not, how do we identify our- pathologist and professor emerita of the department of and others, along with practical techniques for selves, particularly if we had meaningful psychiatry, University of Toledo College of Medicine. developing and sustaining higher levels of con- careers? And above all, what brings us satisfac- She has specialized in language development and dis- sciousness. You will also receive individual tion and joy? How are we thriving and flourish- orders and is coauthor of numerous articles and books. instruction that will support you in moving ing as we enter and proceed through our eighth www.70Candles.com. through the physical and emotional blocks that decade? may be keeping you from manifesting your own Ellen Cole, PhD, is a psychologist who specializes in higher nature. You can discover how realizing “We have been blogging (www.70candles.com) women’s mental health and human sexuality and your own true potential is inexorably linked to and conducting conversation groups for seven- is professor of psychology emerita at Alaska Pacific the wellbeing of others and our planet. ty-ish year-old women and have learned, above University in Anchorage. At age 70 she earned a sec- all, that the benefits are tremendous when we ond master’s degree in applied positive psychology Paul’s workshops can be deeply transformative. meet together to share our stories and celebrate from the University of Pennsylvania. The energy he works with is palpable and lov- our lives. After all, we are the generation that in www.70Candles.com.

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Couples’ Communication Retreat All methods devoted to human potential Russell Delman studied with Moshe Feldenkrais for Warren Farrell emphasize the importance of awakening to the many years. One of the first Feldenkrais trainers, he present moment. All that we long for—love, joy, has been teaching the method since 1975. He has also Our inability to handle personal criticism from peace, harmony, truth—require the fundamental maintained a Zen meditation practice for more than loved ones is a common Achilles’ heel. The more capacity for presence. 35 years, and conducts workshops and training pro- deeply we are in love, the harder it is to handle. grams internationally. Soon, couples feel they are walking on eggshells, This seminar uses ancient and modern methods unable to express themselves honestly, and the for directly and simply uncovering this natural capacity. Put simply, we need the capacity to: love fades. Raising children and dealing with The Passion of Painting 1. Sit quietly with our own thoughts. money during an economic recession magnifies Erin Gafill with Tom Birmingham the problems even as those problems become 2. Mindfully welcome our feelings/emotions. the reason couples stay together. The result? 3. Find comfort in our own bodies. When we are struck by the awesome, the beauti- Couples often remain legally married but psy- The meditation we will practice is a bare-bones ful, or the extraordinary, we are compelled to chologically divorced—in a minimum-security- approach to experiencing the present moment express our feelings through making a mark, prison marriage. “As It Is.” This is the basis for being at home in even something as random as a stroke of red ourselves. Chairs are available and help is given crayon on white paper. Yet often in the act of The biggest culprit in this dynamic is defensive- making this mark, we are besieged by self-doubt, ness. Active listening, a good solution, is rarely to those who find sitting challenging. Guided Inquiry includes a variety of awareness experi- restraint, the voice of our inner critic, and the used. Warren Farrell developed Cinematic bold and honest response is lost. Immersion, a method that enables couples to ments based in the Focusing method of Eugene actively listen to their partner without feeling Gendlin. Learning to bring a warm, caring, curi- Painting with passion commits the artist to defensive. Once defensiveness is replaced by ous presence to our feelings/emotions/“nega- exploring not only color, texture, composition, feeling loved, work on the discipline of mutual tive” thoughts is truly transformative. The move- and line, but love, death, the meaning of life, and appreciation can begin. Through this process, ment lessons of Moshe Feldenkrais are perhaps risk. Creating an environment that nurtures a passion is reignited without sacrificing stability. the most neurologically sophisticated and effec- sense of safety and non-judgment, Big Sur artist tive ways of transforming our motor patterns Erin Gafill leads participants through visual As couples master Cinematic Immersion and and self-image; these lessons are also interesting explorations using expressive painting, torn- the discipline of love, they will be shown how to and fun. Through meditations, awareness paper collage, and mixed-media image making. apply what they’ve learned to other family mem- practices, movement lessons, and conversation, By eliminating all but the nonessential forms, bers and to work colleagues. we anticipate a meaningful and joyful time of participants must examine what matters and This workshop is for couples. A couple is any learning together. what doesn’t, what to leave in and what to leave two people who have a history together (such This retreat is open to all people who are inter- out, in telling their visual story. Each participant as parent-child, siblings, married or divorced ested in living an awakening life. will create a series of pieces in various media, parents) and who want a future with improved exploring the passion of painting while learning communication. Participants are welcome to register for this new techniques for seeing, thinking, drawing, weekend seminar only or combine it with the and self-examination. Required reading: Farrell, Women Can’t Hear five-day workshop, August 19-24. What Men Don’t Say, pages 1-87. Recommended reading: Gafill, Drinking From a CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. Cold Spring: A Little Book of Hope. Recommended reading: Farrell, Father and Child Reunion and Why Men Earn More - What Women ($50 materials fee paid directly to the leader) Can Do About It. Erin Gafill is a painter who teaches internationally CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. and cofounded the Big Sur Arts Initiative. She was CE credit for nurses; see page 113. artist-in-residence at the Children’s International Art Museum in Hamada, Japan. In 2009, she was named Warren Farrell is author of the best-sellers Why Champion of the Arts by the Arts Council for Monterey. Men Are The Way They Are and The Myth of Male Power. His Women Can’t Hear What Men Don’t Say was a Book-of-the-Month Club selection. The Transition Catalyst Intensive He has appeared on more than 1,000 TV shows Charles Eisenstein worldwide. What would life look like if money were aligned with the more beautiful world our hearts tell us The Embodied Life™: Meditation, is possible? Today, for most people, it is not— Guided Inquiry and the Teachings of whether on a personal level or the level of politi- Moshe Feldenkrais cal change, social renewal, or ecological wellbe- Russell Delman ing. Crises in the economy, the ecosystem, health, education, water, energy, and more por- The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you— tend the end of the world as we know it. These don’t go back to sleep. crises are propelling our civilization toward a —Rumi radically different way of living on earth. KODIAK GREENWOOD

39 See pages 110-111 for reservations, fees, accommodations, scholarship information, and discounts.

This gathering is for people who want to deeply inner resources one can muster. Drawing on Utilizing their unique comprehensive and inte- understand our unique historical moment, and three decades of teaching and twenty-nine years grated approach, this workshop includes: who also want to embody it, energize it, and cat- of relationship, authors Maurine and Roche • Individual risk assessment and strategic plan alyze the transition. We will approach it through share their experience with humor and compas- for lowering risk the lens of money and all that surrounds it: grat- sion. If you’ve given up on meditation, or are • Up-to-date facts regarding activity and itude, gift, scarcity and abundance, community, ready to take your practice to a new level; if you nutrition work and purpose, and the sense of being at want to tap into more joy and inspiration; if you home in the universe. The transformation of long for more intimacy with yourself and oth- • Mindfulness techniques including tai chi, money mirrors a shift in our own psychology ers, then perhaps it’s time for Wild Serenity. Feldenkrais™, and meditation and the way we relate to the world. We can This course is also useful for those in the help- • Group discussion indeed live in sacred economy today, seeding ing professions. • Discussion of the medical aspects of heart cultural rebirth through our words and actions. disease Recommended reading: Maurine and Roche, This program applies stories, dialogue, and Meditation Secrets for Women; Roche, The Radiance • Natural and complementary medicine options engaged processes to bring clarity to: what Sutras (available at www.lorinroche.com) and Your heart is your life! Change your heart, money is and could be; financial collapse and Meditation Made Easy. change your life. what’s next; the story of the self, from separation to reunion; the story of the people, from ascent CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. CE credit for nurses; see page 113. to cocreation; aligning money with the sacred; Camille Maurine coauthored Meditation 24/7 Kenn Chase has taught tai chi for more than 40 integrity in a monetized world; and finding life and Meditation Secrets for Women. A dancer years. His Integral Way Practice combines tai chi, The purpose. and performing artist who has taught movement, Feldenkrais Method®, chi gong, and meditation. He is a stress management consultant and maintains a Charles Eisenstein is the author of Sacred meditation, and expression since 1975, Camille is the Economics and The Ascent of Humanity, a creator of kinAesthetics and the transformational private practice in the north San Francisco Bay Area. teacher, and speaker considered by many to be a lead- Moving Theater process. Vicki Chase, RN, has been a health educator for ing voice of his generation. He is on the faculty of Lorin Roche has meditated since 1968. He is the more than 30 years. She is the executive director of Goddard College. www.charleseisenstein.net. author of The Radiance Sutras, a new translation the Heart Health Institute in Marin County, Calif., of the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra, and coauthor of and has managed cardiac rehabilitation and stress Meditation Secrets for Women and Meditation management programs since 1981. Week of August 19–24 24/7. His other books include Meditation Made Easy, Breath Taking, and Whole Body Meditations. Building a Vocal Community Wild Serenity Ysaye Barnwell Camille Maurine & Lorin Roche There is an awesome power in the human voice, Healing Your Heart 101: Combining and when uncommon voices are blended for the Wild Serenity is a radically liberating, deeply Science and Spirituality to Maximize common good they become a “vocal communi- revitalizing weekend of meditation, movement, Heart Health and energy practices. The workshop explores ty” at its best. Masterfully led by Ysaye Barnwell, the interplay between meditation and expres- Kenn Chase & Victoria Chase composer and longtime performer with Sweet sion—the way that contact with the soul inspires Your heart is essential to life and yet, as a nation Honey in the Rock, singers and non-singers dynamic engagement with the outer world, and worldwide we choose a lifestyle that threat- alike will share the common experience of which in turn contributes to a rich inner life. ens our very existence. Heart disease remains learning in the oral tradition and singing rhythms, chants, traditional songs from Africa Meditation can be defined as paying attention to the number one cause of death, but it is mostly and the Diaspora, and a variety of songs from the current of life and love flowing through us preventable. Since the time of Aristotle, we have African American culture including spirituals, and riding it inward to our essence. This is an touted the health benefits of exercise, good ring shouts, hymns, gospels, and songs from the instinctive ability, a way of accessing inner wis- nutrition, and relaxation. Most people know or civil rights movement. The historical, social, and dom, and we all can do it. The course alternates think they know what to do to maintain a heart- political context will be provided as an introduc- sitting and moving meditations that awaken the healthy lifestyle, but they struggle to integrate tion to the songs. senses, soften the heart, and stretch the muscles these life-giving habits into their daily routine. of the mind. Through body awareness, sound, Kenn and Vicki Chase have been teaching heart Throughout this experience, the group will and breath, you gently and gradually let more disease prevention and rehabilitation for more explore from an African-American worldview life force stream through you. In this approach, than twenty-five years with amazing results. In the values embedded in the music, the role of you learn to embrace the fullness of your this workshop, you will explore evidence-based cultural and spiritual traditions and rituals, ways nature—vastness and vulnerability, sensuality and clinically proven approaches to preventing in which leadership emerges and can be shared and surging power. You will discover that what and/or reversing heart disease. The Chases use a by and among community members, the nature might seem like obstacles—raw emotions, rest- balanced, practical approach to maximizing your of cultural responses to and influences on politi- lessness, desire—are actually gateways into health and energy. Through activities designed cal and social struggle, and, finally, the signifi- vitality, renewal, and creativity. to increase awareness, you’ll learn how to trans- cance of a shared communal experience in one’s personal life. A willingness to sing is all that is Living and loving fully takes courage and all the form old patterns into a new, heart-healthy lifestyle. required.

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Ysaye Barnwell, a member of the African-American keeping you from manifesting your own higher Unfortunately, painful and frightening experi- female a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey in The Rock, nature. You can discover how realizing your ences often lead us to withdraw from the gift of is a composer, arranger, author, and actress. A vocalist own true potential is inexorably linked to the our own luminous beauty. Instead of cultivating with a range of more than three octaves, she appears wellbeing of others and our planet. our capacity for intimacy, we hide from our- on more than 25 recordings with Sweet Honey and selves and others, too anxious, depressed, or Paul’s workshops can be deeply transformative. other artists. numb to honor and embody our true radiance. The energy he works with is palpable and loving, and those attending will be supported in In this workshop we will embark on an odyssey moving to the next level of their own spiritual of self-discovery, exploring how the barriers and I Am the Word: The Energetics of development. This five-day intensive will offer blocks that keep us from fully being ourselves Consciousness the opportunity for more individual work, can simply melt away in the light of our own Paul Selig advanced teachings, and a deeper immersion welcoming consciousness. Through listening, In his breakthrough work of channeled litera- in the higher energies. awareness, and movement, we will gain an experiential understanding of our patterns of reach- ture, I Am the Word, author and medium Paul Recommending reading: Selig, I Am the Word: ing and withdrawing, opening and closing, con- Selig recorded a program for personal and plane- A Guide to the Consciousness of Man’s Self in a tracting and expanding, and pausing and mov- tary evolution as humankind awakens to its Transitioning Time. own divine nature. Through a series of lectures, ing in the immediate play of relating to others. Leader bio on page 38. attunements, and energy activations, you will be Through dance and movement, silent and introduced to the frequency of the Word, which dynamic meditations, psychotherapeutic prac- can be described as the energy of “God in tices, and interpersonal processes, we can come action.” The Joy of an Open Heart: Love, Awareness and Intimacy alive to our inner topography, moving from our inner awareness to the experience of open and You will be shown exercises for healing the self Karishma Darby and others, along with practical techniques for transparent relating. We will discover how to developing and sustaining higher levels of con- There is a natural desire in all of us to fully be live our joy and share that joy with others. ourselves, to live and love from our deepest sciousness. You will also receive individual Join us for an opportunity to nourish your own essential nature. We feel this desire most keenly instruction to support you in moving through deep aliveness and experience the essential radi- the physical and emotional blocks that may be in our longing for authentic human intimacy. DOUG ELLIS

41 See pages 110-111 for reservations, fees, accommodations, scholarship information, and discounts. DOUG ELLIS ance of your own being as it dances with the mation. Research confirms the life-giving influ- body structure, and focuses on bone energy and radiance of those you meet face-to-face. ence of these mind states. We can experience the skeletal system. Science has shown that practices which can change fear into love, energy and matter are fundamentally coupled; CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. resentment into forgiveness, and disappoint- psychology has shown that the mind and body Karishma Deanna Darby is a licensed psychothera- ment into gratitude. are interconnected. ZB embodies both perspec- pist in the Sierra foothills, specializing in somatic tives. It is based on the experience that balanc- Please see the description for The Embodied psychotherapy. A certified massage therapist for 20 ing the body’s energy with its structure has Life™: Meditation, Guided Inquiry and the years, her passion is bringing together mind, body, a direct positive effect on physical, mental, Teachings of Moshe Feldenkrais, August 17-19, and heart to create the opportunity for profound emotional, and spiritual health. Imbalances for a full description of the work. self-understanding and greater ease. often lead to loss of vitality, chronic pain, and Participants are welcome to register for this five- decreased potential for vibrant health. The day seminar only or combine it with the week- body’s structural/energetic interface is beneath Gratitude and Forgiveness: end workshop, August 17-19. conscious awareness. When imbalances occur at Deepening into The Embodied Life™ If the only prayer you say in your life is ‘thank you,’ this level, the body tends to compensate around Russell Delman that would suffice. —Meister Eckhart them rather than resolve them. Rooted in both During this five-day seminar, you will experi- Eastern healing and energy and Western medi- CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. ence direct, enjoyable, and reliable practices for cine and science, ZB brings unique touch and inviting embodied presence. You can uncover Leader bio on page 39. relevant design to overcome imbalanced pat- the natural meditation of “just sitting” as you terns. learn to walk through the doorway of embodi- This program, part one of a two-part Core Zero Core Zero Balancing—Part I ment. Balancing series, is the entry level program. Fritz Smith We will also work directly with the thinking Didactic and experiential, it is open to all health and feeling patterns that interfere with our nat- Zero Balancing (ZB) is a nondiagnostic system care professionals. The workshop will teach ural radiance. Growing our capacity for grati- of healing which clarifies and coordinates ener- newcomers how to perform a complete hands- tude and forgiveness is central to this transfor- gy fields in the body, balances body energy with on session, and for the experienced it will deep-

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en understanding and enhance skills. It also ly expanding and vitally important frontier Wendy Palmer is a sixth-degree black belt in aikido includes theory and practice of the ZB protocol, called energy medicine.” This workshop is for and the author of two books, The Intuitive Body methods for evaluating and balancing the body’s anyone interested in awakening the body’s and The Practice of Freedom. She leads trainings structural/energetic interface, and how to use potentials and learning to heal with energy. in the US, Canada, Europe, and South Africa. She energy as a tool. This workshop qualifies for Assisting Donna will be her husband David has been practicing aikido and mindfulness for 40 credit toward Zero Balancing certification. Feinstein, a clinical psychologist and longtime years. www.embodimentinternational.com. Esalen workshop leader. Recommended reading: Smith, Inner Bridges: A Guide to Energy Movement and Body Structure and Recommended reading: Eden, Energy Medicine. Kids Beyond Limits: Transforming the The Alchemy of Touch; Hamwee, Zero Balancing: CE credit for nurses; see page 113. Lives of Children with Special Needs Touching the Energy of Bone. CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. Anat Baniel CE credit available for acupuncturists. is among the world’s most sought, joy- Donna Eden Is there a child with special needs in your life CE credit for nurses; see page 113. ous, and authoritative spokespersons for energy heal- CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. that you love and care for? Whether a family ing. Her classic book, Energy Medicine, is published member or a helping professional, you most Fritz Smith is a physician, osteopath, cranial in 10 languages and won Health Book of the Year in likely are facing tremendous challenges in your osteopath, certified acupuncturist, and founder of Zero the Nautilus competition. She teaches internationally. Balancing. He is the author of Inner Bridges: A quest to help this child. Imagine being given Guide to Energy Movement and Body Structure, David Feinstein is coauthor of The Mythic Path easy-to-use and highly effective tools that can and Alchemy of Touch. and The Promise of Energy Psychology. He serves help your child grow, learn, and transform on as executive director of the Energy Medicine Institute a daily basis, leaving both you and your child and has taught on the faculty of The Johns Hopkins feeling happier and more empowered. Imagine University School of Medicine. being able to “talk” with your child’s brain Weekend of August 24–26 through the language of movement and the Nine Essentials of the Anat Baniel Method™, Embodiment Tools for an a method fully supported by current brain sci- Energy Medicine: Empowered Life ence, and which harnesses the brain’s remark- A Hands-on Experience Wendy Palmer able capacities to heal itself. With a better and Donna Eden with David Feinstein stronger brain, no matter what your child’s Many of us aspire to be more centered, mindful, diagnosis, improvements that weren’t possible By learning how to work with your body’s ener- and compassionate in our lives and as leaders, before become possible: in movement, thinking, gies, you can improve your health, increase your but we return again and again to unskillful reac- emotion, and social skills. vitality, and enrich your life. In a class designed tions and habits. When stressed or when faced to be both transformational and fun, Donna with conflict we are unable to embody the Imagine shifting from trying to fix your child Eden will show you how health concerns can be changes that we know we want. Founded by to better connecting with your child, freeing a path to a more harmonious and joyful relation- Wendy Palmer, the Conscious Embodiment per- yourself and your child from dreary and at ship with your body. Your body is designed to sonal development program draws on the tradi- times painful routines, or from not knowing heal itself and feel good. tions of Aikido and mindfulness practice to what to do. Learn how to awaken your child’s During this hands-on training, you’ll be shown offer simple yet powerful practices that help you inherent intelligence and turn the brain into how to: recognize how your mind and body habitually the miraculous learning machine that it’s • Test for energy blocks and dysfunction and react to pressure, and how to access different designed to be. Become a better leader in your move energy in yourself and others ways to be powerful and to collaborate with oth- child’s life and a more enlightened parent. In ers. During this workshop we’ll explore the fol- this workshop experience the remarkable pow- • Use energy tools to improve the harmony of lowing three basic energetic leadership compe- ers of your brain to change through movement all the body’s systems and help alleviate pain tencies: lessons, lectures, demonstrations, and practice, and stress • Inclusiveness. It is the foundation of and learn to apply the Nine Essentials in your • Boost your energies when you are exhausted, child’s daily life. strengthen your immune system, and feel leadership, and should infuse the way we more alive communicate the message, “we are in this Recommended reading: Baniel, Kids Beyond together.” Limits and Move into Life: The Nine Essentials for • Discover the ways health problems can be Lifelong Vitality. helped, if not overcome, by intelligently • Action without aggression. Take a stand and speak and act in a genuine way that is clear shifting the energies that are maintaining CE credit available for psychologists (pending); see page 113. them and magnetizing. CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. • Listen without taking it personally. To listen Dr. Jean Houston, one of the foremost visionary Anat Baniel established an international reputation and hear what is being said without reacting, thinkers of our time, called Donna’s approach for her breakthrough work with children with special a leader needs an open mind, a strong center, “perhaps the most comprehensive and effective needs. A clinical psychologist who trained and worked and the ability to detach while maintaining a system in the genre that I have ever seen.” Dr. with Dr Feldenkrais, she has refined her method for receptive presence. The exercises associated Christiane Northrup, pioneer of health and over thirty years, and now runs the Anat Baniel with each competency provide a vivid sense wellness, has referred to Donna as “one of the Method Center. www.AnatBanielMethod.com. of what it feels like to align conceptual, most joyous and effective pioneers in the rapid- emotional, and embodied aspects of yourself.

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Experiencing the Esalen Farm and functioning. Special emphasis will be enhancing the quality of each participant’s more and Garden placed on Skeletal Awareness. Students will be subtle and powerful energies. The following Farm and Garden Staff given a new understanding of how tension and series of movements will be taught during this injury are often involved with the disorganiza- workshop: The Vairocana Position, The Nine For more than forty years, the Esalen Farm and tion in the skeletal-muscular parts of our bodies. Purification Breathings, Lungsang (Purifying Garden has provided a holistic model of food the Prana), Tsadul (Controlling the Energy Lessons inspired by Indonesian Silat will be security and sustainability—producing food that Channels), and the Pranayama of Rhythmic used to stimulate the energy body, effecting sustains, heals, and educates the community. Breathing. Please bring yoga clothing and a internal health and increasing energy. These Growing one’s own food is a powerful form of yoga mat. activism and a deep source of spiritual experi- movements, originating from the monasteries ence. The Esalen Farm and Garden staff strives of China and Tibet, further increase healing Recommended reading: Norbu, Yantra Yoga: to cultivate soil, plants, and people while honor- possibilities. Safe and noninvasive hands-on The Tibetan Yoga of Movement. lessons will be presented that can greatly speed ing the spirit of the land and its ancestors. Recommended viewing: Andrico and Diaz, up improvements. This dynamic workshop experience provides Tibetan Yoga of Movement: Perfect Rhythm of Life the opportunity to immerse yourself in the This workshop will evolve with humor and and Breathe: Perfect Harmony of Breathing. playfulness. Fun partner lessons will help bring Farm and Garden alongside our talented and is an internationally recognized about not only freedom in the body but the Fabio Andrico experienced staff. This week will introduce you expert on the unique tradition of Tibetan yoga known return to the childlike energy essential to us all. to the practical and experiential knowledge as Yantra Yoga, from the lineage of Dzogchen Masters needed to start or refine your own garden, as This is a program designed for both the begin- Vairocana and Chögyal Namkhai Norbu. Andrico well as a chance to revel in the beauty and power ner and the professional. has been studying, practicing, and teaching Yantra of the Esalen land. You will gain hands-on expe- Yoga since 1978. CE credit for nurses; see page 113. rience with topics including seed starting, har- CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. vesting, cultivation, transplanting, composting, seed saving, flowers, and herbs. Patrick Douce, one of Moshe Feldenkrais’s first The Upledger Institute’s Advanced American students, has been associated with Esalen CranioSacral Therapy 1 We invite you to explore working on the land as since 1972. Since 1986 he lives half of each year in Stan Gerome a physical, emotional, and spiritual experience. Bali, developing programs with Indonesian Silat As an Esalen work tradition, Gestalt awareness martial-arts-for-health schools. The Advanced CranioSacral course is especially practice is integrated into our time together, to designed to provide an in-depth experience for support our growth processes and group rela- the serious CranioSacral Therapy practitioner. tionships. Each morning after harvest, we gath- Class is limited to ten participants. er in a sharing circle to connect with ourselves Week of August 26–31 Course highlights include opportunities to: and each other before the day of learning and • Participate in multiple hands-on sessions working. We ground and connect with the land Yantra Yoga: Perfect Rhythm of Life through mindful and playful activities and ritu- • Benefit from one-on-one instructor-to- als. The week culminates with a farm-to-table Fabio Andrico participant skill evaluation dinner that we prepare and share in gratitude Yantra Yoga is one of the oldest recorded sys- • Refine technique applications and further together on the beautiful farm. tems of yoga in the world. It originated in Tibet, develop palpatory capabilities a land that holds a vast, rich Buddhist knowl- • Participate in an in-depth mind/body edge and heritage. Yantra Yoga’s unique series of integration study using the craniosacral Spinal Awareness (with Humor): positions and movements, combined with con- system as the core vehicle The Essence of Feldenkrais® and scious breathing, can help coordinate and har- Energy Work monize one’s personal energy so that the mind The prerequisite for this course is Upledger’s Patrick Douce can relax and find its authentic balance. This is SomatoEmotional Release 2 (SER2). a superb method to attain optimal health, relax- The movements of Spinal Awareness are quite Note: Registration for this workshop is through ation, and harmony through the coordination different from normal exercises. They empha- IAHE only. To register, please call 1-800-311- of breath and movement. size learning how to move in ways that stimu- 9204. Only after you have registered with IAHE late your awareness of your body. They involve In this workshop, senior Yantra Yoga instructor and paid tuition fees will you be able to reserve learning to use the floor to organize and inte- Fabio Andrico will help participants discover accommodations at Esalen. For accommoda- grate your own spinal column. Standing lessons the real essence of Yantra Yoga by clarifying its tions pricing chart, see www.esalen.org/work- lead to a new awareness of ways to move with rich theory and practice. Andrico will begin by shops/reservations.html. better balance and fluidity. Special emphasis demonstrating techniques that will help partici- CE credit for nurses; see page 113. will be placed on any difficulties participants pants discover the experience of naturally CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. may have, such as lower back pain, hip trouble, relaxed, complete breathing. Using this funda- Stan Gerome is an instructor and visiting therapist tension in the neck and shoulders, and knee mental experience as a base, he will then intro- with the Upledger Institute. He’s had a private prac- injuries. duce the most essential Yantra Yoga exercises, tice in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. since 1986. He has been a which can reshape, transform, and deepen the This work will focus on how we can re-learn CranioSacral and SomatoEmotional Release practi- effect of the practice by coordinating and how to overcome our limitations in movement tioner since 1986.

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Sharing Your Life Story: ate. All levels are welcome. This is a workshop even in our stillness (sleeping)? And why do From the Page to the Stage for those seeking to explore personal essay, some populations in the world enjoy pain-free, Ann Randolph memoir, solo performance, or the sacred prac- relaxed, and potent lives into old age? How can tice of journaling. Topics include: we improve our situation? As we write, we are both describing and deciding the • Writing exercises to stimulate memory In this workshop you will be taught to use direction that our life is taking. • Learning to structure the narrative in a everyday activities to support pain-free Primal —Julia Cameron compelling way Posture. In a small group, using gentle touch, Everything in your life, from the mundane to • Discovering ways to create spontaneously images, and reason, Esther Gokhale will help the extraordinary, is a story waiting to be told. • Overcoming performance anxiety you realign and restore your spine to its natural This workshop is an invitation to discover your shape, restructure the arches of your feet, realign • Tools to release yourself from the inner critic own unique and powerful story. Michel de your knees, hips, and shoulders, and elongate Montaigne, the great personal essayist, said, • Transforming your ideas/stories into your back. Reduce back pain, neck pain, foot “Every man has within himself the entire performance problems, and muscle or joint dysfunction. human condition.” The intention of this work- Ann Randolph has been described as “revolutionary,” Discover improved appearance and athletic shop is for you to delve deep into your own per- a “tour de force,” “Whitmanesque,” and “hilarious” for performance, as well as a new level of wellness sonal narrative. her award-winning solo performances. Direct from in your body. Writing from your deepest source, gain insight an Off-Broadway hit (produced by the late Anne The Gokhale Method is based on historical, and self-understanding that can bring peace and Bancroft), Randolph teaches and tours extensively anthropological, and medical research on popu- healing. You will then make your words leap throughout the US. lations who have virtually no musculoskeletal from the page to the stage, sharing them orally pain. Interwoven intellectual, visual, kinesthetic, to uncover the power of story to transform your and aesthetic cues make the Gokhale Method The Gokhale Method™ for a life and your listeners. remarkably efficient and effective. Join Esther Pain-Free Life Gokhale for this transformative and empower- Through improvisation, writing exercises, and Esther Gokhale group discussion, you will find your authentic ing five-day experience…and expect to grow half voice, along with an honest, organic way to Why are so many of us in pain? Why are we an inch taller! express your truth. Ann Randolph creates a sup- damaged from our normal activities (bending CE credit for nurses; see page 113. portive, fun, and dynamic space in which to cre- and lifting), exhausted from our most basic posi- CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. tions (sitting and standing), and uncomfortable

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Esther Gokhale, LAc, author of 8 Steps to a Pain- transform key issues that keep you from your Dyrian Benz, PsyD, is a mindfulness and somatic Free Back, was educated at Harvard, Princeton, partner and yourself. psychology educator. A cofounder of Hakomi Institute SFCAOM (in Chinese medicine), and by people in and Embodied Psychology Association, he conducts During the workshop you can learn how to: non-industrial cultures worldwide. She and other cer- trainings in Relational Constellations and is a long- tified Gokhale Method instructors offer instruction • Develop compassion for yourself and your time Diamond Approach student. He published online and all around the world. partner Group Field: A Practitioner’s Guide. • Find your relationship’s strengths and resources Relational Mindfulness—A Path to • Apply mindfulness to couples dynamics Dream Action and Dream Meanings: Intimacy and Reducing Barriers to Love • Discover the hurts and beliefs that shape our Ericksonian Hypnosis Seminars Robert Fisher & Dyrian Benz present experience Eric Greenleaf This workshop is designed for couples and the • Clarify and change limiting, repetitive Jung said that “Dreams are the reality of the psy- therapists, coaches, and healers who work with systemic patterns of interaction che,” and Freud called dreams “The royal road to them. Short talks on key couples’ issues culled • Develop clear and compassionate boundaries the unconscious.” Their emphasis was on the from thousands of hours of couples’ therapy will • Explore sex with kindness and mindfulness interpretation and amplification of the mean- be followed by experiential exercises designed • Deal with your partner’s anger and complaints ings of dreams. Yet, throughout the world, to help heal these areas and move couples from before and outside of western psychiatry, • Communicate without hurt and blame contraction to expansion, from alienation to dreams are seen as sources of guidance in action. closeness. The concepts and exercises will be CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. They are seen as prophetic or as a set of spiritual immediately useful to couples themselves, as instructions to be ceremonially enacted in social Robert Fisher, MFT, is a psychotherapist and con- well as applicable to a therapeutic setting. We sultant in private practice in Mill Valley, Calif. He is groups, healing ceremonies, and individual will use mindfulness, art, movement, interac- an adjunct professor at JFK University and the code- quests. tion, and present-moment experience in the veloper of the certificate program in mindfulness and Milton H. Erickson saw the unconscious not as body to uncover the issues deeper than simple compassion for psychotherapists at CIIS in San a one-way flow of information, passing through communication often permits, and begin to Francisco. the translation booth of the analyst. Rather, he DANIEL BIANCHETTA

46 Register online at www.esalen.org or by calling 888-8-ESALEN (888-837-2536). imagined a set of processes that operate classes, doing initial consultations, and teaching the standards for basic EMDR training, partici- resourcefully to the benefit of the person. He the six-lesson Gokhale Method Foundations pants must complete this course, receive ten also believed that there are means—story, trance, course to small groups and individual students. hours of consultation from recommended art, ceremony—by which to enact and communi- EMDRIA-approved consultants, and then take Prerequisite: Students must have already complet- cate with these unconscious resources. Eric Laurel Parnell’s Advanced Clinical Workshop ed a Gokhale Method Foundations course. Greenleaf has incorporated active approaches to and Refresher Course in order to complete the dream material that move easily between dream- Note: There are additional requirements to be requirements for basic EMDR training. life and waking life. He has utilized elements of completed after the teacher training week at Participants will be required to submit licensure Active Imagination, Senoi dreamwork, and his Esalen before a teacher is qualified to teach the documentation before attending and must bring own work of Passing the Trance. Gokhale Method. Please see www.egwellness.com copies of their professional licenses or certifica- for full details. This workshop will be highly experiential and tion to the training. Interns must submit a letter involve lecture, demonstration, practice, and Note: Registration for this workshop is through from their supervisors stating that they will each day emphasis on a different approach to the Gokhale Method Institute only. To register, supervise the interns. dream materials, mental imagery, dream trances, go to www.egwellness.com or contact teacher- Required reading: Parnell, A Therapist’s Guide to and trance ceremonial. The group will follow [email protected]. Only after you have EMDR: Tools and Techniques for Successful Senoi prescriptions with one another based on registered with the Gokhale Method Institute Treatment. Recommended reading: Parnell, our nighttime dreams. and paid tuition fees will you be able to Transforming Trauma: EMDR, EMDR in the reserve accommodations at Esalen. Please see CE credit available for psychologists (pending); see page 113. Treatment of Adults Abused As Children, and accommodations costs under “Pricing for CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. Tapping In: A Step-by-step Guide to Activating Your Partner Programs” at www.esalen.org/work- Healing Resource Through Bilateral Stimulation. Eric Greenleaf, PhD, has practiced and taught shops/reservations.html. Ericksonian hypnotherapy for 40 years. He has stud- CE credit available for psychologists (pending); see page 113. CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. ied Balinese trance possession and healing ceremonies CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. CE credit for nurses; see page 113. for 20 years, and he ran a dream group continuously CE credit for nurses; see page 113. Leader bio on page 46. from 1968 to 2008. He wrote The Problem of Evil: Laurel Parnell is an internationally recognized psy- Ancient Dilemmas and Modern Therapy. chologist, author, consultant, and EMDR trainer who has trained thousands of clinicians in the US and Transforming Trauma with EMDR: abroad. The author of four books on EMDR, she Comprehensive Training (Parts 1 and 2) maintains a private practice in San Rafael, Calif. August 31–September 7 Laurel Parnell Eye Movement Desensitization and Gokhale Method® Teacher Training Reprocessing (EMDR) is a powerful therapeutic Weekend of August 31– Esther Gokhale method for healing trauma-based problems. September 2 Shedding new light on trauma survival—includ- The Gokhale Method uses kinesthetic, visual, ing sexual and physical abuse, accident and sur- intellectual, aesthetic, and technological cues to gical trauma, and grief—EMDR is opening doors The Neuroscience of Resilience and gently guide students back to the way they of the heart to genuine spiritual transformation. Renewal moved when they were children—the same way their hunter gatherer ancestors moved. Gokhale This course is limited to mental-health profes- Linda Graham Method teacher training teaches the craft of sionals who are licensed to provide treatment, This experiential workshop is saturated with restoring primal architecture and movement and mental-health interns who are currently brain-savvy resources for recovering resilience— patterns. Using high-touch and high-tech tools, being supervised by an EMDR-trained supervi- our body-brain’s innate capacity to cope with the teachers guide their students in relearning the sor. Through lecture, hands-on practice, and dilemmas and disasters of everyday life and daily movements of life. By mastering powerful, demonstrations, participants will be shown: restore vitality and life balance. Linda Graham basic techniques such as stretchsitting, stacksit- • Protocols and procedures for using EMDR guides participants through practical tools and ting, stretchlying, tallstanding, hip-hinging and with a wide range of diagnostic categories techniques including resourcing through breath glidewalking, Gokhale-trained teachers are able • Client selection criteria and cautions and movement; deepening emotional empathy to help their students get to the postural root of necessary for safe use of EMDR and self-compassion; shifting perspectives most back, neck, hip, knee, foot, and shoulder through mindful awareness and reflection; • Techniques for working with blocked problems. Through observation and hands-on expanding relational resonance and resourcing processing and abreactions (catharsis) experience with real cases, study of relevant in community; and evolving consciousness anatomy, and instruction in use of databases, • The use of imaginal and cognitive interweaves toward compassion and connection. apps, and class blogs, teachers learn to use both • How to use EMDR with adults traumatized Linda integrates recent discoveries from modern ancient wisdom and state-of-the-art technology as children neuroscience with guided meditations and visu- to facilitate life-changing experiences. They • Methods for developing inner resources used alizations, experiential exercises and inquiry in learn to be eloquent with their hands, perceptive for interweaves, ego strengthening, and client dyads and small groups, and stimulating dialogue with their eyes, and compelling with their voic- closure and discussions in large groups. Participants learn es. When they graduate, Gokhale Method teach- This course has been approved by the EMDR how to harness their own neuroplasticity to: ers are proficient in presenting introductory International Association. In accordance with

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• Reduce stress, return to their window of Ivy Mayer Lavie, MFT, is influenced by Somatic you gain access to your many inner voices as tolerance, and restore well-being after Experiencing, the Hakomi Method, and her teaching well as different aspects of your character, many overwhelm experience, including for The Marin School, The of which you suppress and ignore, but which • Activate the release of oxytocin, the hormone Moving Center School, Spirit Rock, and Yes!. She can each provide important insights and wis- of safety and trust, bonding and attachment, offers Coming of Age programs, psychotherapy, trau- dom in your everyday life. Finally you can get calmness and connection ma and resiliency work, and movement workshops. comfortable in your own skin. • Cultivate pro-social emotions to antidote the You will deepen the ability to hear yourself—and negativity bias of the brain all that there is to hear. What does your body say 5Rhythms®: Heartbeat • Re-wire habitual patterns of response and about how you feel right now? What do your Lucia Horan resolve old traumas to increase adaptability emotions have to tell you? What feelings and and flexibility in coping strategies The body does not lie. messages have you been resisting? This work- • Recover social connectivity and replenish the –Gabrielle Roth shop will teach you to allow them to surface so wellspring of balance and wholeness Embark on a journey into Gabrielle Roth’s you can come deeper into your own power. Participants can take home new understanding, 5Rhythms: Heartbeat map. “In this practice, we The days of being guided by pleasing others and new perspectives, and a new sense of compe- embody the art of being a fluid emotional ath- trying to fix yourself are over. This program is tence to recover their own inner resilience. lete,” writes Lucia Horan. “We will learn how to for anyone of any age ready to sink into the use the tools of the dance to lead us in a healthy experience of being and trusting yourself. Recommended reading: Hanson, Buddha’s Brain; and creative way through life. We have a rich is acclaimed for her work with Goleman, Social Intelligence; Siegel, Mindsight. landscape to investigate in the territory of the Meredith Haberfeld individuals, couples, and families. She participated in body. As we dance, the old energies that have CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. the creation of the life coaching program at MIT, and been hidden in our hands, hips, and chest begin , MFT, is a psychotherapist and train- her advice has been included in Forbes, Woman’s Linda Graham to shake loose. We will explore how we have er specializing in the integration of relational psychol- Day, and Yoga Journal magazines. been shaped by our emotions. We will work ogy, somatic resourcing, mindfulness, and neuro- with these forms, learning how to unwind them, science. She is writing a book on the neuroscience of expressing our past and present in each unique recovering resilience. www.lindagraham-mft.net. dance. In this place we are able to notice when Week of September 2–7 our hearts are open and when they are closed. The Magical Family We all have the need to love and be loved. Through the embodiment of this practice, we Gestalt Awareness Practice Ivy Mayer Lavie will learn skills to take home and use in our Christine Price The Esalen Art Barn is home base for this week- daily lives. We will dance, write, and create ritual The Way, when declared end of play, creativity, and celebrating the theater. Please come with a journal and pen, and Seems thin and so flavorless. renewal of the season. Families will have the ready to dance.” Nothing to look at, nothing to hear— opportunity to explore, make art, and celebrate a Recommended reading: Roth, Sweat Your Prayers And when used—is inexhaustible. renewed connection with each other. There will and Maps to Ecstasy. —Lao Tzu be space to connect as a family unit, and connect with the larger community. Special discussion CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. Gestalt Awareness Practice is a form—nonanalyt- ic, noncoercive, nonjudgmental—derived from for parents and those in the health professions was born into the family of the Lucia Rose Horan the work of Fritz Perls, influenced by Buddhist will offer information on assisting children with 5Rhythms® and raised at Esalen Institute. She practice, and evolved by Richard and Christine self regulation utilizing dyadic regulation tech- became a 5Rhythms® teacher in 1997, is now inter- Price. The work integrates ways of personal niques, nature, and the arts. There will be visual nationally recognized, and a current faculty member clearing and development that are both ancient arts activities, including making puppets, magic of Gabrielle Roth’s Moving Center School, NY. and modern. To the extent that awareness is wands, painting, and more. Expressive arts such www.LuciaHoran.com. as yoga, dharma games, sports, night hikes, and made primary relative to action, Gestalt exploring in nature are also shared. Families Awareness Practice has a strong relationship to can journey through a magical space that brings Claiming Your Voice some forms of meditation. This form is similar to some Reichian work as well, in that emotion- together the natural California coast and the cre- Meredith Haberfeld ativity that emerges when a group comes together. al and energetic release and rebalancing are Some of the greatest leaps in personal develop- allowed and encouraged. This workshop is designed for families of all ment come when we stop believing that others The emphasis is intrapersonal rather than inter- configurations, with children of all ages. have more access to deep wisdom than we do, personal. Participants are not patients but per- Children must be accompanied by an adult. If have superior opinions to ours, or hold sway sons actively consenting to explore in awareness. you have specific questions, please feel free to over us—when we finally know at the end of the The leader functions to reflect, clarify, and respect contact the workshop leader at day that we can trust ourselves. [email protected]. whatever emerges in this process. The aim is This workshop will address many aspects of unfoldment, wholeness, and growth, rather than ($10 fee paid directly to the leader) claiming your voice—in writing, in vocal work, adjustment, cure, or accomplishment. The work- CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. and, most importantly, in daily life through the shop will utilize group exercises, meditations, choices you make in it. The program will help and discussion. The format combines introducto-

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ry group work with the open seat form, in which Belonging to Earth: our sense of place, of nature, and of belonging to each participant will have the opportunity to Finding Our Place in Nature this earth. work with the leader in a group context. Steven Harper & Michael Newman This program will explore our relationship to Please note: Meeting times for this workshop are In every moment of our lives we are supported the earth through increasing our knowledge of longer than the average Esalen workshop. by natural systems, both seen and unseen. Yet, the basic life and earth sciences, and increasing awareness of self and nature. Participants will be Recommended reading: Perls, Gestalt Therapy in our culture, many of us are cut off from the introduced to an overview of the natural sci- Verbatim; Chodron, The Wisdom of No Escape. natural world. We have little contact with wild nature, little idea of where we live, and little ences and then to the geology, weather, ecology, CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. notion of what directly sustains our daily life. native peoples, flora, and fauna that make up the CE credit for nurses; see page 113. Esalen, surrounded and sustained by wild natur- incredible landscape we call Big Sur. Leader bio on page 11. al systems, is an ideal place to learn more about This workshop will include evening introductory lectures, dialog, and day-hikes that venture into Big Sur’s backcountry for field sessions that expand our practical knowledge of nature and, more specifically, of Big Sur. Attention will be paid to how we take our newfound eco-literacy and integrate it with how we sense our belonging so that we may more fully inhabit this extraordinary third planet from the sun. This program is open to all levels of experience in hiking and the natural sciences. Participants should be prepared to hike in varied terrain (four to six miles), enjoy periods of silence, and have a curiosity about nature and our place in the world. More information and a waiver will be sent upon registration. For an equipment list and frequently asked questions about Steven’s workshops, visit www.stevenkharper.com/faqs.html.

