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"Even though I consider myself as a 'conscious individual' and on a spiritual path, I've now been able to see what has really been going on in my relationships for years, and how I haven't been able to see the hurtful stuff I've been repeating and setting up over and over....I thought it was because of what she was doing!!" Bernard, 29yrs
CREATE CONSCIOUS & COMMITTED HAPPY & SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIPS Who is this Workshop for? ...... We recommend this workshop for ALL INDIVIDUALS - People of any age, gender or sexual preference who are either single or in a relationship. This transformational workshop is right for you if ......
In this workshop you will...... "Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change" Wayne Dywer Relationships mirror back to you that which you most need to learn and determine 90% of your happiness or misery. They will inspire you to open and expand while also stirring up your conditioned patterns from the past that block you from being present. The Create The Relationships You Want Workshop gives you an opportunity to uncover more of your "Shadow side" - the unconscious agenda/baggage YOU bring to all your adult relationships and to honestly and with clarity answer the question: "What is it like living with me; being in relationship with me?......" As one past participant put it: "I discovered what has really been going on and how I haven't been able to see the hurtful stuff I've been repeating - I thought it was because of what she was doing!!" The past is creating your present. Childhood conditioning invisibly controls your life. We teach practical user-friendly life-skills to replace self-defeating behaviours and hurtful patterns of relating. It is a great opportunity to deepen your understanding of the interpretations and "the stories you make up" when you are in conflict. It helps you to be more intentional in your interactions with people in your life. From earliest childhood, our brains are actually formed and wired according to what is repeated in the environments around us. Whatever is repeated over and over and modeled to us becomes our perception of who we are and what we can expect from the world. Everyone needs to uncover what were the models of love that they were exposed to and influenced by. FIND ANSWERS to questions like - What parts of you had to be hidden, or got lost, or were stolen, so that you could be accepted in the environments that were surrounding you as you were growing up? What is it like being around you when you are at "your worst"!......... What sort of "Darth Vader" or "wicked witch" do you turn into and why?..... And remember we don't see these hidden parts of ourselves and they come out as your automatic default defense patterns when you are triggered and feel vulnerable. This work is a big key to unlocking much of the frustration and conflict and repeating patterns you find yourselves in. There is value for everyone to participate in this transformational workshop. I often hear people talking about it as if it is just for SINGLES. What a loss to only see it in this way! We recommend this workshop as being for ALL INDIVIDUALS - whether you are SINGLE or PARTNERED One woman who had previously attended the Couples Workshop with her partner attended the "Keeping" workshop with her mother and brother. One family of 5 did it together. There is so much healing and growth that can occur when attending with family members. There have been a few guys who were friends come together as well as a group of women. INVITATION TO COUPLES a) We encourage you to see it as a perfect review and follow on to the Couple’s Workshop giving you an opportunity to expand and extend the work and so take your relationship to an even deeper more connected level. b) Another option we highly suggest is both partners consider doing this workshop as preparation for participating in the Couple's Workshop as really having an understanding of, and having the tools to change your own reactive behaviour when there is conflict and frustrations is essential to a happy relationship. Most couples get stuck in destructive patterns where both parties are feeling hurt and injured by the other. The conflict and disconnection and fighting is usually what motivates couples to do the work - and often it is seen as a last resort and as a threat -"if you don't do this I am out of here", is the 'invitation' given! And this is often the woman talking to the man. This can lead to the one being threatened (more often the man) not fully 'showing up'. Doing the Couple's Workshop where both people are fully present and showing up and taking responsibility for their 'own stuff' and being accountable for their own reactivity instead of pointing their finger to the other deepens the work and the results people gain. Couples ALWAYS experience many ah ha moments in this workshop. c) This workshop is also recommended as the place to start if your partner is not willing to do the work with you. Your understanding of and owning 'your own stuff' and reactivity and thus the way you act often unlocks and releases your partner to step forward and change the way they normally act. We aren't usually aware of our own ways we disrespect and are unloving and uncaring to