Workshops at Harbin Hot Springs are facilitated by individuals and institutes from around the world. Harbin does not process registrations. To register or receive information on any workshop, please contact the organizers listed below.
The fees listed below usually include group lodging or camping, plus full use of Harbin facilities. (Two week massage intensives do not include weekend lodging.) Private lodging before, during or after your workshop may be arranged through the Harbin reservation office at (707) 987-2477. Meals are not included unless stated; kitchen facilities are generally available for your use, and you are welcome to take advantage of Harbin's many other food options.
If you are interested in using Harbin's facilities for your next workshop, class or conference, click on the workshop leader link, or contact our Workshop Office at (707) 987-0379.
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Ongoing – Minister Training Program
July 30 - Aug 1 – School of Massage Open House
July 30 - Aug 1 – SkyDancing Tantra
Aug 1-6 – Pathology for Bodyworkers
Aug 1-6 – Deep Tissue 2
Aug 6-13 – Love and Ecstasy Training 2
Aug 8-13 – Watsu® 3
Aug 13-15 – Love, Intimacy & Sexuality
Aug 13-15 – Kinesiology
Aug 15-20 – Waterdance 1
Aug 15-20 – Trigger Point
Aug 20-27 – Love and Ecstasy Training 5
Aug 20-27 – Ashtanga Yoga Week
Aug 20-22 – Loving the SoulShrine
Aug 23 - Sept 2 – Massage Intensive
Aug 27-29 – Living the Spirit of Love
Aug 29 - Sept 3 – Energy-Active Craniosacral 1
Sept 3-5 – Deepening Relationship
Sept 3-5 – SkyDancing Tantra
Sept 3-5 – Enlightened Living Yoga Retreat
Sept 5-10 – Shiatsu 1
Sept 5-10 – Thai Massage 2
Sept 10-12 – Shiatsu Pain Relief
Sept 10-13 – Healing the Father Wound® for Women
Sept 12-17 – Shiatsu 2
Sept 16-19 – Healing the Father Wound® for Men
Sept 17-19 – Tantric Goddess
Sept 17-19 – Love, Intimacy & Sexuality
Sept 19-24 – Shiatsu 3
Sept 24-26 – Basic Watsu®
Sept 26-30 – Cycles Retreat
Sept 24-26 – Tantric Massage
Sept 26 - Oct 1 – Waterdance 2
Oct 1-4 – Healing the Motherwound for Women
Oct 3-8 – Energy-Active Craniosacral 2
Oct 4-8 – Hoop-dance Jam
Oct 8-10 – Hot Stone Massage
Oct 8-10 – Tantric Massage
Oct 9-10 – Art in the Garden
Oct 10-15 – Anatomy Bones & Muscles
Oct 15-18 – Healing the Motherwound® for Men
Oct 17-22 – Advanced Therapeutic Massage
Oct 22-28 – Love & Ecstasy Training 3
Oct 26-31 – Clearing the Air™ Between Women & Men
Oct 29-31 – Love, Intimacy & Sexuality
Oct 31 - Nov 5 – Waterdance 3
Oct 31 - Nov 5 – Craniosacral 3
Ongoing
Minister Training & Degree Program
Metaphorum Ministries
Reverence for Mother Earth is vital for survival - learn valuable tools for overcoming “Nature Deficit Disorder”. Developed from the Harbin Minister training program, Metaphorum Ministries offers a series of summer week-ends leading to ordination as a minister. A California non-profit since 1996.
www.metaphorumministries.org
Click here to receive a pdf brochure and application, or email Ann at 
July 30 - Aug 1
Alumni Weekend and Open House
School of Shiatsu and Massage Instructors
This weekend is an Alumni celebration and an Open House for anyone interested in the school. Land and Water Instructors are available to discuss the classes that they teach and to answer specific questions. The Domes Lower Pool and a building are reserved for practice and demonstrations. No prerequisite
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889, Middletown,
CA 95461; (707) 987-3801; www.watsucenter.com
July 30 - Aug 1
Ecstatic Living® presents: New
SkyDancing Tantra:The Wave of Bliss
Steve & Lokita Carter
"The Wave of Bliss" is a powerful advanced SkyDancing Tantra practice that blends the flow of sexual energy with a sense of spiritual connection. It may be used before lovemaking, while making love, or simply to shift energy during a difficult time.
