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New Series

TBA in early August. To be notified of this next workshop series set to begin Thursday Evening, August 26, 2010, send me a brief email message and I will keep you posted.

R E C E N T    W O R K S H O P S

BodyMind Mapping: Exploring Joy in Everyday Life

“It's what we do every day in the simplest way that counts.” –Frederick Sommer

This mindfulness, movement and body awareness series will help you to manage your energy and focus your attention with a purpose, whatever that may be, and to become more conscious and aware of your choices. Exploring how your perceptions shift from moment to moment will allow you to experience more clarity, freedom and enjoyment in life.

Thursday Evening: April 1, 15, 29; May 13; June 10, 24, 2010

Time: 7:00 to 9:30 pm

Fee: $45 per session (please call or email to register as space is limited)

Location: Growing Edge Psychotherapy, 39 Alvin Ave, Toronto (Yonge/St-Clair)

For more info or to sign up: contact Danièle Massie at 416.402.6871 or by email.

Four Thursday Evenings: February 4, 18; March 4, 18, 2010

Time: 7:00 to 9:30 pm

Fee: $180

The Movingbody: Self-Discovery Through Movement and Body Awareness

This movement-based Gestalt workshop will give participants an opportunity to gain more awareness of the relation between their beliefs and and their expression, and how they might interact or interfere with each other. We will explore how movement mirrors emotion and language, and enjoy greater freedom and spontaneity by being present and awake in each moment. No previous Gestalt or movement experience is necessary. Themes addressed include the essence of mundane, unintentional and incongruent movement as the source of your creativity; the impulse behind movement as a way to a deeper understanding of body symptoms; felt body experience as a door to more authentic contact with yourself and others.

Drop-In Sundays: October 4, 18; November 1, 15, 29, 2009

Location: Growing Edge Psychotherapy, 39 Alvin Ave, Toronto

One-Day Workshop: Saturday, November 8, 2008

Location: Austin, TX

One-Day Workshop: Saturday, April 12, 2008

Location: Austin, TX

Two-Day Weekend Workshop: Friday-Saturday, February 22-23, 2008

Location: The Gestalt Institute of Toronto, 194 Carlton St, Toronto

Ongoing Somatic Gestalt Psychotherapy Group

This group will give participants an opportunity to get familiar with the Somatic Gestalt approach and to address any immediate issues or concerns they may have. It is a group for men and women who are interested in engaging in a creative and experiential approach to personal work, and making profound and lasting change by including body awareness in the psychotherapeutic process.

One Sunday A Month: November 2008 to August 2009

Location: Growing Edge Psychotherapy, 39 Alvin Ave, Toronto

From Mindfulness to Awareness: Gestalt Meditation

This experiential Gestalt workshop will examine how mindfulness and awareness intersect and generate new insights and perspectives. Through guided meditation, sensory awareness and movement explorations, participants will have an opportunity to cultivate an appreciation for the fullness of each moment, develop a better sense of the connections between their body experience, their feelings, their thinking and their ways of relating, and open new doors to more authentic contact with themselves and others.

Two Mornings: Sun., Sept. 21 and Sat., Sept. 27, 2008

Location: Growing Edge Psychotherapy, 39 Alvin Ave, Toronto

Somatic Gestalt 101: Working Through The Body

By bringing awareness to the subtleties of body experience through breath, sensory awareness, guided meditation and movement, the Somatic Gestalt Therapy process assists participants in becoming more creatively alive and free from the blocks and beliefs that hinder their growth and fulfillment. This introductory workshop will help participants to better sense the connections between their body experience, their feelings, their thinking and their ways of relating, hence discovering a door to more authentic contact with themselves and others.

Two Sunday Mornings: July 20 or July 27, 2008

One Saturday Afternoon: August 9, 2008

Location: Growing Edge Psychotherapy, 39 Alvin Ave, Toronto

Shy Side: The Power And The Pain

This experiential series will give participants an opportunity to: share personal stories about their lives behind the scenes and under the radar; myths about shyness; essential strategies and skills. Topics will include the power of silence; being caught off guard; avoiding risk and stress; challenging social situations; discovering secret strengths.

Four Wednesday Evenings: March 26, April 2, 9, 16, 2008, 7–9:30pm, $150

+ One Saturday Workshop: April 26, 10am–5pm, $90; combo $225

Led by: Katherine Hardie, Danièle Massie & Bud Tangney

Location: Growing Edge Psychotherapy, 39 Alvin Ave, Toronto (Yonge/St-Clair)

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