($20 park-entrance fees paid directly to the leader)

Steven Harper bio on page 13.

Michael Newman bio on page 32.

Meridian Massage: Touch and Core Energy Brita Ostrom & Daniela Urbassek Esalen Massage® combines the personal experience of present-centered attention with awareness of the whole energetic field. During this week, we will highlight the core meridian system of Asian medicine with the attentive flowing strokes of Esalen Massage. The result will bring greater balance and chi energy flow without loss of the personal, intuitive connection. The course will address the basic premises: how to begin a massage in a calm, centered state by utilizing balancing chi gung movements, ways to easily incorporate the slow integrative strokes following structural and meridian pathways, and how to add depth and detail. Attention will also be directed to the physiology of relaxation and to the impact of touch. Guided practice sessions will include individual attention to problem areas, feedback, and questions. DOUG ELLIS

49 See pages 110-111 for reservations, fees, accommodations, scholarship information, and discounts. DOUG ELLIS

This course offers a refreshing opportunity to turnaround. “When we question our thoughts,” ecstatic pleasure and spiritual connection in learn the Asian energy anatomy within the core Katie says, “we see choices that we could never their relationship. of Esalen massage, and for practitioners to have imagined before.” In this workshop, Katie Few of us have been blessed with healthy child- reconnect with the heart of the work. and her daughter Roxann will guide the group hood conditioning and education regarding the in using The Work to create a kinder and more The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking mysteries of sexual love and sexual energy. This joyous world with and for our children, and will new landscapes, but in having new eyes. —Marcel can leave individuals less successful and con- help awaken the best gift we can pass on to Proust. scious in their sexuality than they are in other future generations: our own true selves. aspects of their lives. Tantra transforms sex into CE credit for nurses; see page 113. CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. a loving meditation, putting more consciousness, energy, intimacy, joy, and love into sexual is founder of The Work; a simple yet Brita Ostrom bio on page 35. Byron Katie exchanges. revolutionary process of inquiry, and author or coau- Daniela Urbassek is a longtime member of the thor of four best-selling books: Loving What Is; I It is time to study sex as an art form. Sexual lov- Esalen massage staff. Her work is strongly influenced Need Your Love—Is That True?; A Thousand ing is a vital skill to be mastered by every con- by her studies in craniosacral work, movement, yoga, Names for Joy; and Who Would You Be Without scious individual. Sexual energy is a sacrament and dance. Your Story? that, used well, brings great harmony and joy into one’s relationship so that love continues to grow over the course of a lifetime, deeply bond- Weekend of September 7–9 ing the partners in joyous spiritual union. This Week of September 9–14 experience offers couples ways to increase intimacy and passion in their relationship. Practices The Work and Future Generations Tantra: The Art of Conscious Loving include ways to free female sexual orgasm and Byron Katie with Roxann Burroughs Charles Muir & Caroline Muir methods to increase pleasure for both partners. Esoteric practices of kiss, movement, and touch, Byron Katie has one job: to teach people how to with Diane Greenberg along with many other exotic lovemaking skills, end their suffering. She does this through a sim- This is a “reset point” for couples who want to are introduced in class, and then practiced in the ple but powerful process of self-inquiry called dramatically improve the quality of sex and inti- privacy of your own room. Discover Tantric wis- The Work, which shows us how to examine our macy in their love lives and open up to more dom with insight, gentleness, humor, and love. stressful thoughts using four questions and a

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The workshop is open to couples only and is not Programs” at www.esalen.org/workshops/reserva- Cod, Mass. Deborah teaches shame and belonging designed for same-sex couples. For twenty major tions.html. work at the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland and else- media articles about this work and a free infor- where. CE credit for nurses; see page 113. mative CD on Tantra: The Art of Conscious CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. Loving, visit www.Sourcetantra.com. Leader bio on page 44. Jivamukti Yoga Immersion Recommended reading: Muir and Muir, Tantra: The Art of Conscious Loving, available at Gabriela Bozic www.Sourcetantra.com. From Isolation to Intimacy: The Jivamukti Yoga Immersion takes you deep A Relational Journey into the study of Jivamukti Yoga. The curricu- Charles Muir, a professional yoga instructor since 1976, is director of the Source School of Tantra Yoga Deborah Ullman & Carol Swanson lum is derived from the Jivamukti Yoga Teacher Training Course, and Gabriela Bozic is an in Hawaii and California. He is coauthor of Tantra: Many of our most difficult and stuck behaviors The Art of Conscious Loving. His work was fea- advanced certified Jivamukti teacher who has developed in a felt sense of isolation from our been on the faculty of the international tured in the Hollywood movies Bliss and The Best world. These include a sense that we should be Ever. Jivamukti teacher training. This course provides able to pull ourselves together, ought to stop a terrific opportunity to awaken or deepen your Caroline Muir, founder of the Divine Feminine needing the approval of others, must initiate the yoga practice, meet old and new friends, and Institute and coauthor of Tantra: The Art of changes we long for in our lives on our own. build a global yoga community. Immersions are Conscious Loving, inspires women of all ages to These are shameful feelings generated in a suitable for practitioners of all levels and spiritu- claim their birthright to be all they can be and to world that celebrates individual competitive al disciplines who are looking to broaden their delight in their sexuality. accomplishments over cooperation and shared knowledge and techniques of yoga. The immer- vulnerability. Shame and the defenses we devel- sion schedule includes meditation instruction op for managing shameful feelings are among and practice, daily asana practice including a The Upledger Institute’s Therapeutic the most difficult of all our life experiences. We deeper look at alignment, study of the Bhagavad Imagery and Dialogue 1 develop strategies, some of which are clearly Gita and Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra, practical explo- Stan Gerome protective postures, to defend ourselves from ration of the link between yoga and spiritual further wounding. On the other hand, shame This workshop offers a dynamic adjunct to the activism, integration of the yogas of karma (ser- can open us to finding our way to the wholeness vice), jnana (knowledge) and bhakti (devotion), work of CranioSacral Therapy (CST) and is and intimacy we long for. designed to help you access the client’s “inner and question-and-answer sessions with the physician” by using the cranial rhythm, the soft The workshop leaders will cocreate a safe space leader. Please bring a yoga mat. For more infor- touch of CST, and interweaving concepts from for sharing journeys that can transform these mation about Jivamukti Yoga, visit www.jiva- the work of Carl Jung, Fritz Perls, and Roberto longings we have for connecting into new expe- muktiyoga.com. riences of support, balance, and belonging. We Assagioli. With this method you are guided by Gabriela Bozic, MA, is cofounder of the Jivamukti imagery as it is presented by the client, rather will explore specific ways to change the impact Yoga Centers in Munich, Germany. She holds a mas- than serving as the guide to imagery. of our history on our current relationships. ter’s degree in linguistics and advanced certification in Course highlights: The outcome of our time together will be tools, Jivamukti Yoga. Currently based in London, Gabriela including a seven-step practice, for transforming leads workshops internationally and is an established • Explore techniques to bring your shame and fear of new woundings, and the presenter at yoga conferences worldwide. “nonconscious” into a more material existence habitual, often self-destructive behaviors we’ve www.gabrielabozic.com. • Practice drawing your nonconscious images developed to protect or comfort ourselves, into a and dialoguing with them face to face new sense of creative empowerment, accessible • Use sounding vowels and other internal support, and belonging. This can infuse our rela- The Alchemical Art of Glass Fusing vibrations, along with a ten-step protocol tionships with clients, colleagues, throughout Dana Zed designed to enhance imagery and dialogue our personal life, and as visionary leaders in the Glass is a particularly magical medium for mak- • Discuss in detail Dr. Upledger’s ideas on larger world. This work is especially important ing art. Clear as water, strong like stone, trans- imagery and dialogue and the psychosynthesis for psychotherapists and healing practitioners. parent yet solid, glass can be invisible and yet act map It is also helpful for leaders, managers, and par- as a barrier. Being a synthesis of opposites, it is ents. • Practice using the significance detector an ideal medium through which we can express Prerequisite: The Upledger Institute’s Recommended reading: Ullman and Wheeler our spiritual nature. During this workshop we SomatoEmotional Release 1 (eds.), Cocreating the Field; Jacobs and Hycner will learn a variety of glass sculpture techniques (eds.), Relational Approaches in Gestalt Therapy, and use these to give our ideas form. When we Note: Registration for this workshop is through chapter titled, “The Scarf that Binds,” by Carol play with light and color and glass, the objects IAHE only. To register, please call 1-800-311- Swanson; Lee and Wheeler (eds.), Voice of Shame. we make will change in satisfying and surpris- 9204. Only after you have registered with IAHE ing ways. Light through colored glass can create and paid tuition fees will you be able to reserve CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. desirable illusions and we will take this inspira- accommodations at Esalen course fees and is editor and codirector of tion into the land of symbol and beauty. accommodations are separate). Please see accom- Deborah Ullman GestaltPress. She has more than 20 years of Gestalt Meaningful personal jewelry, small unique trea- modations costs under “Pricing for Partner coaching practice and bodywork practice on Cape sure boxes, tiles with special messages, logo

51 See pages 110-111 for reservations, fees, accommodations, scholarship information, and discounts. medals that change colors, and magic wands are tional eating? Are you tired of the struggle, tired • Observe the triggers for eating more than your some of the projects you might choose. Many of trying every new diet and not finding sustain- body would like ideas will be presented, but you will be encour- able relief? Are you ready to make peace with • Differentiate between a need for food and aged to find your own voice. Glass is a gorgeous your body and food? using food as a strategy to meet other needs medium and very seductive, so you may want Using Marshall Rosenberg’s powerful • Practice a “power with” relationship with food to leave the world of thought behind and Nonviolent (Compassionate) Communication • Increase your capacity to say “no” with immerse yourself in its colors, textures, and process, this workshop helps you uncover the compassion forms. Whatever your heart’s desire, the work- past and present messages that underlie your shop is designed to help you take your highest • Support others on their food journeys eating patterns. You will be shown practical spiritual intention and transform it into a beau- strategies for developing a healthier relationship ($30 materials fee paid directly to the leader) tiful material form. with your body and food, and the group will CE credit for nurses; see page 113. ($40 materials fee paid directly to the leader) explore what is keeping you from having the CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. kind of relationship with food that you would has been fusing glass into art for three Sylvia Haskvitz, MA, RD, is a certified NVC trainer Dana Zed like and support one another in making change. decades. A pioneer in the field, she has abundant and nutritionist, and author of Eat by Choice, Not experience in many artistic aspects and media. Zed During the workshop you will: by Habit. She offers Nonviolent Communication training and Eat by Choice workshops worldwide. Studio creates fine art sculpture, and public and • Uncover the needs of your inner critic private commissions. She exhibits and is published She cares about what goes into your mouth and what • Practice skills of self-connection worldwide. www.danazed.com. comes out of it. www.eatbychoice.net. • Translate your “should” messages into your “wants” Eat by Choice, Not by Habit: • Insert a pause between stimulus and response The Shift: Living in the Flow Bring Consciousness to Your Eating when emotions are triggered Jim Dreaver with Lee Chiacos Experience • Transform self-judgments and judgments of Sylvia Haskvitz others into underlying needs The shift is like a zen satori. It is a moment of true awakening, when you become aware of • Recognize your emotional and physical body’s Food is a basic human need. But what if you are awareness itself, aware that the world between caught in cycles of over consumption or emo- needs DANIEL BIANCHETTA

52 Register online at www.esalen.org or by calling 888-8-ESALEN (888-837-2536). your ears—all thoughts, beliefs, and stories—is • Transforming suffering that arises from give up those parts of yourself that no longer unreal, yet you, as a conscious being, are still loneliness, loss, and overwhelm due to “over support you. You’ll discover an unlimited source very much here. The shift always results in a caring” for others of power through the encounter of your own profound feeling of inner peace and wellbeing. • Cultivating states of mindfulness and softer, voice in resonant and ritual community. Right action then flows naturally. Jim teaches a spacious self-awareness Working with the voice in this way—freeing the simple, powerful practice which helps facilitate • Avoiding “thinking barriers” that arise from voice to find physical health, emotional joy, and the shift. You use it whenever you experience analysis and avoidance spiritual ecstasy—is one of the most effective conflict, upset, or struggle. It starts with wel- • Learning to strengthen bonds that sustain us ways to empower your life, balance the mind coming whatever you are feeling because it is in our inner and outer communities and body, and ultimately achieve enlighten- showing you where you are not yet free. Then ment. For more information, visit www.healing you notice the stories around the emotions and Experiential exercises will help us to tap the voice.com. see how they, like the suffering, come and go, unlimited resources of the bioenergy system, but you are still present. You are right here, now. the generative creative mind, the restorative Jill Purce, international pioneer of the sound-healing Learn how to: “deep self,” and collective spirituality and intelli- movement, rediscovered ancient vocal techniques, the • Free yourself from stress, anxiety, fear, guilt, gence. This course is suitable for mental health power of group chant, and spiritual potential of the anger, depression, and other emotional practitioners. voice as a magical instrument for healing and meditation. She is the author of The Mystic Spiral upsets Recommended Reading: Kabat-Zinn, Full and Overtone Chanting Meditations. • Forgive everyone in your past so you can Catastrophe Living; Phillips, Finding the Energy to develop relationships rich in love, joy, and Heal and Reversing Chronic Pain. meaning CE credit available for psychologists (pending); see page 113. Experiencing Esalen • Awaken to the inner peace that does not CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. Experiencing Esalen Staff depend on circumstances has created an online multi-media Maggie Phillips For program description, see page 31. • Discover your unique purpose, and embody self-healing program. She teaches uses of Energy it with clarity and certainty Psychology with stress-based difficulties. As a member This work is experiential, involving dialogue of the Somatic Experiencing international faculty, Science Set Free: Dispelling Dogmas and processes designed to uncover and free our- Maggie specializes in methods that release trauma and Opening New Frontiers and relieve emotional and physical pain. selves from the stories that keep us bound. Lee Rupert Sheldrake will lead us in daily meditation and chi gong. www.reversingchronicpain.com. Many scientists like to think that science already is a psychologist and trainer in Recommended reading: Dreaver, End Your Story, Noelle Poncelet understands the nature of reality, in principle. hypnotherapy in the US and Europe. She is also on Begin Your Life. The fundamental questions are answered, leav- the international faculty of the Foundation for ing only the details to be filled in. The impres- Jim Dreaver was on a spiritual journey for twenty Shamanic Studies. years before finally awakening to the freedom that is sive achievements of science seemed to support his true nature. His mission now is to guide others to this confident attitude. But recent research has the same realization, but in a much shorter period of The Healing Voice: Chanting, Ritual revealed unexpected problems at the heart of time. www.jimdreaver.com. and Resonance physics, cosmology, biology, medicine, and psychology. Rupert Sheldrake shows how the sci- Jill Purce ences are being constricted by assumptions that Liberate your voice, your heart, and your mind have hardened into dogmas. Should science be a Weekend of September 14–16 in a joyful and uplifting exploration of breath- materialist belief-system, or an exploration? ing, chanting, mantra and sonic meditations, Sheldrake turns the dogmas of science into ques- Presence: Living the Heart of Connection sacred chants, trance healing, and shamanic cer- tions, opening up startling new possibilities, Maggie Phillips & Noelle Poncelet emony. Discover and master the power of your some of which this workshop will explore. For voice to free you from anxieties and negative example, the “laws of nature” may be habits that The stress of our hectic lives, as well as effects of thought patterns. Develop breath and sound in change and evolve. The Fundamental Constants past trauma, can rob us of the rich experience ways that set parts of the body and mind into may not be constant. Minds may extend far of full presence. Join us for a replenishing week- resonance while experiencing the healing capac- beyond brains. The total amount of matter and end focused on exploring the heart of connec- ity of sonic massage. energy may be increasing. Memories may not be tion with yourself and others. You will be shown stored as traces in our brains. In this workshop, In this workshop, Jill Purce will guide you in how the quality of connection changes and his first weekend event in the US after the pursuit of the lost voice. Working with ancient repairs your brain; how to forge a “sole mate” September 2012 publication of his book, Science vocal purification practices, you’ll learn to cleanse relationship with yourself through radical self- Set Free, Sheldrake will suggest that the sciences, and tune the chakras and experience the nature acceptance practice; how to change injury into and our own personal lives, would be better off of the radiant body. You’ll enter subtle dimen- acceptance through true forgiveness; and how to without the dogmas of materialism: freer, more sions of reality through magical voice tech- befriend pain and fear to support forward move- interesting, and more fun. niques and Mongolian and Tibetan overtone ment that is guided by wisdom and aliveness. chanting. You’ll work with powerful, healing, Rupert Sheldrake, PhD, is a biologist and author of Additionally, we will practice: sonorous ritual to be acknowledged and to safely 10 books, including Science Set Free (September

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2012). He was a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge coauthors of Secrets of Great Marriages: Real with sensitivity with children as well as friends University, a Research Fellow of the Royal Society, Truth from Real Couples about Lasting Love and and family, providing a useful tool for health and from 2005 to 2010 the Director of the Perrott- 101 Things I Wish I Knew When I Got Married. and wellbeing. Warrick Project for research on unexplained human www.bloomwork.com. CE credit for nurses; see page 113. abilities. www.sheldrake.org. CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113.

Massage Retreat for Couples Laurie Lioness Parizek graduated from the The Art of Joyful Living Laurie Lioness Parizek & Oliver Bailey Montreal General Hospital School of Nursing, McGill Linda Bloom & Charlie Bloom University. She studied and teaches hands-on interac- This workshop is designed for loving partners tive and energy healing and is a longtime teacher of The desire to experience happiness is the who wish to bring the nurturing practice of Esalen bodywork. underlying motivation behind nearly all of our massage into their daily lives and spend a special is a practitioner and instructor of behaviors. Acts characterized as altruistic as weekend together cradled in the beauty and Oliver Bailey Esalen® Massage. His background includes training well as those seen as selfish are all driven by an intensity of the Big Sur coast. It is also for cou- in Gestalt Practice, neurolinguistic programming, expectation that we will be happier as a result. ples who want to deepen already existing skills intuitive work, and meditation. Happiness does more than make us feel good; it and for those who want to create more time in enhances our health, our wellbeing, our relation- their lives for healing and intimacy. ships, the quality of our lives, even our longevi- This weekend intensive will focus on teaching ty. Happiness is the experience that affirms that couples to give and receive a pleasurable full- Week of September 16–21 we are where we belong in life, that we are who body massage. It will also address issues such as we need to be, and that the world is right as it is. keeping love, touch, and a healing interchange alive at home during busy or stressful times, The Three Faces of Spirit: This is not a Pollyanna-ish concept that denies touching with care and sensitivity, asking for Practicing Enlightenment life’s challenges and difficulties, but rather a what you need, and reciprocity so that both Sally Kempton state of mind in which there is a sense of good- partners feel nurtured and loved. Sessions will ness, wholeness, and sufficiency that allows us In this contemplative retreat, we’ll explore include both demonstrations and hands-on to see life’s possibilities and blessings with clari- enlightened awareness through three different instruction with plenty of practice time. ty and hopefulness. In cultivating happiness, perspectives, or “faces.” One face of spirit is the Although our emphasis will be on loving touch we don’t deny suffering, but rather bring a innermost essence of yourself—your pure I and communication between couples, the mas- perspective that allows us to experience ever- awareness. The second is the divine other—the sage techniques presented are useful for relax- present grace and to see with eyes unclouded Friend, the Beloved, the Guru or guide. The ation, pain, and stress and can often increase by delusion and fear. third is the living presence that manifests vital energy. The techniques may also be used through the natural world. Perennial wisdom reminds us that happiness is to be found within, not in pursuit of external Though most traditions concentrate on one facet rewards, yet the compulsion to look outside of of spirit, for true enlightenment we need to ourselves is relentlessly reinforced by our cul- unfold them all. As we unfold them, you’ll dis- ture. The focus of this seminar is to de-condition cover aspects of practice that you may not have the internalized tendencies to focus on chang- explored, and recognize how each approach to ing external conditions and to strengthen our spirit can expand your heart, empower your capacity to cultivate inner happiness. Thus we actions, and propel you into a more enlightened can more fully tap into the happiness that has relationship with yourself, others, and the world. always been within us, regardless of the external The retreat includes deep meditation, daily yoga conditions of our lives. practice, interpersonal processes, journaling, contemplation, and study of key sutras from The workshop will include interactive exercises, from two tantric texts, the Vijnana Bhairava and meditation, dialogue, and group process. It will the Shiva Sutras. Please bring a yoga mat. also include suggested practices for the cultivation of happiness. Sally Kempton teaches at the cutting edge of contemporary tantra, and is known for her ability to CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. CE credit for nurses; see page 113. transmit deep meditative states through the heart. A former monk and 40-year practitioner of Shaiva Linda Bloom is a licensed clinical social worker yoga, Sally teaches internationally and writes the and educator. She and her husband Charlie are “Wisdom” column for Yoga Journal. cofounders of Bloomwork and coauthors of Secrets of Great Marriages: Real Truth from Real Couples about Lasting Love and 101 Things I Wish I Songwriting: Catch and Release Knew When I Got Married. Cris Williamson www.bloomwork.com. What’s in a song and how do I write one? “A Charlie Bloom is an educator and therapist. He and song is a made thing, and is most often com- his wife Linda are cofounders of Bloomwork and KODIAK GREENWOOD

54 Register online at www.esalen.org or by calling 888-8-ESALEN (888-837-2536). DOUG ELLIS posed of words, melody, rhythm, and a shape Cris Williamson’s body of work includes more than In this Practice Leader Certification Training, that holds them all,” writes Cris Williamson. 30 albums. Recognized by Performing Songwriter Dr. Roger Jahnke, one of the nation’s foremost “We will write every day. We will explore differ- Magazine as one of the decade’s most influential experts on Chinese medicine, Tai Chi, and Qi ent ways of writing, which will allow you to songwriters, her groundbreaking record, The Gong, will train participants in a step-by-step access your inner river of thoughts. We will Changer and the Changed, remains a best-selling program for bringing Qi Gong and Tai Chi home catch words from that river, fasten them to the independent record. to their schools, corporations, community cen- page, and add music to allow a song to emerge. ters, faith ministries, hospitals, social service We will employ a combination of solo and agencies, YMCAs, spas, etc. In the new health ™ group writing. A compressed style of writing Tai Chi Easy : Practice Leader care system, health professionals and inspired can enable us to be more aware, to be better lis- Certification Training citizens will help to empower people to improve teners, and to realize that songs live everywhere. Roger Jahnke health, prevent disease, enhance longevity, and We must capture them and set them free. The most profound medicine for body, mind, and achieve inner peace. Tai Chi Easy is a mind/body practice which combines exercise and medita- “You do not need to be a musician or writer to spirit is produced in the human system for free. tion (in motion) to activate inner self-healing take this workshop. Anyone can do this, and I Bring the best of the ancient Chinese wellness forces that the ancient Chinese texts call the will show you how. Not only can you do this, methods—Tai Chi and Qigong—to your commu- “healer within” and the “elixir of life.” but you can be good at it. We all start with baby nity as a Tai Chi Easy Practice Leader. steps and grow before our own eyes. This is In this program you will learn to share simple In the Chinese language, Tai Chi means the deeply beautiful work, hard and so much fun. Qi Gong and Tai Chi practices with others and “balance and harmony” of natural forces within Everyone is invited. There is so much joy in this join the holistic health revolution. For more ourselves and our world. This can mean physical endeavor.” information, visit www.TaiChiEasy.org. balance and harmony for stability of body and Bring a small tape or digital recorder, a the- mind, work/life balance, harmony between the ($50 materials fee paid directly to the leader) saurus, dictionary, and rhyming dictionary if practical and the spiritual life. Tai Chi is a form CE credit for nurses; see page 113. you have one. Bring an instrument if you play of the ancient self-healing art known as Qi CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. one. You may also bring works-in-progress and Gong, which means to cultivate healing life Cris will help you bring them to completion. energies and resources.

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Roger Jahnke has practiced Chinese medicine clini- er. Basic oil technique, instruction in setting up Relaxed and Awake: Mindfulness cally for more than 30 years. He has traveled to China a palette, mixing colors, and brushwork will be Meditation and Feldenkrais® Movement eight times and is the director of the Institute for balanced with slide lectures on visual theory, Wesley Nisker & Dan Clurman Integral Qigong and Tai Chi. His books include The composition, and special issues in landscape Healer Within and The Healing Promise of Qi. painting. Participants will learn from individual By changing our habits of movement, we relax instruction and each other, with opportunities and awaken the body; by changing our habits of to share their paintings and experiences in a thinking, we awaken and relax the mind. We Painting the Inner and Outer Landscape supportive environment. can then join in the dance of existence with Adam Wolpert freedom and ease. This workshop combines the The spectacular beauty of Esalen, with its radi- traditional practice of Buddhist mindfulness Painting in oils can be a profound experience, ant gardens, flowing waters, and rugged coast- meditation with sessions of Feldenkrais one that engages all of our senses, our minds, line, provides the perfect setting to explore this Awareness Through Movement® lessons, the and our spirits. One of the most rewarding ways exciting practice. Bring a sun hat, layers of brilliant sensory-motor approach to reeducating to explore oil painting is through painting out- clothes, and a portable easel. If you don’t have an the nervous system and developing self-aware- side. Faced with nature’s dynamic forces, we are easel and need to reserve one of the available six ness. Periods of meditation will alternate with challenged to develop visual sensitivity, flexibili- portable easels, please let the instructor know. guided Feldenkrais movement lessons, allowing ty, and resilience. We come into deeper relation- Feel free to email with any questions: the practices to support each other and create a ship with the world and with ourselves when [email protected]. sense of mind-body connection, vitality, and we open to the living landscape around us. We (Materials fee of $125 paid directly to leader wellbeing. The workshop will provide ample begin to see the world as never before, and our includes all supplies for the class. No materials fee if you bring your own supplies.) time for discussion and interviews, as well as paintings give evidence of that new vision. attention to individual challenges. There will is an artist, teacher, and facilitator. This workshop invites both beginners and expe- Adam Wolpert also be talks, poetry, and good humor. Wes He cofounded the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center rienced painters to immerse themselves in the Nisker has practiced Buddhist meditation for in Sonoma County, Calif. In addition to leading art practice of oil painting. Daily sessions will be more than thirty-five years in Asia and the West. workshops and exhibiting his work, he has been lead- devoted to painting rapid sketches and more Dan Clurman brings more than ten years of ing trainings in decision-making, facilitation, and developed small oil paintings out of doors, and Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement consensus process for more than a decade. exercises in the studio during inclement weath-

56 Register online at www.esalen.org or by calling 888-8-ESALEN (888-837-2536).

teaching experience. The workshop is appropri- The Courage to Be You: “In this weekend Soul Motion retreat, we ate for both experienced and beginning students Letting Go and Moving On become familiar with points of view of con- of either mindfulness meditation or The Mary Goldenson scious dancing that inform us. Alone, together, Feldenkrais Method®. we invoke a frequency of aliveness that alone, Birds make great sky-circles of their freedom. together, hones our responses to magic, may- Recommended reading: Nisker, Buddha’s Nature How do they learn it? hem, and mystery in our everyday dance world. and Essential Crazy Wisdom. They fall, and falling, they’re given wings. “Soul Motion is a viewpoint of conscious danc- CE credit for nurses; see page 113. —Rumi CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. ing that invites practitioners to listen to the still, Much in life is beyond our control. Our choices small voice singing throughout the body dance, Wesley “Scoop” Nisker is a Buddhist meditation lie in how we respond to these moments. We as well as the music in the room. Using dance teacher, radio commentator, and performer. His can develop the ability to move into these and music to engender awareness, we court books include Essential Crazy Wisdom, Buddha’s moments with aliveness and passion. This sensitivity and presence without shame or judg- Nature, and Crazy Wisdom Saves the World choice is an act of courage. ment. It encourages practitioners to identify and Again! Wes teaches at Spirit Rock Meditation Center This workshop helps you explore what you are nourish the song they sing in the body choir of in Woodacre, Calif. He founded and co-edits the jour- expression and ecstatic release. nal Inquiring Mind. www.wesnisker.com. holding in, holding onto, and holding back that keeps you from experiencing who you truly are. “You are invited to move body and soul, cen- Dan Clurman is a Feldenkrais Practitioner and “The courage to be you” means the ability to tered on an edge of aloneness, together with the personal coach who integrates somatic work with his appropriately express the repressed anger, fear, unique song that sings and dances you in the coaching. He has led Feldenkrais Awareness Through resentments, sadness, joy, and laughter that keep everyday world.” Movement classes for more than 10 years. His books you stuck in old patterns. Using emotional include Floating Upstream and You’ve Got To release work, writing, movement, Gestalt, medi- Vinn Martí is a movement artist, teacher, and spiri- Draw The Line Somewhere. tation, and silence, the workshop provides a safe tual friend, living in Portland, Ore. He teaches Soul environment to explore your deepest emotions. Motion internationally, and is a certified Chaplain The focus will be on: and Prayer Practitioner through the New Thought The Art of Touch, An Esalen® Massage Alliance of Churches. • Having adult relationships with partners, Workshop parents, and children Rob Wilks & Jessica Fagan • Taking full responsibility for your life Hidden School, Open Path: This week is an exploration of “quality of touch” • Discovering your own personal rhythm of The Peaceful Warrior Awakening and its importance in Esalen Massage. Our closeness Dan Millman hands play a very important role in gathering • Distinguishing accountability from blame information about our clients. Deepening our This new workshop presents key elements from understanding of touching and feeling brings The workshop constitutes an in-depth life Dan Millman’s forthcoming book, The Hidden us closer to understanding our clients’ physical review. All that is required is a willingness to School, a spiritual adventure. These are the ele- structures and where habitual muscular tension engage wholeheartedly. This workshop may ments that prepared Dan for the death-and- is held. Our touch facilitates and encourages the have up to thirty-four participants. rebirth described in Way of the Peaceful Warrior. Participants will have a rare opportunity to release of this muscle tension. When using this Recommended reading: Goldenson, It’s Time— explore higher states of awareness through vari- conscious touch, a strong component of Esalen No One’s Coming to Save You. Massage, the result is full-body integration and a ous meditative and partner exercises, supportive general release of both recent and long-held ten- CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. lectures, and direct insight into their true sions. Leader bio on page 23. nature—and some may even experience that flash of awareness described as kensho in the Workshop sessions will include demonstrations Zen tradition. of Esalen Massage with detailed focus on common problem areas, breath work, and yoga. Weekend of September 21–23 This workshop includes: Whether you are a working practitioner or just • The paths to awakening: “Different fingers beginning on the bodywork pathway, this work- pointing to the moon” Soul Motion™: Alone Together shop may expand your idea of what it means • How to “die” in order to truly live—a to feel. Vinn Martí meditation preparation Recommended reading: Juhan, Job’s Body. “Consider the many benefits available when we • How to move beyond the beliefs that shape focus attention on an unequivocal acceptance your world, your work, your life CE credit for nurses; see page 113. CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. of the present moment in our everyday dance • How to see through the self—an world,” says Vinn Marti. “We relax in the dance enlightenment process Rob Wilks is a full-time bodywork practitioner and that is taking place. We move into a broader view • How to explore free will: Does it exist? yoga teacher at Esalen. He specializes in Deep of acceptance and compassion. Our gratitude • The higher self meditation Bodywork®. He has taught experiential leadership quotient skyrockets to levels not experienced education in the US and Eastern Europe. before. We move graciously between events, con- • Dialogues with Dan and with one another Jessica Fagan bio on page 16. ditions, and experiences knowing that no feeling All that you may have read or heard from Dan or thought is final. We are at ease with ourselves. Millman, along the peaceful warrior’s way, is

57 See pages 110-111 for reservations, fees, accommodations, scholarship information, and discounts. preparation for these final steps to breaking natural sanctuary of Esalen will open doors that practice is integrated into our time together, to through and waking up. A variety of partner exer- enter new rooms of creation, expression, and support our growth processes and group rela- cises—and your own confrontation with the para- union with others. tionships. Each morning after harvest, we gath- doxical separate self (or ego)—provide a taste of er in a sharing circle to connect with ourselves “Soul Motion,” writes Vinn, “is a movement min- enlightenment and a re-cognition of secrets you and each other before the day of learning and istry, a dance practice, and a philosophy of living have always known at deeper levels of your being. working. We ground and connect with the land that supports our unconditional acceptance of through mindful and playful activities and ritu- Join Dan to discover for yourself how to live ‘what is’ and our fearless exploration outside the als. The week culminates with a farm-to-table with your head in the clouds and your feet on box of the familiar, sleep-inducing trance we dinner that we prepare and share in gratitude the ground—with a peaceful heart and a war- sometimes find ourselves dancing to. We use the together on the beautiful farm. rior’s spirit. dance as metaphor for living a creative, expressive, and unified life of integrity, immensity, and is a former world trampoline champi- Dan Millman intensity. Our hearts are ablaze with love of the on, Stanford University gymnastics coach, and Buddha’s Brain: Lighting up the Neural divine and divine love toward all beings, and Oberlin College professor whose books, including Circuits of Happiness, Love and Wisdom this becomes the beat, and the steps, and the Way of the Peaceful Warrior, Everyday music, to which we dance the everyday dance. Rick Hanson with Jan Hanson Enlightenment, The Laws of Spirit, and Living on Purpose, have inspired millions of lives in 29 “During this time together, we nudge the spirit Using the power of modern neuroscience, languages. of innovative action and creativity to awaken informed by ancient contemplative wisdom, and hold a high watch of unconditional accep- you can use your mind alone to change your tance as we stumble our way toward self-expres- brain for the better. Mental activity changes Taoist Chi Kung: The Cloud Hands sion, self-acceptance, and self-recognition: we neural structure in a process called neuroplastic- Share Lew & Juanita Lew are spirit dancing this human experience. ity, which gives you a great opportunity to redi- Through guided imagery and relaxed induction, rect the brain, and thus your whole being. The youthful ninety-four-year-old Master Share we track conditions and attitudes which no During this workshop, you will explore “self- K. Lew will teach his beginning set of Chi Kung longer serve our ability to unwind in the stream directed neuroplasticity” for steadying the mind exercises, The Cloud Hands. This set of Chi of creative expression, and we open ourselves to (a key to both worldly success and spiritual prac- Kung builds a foundation for both better health the next movement moment with radical awe tice), cooling the fires of stress reactivity, and and further Chi Kung. The Cloud Hands con- and wonder.” weaving positive experiences into the fabric of sists of five relatively non-strenuous movements your brain and self. And as a bonus, you’ll learn along with quiet seated meditation which is the Leader bio on page 57. about the research-based foods and supplements core of the Chi Kung system. These traditional that optimize neurochemistry. Taoist exercises help your body to maintain good Rick Hanson is a leading neuropsychologist health and increased vitality. The time required Experiencing the Esalen Farm and whose work has been featured on the BBC, for practice will easily fit into anyone’s schedule Garden Consumer Reports Health, US News and World once participants are home after the workshop. Farm and Garden Staff Report, and elsewhere. He has been meditating CE credit for nurses; see page 113. For more than forty years, the Esalen Farm and since 1974. Garden has provided a holistic model of food Master Share K. Lew, a youthful 94 years old, is a Recommended reading: Hanson, Buddha’s Brain: security and sustainability—producing food that healer and Taoist priest from Wong Lung monastery The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love and sustains, heals, and educates the community. in Southern China with more than 70 years of expe- Wisdom. rience teaching Taoist health practices such as Chi Growing one’s own food is a powerful form of Kung. activism and a deep source of spiritual experi- CE credit available for psychologists (pending); see page 113. ence. The Esalen Farm and Garden staff strives CE credit for nurses; see page 113. Juanita Lew co-teaches Taoist health practices such as to cultivate soil, plants, and people while honor- CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. Chi Kung with her husband, Master Share K. Lew. ing the spirit of the land and its ancestors. See Seminar Spotlight, page 9. This dynamic workshop experience provides Rick Hanson is a psychologist and author who has the opportunity to immerse yourself in the been teaching contemplative neuroscience since 1974. Week of September 23–28 Farm and Garden alongside our talented and Dr. Hanson founded the Wellspring Institute for experienced staff. This week will introduce you Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom, and teach- Soul Motion™: Sanctuary to the practical and experiential knowledge es at Stanford, Spirit Rock, and other organizations. needed to start or refine your own garden, as Vinn Martí He is the author, most recently, of Buddha’s Brain. well as a chance to revel in the beauty and power www.RickHanson.net. sanc•tu•ary n, 1. A sacred place, such as a church, of the Esalen land. You will gain hands-on expe- temple, or mosque. 2. A place of refuge or asylum. rience with topics including seed starting, harvesting, cultivation, transplanting, composting, Vinn Martí, designer of Soul Motion, asks, The Intimate Couple: Integrative Body seed saving, flowers, and herbs. “What is it like to move in a fresh, authentic Psychotherapy (IBP) manner? Is it possible to hang in the place with- We invite you to explore working on the land as Jack Rosenberg & Beverly Morse in that allows for unbridled expressive contact a physical, emotional and spiritual experience. Trust, love, erotic sexuality, and a core experi- with self, other, and divine?” This week in the As an Esalen work tradition, Gestalt awareness ence of self are building blocks for a vital rela-

58 Register online at www.esalen.org or by calling 888-8-ESALEN (888-837-2536).

ing themes in your relationship and provide tools to deal with them before they become terminal problems. It will also provide tools for experiencing heightened aliveness, sustaining a sense of self in the body, making sex better, and an opening to existential/spiritual themes of intimacy and aging. With IBP, couples can learn how to regain their hope and excitement. Please note: This workshop is for couples only. Recommended reading: Rosenberg & Morse, The Intimate Couple; Rosenberg, Rand & Asay, Body, Self, and Soul; Rosenberg, Total Orgasm.

CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113.

Jack Lee Rosenberg is in private practice in Venice, Calif. Founder and clinical director of the Rosenberg- Kitaen Integrative Body Psychotherapy Central Institute and the 12 IBP International Institutes, he authored Total Orgasm and coauthored Body, Self, and Soul and The Intimate Couple.

Beverly Kitaen Morse is a marriage and family therapist in private practice in Santa Monica, Calif., and executive director of the Rosenberg-Kitaen Integrative Body Psychotherapy Central Institute and the 12 IBP International Institutes. She is coauthor of The Intimate Couple.

Taoist Chi Kung: Enhancing Vitality Share Lew & Juanita Lew Master Lew, a monastery-trained Taoist priest from southern China, will introduce traditional Taoist concepts of health, longevity, and harmony with nature. The core of the workshop will be instruction in the Shen, a set of twelve Chi Kung exercises (six standing, six sitting) whose primary purpose is self-healing. These rare exercises can also help develop better concentration, increase visual and auditory acuity, and enhance sensitivity to oneself and others. Master Lew will tell stories from his Taoist practice as well as his life in the monastery. Master Lew, now ninety-four, was among the first to openly teach Chi

KODIAK GREENWOOD Kung (Taoist internal energy cultivation) to non-Chinese. His monastery style, Tao Ahn Pai, tionship. Yet, unless our bodies are awakened, Today, most couples want an equal and recipro- dates back 1300 years to Lui Dong Bin of the these remain elusive ideas rather than familiar cal relationship, but few know how to accom- Tang Dynasty, who is one of the Eight body feelings. Until we recognize the themes plish this attunement of partnership. Once you Immortals of Taoism. that distort our views, cause our prejudgments, simultaneously experience the internal feeling Recommended reading: Wong, The Pocket Tao; and perpetuate old defensive patterns, it is diffi- of self and attunement with your partner—and Feng, Tao Te Ching. cult to trust or be trusted. For a conscious rela- know what gets in the way—you will know how tionship, or even just one that works well over you got there and how to achieve it again and CE credit for nurses; see page 113. time, we must know ourselves and have practi- again. CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. cal body-mind mental health tools to resolve the Designed as a preventive model, this work- Leader bios on page 58. inevitable dilemmas that interrupt our sense of shop can help you uncover the key undermin- wellbeing.

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workshop is based on three things: years of sci- the Laboratories for Fundamental Research, and a BIAL Weekend of September 28–30 entific research; his study of shamanic and reli- Fellow. He is cofounder of Remote Viewing research. gious traditions throughout the world; and his Opening to the Infinite: Science, own personal experiences. The workshop sys- The Secret Narrative: The Stories Shamanism and the Hidden Self tematically covers techniques for accessing the nonlocal, and then follows with an experience We Tell through Our Bodies Stephan Schwartz of what has just been discussed. You will do sev- Michael Clemmens & Patrice Hamilton Explore the part of your consciousness not lim- eral remote viewings, experiencing conscious- Your body is a tremendous resource. It has been ited by space and time. There is no way to ness outside of space time— experiences that can present for every experience and stores the understand the nonlocal, what traditionally has be objectively validated. Then there will be an memories of these events. Our physical pres- been called the spiritual, as an abstraction. It has intuitive diagnosis, and feedback given as to ence, posture, and gestures and our tone of voice to be experienced to be fully comprehended. accuracy. Stephan also shows how the individ- and speech patterns all relay a message. We “tell” This workshop teaches you protocols to do that, ual experience expressed collectively shapes others how to be with us and how to treat us by using paths grounded in science and also found culture, and how individuals and small groups this presence—our embodiment. What story in both shamanic and spiritual traditions: can and have changed history. You will leave does your body tell the world about who you remote viewing, therapeutic intention/healing, empowered to do the same. The workshop are, your experience of the world, and how you and psycho-physical self regulation. Stephan closes with remote viewing your own future. expect to be treated? Habitual beliefs and behav- Schwartz walks you through doing them, so that Recommended reading: Schwartz, Opening to the iors formed early in life lead to habitual ways of you can have the actual experience. One of the Infinite; Radin, Entangled Minds; Dossey, The responding that limit life experience. How has acknowledged founders of remote viewing, a Power of Premonitions. your childhood, your primary relationships, and modern mental yoga, and a scientific approach the culture and environment you grew up in to experiencing the nonlocal, Stephan has spent CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. informed who you are today? four decades studying meditation, healing, cre- Stephan A. Schwartz is Senior Samueli Fellow for ativity, the power of intention, and how that is Brain, Mind and Healing of the Samueli Institute, Learning the language of your body opens a successfully expressed to change culture. His research associate of the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory of doorway into clarifying the connection between DOUG ELLIS

60 Register online at www.esalen.org or by calling 888-8-ESALEN (888-837-2536). body, mind, and spirit and can assist in increas- Couples whose relationships were faltering or ing self-awareness, uncovering “the issues that stalled (or just needed a boost, or were doing are in the tissues,” letting go of beliefs that no great already) have come away more deeply in longer serve you, and creating a different reality. love than they had ever been. For more informa- Join us as we explore our earliest movements tion about the Human Awareness Institute, visit and learn within the safe context of the group www.hai.org. that which we learned in relationship to our was deeply influenced by her father, the families and culture. Through mindfulness, Anne Watts pioneering philosopher Alan Watts. She leads work- movement, and contact with others, we can shops on four continents, teaching adults to have learn to move beyond limiting ways of respond- more loving, fulfilling relationships. Anne has been ing we learned as a child. Literally rewiring our leading Love, Intimacy and Sexuality workshops nervous systems, we allow more functional since 1985. www.annewatts.com. movement patterns and more nourishing relationships to develop. Jason Weston has more than 30 years of experience with the Human Awareness Institute. He assists people CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. in creating the lives they really want by guiding them Michael Craig Clemmens, PhD, is a psychologist to see and express their own beauty, power, and love. He and trainer in Pittsburgh, Pa. He is a faculty member is the Executive Business Director for HAI Global. of the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland and teaches at the Metanoia Institute in London. He is the author of Getting Beyond Sobriety and numerous articles. Prime of Life Yoga™: Optimum Health for Midlife and Beyond Patrice Hamilton has worked in the fields of educa- DOUG ELLIS tion and counseling for more than 20 years. She holds Larry Payne & David Allen an MEd in counseling, is a certified Cortical Field Prime of Life Yoga reflects adaptations recom- , a graduate of UCLA School of Reeducation practitioner and teacher, a certified mended for the majority of our population, David Allen Medicine, has 25 years of experience in anti-aging Hakomi Practitioner (The Refined Method), and is which is now in the second half of life. In a bal- and preventative medicine, as well as in alternative trained in Esalen Massage. anced format of lecture and movement, two treatment of acute and chronic diseases. He is board- health professionals provide an introduction to certified in emergency medicine, Chinese medicine, the Prime of Life Yoga lifestyle program. This acupuncture, homeopathy, and body-mind medicine. The Extraordinary Couples Workshop year’s lecture topics by Dr. David Allen include Anne Watts & Jason Weston the latest concepts on nutrition, mind-body med- Do you remember the magic of the beginning of icine, and longevity. The yoga, taught by Larry Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction your relationship, when just seeing your partner Payne, offers a safe, gentle, breath-oriented Training approach based on the needs of participants and got your adrenaline running? Perhaps you met Mark Abramson only weeks ago, or maybe years ago, and the inspired by the teachings of Indian yoga master electricity is still there. Is it possible that the T.K.V. Desikachar. In addition to the emphasis on The impact of stress on health is well recog- “juice” can feel even more intense? breath and movement for general conditioning, nized. Now the efficacy of stress reduction as focus will be on movement of the spine, with an adjunct to medical treatment is being recog- Presented by the Human Awareness Institute, The special consideration for lower and upper back nized in more and more health care settings. Extraordinary Couples Workshop is designed problems and chronic knee and hip ailments. In 1996 Dr. Mark Abramson founded a program exclusively for couples, and focuses specifically on The workshop will also include effective stress- at Stanford University Medical Center using couples’ issues. This workshop is very interactive the 2,500-year-old technique of Mindfulness and experiential, and focuses on you and your reduction techniques, advanced breathing methods simplified for all levels, biomechani- Meditation to train patients as an adjunct treat- partner, with the goal of deepening and embody- ment for many different medical conditions. ing love—between partners and within the self. cal reeducation, healthy lifestyle tools, and You will spend most of your time together, some guided meditation. Mindfulness is “nonjudgmental awareness.” This time alone, and time working in small groups and Please note: This workshop is not recommended requires one to pay attention to direct experi- the full group. It is open to adults of any sexual for people with acute back problems. It is also ence in the present moment, neither clinging to orientation or gender identification. not recommended for those seeking a vigorous what is perceived as pleasant nor reacting with aversion toward what is perceived as unpleasant. The Couples Workshop creates a safe environ- yoga workout. For more information, call 1-800- 359-0171. Please bring your own yoga mat. In both mental and physical stress, much of the ment in which to explore your relationship perpetuating cycle of pain or discomfort is a and take a fresh look at parts of it, regardless CE credit for nurses; see page 113. result of one’s judgmental struggle to push away of what state your relationship is currently in. what is experienced as unpleasant. Yet as one Participants may be couples who are at the Larry Payne was named one of America’s most respected yoga teachers by the Los Angeles Times. becomes willing to directly meet the actual beginning of their relationship or who have experience, it becomes finite. One begins to see been together for many years; couples who are He is coauthor of Yoga for Dummies and Yoga Rx, and founder of Yoga Therapy Rx and Prime of Life that it can be workable to deal with a finite level already happy and loving; or couples who are of discomfort one moment at a time. fighting or upset. Yoga certification programs at Loyola Marymount University. www.samata.com.

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Approximately 3,000 people have taken this through the use of meditative movement, vision- • Create affirmations for manifesting vital and training with Dr. Abramson. Most patients ing exercises, powerful affirmations, and the sup- positive changes in your life report a significant increase in their ability to port of a warm-hearted community. In this expe- • Access your body’s wisdom through LET manage their illness and significant reductions riential workshop, you’ll discover your infinite • Master highly effective and peaceful in stress and physical complaints. Dr. Abramson capacity for creative evolution, get a clearer pic- communication skills with yourself and others adds, “What I most appreciate is participants ture of your true nature and take home a daily • Discover the power of intentionality, deep reporting improved ability to respond to them- practice for ongoing integration of body, mind, relaxation, and presence selves with kindness and compassion.” heart, and soul. Integral Transformative Practice (ITP), the creation of Esalen Institute co-founder The workshop involves physical movement Recommended reading: Kabat-Zinn, Full Michael Murphy and President Emeritus George but it is not strenuous. All that’s needed is a Catastrophe Living. Leonard, is a synthesis of their forty years of expe- generous heart and a willingness to participate. CE credit available for psychologists (pending); see page 113. rience at Esalen. ITP is a well-researched program Recommended reading: Leonard and Murphy, CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. that cultivates all aspects of your being and is CE credit for nurses; see page 113. The Life We Are Given. designed to increase your vitality, fulfillment, Mark Abramson is part of the Stanford Center for and joy. Presented by senior ITP teachers Barry CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. Integrative Medicine and heads Stanford’s Mindfulness- Robbins and Pam Kramer, this workshop uses Pamela Kramer, a senior ITP teacher and student of Based Stress Reduction Program. He teaches at Stanford’s Leonard Energy Training (LET) exercises to boost George Leonard and Michael Murphy, creates a sup- School of Medicine and is on staff at Stanford Hospital. your resilience and to help you solve everyday portive community setting to grow, learn, and enjoy. challenges by tapping into your body’s vital flow She has coled the longest-running ITP group in the of energy. You will learn practices designed for Integral Transformative Practice®: country. Pam is the president of ITP International. living life to the fullest and discover new capaci- Embodying 40 Years of the Esalen ties that you may have only dreamed were possi- Barry Robbins, a senior teacher of ITP and a student Experience ble. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to: of George Leonard and Michael Murphy, is the Pam Kramer & Barry Robbins cofounder of the longest-running ITP group in the • Practice the ITP Kata, a series of integrative, country. Barry serves as vice-president of ITP Are you living the life you were most meant to fluid movements that include relaxation, International. lead? Join us on a journey of transformation visualization and meditation

Come Celebrate Esalen’s50th Anniversary! This fall, join us for a two-part week celebrating our 50th Year.

“The Best of Esalen: A Moveable Feast” (see below)

Esalen’s 50th Anniversary Benefit Weekend: Honoring the Past, Celebrating the Present, Creating the Future. (see facing page)

Sunday, September 30–Thursday, October 4 The Best of Esalen: A Moveable Feast

Esalen has always been a remarkable confluence of body, mind, spirit, KODIAK GREENWOOD and community. Help us honor our past and welcome the next fifty The Best of Esalen is offered for Personal Retreat prices plus a $25 years by joining us for part or all of a four-day celebration for our 50th per person per day activities fee. Room, board, and most activities year. Choose from a medley of uniquely Esalen offerings, including, are included. (but not limited to) extraordinary teachers and presentations, dance, You may also choose to stay for the 50th Anniversary Benefit singing, yoga, and Gestalt, and more — plus time to enjoy the healing Weekend starting on Thursday, October 4 – Sunday, October 7. hot springs, movement, massage, meditation, and food harvested Tickets for special events and registration for the 50th Anniversary straight from our farm and garden. Benefit Weekend are priced separately. This promises to be a unique and once-in-a-lifetime experience, and, Visit our Birthday Party Week web page at www.esalen.org/esalen50th for ease of scheduling and budget, you can join us for one, two, for updates, news, and to plan your visit. You never know who might three, or all four days of the event. Call 888-837-2536 to register. show up for this party!

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Esalen’s 50th Anniversary Benefit Weekend

Thursday, October 4–Sunday, October 7 2012 presenters include:

Marianne Williamson, spiritual activist, author of the international bestseller A Return to Love, lectures widely and A special 4-day event founded The Peace Alliance and Project Angel Food. She has been a popular guest on television programs such as his year Esalen celebrates fifty years as a leader and catalyst Oprah, Larry King Live, Good Morning America and in the world of personal and social transformation. Concepts Charlie Rose. Tand experiences that originated at Esalen have influenced a Robert Reich is a professor of public policy at the Goldman vast spectrum of areas that are a vital part of the world stage today: School at the University of California at Berkeley. He has psychology, sustainability, health and healing, lifelong personal growth, served in three national administrations, most recently citizen diplomacy, and our common search for meaning through as Secretary of Labor under President Clinton and is religion, spirituality, and authentic personal commitments. author of several books including Supercapitalism. Byron Katie is founder of The Work, a simple yet revolu- Join us to celebrate Esalen’s 50th Anniversary with a very special benefit tionary process of inquiry, and author or coauthor of event This year Esalen welcomes an extraordinary group of presenters four best-selling books: Loving What Is; I Need Your Love— to lead you on a wide-ranging journey of ideas, activism, and entertain- Is That True?; A Thousand Names for Joy; and Who Would ment. Other activities include music and movement, yoga and medita- You Be Without Your Story? tion classes, a Big Sur nature hike, a silent and live auction featuring Dean Ornish is founder and president of the non-profit Ashley Smith Johnson, an opportunity to engage with other Friends Preventive Medicine Research Institute in Sausalito, of Esalen, to have fun, relax, enjoy the baths, meditate, and just be. Calif. He is a clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. He is an author This intimate 4-day experience promises to inspire and empower, with and leading expert on fighting illness with dietary and ample opportunity for questions, dialogue, informal conversation, and lifestyle changes. reflection in the magical setting of Esalen. With the guiding hand of Michael Krasny is a professor of literature at San Francisco our facilitator Ken Dychtwald, each of us may find new opportunities State University and an award-winning broadcaster who to make a difference in these unprecedented times— through philan- hosts the weekday talk program Forum on KQED radio, thropy and through our own roles as change agents and leaders. the San Francisco National Public Radio affiliate. He is also the author of Sound Ideas and Spiritual Envy.

Anna Halprin was named one of “America’s 100 Irreplaceable Dance Treasures” by the Dance Heritage Coalition. She has created revolutionary directions for the art form and inspired fellow choreographers to take modern dance to new dimensions. She founded the San Francisco Dancer’s Workshop in 1955 and the Tamalpa MICHAEL MURPHY, ANNA HALPRIN, CHUNGLIANG AL HUANG, KEN DYCHTWALD, ROBERT REICH, ASHLEY SMITH JOHNSON Institute in 1978 with her daughter Daria.

Chungliang Al Huang teaches Tai Ji philosophy, East/West —this unique event will sell out. The cost is synthesis, and the art of movement meditation. He is Register early the founder-president of the Living Tao Foundation and $2,070/person for shared room ($1,000 tax deductible); director of Lan Ting Institute in the Sacred Mountains $2,950 guaranteed single (limited availability, $1,500 tax of China. deductible). Call the number below for pricing on our premi- Michael Murphy is Esalen’s co-founder, an author, head of um rooms. Staying off-property rate (includes entire program Esalen's Center for Theory & Research and leader of a and food): $1,583/person ($1,000 tax deductible). new human story, integrating consciousness studies, science, political realities, and spiritual practices.

Ken Dychtwald (emcee) is a gerontologist, psychologist, To learn more and register, please call 831-667-3032 or email author of 13 books, and the nation’s foremost authority [email protected]. on the economic and cultural effects of the “age wave.”

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deepen and enliven everything you write from held energy. This energy in turn becomes avail- Week of October 7–12 now on. Be prepared for a personal writing able to support the body’s innate capacity to self breakthrough. This workshop is suitable for organize and self heal, enabling practitioners to beginning and experienced writers. Please bring support clients in overcoming previously stub- Straw into Gold: The Alchemy of Memoir 250 pages of lined paper, a favorite passage of born, seemingly intractable physical conditions. Katy Butler published memoir, and plenty of smooth-flow- This program, designed for professional massage ing pens. Do you have a story you are longing to tell? This and bodywork practitioners, will focus on is your chance to take a great leap forward with Katy Butler is an award-winning writer and teacher exploring the modality of deep bodywork as a the help of a memoirist whose writing has whose personal essays and journalism are widely pub- healing art, and is designed for massage and appeared in The New Yorker and The New York lished and anthologized in many places, including bodywork practitioners seeking to incorporate Times Magazine. In a spirit of spontaneous play, Best American Essays 2011, Best Science effective deep tissue techniques into their work. using prompts and free-writing, we’ll first let the Writing 2011 and Best Buddhist Writing 2006. Whether in private practice or working in a spa, pen glide rapidly over the paper in short bursts. She was a finalist for a National Magazine Award. the demand for practitioners who have mas- Be prepared to be surprised by what turns up, tered the art of moving deeply into the body and to draw deeply from wells unfamiliar to with skill and sensitivity is growing. you. Later, you’ll spin straw into gold, refining Healing Art of Deep Bodywork: Our areas of focus will include relieving chronic first drafts and long-held memories into pol- Healing the Back, Shoulders and Hips and acute pain in the back, and around the ished scenes that can electrify other readers, Perry Holloman & Johanna Holloman even strangers. The workshop will pay careful major joints of the shoulder and hip. We will attention to questions of craft, voice, and narra- Deep bodywork, practiced with great sensitivity, spend a good deal of time learning to recognize tive structure. This is a perfectionism-free zone. is one of the most effective healing modalities how to feel soft tissue lesions with our hands Nothing is off-limits. Although this workshop is available to the bodywork practitioner. Through wherever we find them, and learn why, at physi- not therapy, writing your truth and unleashing slowly opening the body’s deeper soft tissue lay- ological and energetic levels, competent deep your creativity can be joyful and, almost by acci- ers, we connect the mind to normally uncon- bodywork needs to be done slowly to be most dent, therapeutic. You may tame your inner crit- scious, “stuck” areas of the physical body, which effective. ic, heal your heart, and take home tools that can release enormous amounts of previously

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The teachers will be available to answer ques- rather than fear, assertion rather than suspicion. beyond time/space. Like trees growing their tions of specific interest to students as they arise We will follow our instincts for pleasure into roots farther into the earth with branches that during our practice sessions. Professional mas- moments of wholeness.” spread eagerly toward the sky, we, in fact, have sage experience is highly recommended for this the same ability and purpose. It is time for us to Come alone or with an intimate. advanced level class. claim our birthright and its future. For more Recommended reading: Hunt & Paine-Gernée, information about Continuum, please visit Please visit www.deepbodywork.com for more Emotional Healing and Secrets to Tell, Secrets to www.continuummovement.com. information. Keep. Please note: Advance approval and prior Recommended viewing: (DVD) Deep Bodywork I: CE credit available for psychologists (pending); see page 113. Continuum experience is required. Please con- Healing the Back, Shoulders and Hips, available at CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. tact the Continuum Studio and speak to Donna www.deepbodywork.com. CE credit for nurses; see page 113. at 310-593-4651 before registering for this course. CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. Terry Hunt is a licensed psychologist and certified Participants are encouraged to register early. Bioenergetic therapist with a private practice in has been a teacher and practitioner Perry Holloman Boston. He is coauthor of Emotional Healing, CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. of Esalen® Massage, Deep Bodywork, and body-ori- Secrets to Tell, Secrets to Keep, and Addiction is the founder of Continuum. Her ented approaches to Gestalt therapy for more than 20 Emilie Conrad as Transformation. His life work revolves around work has been incorporated by international profes- years. He teaches in the US, Asia, and Europe, and the enhancement of vitality in everyday lives. sionals in rolfing, craniosacral, osteopathy, physical makes his home in Big Sur, Calif. therapy, dance, and psychoneuroimmunology, among Johanna Holloman is a German-born clinical psy- others. Emilie is the author of Life on Land. chologist, Diamond Approach® teacher, and certified Esalen® Massage and Deep Bodywork instructor, October 12–19 teaching at Esalen and internationally. She is a yoga The Artplane Painting Workshop: teacher (E-RYT 500) and created the Esalen In-house The Future of the Body: Artful Life Yoga training program. A Continuum Workshop Nicholas Wilton & Jennie Oppenheimer Emilie Conrad This workshop is a playful exploration of the I-You-Us: Pleasure, Intimacy and the Since 1967, Emilie Conrad has been a pioneer creative image-making process. Utilizing Search for Connectedness in somatic studies. She founded Continuum, imagery inspired from our own personal stories Terry Hunt through which she teaches that as humans we and life experience, we will engage in a hands- are fundamentally an expression of an emergent on exploration of fundamental painting princi- This workshop is about healthy relationships— planetary process. Our bodies are a continuum ples. Throughout the week, we will work on a in love, in friendship, in daily life. The focus is of a boundless intelligence that permeates every series of small paintings on wood panels, often on how to nurture our own vitality in situations cell, every nerve fiber, every neuron with the working on several pieces simultaneously, leav- where we long for connections that are more memory of its own source. ing little time to worry about success or failure. real, more safe, or more rewarding. We will also explore how themes of change and Cells thrive through communal resonance, cre- spontaneity enable us to create our own unique Pleasure is essential for healthy relationships. ating a range of inclusion that increases their Add the erotic element and the potential for artwork, and illuminate life lessons inherent in function and viability. Cellular resonance at the the creative process. We seek to engage both pleasure grows exponentially. But whether in human level allows for a larger body in which a love or friendship, in same- or opposite-gender sides of the brain, inviting mistakes, intuition, greater field carries the opportunity of restora- and spontaneity, along with our knowledge of relationships, the reality of sustaining delight in tive health. one another is often a mystery and a struggle. the six Artplane principles: value, design, color, We substitute old avoidance patterns for intima- Vocal sounds are used to stir the magnificent texture, risk, and soul. Generous time will be cy as we play out the Good Girl and Super Guy fluid that resides within our tissues. When given for experimentation with new tools, medi- roles we developed during traumatic childhoods awakened, the primary choreographer of our ums, and techniques. Join us as we celebrate a and adolescences. Or we repeatedly act out of bio-sphere begins its remarkable dance as our process of inspiration, reclamation, and the jour- fear, sadness, or rage, keeping our relationships bodies become glistening examples of timeless ney of self-discovery through painting. This locked in the “cultural missionary position.” shifts. workshop is designed for people from a wide variety of disciplines. All skill levels are wel- Giving up carefully honed pain-avoidant habits We learn that our spines are our “cosmic anten- come. For more information, visit www.art- releases new energies for the pursuit of personal nae” as we adventure through the miracle of planeworkshop.com. fulfillment in relationships. undulating vertebral play. Our heads become chambers of discovery, our throats the song of ($80 materials fee paid directly to leaders This workshop is designed to help you identify includes everything needed for the course) myths that block the flow of joy. Terry Hunt trees and wind, our hands and feet reflect the writes, “Together we will redefine the role of nuanced array of unburdened movements—we Nicholas Wilton’s paintings have graced best-selling pleasure in our lives and create updated images are now free to move among the many streams book covers, children’s books, editorial and corporate of our sexual and sensual selves. We will explore of what it means to be alive. print media, in addition to gallery exhibitions and private collections. Developer of the Artplane new language that more honestly communi- Like awakening from a deep sleep, we compre- cates our desires. We will encourage each other Workshop, he has taught in such places as Esalen, hend that our systems were designed to contin- Tokyo, and Sundance, Utah. to approach our gender gaps with intention ue interactions with the environment far

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Jennie Oppenheimer’s work, a playful exploration “We will explore the terrain of saying YES, mak- Winner of the 1998 Dinkelspiel Award for innova- of pattern, texture, and color inspired by fabrics, ing mistakes, and learning how to work with a tion in undergraduate education, she is author of weathered architecture, and colors found in cultures partner. The games and exercises focus on see- Improv Wisdom: Don’t Prepare, Just Show Up. around the world, has been featured in cookbooks and ing what is inherently real around us. Improv magazines, as gift cards and papers, and as backdrops teaches us to use what we have and to make an for retail environments. artful life from what comes to us unexpectedly. Being Present for Your Life: Introduction We will tell stories, find gifts, and above all, learn to Mindfulness Meditation to trust our own voices. Life lessons emerge as James Baraz we laugh, play, flounder, fall, pick ourselves up, How much are you present for your own life? Weekend of October 12–14 and help others to do so.” Most of us spend more time in our own inner This weekend is especially for those who cannot world—worrying about the future, replaying the Everyday Spontaneity: imagine themselves as improvisers. Join Stanford past, or lost in fantasy—than experiencing what Improvising Our Lives professor and award-winning author Patricia life is offering to us right now. The present Patricia Ryan Madson Ryan Madson, who will shepherd participants moment is where we can most directly be inti- “Improvising asks us not to be clever but rather with a gentle hand and a twinkle in her eye. mate with our life—touched by beauty and inti- to be awake,” says Patricia Ryan Madson. “It calls Imagining can be as effortless as breathing. macy, while learning through the difficult upon us to access our common-sense intelli- Come and kindle the spark of the spontaneous lessons how to open our hearts. life. gence as well as our chutzpah. Sometimes as we Mindfulness—or vipassana—meditation is the age, the world starts to become gray and serious. Recommended reading: Madson, Improv practice described by the Buddha for developing We lose touch with our capacity for delight and Wisdom: Don’t Prepare, Just Show Up; Johnstone, wisdom, compassion, and peace by learning to play. Fortunately there is a yellow brick road Impro: Improvisation and Theatre. be mindful of what is actually happening in the back to this place of color and adventure: The , an Emerita professor from present moment. Using the breath, body sensa- world of improvisation offers a metaphor and a Patricia Ryan Madson Stanford, is the founder of the Stanford Improvisers tions, thoughts, and emotions as objects of practice that can renew our vision and crack and a certified Constructive Living instructor. attention, we can learn to be more fully awake. open our hearts to unexpected insights. DOUG ELLIS

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When we see directly that the nature of reality Yoga Psychology: Authenticity and ment, and quality of touch will also be intro- is change, we begin to let go of clinging to the Reality-Based Spirituality duced and practiced, creating a firm foundation pleasant or avoiding the unpleasant. We become James Bailey for learning massage. Come prepared to enjoy more capable of meeting each situation with the healing waters of the natural hot springs and spontaneity, fearlessness, and love. “The term reality-based spirituality is a simple the magical beauty of the Esalen grounds. All way of saying that the work in yoga and in spiri- levels of experience are welcome. Please bring Participants will be introduced to this medita- tual life in general is in the here-and-now, con- your favorite CDs for massage and dance. tion practice and the principles on which it is tained within the real issues before us: relation- based. There will be periods of silent sitting and ships, our thoughts, conditioned reactions, trau- CE credit for nurses; see page 113. CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. walking meditation as well as discussion, pro- ma, ego defensiveness, shame, shadow elements viding a foundation for applying mindfulness of our life, attachments, addictions, denial, etc.,” Daniela Urbassek bio on page 50. practice to everyday life. James Bailey writes. “In contrast, there are yogis Robin Fann-Costanzo has a lifelong background in Recommended Reading: Baraz and Alexander, out there who devote themselves to teachers dance and movement. An Esalen® Massage practi- Awakening Joy: 10 Steps that will Put You on the and hindu deities and sadly avoid the real issues tioner, CranioSacral practitioner, and certified yoga Road to Real Happiness; Goldstein, The Experience right in front of them. They can recite the instructor, she has taught and assisted Esalen® of Insight; Salzberg, Real Happiness. Hanuman Chalisa 108 times every morning but Massage trainings, yoga retreats, and Upledger they’re still angry with their mothers and can’t CE credit for nurses; see page 113. Institute trainings. CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. hold a stable relationship. Yoga was designed CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. traditionally to be a practice of consciousness and was largely a psychological set of techniques has been teaching meditation since James Baraz and tools. Week of October 14–19 1978. He leads workshops internationally, is a founding teacher of Spirit Rock Meditation Center “In my work I have refined the traditional psy- in Woodacre, Calif., and is on the International chological methods of Patanjali’s yoga and found Yoga Practice: Refining and Advisory Board of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship. ways to make it relevant and applicable in these Magnifying Body, Mind and Spirit James coauthored Awakening Joy with Shoshana times. This course is an exploration into the psy- Thomas Michael Fortel Alexander. chological teachings and practices of yoga. Participants can expect a combination of lecture, “One of the fundamental tenets of yoga philoso- dialogue, and meditation practices. Most of the phy,” writes Thomas Fortel, “is that every human A Renaissance In Herbal Medicine study will be from the pratyahara limb of yoga, being is, at core, an expression of divine light Brian Kie Weissbuch which teaches sensory awareness, witnessing, and love. The yogis refer to this as the Supreme Self or Inner Self. We can imagine it as con- For over 13,000 years, herbal medicine has been detachment, and withdrawal methods that are applicable to daily living beyond yoga practice. sciousness expressing itself as an individual. a primary healing art. Practitioners have studied, Many of us glimpse this from time to time, but practiced, and taught succeeding generations There will be no asana/physical postures practice. Participants will go home with a clear the thrust of our journey is to honestly address in extended apprenticeships, with empirical the physical, mental, and emotional toxicity that and clinical knowledge accumulating over the understanding of how the mind works and how yoga works as a mindfulness practice.” covers up our inner luminosity. This is the nec- centuries. Today modern scientific research essary paradigm shift as we move into a fuller and technology provides an evidence-based CE credit for acupuncturists pending. expression of our true nature. approach to herbal safety and efficacy. The union of empiricism with laboratory and clini- James Bailey, LAc, Dipl OM, Dipl Ayu, E-RYT “Yoga practice is a double-edged sword requiring cal studies provides validation for many herbal is a licensed practitioner of Ayurveda and Oriental both effort and surrender. Effort is necessary as treatments and opens new avenues of discovery. Medicine and has been teaching yoga philosophy and we purify, refine, and integrate body, mind, emo- advanced yoga worldwide for nearly 20 years. He spe- tion, and spirit. Surrender is critical in the face In this seminar, we will explore the glorious cializes in eastern teachings. He teaches internation- of alchemical transformation; letting go leads us garden, canyon, and trails of Esalen and learn to ally and maintains a private practice in Pacific into the restoration and edification of our true identify plants and discern their proper usage. Palisades, Calif. nature, divine light. These principles unfold in Topics include botany, pharmacognosy/labora- the yoga room as we place our bodies into pos- tory and clinical studies, traditional and modern tures (asanas), focus our awareness on breath ® uses, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Fundamentals of Esalen Massage (pranayama), and enter the sanctuary of the western herbal energetics, safety, rational usage Daniela Urbassek & Robin Fann-Costanzo heart (meditation or dyana).” of medicinal plants, and when to seek professional help. Please bring layers of clothing and This workshop will introduce the core concepts Everyone is welcome. Please have a minimum of comfortable walking shoes. We’ll have indoor of Esalen Massage. Through brief lectures and three months of recent yoga experience. Please presentations during our evening sessions. This demonstrations, and with plenty of personal bring a yoga mat. supervision of hands-on work, the workshop seminar is open to everyone and does not CE credit for nurses; see page 113. require previous experience. We utilize stories will present essential tools and information, CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. and case histories to personalize each plant. including the long, balancing strokes and gentle stretches that are the foundation of Esalen body- Thomas Michael Fortel is a longtime yoga practi- CE credit for nurses; see page 113. work. The principle elements of bodywork, tioner/teacher, influenced by the Iyengar, Ashtanga, Leader bio on page 28. including breath awareness, grounding, move- and Anusara styles of Hatha yoga, and drawing from

67 See pages 110-111 for reservations, fees, accommodations, scholarship information, and discounts. his devotional experience in Bhakti yoga. He travels consciousness are passed on through the ories, and support the spontaneous and lasting widely, sharing his love for yoga. generations (epigenetics), and they need to be re-patterning of core beliefs. Opportunities for processed. We want to find ways to help love profound personal growth and nourishment flow freely again. We will include Powerpoint will be offered and received, while participants Spirit Songs: Freeing Your Voice presentations, family and systemic constella- are taught one of the most respected and power- through the Power of Gospel tions, mindful and somatic practices, and focus fully innovative holistic methods of our time. on how to deal with bonding attachment trau- Vernon Bush Recommended reading: Writings from Ron ma. By exploring relationships, family, ancestors, Do you want to feel musical and spiritual free- Kurtz, available at www.hakomi.com. and trauma, we are looking at loss of connection dom in every cell of your body? Connecting to to ourselves, to our family soul, to our surround- CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. your spirit through song, gospel rhythm, and ings, and to embodied presence. spontaneity is what this lively, heart-opening Adama Hamilton apprenticed and cotaught with workshop is all about. You can experience in- CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. Ron Kurtz, originator of The Hakomi Method, during the last eight years of Ron’s life. Along with the-moment expression and give your dreams is a European-trained practition- JoAnna Chartrand Marina McDonald, he was entrusted to teach Ron’s voice with joy and laughter. Get ready to dive er who has been a somatic psychology educator since refinements and methodology the way Ron saw it at into rhythm, singing, and dancing from a per- 1980. Her specialty is in somatically-based, transper- its most polished. www.ronkurtzcenter.com. sonal spiritual place. You will explore gospel and sonal, relational psychology, and trauma work. She inspirational music, powerful breathing tech- is a codirector of The Constellation Institute of niques, song arrangement, improvisation, har- California. mony, and also learn how to truly listen to your- The Dancing Buddha: Meditation, Movement and the Divine Abodes self and others to free the voice that is uniquely Dyrian Benz bio on page 46. and exclusively yours. All levels are welcome. of the Heart Heather Munro Pierce & Donald Rothberg Vernon Bush is a singer/songwriter, recording artist, The Refined Hakomi Method of musical director, and educator who has taught the Body-Centered Self-Discovery In this workshop, we will combine traditional Buddhist practice of the “Divine Abodes” (brah- power of reclaiming your voice through singing for Adama Hamilton more than 20 years to many individuals around mavihara) of lovingkindness, compassion, joy, the world. He also is a featured vocalist at Glide Healing isn’t just about telling our stories. It’s and equanimity, with movement meditation and Memorial Church in San Francisco. www.vernon- about remembering what happened in a new ecstatic dance, to help us access and cultivate bush.com. way. It happens through re-experiencing and these wonderful and transformative qualities of re-consolidating old memories with the guidance the open heart. We will particularly focus on and loving support from those around you. developing embodied expressions of these four Healing Traumatized Hearts: —Ron Kurtz, creator of Hakomi abodes based on our understanding that embod- The Power of Attachment, Intimacy ied practices are the key to making the qualities The Refined Hakomi Method embraces new and Autonomy real in our daily lives. and powerful concepts based on the principles JoAnna Chartrand & Dyrian Benz of mindfulness, nonviolence, and mind-body Most of the workshop will involve silent prac- Love and a sense of belonging are the corner- holism, including recent discoveries in neurolo- tice and spaciously guided freeform movement stones to fulfilling relationships throughout life. gy. In the hands of a skilled practitioner, the meditation and ecstatic dance to music, comple- When the flow of love and acceptance is inter- Refined Method is a simple, elegant, and power- mented by talks. There will also be some time rupted, especially through traumatic events, the ful method of assisted self-discovery. for discussion and interactive exercises. We will begin with a foundational emphasis on mindful- soul and the family soul suffer. This five-day Hakomi retreat offers The Refined ness and embodiment. We will then build on Hakomi Method. This method is the latest ver- With Relational Constellations we uncover the this foundation by bringing in, over the five sion of Hakomi, developed and fine-tuned by disturbances and entanglements so that we, as days, teachings and practices on the “Divine Ron for more than forty years. During our time well as our family members, can find strength, Abodes” and explorations of these themes together, we will explore the details and innova- value, dignity, love, and a deeper sense of belong- through dance. We will emphasize especially tions that define the legacy and full refinement ing. At the same time constellations also look how lovingkindness, compassion, joy, and equa- of Ron’s life’s work. for resources of strength and potential that may nimity interpenetrate each other as they help us in dealing with any issue at hand. The Refined Hakomi Method is easy to under- become more mature and how these qualities The body is the reservoir for somatic-based stand and apply for anyone who is passionate might be further expressed in our daily lives. memories of trauma going back many genera- about their personal growth and awareness and Come join us in celebration and inspiration as tions. The hidden memories are locked into the wants to help others. No formal background in we evoke the depths of our hearts through fibers of our bodies. Historical amnesia burdens medicine or psychology is required. The course silence and sound, stillness and movement. our hearts, minds, and bodies, establishing will include many experiential exercises, Movers and meditators of all levels are welcome. demonstrations, videos of Ron working, and repetitive patterns and familial dynamics that Please Note: Some mornings will be in silence discussions of principles and techniques. are at the source of suffering. In Relational and there will be optional sessions offered Constellations we aim to reconcile this intergen- Participants will learn how to create the safety before breakfast. erational stress, trauma, and suffering. Traumatic required to release core emotional blocks, weave experiences in the nervous system and in our together elements that reconsolidate past mem- CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113.