· Move beyond the self into a full-body ecstatic
experience, the union of man and woman, the balancing
of yin and yang.
· Learn the art of disappearing into each other, into
emptiness of pure consciousness.
· Transform lust into bliss while riding on the waves of
energy as you and your partner move beyond time and
space.
This workshop creates an atmosphere in which to learn, explore and enjoy, while preparing you to practice the "Wave of Bliss" at home. It is designed for couples and paired singles with prior experience of Tantra, preferably in a workshop setting, who wish to deepen their tantric journey. No explicit sexual content.
Cost: $395 per person includes meals & in/outdoor camping. Registration: Toll-free (877) 982-6872 or (707) 987-3456
www.ecstaticliving.com
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Aug 1-6
Pathology for Bodyworkers
Kirsten Dubberke
Knowledge of pathology is vitally important to massage therapists so that they can protect both their clients and themselves. Topics will include: referring a client or modifying a session; definition of pathology: contradictions and cautions: circulatory conditions: diabetes: cancer. Learning methods: lecture, discussion, and role play. Prerequisite: 100 hrs of Massage Training
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889, Middletown,
CA 95461; (707) 987-3801; www.watsucenter.com
Aug 1-6
Deep Tissue 2
Gonzalo Landeros
Build on to your Deep Tissue 1 a variety of effective skills that will enable you to further address the needs of clients. Included are techniques such as body reading, assessment, deep facial stripping, deep
tissue sculpting, active deep tissue and more.
Prerequisite: Deep Tissue 1
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889, Middletown,
CA 95461; (707) 987-3801; www.watsucenter.com
Aug 6-13
Ecstatic Living® presents:
The Love and Ecstasy Training (LET)
Cycle 2 Steve & Lokita Carter
The Love and Ecstasy Training (LET) is the ultimate in-depth course in embodying the skills of tantric lovemaking. Love can be an art form, and you can live more creatively when you integrate Margot Anand's renowned SkyDancing Tantra , the path of celebration, into your daily life. Cycle 2 awakens your power as a woman and a man, presents the skills to become a better lover, and opens the heart, body and spirit to deeper intimacy.
· Opening the Inner Flute
· The Multi-Orgasmic Response for Men & Women
· The Fire Meditation
· The Three Keys to Sexual Ecstasy
· The Yin Yang Balance
· Healing Rituals
· The Art of SkyDancing Tantra
Steve & Lokita Carter are licensed SkyDancing Tantra Teachers and the directors of the SkyDancing Tantra Institute. They have been teaching the Love & Ecstasy Training exclusively since 2003, and are lauded for their authenticity as a tantric couple, and for sharing their teachings in a fun, safe, original, effective and heartful way.
Prerequisites: Cycle 1 or other advanced Tantra workshop experience. Call for CEUs. Couples & singles welcome.
Registration: Toll-free (877) 982-6872 or (707) 987-3456
www.ecstaticliving.com
Aug 8-13
Watsu® 3
Harold Dull & Linda de Lehman
Watsu 3 is for those who have given enough sessions to develop a comfortable intuitive awareness of how to be with another person in the water and who are now ready to explore spontaneously in Free Flow. Prerequisites: Watsu 2, 20 practice sessions, Audit Watsu 2 or Watsu 2 Supervision; 50 hours Anatomy
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889, Middletown,
CA 95461; (707) 987-3801; www.watsucenter.com
Aug 13-15
Love, Intimacy & Sexuality
Human Awareness Institute
Love, intimacy and sexuality are fundamental to being human. However our very notions of these prevent us from fully expressing and receiving love.
The Human Awareness Institute workshops support your infinite capacity to love and be loved and to move through your barriers to love and intimacy. Shed fears, judgments, beliefs and behaviors that keep you separate from others. Explore new ways of relating and communicating. Heal pain from past relationships and learn new ways to build companionship.
