Workshops/Calendar

Our aim is to support our participants to address and work through their blocks in a safe group environment. This process can lead to new awareness and understanding and the capacity to make healthy and conscious choices. Our philosophy is the belief that every person has inherently within them the wisdom to know what is right for them.

The group environment is a rich space for sharing and support of our own and each others process and there is great value and healing in the knowledge we are not alone in our suffering.

There will be individual and group structured, experiential exercises to facilitate your healing. We draw upon the methodologies of Gestalt therapy, Psychosynthesis, Psychodrama, Art therapy, symbols, somatic focus, visualisation and meditation together with group sharing and deep listening.

All workshops with Peeling the Layers can be classified as professional training.

HEALTHY BOUNDARIES & COMMUNICATION

Boundaries protect our well-being and define us as unique and individual. They are essential If we are to have healthy relationships and true intimacy. Yet every day our boundaries can be violated by friends, family and work colleagues creating a lot of internal stress.

In this workshop you will:

• Explore unhealthy boundaries, their origins and effects.
• Develop effective personal boundaries.
• Learn to confidently communicate your needs, thoughts and feelings.
• Learn to handle conflict and set limits in relationships.

Date: 24th July 2010
Venue: The Awareness Institute. Suite 1 / 20 Clarke St, St Leonards
Cost: $190
Bookings or Enquiries: Jane : 0414 972 643
Apply Now:Click here to download a leaflet and application form.

ARCHETYPES

Within us are parts or sub-personalities ( archetypes) universal to all human beings. They manifest as characters or roles with their unique set of behaviours, drives, needs, feelings and beliefs. Some examples of archetypes are the wounded child, the rebel, the hero/heroine, the judge, the lover, the victim etc.

The aim of the workshop is to:

• Help you to identify, understand and integrate your archetypal companions or sub-personalities.

• Help you to bring them into relationship with each other so you feel more whole and fulfilled.

Date: To be advised
Time:To be advised
Venue:To be advised
Cost: To be advised
Bookings or Enquiries: Margaret : 0438 618 393 OR Jane : 0414 972 643
Apply Now: Click here to download a leaflet and application form.

UNLEASHING YOUR CREATIVITY

Creativity exists in all human beings whether its expression is in writing, cooking, thinking, dancing or painting.

Creativity is a medium for accessing our deeper feelings and experiences. It is a bridge to the unconscious and unexpressed parts of ourselves and can give us insights through its symbolic language.

In this workshop we will explore your blocks to this creative process and offer opportunities to experiment and discover your hidden creativity.

There will be structured experiential exercises within the group process to facilitate your healing. We will be using such methodologies as art therapy, somatic work, gestalt, psychosynthesis, guided imagery and meditation.

Date: To be advised
Venue: To be advised
Cost: To be advised
Bookings or Enquiries: Margaret : 0438 618 393 OR Jane : 0414 972 643
Apply Now: Click here to download a leaflet and application form.

LIFE CHANGES & TRANSFORMATION

• Change is intrinsic to being human and yet our greatest challenges and suffering come from our resistance to it. Change promotes growth and transformation. It challenges us to let go of control and to step out of our comfort zones, into the “unknown”. It triggers our deepest fears and doubts about our ability to cope.

• Our modern culture does not recognise or support these transitions or rites of passage.

We run a number of workshops around the theme of life transitions and transformations:

The Heroines Journey for adolescent women, the Elemental Woman and Life Transitions and Change in the context of the current Global Culture.

The Heroines Journey:

Girl Power: Adolescence is a time of enormous change, where all parts of the self (physical, emotional, mental, spiritual) undergo upheaval and transformation. It is a time for testing limits, loosening the parental bonds and establishing a new identity.

Adolescence can be a period of positive or negative change depending upon how this passage is perceived, held and channelled.It is our desire and intention therefore to prepare, support and navigate young women through this challenging and potent transition. It is our goal to equip them with personal awareness and skills they need to make informed and healthy choices in order to become happy and successful adults.

Elemental Woman: A transformation workshop for women

Using the ancient symbols of earth, air, fire, water and ether as a framework the group will give you the space to :

• Gather and be supported by other women on your psycho-spiritual journey.

• Explore the 5 sacred elements within your being.

• Discover the feminine archetypes born out of each element.

• Explore the blocks to these expressions and manifestations in your life.

• Make soulful choices to create elemental balance within your inner and outer worlds.

Date: To be advised
Venue: To be advised
Cost: To be advised
Bookings or Enquiries: Margaret : 0438 618 393 OR Jane : 0414 972 643
Apply Now: Click here to download a leaflet and application form.

ECOPSYCHOLOGY

Ecopsychology is a fundamental re-visioning of what psychology is. It is defined as including all areas of our environment and community, particularly the natural world. Realising the fundamental interrelatedness of human being and nature and its contribution to our overall wellbeing.

Within the workshop we will explore together:

• Where you are presently in your life. Your sense of belonging on a relational and community level.

• Current relationship with the natural world including related areas of anxiety and concern.

• Visioning your way forward. Exploring ways you can prevent yourself moving forward. What new directions do you feel inspired to take.

Date: To be advised
Venue: To be advised
Cost: To be advised
Bookings or Enquiries: Margaret : 0438 618 393 OR Jane : 0414 972 643
Apply Now: Click here to download a leaflet and application form.