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Heather Munro Pierce is the founder of ested in exploring an intensive experiential Recommended reading: Alexander,Wise Mind TransDance® and has led inspirational, transforma- process to become more effective as mindful Open Mind; Heider, The Tao of Leadership; Bennis, tive, and healing movement for more than 20 years. leaders both in personal and professional life On Becoming A Leader; Goss, The Last Word on Her passion for movement springs from her own settings. Designed for entrepreneurs, executives, Power. experience with dance as a path to healing, health, managers, and others committed to improving CE credit for nurses; see page 113. and wholeness. www.TransDance.com. their communication and leadership skills, it is CE credit available for psychologists (pending); see page 113. especially intended for those open to doing CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. , PhD, is the author of The Donald Rothberg deep personal work to transform the self. The Engaged Spiritual Life, coeditor of Ken Wilber in , PhD, is the director of the Open major areas of focus will be resolving conflict, Ronald Alexander Dialogue, and a member of the Spirit Rock Teachers Mind Training Institute, and leads trainings interna- developing trust with those who feel threatened, Council in northern California. He teaches medita- tionally in mindfulness, mind-body therapies, and addressing blind spots in self-esteem, healing tion, daily-life practice, and engaged spirituality. transformational leadership. He is the author of Wise blocks in creativity, and building support for www.donaldrothberg.com. Mind Open Mind. www.ronaldalexander.com. transforming vision into reality. The workshop includes Gestalt open-seat work, sharing feedback on leadership and communica- Civilized to Death Weekend of October 19–21 tion styles, improving coaching skills, develop- Christopher Ryan ing the unconscious to creatively solve prob- Comedian Louis CK said, “Everything’s amazing, lems, mindfulness meditation practice, and role- The Art of Leadership: but nobody’s happy.” In this workshop, we’ll playing exercises for real-life work situations. Communication, Creativity and Vision explore why this is so by looking at points of con- We will also explore the functions of building Ronald Alexander flict between the creature we evolved to be and and shaping mindstrength, a power tool for the “civilized” life we’re expected to live in the In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities change that enables you to enter and lead from modern world. These conflicts create psychologi- While in the expert’s mind there are few. the state of Big Mind, Wise Mind, and Open cal, emotional, and physical trauma from which —Suzuki Mind. Enrollment is limited to thirty-five par- we all suffer to some extent every day of our lives. This workshop is for individuals who are inter- ticipants.

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By elaborating a holistic understanding of the mal Homo sapiens really is, how and why we those touched by cancer. Starting with their evolutionary trajectory of Homo sapiens, and became that way, and how we might create a own individual lifestyles, participants will learn viewing that trajectory in the context of con- healthier, more human and humane world for specific recommendations for living the anti- temporary life, we’ll learn to anticipate and pos- future generations. cancer life, from diet to mind-body practices. sibly mitigate these conflicts. We’ll look at many CE credit available for psychologists (pending); see page 113. Chaoul and Cohen will present the most recent aspects of the life cycle, from how we exercise to CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. scientific evidence that demonstrates the link how we work, from our sexuality to our diets, CE credit for nurses; see page 113. between lifestyle and cancer and how this from the way we’re born to how we die. empowers us to create change in our lives. The Christopher Ryan, PhD, coauthored Sex at Dawn In this interactive workshop, the group will with Cacilda Jethá. An interdisciplinary and multi- workshop will address four main areas where help determine which aspects of life we’re going cultural scholar, he specializes in the prehistoric roots we can change our risk of cancer and influence to examine in most detail. We’ll begin with an of human sexuality and distinguishing the human outcomes for those with cancer: diet/nutrition, in-depth look at the physical and social world in from the cultural. He’s been featured on NPR, physical activity, stress management, and social which our ancestors evolved and then examine Oprah, in the New York Times, and elsewhere. network. Participants will leave the workshop our own lives, looking for often surprising http://blogs.psychologytoday.com/blog/sex-dawn. with an increased knowledge of cancer and how sources of discontent. We’ll then work on gener- to increase the odds of preventing cancer and ating novel approaches to resolving these con- improving outcomes. Participants will learn flicting demands. Living the Anticancer Lifestyle about simple, tasty, and healthy eating; how to incorporate physical activity into aspects of The workshop will be especially valuable for Alejandro Chaoul & Lorenzo Cohen everyday life; how to harness and expand the therapists and clinicians seeking a systemic During this weekend, Drs. Alejandro Chaoul benefits of one’s social network; and how to use understanding of the sources of dis-ease in their and Lorenzo Cohen will discuss the current mind-body practices as part of a daily routine to clients, as well as for anyone looking for a com- worldwide cancer epidemic and how to lower foster inner calm. The leaders will emphasize prehensive understanding of what kind of ani- your risks of cancer and improve outcomes for concepts of mindfulness throughout the week-

70 Register online at www.esalen.org or by calling 888-8-ESALEN (888-837-2536). end and the ways this important construct will and receive more as a teacher or therapist and Others, he is a recipient of the prestigious APF ultimately lead to success in living the anti- enables you to build, enhance or refine your Cummings Psyche Prize for lifetime contributions to cancer life. The workshop will take advantage practice with joy and excitement. the role of psychologists in organized healthcare. of Esalen’s beautiful environment, activities, CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. , MSW, is a licensed marriage and and nutritious food to enhance the learning Carol A. Erickson family therapist and clinical social worker based in experience. , CSW, RYT, founded Namaste New York, Julie Wald Northern California. The oldest daughter of Milton and teaches private yoga to leaders in business, phil- CE credit for nurses; see page 113. H. Erickson, MD, she has taught therapy and hypno- anthropy, and the arts in NYC. Julie’s work is influ- sis workshops worldwide. M. Alejandro Chaoul, PhD, has studied with emi- enced by her former practice as a therapist, life coach, nent teachers of Tibetan Buddhism and Bon for more meditator, and mother, and by her deep love for her than 20 years, including Lopon Tenzin Namdak. students. Create Personal Divinatory Cards with He teaches internationally and is assistant professor SoulCollage® at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, where he conducts research and holds a clinic Integrated Brief Therapy: Seena Frost & Mariabruna Sirabella in mind-body practices as part of the Integrative Ericksonian Hypnosis Seminars Imagine spending a creative weekend begin- Medicine Center. Michael Hoyt & Carol Erickson ning to collage (or continuing to collage) your own deck of imaginal cards. You will browse is professor and director of the How we look influences what we see, and what Lorenzo Cohen through piles of images and find those that call Integrative Medicine Program at The University of we see influences what we do. Some stories are to you. They could be images that represent Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Cohen con- better than others, some ways of looking and some of the many guides, allies, and challengers ducts research examining the biobehavioral effects of acting are more invigorating and rewarding active in your soul. Using these images you will programs aimed at reducing the negative aspects of than others. People often come to therapy when collage cards that depict your personality parts, cancer treatment and improving quality of life and their ways of looking aren’t getting them what your archetypal guides, your energetic compan- clinical outcomes. www.mdanderson.org/integra- they want. They come looking for a new story, ion animals, and even some of the sentient tivemed. a new perception, a new way of understanding— beings that have loved, taught, and challenged which can lead to new behaviors and new out- you. Along with time for creating cards will be comes. Yoga One on One: time to gather in small groups and speak from The Art of Teaching Privately Many therapies involve brief lengths of treat- your images. You will be surprised by the wis- ment, including a single session. In this work- Julie Wald dom that bubbles up from your deep soul when shop for therapists and other healing profes- you step imaginatively into an image and speak Teaching yoga one on one, whether it is in the sionals, a structure will be presented for organiz- to a question from this new perspective. A sup- context of a yoga experience or any therapeutic ing the tasks and skills involved in different portive community listening as witnesses and relationship, requires a unique skill set. In this phases (pre-, early, middle, late, follow-through) scribing your words will help make this a mem- workshop designed for yoga teachers, social of therapy. Drawing from the work of Milton orable experience. workers, and psychotherapists, Julie Wald pre- Erickson and others, numerous case examples For people new to SoulCollage, we will give sents important material that is not discussed will illustrate brief therapy techniques (includ- explanations of the four suits and the three in yoga teacher training programs or graduate ing goal setting, seeding, utilization, reframing, transpersonal cards that are in a typical schools, and reveals the secret to meeting people suggestion, hypnosis, storytelling, future pacing) SoulCollage deck. For advanced SoulCollagers, where they are and using yoga to create transfor- that can be useful both in initial sessions and in there will be additional work with the founder mational experiences. Informed by her back- the course of longer treatments. Participants of the process, Seena Frost. The process is based ground as a psychotherapist and mentor for will learn productive therapist attitudes, meth- on the work of C.G. Jung, James Hillman, psy- teachers at her company, Namaste New York, ods for finding a focus, and ways of facilitating chosynthesis, and more. For more information, Julie shows you how to approach working with clients’ strengths and resources. They will gain visit www.soulcollage.com. people from a holistic and nonjudgmental per- skills associated with different phases of treat- spective. ment, including recognizing why and how to CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. end therapy successfully, and have fun! Topics covered in the workshop include how to: Seena Frost, LMFT, MDiv, is a clinician, teacher, • Develop the ability to quickly assess your Recommended reading: Hoyt, Brief poet, and gardener from California, and the founder clients’ needs Psychotherapies; Haley, Uncommon Therapy: The of the SoulCollage® process. She wrote SoulCollage® Psychiatric Techniques of Milton H. Erickson, MD; Evolving and has recorded several CDs. Currently • Know what it means to meet your clients Short, et al, Hope and Resiliency: Understanding the she trains SoulCollage® facilitators. www.soulcol- where they are, and the value of doing so Psychotherapeutic Strategies of Milton H. Erickson, lage.com. • Address the physical, emotional, and spiritual MD. needs of your clients with confidence and Mariabruna Sirabella, LMFT, MS, is an artist, edu- compassion CE credit available for psychologists (pending); see page 113. cator, and SoulCollage® trainer. Her clinical work • Work intuitively CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. blends ancient wisdom and Jungian humanistic psychology aimed at soul mentorship. She founded • Provide clients with real tools to cultivate a , PhD, is a pioneering brief therapist. Michael Hoyt BodYnvocations™: Imagination in Motion. For her greater sense of wellbeing The author of Brief Psychotherapies: Principles & CDs and articles visit www.sirarte.com. Practices and Some Stories Are Better than This special workshop teaches you how to give

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Open a doorway to the alchemical laboratory nature. By cultivating this inner quiet and open Week of October 21–26 within by learning concepts and skills that can curious spirit outdoors, we can learn from transform the lead, or stuck places in your life, nature and deepen our connection and apprecia- into the gold of vital, new possibilities. This is tion of the earth in which we live. We can dis- The Upledger Institute’s CranioSacral the essence of Alchemical Healing. Join us on cover how meditative time outdoors leads to Therapy 2 an adventure into the realms of European, beautiful states of joy, peace, wonder, love, and Eric Moya Taoist, and Vedic alchemy and other systems connection with oneself, one another, and the CranioSacral Therapy 2 studies cranial-base rooted in alchemical consciousness, including larger web of life. Traditional Chinese Medicine, archetypal psy- dysfunctions as diagnosed and treated by Dr. During the week, there will be nature-based chology, evolutionary astrology, and plant spirit William Sutherland, the “father” of cranial meditations, individual and group exercises, and medicine. Working with our own stories, imagi- osteopathy. The course material and hands-on talks on meditation and nature. There will be nations, bodies, and dreams as well as symbols sessions will focus on cranial-base dysfunctions, time to relish the silence outdoors and ample and myths, we use the support of our inner the masticatory system-hard palate, mandible opportunity to explore and discuss the art of guides, the wisdom of the group, and the magi- and temporomandibular joint; whole body meditation in nature. This workshop is appro- cal environment that Esalen provides to create a evaluation; and the energy cyst with regional priate for beginning and experienced meditators unique piece of alchemical inner healing for unwinding. An introduction to Somato- who are curious about meditation, mindfulness, each participant. Emotional Release will also be presented. and how to deepen our connection with the The prerequisite for this course is Upledger’s The workshop is relevant for individuals work- beauty and mystery of the natural world. Be pre- Institute CranioSacral Therapy 1 (CS1) and ing in health care who want to reinvigorate pared for unexpected rapture, delight, mystery, thorough working knowledge of the 10-Step their practices, support their patients in moving and stillness. Please bring comfortable layers of Protocol. beyond symptomatic quick-fixes, and deepen clothing and be prepared for cool or warm days their skillfulness in working at psychological spent outside. Note: Registration for this workshop is through and spiritual levels. It will also be transforma- IAHE only. To register, please call 1-800-311- Recommended reading: Coleman, Awake in the tional to anyone who longs to bring eros, the 9204. Only after you have registered with IAHE Wild. flow of life, back to their work, their relation- and paid tuition fees will you be able to reserve ships, and their being. Mark Coleman is author of Awake in the Wild. He accommodations at Esalen course fees and has studied Buddhist meditation since 1984. He is a is a licensed massage therapist, accommodations are separate). Please see accom- Benjamin Fox Spirit Rock meditation teacher and has led wilderness astrologer, and avid gardener with more than 20 modations costs under “Pricing for Partner meditation retreats from Alaska to Peru. Mark is also years of experience in the fields of holistic medicine Programs” at www.esalen.org/workshops/reserva- a coach and therapist. www.awakeinthewild.com. tions.html. and organizational administration. He is a cofounder of the Alchemical Healing Mentorship. Recommended reading: Upledger & Vredevoogd, [email protected]. CranioSacral Therapy (chapters 7–15); Upledger, Living in Gratitude CranioSacral Therapy II: Beyond the Dura (chapter 3). Lorie Eve Dechar wrote Five Spirits: Alchemical Joe Cavanaugh Acupuncture for Psychological and Spiritual CE credit for nurses; see page 113. Gratefulness is the key to joy. Joy is the happiness that Healing. She practices acupuncture, Chinese medi- CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. doesn’t depend on what happens. cine, Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy, Gestalt, and —Brother David Steindl-Rast Eric Moya, MFCT, CST-D, is a career manual ther- archetypal psychology. She teaches at Tri-State College apist, instructor for the Upledger Institute, and men- of Acupuncture and is cofounder of the Alchemical Many ancient wisdom traditions refer to the tal health therapist specializing in mind/body aware- Healing Mentorship. natural state of the human psyche as joy, peace, ness and growth. Eric is also director of education at and love. The Greek word psyche means soul, and the Esalen Institute, where he oversees staff and stu- the essence of the soul is love. Yet, simply by liv- dent development. Awake in the Wild: ing in a world of uncertainty, we all have experi- Meditation in Nature at Esalen enced some wounding of the heart, which caus- Mark Coleman es us to retract our love to protect against fur- Alchemical Healing: Entering the Inner ther hurt. Laboratory of the Soul Following ancient spiritual traditions that Benjamin Fox & Lorie Dechar value the transformative power of nature, this When we hold on to our stories from the past, experiential workshop will be spent meditating we perpetuate our suffering in the present and Alchemy is an ancient spiritual science that outdoors in the natural beauty and mystery of alienate ourselves from our natural state of love focuses not only on physical forces and sub- Esalen. Whether it is during a sunset medita- and joy. Utilizing group processes including stances but also on the ephemeral aspects of life tion, listening to the soothing sounds of the Gestalt, psychodrama, and meditation, this traditionally regarded as the domain of the soul. ocean, or sitting graced in the stillness of workshop will assist you in working through Rather than being a precursor to modern sci- cypress trees, we will open to the profound self-imposed limitations to release the burden of ence, alchemy is a complementary system that serenity and wisdom of nature. We will learn the past. It will provide participants, including offers a unique set of tools to engage body, mind, about the practice of mindfulness—the capacity mental health professionals, with the skills nec- and spirit in the investigation of what it means to be present to ourselves and our environment, essary to identify and overcome self-defeating to be human. It opens us to the presence of spir- and then learn how to apply this receptivity to thoughts and behaviors, shift the emotional it as well as matter in all life. developing a contemplative relationship with meaning of past experiences to enhance person-

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al growth, and develop a healthy internal sup- Songs of the Heart: A Songwriter’s was a staff songwriter in Nashville, and has recorded port system and cohesive sense of self. Inspiration and Craft 6 CDs. He’s taught songwriting workshops nation- wide, and has been featured on NPR’s “New When we empty ourselves of stories from our Johnsmith Dimensions.” past, we open to the wellspring of joy and grate- Take your seat in a circle of songwriters and join fulness (great-full-ness) that spontaneously aris- us as we delve into the emotional heart of our es in the present moment from the core of our personal story, and translate those experiences The Nature of Movement: being. In this state of gratitude (Latin, gratia, “to into song. Learn to cultivate your own unique Embodiment and the Wilds give thanks”) we recognize that love is for-giving, songwriting voice through writing exercises, Steven Harper and we naturally experience greater empathy song assignments, group performances, co-writ- and compassion for all human suffering. ing, and constructive feedback. Explore the Throughout the ages and across cultural tradi- Participants must be willing to attend all ses- tools of the craft: verse, chorus, and bridge, tions, nature has inspired the human spirit. The sions and abstain from alcohol and non-pre- melody, rhythm, and rhyming. Break open your wilderness of Big Sur allows us to imprint the scription drugs for the duration of the work- emotional heart and learn how to tap the well- collective wisdom of this alive and wild coast in shop. spring of all songs. Come roll up your sleeves, our bodies. The ancient redwood-forested do the work, and bust through old limits bring- canyons, dramatic meeting of earth and sea, and Recommended reading: Cavanaugh, Who Am I, ing forth the deep elusive songs of your life. soft grassy hills remind us of the presence, wis- Really? How Our Wounds Lead to Healing. This workshop is for individuals who have had dom, and deep sense of belonging that live in CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. some experience in songwriting and are work- each of us. ing on refining their musical voice. It is not This workshop will present simple yet profound Joseph Cavanaugh is a licensed psychotherapist in private practice in the Sierra foothills and a psycholo- required to play a musical instrument, but if you practices designed to access our capacity to gy instructor at a local community college. He has have one, bring it. There are also evening jams. innovate and participate with the essential movement processes of life. Through physical facilitated personal-growth workshops throughout Johnsmith has been writing heartfelt songs for more California for the past 30 years. than 30 years. He’s won national awards and contests, practices, work in pairs, group discussions, and DOUG ELLIS

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direct experience of nature, we draw on ancient ness within. With awakened senses we can SoulCollage® and the New Paradigm movement traditions of tai chi and aikido and receive nature’s richness and beauty, inspiring Seena Frost & Mariabruna Sirabella contemporary somatic practices that offer ways our deepening relationship with ground, center, of centering, grounding, and knowing our and embodiment. All evenings and most meals During this workshop participants will collage belonging to the greater community of being. will be at Esalen. All levels of experience are wel- personal cards, speak to questions from their come. More information and a waiver will be card images, and discover firsthand how this During our time together, we will venture out sent upon registration. For an equipment list and creative practice reflects vital elements of the on hikes four to eight miles in length. During frequently asked questions about Steven’s work- dawning paradigm. Collage itself is a metaphor this time in the wild, we can literally come to shops, visit www.stevenkharper.com/faqs.html. for what millions of people are, right now our senses. We will experience increasingly around the world, calling into reality: a new, ($20 park-entrance fees paid directly to the leader) refined awareness and perceptual practices to cosmic unity. With collage we take separated, enhance our sensitivity to all that wilderness Leader bio on page 13. seemingly unrelated images, and find how they can offer, and reawaken the elements of wilder- fit together into a beautiful and balanced unity. The more we practice the SoulCollage process the more our innate creativity will unfold in all aspects of our life. We become co-creators on many levels. Cooperation takes the place of competitiveness; feminine energy rises to balance masculine energies. We learn the value of listening to many perspectives, both internally as our many personality parts state their needs (and gripes), and externally as the needs (and gripes) of other persons and other nations are listened to and honored. These are critical pieces of the new paradigm and of this practice. SoulCollage is deceptively simple; no special artistic talent is needed. And still it can jostle and wake up a part of the human soul which this dying paradigm has ignored or minimized: our creative core. Arising in the new paradigm must be the compassionate, heart energy of creative souls. For more information, visit www.soulcollage.com. CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. Leader bios on page 71.

Weekend of October 26–28

Zero Balancing Open Forum Fritz Smith This weekend is an opportunity for people practicing Zero Balancing to reconnect with Fritz Smith, with Zero Balancing, and with each other. “It is critically important,” says Fritz, “to periodically meet with like-minded people and to openly, freely, and safely discuss problems, insights, and successes of your work—in this case, the leading-edge therapy of balancing energy and structure.” The workshop’s agenda will vary with the needs of those who attend, but will focus on personal nurturing and recharging, and will include giv-

DOUG ELLIS ing and receiving sessions, refining touch, hon-

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ing the ZB protocol, observing demos by Fritz, For a complete program and a list of materials Abandonment to Healing: Overcoming and looking at the newer emerging possibilities to bring (or to order a free-trial issue of the Your Self-Defeating Patterns of ZB. Come and rekindle your sense of belong- magazine) visit www.thesunmagazine.org. A large Susan Anderson ing, of not being isolated in the world. enrollment for this workshop is expected; we recommend registering soon. Abandonment is a primal human fear and the Prerequisite training: Core Zero Balancing I. underlying cause of emotional distress and dys- This open forum qualifies for 12.5 hours of class The Sun is offering two full scholarships to aspir- function. Susan Anderson, psychotherapist and credit toward Zero Balancing Certification. ing or established writers (application deadline author of Taming Your Outer Child and Journey August 17). Scholarships cover lodging, meals, Recommended reading: Smith, The Alchemy of from Abandonment to Healing, will share powerful and tuition for the weekend. Visit www.thesun- Touch, Inner Bridges; Hamwee, Zero Balancing. tools of emotional and spiritual healing to help magazine.org for details. you reverse abandonment’s universal wound. CE credit for acupuncturists; see workshop leader. CE credit for nurses; see page 113. Sy Safransky is editor and publisher of The Sun. You will be taught exercises for each of the five CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. stages of abandonment: shattering, withdrawal, internalizing, rage, and lifting; how to conquer is a physician, osteopath, cranial Fritz Smith “abandoholism” and other outer child behaviors; osteopath, certified acupuncturist, and founder of Week of October 28–November 2 how to make new connections; and steps for Zero Balancing. He is the author of Inner Bridges: healing abandonment. Whether you’re experi- A Guide to Energy Movement and Body encing a recent breakup, a lingering wound Structure, and Alchemy of Touch. Writing the Wild Marisa Handler from the past, or struggling to overcome self- defeating patterns, the tools will propel your “I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Into the Fire: The Sun Celebrates growth, help restore your sense of self and Nature, which if we unconsciously yield to it, Personal Writing increase your capacity for love. will direct us aright.” As Thoreau reminds us, the Sy Safransky & Authors from The Sun wildness of nature is paramount to the fathom- Recommended reading: Anderson, Taming Your Outer Child, Journey from Abandonment to Healing, To write about ourselves in a way that touches ing of the wildness within. Have you forgotten and Black Swan: 12 Lessons of Abandonment others and reminds them of our fundamental the ebbs and flows of the wilds within, their Recovery. connectedness we must be willing to take a fierce beauty, the Dionysus of your soul? Have leap—with all our passion, fear, and longing— you forgotten the passion that is continually CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. crafting you? It is time, then, for a return. It is into the fire. And that fire is not just a metaphor. , is a psychotherapist who has spent time now to uncover your own buried mysteries. Susan Anderson It’s as real as our own mysterious existence; as 30 years of research, scholarship, and clinical experience In the tradition of Joseph Campbell, our five real as a painful moment that has broken, and working with victims of abandonment trauma and days together will traverse the hero’s journey maybe opened, our hearts. loss. Founder of “Abandonment Recovery,” she is author through our perennial questions. Writing our of Taming Your Outer Child, Journey from Since 1974 The Sun has published the kind of way into these wilds can lead to revelations we Abandonment to Healing, Black Swan, and others. brave, revealing writing that lives up to the mag- had no idea we possessed, to insights that stem www.outerchild.net and www.abandonment.net. azine’s motto, a line from concentration-camp from a place deeper than our conscious minds. survivor Viktor Frankl: “What is to give light We will use writing as a tool to unearth the must endure burning.” We invite you to join Sun dynamic between the natural world and our own Gateway to Soul: Process Acupressure readers, authors, and staff — including editor minds and hearts. We will quiet our minds to Aminah Raheem and publisher Sy Safransky and authors Doug meditatively listen to the divine elements of Crandell, Tony Hoagland, Gillian Kendall, nature to which we are drawn, and experiment Would you like to find wise inner guidance Frances Lefkowitz, Alison Luterman, and with writing from that fresh perspective. from all parts of yourself? From your body’s Sparrow—for a weekend of investigating our Together we will go spelunking into the rich hid- internal promptings, your heart’s intelligence, lives through the written word. We’ll discuss den questions that have lain within us longer your mind’s clearest insight, and even your own essays, fiction, and poems with their authors, than we can remember; we will look to the nat- soul’s wisdom? Would you like to get all of your- who will lead exercises geared to bring forth ural world for inspiration, echoes, reflections, self together in an integrated way? Process similar elements in your own writing. Readers and a thickening of the mystery with which we Acupressure teaches you how to gain a holistic Write-style writing sessions will help get your began our inquiry. Please bring warm layers for perspective on your life directions and general pen moving. (You don’t have to be a writer to when we’re outside, and a blank notebook. health. And it teaches the skills of how to attend. We create a space in which people can uncover the wise guidance that lies at your own Recommended reading: Rilke, Letters to a Young tell their stories from the heart.) The weekend unique center. will conclude with Sy Safransky reading from Poet. This class teaches a combination of body/mind his Notebook. , is the author of Loyal to the Sky, Marisa Handler skills, including hands-on work to the body which won a 2008 Nautilus Gold Award for world- Of course, the best part of a Sun gathering is get- (fully clothed), movement, meditation, and dia- changing books. Her essays, journalism, fiction, and ting to meet everyone: staff, writers, and other logue. The acupressure protocol strengthens poetry have appeared in numerous publications, and people who love the magazine and share its and balances the body’s vital energy (chi) flow she teaches creative writing at Stanford and the compassionate, unflinching view of the world. that opens to soul consciousness and the California Institute for Integral Studies. We hope you’ll join us. Infinite Source. Psychological and spiritual www.marisahandler.com.

75 See pages 110-111 for reservations, fees, accommodations, scholarship information, and discounts. process skills facilitate more awareness in body, Buckminster Fuller as well as in traditions of esoteric stretching, injury prevention and repair, and emotions, and thought. This combination of anatomy and mystical practice. Tom lives on the coast long-term healthy functioning. Train your eyes bodywork and conscious processing reveals the of Maine. to see the patterns, train your hands to release whole person and facilitates individual organic them, and get the latest on the cutting-edge growth. research. The skills can be applied with health care Weekend of November 2–4 See Seminar Spotlight, page 9. clients, family, or on oneself alone. PA is helpful CE credits available for Pilates Method Alliance; for bodyworkers who want to know more about Gratitude Retreat please see instructor. processing psychological material, and for psy- CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. chological helpers who want to learn more Janet Stone Leader bio on page 76. about the body. It is valuable for anyone who “We gather at Esalen in Big Sur for a weekend to wants to understand more about integrative remember, with our bodies, minds, and spirits, development. all that we have to be grateful for,” Janet Stone What’s Next? Reviewing and Recommended reading: Raheem, Soul Return: writes. “This experience includes yoga, reflec- Revisioning Our Lives Integrating Body, Psyche, and Spirit and Soul tion, renewal, soaking in the healing baths, hik- Sam Keen Lightning: Awakening Soul Consciousness; Mindell, ing, and detoxification of body, mind, and spirit. Periodically, we need to review and revision our Working with the Dreaming Body. Before you step into the swirl of the holidays this year, give yourself the gift of looking within. lives. Every decade of the life-cycle brings new CE credit for nurses; see page 113. Immerse yourself in a dynamic ritual of asana, challenges, goals, pleasures, and horizons. Every CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. pranayama, chanting, meditation, and yoga crisis—divorce, illness, tragedy, success, failure, retirement—requires us to make a new begin- Aminah Raheem is a transpersonal psychologist, nidra. the originator of Soul Lightening Acupressure, an ning, take stock of our past, and look for a new “Let’s recognize each breath as a gift as we’re international teacher of body psychology, and the vision to guide us toward a more hopeful future. nourished by delicious organic meals, the natur- author of Soul Return: Integrating Body, Psyche In this workshop, join Sam Keen to explore: al hot springs, hikes amongst the majestic red- and Spirit and Soul Lightning: Awakening Soul • Where are you in your life-cycle? What have woods, or simply curl up in an ocean-view chair. Consciousness. you accomplished? Whether you come alone or with loved ones, you are sure to return to your daily rhythm with • What hasn’t happened yet? What haven’t you done, been, or experienced? The Spirited Body a newfound sense of ease, inspiration, and deep gratitude for the life you’re living.” • What have you given? Whom have you loved? Tom Myers • What’s old, stale, worn-out, boring? What traveled to India in 1996, where she Janet Stone destructive patterns do you repeat? Written in your body is your entire story. But dedicated herself to a conscious evolution through the body gets stuck and blocks that story from yoga. Janet blends a wealth of knowledge and yoga • What infantile guilt and shame lingers? unfolding in its full glory. This workshop uses experience to create a unique, vigorous-yet-sumptuous Whom have you not forgiven? body work, voice work, dance, writing, and approach to Vinyasa yoga. She teaches in San • What’s new, interesting, exciting, appealing? body-centered meditations to gently expose Francisco, and leads retreats internationally. • What decisions do you need to make? What and advance your untold or unfinished stories. www.janetstoneyoga.com. future do you see for yourself? Grounded in contemporary somatic science and interwoven with spiritual traditions from • What are your emerging passions? What promises and potentials are still unfulfilled? Sufism, gentle martial arts, the book of the Tarot, Anatomy Trains® and Fascial Fitness • What are your dreams, values, visions? Where and other esoteric practices, this course is Tom Myers designed to stretch your being, open your voice, do you look to find what’s next for you? and give you more capability to create meaning An understanding of the unique properties in CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. in your outside life. With minimal talk-talk and the fascinating fascial webbing is essential to maximal experience, come prepared to work, any contemporary therapist involved with the Sam Keen is the author of numerous books, includ- play, and move. Help your inside match your body. Originated by Tom Myers, Anatomy Trains ing The Passionate Life, Faces of the Enemy, outside and vice versa by energizing your own is a revolutionary lens for seeing myofascial pat- Hymns to an Unknown God, and Learning to physically spirited body with five days of terns. This workshop combines an overview of Fly. expressive fun, deep exploration, and time to the Anatomy Trains “myofascial meridians” with give the soft animal of your body room to love applications to both manual therapy and move- Social Venture Network’s Enlightened what it loves. ment training. Open to all massage therapists, Leadership in Challenging Times physiotherapists, personal trainers, Pilates and See Seminar Spotlight, page 9. yoga teachers, dancers, and anyone who has a Greg Steltenpohl, Jeff Mendelsohn & Drummond Pike CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. body, this workshop teaches you to see and work with the deep and underlying strain pat- How do innovative entrepreneurs deal with , author of Anatomy Trains and Fascial Tom Myers terns that produce chronic pain. The “fascial fit- overwhelming challenges? How can we learn Release, directs Kinesis, which offers seminars for ness” material in this course takes recent amaz- and grow during the most difficult times of our manual and movement professionals. Tom worked ing research on the fascial web and applies it to lives? These are just two of the questions we will directly with Ida Rolf, Moshe Feldenkrais, and

76 Register online at www.esalen.org or by calling 888-8-ESALEN (888-837-2536). KODIAK GREENWOOD explore in this deeply personal and interactive • Examine the relationship of organs and workshop. Week of November 4–9 structural or neuromusculoskeletal dysfunction You’ll hear personal stories from pioneering business leaders who experienced unexpected The Upledger Institute’s Visceral • Assess the quality of functional activity and adversity, moved forward with courage and Manipulation 1 somatic structures as they relate to an overall integrity, and emerged even more committed to Dee Dettmann Ahern pattern lead with passion and authenticity. Come pre- Prerequisite: Experience with sensitive, light- Visceral Manipulation (VM) was developed by pared to be inspired, share your insights and touch palpation. experiences, and perhaps most of all, strengthen French osteopath and physical therapist Jean- Note: Registration for this workshop is through your resolve to lead with courage. This work- Pierre Barral. It addresses functional and struc- the International Alliance of Healthcare shop is open to business executives and commu- tural imbalances throughout the body including Educators (IAHE) only. IAHE is a coalition of nity leaders, as well as activists and artists. musculoskeletal, vascular, nervous, urogenital, respiratory, digestive, and lymphatic dysfunc- curriculum developers united to advance innov- Greg Steltenpohl, founder and former CEO of tion. It evaluates and treats the dynamics of ative therapies through high quality continuing Odwalla, Inc., values environmental sustainability, motion and suspension in relation to organs, education programs. To register, please call 1- employee empowerment, creative corporate culture, membranes, fascia, and ligaments. VM increases 800-311-9204. Only after you have registered and community-based marketing. Greg currently proprioceptive communication within the body, with IAHE and paid tuition fees will you be able spearheads projects that bring value-added products thereby revitalizing a person and relieving to reserve accommodations at Esalen. For from farm producers to the consumer. symptoms of pain, dysfunction, and poor accommodations pricing chart, see posture. www.esalen.org/workshops/reservations.html. Jeff Mendelsohn founded New York Recycled Paper in 1991, and New Leaf Paper in 1998. He has Course Highlights: Required Advance Reading: Barral, Visceral focused his career on building a highly successful • Learn invaluable manual “Listening Manipulation; and either Netter, Atlas of Human green business and driving a fundamental shift Techniques” developed by Jean-Pierre Barral to Anatomy or Clemente, A Regional Atlas of the toward sustainability in the paper industry. locate, evaluate, and normalize primary areas Human Body. Drummond Pike is a philanthropist, activist, and of dysfunction within the abdominal cavity CE credit for nurses; see page 113. social entrepreneur. In 1976 he founded Tides • Explore the dynamics of motion and CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. Foundation. Pike helped pioneer the practice of suspension in relation to organs, membranes, Dee Dettman Ahern, RPT, has been a manual donor-advised funds in philanthropy. and ligaments physical therapist since 1978 and has studied with

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The Upledger Institute since 1984. A practitioner of al and energetic release and rebalancing are Yoga and Addiction Recovery: Visceral Manipulation since 1987 and a teacher since allowed and encouraged. A Celebration of Healing 1994, she teaches and speaks internationally for the The emphasis is intrapersonal rather than inter- Nikki Myers, Noah Levine & Rolf Gates Barral Institute. personal. Participants are not patients but per- Join us as we bring together the ancient tools sons actively consenting to explore in aware- and practices of yoga and meditation as a way to ness. The leader functions to reflect, clarify, and Gestalt Awareness Practice deepen the exploration of recovery from addic- respect whatever emerges in this process. The Christine Price tions. The leaders represent a wide variety of aim is unfoldment, wholeness, and growth, backgrounds and modalities in this dynamic The Way, when declared rather than adjustment, cure, or accomplish- field. They gather to share their experience, Seems thin and so flavorless. ment. The workshop will utilize group exercises, strength, and hope through the journey from Nothing to look at, nothing to hear— meditations, and discussion. The format com- addiction to recovery. And when used—is inexhaustible. bines introductory group work with the open —Lao Tzu seat form, in which each participant will have Addictive behaviors separate us from ourselves, the opportunity to work with the leader in a each other, our environment, and the Divine. Gestalt Awareness Practice is a form—nonanalyt- group context. Yoga offers us a set of practices that directly ic, noncoercive, nonjudgmental—derived from address the range of issues caused by the family the work of Fritz Perls, influenced by Buddhist Please note: Meeting times for this workshop are disease of addiction. Connected to our whole- practice, and evolved by Richard and Christine longer than the average Esalen workshop. ness, we more readily recognize our addictive Price. The work integrates ways of personal Recommended reading: Perls, Gestalt Therapy behaviors and find the inner strength to move clearing and development that are both ancient Verbatim; Chodron, The Wisdom of No Escape. beyond them. Through this retreat experience, and modern. To the extent that awareness is we will connect our inner and outer worlds made primary relative to action, Gestalt CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. CE credit for nurses; see page 113. and awaken the joy and peace from within by Awareness Practice has a strong relationship to learning how to bring recovery alive in our some forms of meditation. This form is similar Leader bio on page 11. practice. to some Reichian work as well, in that emotion-