Regardless of your relationship status or sexual orientation, the Love, Intimacy and Sexuality workshops are for you! Use what you learn here in every part of your life.
For over forty years, over 75,000 participants have taken this extraordinary opportunity to enrich their lives and relationships.
Fee: $495 includes food and lodging
Deposit: $195. Scholarships available.
Human Awareness Institute, 593 N. McDowell Blvd, Petaluma, CA 94954 707-981-7886; office@hai.org www.hai.org
Aug 13-15
Kinesiology
Kirsten Dubberke
Kinesiology is the science of human movement. Using postural assessment and palpation, we will identify healthy versus compromised or compensated muscles and movement patterns. Rehabilitation, injury prevention and management guidelines are presented for common musculoskeletal imbalances. Meets NCBTMB requirements. Prerequisite: Anatomy Bones & Muscles
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889, Middletown,
CA 95461; (707) 987-3801; www.watsucenter.com
Aug 15-20
Waterdance 1
Shantam or Richard Bock
In Waterdance 1 class, you begin by facing your own fears about being underwater. Then you learn techniques for perceiving and working with your client's breath and Waterdance sequences combining a variety of movements both above and below the water's surface.
Prerequisite: Watsu 1 or previous aquatic bodywork
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889, Middletown,
CA 95461; (707) 987-3801; www.watsucenter.com
Aug 15-20
Trigger Point
Spirit Savage
Trigger Point Therapy covers myofascial pain and dysfunction. We will learn what Trigger Points are, how they are formed, the effect on muscles, their referral patterns, where they are located and how to treat and release them.
Prerequisite: Advanced Therapeutic Massage and 50 hours Anatomy
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889, Middletown,
CA 95461; (707) 987-3801; www.watsucenter.com
Aug 20-27
Ecstatic Living ® presents:
The Love and Ecstasy Training (LET) Cycle 5
Steve & Lokita Carter and Jelle Bode
The Love and Ecstasy Training (LET) Cycle 5 will deepen our learning from previous cycles. We will go on an evolutionary journey involving pleasure, its limits and its transcendence, as illustrated by advanced tantric structures. Pleasure is a natural state, a physiological law, and yet, since our childhood, obstacles prevent us from fully accessing this state of being. The path of SkyDancing Tantra gives us back our innate right to pleasure!
Prerequisites: The Love & Ecstasy Training Cycle 3 or 4.
Registration: Toll-free (877) 982-6872 or (707) 987-3456
www.ecstaticliving.com
Aug 20-27
Ashtanga Yoga Week
Jodi Blumstein
Ashtanga Yoga is a practice of mindfulness guided by conscious breathing. A string of intelligently sequenced asanas are learned and practiced over time to assist in removing the layers of conditioned existence which hinder us from embracing the truth of who we are.
Morning Classes are followed by afternoon workshops focusing on alignment, pranayama, meditation and chanting, along with many opportunities to soak in the healing waters and be together.
$750 for the week, includes indoor/outdoor camping.
To register, contact Jodi B, shantishala@gmail.com
Aug 20-22
Loving the SoulShrine
Annie Deichmann
Come and open to the energies of the sacred feminine and explore the BodySoul through movement,silence, journey work, expressive arts and ceremony. Be prepared to play, laugh, release and cry - deepen your love and acceptance of your soft animal body and Self in a healing collective of women.
Fee: $350 includes full use of the Springs, all vegetarian meals and in/outdoor camping at the Mountain Lodge. Deposit of $100 required to hold your space. Contact Annie@ (707) 829-9739 or annied@sonic.net
Aug 23-Sept 2
Massage Intensive
Keesha Stanley
This intensive will provide students with confidence, skills and techniques to touch with a healing intent, as a professional practitioner. Using proper body mechanics so that the student is centered and grounded, they will be able to give massage with effortless power and grace.Prerequisite: None
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889, Middletown,
CA 95461; (707) 987-3801; www.watsucenter.com
Aug 27-29
Living the Spirit of Love:
Awareness Practice for Conscious Living
Anne Watts
As we look at the gap between who we desire to be and our actual daily behavior, we will interact with ourselves and others using compassion, honesty, humor, trust and gratitude. Go home with the experience and the tools to infuse daily life with the conscious practice of "being love."
