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
Mar 5-7 – Tantric Massage
Mar 8-18 – Massage Intensive
Mar 12-14 – Culinary Retreat
Mar 19-21 – CMG Retreat
Mar 19-21 – The Goddess Weekend
Mar 19-21 – Ethics
Mar 21-26 – Energy-Active Craniosacral 1
Mar 26-28 – Deepening Relationship
Mar 26-28 – Clarity Breathwork Level One
Apr 2-4 – Raw Yogic Arts Retreat
Apr 4-9 – Energy-Active Craniosacral 2
Apr 8-11 – Healing the Father Wound for Women
Apr 9-11 – Tantra for Singles
Apr 11-16 – Watsu 1
Apr 16-18 – The Art of Cleansing
Apr 15-18 – Healing the Father Wound for Men
Apr 16-18 – Love, Intimacy & Sexuality
Apr 18-23 – Watsu 2
Apr 23-25 – Tantric Massage
Apr 23-26 – Healing the Motherwound for Women
Apr 25-30 – Shiatsu 1
Apr 30- May 2 – Shiatsu - Back Care
Ongoing
Minister Training & Degree Program
Metaphorum Ministries
Developed from the Harbin Minister training program, Metaphorum Ministries offers a correspondence course leading to minister ordination and as well as a Bachelor of Spiritual Arts, Master of Ministry, and Doctor of Divinity. This course guides you to develop your own unique ministry, and gives you valuable ministerial tools. A California non-profit since 1996.
Click here to receive a pdf brochure and application, or email Ann at 
March 5-7
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: $385 per person includes meals & in/outdoor camping. Registration: Toll-free (877) 982-6872 or (707) 987-3456
www.ecstaticliving.com
March 8-18
Massage Intensive
Keesha Standley
This intensive will provide students with confidence, skills and techniques to touch with a healing intent, start your career. 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
March 12-14
Kitchen as Sacred Space: a hands-on culinary retreat
Jennifer Una, Holistic Chef
A weekend for learning kitchen skills and food preparations that support the highest level of healthy eating and selfcare. To the kitchen we bring the harvest; in the kitchen we create nourishment, energy and healing. Talks on cleansing and detox, mindful eating and food issues, challenges and insights. Beginners welcome! Fri 4pm-Sun 1pm, Meadow Building
Cost: $295 includes - 6 meals, indoor/outdoor camping, full use of pools and facilities.
Deposit: $100 sent to Jennifer Una, 327 San Francisco Blvd. San Anselmo, CA 94960; 415-459-4994 mizunamas@gmail.com www.passionpalate.com
March 19-21
12th Annual California Men's Gathering Retreat
CMG Events Committee of S.F. Bay Area
The mission of the California Men's Gathering is Men mentoring Men to be Men. We provide a safe and supportive atmosphere for men to explore healthy, responsible and satisfying ways of defining their lives as Men in modern American society. For more information, please visit our website Events Page: www.thecmg.org
Fee: $210.00 includes six meals, Friday dinner through Sunday lunch.Payment in full is due with registration.Registration closes on Feb 28. No refunds after Feb 22.
Joe Wagenhofer, California Men's Gathering, PMB 263, 2215-R Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94114; toll free 1-877-984-3264 ext #1; e-mail: CMGHarbin2010@aol.com www.thecmg.org
March 19-21
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: $385 per person includes meals & in/outdoor camping. Registration: Toll-free (877) 982-6872 or (707) 987-3456
www.ecstaticliving.com
March 19-21
Ethics
Theri Thomas
Ethics is a vital field of study.Life is more fulfilling when we use honor and integrity in all our business dealings. What is and what is not ethical behavior? This class clarifies an often vague, amorphous topic, and assists practitioners in developing an ethical foundation beyond reproach. Prerequisite:None
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889, Middletown,
CA 95461; (707) 987-3801; www.watsucenter.com
March 21-26
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
March 26-28
Deepening Relationship: Building and Maintaining a Sacred Container
Satya and Jeffrey Van Dyke
Are you seeking more fulfillment with your partner?
Would you like to experience more freedom and understanding?
Are you looking for more passion and intimacy?
In this three day intensive couples workshop, we will lay the foundation and begin to build a sacred container within which your relationship will deepen and flourish. As we dive into presence, establishing safety through communicated boundaries, we will discover a basis for deeper honesty, vulnerability, and intimacy. By disengaging interpersonal entanglements, each will offer and receive the gift of acceptance. Partner yoga, partner bodywork, and personal inquiry will keep the focus on the whole energetic body, allowing love and passion to spontaneously arise.
Cost $410.00 per person includes delicious meals, indoor or outdoor camping, and access to Harbin's facilities. Space is limited to seven couples, so early registration is recommended. Contact Satya at (707) 295-6520 or e-mail gitamarga@yahoo.com
March 26-28
Breath & Transformation
Clarity Breathwork Level One
with Ashanna Solaris & Dana DeLong
Experience the awesome healing power of breath to transform your life! Unravel limited beliefs, emotional patterns, physical blocks, and imprints from birth, childhood, and past experiences from the cells of your body. Use sacred music, meditation, chanting, movement, and breathwork sessions to embody more fully who you are and LIVE IT. Join us for a weekend you'll value the rest of your life! CEUs for MFTs and LCSWs available, PCE#3577.