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The mornings will begin with an asana and indigenous teachings, and Ericksonian philoso- Hasidic masters, were also followers of the devo- meditation practice embracing such concepts as phies to show how each of the four passages of tional path. surrender, letting go, acceptance, and gratitude, the butterfly’s development mirrors our inner In this workshop, two heart masters merge their and each day different workshops will be journey and quest for full-winged emergence. gifts in the service of the unfolding of your own offered, allowing us to explore more fully the This workshop coincides with the annual secret heart-tantra. Awakened Heart meditation convergence of the path of yoga and recovery. Monarch butterfly migration that fills Esalen teacher and author Sally Kempton joins Dr. Our evenings will be filled with kirtan, speakers, with thousands of fluttering winged creatures. Marc Gafni, rabbi, author, and teacher of dancing, and free time to mingle, reflect, soak in Joyce will share how the scientific secret of the Kabbalah and evolutionary spirituality, for this the hot springs, rest, rejuvenate, and connect. butterfly’s transformation relates to our inner unique offering. You’ll explore: Through these magical five days, we will cele- gifts, skills, and soulful resources. “Each individ- brate the vision for our life paths. • How to see beyond the myth of god to the ual’s unfolding is as miraculous and natural as reality of divine presence Everyone is welcome—all recovery, all addic- the transformation of a caterpillar into a butter- • Transformative insights from three great tions, family members, all seekers, and those fly,” says Joyce. “For each of us, it requires that we traditions about surrender to the divine who work as healing professionals in the field. simply tune into our stage of change to discover There will be something for everyone. Please what we most yearn for in our souls.” • How divine presence can both uncover and bring a yoga mat and a meditation cushion if heal emotional wounds Through group exercises, experiential prac- you use one. • How to find your own right relationship with tices, meditation, and interactive discussions, the personal divine founded CITYOGA School participants will be able to see where they are Roxanne “Nikki” Myers • How a relationship with the divine changes all of Yoga and Health, and cofounded the Yoga of 12- in their personal process of change and how to other relationships Step Recovery program, featured in the New York apply what they learn to their personal devel- Times and Yoga Journal. Nikki assists and coteaches opment. Joyce will offer individual readings • How to balance discernment and trust with her sister/friend Seane Corn at workshops and using her award-winning Butterfly Wisdom The weekend is layered with meditation, chant, conferences across the US and abroad. Transformation cards. Additionally, each partic- partner work, contemplation, and deep dharma ipant will create their own Butterfly Wisdom is the founder of the Against The transmission. Noah Levine Mandala and receive a Butterfly Stream Buddhist Meditation Society with two centers bio on page 54. Transformation Kit. Sally Kempton in Los Angeles and more than 20 affiliated groups in is a rabbi, spiritual teacher, author, tele- North America and Europe. He teaches meditation Recommended reading: Mills, Butterfly Wisdom Marc Gafni vision personality, and mediator. The author of seven groups, gives workshops, and leads retreats. He is the and Reconnecting to the Magic of Life. Available at books, including the best-selling Soul Prints, his author of Dharma Punx, Against the Stream, and www.drjoycemills.com/store.html. teaching is marked by a deep transmission of heart, the forthcoming Heart of the Revolution (Harper CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. love, and leading-edge provocative wisdom. One, Feb 2011). , PhD, is an award-winning, interna- , author of Meditations from the Mat: Joyce C. Mills Rolf Gates tionally recognized trainer, author, play therapist, Daily Reflections on the Path of Yoga, conducts The Holy Fool: Crazy Wisdom from Van consultant, and program development specialist. national 200-hour and 500-hour Vinyasa teacher Gogh to Tina Fey and The Big Lebowski Founder of StoryPlay® Global, and codirector of trainings. A former social worker and US Airborne the Phoenix Institute of Ericksonian Therapy, she Phil Cousineau, Jeff Dowd & Gregg Chadwick Ranger, Rolf and his work have been featured nation- has authored 8 books including Therapeutic You’re only given a little spark of madness. ally on television and in print. Metaphors for Children and the Child Within You mustn’t lose it. and Butterfly Wisdom. —Robin Williams Have you ever suspected that the upside-down, Weekend of November 9–11 Falling in Love with the Divine: off-kilter, whimsical ways of history’s holy fools Devotion and Tantra of the Heart might inspire something new and exciting on your own meandering wisdom path? If so, join Butterfly Wisdom: Inviting Sally Kempton & Marc Gafni Metamorphosis into Our Lives author and filmmaker Phil Cousineau, Jeff Joyce C. Mills For many contemporary spiritual practitioners, Dowd, the inspiration for “The Dude” in The devotion is a missing ingredient in their prac- Big Lebowski, and painter Gregg Chadwick to When you know where you are, you’ll know tice. Yet part of what gives practice its juice explore the weird and wild power of your inner where you’re going. and excitement is the living relationship with court jester. the personal face of the divine—the Being- Often in life we go through times of great uncer- Jump down the rabbit hole and consider the Intelligence of all that is—by which you are per- tainty, fear, and darkness. During this workshop, notion that within every creative person is a sonally addressed, loved, challenged, and held. award-winning author, storyteller, and healer holy fool who reveals the truth by performing Devotion, heart practice directed toward a Joyce C. Mills shows how we can discover exact- seemingly ridiculous acts. Our models are plen- divine other, or the divine other in a beloved, is ly where we are in the process of change, and tiful, from philosopher-fools like Lao Tzu, a secret of inner awakening, and a key to emo- how to overcome obstacles to ultimately discov- medieval court jesters, to humorists like Mark tional healing and evolutionary transformation. er how to live a balanced and joyful life. In her Twain, Jon Stewart, and Tina Fey, artists from It’s no wonder that some of the greatest sages uniquely captivating and spirited style, Joyce Van Gogh to Karen Finley and Basquiat, inven- creatively combines science, spirit, metaphor, and teachers of all time, from Rumi to the

79 See pages 110-111 for reservations, fees, accommodations, scholarship information, and discounts. tors from Leonardo da Vinci to Buckminster or journal writing, this workshop will provide an touch and presence, long, integrative and flow- Fuller, and all manner of hipsters, rebels, and opportunity to explore and expand your world.” ing strokes, and passive movement, with the dudes. client lying in the side position. Recommended reading: Bass, The Human Line Together, let’s seize the crazy moment and take and Mules of Love. Working in the side-lying position opens a wide the path of “the fool’s journey” from innocence range of new possibilities for both the practi- has supported and inspired writers for 40 to wisdom as we use hilarious film clips, uproar- Ellen Bass tioner and client, allowing the practitioner to years. Her many books include Mules of Love, The ious slide shows, wildly innovative painting and simultaneously access the front and back of the Human Line (poetry), and The Courage to Heal, writing exercises, and freewheeling open discus- body and move the limbs in a variety of ways. which has sold over a million copies. She teaches at sion to gain access to the spontaneous genius This position is especially wonderful for preg- Pacific University. www.ellenbass.com. within all of us. The workshop is designed for nant women as well as people who are facing artists, comedians, teachers, psychologists, inno- physical challenges and are unable to lie on vators, and inventors —everyone who believed Crafting Careers that Truly Fit: their backs or fronts. Steve Jobs when he said, “Stay foolish.” How to Work From Within This workshop is suitable for practitioners, Recommended reading: Cousineau, Stoking the Susan Bernstein doulas, and all others who are interested in Creative Fires. exploring Esalen Massage from the side-lying More than 50% of Americans are dissatisfied position. Phil Cousineau is a writer, filmmaker, teacher, and with their jobs. Often, we stumble or fall into youth baseball coach. He has published more than 30 careers that don’t fit, and then we feel stuck. CE credit for nurses; see page 113. books, including the bestselling The Hero’s Journey: When we try to make a change we’re guided to CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. The Life and Work of Joseph Campbell. He also analytical approaches—including career tests Nora Matten is a member of the Esalen Massage has written award-winning documentary films. and assessments—to try to figure out a new pro- crew and an Esalen® Massage teacher. As part of the www.philcousineau.net. fessional direction. Yet such structures, often Esalen Movement staff, she teaches dance and yoga. lauded in the business world, seldom help us get Her work draws on Forrest yoga, Soul Motion, vipas- Jeff Dowd is a writer, film producer, and the inspiration for “The Dude,” the main character in the world- in touch with what deeply energizes and moves sana meditation, Gestalt Awareness Practice, and the wide cult movie The Big Lebowski. His current pro- us. Our conditioning can make us feel like fail- Diamond Approach. ject is a modern adaptation of Mark Twain’s ures if we don’t get to a speedy resolution. We Peggy Horan bio on page 25. Huckleberry Finn. rationalize away our true desires and continue to make life-limiting compromises. Gregg Chadwick is a painter based in San Francisco You can gain more clarity about your future life and Los Angeles, Calif. His work has appeared in Week of November 11–16 galleries all over the world, as well as in the book and livelihood by awakening a form of intelli- collection, The Speed of Light. gence we generally overlook: embodied intelligence. Our bodies know how to navigate chaos Way of the Dreamer: and uncertainty, although most of us have for- A Journey into Active Dreaming Writing For Our Lives gotten the innate wisdom that has been with us Robert Moss Ellen Bass since birth. When we tap into this inner guidance, we know our next steps. In this high-energy adventure in Active “The philosophy behind this workshop experi- Dreaming, Robert Moss’ original synthesis of Through movement, writing, and discussion, we ence,” writes Ellen Bass,” is best expressed by modern dreamwork and ancient shamanism, will creatively listen to and learn to trust our Martha Graham, who said, ‘There is a vitality, a learn to find and fulfill your heart’s desires with impulses and instincts as we allow our true life life-force, an energy, a quickening that is trans- the help of a warm and supportive circle. Master energy to direct us. Both right and left brain lated through you into action. And because a fun, fast way to share dreams and take creative can feel satisfied as we create compelling new there is only one of you in all time, this expres- action to bring their energy and insight into visions of what work can be for each of us. sion is unique. And if you block it, it will never waking life. Discover how to use dreams and Please bring a notebook and a pen. exist through any other medium, and be lost. synchronicity for guidance and healing, how to The world will not have it. It is not your busi- Susan Bernstein helps people navigate transitions dream the future and change it for the better, ness to determine how good it is, nor how valu- by integrating their embodied intelligence. Her trans- how to free the creator and healer in you—and able, nor how it compares with other expres- formational approaches blend left-brain logic honed live a life filled with natural magic. sions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly over 20 years in corporate America with right-brain You’ll be shown the ancient shamanic arts of and directly, to keep the channel open.’ creative movement gleaned from pioneering research dreaming, including: in mind-body psychology. “This workshop will help keep the channels • The art of dream travel open. It will be an inspiring environment in • Medicine dreaming which to write, share our work, and receive sup- Esalen® Massage in the Side-Lying portive feedback. We’ll help each other to • The sign language of the world Position become clearer, go deeper, express our feelings • Interactive dreaming and tracking and ideas more powerfully. From beginners to Nora Matten & Peggy Horan • How to scout the possible future and visiting experienced, all writers are welcome. Whether During this weekend workshop, we will explore other life experiences you are interested in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, the basic principles of Esalen Massage: quality of

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Spiritweaves™: Rites of Belonging Susan Harper & Michael Molin-Skelton The world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting—over and over announcing your place in the family of things. –Mary Oliver We belong to the beauty that lives in the natural world. Our belonging reminds us that our nature is nature. Rites of Belonging is a call to bring forth our unique offering: our own way of being in this world. In this retreat we explore intimacy and the relational capacity of the heart to refine the compass of our own genuine longing and belonging. Using the awakening energy of dancing through the 5 Rhythms® and Soul Motion™, we will move with the grace of our belonging and the struggles of our exclusion. Through the organismic movements and sounding in the inquiry style of Continuum Montage we will explore the intelligent dynamics of the elements—water, air, fire, earth, and space—in our bodies, deepening our inherent connection to our wild breathing planetary body. Through movement and ritual, we will explore the meaning of how and where we belong in ourselves and our lives, and the places where we feel exiled from ourselves and others. We will actively step into the participation required to belong, responding to the call that stirs a deep inner longing to fall into the place we call home. We will experience the possibility of resting through our bodies and listening to the silences within; to trust and surrender as gravity repeatedly tells us, ‘I have a place for you: it is called here.’

Susan Harper bio on page 23.

Michael Molin-Skelton listens to prayers of the wind and hears music. Michael reaches through dance rather than teaches to dance. “Dance is not

DOUG ELLIS something I do, it’s simply who I am.”

• Soul recovery healing: recovering vital energy shapeshifting reality and living a life of natural The Promise: Advanced Yoga for lost through trauma, grief, or wrenching life magic. Everyone Intensive choices, and raising our animal spirits Required reading: Moss, Active Dreaming. Mark Whitwell • Soul remembering: finding and honoring the “secret wishes of the soul” and reclaiming the Recommended reading: Moss, Dreamgates and Yoga is not a linear process. It is direct intima- bigger story of our lives Dreaming the Soul Back Home. cy with life, and it is available to everyone. This week, Mark Whitwell offers yoga’s • Dream enactment: developing personal rituals, Robert Moss is the creator of Active Dreaming, an performance, and spontaneous art to celebrate original synthesis of modern dreamwork and ancient advanced practices in a way that you can inte- the powers that speak to us in dreams shamanic techniques for healing and journeying. His grate and make your own, whether you are just beginning to practice or have years of experi- We’ll share wonderful sacred teaching stories books include Conscious Dreaming, The Three “Only” Things, Dreamgates, Active Dreaming ence. The weekend involves an interwoven and learn how we can work with dream energy promise: You promise to practice yoga, and in to become poets of consciousness, capable of and Dreaming the Soul Back Home. www.moss- dreams.com. return you receive the promise of yoga’s gifts,

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including health, intimacy, wellbeing, and joy. Secrets to Lasting Intimacy: playful joy, and tap into new ways of experienc- In order to experience these benefits, your Tantra for Couples ing trust with an open heart. Men can discover yoga practice must be adapted to you, not you Elsbeth Meuth & Freddy Zental Weaver new ways to be confident, fully present, open in to yoga. With Mark’s skillful and heartfelt their hearts, and grounded in their manhood. As guidance, you will: Feel more passionate, deeply intimate, and ful- a couple, you will be shown how to deepen your filled in life, love, and intimacy! In this work- • Explore the five principles of advanced intimate connection, enter the dance of joy and shop, which is open to couples of any sexual personal practice bliss, and use the differences of masculine and orientation, you will be shown how to expand feminine energies to expand your love connec- • Dive into asana, pranayama, and meditation joy, pleasure, and creativity in your life and your tion. as a seamless process relationship. In a safe, respectful, and joyous • Discover how yoga transforms life into an environment, you will be introduced to the Recommended viewing: TantraNova, Creating intimate celebration with everything foundational principles and practices of the Intimacy & Love DVD. • Experience the nurturing principle as a “yoga of love,” as developed by the TantraNova CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. constant in your life from now on approach. Through a step-by-step process that , EdD, is a certified tantra educator, includes meditation, conscious breathing, Elsbeth Meuth • Return home with understanding and the relationship coach, and cofounder of the TantraNova energy awareness, tantric bodywork, and com- embodied felt sense of your own joyful Institute in Chicago. She trained as an ontological munication exercises, you will be taught how practice coach, employing a methodology based on the philoso- to unleash your full capacity for intimate con- This program is a regenerative and joyful event phy of language. She also co-produced the DVD series, nection and bliss, both within yourself and in that will continue to reverberate through your Creating Intimacy & Love. your relationship. daily life in very practical ways. For all levels; no www.tantranova.com. prior yoga experience is needed. Please bring a In this workshop, you’ll have the opportunity to is a certified tantra educator, yoga mat. rediscover the source of creative energy, let go of Freddy Zental Weaver relationship coach, and cofounder of the TantraNova blocks and conditioning from the past that no Recommended reading: Whitwell, Yoga of Heart Institute in Chicago. Over the past decade, he has longer work, and create fulfillment and pleasure and The Promise; Desikachar, The Heart of Yoga. helped thousands of people expand their intimacy within yourself and your partner in everyday and love. He is also co-producer of the DVD series, Leader bio on page 26. life. Women may reawaken their luscious femi- Creating Intimacy & Love. nine energy, uncover the secrets of flow and www.tantranova.com. DOUG ELLIS

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Painting Improvisations: “Soul Motion is a conscious dance practice that The Promise: Advanced Yoga for A Visual Jazz Exploration brings together deep self-inquiry with an explo- Everyone Joanne Beaule Ruggles ration of the outer worlds of relations, creative Mark Whitwell expression, and divine dialogue. Non-choreo- The performing and visual arts share a common graphed movement with a clear set of working Yoga is not a linear process. It is direct intimacy language and process. Visual artists can learn platforms and points of view gives Soul Motion with life, and it is available to everyone. This valuable lessons from jazz musicians, whose cre- its unique character. Soul Motion is a movement weekend, Mark Whitwell offers yoga’s advanced ations depend on exploration, improvisation, practice, a life philosophy, and pedagogy of a practices in a way that you can integrate and and collaboration. dance practice. The Dance of the Master weekend make your own, whether you are just beginning to practice or have years of experience. The This workshop will lead participants through a is about practicing the natural, alive moments of weekend involves an interwoven promise: You series of visual exercises that develop the skills the dance that come and go without our com- promise to practice yoga, and in return you needed for risk-taking in the arts. Participants mentary.” receive the promise of yoga’s gifts, including will discover ways to remember the fearless play Leader bio on page 57. health, intimacy, wellbeing, and joy. In order to of childhood while letting go of concerns about experience these benefits, your yoga practice “abiding by the rules” or “getting to the right must be adapted to you, not you to yoga. With answer/representational image.” Students will Changes and Transitions in Your 30s Mark’s skillful and heartfelt guidance, you will: identify specific aspects of the creative process and 40s: How to Stay True to Yourself that produce joy and explore ways to infuse Phillip Moffitt • Explore the five principles of advanced them more frequently into their art making. personal practice Participants with diverse interests will find ways Your 30s and 40s are a transitional time in life. • Dive into asana, pranayama, and meditation to incorporate nonobjective abstraction (pat- For most people, these decades are a time to as a seamless process make unique choices about how you want your terns, abstract designs, free-flowing marks, or • Discover how yoga transforms life into an life to be, and to find and step into your power. “visual jazz”) into their creative process and final intimate celebration with everything artwork. Yet these years can be fraught with questions, concerns, and fears. How do I know what will • Experience the nurturing principle as a Whether your artistic interests fall in landscape, make me happy? What is meaningful? How can constant in your life from now on figure, still-life, or abstract painting, there will I be more authentic? Who am I, anyway…and • Return home with understanding and the be something valuable for you in this workshop. how do I make big decisions? This workshop embodied felt sense of your own joyful Each day, additional mystery materials will be offers tools, practices, and principles that can practice provided to participants for group activities. help you answer these questions. This program is a regenerative and joyful event You can view Joanne’s artwork at www.beaulerug- The program will explore topics including inti- that will continue to reverberate through your glesgraphics.com. macy, self-esteem, fulfillment in work, money, daily life in very practical ways. For all levels; no prior yoga experience needed. Please bring a Recommended reading: Nachmanovitch, Free doubts and insecurities, and life balance. Each yoga mat. Play: Improvisation in Life and Art. day there will be teachings, small group discussions, personal inquiry, and participatory exer- Recommended reading: Whitwell, Yoga of Heart ($25 materials fee paid directly to the leader) cises. You’ll have the opportunity to assess the and The Promise; Desikachar, The Heart of Yoga. has been teaching since issues in your life, develop options, and create a Joanne Beaule Ruggles Leader bio on page 26. 1975. As a Cal Poly studio arts professor, she won the plan for making decisions. Each day there will 2004 Distinguished Research Award. Since 2005, she also be some form of movement practice and a has received grants from the James Irvine, Puffin, and meditation experience. The workshop will Your One Wild and Precious Life: Capelli d’ Angeli foundations. emphasize making wise choices through clari- For Women fication of your values. Additionally, there will be written assignments to allow you to get Jean Shinoda Bolen clearer on where you are presently in life and Doesn’t everything die at last, and too soon? Weekend of November 16–18 also create a vision for yourself. This retreat Tell me, what is it you plan to do will specifically focus on looking within versus with your one wild and precious life? Soul Motion™: The Dance of the Master dwelling on external circumstances. Expect a —Mary Oliver weekend of self-exploration, self-inquiry, and Vinn Martí In this gathering for women, Jean Shinoda ultimately, self-knowing for people in their 30s Bolen will bring myths, goddess archetypes, “This is the Dance of the Master: The movement and 40s. of the moment is his only concern,” writes Vinn dreams, and the sacred feminine to life. Martí. “She cultivates and nourishes the return Phillip Moffitt, former CEO and editor-in-chief of Contemplating or facing a life transition—in a again and again to the present. He sees total Esquire magazine, founded the Life Balance Institute significant relationship, career or work, mother- view, and pauses with ease. She moves through and now teaches vipassana meditation with an hood, health, menopause, a life-threatening ill- the dance floor with confidence. No body is emphasis on living the dharma in daily life. Phillip is ness, or decision to follow an activist or spiritual ever challenged to do anything by his presence. the author of Dancing with Life and From Chaos calling—invites us to sit with Hecate, archetype She supports all in their expression of sound to Clarity. of the wisewomen, medium, midwife, and god- shaped by the body. dess of the crossroad. In the depth of her soul,

83 See pages 110-111 for reservations, fees, accommodations, scholarship information, and discounts. every woman is moved by symbols, images, and feelings related to the archetypes in her. The Esalen® Massage practice sessions amongst the class partici- phases of the moon or the maiden-mother- and Bodywork pants. Students learn the appropriate use of joint mobilizations and stretching, profession- crone aspects of the Great Goddess whose wor- Professional Training ship preceded patriarchal gods are powerful al draping, and how to conduct an interview metaphors. Humanity and the planet also are Esalen Massage is a unique modality devel- with their clients. The study of massage tech- approaching a Hecate crossroad. 2012 may truly oped by Esalen practitioners at the baths nique will be augmented through applied be a transition time for patriarchy, the outcome overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Esalen is anatomy, ethics and business practices, pathol- of which may depend on women. approved by the National Certification Board ogy, methods of self-care and self-knowledge. of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork Emphasis is on supporting students to devel- Through storytelling insights, guided medita- (NCBTMB) and the California Department op a balance between technique, intuition and tion, self-reflection, and in sacred circles, we are of Post-Secondary Education as a provider creativity. The primary teaching method is invited to share and learn from one another, of basic massage trainings and continuing experiential learning. reconnect with archetypal sources of meaning education. and creativity, and acknowledge what is true for Upon satisfactory completion, and after docu- us. Music and poetry will add to the experience In addition to weekend and five-day work- menting thirty additional massages at your as we gather and explore what the poet Mary shops, Esalen offers a semi-annual 28-day home site, a Certificate of Completion will be Oliver called our “one wild and precious life.” Esalen Massage practitioner certification issued. The certification fee is $115. Students training, and other advanced specialized pro- seeking to fulfill the California State Certified Recommended reading: Bolen, The Millionth grams. The Esalen Massage and Bodywork Massage Practitioner requirements may add 3 Circle: How to Change Ourselves and the World. Association offers membership and similar additional catalog bodywork courses to equal CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. coursework worldwide. Please visit 250 hours of training. Esalen's pending application for reapproval by the CA Bureau for , MD, is a psychiatrist, Jungian www.esalen.org/info/massage.html for full Jean Shinoda Bolen Private Post-Secondary Education has not yet analyst, and author of 11 books. She leads the effort details. Contact [email protected] been reviewed. for a 5th World Conference on Women at the United with questions. Nations, is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the This is a professional training with limited American Psychiatric Association, and a former clini- admission. Please request an application from cal professor of psychiatry. www.jeanbolen.com. the Esalen office by calling 831-667-3004 or November 18–December 16 by emailing [email protected] Applications will be reviewed in the order received and The Heart of Buddhism 28-day Esalen® Massage Certification preference given to those who have previously Noah Levine & Vinny Ferraro Program completed an Esalen Massage workshop. Char Pias, Dean Marson & Ellen Watson In the Buddhist tradition of overcoming hatred Tuition: Standard accommodations: $5155; with love, fear with faith, ignorance with under- Esalen Massage is a unique style that reflects Bunk bed rooms (considered as scholarship): standing, and greed with generosity, this week- an attitude about touching that goes beyond $3885. end of meditation and reflection will focus on physical manipulation. Practitioners of Esalen CE credit for nurses; see page 113. cultivation of the heart’s natural qualities of wis- Massage think holistically and acknowledge CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. the intimate relationship of the physical body dom and compassion. We will learn to develop , a member of the Esalen massage staff with thoughts, emotions, and spirit, and addi- Char Pias a greater sense of care for ourselves and for our since 1980, teaches internationally, focusing on tionally, to the connection with the world world through the revolutionary spiritual prac- bodywork’s energetic, emotional, and spiritual around us. At the heart of this method is com- tices of the Buddha. The workshop explores the aspect. She is a Reiki Master/Teacher, a Circle of passion and gratitude. Expressed through the way that true spiritual practice is an engagement Life facilitator/coach, and a licensed graduate of language of touch, the intention is to facilitate with life that goes against the norms of our con- The Center for Spiritual Healing. fused society, and is therefore an act of rebellion. an individual in restoring a sense of harmony Instructions in meditation and guidance in the and to awaken inner resources for healing. Dean Marson teaches Esalen® Massage and subversive Buddhist path to liberation will be Esalen Massage is an approach of listening, Ocean Yoga. He integrates meditation, movement, offered. This retreat is suitable for both begin- responding, flowing, and pausing that makes and bodywork practices to assist people in enliven- ning and long-term practitioners. for an extraordinary experience. ing their bodies and their lives. He has led workshops at Esalen and internationally for more than Recommended reading: Levine, Against the This 175-hour certification training is open to 20 years. Stream and Dharma Punx. nonprofessionals and professionals. For newcomers to the field, it provides a foundation Ellen Watson travels extensively, sharing the bio on page 79. Noah Levine from which to grow, and for those already cer- essence of her 26 years at Esalen. Ellen founded MovingVentures, whose mission is vocational edu- Vinny Ferraro has been practicing meditation since tified in other modalities, it offers a fresh 1993. He has taught meditation to incarcerated youth approach for practitioners and their clients. cation in the fields of breathwork, and somatic and and adults and is the head trainer for the Mind Body movement arts. Since 1998, she has focused on sup- Classes include lectures and demonstrations Awareness Project. He also is a Spirit Rock porting the people of Bali, Indonesia. www.mov- of fundamental massage skills and supervised Community Dharma teacher. ingventures.org.

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people, including co-facilitator Judith Bell. Daniel Ellenberg, PhD, is a leadership coach, group Week of November 18–23 Daniel and Judith add their 60+ years of com- facilitator, organizational trainer, and licensed thera- bined experience to expand on and guide you pist. He is a principle in both Relationships That Angels and Traitors through this process of transformation. Work and Authentic Leadership Institute. He leads men’s growth groups and co-authored Lovers for This workshop will provide a powerful context Daniel Ellenberg & Judith Bell Life. in which you can address and resolve core chal- “Angels and Traitors” may sound like a video lenges that may have plagued you for decades. Judith Bell, MS, founder-president of the Authentic game, but it’s actually an ever-present conflict Using expressive arts and action-oriented exer- Leadership Institute, trains consultants nationally going on inside you. The angels are the good cises, you’ll work in small groups, pairs, and and internationally. While working with NASA fre- guys, doing their best to steer you where you alone to enliven your most important angel quently, she addresses productivity through people want to go to reach your greatest potential. The characters and befriend your most powerful skills, co-authored Lovers for Life, and chaired traitors, however, are making sure you stay safe. traitor characters. Antioch San Francisco’s Creative Arts Therapy They’re not bad or evil. They’re just keeping you Master’s Program. stuck believing, behaving, thinking, and feeling You’ll leave with tools to help you balance the in ways that keep you exactly where you are competing voices inside your head, while gaining understanding and acceptance and ultimate- now. The MAX: Expanding the Limits ly, greater freedom and joy. You’ll also have fun of Your Self-Expression If this internal conflict has blocked your path to in the process. fulfillment, don’t despair. Juanita and Eugene Paula Shaw Sagan (first cousin of Carl), created a relatively Please note: There will be a celebratory For more than twenty years, THE MAX has held unknown system of resolving these dilemmas Thanksgiving dinner in the Esalen Lodge. an honored status among the Esalen staff and is by working with your angels and traitors. The CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. considered by many to be an essential rite of Sagans taught this method to a small group of passage for community members. The purpose of THE MAX is to discover yourself beyond who you know yourself to be. It is a voyage through your own humanity—a journey to discover the extent of your self-expressive power. Employing a variety of acting, communication, and observation techniques, it’s designed to expand your limits “to the max” and move you into a new arena of personal creativity and self- expression. In THE MAX, participants undertake a challenging exploration of the sources of their emotional limitations. Working individually, “on stage,” each person is encouraged and supported to go at their own pace, playing to and with other group members. With strong guidance, people move through lifelong fears of being “on the spot,” emerging into greater authenticity and enhanced “presence.” There are exercises that use raw emotion, role- playing, and dress-up assignments. This is an opportunity to experience yourself in ways you may have dreamed about but never thought possible. The course is for those committed and courageous in their process. And it has been constructed with the understanding that this kind of risk requires a very safe workspace. If your heart beats faster when you think of taking THE MAX, it may be just “the thing to do.” For details visit www.themaxwithpaulashaw.com. Please note: Due to the intense and sequential nature of this workshop, attendance at all sessions is necessary.

ELISE CROHN Requirement: Bring a one- to three-minute memorized piece—monologue, poem, song, etc.

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Please note: There will be a celebratory of this week. Real freedom in the body is also Those people with chronic or acute tension, Thanksgiving dinner in the Esalen Lodge. freedom of spirit and fun. stress, stiffness, or pain will find tools specific to their needs that will help in their improvement , a professional actress and acting teacher Lessons adapted from Indonesian Silat originat- Paula Shaw and often healing. for more than 40 years, has conducted workshops for ing from the monasteries of China and Tibet those interested in expanding their self-expression, will be shared which greatly expand the scope CE credit for nurses; see page 113. wellbeing, and creativity, in the US, Canada, and effectiveness of each session. The concepts CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. Germany and the UK. www.themaxwith- of grounding, extending, generating, protecting, Leader bio on page 44. paulashaw.com. circulating, and efficiently using our energies will be experienced. The energetic components of life and movement will greatly affect partici- Thanksgiving and Gratitude: ® Feldenkrais Spinal Awareness for pants’ yoga and bodywork practices. A SpiritDance and Tribal Journey Yoga, Bodyworkers and Everyone Safe, non-invasive touch lessons will be used to Ellen Watson & Rudy Tihikpas Proctor Patrick Douce help in the understanding of our spines. with Special Guests Spinal awareness is a combination of the Focusing on the actual bones, muscles, nerves, “We invite you to celebrate Thanksgiving week Feldenkrais Method®, Taoist energetic science, and energy of the spine, participants will be with us on the sacred lands of Esalen,” write the and the Esalen experience. In this workshop, given a new, relaxing, healing experience of leaders. “We will embody teachings of antiquity participants will experience movements that themselves. Lively partner lessons will add to through the framework of tribal ceremony and help bring new awareness as well as maintain the learning and the freedom to be experienced SpiritDance Meditation. Our tribe is not one of health and assist in the rehabilitation of pain, in our bodies. bloodlines or lineage; we ask that people of all tension, stiffness, limitation, and injury. Spinal By increasing awareness and fluidity in the tribes, beliefs, and colors join this journey of the Awareness focuses on relaxing, integrating, and spine, students will find new ways of being sen- mind, body, soul, and spirit. Let’s dance, sweat, developing a new relationship with the spine sitive to and improving their yoga and other sing, pray, meditate, and relax together as one and the whole body. abilities. The improved flexibility and awareness global tribe, as we honor the Native American The use of joy and humor will be the undertone will greatly strengthen whatever discipline you roots of Thanksgiving Day.” practice.

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Tikhikpas and Ellen, both elders, have spent all who share it. If you feel that living a passion- midst of writing a novel, memoir, or short story, their journeys studying diverse spiritual tradi- ate, lighthearted, authentic life is a necessity, not where a richly drawn character takes center tions and praying with native peoples around a luxury; if presence to deeper, wiser, more natu- stage. the world. They will guide us in song, dance, rally uninhibited spirits helps you balance out teaches character develop- prayer, breathwork, chanting, a mini-vision the needs and demands of others with your Lisa Lieberman Doctor ment at the UCLA Extension Writing Program. She quest on the Esalen grounds, and a purifying own; if you feel being free and whole in your is a former motion picture executive and a nominee of sweat lodge (optional and weather permitting). own skin is the proper foundation for a real life a Daytime Emmy and Writers Guild Award. These practices have grown organically from the lived—then you’re ready for the lighthearted land of Esalen and are an amalgamation of wis- path of sweet mischief. dom teachings from around the world. Come join David Schiffman and friends for a To deepen our experience and enrich our learn- week of high spirits, joyful antics, and deep con- Weekend of November 23–25 ing, special guests will facilitate several sessions. templation amidst all things considered. “Our Mac Murphy, raised on Esalen land, will facili- aim together,” writes David, “is to express our Heart Fire: Tending the Flame tate the ritual of the three sacred waters and deepest thoughts and feelings in a dreamtime of Your Sva Shakti inspire us with his embodiment of the spirit of celebration of lighthearted intention. We will Shiva Rea the land. Tom “Little Bear” Nason is an eighth- call on the uplifting spirit medicine of ceremo- generation documented Spiritual Leader of the ny, touch, dance, music, and song, along with The time has come to turn your heart Esselen tribe of Monterey county. He is the car- the powers of spirit-family and personal daring into a temple of fire. rier of his ancestors’ prophecy of the coming and sharing. Our mission: to reconnect with —Rumi together of the four root races (red, yellow, what is free, natural, and alive inside us… A joy- “Join our annual Thanksgiving retreat to tend black, and white) at the “Western Gate” — Big ful tune-up… A time designed to leave you feel- your heart fire authentically as the center of Sur and the Ventana Wilderness. Little Bear will ing more nimble, poised, and able to face the your creativity, vision, inspiration, wisdom, and share his knowledge of the Esselen heritage, his challenge of making the life you hope for.” most of all the transforming power of love,” understanding of the relationship between the writes Shiva Rea. “For many years, we have Leader bio on page 18. Esselen and Hopi tribes, and walk the Institute’s retreated to the warm springs of Esalen during grounds, locating specific historic ceremonial the Thanksgiving weekend for a ritual deepen- sites. Deepening the Characters We Create: ing and renewal of the heart fire. This popular retreat is open to those returning from previous Bring your beginners mind and pictures of your A Writing Workshop years and newcomers who are transforming ancestors for the altar. Ekae! (It is good). Lisa Doctor Thanksgiving weekend into an ideal time for Please note: There will be a celebratory The characters we create can and will evolve unwinding, healing, and tending the sacred fire Thanksgiving dinner in the Esalen Lodge. into real people if we allow them to speak in of the heart.” their own voices without interference. But how Recommended reading: Steindl-Rast, Together we will explore: Gratefulness: The Heart of Prayer. do our characters turn into dynamic beings? How do they find their own truths? • The universal and ancient understanding and Recommended viewing: Watson, SpiritDance practices of our heart center from tantra, DVD. Through a series of writing exercises and discus- Hatha, and Bhakti yoga, integrated with our sions, we will create the profile of a character heart’s intelligence for releasing our capacity bio on page 84. Ellen Watson and then allow him or her to answer challeng- for healing wisdom and love ing questions designed to reveal hidden truths. Tigaro Tihikpas, “He who flirts with all life.” A trib- • Dynamic and meditative vinyasa flow yoga to Each prompt is chosen specifically for the char- al elder formally educated in Europe and fluent in awaken the body mandala and heart fire several languages, Tihikpas has facilitated sweat acter; no two writers will receive the same exer- • Chanting of the bija mantras of the heart lodges at Esalen and across Europe. His theological cise. As the week progresses, these emerging chakra and the body mandala background includes Native American, Judaism, people will open up about that which haunts Christianity, Gnosticism, Buddhism, and mystic and thrills them. They will explore their own • Simple householders homa for connecting to traditions. personal histories, their concerns about aging, the heart fire in daily life their longings, disappointments, fears, and This immersive retreat is for practical mystics uncertainties. We will ask them to speak freely seeking equal parts transformational vinyasa Sweet Mischief: A Lighthearted Path about old wounds and their compassion for oth- yoga, meditation, ecstatic movement meditation, for Self-Realization and Restoration ers. They will tell us what used to be important and group exploration. Every year has been a David Schiffman to them but no longer is. By the end of the great adventure that weaves live music, chanti- week, the character each writer has created will ng, and ritual into a heart-based approach to the Step right up, step right in, come and enjoy have begun to emerge into a separate being with flow of yoga. Please bring a yoga mat. the trouble you’re in. an authentic voice and a distinct identity. This — Coyote Old Man workshop is designed for writers of every level, Shiva Rea is a yogini firekeeper, sacred activist, global adventurer, and innovator in the evolution of vinyasa The radiance of a light heart changes for the including beginners, who are seeking a group flow yoga that integrates the tantric bhakti roots of better everything it reveals. It bathes us in an writing experience in a safe and nurturing envi- yoga, Krishnamacharya’s teachings, and a universal, atmosphere of playfulness, hope, and goodwill. ronment. The method used is particularly effec- quantum approach to the body. It is born of innate wisdom and is a blessing for tive for those wishing to begin or are in the

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Applied Zen: Creating the World tion is made, instantaneous creativity issues who has won numerous honors for her work trans- Around Us forth effortlessly. Once you’ve allowed yourself forming conflict worldwide. She is the author of Ji Hyang Padma to join in, each improvised piece takes flight, Watching the Wind: Conflict Resolution during with truly amazing results. As a participant in South Africa’s Transition to Democracy. Every thought affects the world around us. In these games, you go back and forth from being a www.sfcg.org. the thirteenth century, Zen Master Dogen wrote player to being the audience. You play from both is president and founder of Search for about this using the metaphor of water: “Some positions, and both are filled with fun. John Marks see water as the seven treasures or a wish-granti- Common Ground, an international conflict transfor- ng jewel; some see water as a forest or a wall.” In The program is an experience of how wonder- mation organization. He also heads Common what we choose to see and how we frame it, we fully well life can flow when you get out of your Ground Productions. A best-selling, award-winning create the world around us. By choosing to focus own way, and the learning is what it means to be author, in 2006 he was awarded a Skoll Fellowship on mindful awareness, we can respond to stimuli able to do that. It is also full of falling-down for Social Entrepreneurship. www.sfcg.org. rather than react, and thus develop resiliency and laughter. create positive outcomes. This is tangible; it All are welcome. Prior improv experience will begins with ordinary people and their own mind- be forgiven. November 25–December 2 fulness practice, through which we return to our Leader bio on page 86. original luminous awareness, like clear water. This course combines Zen practice with creative Innovation in Experiential Education: A Permaculture Teacher Training approaches that support mind/body health to Social Entrepreneurship: From Spiritual discover inner resources and create positive out- Values to Effective Action Kat Steele & Michael Kramer comes in everyday life. Activities include Zen Susan Collin Marks & John Marks Permaculture is a holistic design system for cre- practice, kido (chanting meditation), and person- ating and sustaining regenerative human settle- al journey work. Using techniques from Riz There is a growing longing in many of us to do ment patterns for healthy living. This permacul- Virk’s book, Zen Entrepreneurship, we will explore something that will have a positive impact on ture course offers a new way to teach solution- how to bring the creative process into the flow of the world. We hold a vision of infusing our spir- based, eco-social design concepts by applying work, through leadership that is aligned with the itual values into the political, economic, and the principles of permaculture to the teaching of rhythms of life. We will also use group journeys, social life of our planet to create a kind and dig- permaculture. Teachers and practitioners in any sacred ceremony, and metta meditation to har- nified world for all. We want to be social entre- field can apply these skills and practices. This ness the power of group consciousness for the preneurs. This workshop offers the accumulated course will cover every aspect of being an effec- purposes of personal and societal transformation. experience of Search for Common Ground, tive educator and promoter of mutually benefi- which grew out of meetings at Esalen in the Recommended reading: Padma, Zen Practices for cial relationships for a more sustainable and just early 1980s into the world’s largest non-profit Transformative Times; Chodron, Comfortable with future. By taking the approach of whole person organization in conflict transformation. The Uncertainty. learning and using teaching combinations from keys to Search’s success have been profound cre- educators from all over the world, this course has taught Zen for 19 years. She Ji Hyang Padma ativity, nimbleness, and an unswerving, compas- provides invaluable information about facilitat- directs Spirituality and Education Programs at sionate vision, which is reflected in the range of ing and how to frame concepts and ideas to peo- Wellesley College. She also teaches at Babson College their work: TV and radio soap operas that reach ple from all walks of life and cultural contexts. and Omega Institute. She is the author of Zen tens of millions of people, multiethnic kinder- This course also teaches the basics of how to Practices for Transformative Times. gartens in the Balkans, a Common Ground administer the core permaculture design course, News Service in the Middle East, and consensus as well as planning and preparing for specialized building among polarized communities in the permaculture-focused workshops and practica. Improv Inspiration: Wit and Wisdom US. in an Instant Highlights include: During this workshop, Search founder and Paula Shaw president John Marks and senior vice president • How to identify learning styles and adapt to This workshop is an adventure in releasing pro- Susan Collin Marks will take you deep within various audiences grammed patterns and discovering the delight yourself to unfold and define your own vision. • Techniques to help you organize and prepare of spontaneous creation. The joy of playing They will share the Principles of Social quickly and effectively improvisational theatre games comes from sur- Entrepreneurship and offer individual coaching • A comprehensive manual and DVD of rendering to the process. Each game has focus through a clinic that draws on their experience permaculture resources and teaching materials points that allow you to suspend your accus- as well as the wisdom of the group. They will • Course planning, marketing, and evaluation tomed automated and controlled thinking. The lead you through the possibilities that abound • Constructive critique of participant liberation that follows fully opens up your mind when you grasp your inner potential to make presentations to imaginative freedom, your voice to new and the difference you long to make, and the world • Teaching tools and the core exercises of the surprising sounds, verbal humor, eloquence, and needs, right now. permaculture curriculum flowing physical grace in movement. For more information, visit www.sfcg.org. This course offers powerful teaching practices In this work, you are never alone. The easy-to- , senior vice president of Search gleaned from the leaders’ many years of perma- follow instructions and coaching tune you in Susan Collin Marks for Common Ground, is a South African peacemaker culture teaching. Their experience, combined with the other players, and when that connec-

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from the transcriptions of his early years of teaching with Alan Watts at Esalen. You are invited to discover and explore the magic of tai ji and living your own Tao: The Watercourse Way of the Dance of Life. To work with Huang is to learn to move with wind and water—not only in the tai ji exercises, but also in the course of everyday life. In going with the Watercourse Way, he is as fresh as the mountain streams and as deep and powerful as the Yangtze River. Chungliang woos and beguiles his students instead of forcing them. This is the mark of a truly superior teacher who works upon others as the sun and rain upon plants. –Alan Watts.

CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113.

Chungliang Al Huang teaches Tai Ji philosophy, East/West synthesis, and the art of movement meditation. He is the founder-president of the Living Tao Foundation and director of Lan Ting Institute in the Sacred Mountains of China.

Reclaiming Your Authentic Self Anne Watts Have you ever found yourself thinking you want one thing but doing something else? The thing you’re doing comes from the inner child. What, exactly, is the inner child? It has many names: the authentic self, natural child, creative energy, or inner place of knowing. The inner child works differently in each of us. We are often out of touch with this part of ourselves, yet it is the part that runs our lives. This workshop is for people who want to experience more joy and personal potency in their lives. In a safe and loving environment, you

DOUG ELLIS will have the opportunity to tell your own story and hear the stories of others, receive and give with the knowledge of permaculture teachers award and started a chapter of BALLE Network in appropriate, healing touch, and reclaim and and mentors from around the globe, make this Hawaii. www.naturalinvesting.com. affirm the safety of your own body. You will also one of the most comprehensive teacher train- uncover core beliefs that hold you back, move ings available. through fear, and learn techniques for safely releasing anger and sadness. Additionally, Kat Steele is a permaculture activist, designer, and Week of November 25–30 through the use of visualization techniques, educator. Founder of the Urban Permaculture Guild, drawing, and dynamic sculpting, you will dis- she facilitates workshops on sustainability, permacul- cover your inner child and your inner nurturing ture, and eco-literacy. Her focus has been urban eco- Essential Practice from the Esalen Tai Ji Deck parent, and create the opportunity to see your social design, city repair, and the power of placemak- internal family images from new and different Chungliang Al Huang ing. Kat presently leads the Growing Beyond Green perspectives. The partnership you establish Sustainability Initiative at Esalen. Esalen elder Chungliang Al Huang has taught between the inner child and parent will enable www.esalen.org/info/sustainability.html. Living Tao philosophy on the Esalen deck for you to live your life with a new level of potency, Michael Kramer made a lifelong commitment to nearly five decades. This weekend will be dedi- peace, and joy. For more information about Anne personal and global sustainability. He has co-devel- cated to bringing the most essential gems of and her work, please see www.annewatts.com. Chungliang’s teaching from his perennial Tai Ji oped permaculture teacher training curricula, is an Leader bio on page 61. accredited investment fiduciary, and managing part- classic, Embrace Tiger, Return to Mountain: The ner at Natural Investments LLC. He won a B-Corp Essence of Tai Ji, published thirty-seven years ago

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Awakened Heart, Embodied Mind: The Radiance Sutra, will light the way. developmental movement of Cortical Field A Journey toward Wholeness and Techniques from Somatic Experiencing and Reeducation® with individual and group Gestalt Healing for Body, Mind and Spirit depth psychology perspectives also will guide work to address how habitual, unconscious Hala Khouri & Julian Walker the process. Please bring a yoga mat. beliefs and behaviors formed early in life lead to habitual ways of responding that limit life expe- , MA, E-RYT, has spent over more than In the rich tradition of Esalen as a growing-edge Hala Khouri rience. forum for human potential, Hala Khouri and 15 years integrating yoga and counseling, and is Julian Walker present this transformative and certified in Somatic Experiencing. She teaches yoga Through mindfulness, explorations of forgotten integrative journey into the possibilities of and leads workshops and retreats internationally. movement patterns, and Gestalt Awareness twenty-first century spirituality. The workshop www.halakhouri.com. Practice, we contact the here-and-now, where change and growth are possible. As we become will include morning meditation, yoga, ecstatic , E-RYT, is a mind-body healer, yoga, Julian Walker more present in our bodies, we may discover an dance classes, and afternoon information ses- meditation, and ecstatic dance teacher, DJ, musician, inability to identify what we are feeling, or that— sions to create context for the experiential prac- and writer who invites you to discover the sacred because of painful memories, and difficulty in tices. We will explore somatic psychology and where you stand. He teaches yoga and leads work- experiencing feelings directly—we have been neuroscience to deepen and accelerate growth shops and retreats internationally. www.julianwalk- avoiding them. and healing, and discover an energetic map of eryoga.com. the mind-body connection that brings the This is a relational process. Working in an chakra system alive as a powerful tool for self- empathic, supportive group setting creates a awareness. Gestalt Practice and Cortical Field container in which new ways of moving and Reeducation®: Developing Emotional Hala and Julian are a dynamic pair. Each offers a being can be expressed and explored. This and Somatic Resources distinct style of teaching and sharing to create a workshop provides the experience of making well-rounded workshop that is nurturing and Patrice Hamilton & Dorothy Charles contact with people who are present and accepting, making it possible to develop a greater grounded as well as ecstatic and unique. The Increasing awareness of our somatic sense of capacity for feelings. We can then learn to use ecstatic poetry of Rumi, Kabir, Hafez, Mirabai, self provides new options for developing more our feelings as guides that help us live more Lala, and Walt Whitman, as well as luminous effective psychological and physical patterns. authentically, moving beyond habits of being wisdom from the newly translated tantric text, This experiential workshop blends the slow, CHRISTY HENGOT

90 Register online at www.esalen.org or by calling 888-8-ESALEN (888-837-2536). and relating that no longer serve us. In addition, fying art of placement, and the impact of shapes material will come to life as we make it our own. changes in habitual muscular holding patterns and textures. Other creative exercises will be The instructor will draw specific examples from result in a body that is better able to support offered to surprise your imagination. Let light- his work with returning veterans in the Coming changes made on any level—emotional, physi- ness and joy lead your life. Creativity exists in Home Project. This workshop is designed for cal, or psychological. each one of us. No art experience is necessary. everyone. Mental health professionals will learn skills helpful in the transformation of emotional Recommended reading: Perls, Gestalt Verbatim; Bring a journal, a willingness to experience an suffering and trauma. Feldenkrais, The Potent Self. interlude of mystery and play, and a few cher- ished items you’d like to include. These could CE credit available for psychologists (pending); see page 113. CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. be photos, favorite stones, or other meaningful CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. Patrice Hamilton bio on page 61. items. Joseph Bobrow is a Zen master and the founder Dorothy Charles bio on page 29. ($45 materials fee paid directly to the leader) and director of Deep Streams Zen Institute. He is also a licensed psychologist, relational psychoanalyst, Virginia Ray is a visual/conceptual artist known for her transformative art work exhibited in galleries and a father. His most recent book is Zen and 5Rhythms®: Heartbeat and healing institutions around the Bay Area. Her Psychotherapy: Partners in Liberation. He teaches Lucia Horan studio is in Santa Cruz, Calif. www.virginiaray.net. nationally. www.cominghomeproject.net. Love is not a mood, but a dynamic way of being. —Gabrielle Roth The Tao of Global and Personal The spontaneous heart is one that knows how Weekend of November 30– Ecology: Making Healthier Choices to love and be loved. The Heartbeat map is a December 2 in Our Daily Lives guide to how our emotional energy moves and Chungliang Al Huang & Amory Lovins morphs. In this practice we embody the art of Partners in Integration: For more than three decades, Amory Lovins and being a fluid emotional athlete. This map teach- The Interplay of Spiritual Practice Chungliang Al Huang have shared a special kin- es us how to navigate the emotional terrain of and Emotional Growth ship in the natural wisdom of the ineffable Tao. life without getting stuck, holding on, or push- As pioneers in their individual paths, they con- ing away. Joseph Bobrow tinue to merge in their shared living philosophy We will explore how the body has been shaped Emotional growth and spiritual practice appear and way of being. Many years ago, in a collabora- by our emotions and we will learn to track when to be strange bedfellows. One path helps us tion between Lovins’s Rocky Mountain Institute the heart is open and when it is closed. As waves create a working sense of self, while the other and Huang’s Living Tao Foundation, a calli- of feeling move through us, we learn how to trust exhorts us to forget the self. One encourages us graphic poster was created of “The Tao of the dance to lead us in a healthy and creative to let go of afflictive emotions, while the other Leadership,” based on Verse 17 from Lao Tzu’s way. Through the embodiment of this practice, provides a safe place to explore the range of our Tao Te Ching. Now it is a collector’s gem gracing you will learn skills to take home and use in emotions. One cultivates integration of the per- the walls of executive offices around the world. your daily life. son, the other encourages transcending the veil of the personal into our true nature. One sees This seminar will be another continuing open CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. attachment as a human need throughout life, dialogue between these two special friends. Leader bio on page 48. the other as a prime cause of suffering. In reality, They will share with participants their mutual however, psyche and spirit—and the principles respect and convergent ways to invest deeper in and practices of psychotherapy and meditation— harnessing the powers that be, whether from Inspired Art / Inspired Life are not opposed; they complement and enrich personal ecology or in consort with global poli- Virginia Ray one another. tics, especially in relationship to China—the upcoming mighty nation’s influence on world Rediscover how to approach life as an inspired This workshop explores how our capacity to live culture, economics, and ecology. To enhance the human being during this uplifting, playful, and full, wise, and compassionate lives is enhanced breadth, depth, and flow of this intensive dia- creative workshop. Everyday life has so much by an integrative model in which spiritual and logue, the leaders will also provide music and Tai beauty to offer when we adjust our vision to rec- emotional growth coexist and blend with each Ji movement, their personal passion and lifelong ognize it. Do you save special stones or tidbits other. How? Spiritual practice, exemplified here practice, to lighten the heart and enlighten the from nature, or treasures and mementos from by Buddhist teachings and practices, helps us mind. life events? If so, the journey of appreciation engage each moment of our lives with maxi- bio on page 89. has already begun. We will each make our own mum aliveness, and experience for ourselves Chungliang Al Huang our essential nature, beyond success and failure. unique art piece as a touchstone to the heart. All Amory Lovins is chairman and chief scientist of materials will be provided, including handmade Personal and interpersonal emotional work in Rocky Mountain Institute and chairman emeritus of papers, natural fibers, and treasures, found all its forms help us become whole selves. It Fiberforge Corporation. Published in 29 books and objects and other magical items, wood for bases, takes a differentiated, integrated person to fully hundreds of papers, his innovations in energy, securi- and hardware to hang your art. Open your eyes embody our no-self nature. ty, environment, and development have been honored to new ways of seeing. Learn the value of visual Through presentations, meditation practice internationally. He advises governments and major simplicity, a benefit that can be carried into all (sitting, walking, and occasional mindful eat- firms worldwide on advanced energy and resource facets of life. We’ll explore the simple and satis- ing), experiential exercises, and discussion, this efficiency.

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Thriving in Uncertainty: A Workshop in Sensory Awareness Lee Lesser Life is uncertain. As much as we try to create stability and predictability, each moment brings its own surprise and its own unique offering. The more we can show up for each moment of our life just as it is, the more we can thrive in the midst of uncertainty. Our sensations are wonderful allies in this process. As we pay attention to our sensory experience, the more connected we become to what is actually happening. Charlotte Selver, the founder of Sensory Awareness in the United States, used to say, “Every moment is a moment. Every moment makes a certain request of us. The question is how we answer it.” This workshop focuses on tools that help us to be present, that are antidotes to the busyness in our heads. So much energy is dispersed and lost as we fight against what scares us, or what is uncomfortable. In this workshop, we have a laboratory to explore and practice, and to apply these tools. By simplifying our activities we can connect with our sensations. This experiencing reveals our habits and the possibility that can unfold when we get out of our own way and find freedom in the midst of any experience. For more information about Sensory Awareness, visit www.returntooursenses.com. Recommended reading: Littlewood and Roche, Waking Up: The Work of Charlotte Selver; Lusseyran, And There Was Light; Masters, Finding Freedom. KODIAK GREENWOOD Lee Klinger Lesser led Sensory Awareness workshops with Charlotte Selver. She has taught work- This meditation retreat/workshop offers the is a heart meditation teacher and shops in English and Spanish for more than 34 years. Peter Rengel following components: Peter Rengel’s Heart counselor specializing in assisting individuals and She also leads diversity and equity trainings, and has Meditation; developing the inner witness to the couples to transcend psychology in order to awaken been developing a program to support returning veter- negative mind so that negativity cannot run their love and to live in harmony with life’s spiritual ans through sharing mindfulness and meditation you; “Touching Souls” puja circles to celebrate rhythm. www.peterrengel.com. practices. www.returntooursenses.com. your divinity; paired exercises to tenderly embrace your humanness; active meditations Spiritual Awakening: A Meditation to uninhibitedly express your passion, joy, and Connection through Touch: Retreat and Voyage into Love laughter; silence between sessions with possibil- Massage for Couples Peter Rengel ities of tender connections; an in-depth explo- Nora Matten & Oliver Bailey ration of Peter’s book, Living Life in Love, and This weekend is designed to help couples renew Trying to meditate can be tricky. Often you may much more. experience sitting in silence and thinking…and their relationship while exploring touch and learn- thinking! You can stay within the limitations Honor your soul’s thirst for enlightenment. ing massage. The workshop presents simple mas- of the linear mind forever. Or you can awaken Deepen your inner peace, whether you have sage techniques, developed by Esalen® Massage your divinity beyond thoughts. This retreat ever meditated or not. Rediscover that your life’s practitioners, that have proven valuable to anyone offers specially designed meditations and exer- purpose is really quite simple: not only to love who wants to help a partner, friend, or family cises to exchange universal love, sit in silent and be loved, but to experience that you are member feel better. Massage methods that help meditation, open your heart chakra, and directly Love. relieve pain, increase vitality, or simply soothe the experience a depth of love that can change your Recommended reading: Rengel, Living Life in nerves will be briefly demonstrated and practiced, life forever. Love and Seeds of Light. with plenty of hands-on instruction.

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At each session, following a demonstration and Deep Tissue Techniques for Massage These patterns leave their imprint on our body warm-up exercise, couples will exchange mas- Practitioners: An Introduction to the and mind and develop into a particular way of sages. There will also be ample time to explore Psoas, Healing Knees and Deep being, into character. Character structure is the beauty of Esalen’s land and enjoy the Visceral Work™ formed in response to life and is the enduring warmth of the healing waters of the mineral Perry Holloman & Johanna Holloman quality of how we meet the world. baths. Because demand for practitioners with Deep We will also explore the role of resilience and CE credit for nurses; see page 113. Bodywork skills is growing, Perry and Johanna the ability to maintain a stable balance and equi- CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. Holloman have developed a series of seminars librium in life. Resilience relates to protective and healthful factors supporting positive out- Nora Matten bio on page 80. designed to teach massage practitioners this comes and healthy personality characteristics Oliver Bailey bio on page 54. healing art. Each seminar has a specific focus in terms of the physical structures touched and even after exposure to unfavorable, adverse, or their related functions. An overall emphasis is traumatic life circumstances. Resilience is the placed on how to integrate this work into the ability to maintain healthy levels of functioning Week of December 2–7 format of a flowing massage. even after exposure to a potentially disruptive traumatic event. This seminar will focus on understanding the Awakening the Creative: structure and function of the knee, the psoas Through mindful awareness, participants can The Painting Experience muscle, and the importance of deep, sensitive experience how character strategies and core Stewart Cubley touch in supporting the overall functioning of beliefs are revealed through the body. Our emphasis will be to discover, explore, and work The power inherent in painting is that it can the abdominal viscera. Subjects of specific focus will be the role of the thigh and hip muscles in with these soma-psyche patterns in the thera- awaken a wild vein of passion that will not go peutic context. This course is focused on a skill- back to sleep. Using only the simple tools of supporting the knee; how to work on the iliotib- ial band; learning to palpate and release the building, therapist level primarily for practition- brush, paper, and paint, Awakening the Creative ers, but is also open to any interested individual. invites you on a highly personal journey of dar- psoas; and massaging the abdominal viscera ing and discovery, made possible through a safe slowly and deeply. The role of the psoas in Christina Dickinson, CAC II, is a founding trainer environment and the support of Stewart Cubley chronic pain of the back and hip will also be of the Sensorimotor Psychology Institute, a certified and his experienced staff. The potential is to tap discussed. addictions counselor in Colorado, certified in Hakomi into an extraordinary resource: the vibrant, dri- This program is designed as an advanced course Therapy and Focused Expressive Psychotherapy. She ving force of your own creative spirit. of study for those wanting to integrate deep tis- maintains a private practice in Boulder, Co. In this workshop, everyone is a beginner. You sue skills into their work. Prerequisite for this seminar is prior experience as a massage practi- are welcome even if you’ve never picked up a Total Immersion for Total Transformation tioner or the equivalent of 150 hours of massage paintbrush. The goal is free expression, with the Raphael Cushnir emphasis on the creative process rather than on training. technique or expertise. Awakening the Creative For further information, visit www.deepbody- This workshop is right for you if is an opportunity to embark on the greatest of work.com. • You’re willing to perform a rigorous emotional all human adventures—embracing your own and spiritual self-assessment path and confidently following it. CE credit for nurses; see page 113. CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. • You want to determine which aspects of your Stewart is the coauthor of the acclaimed book life are calling for healing and change Leader bios on page 65. Life, Paint & Passion: Reclaiming the Magic of • You’re ready to begin that healing and change Spontaneous Expression. He has traveled through- on the very first day of the workshop out the world for more than thirty years work- Developmental Trauma, Character • You want to take a giant leap forward in ing with individuals and groups to access the Patterns and Resilience: Sensorimotor consciousness potential within the human heart and imagina- Psychotherapy • You can support a small, like-minded tion. Christina Dickinson community committed to the same leap This workshop may be of interest to people Raphael Cushnir will create a safe and gentle envi- from a wide variety of disciplines, including art, Experience the way the body reveals and transforms character strategies, trauma, and core ronment to help call forth your very best, using education, counseling, social change, and medi- tools that include emotional release work, journal- tative practices. All materials are supplied. beliefs. Life makes shapes. The body is shaped through the basic experiences and attitudes that ing, small group exercises, meditation, movement, ($50 materials fee paid directly to the leader) are held both consciously and unconsciously. yoga, chant, collage, subtle energy practices, and The way the self is formed is an expression of mind-heart attunements. As a highlight of this CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. workshop, you will co-design and experience a CE credit for nurses; see page 113. mental, emotional, and spiritual life. All life unique transformational experience all your own. ’swork has carried him throughout strategies are organized, habitual patterns of Stewart Cubley reaction to real or perceived joy and stress. In addition, you’ll leave the workshop with a prac- the world in facilitating groups to access the potential tical roadmap for real-life integration. within the human heart and imagination. When muscles are repeatedly mobilized in uni- Originally a scientist, he has led seminars in creativi- son with mental and emotional patterns, they Raphael Cushnir contributes to O, The Oprah ty for more than 30 years. www.processarts.com. become part of a complex, integrated response. Magazine, and presents workshops worldwide. He’s

93 See pages 110-111 for reservations, fees, accommodations, scholarship information, and discounts. written five books, including The One Thing efficiency. Healing begins with an understand- The practices you will be taught are based on a Holding You Back and Surfing Your Inner Sea. ing of alignment patterns that cause premature natural healing process that was developed by His heart was opened through profound grief. aging, tension, pain, and/or injury. This course Dr. Pang Ming, founder of the world’s largest will re-examine alignment patterns of everyday qigong hospital in China, Zhineng Qigong activities including sitting, standing, bending, Center. Over two decades, this hospital docu- Rediscovering Your Self in the sleeping, and walking. With new patterns for mented the treatment of more than 200,000 Second Half of Life: For Women these daily fundamentals, you can shed pain and people with all types of illnesses including can- Karen Ely tension and go home with a healthy regimen cer, autoimmune disease, strokes, depression, that easily and timelessly integrates into every- insomnia, and headaches, and found a 95% Our truest life is when we are in our dreams awake. day life. Simple yet profound changes will give effective improvement rate. —Henry David Thoreau you a new relationship with your body—one you The daily program includes intensive qigong Karen Ely believes that in today’s hectic, time- used to have as a child. instruction and practice along with group heal- starved world it is even more important to find This course will bust many exercise, health, ing sessions and healing instruction. time for renewal, time to step back and assess and pain myths of our time. Each participant where we’ve come from and who we are after a The retreat is designed for people who seek a receives individualized understanding of his or lifetime of being everything to everybody. “We direct path for deep healing, including those her specific vulnerabilities in the back and must find a space to dream,” she writes. “A space with serious physical or emotional diseases, joints through hands-on adjustments, and pho- to let go of all the wouldas, shouldas, and coul- caregivers, healing professionals, and anyone tographic and video feedback. What you learn das in order to make room for a new way of who simply wishes to work for the awakening about your patterns in these fundamental activi- being, one that’s firmly based in our authentic of healing and human potential within them- ties can be applied to your physical activities of selves, one filled with joy and passion.” Daring to selves. choice and make you a stronger, more efficient, Dream: Reflections on the Year I Found Myself is longer-lasting human machine. Join us and is an internationally recognized Karen’s personal story of rebirth following the Mingtong Gu never look back. teacher and healer who received his training from a end of her thirty-two-year marriage. It chroni- variety of Grandmasters in China and at the world’s cles coming to grips with a life that she could no CE credit for nurses; see page 113. largest Qigong hospital. www.chicenter.com. longer live, and walking toward a self that she Jean Couch, originally known for her classic no longer knew. Throughout the workshop, Runner’s Yoga Book, has shown thousands of people Karen will share her personal story and the of all ages how to improve their health. She most The “Pointing Out” Way of Tibetan tools that supported her on a magical journey recently taught 50 physicians and their spouses, one Buddhist Meditation back to herself. of whom wrote, “I now have hope for me and my Daniel Brown & George Protos Through large and small group exercises, quiet, patients.” This workshop—designed for either novice or music, joyful playing, and journaling, partici- advanced meditators—is an integrative approach pants will be taken on a quiet journey back to to the practice of meditation with an emphasis themselves, and given the opportunity to leave December 7–14 on intensive concentration meditation. The with a passion and plan for the rest of their course begins with the Indo-Tibetan Nine States lives. of Mental Calming/Staying, then an introduction Wisdom Healing Qigong™ Karen Ely founded and directs A Woman’s Way, a to classic Tibetan emptiness meditation. A bal- women’s retreat and workshop program in Sedona, Mingtong Gu ance of mental stabilization and emptiness prac- Ariz. She is a facilitator and the author of Daring to The purpose of this retreat is to cultivate tices will serve as a foundation for the “extraor- Dream: Reflections on the Year I Found Myself, Wisdom Healing Qigong, a profound and effec- dinary” or essence meditation practices. Essence A Retreat of My Own, and Breathing Space: tive system of healing and empowerment that meditations like the Mahamudra and the Great Mini-retreats for the Heart and Soul. integrates gentle movement, sounds, visualiza- Perfection assume that wisdom is an inherent www.awomansway.com. tion, and meditation into a systematic synergy property of the natural mind that has become of all dimensions of your being. obscured through conceptualization and negative emotional states. Essence meditations are Brilliant Body: Fundamentals of By participating in this retreat, you can: designed to develop “awakened wisdom” Conquering Injury and Pain • Learn to clear and balance the emotions so through continuous, uninterrupted mindful- Jean Couch that a deeper healing can occur ness, taking the non-dual condition of the natural mind and its spontaneous manifestations in Do chronic tension, stress, or aches and pains • Develop a quiet and creative mind to realize the present moment as both the point of obser- plague you? Are you fit, but injured? Do you feel healing most effectively vation as well as the object of the meditation. tight all the time? • Learn the ultimate method to transmit chi (the formless energy from which all forms of These essence meditations are taught within the In our cultural love affair with muscles, we have life are made) for healing self and others context of an ongoing relationship wherein the overlooked a key component of wellness: our • Organize a chi field and learn group healing teacher points out the mind’s real nature during skeleton. Whether you are a high-performance the right state of meditation. This relational- athlete or sit in a chair all day, making your • Learn theories and practices for energy based approach to meditation emphasizes short, bones work for you instead of against you can healing, and better understand your healing repeated meditation sessions, with detailed put you on a path of unimaginable wellness and capacity

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instructions given before and after each session. Gokhale Method® Teacher Training es. When they graduate, Gokhale Method teach- Leader instructions point out the desired state, Esther Gokhale ers are proficient in presenting introductory the way to attain it, and how to correct the prob- classes, doing initial consultations, and teaching lems that typically occur at each stage of medita- The Gokhale Method uses kinesthetic, visual, the six-lesson Gokhale Method Foundations tion practice. Practice is followed carefully and intellectual, aesthetic, and technological cues course to small groups and individual students. instructions are individualized for each student. to gently guide students back to the way they Prerequisite: Students must have already complet- Enrollment is limited to thirty-six participants, moved when they were children—the same way ed a Gokhale Method Foundations course. with first priority given to individuals who have their hunter gatherer ancestors moved. Gokhale not taken this retreat before. Participants must Method teacher training teaches the craft of Note: There are additional requirements to be attend all sessions. restoring primal architecture and movement completed after the teacher training week at patterns. Using high-touch and high-tech tools, Esalen before a teacher is qualified to teach the Please bring a meditation cushion, if you would teachers guide their students in relearning the Gokhale Method. Please see www.egwellness.com like to use one. daily movements of life. By mastering powerful, for full details. basic techniques such as stretchsitting, stacksit- CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. Note: Registration for this workshop is through CE credit for nurses; see page 113. ting, stretchlying, tallstanding, hip-hinging and the Gokhale Method Institute only. To register, glidewalking, Gokhale-trained teachers are able Daniel Brown is an associate clinical professor of psy- go to www.egwellness.com or contact teachertrain- to help their students get to the postural root of chology at Harvard Medical School. He is author of [email protected]. Only after you have regis- most back, neck, hip, knee, foot, and shoulder 13 books, including Transformations of tered with the Gokhale Method Institute and problems. Through observation and hands-on Consciousness (with Ken Wilber and Jack Engler) paid tuition fees will you be able to reserve experience with real cases, study of relevant and Pointing Out the Great Way: The Stages of accommodations at Esalen. Please see accom- anatomy, and instruction in use of databases, Meditation in the Mahamudra Tradition. modations costs under “Pricing for Partner apps, and class blogs, teachers learn to use both Programs” at www.esalen.org/workshops/ George Protos has studied the “pointing-out” style of ancient wisdom and state-of-the-art technology reservations.html. meditation with Daniel Brown since 1995. He leads to facilitate life-changing experiences. They weeklong retreats and an ongoing meditation study learn to be eloquent with their hands, perceptive CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. group in Marin County, Calif., and created an online with their eyes, and compelling with their voic- CE credit for nurses; see page 113. user support group for meditators. Leader bio on page 46. KODIAK GREENWOOD

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decades of practical experience at the forefront Rest, Rejuvenation and Renewal: Weekend of December 7–9 of the energy transition and on his pathfinding The Courage to Pause March 2007 lectures as MAP/Ming Professor at David Schiffman Advanced Energy Efficiency and Stanford University, Amory Lovins will lead an This is a workshop for people who need a Alternative Supplies for Profitable integrative, wide-ranging, state-of-the-art explo- break—from working too hard, from concentrat- Climate Protection ration of energy technologies, design and business innovations, implementation, and implica- ing too much, from being stuck under pressure Amory Lovins tions for a cooler, richer, fairer, and safer world. too long—or who are just plain tired from the perplexity and strain over what comes next. Half of America’s oil and gas and three-quarters This transdisciplinary workshop will be most of its electricity can be saved more cheaply useful to intermediate and advanced practi- “While we pause,” writes David, “we’ll study the than supplying them from existing facilities. tioners, executives, activists, and concerned three R’s and how they can be used to cultivate a Dramatic advances in efficiency technologies, citizens, and will emphasize opportunities climate of renewed energy and enthusiasm, the ways to combine and integrate them, and ways and needs in the private sector, chiefly in ability to think wisely ahead, and the presence to market and implement them are synergistic oil (www.oilendgame.com) and electricity to relate honestly and authentically with others. with parallel revolutions in low- or no-carbon (www.rmi.org, Library). The latest insights from This week will emphasize breathing space and energy supplies. All are rapidly expanding. For Reinventing Fire (www.reinventingfire.com) will ease of being for deep contemplation. There will example, “micropower” (cogeneration plus dis- be discussed. be soulful, encouraging company as well as wise tributed renewables) already provides a sixth counsel available for emotional nourishment. of the world’s electricity and greater than Recommended reading: Lovins, Datta et. al, two-thirds of its new electricity. Winning the Oil Endgame; Lovins, Small is “We will draw on the power and spirit medicine Profitable; Hawken, Lovins & Lovins, Natural of Big Sur’s natural gifts for healing and inspira- Together, efficiency and alternative supplies Capitalism; Lovins & Burns (ed.) The Essential tion. A special blend of music and movement offer profitable, business-led solutions to such Amory Lovins; Lovins & Rocky Mountain will create a mood of playfulness and spontane- problems as climate change, oil dependence, Institute, Reinventing Fire. ity for the rejuvenation of spirit. Simple activi- and nuclear proliferation. Drawing on three ties, including ceremony and personal practices, Leader bio on page 91. DOUG ELLIS

96 Register online at www.esalen.org or by calling 888-8-ESALEN (888-837-2536). will be used to deepen our feelings of being live- selves—the familial, cultural, and personal influ- Your Mood, a guide for how to release emotional ly and hopeful about our futures.” ences, the thoughts and fears that lead us to tension and shift to the source of your own love believe that we are not good enough and that and inner wisdom. Leader bio on page 18. self-love is arrogant or narcissistic, and the diffi- We may genuinely believe that true happiness culty we may have practicing true loving kind- comes from our own inner resources, but how ness towards ourselves. With fun and vulnera- do we access this inherent wisdom? Using tools bility, we delve deeply into some specific and Week of December 9–14 from positive psychology, along with eastern powerful ways to experience love towards our- perspectives on awakening to the present selves, which in turn impacts our relationships, Art as a Spiritual Path: moment, we will explore the link between west- work, personal growth practices, and lives in a Discovering Your Soul Mandala ern psychological understanding and spiritual profound way. The ideas and exercises laid out realization. Combining mindfulness, body Paul Heussenstamm in this interactive program give you specific awareness, and insights from the new science of practices to: The mandala, an ancient symbol and concentric happiness, we will provide some easy and acces- map of the psyche, has been used by various • Make peace with and forgive yourself sible practices to expand your ability to live cultures around the world, including Tibetan • Accept and appreciate all of who you are more vibrantly, confidently, and at peace—even Buddhism, Aborigines, and Native Americans. • Care for and nurture yourself in an authentic when faced with challenging circumstances. This workshop will introduce you to the man- way dala and, through it, to the mystery of the soul Participants will come away with an under- • Experience and express your authentic self and the passionate world of the inner artist. It standing of how to shape their own emotions offers a supportive initiation for all participants, • Deepen your capacity to love others and behavior, and create clarity in their lives. They will also be able to apply this in a clinical regardless of experience, to open to their natural Recommended reading: Robbins, Focus on the setting, if desired. creativity through art, meditation, ritual, and Good Stuff and Be Yourself, Everyone Else is Already music. Each participant will complete a colorful Taken. Recommended reading: Isensee, Shift Your Mood: personal mandala as a symbol to live with, to Unleash Your Life! Your Pathway to Inner is the author of Focus on the Good study, and to begin a process of learning, grow- Mike Robbins Happiness. Stuff and Be Yourself, Everyone Else is Already ing, healing, and artistic development. Taken. He delivers seminars around the world, his CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. Discover your soul symbols as powerful tools for books are translated into 12 different languages, and practices mindfulness-based somatic personal and professional transformation. Come he writes for The Huffington Post. www.Mike- Rik Isensee psychotherapy in San Francisco. He is the author of to a deeper understanding of your own creative Robbins.com. Shift Your Mood: Unleash Your Life! Your forces. Mandala painting can open your eyes in a Pathway to Inner Happiness. heart- and soul-connected way—to see and feel things you may never have experienced before. Heartfelt Wisdom: Quieting the Mind, Lori Anne Schwanbeck is a mindfulness-based Listening to the Heart somatic psychotherapist. Lori developed Sense and Art supplies will be provided. No previous expe- Sensibility, a sensory-focused mindfulness treatment rience is necessary. Rik Isensee & Lori Anne Schwanbeck for emotional regulation, which she teaches interna- Recommended reading: Heussenstamm, Divine This workshop teaches the art of balance, inner tionally. She is cofounder of Mindfulness Therapy Forces: Art that Awakens the Soul. harmony, and peace—the basis for spiritual Associates, located in San Francisco. www.mindful- awakening and creating a meaningful life. It’s ($50 materials fee paid directly to the leader) nesstherapy.org. also an opportunity to slow down and reflect Paul Heussenstamm comes from a family in the midst of the holiday season. immersed in art and spirituality. At 35, he began Many of us yearn for a calmer, more centered Luminous Being: Embodying the painting in earnest after a single art class expanded life, yet with all the pressures we encounter Radiance Sutras into a consuming passion, a new profession, and a every day, it can seem beyond our grasp. How Camille Maurine & Lorin Roche new perspective on life. He understands mandalas can we successfully handle daily stress, tame as psychic maps and symbols of wholeness. Immerse yourself in love-drenched meditation our negative voices, and release ourselves from and movement. We will explore the luminous obsessive thinking? This workshop will teach teachings of the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra, an the art of balance, inner harmony, and a path ancient text that describes 112 awareness prac- toward peace. This really is the basis for spiritual Weekend of December 14–16 tices for touching the sacred in the midst of awakening, and for creating a meaningful life. daily life. The Radiance Sutras is a musical, sensu- Love Yourself and the Rest Will Follow Following a near-fatal accident, Lori ous translation of this tantra by Lorin Roche, Mike Robbins Schwanbeck felt the presence of death several who has lived and breathed these yogas for forty times. She had a strong desire to let go, yet there years. The Radiance Sutras evoke a world of Self-love is one of those things that many of us was a magnetic pull in her heart to stay embod- wonder, awe, and delight. The focus of this know is important on our personal journey, yet ied and to share the realized wisdom of living a workshop is on full-body spirituality—accepting can be challenging to embody and experience in heart-centered life. Rik Isensee had an experi- every breath, sensual experience, and emotion an authentic way. This workshop explores why ence through his mindfulness practice of being as a doorway into deep and intimate contact it can be hard for us to genuinely love our- “steeped in grace,” which inspired his book, Shift with the energies of life. The practices include

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mudra (energy gestures), pranayama (breath), Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program. He Traer Calma y Equilibrio a Nuestras mantra (sound), and dhyana (meditation). teaches at Stanford’s School of Medicine and is on staff Vidas: Confiando en Nuestras at Stanford Hospital. Anyone can practice these methods. The empha- Sensaciones Como Aliados sis is on naturalness, spontaneity, and being at Philippe Goldin, PhD, spent 6 years in India and Lee Lesser home in the universe. You meet yourself wher- Nepal studying various languages, Buddhist philoso- Esalen is proud to offer this Spanish-language work- ever you are, whether you are restless, lonely, phy, and debate at Namgyal Monastery and the shop, Bringing Ease and Balance into Our Lives: loving, tired, excited, nostalgic, or quiet. This Dialectic Monastic Institute. He is currently a Relying on Our Sensations as Allies. This workshop is workshop is an opportunity to dive into the research scientist and directs the Clinically Applied for women only. Sutras that are calling you and receive coaching Affective Neuroscience group in the Department of from Lorin and Camille to make them your Psychology at Stanford University. http://caan.stan- Nuestras sensaciones físicas son un aliado y own, so that you can embody, move, and breathe ford.edu. recurso que muy seguido ignoramos. Lo que this luscious reality. All levels of experience are sucede en nuestros cuerpos son reflejos de lo welcome. que pasa en todos los aspectos de nuestras vidas. Kripalu Yoga Immersion: Cuando comenzamos a tranquilizarnos, Required reading: Roche, The Radiance Sutras. Move Towards Love podemos sentir dónde es que nosotros mismos Available at www.lorinroche.com. Jovinna Chan nos tensamos y restringimos. Esta tensión es Recommended reading: Roche, Meditation Made creada frecuentemente a través de nuestros pen- Easy; Maurine and Roche, Meditation Secrets for The highest form of spiritual practice is self samientos, hábitos y actitudes y a través de nues- Women. observation with compassion. tras preocupaciones, miedos y estado de man- —Swami Kripalu tenernos ocupados. CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. The word “kripalu” means compassion. Kripalu Al poner atención al simple y concreto mundo Leader bios on page 40. yoga is a practice of deep self-inquiry. It teaches de las sensaciones podemos comenzar a liberar a way of living that encompasses all expressions algunos aspectos que forzamos en nuestras of life and cultivates courage and discernment The Science and Practice of Mindfulness vidas. Podemos comenzar a encontrar más to embrace truth and enter into a loving and calma. and Compassion Meditation authentic relationship with oneself. Mark Abramson & Philippe Goldin Este taller experimental crea un entorno seguro The inquiry-based Kripalu yoga methodology y cómodo para explorar lo que sucede en las Given the ever-increasing interconnectedness of awakens curiosity about life and instills a letting actividades más simples: levantar un brazo, sen- individuals all over the world, there is a growing go of what is right and wrong. With consistent tarse y ofrecer nuestro peso; dar y recibir un interest in integrating the practice of mindful- practice, one can increase the ability to “tolerate objeto o conectar con el aire que se mueve den- ness and compassion at all levels of society, the consequences of being oneself.” The practi- tro de nosotros. La forma en la que se nos pre- including health care, education, and work and tioners become more skillful in dealing with life sentan las cosas en estas simples actividades es la family settings. Fortunately, there is a long tradi- challenges. misma forma en que se nos presentan en otros tion of such contemplative practices. One of the During the retreat, participants will explore aspectos de nuestras vidas. challenges of our time is to learn how to infuse Kripalu’s Three Stages of Transformation, the mindfulness and compassion practices into our A medida que nos volvemos más quietos y nos doorway to enter into a practice of loving and lives in a skillful manner. There has been a related conectamos con nosotros mismos, nos podemos accepting oneself. The first stage focuses on explosion of interest in the domains of clinical conectar más con la gente que amamos y la alignment principles, building postures from science and neuroscience in investigating the gente con la que interactuamos de manera cotid- the ground up while cultivating the union of effects of different contemplative practices in iana. A medida que vivimos con más calma, body and breath. Drawing attention inward to reducing symptoms of stress, depression, and podemos ayudar a que nuestros hijos, amigos y focus on sensations while sustaining a pose is anxiety, as well as enhancing wellbeing and social compañeros de trabajo aprendan a vivir con más the second stage, strengthening witness con- interconnectedness. The goals of this workshop calma. sciousness in the multi-dimensional self. In the are to introduce participants to a variety of mind- third stage, surrender to the wisdom of prana Aprender a estar conciente de nuestras sensa- fulness and compassion meditation practices that and find your unique expression of yoga and ciones es como aprender un nuevo lenguaje. address intra-personal and inter-personal func- movement through meditation in motion—the Requiere de práctica y de permanecer alerta. tioning, and to provide a summary of findings hallmark of Kripalu yoga. Nuestras sensaciones están siempre con from clinical and neuroscientific studies that nosotros y nos proveen de las herramientas para help us understand the effects of the practices Experience a weekend of unfolding into your enfrentar cualquier situación con más tranquili- and also why, how, and for whom they work. true self in a sacred and safe environment. Yogis dad y libertad. of all levels and traditions are welcome. Recommended reading: Kabat-Zinn, Full Please note: This workshop will be taught entirely Catastrophe Living. Jovinna Chan, ERYT-500, is the assistant dean of in Spanish. Participants must be fluent in the Kripalu School of Yoga, where she also serves as a CE credit for nurses; see page 113. Spanish; translation will not be provided. CE credit available for psychologists (pending); see page 113. faculty member for yoga teacher training programs. CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. She is a transformational leader and teacher of the Leader bio on page 92. Kripalu Yoga lineage, Kripalu Yoga Dance, and Soul is part of the Stanford Center for Mark Abramson Motion. www.jovinnachan.com. Integrative Medicine and heads Stanford’s

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today and greatly enhance every aspect of our found meditations on the breath, the body, and Weekend of December 21–23 lives. how to work with feelings and thoughts that can often hamper our meditation wellbeing. Mindful awareness allows us to be attentive in The Power of Mindfulness the present moment with the quality of accep- There will be periods of guided sitting and Mark Coleman tance, spaciousness, and equanimity. It is the walking meditation, talks on meditation, and foundation for living with wisdom and compas- ample opportunity for questions and discussion. For thousands of years, people have cultivated sion and is the seed from which springs much Suitable for beginning and experienced stu- mindfulness as a complete path to awakening. joy, delight, and peace. dents. Contemporary research now reveals that mindfulness greatly improves attention, reduces In this course we will explore the innate quality This course can be taken on its own or together stress, and increases health, wellbeing, and of awareness and what interferes with establish- with Entering the Heart of Love, December 23- capacity for happiness. What is true is that we ing this mindful presence. Participants will 28, for a seven-day immersion experience. learn to cultivate it through accessible yet pro- can all learn to live with this mindful presence Leader bio on page 72.

