Workshops at Harbin Hot Springs are facilitated by individuals and institutes from around the world. Harbin does not process registrations. To register or receive information on any workshop, please contact the organizers listed below.
The fees listed below usually include group lodging or camping, plus full use of Harbin facilities. (Two week massage intensives do not include weekend lodging.) Private lodging before, during or after your workshop may be arranged through the Harbin reservation office at (707) 987-2477. Meals are not included unless stated; kitchen facilities are generally available for your use, and you are welcome to take advantage of Harbin's many other food options.
If you are interested in using Harbin's facilities for your next workshop, class or conference, click on the workshop leader link, or contact our Workshop Office at (707) 987-0379.
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Ongoing – Minister Training Program
July 3-5 – Embracing the Sacred Feminine
July 3-5 – Introduction to Tantra
July 5-10 – Waterdance 1
July 5-10 – Pathology for Bodyworkers
July 10-12 – Love, Intimacy & Sexuality
July 12-17 – Tantsu™
July 19-24 – Healing Dance Above and Below
July 17-19 – Ecstatic Kirtan Gathering
July 24-26 – Tantra for Singles™
July 24-26 – New! Cleanse Weekend Retreat
July 26-31 – Watsu® 3
Aug 1-2 – Ethical Bodywork
Aug 2-7 – Waterdance 2
Aug 7-9 – Ecstatic Body Awakening
Aug 9-14 – Healing Dance - Shape & Space
Aug 14-16 – Finding Financial Freedom
Aug 14-16 – Tantric Massage
Aug 16-22 – Aquatic Energy
Aug 17-27 – Massage Intensive
Aug 21-28 – Love and Ecstasy Training
Aug 23-28 – Anatomy Bones & Muscles
Aug 28-30 – Love, Intimacy & Sexuality
Aug 28-30 – Lighten Up! culinary retreat
Aug 29-30 – Face & Scalp
Aug 30 - Sept 4 – Waterdance 3
Aug 30 - Sept 4 – Anatomy Body Systems
Sept 4-6 – Introduction to Tantra
Sept 5-6 – Watsu® Basic
Sept 11-13 – Annual Polyamory Conference
Sept 13-18 – Watsu® 1
Sept 13-18 – Advanced Therapeutic Massage
Sept 18-20 – Yoga Retreat
Sept 19-20 – Chair Massage
Sept 20-25 – Watsu®2
Sept 24-27 – Healing the Father Wound® for Women
Sept 25-27 – Bootie Boogie
Sept 25-27 – Tantric Massage
Oct 2-4 – Tantra for Singles
Sept 28 - Oct 2 – Hoop-Dance Jam
Oct 1-4 – Healing the Father Wound® for Men
Oct 2-4 – Love, Intimacy & Sexuality
Oct 4-9 – Energy-Active Craniosacral 1
Oct 4-9 – Watsu® 3 (Adapted)
Oct 9-11 – Tantric Massage
Oct 10-11 – Art in the Garden
Oct 10-11 – Aquatic Contact Dance Workshop
Oct 11-16 – Presence of Being
Oct 15-18 – Healing the Motherwound® for Men
Oct 16-18 – Satsang Retreat
Oct 18-23 – Trigger Point
Oct 19-25 – The Love & Ecstasy Training
Oct 24-25 – Basic Watsu®
Oct 25-30 – Energy-Active Craniosacral 2
Oct 27 - Nov 1 – Clearing the Air
Oct 29 - Nov 5 – The Love & Ecstasy Training Cycle 4
Ongoing
Minister Training & Degree Program
Metaphorum Ministries
Developed from the Harbin Minister training program, Metaphorum Ministries offers a correspondence course leading to minister ordination and as well as a Bachelor of Spiritual Arts, Master of Ministry, and Doctor of Divinity. This course guides you to develop your own unique ministry, and gives you valuable ministerial tools. A California non-profit since 1996.
Click here to receive a pdf brochure and application, or email Ann at 
July 3-5
8th Annual Embracing the Sacred Feminine
Ashanna Solaris & Dana DeLong
This is a powerful opportunity for women to recognize the Goddess within us and all around us as we embrace the beauty and magnificence of our true nature and release what no longer serves us. Surrounded by the peace and abundance of sacred land and healing waters, we will nurture all aspects of ourselves and allow the Sacred Feminine to rejuvenate us on deep levels. Come, play, share, let go, release fears, forgive, celebrate your true beauty, and express your heart's song in a safe, supportive circle of women. Yoga, Clarity Breathwork, Divine Mother Pujas, Sacred Music, Chanting, Meditation, Movement & Dance, Rituals, and plenty of time in the springs.
Registration: Early $395 by June 15; Thereafter, $450 Deposit of $150 holds early price.
Registration includes full use of the Springs, all meals and full weekend camping.
