1 day workshop - Bellingen - Saturday, October 15
There is almost a sensual longing for communion with others who have a large vision. The immense fulfillment of the friendship between those engaged in furthering the evolution of consciousness has a quality impossible to describe. ~Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
This 1 day workshop will give you a spicy, sweet and occasionally bitter taste of what it means to truly experience Authentic Community. Based on the seminal work of Scott Peck, and facilitated by the excellent Shane Holst, we will lay the foundation for a radical new way of creating community
Experiencing truly Authentic Community is a radical act. It is so relatively new for humanity, and therefore so rarely experienced, that many of us just park it on the side as a vague glimmer of possibility. Authentic Community is a place where you not only feel supported and connected, but completely free to be the full expression of who you are.
And so more and more of us are feeling the impulse to connect on deeper levels… and not just with our loved ones, but with friends, associates and workmates. After a few very useful generations of focusing on the individual, the self, there is this palpable yearning for connecting to our tribe, to feel the support, understanding, intimacy and freedom afforded by a wider circle of like-minded people.
Perhaps this yearning is both practical and spiritual. Practical, because as the old political, financial and societal systems break down, we will definitely need each other on a day to day basis. And spiritual, because that is the ultimate journey of our soul… to experience Oneness and Separation.
DETAILS
WHEN: Saturday, Oct 15 2011
TIMES: 9:30 am to 9:00pm
WHERE: Bellingen - mid north coast – venue in town.
COST: $220 per person
BRING: Lunch to share - Cushion - Writing materials
DINNER: Will be provided
PREPARATION:
A Pre-workshop handout covering recommended reading and preparation will be sent to each participant before the workshop.
FOLLOW UP...
In order to integrate and deepen your learnings, an ongoing fortnightly group meeting will be held in Bellingen. Those of you living elsewhere may like to organise your own support group. There will be a $20 charge for each meeting.
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What is ‘Authentic Community Building’?
Authentic Community Building (ACB) brings together the concepts of the International Best Selling Book The Different Drum by acclaimed US Author and Psychiatrist, (the late) Dr M Scott Peck (also the Author of ‘The Road Less Travelled and People of the Lie) and Gestalt Therapy.
Authentic Community Building (ACB) is ideal for:
- Individuals wishing to experience the Authentic Community Building process
- People wishing to build closer and stronger personal relationships (with themselves and with others)
- Those wanting to understand the dynamics and processes required to form authentic community
- Those organisations or groups seeking increased awareness or creation of greater cohesion, co-operation & respect
- New organisations or groups
- Groups needing increased productivity
- Difficult groups
- Organisations in trouble
- Those who are confused or have lost their way.
Benefits / Results
You / your group or organisation will learn how to:
- Communicate with authenticity
- Deal effectively with difficult issues
- Bridge differences with integrity
- Be alert to destructive behaviours
- Relate with respect
- Be more psychologically healthy and spiritually aware
- Effectively use consensual decision making.
On the Day You Will Experience…
- Mechanisms and principles of authentic communication (practical experiential exercises)
- The community building process (theory & practice)
- Experiential and psychological exercises to gain person and group dynamics insight
- Dealing with real group conflicts and difficulties and how the ACB process helps – interactive question and answer – conflicts and difficulties are dealt with
- The application of ACB strategies to personal and group insights and needs.
NOTE: The ACB process / workshop is not a therapy group. This process is not suited to people with a psychological illness or psychiatric disorder).
Your Facilitator - Shane Holst
Shane Holst has been facilitating workshops for more than 15 years. Trainer, Coach, hypnotherapist and author, Shane is also the Founder of the Healthy Australia Foundation, Australian Humanitarian Awards and Turtle Awards – acknowledging leaders who stick their necks out for the common good.
Shane is one of very few Australians (less than 15 people) trained by M Scott Pecks’ authorised US trainers to facilitate the ‘community building’ process as set forth in his book, The Different Drum.
