2009 Programme
"This is one of the sacred duties of imagination: honourably to imagine your self." John O'Donohue
"The imagination
awakens the wildness of the heart", writes John O'Donohue, "it returns
us to our native wildness, to the natural and seamless fluency of our own
nature." Following this theme, this soul making exploration will enable
you to discern more fully what longs to be actualised in your life. By inviting
you to consider a perspective which emphasises imagination and dreams, and
the phenomenon of synchronicity in relation to this, this experiential day
will invite you to consider the metaphor of "inner compass" or Oracle
Within as a potential source of guidance in life. As the poet David Whyte
puts it, this exploration will remind you how to "fall toward the centre
of your longing", and to trust what might emerge as important indicators
for your way forward. The exploration will include working with dreams, guided
visualisations, and balanced with relevant theory and poetry.
DATES:
Saturday 31st January & Sunday 1st February
TIMES: 10am to 5pm both days.
FEE: £120 (£40 non-returnable deposit).
VENUE: Edinburgh, 13 Smith's Place, EH6 8NT
Minimum 6 Places
Maximum 10 places
DATES:
Saturday 9th May 2009
TIMES: 10am to 4pm
FEE:
VENUE: London. Please book via this website - www.ahpp.org/events/workshops.htm
Minimum 6 places
Maximum 12 places
"Certainly there is within each of us a self that is…out of love with the ordinary; it is out of love with time. It has a hunger for eternity." Mary Oliver
By attending to the spiritual dimension of experience, psychotherapy and counselling acknowledges an intrinsic aspect of a person's life, which is not always recognised or lived. The consequences of this can be far reaching. And it is often through paying particular attention to spirituality in therapy that a person's life is given greater significance, sometimes profoundly so.For the practitioner, widening the therapeutic frame to give priority to spirituality can be challenging as well as enriching, and often demands a way of working which requires an ability to attune to the spiritual in the unique life of another, as well as to adopt a non-reductive therapeutic focus. This weekend offers an opportunity to consider the spiritual side of therapeutic practice from both practical and theoretical perspectives. This will include a consideration of dreams, the imagination, and creative explorations, taking the wisdom of body into account.
DATES:
Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th March.
TIMES: 10am to 5pm both days.
FEE: £120 (£40 non-returnable deposit).
VENUE: Wellspring, 13 Smith's Place, Edinburgh EH6 8NT. Please contact
Wellspring for booking a place on this weekend - 0131 556 6660. mail@wellspring-scotland.co.ukMake
cheques payable to Wellspring Scotland.
Minimum 6 Places
Maximum 10 places
"Do you think that somewhere we are not Nature, that we are different from Nature? No, we are in Nature and think exactly like Nature." Carl Jung
What if the momentum of Nature were toward the actualisation of potential? What if, in some way, this was Nature's intention? What if you are in Nature and Nature is within you? What if this means that the unfolding of Nature also applies to you? Carl Jung considered the Self (or some may say soul) to be the blueprint of Nature within the psyche. What if you were also within soul of Self? Supporting this view of non-separateness from Nature, and taking it a step further, Carlos Castaneda says that "intent is the force that exists in the universe. When sorcerers (those who live of the Source) beckon intent, it comes to them and sets up the path for attainment, which means that sorcerers always accomplish what they set out to do" (The Active Side of Infinity). Attainment is a consequence of the conscious application of particular principles, and involves the discipline of creative living, so that you become more the "author" of your life.This weekend offers an exploration of a path of attainment, as well as the practise of this through the application of the creative imagination.
DATES:
Saturday 30th & Sunday 31st May
TIMES: 10am to 5pm both days.
FEE: £120 (£40 non-returnable deposit).
VENUE: TBA on booking.
Minimum 6 Places
Maximum 10 placesIt might
be useful, though not essential, to have attended the Oracle Within: Dreams, Imagination, Synchronicity or Dreams: Theatre of the Soul intensives.
Dreams:
Theatre of the Soul
"It
was a dream in which my greater self rose up before me…" Lucille Clifton
Dreams offer
you an invitation to participate in the unfolding of your unique nature. Turning
your attention toward dreams is a way of acknowledging that your life is perhaps
greater than you think; perhaps richer than you live. Discerning what meaning
the dream may hold for you is a challenging, yet important process in deepening
an understanding of who you are.
This intensive
weekend is an opportunity to work with dreams and deep imagination, and will
consist of learning some theoretical and practical rudiments of dreamwork. The
core theoretical model will be Jungian, but we will also include other approaches.
DATES:
September TBA
TIMES: 10am to 5pm both days.
FEE: £120 (£40 non-returnable deposit)
VENUE: London, TBA on booking.
Minimum 6 places
Maximum 12 places
Mike Wilson, Brooklyn Cottage, Church Street, Earlston, Berwickshire, TD4 6HS, Scotland. T: +44 (0)1896 849811 E: enquiries@psychospiritual.co.uk