others. This work helps you to uncover the impact you have. d) For those separated or considering separating it is essential and transformational work to uncover and change the unconscious agenda/baggage you both brought to the relationship or you will most likely carry it forward with you. So come on your own .....or invite your spouse, partner, Mum, Dad, daughter, son, sister, brother - all your family, girl-friends, mates, or other important persons to join you. Share the experience and share the transformation. This will be a weekend you will remember fondly for a long time.... "What we can or cannot do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are." Anthony Robbins PARTICIPANTS' comments: Woman who had recently separated commented that she came feeling like she was falling apart and like she was all in pieces and at the end she said she felt like Wonder Woman...........;(Sophie, 34years old)
“The work was remarkable – life-changing – because it gave me a way to find my way back to you – which is what I want because I want us to have the greatest marriage possible..............We needed some tools and we needed a guide. The steps that are laid out are very logical. I walk away very hopeful. I am inspired!" (Matthew, 45yrs near break-up after he had affair who came with his wife of 20yrs )
(Angie, 48yrs)
I am on a disability pension and have had chronic pain for the last 14 yrs from accidents that occurred then, for which I have taken daily doses of morphine. My biggest concern about attending the weekend was my ability to physically sustain myself through the two ten hour days. I was astonished to realize on the Saturday night that I had been pain free throughout the day AND I had only taken half my usual medication dose and on Sunday I was only experiencing minimal discomfort. I discovered the ways my physical illness is related to not being heard and having my needs met in childhood. I had an astonishing weekend of truly feeling heard, feeling safe and starting on a conscious journey towards developing healthy relationships with both others and myself. The most amazing gift was experiencing the connection between being heard; validated, connecting with the unmet childhood needs and the power those unmet needs have on my whole being. I’ve had a tangible lesson in transformational healing. (Elizabeth, 48yrs)
We have so much respect for the work that we teach in the Keeping The Love You Find - Create The Relationship You Want Workshop and are keen to encourage EVERYONE to come and experience it. It is great for Singles and is the perfect complement to the Getting The Love You Want - Couples Communication workshop as all participants get to really look at themselves and their own contribution to the successes and challenges of their relationships. We underline her comment: I actually think it is imperative for those people who are seeking to have the richest, deepest and most loving relationship possible to do both workshops. ______________________________________ Dear Susie and Shelton, After completing the Couples Communication Workshop and being introduced to the toolbox of the Imago work I really thought that I'd "ticked" the Imago box; that I had completed the work and that if I just kept growing my Imago "muscles" that I would reap the benefits in my relationship and in relationship with my children. .. And of course, to a large degree this was indeed true. My decision to also participate in the Individuals Workshop (Create The Relationship You Want) was really driven by the thinking that it would be a good refresher course. An easy way of gathering pieces I'd missed the first time around and to get some more supported practice using the dialogue. Suffice to say, my expectations of learning anything new were very low. How wrong I was! For me, this was by far the most powerful and transformative work because although the couples work gives you the tools to relate at a deeper level, without understanding our own unique unconscious "stuff" one continues stumbling along quite blind in their relationships unaware of what really drives their relationship choices and why we resort again and again to the same self sabotaging defences. I now realize how important it is to understand your own history (individuals work) as well as grow your relationship skills (couples work) and that without both parts of the puzzle we can't be truly conscious in relationship. I think many people who come along to do the couples workshop work would have a similar misunderstanding to me and I wanted to point out my experience. I actually think it is imperative for those people who are seeking to have the richest, deepest and most loving relationship possible to do both workshops. Forever grateful, Sarcha, Perth. Western Australia. _______________________________________ Create The Relationships You Want SEDRO WOOLLEY, Washington, USA VENUE: THRIVE WELLNESS CENTER, located in Sedro Woolley, which is about 1½ hours north of Seattle and 1½ hours south of Vancouver. What a meeting place for the two cities! ADDRESS: 31463 Barben Road, Sedro Woolley, WA 98284 WHEN: 3 - 5 June, 2011 SCHEDULE: FRIDAY 7 - 9.30pm; SATURDAY 9am - 7.30pm; SUNDAY 9am - 6pm, WORKSHOP FEE: Early Bird by 23rd MAY $375 per person ($425 after that) OR $695 per couple ($795 after that) + accommodation & food
