2005 Public Workshops and Retreats
Most retreats at the Lodge are private, but we have 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. The entire year's calendar of public events is posted, as many of these teachers will return next year; a preliminary calendar of 2006 events will be posted in November. Please contact the retreat organizer directly for cost, more information, and registration.
March 21-23, 2005 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
April 29- May 1, 2005 Dreams and Homeopathy: Connecting with the Symbolic Language of the Vital Force Learn the language of dreams and symbols and how it will help practitioners to understand their clients. This workshop will also help to identify the underlying cause of imbalance and suffering on the level of mind body and spirit. Taught by Jane Cicchetti, RSHom(NA), CCH. Pre-requisite: Jane's book: Dreams, Symbols, and Homeopathy, Archetypal Dimensions of Healing. For more information call Jane at 828-628-6715
May 13-15, 2005 ThunderHorse Dance Sticks: A Native American Gathering of Women with Wind Daughter.Thunder horse dance sticks are the representatives of the thunder beings on earth. In the workshop, each woman will paint, decorate and personalize her horse dance stick in preparation for a give-away of the medicine object to Spirit and a claiming of its power to add to her medicine tools. Horse sticks will be provided.Wind Daughter is the founder of West Winds, a spiritual and educational center for people seeking safety of religious expression and a connectedness to Mother Earth. She serves as Director of West Winds and is the Medicine Chief of the Bear Tribe, an organization founded by the late Sun Bear.For more information and registration, please call 772-225-0920.
May 20-22, 2005 Wisdomkeepers The 22nd gathering of Wisdomkeepers will be open to the public for the first time in a number of years; three previous Wisdomkeepers gatherings here have been by invitation only. We are offering a rare opportunity to gather with five beloved Native American Elders. Sit with us around the sacred fire as the Elders share their wisdom through the old tradition of oral teachings. There will be a sunrise ceremony each day, a traditional feast and celebration on Saturday night, and open conversations with Elders that continue throughout the weekend. Elders from Cherokee/Chowtaw, Mohawk, Onondaga, Tuscarora, and Ute nations will speak. Registration opens to the public on April 7. Please contact Laura Elwood at 828-665-7185. Space is limited, as we like to keep the gathering small and personal. Registration is first come, first served.Camping is available.
May 26-29, 2005 The Universal Door Mystery School: Observing the Sounds of the World. The Mystery School provides an opportunity to open the door of Great Action of the Bodhisattva Path. Through the continuous awakening of our hearts and minds we can become the hands and arms of enlightenment and carry out the work of healing, transformation and reconciliation in the world. The curriculum is focused on recognizing, nourishing, training and activating and celebrating inherent Bodhisavattva qualities within and around us.Led by Larry Ward and Peggy Rowe, Dharma Lamps in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. For information, contact The Lotus Institute: peggyrowe@charter.net or 828-645-0952.
June 9-12, 2005 Maya Spiritual Healing: a retreat with Dr. Rosita Arvigo Modern medicine is beginning to understand the healing wisdom of ancient cultures. The link between many physical ill nesses is connected with unresolved emotional stress and distress. In this four day experiential workshop, Dr. Arvigo will share her knowledge of the wisdom of the ancients, as taught to her by Don Eligio Panti, the last of the traditional Mayan healers from Belize with whom she apprenticed for many years. This retreat will assist you in your healing process, and will demonstrate how Maya Spiritual Healing will re-establish and deepen your connection to the natural world. For more information, see http://www.arvigomassage.com, or call Diane MacDonald at 603-774-6983; email atmam@gsinet.net
June 16-17, 2005 Reiki Crystal Healing Certification Class Combining the Reiki and crystal energy can enhance and strengthens both modalities. If you are a Reiki practitioner who would like to expand your knowledge of Reiki and crystals, this class is for you. It is an informational, educational, explorative class ... that is FUN too! For more information, http://www.reikicrystals.com or call Will Beckwith at 828-674-4195.
June
18-20, 2005 Reiki Drumming Training & Certification Program
Reiki Drumming is a specialized method of introducing Reiki energy into
a client's energy field to facilitate deep relaxation and stress relief.
As stress is relieved, tensions in the physical body are often released
as well. Biofeedback research indicates that even brief heartbeat drumming
can double light meditative brainwaves (alpha) and reduce stress. For
more information, http://www.reikidrumming.com
or call Will Beckwith at 828-674-4195.
June 24-27, 2005 Somatic Experiencing Practitioner's Training: Beginning Class I (First of three workshops; sessions II and III will be held August 12-15 and November 4-7, 2005.) 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 beginner's 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
July 7-10, 2005 Intensive Dharma Study with Nancy Spence, and Pema Chodron (on video).
Anattasati Magga is presenting an intensive Dharma Study on Shantideva's classic text, The Way of the Bodhisattva. Combining video commentary by Pema Chodron, the contemporary Tibetan teacher and popular author, and live elucidation by Nancy Spence, teacher and guide of Anattasati Magga, this 4-day, 6-session study will focus on cultivating a mind that wishes to benefit all sentient beings . This unique spiritual inquiry welcomes members of all faiths.
