2006 Public Workshops and Retreats
Most retreats at the Lodge are private groups: weddings, church groups, and organizational retreats. We do host a number of events each year that are open to the public. We offer a list at this site; please bookmark this page and check back with us to see what is coming up. This is a partial listing; as new events are booked, and leaders send their descriptions, we'll post them here. Please contact the retreat organizer directly for cost, more information, and registration. You may see last year's events here... some of these people will be returning later in 2006 and haven't yet booked; you may contact them directly to see if they're returning.
March 24-27, 2006 Somatic Experiencing Practitioner's Training: Intermediate Class I Dr. Peter Levine's work has been on the front line of the new body-mind therapies. It is an instinctual and biologically based modality that accesses stored energies of flight-fight-freeze without overcharging the system or re-traumatizing an individual. It provides relief and healing for those suffering from PTSD, as well as many other emotional and physical difficulties, returning the body to flow. The Psychotherapy Networker Magazine (July/August 2004) issue on the new somatic psychotherapies lists SE as a primary modality for treating trauma. Trained SE Practitioners are on the ground in Asia helping with post-tsunami trauma relief.
Bend of Ivy Lodge is proud to host this important work. The intermediate level will take place over three four-day weekends, and will be taught by Ariel Giarretto. Ariel has traveled worldwide with Peter Levine, gives frequent seminars to hospital staff, and worked at Esalen Institute for 11 years.For general information about SE, please see http://www.traumahealing.com, or contact Patti Elledge at 828-273-0323 or email patelledge@hotmail.com
April 3-5 , 2006 CHANGE AGENT SERIES: The Art of Mindful Coaching. This highly experiential retreat focuses on coaching as a practice for both developing others and for cultivating mindfulness on the part of the practitioner. For all professionals, regardless of coaching experience, the retreat will draw from Doug Silsbee's book: The Mindful Coach: Seven Roles for Helping People Grow. The emphasis will be on discerning the roles of the coaching process that are most helpful to the client in moving to deeper levels of understanding and commitment to action. Participants will also receive real-time coaching on topics of their choosing. More information is available at www.septetcoaching.com/retreats.html or email Doug silsbee@septetcoaching.com
May 4-7, 2006 The Tantric Path for Men Tantra is a path to awaken the mind, heart, and body. Classical Tantra, however, is a rich philosophy concerned with the masculine and feminine energies that dwell within each of us, and the ways in which they express the many and varied forms of the divine. Join Rudy Ballentine in an intensive exploration of the impulses and habits which can hold us back, and the powerful energies which can feed our creativity, strengthen our relationships, and connect us to the wider universe. Through yoga, meditation, breathing techniques, and experiential exercises, Rudy will provide a safe and fun space for individuals to explore and experiment with channeling life force through the body's chakras, or centers of power, which begin at the base of the spine and continue to the top of the head. For gay and bi men. Contact David Frechter at info@spiritjourneys.com or 828-258-8880 for more information, or link to the Spirit Journeys website.
May 23-25, 2006 CHANGE AGENT SERIES: Body-Centered Coaching This retreat offers three days of training to embody the skills and techniques found in Marlena Field's book, Body-Centered Coaching. The retreat is intended for coaches and other helping professionals who want to be more in touch with their own body and who want to learn the skills to help their clients do likewise. Three days will include teaching plus demonstrations of the skills along with extensive practice and feedback for all participants. In a supportive and inspiring environment, participants will “get body-centered coaching in their bones." The retreat will be facilitated by Marlena Field, BGS, CPCC. For more information visit http://bodymindspiritcoaching.com/retreats-nc.htm or email Marlena directly.