ACCOMMODATION at the indulging, nourishing THRIVE WELLNESS CENTER We decided on the idea to do a Retreat/Workshop at the Thrive Center when we recently went there for an overnight stay to see the movie May I Be Frank - read about it on my blog - http://susiesheartpathblog.wordpress.com/2011/04/24/%e2%80%9cmay-i-be-frank%e2%80%9d-movie-%e2%80%93-transformation-and-being-rejuvenated/ - By the way we are showing the movie as an optional activity on the Saturday night of the workshop - June 4th. We see being at the Retreat Center as an opportunity for you to immerse yourself fully in this healing environment without all your usual daily distractions. A place where you are totally looked after and cared for. The environment and the food is excellent!! The Mission of Thrive Wellness Center “is to provide a space for guests to rejuvenate; to integrate the principles of holistic health and vitality into their daily lives; and to provide the opportunity for growth and personal transformation.” You can attend the workshop without staying at the Center but we recommend you seriously considering immersing yourself in this space as an opportunity to cleanse and to ‘detox’ both emotionally and physically. FOOD: $50 per person per day - is fresh organic, gourmet, raw, vegan meals. On their website they say – “Ever experience the clarity of mind and the sense of peace one feels from eating a raw, vegan, organic diet? We can vouch for this. Come and experience for yourself how therapeutic it is for your body, mind and spirit and how great this diet can make you feel! By the way this is a very important diet for everyone to consider adopting according to a great movie we saw the other night called Forks Over Knives which examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, and even REVERSED, by rejecting our present menu of animal-based and processed foods - http://www.forksoverknives.com/ . It presents very comprehensive medical research and we very highly recommend it. I’ll be doing a review of it over the next few days on my blog - http://susiesheartpathblog.wordpress.com/ - watch out for it. (You can subscribe and be automatically emailed the new posts) ACCOMMODATION OPTIONS: The fee for Accommodation is not included in the Workshop fee. When you register, we'll send a Confirmation Letter with a listing of Accommodation Options at the THRIVE WELLNESS CENTER. Accommodation will be allotted on a "first come first served" basis. Price range from as low as $45 per night sharing in a dorm room. Some rooms are shared with twin beds and others have full and queen beds with their own private bathroom. The common area consists of a living room with a log burning stove and a dining room that overlooks the beautiful outdoors. The feeling is warm and rustic. . Check their website for a feel for the place and for more info – http://generationthrive.com/wellness-center/ There is also the possibility for you to extend your stay and to arrive earlier or stay later and have more of an indulging, relaxing and rejuvenating holiday. WE RECOMMEND YOU JUMP AND BOOK EARLY (especially if you want shared accommodation) CONTACT: Shelton Huettig or Susie Itzstein 206 325-6167, 206 302 8830 cell or susie@graduate.uwa.edu.au REGISTER NOW: http://imagomatters.org/schedule.php We are also offering limited opportunities for INTENSIVES. We have a few days available either side of the Workshop at the THRIVE WELLNESS CENTER at Sedro Woolley and we would be happy to extend our time there. INTENSIVES are an opportunity to work on personal and/or professional areas of growth where you process for an extended period of time over a one or two day period. Intensives are especially ideal where there are geographic and/or time constraints that do not allow meeting on a regular basis. People are achieving deep results processing this way and it is a remarkably powerful way to work on issues between couples and in families. If there are 'stirrings in your soul' or you have 'an inkling' you would like to join us please do make contact. It helps us with reserving the space at the Venues and as well we imagine we can assist you to work out if doing the Workshop and/or an Intensive would be right for you at this time. _____________________________________
For a taster of the workshops we invite you to read the following Article from our ARTICLES & RESOURCES page making sure to do the EXERCISE at the end - Who is My Perfect Partner – My "Imago Match?"
You thought you chose your Beloved because they were soft, gentle, loving or maybe strong, dependable, intelligent or playful, handsome, free-spirited, spontaneous, generous, spiritual, good-looking, had a great body, sexy, beautiful…you know all those gorgeous qualities we place at the head of our lists if we are thinking about what to look for in our ideal partners. But the part of our brain that comes up with all these wonderful qualities is unfortunately not the part of us that chooses our partners. There is a hidden reason you picked your partner and a hidden agenda in love relationships...(read more) CHANGE is inevitable. GROWTH is optional....... Click here for more information about our workshops Shelton Huettig, M.A., Marriage and Family Therapist Susie Itzstein, B.A., Psychotherapist/Educator
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