The cost of the Intensive is $100. To register or for further inquiry, email retreats@anattasati.org . A main meal (vegetarian) is provided on Friday and Saturday; snacks, coffee, and tea are always available. While residence is not required, participants are welcome to stay on-site and build a personal retreat around the Dharma Study. For an extra $110, participants may reside all three nights at Bend of Ivy Lodge. Residents will have single accommodations, full access to all kitchen and Lodge facilities, and use of the grounds. For lodging information and reservations, email info@bendofivylodge.com.
July 15-17, 2005 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
July 21-24, 2005 WolfCon 9 - Annual Retreat of Wild Wolf Women of the Web (WWWW). Were you one of the millions of women who first glimpsed the Wild Woman within when you read Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes? Founded in 1995, WWWW is an email community of women from around the world, who come together to explore the wild woman archetype. In WWWW, we have found our packmates and ourselves. There, we nourish the creative life, sing over the bones of our lives, mark our boundaries, and howl together. Please visit our website for information about joining our pack. http://www.wildwolfwomen.com/
September 2-5, 2005 The Way of Passion: The Direct Path with Andrew Harvey. Consider attending this Labor Day weekend 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 - without dogma, priests, or gurus - a path of self-empowerment and self-awakening. The retreat will be built around the mental and physical exercises that Andrew has found most inspiring and empowering from many of the world's major mystical traditions. Those who participate will discover renewed meaning in their lives, and re-awaken in the depths of themselves the creative sacred passions that will make them agents of transformation. For gays and lesbians. Contact David Frechter at info@spiritjourneys.com or 828-258-8880 for more information, or link to the Spirit Journeys website.
September 9-11, 2005 Inside-Out. This program equips participants with the awareness to create the life of their dreams. It teaches individuals how to harness the power of their physical, intellectual, emotional and spiritual being in order to bring what they secretly long for on the inside...out! Weekend retreats are held in beautiful, serene locations where individuals can renew, relax, refresh, reflect and reclaim their creativity, power and brilliance. Come and be with others that are reaching beyond their limitations while expanding their mind, energizing their body and renewing their spirit. Join us and enjoy a life-changing weekend. To learn more about the retreat, visit http://www.myinsideout.com or call 704-906-0008.
October 14-16 , 2005 "Creating Sacred Space," A Native American Women's Retreat with Wind Daughter. You are invited to join Wind Daughter as she returns to Bend of Ivy for a weekend of prayer, hard work and blissful joy. We will stand, a clan of women, ready and strong, to once again "Create Sacred Space" and renew our sisterhood. The weekend will be spent rebuilding our ceremonial grounds, sharing voice with one another, drumming, dancing, singing and laughter. Our labors will be blessed. On Saturday night we will stand upon Mother Earth and beneath Grandmother Moon in appreciation and gratitude for bringing our sisters together again on new land. All women are welcome! For further information, please call 828/551-0840 or visit our website at www.wdwestwinds.org.
October 17-19, 2005 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
October 19 - October 23, 2005 Natural Healings Spiritual Retreat "Let Go of Anger and Experience the Ultimate Freedom Through Forgiveness." Anger is a signal, a valuable warning sign given to us by God to stop and immediately address what is going on within us. By looking at our anger we can learn to change patterns rather than fear or blame others. At this gathering, in a safe and nurturing environment, participants will learn how to recognize and release anger safely and begin the healing process through forgiveness. We can take the responsibility of healing ourselves by learning and practicing the art of forgiveness. This retreat will focus on learning about forgiveness, releasing the negative energy of victimization, letting go in order to create positive changes, understanding the importance of healthy boundaries, enhancing your relationship with God and your guides, and strengthening your spiritual foundation. Call Eileen Owen 540-891-9301 (h) 540-455-5576 (c) or Natural Healings 540-310-4070; or email easteileen@yahoo.com
October 27-30, 2005 The Universal Door Mystery School: Walking the Path of Compassion. The Mystery School provides an opportunity to open the door of Great Action of the Bodhisattva Path. You will learn how to draw strength from your connection to energies of healing and transformation. You will enhance your ability to care through a new quality of personal presence and communication that can bring joy, peace, and insight to individual, family, community and planetary lives. We will celebrate our ancestral ancestors and spiritual teachers this time of All Souls and All Saints.Led by Larry Ward and Peggy Rowe, Dharma Lamps in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. For information, contact The Lotus Institute: peggyrowe@charter.net or 828-645-0952.
November 11-13, 2005 A Time for Healing and Spiritual Renewal. Through guided meditations and inner focus we will explore practices of self healing to release pain, fear, doubt and limited ways of being. Participants will feel what lies behind the "I" of the ego and experience the exquisite nature of surrender, and will acquire tools for transforming our human qualities into divine qualities. Facilitated by Deborah Mills.Email damills720@aol.com or call 305-865-8782 for more information.
2006 offerings will be posted on this website in January. 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.)