"WEEKEND WORKSHOPS"

Welcome to the 2008/2009 season

From March 2008 to June 2009 the following workshops are on offer as well as the TECHS course "BODIES OF LIGHT" see side menu for details.

June 28th and 29th :Bodies of Light (introduction weekend)
September 20th and 21st :Death and Dying and its (dis)comforts
November 1st and 2nd :Inner Child
November 8th - 12th :Your Journey Through Cancer
January 24th and 25th :Transform fear and pain via your corestar
March 7th and 8th :Characterological Defences (and how to soften them)
June 6th and 7th :Bodies of Light (introduction weekend)

The teachings form an extension of individual healing and therapeutic work I have been involved in for over 20 years as (crisis) social worker in both The Netherlands and Scotland and as healer/massage therapist/counsellor in my clinic, which started in 1993.
The workshops can be seen as a deepening and widening of individual sessions. Also via group work I am able to reach more people.
Finally, a group gives more/other opportunities for exchanging eye-opening feedback and for issues to become conscious which otherwise easily remain subconscious.
This is my sixth year of running workshops: a privilege facilitating people’s growing awareness on their long and winding road to a more fulfilling and empowered life.

WEEKEND WORKSHOPS

BODIES OF LIGHT (introduction weekend)

In June 2007 I graduated as teacher at the Barbara Brennan School of Healing, (Miami, Germany and Tokyo). My calling to complete this extra two years of studying is largely rooted in the passion I feel when leading “Bodies of Light”: Amazing to see how participants amaze themselves in what they are unknowingly capable of.
Experimenting with your own and other people’s energetic make-up, your high sense perception and (hopefully) unbiased curiosity, we create weekends, which strengthen intuition, self-esteem and the ability to perceive yourself and others as light-beings. Gradually over the weekend we expand our awareness and our field of perception and will finish with exchanging full healings.
Much of the aura and chakra work is based upon the books “Hands of Light” and “Light Emerging” by Barbara Brennan. I recommend reading chapters 7-10 and 22 from “Hands of Light” prior to the workshop.
This weekend is an introduction to the 7 week long course but can be taken separately. For more info regarding the certificated diploma course “Bodies of Light” see separate brochure or get in touch.

DEATH AND DYING AND ITS (DIS)COMFORTS

Many a person asked during the last couple of years if and when I would consider running a weekend on the above topic. Alas:

The only certainty about life on the physical plane is that it will end at some point. Time and time again I encounter people’s fear and uncertainty about their final stages and how they do their utmost best to avoid the unavoidable.

With compassion and sensitivity I intend to support you in exploring the images and belief systems you hold. Gradually and gracefully we can shift them from a sense of foreboding to more of a sense of “being comfortable with”.
We'll cover any type of death you may have experienced in your life as well as the way you perceive or prepare for your final journey.

INNER CHILD

How nourished/nurtured did you feel during the very early stages of your life? Or how undernourished/undernurtured?

How freely were you allowed to express your initial creative impulses? Or did parents/teachers/siblings limit you? Were you encouraged to be creative? Was your creativity crushed, judged, laughed at?
Come and explore how your wounded inner child still plays a vital role in your perception of your surroundings, relationships and of your sense of self, i.e. self-esteem.

Come and explore how your wounded inner child still plays a vital role in your perception of your surroundings, relationships and of your sense of self,i.e. self-esteem.
Come and explore how (part of) the wounding can be healed and how also you can catch up upon nourishment, nurturing, creativity, etc. during adulthood.

YOUR JOURNEY THROUGH CANCER

Together with Sylvia Black, Findhorn:

YOUR JOURNEY THROUGH CANCER (via in depth sharing of your tears, laughter, fears and above all your inspiration).

A totally new initiative!!!

From the 8th - 12th November

These 5 days are only open for people with cancer.

Receiving a medical diagnosis often comes as a huge shock. And then what? Which route do you choose to take on your healing journey? How easy/difficult is it to discuss prospects, possibilities, emotions with the people around you? Are you scared? Of what exactly? Where and how can you find true objective information about your situation? Who or what can you believe?

All these questions will be discussed as well as your unique individual journey.

Details have not yet been clarified. When you're interested, just get in touch and we'll keep you posted as soon as we know more.

Sylvia Black is a South African woman filled with love and light, who managed to cure herself with the support from her near and dear ones of so-called incurable cancer. She's the main character in the theatre production SYLVIA'S BALL, which received a 5 star editor's award at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2007.

TRANSFORM FEAR AND PAIN INTO TRANQUILITY

Otherwise known as “corestar” or “core essence” workshop.

For this weekend no reading is essential. I will read to you! You’ll be taken on a journey into your pain and underlying fear via your heart’s longing into the tranquil acceptance and universal expansion of your core essence. After journeying as a group, the space is open for individual travels, during which your unique process will be supported, enriched (and maybe challenged) by your co-participants. A weekend mainly filled with sharing and supporting each other on the emotional level, at the end of whicha large proportion of the participants leave our home in a state of expanded bliss.

CHARACTEROLOGICAL DEFENCES and how to soften them.

Based upon the work of Wilhelm Reich, Alexander Lowen, John Peirrakos and Barbara Brennan.

In Findhorn this workshop proves to be the most popular one. Various people have taken this one twice or even thrice, due to its deeply transformative impact.
Most of us are in defence most of the time. This weekend will support you in discovering the why and the how of life’s defences, based upon the 5 main character structures and their influence on your physique, your spiritual (dis)connection, your emotional and mental state of being. Theory will lay a foundation for both serious and playful interaction. A weekend filled with laughter, tears, boundaries and above all discoveries about yourself and people in general. Useful reading chapter 13 of “Hands of Light” and 15 of “Light Emerging”.

TRANSFORMATION GAME

The board game has its roots in Findhorn. You see yourself walking your life path, whilst remaining focused on a specific playing purpose. Via insights, setbacks, intuition, depression, miracles and support from your co-participants and from the angelic realm you'll experience your life's patterns, beliefs and images first hand. Many a subconsciously held issue becomes conscious. Hence clarity increases regarding your (self-limiting) attitude towards others and yourself.

There are no specific dates set aside for the game. If you'd like to play with 3 or 4 other people, just get in touch and we'll arrange a time.

During one of the last game weekends only 4 moves took place: nothing moved everything shifted.

IN GENERAL

  • Workshops are limited to 10 people only, thus encouraging safety and individual attention, hence increasing participants’ benefits.
  • Programs start @ 9.30 and finish @ 17.00

A few rules and requests:

  1. Please honour confidentiality to create a safe space for sharing.
  2. Bring pen and paper.
  3. Wear loose, comfortable clothing and please no perfumes or hairspray.
  4. The course fee is £110. A non-refundable deposit of £35 secures your place and needs to be paid at latest one week prior to the workshop. The balance to be settled on arrival.

BOOKING

Print out and fill in the forms and send to us with your deposit.

old form: Download bookingform.pdf, print out and fill in.

Address:

Tjitze de Jong & Arlene Armstrong
Findhorn River Lodge
Newton of Dalvey
Forres
IV36 2TB
SCOTLAND

Tel: (0044)01309-674107