Anne Watts, CHT, has been leading Love, Intimacy & Sexuality Workshops for the Human Awareness Institute since 1985. She leads workshops on four continents, teaching adults to have loving, fulfilling lives and relationships.
Fee: $400.00 per person, $750.00 per pair (any two people who register together), includes meals and indoor/outdoor camping. Deposit: $195.00 per person, $390.00 per pair. Registration: 707-789-9278 www.annewatts.com
Aug 29- Sept 3
Energy-Active Craniosacral 1
Jim Gilkeson
Joining the principles and practices of Craniosacral work and energy work is an ideal way to integrate the structure of a body with its energy. This cross-disciplinary course allows the students to attend to the physical and energetic needs of their client.
Prerequisite: Previous bodywork experience required; experience with basic anatomy and meditation practice will be helpful
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889, Middletown,
CA 95461; (707) 987-3801; www.watsucenter.com
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Sept 3-5
Deepening Relationship: Creating a Sacred Container
With Satya and Jeffrey Van Dyke
Are you seeking more fulfillment and understanding with your partner? Have you discovered freedom through commitment? Are you looking for more passion and intimacy?
In this three day intensive couples workshop, we will build a sacred container within which your relationship will deepen and flourish. As we explore presence and establish safety by recognizing our own and each others boundaries, we will discover deeper honesty, vulnerability, and intimacy. We will begin to disengage interpersonal entanglements and offer and receive the gift of acceptance.
Partner yoga, partner bodywork, and personal inquiry will engage the whole energetic body, allowing love and passion to spontaneously arise.
Cost of $410.00 per person includes delicious meals, indoor or outdoor camping, and use of Harbin Hot Springs facilities. Contact Satya at (707) 295-6520 or e-mail gita@satyavandyke.com. For more information, visit www.satyavandyke.com
Sept 3-5
Ecstatic Living® presents:
Timeless Loving : An Introduction to SkyDancing Tantra
Steve & Lokita Carter
This popular experiential workshop for singles and couples is a fun and safe way to begin your tantric journey, become a better lover and create deeper intimacy and more love in your life. Learn ancient tantric techniques - including ritual, communication, and energy consciousness - to integrate spirituality into your life and lovemaking. Celebrate being fully alive in your body, heart, spirit and mind. In a safe and loving environment, we explore:
· Weaving Spirituality, Love & Intimacy
· Intimate Communication Skills
· Breath: The Key to Expanding Pleasure
· Discover Full-Body Orgasm
· Tantric Waterplay at the private Conference Center pools
Take home with you powerful tools that you can use over and over again to live more ecstatically and transform the ordinary into the extraordinary!
Cost: $425 per person includes meals & in/outdoor camping. Registration: Toll-free (877) 982-6872 or (707) 987-3456
www.ecstaticliving.com
Sept 3-5
Enlightened Living Yoga Retreat
with Julia Tindall
This weekend will focus on practices to raise our vibration and lighten up, drawing from hatha, jnana and tantra yoga methods. Come prepared to stretch open in new ways, connect with wonderful people and have fun!
Our 16th year !! All levels welcome.
Julia is author of 20 Questions for Enlightened Living.
Fee: $345 includes 5 home-cooked vegetarian mealsDeposit: $100 (non-refundable) Julia Tindall, PO Box 60101, Sacramento, CA 95860 530-757-3880; juliatindall1@gmail.com www.juliatindall.com
Sept 5-10
Shiatsu 1
Shinzo Fujimaki
Students are introduced to the Japanese art healing touch, Shinzo Style Shiatsu..
Shinzo inspires every student to open up their own healing energy in order to help others and themselves. Students will learn the basic concept and philosophy or Oriental medicine based on Aikido and Yoga.
