OCTOBER 28 - 30, 2014
IFS SEMINAR
PUIDOUX-SUISSE
ONLY A FEW PLACES LEFT!
TRAINER
Flint Sparks
Flint has over thirty years' experience in the practice and teaching of psychotherapy. Also a Zen master, he leads retreats in the U.S. and Europe. His academic background includes degrees in both biology and psychology. In addition, he has extensive post-doctoral training in Mindfulness-based psychotherapy and group therapy, with particular training in the Hakomi and IFS methods. He began his Zen training at the San Francisco Zen Center, then continued it at the Austin Zen Center, which he founded and helped develop. He currently teaches at Appamada, the Zen practice and research center in Austin, Texas. He most recently co-directed a workshop with Richard Schwartz on "Was Buddha an IFS Therapist?"
"Flint Sparks embodies a remarkable blend of spiritual and clinical wisdom. He has developed a brilliant synthesis of Zen and IFS that enriches both meditation and therapy. He has also created a form of questioning that helps people quickly separate from their parts and access the Self. I highly recommend his workshops and retreats." (Richard Schwartz).
PROGRAM
IFS and Buddhist Spirituality
Description :
The IFS model has been shown to be an extremely effective method of psychotherapy, as well as a powerful support for spiritual development. This three-day training will focus on the ways in which the IFS model, and Buddhist practices in particular, can be combined to enable participants to open up to greater psychic interiority, become more aware of the conditioning of their parts, and deepen their full self-acceptance. IFS highlights the multiplicity of our minds and ways of seeing ourselves and the world. It also suggests the existence of a universal Self within which all these parts are born and develop. The aim of IFS is to help all the parts shed their burdens and function more freely and creatively within this expanded Self. This process is easily accessible to clients, and is effective without focusing on pathologies or long-term treatment. Buddhist practices help develop mindfulness and attentive presence to what emerges in our minds. Participants will have the opportunity to cultivate mindfulness, to invite all their parts into an intimate dialogue, to learn how to unleash the potential of this deep and sacred dialogue, and to taste the liberated intimacy that results from using these two methods: IFS and mindfulness. This is one of the most profound ways for Self energy to be embodied and expressed.
DATES
Tuesday, October 28 to Thursday, October 30, 2014
TRAINING COSTS
The cost of the course is CHF 700 (about 580 euros), which covers teaching and lunch. A preferential rate of CHF 600.- will be applied for anyone registering before March 30, 2014 and paying the deposit before April 20, 2014.
LANGUAGE
English with French translation.
WHO CAN REGISTER?
Anyone who has completed Level 1 of the IFS training course.
HOW TO REGISTER
By e-mail to the following address arianegirard@dfinet.ch or by letter to the following address Ariane Girard, 23, ch. de Sous-Caran, 1222 VESENAZ/GENEVE, Switzerland.
Please provide the following information:
Name :
First name :
Street :
Postal code / City :
Country :
Phone :
E-mail :
Gender :
Date :
Signature :
On receipt of your registration, we will ask you to pay a deposit of CHF 300 to the account number we will send you.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE : 1er May 2014.
If not enough people have registered by this date, the course will be cancelled.
DEADLINE FOR PAYMENT OF BALANCE
Payment of the balance to the same account number one month before the seminar (September 28, 2014)
SCHEDULES :
9 a.m. to 6 p.m. / Thursday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
LOCATION
Crêt-Bérard,
Chapel 19a
1070 Puidoux (17km from Lausanne), Switzerland
HOUSING
Accommodation is available on site. Rooms for one, two or three people are available at Crêt-Bérard.
It is advisable to book your room as soon as possible if you decide to stay on site.
All meals are served at Crêt-Bérard, with lunch included in the course price.
Special menus (vegetarian, etc.) can be served on request. Picnics are not permitted in the house.
You also have the option of staying nearby. In this case, you'll need a car to get to the site, as the Puidoux train station is about a half-hour's walk from Crêt-Bérard.
On request, Crêt-Bérard can pick you up at Puidoux train station for CHF 3.
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
- Deposits are non-refundable, except in the event of cancellation by the organizers. If a participant cancels his/her reservation one month (or less) before the start of the course, he/she will have to pay the full course fee, unless the place can be taken by someone on the waiting list.
- The course is limited to a maximum of 24 participants.
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