| Seminars - Self Transformation in all Seasons | |||||
These workshops present an integrated, experiential and skill based approach combining Eastern and Western methods. Within a safe and healing space where we honor our self and where we can face personal obstacles, we will penetrate deeper into our being to encourage personal unfoldment by using lectures, meditation, self-inquiry, awareness, breath, emotion, thought, touch, movement, partner exercises and group process. These seminars usually last two to three
days over a weekend. Carlos has developed a series of courses for each of the five traditional seasons – Spring, Summer, Late Summer, Autumn and Winter. Click on the season to see the course description.
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| Self Transformation in Spring (top) | |||||
| With the rebirth of life in Spring, there is
hope. Life surges up and blossoms forth with its power to remove
obstacles and express its potential. The energy stored and regenerated
in Winter can now move freely with the bursting impulse of Spring
and with new beginnings. Our physical and psychological processes
affect the energy and movement unique to each season. In us,
the energy and movement of Spring can be experienced as a time
of hope and rebirth, with new choices, positive assertion of
being and purposeful action. Encouraging personal harmony with the movements of the seasons, traditional Chinese acupuncture and Qigong offer a framework for understanding ourselves and give us methods for in-depth self expression to enhance our capacity for wholeness and healing. This workshop will present and integrated multidimensional approach combining Eastern and Western to explore where our life force, our body and mind, our emotions and spirit meet. Within a safe and healing space, we will penetrate deeper into our being to encourage self growth by using sensation, touch, transformational movements (Continuum based movement and Qigong) as well as imagery, breath, sound and emotions in combination with meditation and awareness. In this workshop we will:
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| Self Transformation in Summer (top) | |||||
Summer is the season of abundant energy and warmth, movements that stimulate the functioning of our hearts, providing creative inspiration, compassion, expression of self, passion, intimacy and enhanced capacity for love and joy. Developing our capacity for love and joy is essential for thriving in life. In the workshop we will:
The energy and movement unique to each season are reflected
in our physical and psychological processes. We, like the
earth, experience the changing energies and phases of the
seasons. Each season offers a corresponding and opportune
time for personal development in life themes. |
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| Self Transformation in Late Summer (top) | |||||
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Late summer is a time when the fruition and abundance of the
earth is at its peak; it is also a time of passage and transition
before the coming of autumn and winter. The energy and movement
unique to each season are reflected in our physical and psychological
process. Late summer energies are reflected in the fruition
and abundance of our labor and in our capacity to give and
to nurture ourselves and others. At points of transition such
as during the late summer, a center, around which our experiences
revolve, gives out lives security and internal rootedness,
and it provides a foundation for healthy boundaries, bonding
and grounded thinking. Encouraging personal harmony with the
movements of the seasons, traditional Chinese acupuncture and
Qigong offer a framework for understanding ourselves and give
us methods for in-depth self exploration to enhance our capacity
for wholeness and healing.
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| Self Transformation in Autumn (top) | |||||
| Autumn is a time of gathering and harvesting
summer’s bounties then storing them for use throughout
the more barren days of winter. It is also a time for letting
go, a time when we are more acutely aware of the passing of years
as the trees let go of their foliage, dropping their leaves back
to the earth to provide for the next year’s growth. The
energy and movement unique to each season are reflected in our
physical and psychological processes. Autumn energies in us are
experienced in our ability to give and to let go of the past,
dismissing those things in our lives which are non-essential.
The letting go allows us to renew ourselves and to take in that
which is of value. Finding the splendor and beauty of Autumn
ourselves increases our capacity to radiate our richness and
value as unique human beings. Encouraging this personal harmony
with the movements of the seasons, traditional Chinese acupuncture
and Qigong offer a framework for understanding ourselves and
give us methods for in-depth exploration to enhance our capacity
for wholeness and healing. This workshop will provide an integrated approach combining Eastern and Western to explore where our body and mind, and our emotions and spirit meet. Within a safe and healing space, we will penetrate deeper into our being to encourage self growth by using sensation, touch transformational movements, (Continuum based movements and Qigong) as well as imagery, sound and emotions in combination with meditation and awareness. In this workshop we will:
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| Self Transformation in Winter (top) | |||||
| Winter is a time of hibernation, of preserving
life's energy. All of nature draws inside as protection from
the harshness of winter. Even as plants store energy in their
core, there is, within this stillness, the hidden activity of
gestation which will bring renewal in Spring. Our physical and
psychological processes reflect the energy and movement unique
to each season. Winter energies in us are experienced in our
capacity to adapt and preserve ourselves from over-activity and
unwanted danger. Wisdom is knowing our limits and adhering to
the flow of life that moves us. By treasuring our resources, we enhance the potency of future action and provide a firm foundation for our will, thereby preventing ourselves from engaging in unnecessary struggle, from becoming overwhelmed and eventually burned out. Encouraging personal harmony with the movements of the season, traditional acupuncture and Qigong offer a framework for understanding ourselves and give us methods for in-depth exploration to enhance our capacity for healing and wholeness. This workshop will present an integrated approach combining Eastern and Western methods to explore where our life force, our body and mind, our emotions and spirit meet. Within a safe and healing space, we will penetrate deeper into our being to encourage self growth by using sensation, touch transformational movements, (Continuum based movements and Qigong) as well as imagery, sound and emotions in combination with meditation and awareness. In this workshop we will:
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