Prerequisite: None
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889, Middletown,
CA 95461; (707) 987-3801; www.watsucenter.com
Sept 5-10
Thai Massage 2
Kirsten Dubberke
Traditional Thai Massage 2 continues with the form of Nuad Bo-Rarn. The training will focus on continuing mastery of techniques learned in Thai 1, flow, integration of complete treatments, and incorporating more advanced techniques. With the completion of Thai 1 and Thai 2, the student will be able to give almost four hours of non-repeating bodywork. Prereq: Thai 1
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889, Middletown,
CA 95461; (707) 987-3801; www.watsucenter.com
Sept 10-12
Shiatsu Pain Relief
Shinzo Fujimaki
Students are introduced to the Japanese art of healing touch, Shiatsu, specifically for pain. Students will learn and practice how to release headaches and relieve other common pain symptoms, by oneself in daily Self-Shiatsu and one's own family members' headache through gentle stretches and key acupressure points. Prerequisite: None
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889, Middletown,
CA 95461; (707) 987-3801; www.watsucenter.com
Sept 10-13
25th Year - Healing the Father Wound® for Women
Gordon Clay
Through Tantrum Yoga®, movement/breathwork, experiential exercises, and appropriate emotional release, we will work to locate the roots that trap you in an endless repetitive cycle of unconscious behaviors and begin the healing process. Gordon Clay specializes in appropriate anger and rage release processes and has facilitated retreats since 1976.
Fee: $650 includes materials, group lodging, kitchen and use of Harbin's facilities Fri-Mon. Limited to 12 participants, early registration is recommended. Information & Registration Gordon Clay, P.O. Box 1080-HHS, Brookings, OR 97415; fatherwound@aol.com; or vm/fax 541-469-5124; www.fatherwound.com
Sept 12-17
Shiatsu 2
Shinzo Fugimaki
Students will learn a complete routine of Shinzo Style Shiatsu. Emphasis is on understanding the client's body, mind and spirit. Learn how to blend your healing energy so both you and your client open up to a higher level of health and vitality trough the Japanese art of healing touch.
Prerequisite: Shiatsu 1 or by instructor's consent
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889, Middletown,
CA 95461; (707) 987-3801; www.watsucenter.com
Sept 16-19
25th Year - Healing the Father Wound® for Men
Gordon Clay
Through Tantrum Yoga®, movement/breathwork, experiential exercises, and appropriate emotional release, we will work to locate the roots that trap you in an endless repetitive cycle of unconscious behaviors and begin the healing process. Gordon Clay specializes in appropriate anger and rage release processes and has facilitated retreats since 1976.
Fee: $650 includes materials, group lodging, kitchen and use of Harbin's facilities Thu-Sun. Limited to 12 participants, early registration is recommended. Information & Registration Gordon Clay, P.O. Box 1080-HHS, Brookings, OR 97415, fatherwound@aol.com or 541-469-5124; www.fatherwound.com
Sept 17-19
Ecstatic Living ® presents:
The Goddess Weekend: 5 Keys to being a Tantric Goddess
With Belinda Laucke
Every woman is a Tantric Goddess and in this seminar we celebrate our Tantric Goddess nature and learn how to integrate her into every aspect of our lives.
Nurture and recharge our spirits, bodies and our hearts
Cultivate love for our body, the temple of our spirit
· Celebrate our ecstatic energy at any stage of our life
· Share about sex, love, changes, Tantra, and more
Our sacred circle creates a magical blend of sharing, ritual, laughing, exploring, healing, playing, meditating, honoring, opening, connecting, relaxing and doing nothing. New friendships in this environment go deep fast, and we create a community of Tantric Goddesses that can be connected and alive long after the seminar.
Belinda Laucke is a Tantra teacher and professional life coach. She inspires women to embrace their sexual expression and goddess nature, and enables them to step into their power, opening to the joy of a spiritual life connection. Belinda is a graduate of the Tantra Teacher Apprenticeship Program of the Institute for Ecstatic Living and has co-taught "The Goddess Weekend" several times with its creator, Lokita Carter.
Cost: $395 per person includes meals & in/outdoor camping. Registration: Toll-free (877) 982-6872 or (707) 987-3456
www.ecstaticliving.com
Sept 17-19
Love, Intimacy & Sexuality
Human Awareness Institute
Love, intimacy and sexuality are fundamental to being human. However our very notions of these prevent us from fully expressing and receiving love.