Loving Yourself Daphne Rose Kingma You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve to be loved. —Buddha Contrary to the Jingle Bells culture, the holiday season can often be difficult and stressful, especially if you’re feeling a disconnection from others or yourself. Although it has been said that we should love others as ourselves, out of all the forms of love, loving ourselves is often the most difficult. We don’t know how to do it. Sometimes we’re not even sure that we should love ourselves, and if there’s a way to learn how to do it, we’re often not sure just what that might be. Contrary to what you may think, it’s actually possible to learn how to love yourself—no matter how wounded you’ve been, no matter how habitually hard on yourself you may be. In this simple but profound workshop, you can learn how to claim your own beauty, hold yourself in your own compassion, and treat yourself with kindly care. Through teachings, meditation, and exercises, we will explore the following topics: • Why you need and deserve your own love • How we get lost on the path to self love • The many (and subtle) forms of not loving yourself • The four steps to self-compassion What better time to reconnect (or finally connect) with the precious treasure that you are. Find true support during this often challenging time and receive the remarkable gift of loving yourself! Please note: There will be a celebratory Christmas Eve dinner in the Esalen Lodge. Recommended reading: Kingma, Loving Yourself.

CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. DANIEL BIANCHETTA

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path appears to come to a stop before reversing direction. Winter solstice is a time to pause and reflect; a time to cultivate vitality and take extra care to nurture ourselves. Moving into stillness, we can return to our lives refreshed and strengthened for the new year to come. Please bring a yoga mat.

Sarana Miller is a faculty instructor at Yoga Journal and has led annual retreats at Esalen and Wilbur Hot Springs, and in Mexico and Alaska. Trained in the Iyengar and Forrest Yoga traditions, she has been teaching for more than 10 years.

Spinal Awareness (with Humor): The Essence of Feldenkrais® and Energy Work Patrick Douce DOUG ELLIS The movements of Spinal Awareness are quite different from normal exercises. They empha- is the best-selling author of NVC was originally developed by Marshall Daphne Rose Kingma size learning how to move in ways that stimu- ten books on love and relationships. Her most recent Rosenberg, PhD, more than forty years ago. late your awareness of your body. They involve book, The Ten Things to Do When Your Life Falls Since then, more than 300 Certified NVC learning to use the floor to organize and inte- Apart: An Emotional and Spiritual Handbook, is Trainers worldwide have continued to enrich grate your own spinal column. Standing lessons a heartfelt guide to living through very hard times. and deepen this process with their own creativ- lead to a new awareness of ways to move with www.daphnekingma.com. ity and ongoing learning. NVC is currently better balance and fluidity. Special emphasis taught in communities, schools, prisons, corpo- will be placed on any difficulties participants rations, social-change organizations, war-torn may have, such as lower back pain, hip trouble, Mindful Communication: regions, and health care and government tension in the neck and shoulders, and knee Truth Without Blame institutions, as well as with families, couples, injuries. Jean Morrison and individuals. This work will focus on how we can re-learn Nonviolent Communication (NVC) has been CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. how to overcome our limitations in movement described as a powerful tool for social change, a Jean Morrison, MA, earned CNVC trainer and functioning. Special emphasis will be personal practice for clarifying and living one’s certification in 1989, and specializes in whole brain placed on Skeletal Awareness. Students will be values, a guide for interpersonal communica- learning and thinking, experiential learning, and given a new understanding of how tension and tion, an effective process for conflict resolution, interactive games. She has facilitated NVC trainings injury are often involved with the disorganiza- and a language of compassion. in schools, prisons, business teams, and community tion in the skeletal-muscular parts of our bodies. organizations internationally. She also is in private By learning NVC, we can liberate ourselves Lessons inspired by Indonesian Silat will be practice. from judging self and others; taking things per- used to stimulate the energy body, effecting sonally; and acting from fear, duty, obligation, internal health and increasing energy. These and guilt to release ourselves from suffering. movements, originating from the monasteries of Moving into Stillness: NVC supports us in expressing ourselves hon- China and Tibet, further increase healing possi- A Winter Solstice Yoga Retreat estly, hearing others’ pain without trying to fix bilities. Safe and noninvasive hands-on lessons them or taking it personally, creating new strate- Sarana Miller will be presented that can greatly speed up gies that meet our core needs, and becoming For centuries, winter solstice has been a time improvements. more effective at everything we do, including of reflection. Today, the holidays can be a hectic creating peace in the world. This workshop will evolve with humor and time of doing, leaving us feeling stressed and playfulness. Fun partner lessons will help bring In an interactive, supportive learning environ- depleted. During this retreat we will use the about not only freedom in the body but the ment, we’ll discover old habits of mind and speech practices of yoga (asana, meditation, and chanti- return to the childlike energy essential to us all. that produce distress and walls of separation, and ng) in the exquisite and healing natural environ- explore the possibility of new habits that create ment of Esalen to revitalize the body and calm This is a program designed for both the begin- compassion, connection, and healing within our- the mind. Together, we will focus our attention ner and the professional. selves and with others. We’ll learn steps to liberate on being rather than doing. CE credit for nurses; see page 113. our thinking and reactions so that we transform The word solstice is derived from the Latin sol CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. anger, hurt, guilt, and disappointment into energy (sun) and sistere (to stand still), because at the and expressions that serve life. Leader bio on page 44. solstices, the seasonal movement of the sun’s

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Holiday Couples Group, The Gift of Touch shop is a journey through all the aspects of cre- playful and at ease before an audience. You Deborah Anne Medow & Rob Wilks ating fresh, healthy, flavor-rich dishes and bever- might even find that the sense of wellbeing ages from the Caribbean. The group will harvest achieved during the workshop not only expands Give your significant other or good friend a won- herbs and flowers from the beautiful gardens of your creative abilities, but also enhances your derful holiday gift of touch. Enjoy the serene Esalen that surround the workshop kitchen. experience of daily life. And while it is not ther- beauty of Big Sur as you and your partner learn to Freshly picked condiments will accompany an apy, Nina’s work can be surprisingly, delightfully, give one another an effective Esalen® Massage. A abundance of fresh vegetables, fruits, and spices holistically healing. tender touch can do wonders for any relationship such as okra, plantain, achiote, cassava, papaya, Recommended reading: Wise, A Big, New, Free, by easing stress, releasing tension, and deepening mangos, coconuts, and many other Caribbean Happy, Unusual Life; Lamott, Bird by Bird; Rilke, nonverbal communication skills. Emphasis will delights. The dishes include pasteles en hojas, a Letter to a Young Poet. be on listening with both your heart and hands, rich plantain paste stuffed with vegetables and asking for what you need, and taking the time to spices, then neatly wrapped in a green plantain Please note: There will be a celebratory Christmas truly nurture yourself and your partner. Sessions leaf; rosca de reyes, known in English as three Eve dinner in the Esalen Lodge. will include basic quieting exercises, movement, kings cake; empanaditas, small savory pastries, CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. brief demonstrations, hands-on guidance, and and many other new dishes to share with your plenty of time for practice. families in the coming years. Leader bio on page 11. This weekend of mutual giving and receiving is ($40 ingredients fee paid directly to the leader) for those of you who wish to learn the essential Dulce Maria Perez carried her passion for cooking Soul Motion™: Tenderness at the Heart elements of Esalen Massage and share a lovely with her when she moved from her native of the Dance experience with your partner; no prior massage Dominican Republic to the US. She studied at Anne Zuza Engler & Scott Engler experience is necessary. Come for a pleasurable Marie Colbin Natural Gourmet Institute in New time of relaxation, renewal, inspiration, and York, the California Culinary Academy, and the Ann “Soul is flow, an ever-changing cloudscape of reconnection with your partner; soak in the Wigmore Institute. textures, hues, sensations, scents, and feelings,” healing waters of the natural hot springs, and writes Zuza. “Soul is how the deathless Presence enjoy the magical beauty of the Esalen grounds. meets and moves a finite human body. In this It’s a magnificent way to celebrate the holiday workshop, we will reclaim the body-in-motion season. December 23–30 as a doorway to the soul’s flow, to the life that is unfolding just under the surface of everyday for- All levels of massage experience are welcome. getting. Please bring an open heart, your favorite CDs A Big New Free Happy Unusual Life: “Soul Motion is a meeting with self and other in for massage and/or dancing, and a good sense Self-Expression as Spiritual Practice a dance that is deeply nourishing, creative, intel- of humor. Nina Wise ligent, emotionally savvy, heartbreaking, soul- CE credit for nurses; see page 113. It is our nature to be free—and to express that making, spirited, and transforming. It is a move- CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. freedom spontaneously and without hesitation ment toward the dynamic stillness at the center through song and dance, poetry and play. Deborah Anne Medow bio on page 16. of all things, the place of rest at the heart of Moreover, we each have the ability to wake up sound and motion. We will gather to listen bio on page 57. Rob Wilks to who we already know ourselves to be: people deeply and hover on the threshold between dedicated to a sane and just world made up doing and being, solitude and togetherness, of individuals who celebrate their common awkwardness and grace. Sharing at the Holiday Table: humanity and this planet of indescribable The Festive Cuisine of the Caribbean beauty through singing, dancing, playing, and “Dancing at the edge of the continent, the edge Dulce Maria Perez caring for all sentient beings. of another beginning, the edge of Love despite all odds, we will move with our delight and our “My early childhood memories of the holidays This improvisation workshop in Motion sorrow, inspired by the promise of light return- are deeply marked by the coming together of Theater® allows the creativity that resides with- ing into the heart of darkness. This formless my family at grandmother’s house in the small in us to have a voice. “Everyone has a story to dance form allows for passionate full-bodied village where she lived in the Dominican tell,” says Nina, “and stories reside as much in the movement as well as mindful inner explo- Republic,” writes Dulce Maria Perez. “Everybody body as in the mind. So we begin with move- rations, art making, ritual, and luscious loung- was included in the preparation of the special ment—slow stretches to open the body. We open ing. To follow the divine choreography, we learn meals we cooked.” Join Dulce for a celebration the voice with playful classical- and jazz-based to fall and flounder. Going deeply into contact of the sacred and healing properties of food and exercises. We meditate to calm the heart, dance with self, we awake enveloped in communion. the special community that forms around the to free the spirit, find a way to effortlessly com- The permission to relax, restore, and rejoice in winter holiday meals. pose with language. This journey leads to giving community invites a shift from alone to All The Caribbean cuisine uses a cornucopia of aro- voice and physicality to the private characters One—from ‘my dance’ to the One Dance.” matic, textured, and colorful ingredients, born and inner realities that live in the subconscious mind and the cells of our bodies.” Bring an object, a poem, or an image for the altar of a cultural crossroads that brought together to be created as a symbol for the simultaneous traditions from Africa, Asia, Europe, and the This workshop is like dreaming on your feet. possibility of self-expression and belonging. indigenous Taino tribes. This hands-on work- Expect to surprise yourself and to become more

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Please note: There will be a celebratory Christmas published widely and she has taught at Columbia, massage from your core, from a place of ease Eve dinner in the Esalen Lodge. NYU, and elsewhere. www.danishapiro.com. within yourself, and in the flow of a loving presence. CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. With brief lecture and hands-on supervised bio on page 12. Entering the Heart of Love Zuza Engler practice, we will focus on common areas of Mark Coleman Scott Engler, a longtime student of presence and tension while addressing posture, breath, and healing, is a practitioner of Biodynamic Craniosacral This time of year, during the winter solstice, is a intention. To assist in connecting you with your Therapy and Lomi Somatic Education. He holds a poignant time to retreat, slow down, and reflect inner resources, visualization and meditation second degree black belt in Aikido and lives in on letting go of the old and inviting what you will also be included. Come and enjoy the beau- Petaluma, Calif., with his wife Zuza. want to bring in for the coming season. For tiful Big Sur coast, while learning how to effort- many traditions, this season is also a time of love lessly give an Esalen Massage. This workshop is and light, and so what better time to cultivate open to beginners and those who wish to Week of December 23–28 the heart through meditation practices that inspire their current massage practice. open you to deeper experience of love, compas- CE credit for nurses; see page 113. sion, and joy? CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. Devotion: Crafting Your Journey During this retreat, with the help of ancient Inward through Memoir Oliver Bailey bio on page 54. Buddhist meditation practices of metta (love), is a certified Esalen® Massage Dani Shapiro karuna (compassion), and mudita (joy), we will Silvia Guersenzvaig teacher. Astrologer and educator since 1977, she coun- How do we begin to know our own stories, and learn how to meet ourselves, one other, and the sels internationally and is a bilingual practitioner to tell them in a way that feels universal? How world with a kind, wise, and joyful heart. We and teacher of Transformational Kinesiology from can we structure our inward journeys so that will also explore the simple but profound prac- Polaris International College, Denmark. She created they resonate with others? In this interactive tice of mindfulness. Cultivating mindfulness Openstars, Somatic Astrology at Esalen in 2000. workshop, we will explore multiple aspects of meditation forms the foundation for self aware- writing a memoir. ness, empathy, self-compassion, and releasing the boundaries between self and other. There is a profound difference between “journaling” and writing memoir. In journaling, we Mark will lead the group in a variety of rich Weekend of December 28–30 are interested in writing only for ourselves. In meditations, which will include taking in the memoir, we are also conscious of our readers. As beauty and love of nature at Esalen, and how This Year I Will...How to Finally Change we craft a memoir, we want to make art out of that equally opens and enriches the heart. We a Habit, Keep a Resolution, or Bring a our lives, turning confession and even confu- will also engage in experiential exercises and Dream into Being sion into clear-sighted, purposeful prose. playful practices that explore bringing the open MJ Ryan heart into the world around us. In many traditions, the year’s end is a time of Every year end, we get inspired (again!) to lose This course can be taken on its own or together contemplation and meaningful reflection on weight, get organized, start saving, find a better with The Power of Mindfulness, December 21- one’s own life. This workshop—accessible to job, or stop worrying. But by the time the rosy 23, for a seven-day immersion experience. writers of absolutely all levels from the pub- blush of good intentions wears off, we’re back lished to the beginner—encourages an inventory Please note: There will be a celebratory Christmas to our old ways, frustrated and fed up with our- of the stories we tell ourselves, and the stories Eve dinner in the Esalen lodge. selves. It doesn’t have to be this way. This work- we are compelled to share with others. Leader bio on page 72. shop offers you an opportunity to receive the There will be plenty of time for meditation, per- breakthrough wisdom and support you need to sonal writing, guided exercises, and coming make this time the time that change becomes together as a group in a supportive and nurtur- Esalen® Massage and the Art of permanent. Continuous Presence ing atmosphere. Change is hard. It’s not that we’re weak or lazy, Dani Shapiro, bestselling novelist and mem- Oliver Bailey & Silvia Guersenzvaig it’s just that bringing new behavior into being oirist, will guide the group through exercises Oliver Bailey and Silvia Guersenzvaig invite you takes energy, determination, self-awareness, and designed to open the channels to memory and to participate in a five-day journey to replenish practice. The tendency to keep doing what we’ve emotion. In an intimate and supportive envi- your spirit with touch by learning how to give already done is so strong because the neurons in ronment, she will provide useful, hands-on tools an Esalen Massage. our brains that fire together wire together—they for beginning to shape our journeys into com- tend to run the same sequence time after time, Esalen Massage is best described as the interface pelling narratives. whether we want them to or not. and integration of form, energy, structure, and Please note: There will be a celebratory Christmas soul. With its nurturing contact, long integrat- If you have ever broken a resolution, fallen off Eve dinner in the Esalen Lodge. ing strokes, and detailed attention to the whole a diet, or given up on fulfilling a dream, this experiential workshop is intended to use the is the author of the memoirs Devotion body, an Esalen Massage provides a state of deep Dani Shapiro discoveries of brain science to help you make a and Slow Motion, and two novels. Her next book, relaxation and healing. promise to yourself that you can keep. Through Still Writing: The Pleasures and Perils of a The intention of this week is to offer tools and discussion, lecture, journaling, and one-on-one Creative Life, will be out in 2013. Her work has been techniques that allow you to give a whole body

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and small-group interactions from a blend of Daniel Ellenberg, PhD, is a leadership coach, group Charu Rachlis, born and raised in Brazil, has been emotional, spiritual, and practical perspectives, facilitator, organizational trainer, and licensed thera- teaching yoga in San Francisco since 1997. She teach- each person leaves with a blueprint for imple- pist. He is a principle in both Relationships That es in a Bhakti lineage. She has a 20-year history of menting and sustaining lasting change. Work and Authentic Leadership Institute. He leads Tibetan Buddhist meditation, and is strongly influ- men’s growth groups and co-authored Lovers for enced by Iyengar and Ashtanga yoga. is the author of This Year I Will…and MJ Ryan Life. AdaptAbility: How to Survive Change You Didn’t Ask For, among others. A member of Professional Thinking Partners, she currently serves Meditation, Yoga and the New Week of December 30–January 4 as an advisor to entrepreneurs, senior-level executives, Paradigm in Consciousness and leadership teams, and leads workshops around the world. Charu Rachlis Re-Wilding the Future: Soul, Our world is in great flux. Changes come every Imagination, and a New Planetary Era day. Our old beliefs may not fit any longer. Bill Plotkin & Geneen Marie Haugen Living Deeply: The Art and Science There is a great call to all of us from Mother In the liminal time when one year morphs into of Transformation Earth and the cosmos to open up and receive a another, we often anticipate change; the final Cassandra Vieten & Daniel Ellenberg new alignment in consciousness. Many of us days of 2012 are especially saturated with both find it difficult to respond to this call, but also We are each always changing, always growing. uncertainty and possibility. Whether or not we there is a sense of relief and excitement. But sometimes we encounter moments or believe the astrological implications or mythic periods of life that are so potent, and so full of In this workshop we will practice meditation, prophecies about 2012, most of us experience potential, that they transform our conscious- which supports us to stay centered and open to this time as unpredictable and susceptible to ness, fundamentally shifting our worldview, our receive these new energies in a more balanced radical change. Much is in flux: economy, gov- motives and priorities, and how we relate to our- way. In our time together we will also practice a ernment, climate, consciousness—the stories we selves, others, and the world. Where we have gentle yoga—moving into our bodies with ease live by. For some, this may feel more destabiliz- been limited, we expand. We become more and using our breath to feel each pose. ing than welcome; for others, the unknown open, balanced, and aligned with our true val- future buzzes with possibility. How might we Asana (yoga postures) are an ancient medicine ues. Compassion for self and others arises more participate with the archetypal potentials—evo- to release the body from mental, emotional, naturally. lutionary and revolutionary—of one era’s end and physical stress. It is a preventive medicine! and another’s beginning? For more than a decade, research at the We will take time in restoratives postures to Institute of Noetic Sciences has examined how Reclaiming our own wilder psyches, which renew and rejuvenate ourselves. Our early these transformations happen and how they overflow with endless creativity, ecological mornings will be dedicated to pranayama can lead to greater meaning, joy, and purpose. genius, and emergent possibility, is a necessary (breath awareness), which also helps us to center No matter who you are, where you come from, prelude to re-wilding the future. To this end, and relax. or what your current transformative path is— we’ll evoke non-ordinary consciousness in mul- whether you seek to transform your life com- The workshop is designed to support each tiple ways: conversations with nature; approach- pletely or simply make adjustments to add participant in going deeper into their heart, ing the world as if everything is animate and richness and depth—learning more about the to reflect, rejuvenate, and deeply relax, and to intelligent; attending our deepest allurements; terrain of consciousness transformation can create the opportunity to open up to this infi- and listening for the voices of future ones who, not only give you a map, but also can help you nite possibility that exists in each moment. even now, call for our forward-seeing imagina- become the cartographer of your own journey. Please bring a yoga mat. tion and activism. Our practices will draw from Using lecture, video, discussion, creative process, and deeply embodied experiential play, we will weave scientific findings together with wisdom from the world’s spiritual traditions and your own authoritative wisdom to explore deep shifts in consciousness, and how they can be integrated into everyday life. Join us, as 2012 turns to 2013, to reorient, remember, and renew your commitment toward living more deeply every day.

CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113.

Cassandra Vieten, PhD, is director of research at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, a licensed clinical psychologist in San Francisco, and vice-president of the Institute for Spirituality and Psychology. She co-wrote Living Deeply: The Art and Science of Transfor- mation in Everyday Life. DANIEL BIANCHETTA

103 See pages 110-111 for reservations, fees, accommodations, scholarship information, and discounts.

council, dreamwork, nature-based ceremony, Note: Bring instruments, CDs, and songbooks Chandra Easton studied Buddhist philosophy, medi- expressive arts, and solo time on the land. We’ll if you like. tation, and Tibetan language at the Library of invite what Thomas Berry calls “the wild fertile Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamsala, India, has 25 years of experience blending forces of the planet” to nourish both the wild Claude Stein and translated Tibetan Buddhist texts on meditation psychology and voice training. His clients include human psyche and a future filled with wildly with B. Alan Wallace. Chandra has taught medita- RCA, Warner Bros., Sony, Atlantic, Island Records, fertile possibility. tion and yoga since 2001. www.shunyatayoga.com. Juilliard, Harvard Medical School, the Actors Please join us for experiential re-wilding in the Institute, Sprint, Siemens, and JPMorgan. auspicious atmosphere of Esalen at the auspicious New Year’s Meditation: Opening the end of 2012. Where else would you rather be? Mind, Awakening the Heart Shadow Yoga and Buddhist Meditation: , founder of Colorado’s Animas Valley Bill Plotkin Wisdom in Action Shauna Shapiro Institute, is a depth psychologist, wilderness-based soul guide, and agent for cultural change. Author of Scott Blossom & Chandra Easton The winter solstice and New Year’s Eve is a potent time to reflect, renew, and invite our Soulcraft and Nature and the Human Soul, he The feminine principle of wisdom, known as deepest intentions for the coming year. has guided thousands of people through initiatory prajna paramita in Buddhism, shakti in Tantra, Meditation offers a profound opportunity to passages in the underworld of soul. and gnosis in Christianity, represents the awak- focus inward, and to deeply connect with one- ening to our essential nature through direct Geneen Marie Haugen is a writer and guide to the self, create intentions, and reflect on life values experience. In Sanskrit, prajna paramita means mysteries of Earth and psyche. Her work appears in and aspirations. This darkest season is the pre- “perfection of wisdom” and is the name for the many nature anthologies, including American lude to a return of the light. It is a perfect time Great Mother. She is a deity, a symbol, a sutra; Nature Writing and Going Alone: Women’s to cultivate the heart, body, and mind through and above all, she represents the ground of Adventures in the Wild. She is a doctoral student meditation practices that open us to our deeper being, pregnant with all phenomena, the gen- in Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness at CIIS. experiences of love, compassion, joy, and wis- etrix of the awakened state. dom. Shadow Yoga is a Hatha yoga system that During this retreat, we explore the simple but The Natural Singer employs vigorous stance work for strengthening profound practice of mindfulness as the founda- Claude Stein the bones and marrow. It utilizes spiraling and tion of living a fully embodied, joyful, and circular movements to free the circulation of Come and celebrate the awesome healing power awake life. We will engage with the rich, sensual the life force in our limbs and to enkindle our of your voice. Whether you already sing or have experience of Esalen, the sounds and beauty of digestive fire for healing and strength, making always wished you could, this exciting work- the ocean, and the wonder and profound rich- the practitioner a suitable vessel for meditation shop can change your life. ness of our moment-to-moment experience. We practice. Scott will teach one of the three will also engage in mindful movement practices During this week, you will be shown how to Shadow Yoga Prelude forms in a sequential and practices of metta (love), karuna (compas- find and use your true, natural voice. There will manner so that it may be memorized. be great individual attention with exercises to sion), and mudita (joy). We will learn about the In this retreat, Scott and Chandra will weave relax the throat, build confidence, increase revolutionary research in mindfulness and neu- together the dynamic, penetrating, and sub- range, sing in key, and project with power. Then, robiology that illustrates the profound impact limely simple practices of Shadow Yoga and using favorite songs, participants will develop meditation can have in cultivating greater Buddhist Prajna Paramita meditation. Begin the extraordinary gifts we are all born with. The health and wellbeing in our lives. Out of this your day with Shadow Yoga practice with Scott. results can be simply amazing as each of us, no depth of connection, we will set clear intentions After breakfast, Chandra will share mantra prac- matter what level we’re at, triumphs over the and aspirations for the New Year. tice, source texts, and Prajna Parmita meditation. physical, emotional, and psychological issues Recommended reading: Shapiro, Carlson and In the afternoon, Scott and Chandra will weave that limit us—even if you’ve never been able to Kabat-Zinn, The Art and Science of Mindfulness; together the yoga and meditation practices to carry a tune! Kornfield, A Path With Heart; Salzberg, create a seamless tapestry of healing and embod- Lovingkindness. You can find confidence through the gentle whis- ied wisdom. per of a lullaby, release emotion with the cry of Prior yoga and meditation experience is highly CE credit for nurses; see page 113. the blues, or rekindle your passion with a driving recommended. Please bring a yoga mat, medita- CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. rhythmic chant. No special talent or previous tion cushion, and a journal. To learn more about , clinical psychologist and associate experience is necessary. Whether you already Shauna Shapiro Scott and Chandra, visit www.shunyatayoga.com. professor at Santa Clara University, researches mind- sing in public and want to take the next step, or fulness meditation and has published more than 60 you just want to hit the notes when you sing in is a Traditional Chinese Medical Scott Blossom articles and co-authored The Art and Science of the car, you’ll find yourself communicating freely practitioner, Shadow Yoga teacher, and Ayurvedic Mindfulness. and singing like you’ve always wanted to. consultant. He has studied yoga for more than 18 years and taught for 12. His primary teachers are Therapists, coaches, and workshop leaders will Zhander Remete, founder of Shadow Yoga, and Dr. also find the techniques valuable for use with Robert Svoboda, Ayurvedic physician and scholar. their clients. www.shunyatayoga.com.

104 work study program

he Work Study program is a twen- department or the kitchen, in exchange for work can be physically challenging, including ty-eight day immersion in Esalen’s inte- their housing and meal costs. Contemplative lifting, bending, and repetitive movements. Tgrative approach to personal and social and transformative practices are woven into Please be sure you are capable of the work you development. The program combines a rigorous the work environment at Esalen, so each day may be assigned. Workscholars are assigned to course of study in one area of transformative there are valuable opportunities for self and departments on the basis of community need, practice with the opportunity for deep relation- group exploration, including group process so please be ready to jump in anywhere. and check-in. ship with the Esalen land and co mmunity. The Work Study application is on page 109. Work Study is a rich and challenging way to The is a second type of twenty- Legacy Program The Work Study program is designed to embody the idea that mental, physical, emo- eight day work study experience at Esalen. With Please note: explore and apply human values and potentials. It is tional, spiritual, and social dimensions of the class sessions meeting just twice a week, with not intended as a substitute for therapy or as a “cure.” self are inextricably connected. Please see the one intensive day of classes during the month, Esalen encourages workscholars to refrain from alco- following pages for descriptions of Work Study Legacy workscholars have more flexibility in hol use during their stay. No pets, drugs, or violence courses. their schedules to attend residential education allowed. We cannot accommodate children. At the heart of the Work Study experience are classes (regularly occurring learning events the evening sessions. During these meetings, designed for Esalen staff) and daily movement Commitment to the Work Study program is which occur four to five evenings per week, arts programs. Legacy programs are usually a from 4 PM of the first Sunday to 7:30 PM of workscholars in each discipline meet together mix of workscholars and Esalen staff. Legacy the final Sunday. Do not plan to take regularly for core studies. The group leader or leaders for workscholars also volunteer 32 hours per week scheduled catalog workshops during your stay. with an Esalen department, and the tuition for each discipline are highly experienced teachers Fees: A deposit of $400 in US currency is who coordinate the course of study and guide Legacy is the same as the traditional Work Study required with your application. Fees will not scholars throughout the month. As a comple- program. be processed until your place in a program is ment to their studies, workscholars participate Workscholars are selected by application only. secured and you have accepted. The workscholar in Esalen’s daily operations by volunteering 32 After applications have been accepted, partici- fee is $1,150 for the month. Fees are subject hours per week, usually in the housekeeping pants may register for the program. Some of the to change and are due upon your arrival. Workscholars may be invited to remain for a second month depending on space and community needs. Occasionally it is possible to stay for a longer period as an extended student.

Food and Housing: Accommodations are shared (occasionally co-ed), with up to four people to a room. Some workscholars stay at South Coast Center, a staff complex located 1.5 miles north of Esalen. Housing and meals are provided in exchange for 32 hours of volunteer work.

Cancellation Policy: If you choose to cancel, you will be charged the following amount: 15+ days prior to start, $100; 8-14 days, $200; 3-7 days, $300; 0-2 days, $400. Please mail the application form, personal statement, and deposit to: Work Study Program Esalen Institute 55000 Hwy 1 Big Sur, CA 93920 or fax to: Work Study Program 831-667-3069

We will contact you to confirm that we received your application within 14 days of receiving it. We will inform applicants of admission three months prior to the program’s start date. After that time, there are generally wait lists for Work Study programs. DOUG ELLIS 105 Work Study Programs transformational leadership. Elements of the table Shiatsu massage sequence, an introduction program include but are not limited to to meridian theory, and an easy to learn, power- July–December 2012 • Personal growth and sustainability practices ful chi kung form. The group will explore both for a balanced life Yang (deep and penetrating) and Yin (light and energetic) styles of touch as well as various • Effective communication and interpersonal meditations, self massage, and improv games to July 8–August 5 skills for strong relationships encourage awareness and expression. The pro- A Half Century of Human Potential • Empowerment with the confidence to live and gram is designed to open students to their own Have you ever wondered how so many people, function in a more just, sacred, and sustainable innate healing potentials, to the power of safe, perhaps you, became “spiritual but not reli- future. therapeutic touch, and to being more fully pre- gious?” Have you ever felt alone, or disconnect- • Group dynamics and facilitation skills sent in their ongoing unfolding. Participants ed, in your own story and wondered whether it • Time to connect with the sacred land and will also receive valuable tools to facilitate the fit into a larger cultural narrative or super-story? waters of Esalen healing of others. In a spirit of compassion, It does. 2012 marks the fiftieth anniversary of This program will include a certificate of com- laughter, and expanding awareness, students the first official seminars on “the human poten- pletion for a Transition training through will be nurtured and nourished by the group tiality” at the Big Sur Hot Springs, which would www.transitionus.org. interaction and by a deeper connection to Self. soon become the Esalen Institute. Jeffrey Kripal CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. will guide a group of work scholars through this See leader bio on page 89. American story through his own history of the Jim Gallas, a Shiatsu teacher for more than 15 years, institute, as well as through novels, film, audio has led workshops in California and internationally. media, photographs, and a variety of guest August 5–September 2 Creator of the DVD Zen Thai Table Shiatsu: Deep speakers from the Esalen community. A wilder- and Effective Body Work with Ease, Jim also ness retreat in the mountains and coasts sur- The Ensemble Process teaches Reiki, anatomy, yoga, and chi kung. rounding the institute with Esalen teacher In the centuries-old tradition of ensemble Steven Harper will introduce the work scholars theatre, individual charisma and creativity are to the natural world of Big Sur that lies at the vitally bound up with the greater energy of the September 2–30 heart and soul of Esalen’s unique story, and work group. Modern modes of expression and under- ® scholars will compose and process their own standing from jazz to systems theory have 5Rhythms Waves/Heartbeat: personal narratives as a means of locating and affirmed the power of symbiosis. There is now a A Moving Meditation Practice grounding them in this half century of human greater understanding of a model of leadership “In the art of the 5Rhythms® practice, movement potential. fueled not by the decisions of a single personali- is our medicine,” writes Lucia Horan. “There are no rules. We are only invited to keep moving as is chairman of the Department of ty but by the pulse and wisdom of the ensemble. Jeffrey Kripal we navigate the experience of life. Movement is Religious Studies at Rice University. He has written During this program, , vet- Peter James Meyers our key to enter the gateway of the body. Here four books focusing on the comparative erotics and eran stage director and leadership consultant, we unearth what has been buried below the sur- ethics of mystical literature, American countercultural will help cultivate communication skills, self- face. We invite each of the rhythms to be our translations of Asian religious traditions, and the his- assurance, and physical presence through a guide as we navigate the territory of body, mind, tory of Western esotericism. process of group discovery and performance. and soul. In the process, we learn to awaken our Along the way, the group will practice move- authentic power, creative wellspring, and inner Legacy Program: Eco-conscious ment, voice, and improvisation techniques that source of loving. Transformational Leadership for will allow each participant to amplify personal “During this work study month, we will investi- Our Local and Global Future presence, enhance spontaneity, and heighten gate the map of the rhythms, becoming mindful Sustainability and environmental leadership is clarity of thought. In short, learn how to capti- as we track our past, present, and future, and vital for our long-term survival on this planet. vate a room and shape an audience’s experience. As citizens and business/organization leaders informed by all that is held in the bones and we need to intimately understand stakeholder This is an ideal opportunity for anyone interest- cells of this body. In the first part of the month, engagement, reputation, ethics, and market via- ed in blending performing arts with the art of we will work with fundamentals of the bility and see them all as equally important to leadership—expanding expressive skills while 5Rhythms® Waves practice. This will ground us balance when making the case for sustainability cultivating the ability to command and inspire. and prepare us for the next part of our journey. in our lives and organizations. Participants will create an original theater piece In the second part of the month, we will dive to be offered to the Esalen community at the into the realm of 5Rhythms® Heartbeat. In During this experiential, cross-cultural leader- end of the month. Open to participants of all Heartbeat we explore the emotional component ship work study program, Kat Steele will help backgrounds and interests. of our human existence, in relationship to the you develop a heightened sense of place and rhythms. We will dance, create art, poetry, ritual Recommended reading: Meyers, As We Speak: self-awareness, while deepening your practice of theater, and use conscious touch to integrate How to Make Your Point and Have it Stick. leadership to enable you to take new skills into what comes up in the process. No experience is your personal life and projects. See leader bio on page 35. required for this class.”

