Weekend of December 17-19, 2010

SoulSalon: A Creative Blockbusting Workshop

 This workshop has been CANCELLED

When the voice of the soul is blocked we may struggle mightily to free ourselves. In our imaginations we can create inspired homelands, but then we hide them in journals, mask them with social roles, speak in code. Much remains secret, lost before translation, unsaid, unheard even by ourselves. How do we break through that silence, that hiding?

This workshop is designed to provide teachable tools and breakthrough experiences of collective and individual authenticity for those who seek a true voice with authority and agency. It is for individuals who are irresistibly attracted to expanding their creative authentic voice, building courage, seeking magic, community, and mentorship. The workshop will take place in Esalen’s natural resources, baths, and meditation house, as well as in the inner landscapes, minds, and hearts of the participants. The focus will be a practice inspired by new sciences and ancient arts. Participants will engage in:

• Developing their response and relationship muscles

• Fine-tuning skills in truthful interaction and unashamed creative expression

• Awakening and activating improvisational perception

• Practices of theater, drumming, storytelling, body awareness

• Cultivating a unique audio fingerprint, a personal tone and timbre

Leah and Basho write: "Join us in the heat of transformation and inspiration. Walk the edge of your current identity, dare expansion, and make magic from the mystery." An optional sweat lodge will be held, weather permitting.

CEUs available for MFTs and LCSWs.

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