The Human Awareness Institute workshops support your infinite capacity to love and be loved and to move through your barriers to love and intimacy. Shed fears, judgments, beliefs and behaviors that keep you separate from others. Explore new ways of relating and communicating. Heal pain from past relationships and learn new ways to build companionship.
Regardless of your relationship status or sexual orientation, the Love, Intimacy and Sexuality workshops are for you! Use what you learn here in every part of your life.
For over forty years, over 75,000 participants have taken this extraordinary opportunity to enrich their lives and relationships.
Fee: $495 includes food and lodging
Deposit: $195. Scholarships available.
Human Awareness Institute, 593 N. McDowell Blvd, Petaluma, CA 94954 707-981-7886; office@hai.org www.hai.org
Sept 19-24
Shiatsu 3
Shinzo Fujimaki
Shinzo will guide you through addressing more specific needs of the client, and free style shiatsu so you can dance together with your client and wake up the healing energy. Create your own style of Shiatsu.
Prerequisite: Shiatsu 2
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889, Middletown,
CA 95461; (707) 987-3801; www.watsucenter.com
Sept 24-26
Basic Watsu®
Rutherford Hayes
This class is for everybody. Imagine, your loved one in your arms in a warm pool and seeing that smile of heaven. As a student, you will learn the basic techniques and sequences giving you a strong foundation for Watsu 1.
Prerequisite: None
New Low Price $325 includes meals & in/outdoor camping
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889, Middletown,
CA 95461; (707) 987-3801; www.watsucenter.com
Sept 26-30
Cycles Retreat: 4 Day Soul-utions Intensive
Misty Jenneiahn, Nicole Ramirez
Four day intensive to recognize, navigate, and receive the inherent gifts within your Soul’s natural cycles: REVEAL, RETHINK, RELEASE, and RENEW! Easily create desired change! Detoxify mind and body and fully integrate spiritual awareness into lasting results. Enjoy scenic beauty, rest and play. More info http://cyclesretreat.eventbrite.com
Sept 24-26
Ecstatic Living® presents:
Tantric Massage: The Art of Ecstatic Touch
Steve & Lokita Carter
If you are interested in Tantra and massage, you will love this workshop! Ecstatic touch, ritual and communication are the foundation for this delightful weekend. Giving and receiving sensuous, healing and pleasurable full-body massage can open new doors to your heart and enrich your life and loving.
· Integrate spirituality and physical pleasure
· Explore the sharing of giving and receiving
· Allow more pleasure and trust in your life
· Enjoy a very relaxing weekend
No experience with massage or Tantra is necessary. This workshop is open for couples and individuals. Couples work exclusively with each other during the massages unless desired otherwise. We appreciate individuals registering early to keep a gender balance.
Steve & Lokita are renowned for sharing their teachings in a fun, safe, original, effective and heartful way. Expect to be guided with sensitivity and an infectious sense of humor!
Cost: $395 per person includes meals & in/outdoor camping. Registration: Toll-free (877) 982-6872 or (707) 987-3456
www.ecstaticliving.com
Sept 26-Oct 1
Waterdance 2
Shantam or Richard Bock
In this class, students deepen and build on the skills learned in Waterdance 1. Students expand the principles and material with a repertoire of underwater moves and techniques, and learn new moves and variations and how to link different moves into a graceful flow.
Prerequisite: Waterdance 1
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889, Middletown,
CA 95461; (707) 987-3801; www.watsucenter.com
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Oct 1-4
Healing the Motherwound for Women
Shauna Wilson Mora
Through our navel we have the visible evidence of our link to our biological mother - a link that is encoded with messages - our history, patterns, destiny, even our sense of self. We inherit our self worth from our mothers. We are tied to this woman who birthed us, and to the generations that preceded us. Our bodies store information. In addition to traumas, we carry personal myths and universal archetypes that motivate us to react from old behavior. We came into this world with a purpose. We have the right to live our soul's purpose with power, passion and grace. Through breath work, movement, express and release, psychodrama, and dynamic mediations, we can let go of what no longer serves us, recover what we lost, and truly live a life of freedom and choice. (Men, October 15)
Fee: $650.00Deposit required:$150.00
Shauna Wilson Mora, HMW Workshops, P.O. Box 60894 , Palo Alto , CA94306 (650) 351-8210
MotherWound@yahoo.com www.ClearingtheAir.net
Oct 3-8
Energy-Active Craniosacral 2
Jim Gilkeson
Students will continue to work with the structures and energies of the head, hard palate and face and learn new strategies for unwinding the body, locating and releasing cysts. Personal energy work exploration will provide a means to deepen this work.