Cost: $425 ($150 deposit holds your space). Includes: indoor/outdoor camping & meals. Register early as space is limited. We accept mc/visa/amex. Contact: Ashanna 650-279-9101, solaris108@aol.com or
Dana 510-691-4483, dana@clarity.org
Visit: www.clarity.org & www.breatheinlove.com & www.claritybreathwork.com
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April 2-4
Rising: A Raw Yogic Arts Retreat
Kristie Dahlia Home, Lydia's Organics, and friends
Spring is an auspicious time for beginnings, the return of light and blossom. Our annual spring retreat will offer four yoga classes, a luxurious 2-3 hours each, plus optional morning and evening meditations. This joyful, loving, and healing exploration of the body's inner world is led by Kristie Dahlia Home, whose books on yoga have been published worldwide. In addition to Kristie and her assistant, each class is graced with the presence of our gifted resident bodyworker, who gives massage and energy work as you practice! Our foods will be abundant, nourishing, and cleansing: raw, organic, vegan delights from the wise hands of Lydia’s Organics. Full information on this delightful weekend can be found on Kristie’s website, http://www.athayoga.com.
Fee: $325 before March 1, $355 after. Includes gourmet raw organic meals, indoor/outdoor camping, in-class bodywork, & Harbin access. Deposit: $150 (non-refundable). Kristie Dahlia Home; 415-863-1821; kristie@athayoga.com
www.athayoga.com
April 4-9
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
April 8-11
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 1986.
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
www.fatherwound.com
April 9-11
Ecstatic Living® presents:
Tantra for Singles: A Sacred Space for Heartfelt Connections
Steve & Lokita Carter
A Tantra Playshop designed for singles!
Would you like to spend a weekend with like-hearted others to enrich your life with more joy, bliss, ecstasy, tantric practices and new friends? In a sacred and safe environment we meet, play and connect in a conscious, fun and spiritual way. Tantra, a body-based spiritual path, offers powerful ways to love ourselves and others more deeply, create better communication, and celebrate life fully. Exploring ritual, communication, and desires, fears and boundaries, we open ourselves to love, and meaningful connections with others.
· Blend Spirituality, Love & Intimacy
· Empower your Ecstatic Self
· Play sensually with others in a safe and sacred Environment
· Learn the Keys to Expanding Pleasure
· Enhance giving and receiving
· Honor yourself and others through expression
· Discover how boundaries create expansion rather than
restriction
· Sensuality, communication and fun!
· Ecstatic Connecting from the Heart, Body & Spirit
Take home with you powerful tools that you can use over and over again to spice up your life and to live and relate more ecstatically.
Cost: $385 per person includes meals & in/outdoor camping. Registration: Toll-free (877) 982-6872 or (707) 987-3456
www.ecstaticliving.com
April 11-16
Watsu® 1
Theri Thomas
You will learn Watsu's Basic Moves and how, staying grounded and connected with the breath, you can let the water do the work.You learn to connect these basic moves with graceful transitions and to support and move each person as effortlessly as possible in the water. An introduction to Tantsu included.Prerequisite:None
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889, Middletown,
CA 95461; (707) 987-3801; www.watsucenter.com
April 16-18
Harbin Healing Weekend
The Art of Cleansing
Presented by Harbin teachers
Learn cleansing techniques to boost your health and vitality. Discover ways to address food habits, issues and cravings. Practice breath and movement techniques for detoxification and regeneration.
Take home healthy recipes and tips for daily cleansing support.
Program cost $95; Food and accommodations not included.
Registration/information: retreats@harbin.org
www.harbin.org/retreats.htm
April 15-18
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 1986.
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
www.fatherwound.com
April 16-18
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 almost 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
April 18-23
Watsu® 2
Theri Thomas
Learn additional moves and bodywork and how to incorporate them and other moves, as needed. Learn about the meridians and points in Watsu and explore following the client's tendency to move, while exploring your own movements. Develop the ability to explore and play with energy.Prerequisite: Watsu 1
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889, Middletown,
CA 95461; (707) 987-3801; www.watsucenter.com
April 23-25
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: $385 per person includes meals & in/outdoor camping. Registration: Toll-free (877) 982-6872 or (707) 987-3456
www.ecstaticliving.com
April 23-26
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 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. Turn what has impacted your life into the impact you can have in your life. Through breath work, movement, express and release, psychodrama, and dynamic mediations, you can let go of what no longer serves you, recover what you lost, and truly live a life of freedom and choice. (Men, May 21-24, 2010)
Fee: $650.00 Deposit required: $150.00 Shauna Wilson, HOW Workshops, P.O. Box 60894, Palo Alto, CA 94306 (650) 351-8210 MotherWound@yahoo.com www.ClearingtheAir.net
April 25-30
Shiatsu 1
Shinzo Fujimaki
Students are introduced to the Japanese art of healing touch, Shinzo Style Shiatsu. Shinzo inspires every student to open uptheir 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(Shiatsu 2 is May 2-7)
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889, Middletown,
CA 95461; (707) 987-3801; www.watsucenter.com
April 30- May 2
Shiatsu - Back Care
Shinzo Fujimaki
This class is for everybody. You will learn the Japanese art of healing touch, Shiatsu specifically for back care. You will learn and practice how to release back tension for oneself in daily Self-Shiatsu and one's own family member's back pain trough 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
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