Pre-registration is required for all classes and workshops!
Please e-mail Elena: ekhazanova@gmail.com
Pleasure Tolerance Workshop
A bowl of fresh berries, an afternoon nap, time with a friend - learn more about what gives you pleasure and how to experience it more fully. We will use EFT ("tapping"), mindfulness and positive psychology methods to increase your capacity for pleasure and create more mental, emotional and spiritual openness to joy.
Saturday, 9/11/10, 10am to 12:30pm, donation: $25
EFT for Creativity and Joy Workshop
Do anxiety and frustration have to be a creative person's constant companions? Can you be creative without worrying about the end product?
What would it be like to "turn off" the inner critic? Learn how EFT can be used to reclaim the creative freedom and joy that you experienced when you were 5.
EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) involves light tapping on energy meridian points (it is sometimes described as "acupuncture without needles"). Please wear loose, comfortable clothing (layers) and eat breakfast beforehand.
Saturday, 9/25/10, 10am to 12:30pm, tuition: $25
The Artist's Way
This class is about discovering and recovering your creative Self. It is based on Julia Cameron's classic book that has helped millions of people overcome creative blocks and build their artistic confidence.Through a variety of easy, inspiring practices, you will learn how to nurture your Inner Artist and reduce self-criticism, procrastination and fear. As creativity is healing to the soul, students often report feeling more joyful, easier on themselves and more enthusiastic about life.No previous experience required. You don't have to be a practicing artist, or even think of yourself as a creative person, to benefit from this class.
12 weekly sessions, starting 10/26/2010
Tuesdays, 7 to 9 pm
Tuition: $225
Cultivating Pleasure, Creativity and Joy
This is a long-term transformational group for men and women looking to create more mental, emotional, spiritual and energetic openness to pleasure and joy. We will use positive psychology, EFT, mindfulness and art to reduce resistance to pleasure and expand our potential for enjoyment.
Being able to feel and savor pleasure (sensory, emotional, mental, or spiritual) is a skill that can be developed. Whether you would like to get more enjoyment from your morning walk, your bowl of cereal, your time with a friend or a loved one, or your meditation practice, come and experiment with a variety of psychological and energetic techniques that can move you closer towards your goal of a joyful, satisfying life.
Tuesday nights, from 7 to 9, starting 2/2011.
This is an ongoing psychoeducational group that meets biweekly, and requires a minimum of 3 months commitment. Women and men over 18 years of age. It is not recommended for persons in acute crisis.
$45 per session; students, full-time artists and those in need may qualify for sliding scale.
For more info or to register, please E-mail ekhazanova@gmail.com.