Prerequisite: Energy-Active Craniosacral 1. Required reading: Energy Healing: A Pathway to Inner Growth
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889, Middletown,
CA 95461; (707) 987-3801; www.watsucenter.com
Oct 4 - 8
A 5-Day hoop-dance jam
Hosted by Merlin and Nayeli
Unlimited hooping - Feeling the power of our personal practice in a collective exploration of flow… the r-evolutionary art form that is hoopdance:
- How can we inspire each other in this supportive space?
- We explore how deep the spiral takes us, as community emerges through this magic circle.
40 participants only. All levels welcome, some movement and hoop practice preferred. $450 includes all meals & in/outdoor camping.
boogie3@adelphia.net www.playahoop.com
Oct 8-10
Hot Stone Massage
Pam O'Dea
This 2-day course will introduce massage therapist to the practical skills necessary to confidently give relaxing, therapeutic, safe Hot Stone massages. Learn about the history, the types of stone used, the best way to heat them, and where to find them. Benefits, indications, contraindications and Hydrotherapy. Prerequisite: Some massage training
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889, Middletown,
CA 95461; (707) 987-3801; www.watsucenter.com
Oct 8-10
Ecstatic Living® presents:
Multi-Oh Tantric Massage: Riding the Waves of Sexual Ecstasy
Steve & Lokita Carter
Everyone has unlimited potential for infinite pleasure, and in this seminar we experiment with hands-on techniques to expand our capacity for ecstasy and being multi-orgasmic while giving and receiving massage.
· Receive pleasure by giving pleasure
· Transform the sexual spark into a bonfire
· Stay grounded and focused in the waves of ecstasy
· Explore the depth of surrendering into bliss
· Cultivate deeper intimacy and trust with ourselves and
our partner
Enter into a safe, sacred and magical realm of deep relaxation, profound pleasure, full presence, and heightened sensation. Learn new ways to extend pleasure and deepen intimacy that can be practiced again and again!
Open to couples and paired singles who work together exclusively. "Paired singles" are those who pair up prior to the workshop for the purpose of taking it together. Tantra experience, preferably in a workshop setting, is required.
Cost: $395 per person includes meals & in/outdoor camping. Registration: Toll-free (877) 982-6872 or (707) 987-3456
www.ecstaticliving.com
Oct 9-10
Art in the Garden
Annual Harbin Celebration
Harbin residents and special guests show off/sell/demonstrate their artworks, crafts, cooking, music, dance, and other performance arts. Plenty of fun. Proceeds benefit the artists & Harbin’s beautiful garden.
Free to Harbin paid guests.
Oct 10-15
Anatomy Bones & Muscles
Kirsten Dubberke
This class is designed to give students in depth knowledge and understanding of the musculoskeletal system. Students learn the fundamentals of anatomy and human kinesiology. Teaching methods are a combination hands-on and lecture so you have a true understanding of how the body moves and lives. Prerequisite: none
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889, Middletown,
CA 95461; (707) 987-3801; www.watsucenter.com
Oct 15-18
Healing the Motherwound® for Men
Shauna Wilson Mora
This intense experiential workshop breaks through old wounds, blocks and patterns that prevent us from living in freedom. Through transformational processes we will access and release what no longer serves us, and we will discover the creative possibilities we have buried within. Lodging included. (See HMW listing for Women 0ct. 1).