With an emphasis on honoring your inherent CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. wisdom and uncovering and awakening your Legacy Program: Streams of Energy See leader bio on page 48. natural leadership strengths, we will explore Jim Gallas leads this program of Eastern body moving from transactional to eco-conscious work and movement which includes a full body

106 Legacy Program: Embodied Relationship October 28–November 25 “We develop relationships with ourselves and The Heart of Buddhism others through the physicality of our vision, smell, touch, and movement,” says The Buddha offered a timeless teaching on how Michael to live a life that is sourced from kindness, com- Clemmens. “These relationships, or dances, shape what we believe is possible and how we passion, and appreciation. These teachings and behave in the present. In this program, our practices are as applicable today as they were focus will be on the ways in which we create two thousand years ago. We all have the ability relationships through our bodies. By attending to access the innate wisdom and compassion of to our present dance with others, we can the heart—all we have do is turn inward through become more aware of our existing context meditation and eventually we will uncover an and optional ways of interacting. endless source of happiness. “The structure of the program will be experien- During this course, Noah Levine will be joined tial exercises, practice sessions, and group discus- by Spirit Rock Community Dharma teacher sion to develop our awareness of self and the Vinny Ferraro for a program that combines the group. We will begin with our earliest move- regular and Legacy work study groups for a ments (prior to birth) and then explore how we unique synergy. Legacy work scholars will have DOUG ELLIS co-create our bodily membership in the more the opportunity to join the regular work study group for some portions of the course, and vice complex gestalts of family, groups, and cultures. This workshop is like dreaming on your feet. Our goals will be to experience how we create versa. Together, Levine and Ferraro will guide Expect to surprise yourself and to become more you into your heart’s depths through a series of relationships through embodiment, and to devel- playful and at ease before an audience. You op skills in attending to ourselves and others.” guided meditations, small group explorations, might even find that the sense of wellbeing lectures, and dialogue. The month will be based CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. achieved during the workshop not only expands upon the Buddha’s teachings of the Divine See leader bio on page 61. your creative abilities, but also enhances your Abodes of heart—kindness, compassion, appreci- experience of daily life. And while it is not ther- ation, and equanimity, as well as an in-depth apy, the work can be surprisingly, delightfully, process of forgiveness. holistically healing.” September 30–October 28 All levels of experience are welcome, but be CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. ® warned you will be asked to open your heart Motion Theater : See leader bio on page 11. and stand undefended in the presence of your Dreaming on Your Feet own truth. It is our nature to be free—and to express that Legacy Program: freedom spontaneously and without hesitation Noah Levine bio on page 79. Gestalt Awareness Practice through song and dance, poetry and play. Vinny Ferraro bio on page 84. Moreover, we each have the ability to wake up Each of us is born with an inherent drive for to who we already know ourselves to be: people aliveness and self-expression and belonging. As we grow up, our sense of self and our ability to dedicated to a sane and just world made up November 25–December 23 of individuals who celebrate their common be spontaneous may become blocked. Knowing humanity and this planet of indescribable who we are, and what we feel and want, can be difficult when we have lived with the absence of Nonviolent Communication beauty through singing, dancing, playing, and Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is interna- caring for all sentient beings. adequate attunement and responsiveness to our emotions. This lack can result in self-judgment tionally recognized, taught, and implemented as This improvisation workshop in Motion and the belief that our emotions are the prob- a tool for quality of life. During this month of Theater allows the creativity that resides within lem, instead of signals that can point the way intensive immersion in NVC principles and us to have a voice. “Everyone has a story to tell,” toward a better understanding of ourselves and practices with Jean Morrison, participants are says Nina Wise. “And stories reside as much our environment. offered the opportunity to strengthen their in the body as in the mind. So we begin with ability to: movement—slow stretches to open the body. We The focus of a month with Dorothy Charles and Relational Gestalt Process will be creating a • Live from a consciousness of compassion, for open the voice with playful classical- and jazz- yourself and with others based exercises. We meditate to calm the heart, group experience that will provide a context in which feelings can be held and integrated. • Make peace with conflicts affecting emotional dance to free the spirit, find a way to effortlessly health and wellbeing compose with language. This journey leads to Individual work with the leader, communica- giving voice and physicality to the private char- tion skills and group process, will be used to • Replace distressing habits of mind and language acters and inner realities that live in the subcon- develop awareness and self- responsibility to cre- with new habits that create compassion, scious mind and the cells of our bodies.” ate relationships with self and others that are connection, understanding, and healing supportive and enlivening. Meditation, and • Liberate your thinking and reactions in order The sessions will include meditation, gentle and expressive arts will also be part of the curricu- to transform anger, hurt, and guilt into energy vigorous movement, exploring the range of lum. and expressions that serve life vocal expression, writing exercises, as well as • Clarify and express emotions and needs, solo, duet, and ensemble improv games. CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. See leader bio on page 29. distinct from blame

107 • Make empowering requests distinct from Carlos Durana, PhD, MAc, is a licensed acupunc- and body in a spirit of bhakti, or devotion. demands and expectations turist and clinical psychologist; he is also a body work- Participants will learn how to bring awareness • Apply NVC principles and skills to your goals er and writer/researcher with many years of experi- to the felt sense of each posture and move ener- and aspirations ence in Chinese herbology, medical qigong, life and gy and consciousness through the body, rather wellness coaching, meditation, stress management, than just assume yogic shapes. In addition to The sessions include a balance of playful explo- exercise, and nutrition. asana, we will practice pranayama (breathing ration, thoughtful inquiry, powerful exercises www.Seasonsinourlife.com. techniques) and kirtan (devotional chanting). for skill development, and sharing of best prac- As we surrender ourselves into these practices, tices with participants’ real situations. Guest pre- we further open our hearts to realizing our con- senters will augment our NVC practice with nection with the divine, and we can carry that their expertise in the Enneagram, Mindful December 23–January 20 awareness with us out of the yoga room into Meditation, art, and movement. Healing with Humor: Spinal Awareness a richer more fulfilling experience of life. All Please note: Participants in this program are sign- levels of practice and experience are welcome. Patrick Douce will lead an in-depth experience ing up for five weeks at Esalen. For four weeks, of Spinal Awareness, a program of health and Please bring a yoga mat. you will be in a group with Jean Morrison. For healing (with humor). Spinal Awareness is a CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. the fifth week you will be participating in way of learning that improves body awareness, a devoted student and practitioner Esalen’s staff week. During this week, Esalen flexibility, posture, and most chronic and acute Carl Swanson of yoga for the last decade, has been teaching yoga is closed to the public. There will be staff-only conditions of the body. Taught with movement, at Esalen since 2004. His teaching is influenced by fun, work, and learning during this time. touch, and group interaction, it is based on the Anusara and Vinyasa Flow styles of hatha yoga, his work of Moshe Feldenkrais, Taoist-Chinese- CE credit for MFTs and LCSWs; see page 113. love of kirtan, and his experience as an Esalen Indonesian martial art, and the Esalen experi- See leader bio on page 100. Massage practitioner and instructor. ence. Nora Matten bio on page 80. Legacy Program: Spinal Awareness emphasizes learning how to Presence and Touch that Heals move in ways that stimulate your awareness and Touch is a powerful tool for healing. Touch com- support the health of your own body. Lessons bined with a presence that truly meets the per- inspired by Indonesian Silat will also be used to Work Study Programs son you are touching is a gift beyond compare. stimulate the energy body, effecting internal January–June 2013 To develop this skill set involves several key health and increasing energy. Students will par- Please visit: elements. Join and ticipate in floor exercises that organize and inte- Suzanne Scurlock-Durana www.esalen.org/workshops/workstudy.html for this interactive and experien- grate the spinal column, and standing lessons Carlos Durana for complete program descriptions. tial legacy month that will explore each of these that improve better balance and fluidity. elements as well as offer the opportunity for in- The course will include safe and noninvasive January 20-February 17 depth personal growth and healing through hands-on lessons to greatly speed improve- Spiritual Massage: Lightbody Infusion multiple hands-on bodywork sessions. ments. Fun partner lessons will be intermixed with Maria Lucia Bittencourt Sauer Participants will work with the Full Body Presence to help bring about not only freedom in the February 17-March 17 book and audio download to cultivate their capac- body but a return to the childlike energy ity to be present in a powerful, yet ethical and lov- essential to us all. Wordsmithing: Opening the Creative Channel with Johnsmith ing way. Also, participants will be shown the foun- CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. dation level of touch used in all CranioSacral ther- CE credit for nurses; see page 113. March 17-April 14 apy, which unlocks the door to the body’s deepest See leader bio on page 44. Relational Gestalt Process with Dorothy wisdom. They will be shown how to follow ener- Charles gy flow through the body and release restrictions using the meridian system, returning the system Legacy Program: Yoga as a Practice April 14-May 12 to balance and better health. of Devotion and Surrender T’ai Chi with Kenn Chase The fruition of yoga is the state of connection This program will be coupled with the visiting with the deepest source of our consciousness, May 12-June 9 teacher program, which will offer an opportuni- often described as a sacred and blissful union Sharing Your Life Story with Ann Randolph ty to be mentored by advanced CranioSacral between the student and the Divine. In shorter therapists and to receive multiple hands-on June 9-July 7 yoga classes we are often preoccupied with the advanced healing work in evening sessions. with Michael physical aspects of our practice as we try to Embodied Relationship Please bring a journal for reflection time and Clemmens achieve various physical yoga postures (asanas). notes, as well as a binder for handouts. For many students yoga can be reduced to a Required reading and listening: Scurlock- stretching and strengthening exercise. We may Durana and Upledger, Full Body Presence: Learning miss or forget that the true aim is to more fully Additional programs are always to Listen to Your Body’s Wisdom, book and audio experience and express our intrinsic goodness being added. Please visit download or CD. and beauty, our divine inner light. www.esalen.org for the latest CE credit for bodyworkers; see page 113. In this course, Carl Swanson and Nora Matten opportunities. CE credit for nurses; see page 113. will guide students through an exploration of yogic practices as a way to open the heart, mind, Suzanne Scurlock-Durana bio on page 19.

108 work study program application please print legibly. First Name ______Last Name ______o Male o Female Today’s Date ______Phone: Evening (—————)______Day (—————)______Cell (—————)______Home Address______City/State/Zip ______Country ______Occupation (previous, if retired) ______Date of Birth ______Age ______mo / day / yr E-mail Address______Do you have any physical/emotional condition (i.e. bad back, severe depression) that might affect your ability to participate? o Yes o No Are you taking medication? o Yes o No If yes to either of these questions, please include details in your personal statement. Are you a former workscholar? o Yes o No If yes, list dates and the dept. where you worked: ______Are you an ILEAD student? o Yes o No If yes, from what school? ______See www.esalen.org/workshops/workstudy.html for more info about ILEAD.

The Work Study program is for 28 days, beginning at 4 pm on Sunday and ending at 7:30 pm on the final Sunday. Sometimes particular dates and/or leaders are not available. List below, in order of preference, the dates/leaders for which you are available. Please note: Space may become available up until the program start date. You must let us know if you wish to be removed from a wait list; if you’re on a wait list and space becomes available, you will be notified for confirmation. If you cancel after placement, you will be charged a cancellation fee. start date Choice 1 ______Leader ______If full, wait list? o Yes o No Choice 2 ______Leader ______If full, wait list? o Yes o No Choice 3 ______Leader ______If full, wait list? o Yes o No If your application is approved and we cannot give you your first choice, we will place you in your next available choice. Workscholars may be invited to remain for a second term, depending on space availability and the needs of the Esalen community. Please indi- cate your availability for such an invitation (no obligation): o No extension o One-term extension We encourage ridesharing. Are you bringing a vehicle? o Yes o No; Are you willing to give a ride? o Yes o No; Receive a ride? o Yes o No; I wish to rideshare from (if different from above address) ______Assignments to departments are made according to community labor needs (usually kitchen or housekeeping). However, if you prefer housekeeping or kitchen, or if you have landscaping skills, please list them below. o Place me wherever I’m most needed – or – note my preferences below. Choice 1 ______Skills/Experience ______Choice 2 ______Skills/Experience ______

Please attach a personal statement about your interest in the Work Study program, telling us why you’d like to participate and what you hope to take with you when you leave. All applicants are required to sign a standard release-from-liability and assumption-of-risk form as a condition of participation in the Work Study program. This form will be mailed to you upon acceptance to the program. Do you want van service? Van service rates are subject to change. From o Monterey Airport, 2 pm ($50); o Monterey Transit, 2:20 pm ($50); o San Francisco Airport, 11:45 am ($100).

Payment o $400 deposit o $1,150 Name on Card______o Check (U.S. banks only), attached and payable to Esalen Institute Card No. ______MasterCard VISA American Express o o o Expiration Date______If you are making a credit card deposit, the balance will be Billing Zipcode______CVV (security) code ______automatically charged to your card five days before your arrival. Name and phone number (if different from above):

Applications cannot be considered without a deposit and a ______personal statement included. Deposits are not processed until ______your final acceptance into the program. Authorizing Signature ______

109 reservation information

Reservations Workshop Tuition Including Accommodations online: Weekend Five-day Seven-day www.esalen.org Workshops Workshops Workshops phone: 888-837-2536 Point House Single $1,595 $3,155 $4,565 If you prefer, download the reservation form at Point House Couple $2,290 $4,310 $6,330 www.esalen.org/workshops/reservations.html and $1,245 $2,340 $3,535 fax (831-667-2724) or mail it in. Premium Room Single Premium Room Couple $1,940 $3,555 $5,390 Standard $730 $1,215 $1,855 Esalen Rates Are All Inclusive Bunk Bed $555 $935 $1,430 All workshop fees include: Sleeping Bag $405 $650 $990 • Workshop tuition or Personal Retreat fees Off-site $405 $650 $990 • Organically grown food Friends of Esalen receive a $25.00 discount on rates. For information on Friends of Esalen, see page 2. • Vegan and vegetarian options for all meals • Coffee, tea, and bread bar open 24/7 Accommodations • 24-hour use of hot spring bath facilities, Bunk Bed Accommodations: This is shared Arts Center (except when a workshop is See below. housing with four or more persons per room. scheduled), meditation Round House, Point Houses: Premium Accommodations: See below. Sleeping Bag Accommodations: Some Esalen and the entire Esalen grounds meeting rooms are used as shared sleeping bag This is shared • Participation in scheduled daily classes Standard Accommodations: space. Storage space outside the meeting rooms housing, with two or three people per room such as yoga, dance, meditation, art, and is available when the rooms are being used for and in some cases a shared bathroom. special events Couples meetings (9 am–11 pm). will be housed privately. Standard guaranteed • One-year subscription to the Esalen single housing is available on a limited basis Off-site Accommodations: If you are attending catalog for an additional $125 per night. a workshop and staying off property.

This is Your Time… ou have carefully selected a workshop, Yor made the decision to take a Personal Retreat. You are stepping out of your busy life to stop and breathe, heal, explore. Why not treat yourself to the finest accommodations during your stay Point House Premium Room at Esalen?

Point Houses are private suites nestled behind the Esalen Garden and perched at the cliff’s edge with stunning views of the Pacific Ocean. Each of the three Point Houses offers a living room with wood stove, a master bedroom, a sleeping loft, full kitchen and dining area, private redwood deck South Point House Annex Premium Room overlooking the Pacific with outdoor clawfoot tub, Internet connections, and in-room telephone.

Premium Rooms offer upgraded bathrooms and enhanced sound and climate insulation. Various rooms have different amenities including Internet connection, in-room phones, in-floor heating, and ocean views. Please call 888-837-2536 for details about Point Houses and premium room accommodations and availability. Point House Premium Room KODIAK GREENWOOD

110 Workshop Payment If possible, please pay full workshop fees at the time of reservation. To reserve a space in any workshop, we require the following deposits: Weekend: $150 5–7 day: $300 Deposits paid by credit card will automatically have the workshop balance drawn from your credit card five days before arrival. Deposits are payable in US currency only; overseas residents must pay by checks drawn on US banks or credit cards. Deposits are nonrefundable.

Esalen Cancellation Policy: If you cancel or change any part of your reservation at least seven full days before the start of your workshop(s), your nonrefundable deposit, less a $75- per-workshop processing fee, will be transferred to an Esalen credit account to be used within one year.

If you cancel a workshop with less than seven CELINE NADEAU days’ notice, you forfeit your entire deposit. If you have prepaid your entire reservation fee, we will Senior Citizen Discount: A discount is avail- retain the deposit and refund you the balance. able to guests over 65, for workshops only. Family Accommodations If you cancel a Personal Retreat reservation at For a weekend workshop, the discount is $25. and Children’s Fees: least 7 days before your reservations date, a $75 For 5-day or longer workshops, $50. Fees for children under 14 enrolled in family processing fee will be charged for each reserva- workshops are: $100 for weekend workshops tion (per person) and the remaining balance and $200 for 5-day. will be refunded. If you cancel with fewer than Personal Retreat Fees Two full-paying adults housed in standard 7 days notice, you will forfeit the price of one Fees listed are per night. night’s lodging (per person). accommodations may have their children stay Fri/Sat Sun-Thurs with them (not enrolled in a family program) Esalen may cancel a workshop due to low Standard $220 $165 for a meal charge of $20 per child per day enrollment. (2-3 persons per room) ($10 for children under 6). Cancellations must be made by phone with Premium $450 $450 Note: If children are enrolled in Gazebo Park one of our reservation staff. “Seven full days” (guaranteed single) School, additional fees apply. means by Sunday before a Sunday workshop, and by Friday before a Friday workshop. Premium $600 $600 Gazebo Park School is an on-site, state-licensed, Donations to the Friends of Esalen are nonre- (2 persons: priced per room) outdoor preschool program for children from fundable. Esalen may cancel a workshop due to infants to age 6. This program is available during Point Houses $700 $650 the week to children of seminarians, workshop low enrollment two weeks before the workshop (1 or 2 people: priced per room) start date. You may either switch to another leaders, personal retreatants, as well as Big Sur workshop, come for a Personal Retreat, or get South Point House Annex $175 $175 families. The school offers children the opportu- a refund. (add’l South Point House bedroom nity for full immersion with the natural world for up to 2 people, priced per person) through its rich, child-centered park environ- Money at Esalen: Esalen accepts cash, checks, ment and ecology-based curriculum. Gazebo and credit cards. Esalen does not have an ATM, Bunk Bed $140 $130 Park School’s low teacher to child ratio allows so please bring enough cash for incidentals such (4 or more persons per room) for individual attention. Activities include car- as beverages and chocolate at the dinner bar, or ing for the school’s animals, gardening, harvest- gratuities for massage practitioners. ing fruits and vegetables, cooking, expressive Schedules arts, literacy activities, dramatic play, and excur- Accommodations include Friday and Saturday sions to explore Esalen’s unique campus. Reduced Rate Availability night for weekend workshops and Sunday Children may be enrolled for a half day, full day, Please request discounts at the time of registration. through Thursday night for 5-day workshops. or several days while here at Esalen. Gazebo Schedules for 7-day workshops vary; please Park School hours are Monday-Friday, 9:30 am– Work Exchange: Some assistance is available for workshop participants in exchange for a work inquire at registration. 4:30 pm. Qualified childcare providers may be available for parents taking workshops outside commitment in housekeeping or the kitchen. Check-in/Check-out: Guests are welcome to $50, 4 hrs. $100, 8 hrs. arrive at Esalen any time after 2 pm; rooms of the Gazebo Park School hours. For more Weekend: 5–7 days: information and to enroll for Gazebo Park Scholarships: Limited scholarships are available become available after 4 pm. Check-out time is 12 noon on departure days. Lunch is provided School, please call 831-667-3026. To ensure space for those in financial need. See the Esalen web- in the program, we ask for at least one month site for details and application. on departure days; we ask that you leave the property by 2 pm. advance notice for enrollment. Ongoing Residency Discount: A 20% discount is available for a consecutive, four-week-long Workshops: Workshop schedules normally workshop experience. Call the Esalen office for begin at 8:30 pm on the first evening and end details. at 11:30 am on the final day.

111 information for your visit

Location and Transportation Esalen is located 45 miles south of Monterey and 11 miles south of Nepenthe restaurant on Coast Route 1. This isolation and tranquility can deepen your experience, yet it can also be a significant change in environment.

Ridesharing: We encourage ridesharing to reduce the number of cars on the road and at Esalen. See the reservation form online at www.esalen.org for ridesharing options.

Van Service: A van service is available between Monterey Airport/Monterey Transit Plaza/ Monterey Airbus Station and Esalen on Fridays and Sundays. The incoming service departs Monterey Airport at approximately 4 pm, arrives at Monterey Transit Plaza at 4:15 pm, and Monterey Airbus Station at 4:20 pm. Return service departs Esalen at approximately 5:30 pm. DOUG ELLIS The drive is approximately 1 1/4 hours to Monterey Airport, so please plan plane flights accordingly. Van service reservations must be Phone and Internet: There is no cell phone Nudity: In the hot springs, massage area, and made with Esalen at least 24 hours prior to service at Esalen. There are two shared pool, swimsuits are optional and nudity is arrival. The $65 one-way fee (subject to change) Internet stations available and the Lodge has common. We encourage each individual to is payable to Esalen upon arrival. free WiFi access, except during meal times. choose what is most comfortable for him or Due to Esalen’s remote location, all connectiv- her. The environment we strive for at Esalen ity (phones and Internet) is provided on a is one of personal sanctuary and respect for Public Bathing in the best-effort basis; we can’t guarantee service. the human body. Hot Springs Age Restrictions: Workshop participants Illegal Drugs: In accordance with state and must be 18 years or older unless otherwise federal laws, the possession or use of illegal In addition to round-the-clock availability for noted. See page 111 for family options at drugs on Esalen grounds is strictly prohibited. Esalen guests, the hot springs are open to the Esalen. general public, by reservation only, 1 am–3 am, Lost and Found: To inquire about items lost for a cost of $20 per person, payable by credit Snoring: If you are staying in shared accom- during your stay, call 831-667-3019. card only upon reservation. Reservations can be modations and you snore, please be prepared Pets: Other than service animals, pets are not made 8 am–8 pm (except Friday and Sunday: to do everything possible to minimize the dis- allowed. lines close at noon), at 831-667-3047. comfort this may cause a roommate. Consider taking a private room. If you do not snore, Smoking: Smoking is permitted in designat- please come prepared with earplugs for the ed outdoor areas only. Not permitted in possibility of sharing a room with a snorer. accommodations or meeting areas. Private Conferences The Esalen office has no facilities Flashlights: Esalen paths are very dimly lit Valuables: As part of its dedication to the humanities at night. Please bring a flashlight. to store guest valuables. and sciences, Esalen offers its facilities to organi- Guests are welcome to con- Health Services: Esalen has no medical Volunteering: zations and individuals for mission-aligned tribute time during their stay to work with private conferences, meetings, courses, and services or pharmaceutical supplies on site. Please come prepared to administer to your Esalen staff, usually in the kitchen or in cab- trainings. Esalen can accommodate groups up ins. This help enables us to meet the pressures to 124 people. own needs. Esalen is 45 miles from a medical facility and pharmacy. of peak working times and provides an oppor- Conferences can be two, five, or seven days and tunity for guests to experience Esalen from include meals, movement classes, and use of Accessibility: Many Esalen paths, though the inside. the hot springs and Art Center when available. paved, are very steep. Access to some parts Most conferences are scheduled at least one of the property may be difficult depending Recommended Reading and Mail Order All recommended reading is year in advance. For more information and to on your level of mobility. Please discuss your Merchandise: available online through www.esalen.org. schedule, contact the conference coordinator needs with an Esalen representative at the All other bookstore merchandise is available at 831-620-6244. time of registration (at least 72 hours prior to arrival) and we may be able to assist. via mail order. For more information, see www.esalen.org/bookstore. Personal Guests: Seminarians may not have guests on property.

112 leader index

Rick Hanson, 9, 58 Joseph Millar, 24 Joanne Beaule Ruggles, 83 A D Ralph Abraham, 11 Karishma Deanna Darby, 41 Steven Harper, 13, 32, 49, 73 Kia Miller, 36 Christopher Ryan, 69 Mark Abramson, 61, 98 Christina Dauenhauer, 30 Susan Harper, 22, 81 Sarana Miller, 100 MJ Ryan, 102 Dee Dettman Ahern, 77 Laura Day, 14 Andrew Harvey, 19 Dan Millman, 57 Ronald Alexander, 69 Lorie Eve Dechar, 72 Sylvia Haskvitz, 52 Joyce C. Mills, 36, 79 S David Allen, 61 Russell Delman, 39, 42 Geneen Marie Haugen, 103 Phillip Moffitt, 83 Sy Safransky, 75 Eugene Allen, 32 Harvey Deutch, 29 Paul Heussenstamm, 97 Noa Mohlabane, 32 Kerena Gordhamer Saltzman, Jennifer Allen, 21 Christina Dickinson, 93 Johanna Holloman, 64, 93 Michael Molin-Skelton, 81 37 Lillie Allen, 32 Lisa Lieberman Doctor, 87 Perry Holloman, 64, 93 Jean Morrison, 100, 107 Banafsheh Sayyad, 17 Susan Anderson, 75 Patrick Douce, 44, 86, 100, 108 Lucia Rose Horan, 48, 91, 106 Beverly Kitaen Morse, 58 David Schiffman, 17, 87, 96 Fabio Andrico, 44 Jeff Dowd, 79 Peggy Horan, 24, 80 Robert Moss, 80 Jon Schreiber, 26 Jim Dreaver, 52 Michael Hoyt, 71 Eric Moya, 72 Lori Anne Schwanbeck, 97 Chungliang Al Huang, 63, 89, Caroline Muir, 50 Stephan A. Schwartz, 60 B Lama Drimed, 22 James Bailey, 67 Ken Dychtwald, 63 91 Charles Muir, 50 Suzanne Scurlock-Durana, 18, Oliver Bailey, 54, 92, 102 Russ Hudson, 36 Heather Munro Pierce, 68 22, 27, 108 Terry Hunt, 65 Michael Murphy, 63 Eva Selhub, 34 Banana Slug String Band, 34 E Anat Baniel, 43 Chandra Easton, 104 Roxanne "Nikki" Myers, 78 Paul Selig, 38, 41 James Baraz, 66 Donna Eden, 43 I Tom Myers, 9, 76 Dani Shapiro, 102 Ysaye Barnwell, 40 Charles Eisenstein, 39 Amy Ippoliti, 11 Shauna Shapiro, 104 Ellen Bass, 24, 80 Leah Weiss Ekstrom, 8, 10 Rik Isensee, 97 N Paula Shaw, 85, 88 Nora Bateson, 8, 10 Daniel Ellenberg, 85, 103 Michael Newman, 32, 49 Rupert Sheldrake, 53 Rob Bauer, 26 Karen Ely, 94 J Wesley “Scoop” Nisker, 56 Dan Short, 14 Judith Bell, 85 Scott Engler, 101 Roger Jahnke, 55 Annellen M. Simpkins, 23, 24 Dyrian Benz, 46, 68 Zuza Engler, 12, 101 Rick Jarow, 15, 16 O C. Alexander Simpkins, 23, 24 Jennifer Berezan, 29 Carol A. Erickson, 71 Johnsmith, 73, 108 TS O'Grady, 13 Mariabruna Sirabella, 71, 74 Susan Bernstein, 80 Wendy Johnson, 28 Jennie Oppenheimer, 65 Caleb Smith, 13 Catherine Ann Jones, 31 Judith Orloff, 25 Fritz Smith, 42, 74 Micheline Berry, 15 F Charlie Bloom, 54 Jessica Fagan, 15, 57 Dean Ornish, 63 Kat Steele, 88, 106 Linda Bloom, 54 Robin Fann-Costanzo, 67 K Brita Ostrom, 35, 49 Claude Stein, 104 Scott Blossom, 104 Warren Farrell, 39 Byron Katie, 50, 63 Brother David Steindl-Rast, 18 Joseph Bobrow, 91 David Feinstein, 43 Sam Keen, 76 P Greg Steltenpohl, 76 Jean Shinoda Bolen, 83 Vinny Ferraro, 84, 107 Sally Kempton, 54, 79 Ji Hyang Padma, 88 Janet Stone, 78 Julie Bowden, 21 Robert Fisher, 46 Carol Kershaw, 37 Wendy Palmer, 43 Gabriela Bozic, 51 Thomas Michael Fortel, 67 Hala Khouri, 90 Laurie Lioness Parizek, 55 T Ann Bradney, 29, 31 Benjamin Fox, 72 Ellen Kindl, 13 Laurel Parnell, 47 Vicki Topp, 24, 35 Daniel Brown, 94 Margot Fraser, 33 Daphne Rose Kingma, 99 Larry Payne, 61 Rick Brown, 18 Seena Frost, 71 Michael Kramer, 88 Dulce Maria Perez, 101 U Vernon Bush, 68 Pamela Kramer, 62 Maggie Phillips, 53 Deborah Ullman, 51 Michael Krasny, 63 James Phills, 13 Daniela Urbassek, 49, 67 Katy Butler, 64 G Erin Gafill, 39 Sybil Krauter, 13 Char Pias, 84 Melissa Krikorian, 13 Drummond Pike, 76 C Marc Gafni, 79 V Joseph Cavanaugh, 24, 72 Rolf Gates, 78 Ayala M. Pines, 33 Miguel Angel Vergara, 8, 31 Gregg Chadwick, 79 Laurie Gerber, 13 L Bill Plotkin, 103 Cassandra Vieten, 103 Jovinna Chan, 98 Stan Gerome, 44, 51 Brian LaForgia, 28 Noelle Poncelet, 53 M. Alejandro Chaoul, 70 Jane Giddan, 38 Dorianne Laux, 24 Christine Stewart Price, 11, 12, W Dorothy Charles, 28, 90, 107, Mariah Fenton Gladis, 16, 21 Ivy Mayer Lavie, 48 48, 78 Bill Wade, 37 108 Esther Gokhale, 45, 47, 95 Lee Klinger Lesser, 92, 98 Tigaro Tihikpas Proctor, 86 Mark Robert Waldman, 19, 20 JoAnna Chartrand, 68 Richard Gold, 35 Noah Levine, 78, 84, 107 George Protos, 94 Julian Walker, 90 Kenn Chase, 20, 40, 108 Mary Goldenson, 23, 57 Juanita Lew, 58, 59 Jill Purce, 53 Shirley Ward, 28 Vicki Chase, 40 Philippe Goldin, 98 Share K. Lew, 58, 59 Ellen Watson, 84, 86 Chris Chouteau, 21 Soren Gordhamer, 37 Amory Lovins, 91, 96 R Anne Watts, 61, 89 Joanna Claassen, 34 Linda Graham, 47 Francis G. Lu, 18 Gustavo Rabin, 30 Freddy Zental Weaver, 82 Michael Craig Clemmens, 60, Lynda Greenberg, 36 Charu Rachlis, 103 Brian Kie Weissbuch, 28, 67 107, 108 Eric Greenleaf, 46 M Aminah Raheem, 75 Jason Weston, 61 Dan Clurman, 56 Kevin Griffin, 23 Patricia Ryan Madson, 66 Ann Randolph, 45, 108 Rex Weyler, 8, 10 Lorenzo Cohen, 70 Pierre Grimes, 11 Chris Manning, 19 Virginia Ray, 91 Mark Whitwell, 25, 27, 81, 83 Ellen Cole, 38 Mingtong Gu, 94, Susan Collin Marks, 88 Saul David Raye, 8, 31 Rob Wilks, 57, 101 Mark Coleman, 72, 99, 102 Silvia Guersenzvaig, 102 John Marks, 88 Shiva Rea, 87 Cris Williamson, 54 Emilie Conrad, 65 Dean Marson, 84 Daniel Rechtschaffen, 16 Marianne Williamson, 63 Vinn Martí, 57, 58, 83 Robert Reich, 63 Andy Abrahams Wilson, 32 Robert Corff, 23 H Jean Couch, 94 Meredith Haberfeld, 48 Nora Matten, 80, 92, 108 Peter Rengel, 92 Nicholas Wilton, 65 Phil Cousineau, 79 Anna Halprin, 27, 63 Camille Maurine, 40, 97 Barry Robbins, 62 Nina Wise, 11, 101, 107 Stewart Cubley, 93 Daria Halprin, 27 Kelly McGonigal, 8, 10 Mike Robbins, 97 Adam Wolpert, 56 Raphael Cushnir, 93 Adama Hamilton, 68 Deborah Anne Medow, 15, 101 Lorin Roche, 40, 97 Patrice Hamilton, 60, 90 Jeff Mendelsohn, 33, 76 Yuval Ron, 20 Z Marisa Handler, 75 Elsbeth Meuth, 82 Jack Lee Rosenberg, 58 Dana Zed, 51 Mike Hannigan, 33 Peter James Meyers, 35, 106 Donald Rothberg, 68

113 continuing education programs

ll eligible continuing education two-day workshops meet the Acupuncture workshops are approved individually for continuing educa- qualifications for 10 hours of education credits, and five-day courses tion. Please refer to the website or inquire prior to registration for updated Ameet the qualifications for 26 hours of education credit. Esalen’s sta- CE status. tus as a provider of continuing education is approved by the following boards: Esalen has been approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor LCSW/MFT: California Board of Behavioral Sciences. (Provider number continuing education for psychologists. Esalen maintains responsibility for this PCE1594). Massage practitioners and bodyworkers: National Certification program and its content; California psychologists are required to report their hours Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (provider number 043062-00); to the MCEP Accrediting Agency. registered nurses: Board of Registered Nursing (provider number 01152); and acupuncturists: California Acupuncture Board (provider number 946). Special note for July-Dec 2012 season: Esalen’s ability to offer CE for psychologists is under review by the APA. Please refer to the website or inquire prior In order to receive CE credit, participants are required to attend all sched- to registering for updated APA CE status. uled workshop sessions. If you wish to receive a certificate, please notify your workshop leader at the beginning of your workshop. There is a $25 Workshops for which CE credit has been approved are listed below and fee for each certificate of completion, payable to the Esalen front office. also noted in the Workshops section. For questions regarding continuing Please be prepared to provide your professional license number. education, contact [email protected].

DATES COURSE TITLE PSYCHOLOGISTSMFTs &NURSES LCSWsBODYWORKERS PSYCHOLOGISTSMFTs &NURSES LCSWsBODYWORKERS PSYCHOLOGISTSMFTs &NURSES LCSWsBODYWORKERS June 29-July 1 Strengthening the Heart with Compassion nn Aug 19-24 Gratitude and Forgiveness: The Embodied Life n Oct 19-21 Civilized to Death nnn June 29-July 1 Introduction to Gestalt Awareness Practice n n Aug 19-24 Core Zero Balancing: Part I n n Oct 19-21 Living the Anticancer Lifestyle n July 1-6 Soul Motion: Taking Refuge n Aug 24-26 Energy Medicine: A Hands-on Experience n n Oct 19-21 Yoga One on One: The Art of Teaching Privately n July 1-6 Gestalt Awareness Practice n n Aug 24-26 Kids Beyond Limits: Children w/ Special Needs n n Oct 19-21 Ericksonian Hypnosis Seminars n n July 1-6 Intro to CFR nn Aug 24-26 Spinal Awareness: Feldenkrais & Energy Work nn Oct 19-21 Create Divinatory Cards with SoulCollage n July 6-8 Ericksonian Hypnosis Seminars n Aug 26-31 Advanced CranioSacral Therapy 1 nn Oct 21-26 The Upledger Institute’s CranioSacral Therapy 2 nn July 6-8 The Alchemy of Abundance: The Healed Vision n Aug 26-31 The Gokhale Methodª for a Pain-Free Life nn Oct 21-26 Living in Gratitude n July 6-8 A Weekend of Advanced Esalen Massage nn Aug 26-31 Intimacy and Reducing Barriers n Oct 21-26 SoulCollag® and the New Paradigm n July 8-13 Mindfulness with Youth Teacher Training nn Aug 26-31 Dream Action and Dream Meanings nn Oct 26-28 Zero Balancing Open Forum nn July 8-13 Not for The Feint of Heart n n Aug 31-Sep 2 The Neuroscience of Resilience and Renewal n Oct 28-Nov 2 Abandonment to Healing n July 13-15 Getting the Love You Want: Couples Workshop n Aug 31-Sep 2 The Magical Family n Oct 28-Nov 2 Gateway to Soul: Process Acupressure n n July 13-15 Full Body Presence: Skills to Energize Your Life nn Aug 31-Sep 2 5Rhythms: Heartbeat n Oct 28-Nov 2 The Spirited Body n July 13-15 Words Can Change Your Brain: Mindfulness nnn Aug 31-Sep 7 Gokhale Method¨ Teacher Training nn Nov 2-4 Anatomy Trains¨ and Fascial Fitness n July 13-20 Guiding Lights in Film: Inspirations to Live By nnn Aug 31-Sep 7 Transforming Trauma with EMDR nnn Nov 2-4 Reviewing and Revisioning Our Lives n July 15-20 Essential Skills of Loving nn Sep 2-7 Gestalt Awareness Practice nn Nov 4-9 The Upledger Institute’s Visceral Manipulation 1 nn July 15-20 Families Under Pressure n Sep 2-7 Meridian Massage: Touch and Core Energy nn Nov 4-9 Gestalt Awareness Practice nn July 15-20 Bone Knowing: Art, Body Sensing and Writing n Sep 7-9 The Work and Future Generations n Nov 9-11 Butterfly Wisdom: Inviting Metamorphosis n July 20-22 Ericksonian Hypnosis Seminars nn Sep 9-14 Therapeutic Imagery and Dialogue 1 nn Nov 9-11 Esalen Massage in the Side-Lying Position nn July 20-27 Healing the Pelvic Floor nnn Sep 9-14 From Isolation to Intimacy: a Relational Journey n Nov 11-16 Secrets to Lasting Intimacy for Couples n July 22-27 Awakening the Heart nn Sep 9-14 Eat by Choice, Not by Habit nn Nov 16-18 Your One Wild and Precious Life: For Women n July 22-27 Ericksonian Hypnosis Seminars nn Sep 14-16 Presence: The Heart of Connection nn Nov 18-23 Angels and Traitors n July 22-27 Current Trends in Esalen® Massage & Bodywork nn Sep 14-16 The Art of Joyful Living nn Nov 18-23 Feldenkrais Spinal Awareness nn July 27-29 Awakening the Power of Intuition nnn Sep 14-16 Massage Retreat for Couples nn Nov 18-Dec 16 28-day Esalen Massage Certification Program nn July 27-29 Breema¨: The Art of Being Present nnn Sep 16-21 Practice Leader Certification Training nn Nov 25-30 Essential Practice from the Esalen Tai Ji Deck n July 27-29 Opening Hearts to Relationship: For Gay Men n Sep 16-21 Mindfulness and Feldenkrais nn Nov 25-30 Emotional and Somatic Resources n July 29-Aug 3 Empowering Creativity through n Sep 16-21 The Art of Touch: Esalen® Massage Workshop nn Nov 25-30 5Rhythms: Heartbeat n July 29-Aug 3 Grounding and Healthy Boundaries nn Sep 16-21 The Courage to Be You: Letting Go, Moving On n Nov 30-Dec 2 Spiritual Practice and Emotional Growth nn July 29-Aug 3 Intermediate Level Chinese Pulse Diagnosis n Sep 21-23 Taoist Chi Kung: The Cloud Hands n Nov 30-Dec 2 Connection through Touch: Couples Massage nn July 29-Aug 3 Relational Gestalt Process n Sep 23-28 Buddha’s Brain nnn Dec 2-7 Awakening the Creative: The Painting Experience nn Aug 3-5 Introduction to Radical Aliveness n Sep 23-28 Integrative Body Psychotherapy n Dec 2-7 Deep Tissue for Massage Practitioners nn Aug 3-5 Recapturing Your Posture nn Sep 23-28 Taoist Chi Kung: Enhancing Vitality nn Dec 2-7 Fundamentals of Conquering Injury and Pain n Aug 3-5 The Leadership Clinic n Sep 28-30 Opening to the Infinite: Science, Shamanism n Dec 7-14 Tibetan Buddhist Meditation nn Aug 5-10 The Radically Alive Leader: A Core Energetics n Sep 28-30 The Stories We Tell through Our Bodies n Dec 7-14 Gokhale Method¨ Teacher Training nn Aug 10-12 Why We Choose What We Choose nn Sep 28-30 Optimum Health for Midlife and Beyond n Dec 14-16 Quieting the Mind, Listening to the Heart n Aug 10-12 Open Your Heart and Reclaim Your Health nn Sep 28-30 Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Training nnn Dec 14-16 Luminous Being: Embodying Radiance Sutras n Aug 10-12 Esalen Massage in Motion nn Sep 28-30 ITP: 40 Years of the Esalen Experience n Dec 14-16 Science and Practice of Mindfulness Meditation nnn Aug 12-17 Traditional Thai Massage: Sacred Bodywork nn Oct 7-12 Deep Bodywork: Back, Shoulders and Hips n Dec 21-23 Loving Yourself nn Aug 12-17 The Transformational Enneagram nn Oct 7-12 Pleasure, Intimacy, Search for Connectedness nnn Dec 21-23 Mindful Communication: Truth Without Blame n Aug 12-17 StoryPlay: A New Ericksonian Indirective Model nnn Oct 12-14 Intro to Mindfulness Meditation nnn Dec 21-23 Spinal Awareness: Feldenkrais and Energy Work nn Aug 12-17 Brain Change Therapy from Trauma to Thriving n Oct 12-14 A Renaissance in Herbal Medicine n Dec 21-23 Holiday Couples Group: The Gift of Touch nn Aug 17-19 An Authentic Path: Purpose in Your Twenties n Oct 12-14 Fundamentals of Esalen Massage nn Dec 23-28 Esalen Massage & Art of Continuous Presence nn Aug 17-19 Celebrate Seventy! For Women nn Oct 12-19 The Future of the Body: Continuum n Dec 23-30 A Big New Free Happy Unusual Life n Aug 17-19 Couples' Communication Retreat nn Oct 14-19 Yoga Practice: Body, Mind and Spirit nn Dec 23-30 Tenderness at the Heart of the Dance n Aug 17-19 The Embodied Life: Meditation and Feldenkrais n Oct 14-19 Healing Traumatized Hearts n Dec 28-30 The Art and Science of Transformation n Aug 19-24 Wild Serenity n Oct 14-19 The Refined Hakomi Method n Dec 30-Jan 4 Opening the Mind, Awakening the Heart nn Aug 19-24 Healing Your Heart 101: Science and Spirituality n Oct 14-19 The Dancing Buddha: Meditation, Movement n Aug 19-24 Love, Awareness and Intimacy n Oct 19-21 Leadership: Communication, Creativity, Vision nnn

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