July 14-17, 2006 Somatic Experiencing Practitioner's Training: Intermediate Class II (See March 24-27 for more details.) For general information about SE, please see http://www.traumahealing.com, or contact Patti Elledge at 828-273-0323 or email patelledge@hotmail.com
June 30 - July 2, 2006 Retreat with Carlos Lopez In the lineage of the great sage Ramana Maharshi, Carlos (a child and adolescent psychiatrist affiliated with Harvard University) has responded once again to the heartfelt invitation from the Asheville community to share his own deep realization of the Truth of one's being. "Ramana is that presence, that light which is within the heart, present in the core of all beings. It is this light, this divine magnet, that moves us to be together in Satsang.” You are invited to join Carlos and to rest in the Silent presence of this Peace. Carlos receives no compensation for offering this blessing. As always, anything over and beyond expenses will be anonymously sent to Ramanashram (Arunachula, India.) For more information, contact Julia 828-683-4278 or email sjborg@main.nc.us
August 26- Sept. 1, 2006 Advanced Training in Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy: The Blessing of Insecurity with Mike Boxhall At its tenderest, Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy is a journey, taken in company, that facilitates a revelation of the Spiritual health that underlies all pathology. Why do we make an enemy of insecurity? We have no need to know what we should be doing to the patient. We need only to keep on emptying to the next revelation and receive the patient at a progressively deeper level. The course moves towards establishing a truly client centered therapy, where the Intelligence, the synergy in the joint practice does the work, not the Intellect of the practitioner. “Let the Work do the Work.” Open to non-craniosacral therapists as well. For more details or to register contact Pat Donohue 919-834-1035 or patdonohue@nc.rr.com.
November 3-6, 2006 Somatic Experiencing Practitioner's Training: Intermediate Class III (See March 24-27 for more details.) For general information about SE, please see http://www.traumahealing.com, or contact Patti Elledge at 828-273-0323 or email patelledge@hotmail.com
September 14-17, 2005 The Way of Passion: The Direct Path with Andrew Harvey. Consider this fall retreat with mystic Andrew Harvey. Drawing from his recent books The Direct Path and The Sun at Midnight, Andrew Harvey will present his vision of embracing a personal spiritual path beyond religion or dogma. He considers the best and most exciting way towards self realization to be the direct path - a path of self-empowerment and self-awakening. A goal of this weekend is to dive deep into our souls and unlock the true nature of our beliefs, impressions, and feelings about spirituality. Through discussion and hands-on spiritual practices such as meditation, guided visualizations, chanting, ritual, and more, we will discover or reclaim the tools that support and enrich our personal spiritual course towards greater self actualization and connection with the Divine. For gays, lesbians, and bisexuals. Contact David Frechter at info@spiritjourneys.com or 828-258-8880 for more information, or link to the Spirit Journeys website.
October 16-18, 2006 CHANGE AGENT SERIES: The Art of Mindful Coaching. This highly experiential retreat focuses on coaching as a practice for both developing others and for cultivating mindfulness on the part of the practitioner. For all professionals, regardless of coaching experience, the retreat will draw from Doug Silsbee's book: The Mindful Coach: Seven Roles for Helping People Grow. The emphasis will be on discerning the roles of the coaching process that are most helpful to the client in moving to deeper levels of understanding and commitment to action. Participants will also receive coaching on real-time topics of their choosing. More information is available at www.septetcoaching.com/retreats.html or email Doug at silsbee@septetcoaching.com
November 10-12, 2006 MIND THE GAP: Unmasking The Power of Personal Stories. The acclaimed Circle Project brings its unique experiential learning processes to Western NC for this retreat on mining the meaning and power of our personal stories for deeper relationship, higher creativity, and fuller and more meaningful engagement in the world. We will explore these questions: How do we make meaning through story? What stories do we tell ourselves about others˜and about ourselves? How do those stories reduce us? How can we relinquish our roles in order to discover who we might be beneath the mask? We'll also explore finite and infinite games, and wicked problems and tame solutions. More information is available at http://tinyurl.com/o59xl or email Patti Digh at patti@thecircleproject.com.
November 13-15 , 2006 CHANGE AGENT SERIES: Advanced Art of Mindful Coaching Retreat. This retreat builds on the tools and approaches of the Septet Coaching model, building on the experiences of other professionals who have used the model in their own work. The retreat incorporates mindfulness and body practices, applying them to the development of an integral practice for our clients. Of course, participants will receive coaching on real-time topics of their choosing, and will develop an integral practice for themselves as well.. it starts with us as practitioners, after all! For graduates of Art of Mindful Coaching only. More information is available at www.septetcoaching.com/retreats.html or email Doug at silsbee@septetcoaching.com
Additional offerings will be posted on this website as they are booked and descriptions are provided. 2007 events will be posted in January 2007. You can bookmark this page to keep up with our offerings, or email us to be added to our mailing list (mailings are very occasional, and we'll never provide your address to anyone else.) You may also click here to see our 2005 public events calendar; feel free to contact these facilitators to see if they might be returning. Thanks!