Treasure Maps to the Soul
Dates:
August 31 - September 6, 2008
Price:
$790 (until July 1) plus room and board at Spannocchia
Program Website:
http://www.focusingresources.com/workshops/tmapsretreats.html
Program Coordinators:
Ann Weiser Cornell and Barbara McGavin
Address:
2336 Bonar Street, Berkeley CA 94702
Telephone:
510-666-9948
Fax:
510-666-9938
E-mail:
annweisercornell@mac.com
Preferred method of contact:
email
Program Description:
Treasure Maps to the Soul is a powerful way of transforming any stuck area of your life, any inner struggle, any place where your energy is bound up in fear, shame, confusion, self-criticism, and despair.
Treasure Maps embodies a philosophy of the radical importance of every part of you: how even the most critical “critics” and rebellious “rebels” hold vitally important aspects of your essence. Within every part of you, no matter how despised, life-forward energy is waiting to emerge. Participants all have previous experience in the method of awareness called "Focusing." During the week we offer discussions and demonstrations for how to work with areas of inner conflict, and then participants work in pairs in a series of structured exercises.
Coordinator Biographies:
Barbara McGavin is the co-creator of Treasure Maps to the Soul. Barbara has been practicing Focusing since 1983 and now teaches Focusing full time. She is an Accrediting Mentor of the British Focusing Teacher's Association and a Certifying Coordinator for The Focusing Institute. Treasure Maps to the Soul is the core of her Focusing practice. She has a wide background in humanistic psychology, teaching, fine art, and graphic design. She is committed to finding the most effective and enjoyable ways to help people to learn Focusing. She is also interested in how Focusing can be used in the creative arts.
Ann Weiser Cornell is recognized as one of the leading teachers of Focusing in the world. Since 1989, she has taught Focusing as a full time profession, in northern California and in fourteen states and seventeen countries on five continents, with a special emphasis on the language of process and inner relationship. Ann’s workshops are famous for for their relaxed atmosphere, growing out of her cheerful, warm, humorous approach, and her private sessions are sought after for their special combination of acceptance and support.