TRANSFORMING ANGER

Anger is a reactive emotion and one which most of us fear - be it our anger or that of another. As a result we often avoid adults and children who are angry and we might feel guilty or go into denial when we feel angry. What is seldom taught, however, is that anger is a reaction to painful feelings which were triggered by an event or person. By learning to access these feelings we can help the anger transform and our subsequent actions can arise out of our centered, personal power and compassion rather than out of anger, blame and resentment.

TRANSFORMING ANGER is a two hour seminar devoted to discovering what anger is, how to work with it and how to identify the feelings behind it, allowing it to transform.
In this seminar we will: Identify emotional reactions; identify feelings; explore the difference between emotional reactions and feelings; identify common ways of working with anger that are not helpful; learn new, more helpful ways of being present to someone who is angry; learn the ways we commonly move away from our feleings; identify the ways we personally tend to move away from feeling; and explore our own anger, discovering the feelings we need to honor.

Cost $585.00 plus travel.


THE HEALING POWER OF PRESENCE

This workshop/seminar is based upon an approach to personal growth which I have developed called Inner Listening. It is very participatory and addresses:
1. Identifying our avoidance and seeking behaviors. How these cause stress and act as barriers to feeling.
2. The difference between feelings and emotional reactions and how to work with them.
3. How to enter into present moment awareness where we can best discern our needs and the most compassionate and appropriate course of action,if any.
4. The energetics of healing presence and how our state of mind affects our state of being.
5. The theory and practice of practical techniques for getting in touch with ourselves and others.

Who would benefit from this seminar?
Anyone who works with others in a healing capacity and would like the opportunity to do some personal healing of their own. Nurses, teachers, clergy, lay ministers and parents would find this seminar/workshop helpful.

I encourage participants to dress very comfortably, wearing loose clothing around the waist to allow for deep breathing and some easy stretches.

Cost for a 3 hour workshop:$585.00 plus travel


COMMUNICATION DYNAMICS

This seminar has grown out of my work with premarital clients and is based partly upon the work of Dwana Markova.
Here participants will discover if they are auditory, visual or kinesthetic in the conscious, subconscious or unconscious. We will discuss how these different types of awareness function in the different levels of consciousness. We will note how participants connect to others, how they problem solve and how they connect to their soul and ''repressed stuff.''
This seminar/workshop will:
1. Move us into an appreciation of how we and those we love are ''put together,'' how we differ and how our needs and perspectives differ.
2. Help us to move from judgment or asssumed offense to understanding and curiousity.
3. Offer tools for better communication, understanding and problem solving.
4. Help us to understand why, during times of conflict, we either need to get away or talk about it and what happens when we can't.
5. Help participants understand the difference between an issue and the communication dynamics within which the issue is dealt with.
6. Give participants an appreciation for differences and help them to honor their own needs while honoring the other's as well.

This workshop would greatly benefit couples and anyone who wants to understand themselves and those they love and/or work with in a framework that is compassionate, interesting and fun.