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Gestalt Awareness Practice is a form—nonanalytic, noncoercive, nonjudgmental—derived from the work of Fritz Perls, influenced by Buddhist practice, and evolved by Richard and Christine Price. The work integrates ways of personal clearing and development that are both ancient and modern. To the extent that awareness is made primary relative to action, Gestalt Awareness Practice has a strong relationship to some forms of meditation. This form is similar to some Reichian work as well, in that emotional and energetic release and rebalancing are allowed and encouraged.
The emphasis is intrapersonal rather than interpersonal. Participants are not patients but persons actively consenting to explore in awareness. The leader functions to reflect, clarify, and respect whatever emerges in this process. The aim is unfoldment, wholeness, and growth, rather than adjustment, cure, or accomplishment. The workshop will utilize group exercises, meditations, and discussion. The format combines introductory group work with the open seat form in which each participant will have the opportunity to work with the leader in a group context.
Please note: Meeting times for this workshop are longer than the average Esalen workshop.
Recommended reading: Perls, Gestalt Therapy Verbatim; Chodron, The Wisdom of No Escape.
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