Fee:$650.00Deposit required:$150.00
Shauna Wilson, HOW Workshops, P.O. Box 60894, Palo Alto, CA 94306(650) 351-8210MotherWound@yahoo.com www.ClearingtheAir.net
Oct 17-22
Advanced Therapeutic Massage
Carlisle Douglas
Integrate new techniques and learn a side-lying approach, particularly effective for hip, low back, neck and shoulder and for pregnant clients. Integration of myofascial stretching and release, muscles energy Technique and PNF stretching will increase effectiveness and palpation sensitivity. Prerequisite: 100 hours Massage training
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889, Middletown,
CA 95461; (707) 987-3801; www.watsucenter.com
Oct 22-28
Ecstatic Living® presents:
The Love & Ecstasy Training Cycle 3: From Sexual Passion to Spiritual Ecstasy
Steve & Lokita Carter
Cycle 3 of the Love & Ecstasy Training takes the practices from Cycles 1 and 2 to the next level: the art of transforming sexual and orgasmic energy into a blissful meditation. With advanced practices, you begin to master what Margot Anand calls this "the art of disappearing into each other" - into the emptiness of pure consciousness, riding on the waves of energy as you and your partner move beyond time and space.
· Riding the Tiger
· The Seven Steps of the Wave of Bliss
· Advanced MORE session
· The Love Positions as a unique form of Yoga
· Sacred visualizations of the divine archetypes during
tantric practice.
Steve & Lokita Carter have been teaching SkyDancing Tantra since 1999, and are Margot Anand's principal lineage holders in the USA. Prerequisites: Cycle 1 and 2, or other advanced Tantra workshop experience. Call for CEUs. Couples & singles welcome. Registration: Toll-free (877) 982-6872 or (707) 987-3456
www.ecstaticliving.com
Oct 26-31
18th Year - Clearing the Air™ Between Women & Men
Gordon Clay & Shauna Wilson-Mora
If we are to thrive, we need to appreciate each other in our power, shadow and dreams. By clearing our energy from old hurts, we can reach a level of deep, authentic, open-hearted, non-sexual intimacy, and feel safe on a cellular level. This is way beyond couples work.
Fee: $995 includes materials, group lodging, kitchen and use of Harbin's facilities Tue-Sun. Limited to 6 women and six men, not couples. Prerequisite Info & Registration: Gordon Clay, P.O. Box 1080-HHS, Brookings, OR 97415, fatherwound@aol.com
www.fatherwound.com
October 29-31
Love, Intimacy & Sexuality
Human Awareness Institute
Love, intimacy and sexuality are fundamental to being human. However our very notions of these prevent us from fully expressing and receiving love.
The Human Awareness Institute workshops support your infinite capacity to love and be loved and to move through your barriers to love and intimacy. Shed fears, judgments, beliefs and behaviors that keep you separate from others. Explore new ways of relating and communicating. Heal pain from past relationships and learn new ways to build companionship.
Regardless of your relationship status or sexual orientation, the Love, Intimacy and Sexuality workshops are for you! Use what you learn here in every part of your life.
For over forty years, over 75,000 participants have taken this extraordinary opportunity to enrich their lives and relationships.
Fee: $495 includes food and lodging
Deposit: $195. Scholarships available.
Human Awareness Institute, 593 N McDowell Blvd., Ste. B.,
Petaluma, CA 94954; 707-981-7886; Office@hai.org; www.hai.org
October 31-November 5
Waterdance 3
Shantam or Richard Bock
This class expands on the foundation built in Waterdance 1 and 2. You will learn to create your own vocabulary of underwater moves, and connect them in endless new ways. The dance of free flowing experience is emphasized and discovery of your own unique style is encouraged. Prerequisite: Waterdance 1and 2
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889, Middletown,
CA 95461; (707) 987-3801; www.watsucenter.com
October 31- November 5
Craniosacral 3
Jim Gilkeson
Use Craniosacral 1 & 2 and "put it all together". Focus on the phenomenon of release and learn to work with principles and non-forcing approaches that apply broadly to bodywork modalities. Use principles of subtle energy therapy, energy-active craniosacral work and Zero Balancing®. Prerequisite: Craniosacral 2 or with instructor consent
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889, Middletown,
CA 95461; (707) 987-3801; www.watsucenter.com
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