Seminars

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Upcoming Seminars
	2010

If our culture suffers from anything today it well may be the loss of embodied passion and its companion compassion. The quest for uncovering and recovering the roots of the deep feminine inevitably take us into matter and an uncovering of both the heart and the soul of our quest. What the mind cannot fathom the body already knows. What the culture intellectually resists can sicken us mind, body and soul.

Until I did this work using an outline of my own body and facing my feelings about my body by looking into my own eyes in a mirror I had never been able to stand my body. Now I am filled with love for this dear friend. Mindful Mirroring ™ is a profound way to relate to oneself."

Dr. Paula Reeves is a well-known lecturer, author and mythographer in the fields of psychology and spirituality. A therapist in private practice in Atlanta, Georgia, she has led retreats in Spain, Switzerland, Ireland, England, Australia, Canada and the United States. She has presented her work on intuition and the body at the Jung Institut in Kusnacht. A colleague of Marion Woodman's for over seventeen years, she leads retreats with Dr. Woodman as a member of the BodySoul Rhythms Canadian team. Author of two books, Women's Intuition: Unlocking the Wisdom of the Body and Heart Sense: Unlocking Your Highest Purpose and Deepest Desires, she has an enduring interest in the relationship between spirit and matter leading her to work with the metaphors of both the body and the psyche. She has refined this work as an annual lecturer with the Jungian Conferences offered by Journey into Wholeness for over twenty-two years. The founder of Spontaneous Contemplative Movement and Mindful Mirroring™ she teaches participants in her retreats and lectures how to listen to the wisdom of the body and follow the directions of the embodied feminine, of soul.

Paula's work in applied psychoneuroimunology has led her to combine her knowledge of neurobiology, the metaphors of symptoms, dream symbols, and movement into a rich and deeply meaningful personal psychospiritual experience for each individual. Her programs will be especially meaningful to anyone working with a chronic illness or symptom. She uses material from her very insightful book Heart Sense to open your relationship with the healing intensions of the heart and the multiple ways the heart "speaks" for the Self. Heart Sense has been used with Cardiac Recovery Groups as a guide for deeper healing.

2010

January 29- February 7, 2010.. Marion Woodman Foundation

In the Realms of Coatilcue. A BodySoul Intensive in Mexico. La Isla, Tepoztlán, Morelos, Mexico. Located 45 minutes from Mexico City airport in the Tepoztlán Valley with a spectacular view of the Tepozteco mountain, La Isla is a peaceful and beautiful retreat surrounded by nature.

Contact patty@marionwoodmanfoundation.org.

Instructors: Paula Reeves,PH.D., Mary Hamilton; Martha de la Garza Adler; Patricia LLosa.

March 7-13, 2010. Lighting the Forbidden Lamp: Reclaiming My Soul's Birthright. Women's retreat with Paula Reeves, Ruth Hill, Martha Grant, and Kate Keller. Montreat Conference Center, Montreat, North Carolina.

Over the years I have told four great myths as teaching tales: Psyche and Eros, Demeter and Persephone, Inanna, and the Grail Myth from a woman's perspective. These myths are profoundly metaphoric descriptions of the relationship between the personal unconscious, the collective unconscious and the ego. They are as pertinent for modern men and women alike as they were for the cultures they sprang from. Join us and learn to creatively engage in a conversation between body and soul, between dreams and the ego, between your heart and your destiny. Contact: sandracsmith@charter.net.

"Paula's capacity to allow a Myth to have its own voice has taught me more about my capacity to appreciate the both-and tensions in my life. The entire teaching team’s deeply intuitive guidance into movement and play as I listen to what matters in my body gives me a sense of focus and assurance. Before I began attending these retreats I believed every choice was a matter of either-or. And now I know that I do not have to develop a symptom in order to get my own attention"

"No matter how many times I hear Paula tell a myth she always enters it at a different place and from a different perspective that speaks directly to a woman's processes and her struggle with herself and her relationships. Paula's capacity to weave a myth into a teaching tale is practiced, poetic and memorable."

May, Am I My Father's Daughter?

Paula Reeves, Marian Dunlea and Wendy Willmot.

A week long women's retreat at the Dunderry Lodge in Navan County, Ireland not far from the sites of Tara and the prehistoric passage tomb NewGrange. This annual Women's Retreat is held in a beautifully refurbished Irish hunting lodge nestled on 60 acres of private grounds, situated in the "bend of the Boyne River". You will fly into the Dublin Airport and be picked up by coach for the short trip to Dunderry. Contact preeves@mindspring.com.

This is the tenth year that women from Europe and North America have been gathering for a week of self exploration as we light the forbidden lamp and weave together both the inner and the outer landscape by listening to a myth and allowing the metaphors to teach us through movement, Mindful Mirroring™ and BodySoul mapping as we explore our soul work .

Our Map
Every woman knows that in order to claim her authentic self she must be willing to light the lamp of intentional consciousness, to look more closely at life and the choices it offers. In the process we learn that much we have thought of as difficult may have been lessons from the deep feminine, teaching us about our soul's strength: teaching us about Sophia's will and our personal responsibility in choosing to follow Conscious Femininity.

Long before the written word there was already a rich oral tradition of story, meant to teach the listener how to understand the inner world while developing the correct relationship between the ego and the Self. In this retreat we will hear Innana’s story of her individuating feminine, first as a maiden and then as a mature woman. One is the story of impatience and a desire for autonomy. The other, is the story of individuation and courage impelling one to live a life of conscious choices. Each involves the constant interplay between the difficult choices of unconscious Fate and conscious Destiny. As we listen to our dreams, our symptoms, our body, and our imagination we will follow the differing paths for each of these. We will tune our ears to the “great below” and hear how the fierce call of the feminine, of Eriskigel, summons Innana to claim a conscious life, ultimately holding her accountable for her choices in relationship to the inner masculine. Using dream gathering, ritual, movement, BodySoul Mapping and Mindful Mirroring TM we will invite the deep feminine to teach us how to uncover the twin energies of unconsciousness and conscious individuation required to ignite the spark that will light our forbidden lamp and illumine the path toward a conscious and intentional reunion with the Self and our unclaimed life.

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