Contact: Clarity Productions (Toll free): (866) 340-1008
email: clarity108@aol.com, www.clarity.org
OR Solaris Productions (650) 279-9101; email: solaris108@aol.com www.breatheinlove.com
July 3-5
Ecstatic Living® presents:
Timeless Loving: A Gentle Introduction to Tantra
Steve & Lokita Carter
This popular experiential workshop for singles and couples is a fun and safe way to begin your tantric journey, become a better lover and create deeper intimacy and more love in your life. Learn ancient tantric techniques - including ritual, communication, and energy consciousness - to integrate spirituality into your life and lovemaking. Celebrate being fully alive in your body, heart, spirit and mind. In a safe and loving environment, we explore:
· Weaving Spirituality, Love & Intimacy
· Intimate Communication Skills
· Breath: The Key to Expanding Pleasure
· Discover Full-Body Orgasm
· Tantric Waterplay at the private Conference Center
pools.
Take home with you powerful tools that you can use over and over again to live more ecstatically and transform the ordinary into the extraordinary!
This workshop marks Steve & Lokita's 10th anniversary as full-time Tantra teachers. Let's celebrate!
Cost: $400 per person includes meals & in/outdoor camping. Registration: Toll-free (877) 982-6872 or (707) 987-3456 www.ecstaticliving.com
July 5-10
Waterdance 1
Shantam or Richard Bock
In the Waterdance 1 class, you begin by facing any of your own fears about being under water. Then you learn techniques for perceiving and working with your client's breath and Waterdance sequences combining a variety of movements both above and below the water's surface. Prereq: Watsu 1 or previous aquatic bodywork training
School of Shiatsu & Massage, PO Box 889, Middletown, CA 95461 (707) 987-3801 www.watsucenter.com
July 5-10
Pathology for Bodyworkers
Kirsten Dubberke
Knowledge of pathology is vitally important to massage therapists so that they can protect both their clients and themselves. Topics will include: referring a client or modifying a session; definition of pathology; contraindications and cautions; universal precautions; inflammation; fever; infection; circulatory conditions; diabetes; cancer. Learning methods: lecture, discussion, and role play.
Check for prerequisites.
School of Shiatsu & Massage, PO Box 889, Middletown, CA 95461 (707) 987-3801 www.watsucenter.com
July 10-12
Love, Intimacy & Sexuality
Human Awareness Institute
Love, intimacy and sexuality are fundamental to being human. However our very notions of these prevent us from fully expressing and receiving love.
The Human Awareness Institute workshops support your infinite capacity to love and be loved and to move through your barriers to love and intimacy. Shed fears, judgments, beliefs and behaviors that keep you separate from others. Explore new ways of relating and communicating. Heal pain from past relationships and learn new ways to build companionship.
Regardless of your relationship status or sexual orientation, the Love, Intimacy and Sexuality workshops are for you! Use what you learn here in every part of your life.
For almost forty years, over 75,000 participants have taken this extraordinary opportunity to enrich their lives and relationships.
Fee: $495 includes food and lodging
Deposit: $195. Scholarships available.
Human Awareness Institute, 700 Widgeon St, Foster City CA 94404 (800) 800-4117, (650) 571-5524; office@hai.org
www.hai.org
July 12-17
Tantsu™
Harold Dull & Linda de Lehman
Tantsu is a unique bodywork form developed by Harold Dull. It is designed to replicate the nurturing closeness and cradling of Watsu in a land-based modality. Tantsu is done on the floor with the client fully clothed. It coordinates stretching and rocking moves with chakra and point work, holding in a variety of closely supported positions.
School of Shiatsu & Massage, PO Box 889, Middletown, CA 95461 (707) 987-3801 www.watsucenter.com
July 19-24
Healing Dance Above and Below
Inika Spence
This class is designed to bring the principles of Healing Dance into the Waterdance experience. Students will learn to take Watsu and Healing Dance moves underwater. In a Healing Dance Above and Below session the receiver experiences nurturing moves of Healing Dance along with the freedom of the underwater experience.
Check for prerequisites.
School of Shiatsu & Massage, PO Box 889, Middletown, CA 95461 (707) 987-3801 www.watsucenter.com
July 17- 19
Ecstatic Kirtan Gathering at Harbin Hot Springs
Hosted by Harmony Ananda
& Lyn Hunstad
Come and be part of the first kirtan festival on the west coast. Join us for an ecstatic weekend of chanting, dance and healing hot spring waters. The theme of the weekend is "Surrendering to Ecstasy". We'll be creating a sacred space on the Harbin Hot Springs land that will support manifesting a deep connection to the Divine. The 3-day program includes focused spiritual activities for deep relaxation, meditation and transformation--yoga, chanting, pranayama, water purification & nature--all which assist in deep letting go, allowing our natural ecstatic state to emerge. The cumulative effect keeps building! The tentative line-up of chant bands so far includes: Suzanne Sterling, Shantala (Benjy & Heather Wertheimer), Fanna Fi Allah Qawwali, Prema Mayi, Kathy Zavada, Arpita, Nina Lakshmi, The Harbin Kirtan Band, and more are being added! Late night chanting, and several daily yoga classes will be offered including flows with Harmony Ananda that include live music. All are welcome. Please see article on page 6.
Cost: $295 before June 10, $345 after. Price includes simple vegetarian meals, camping, yoga classes and use of all Harbin Hot Springs amenities.
Registration and information: 707-987-8341
EcstaticKirtan.com
July 24-26
Cleanse Weekend Retreat
NEW Harbin Weekend Retreat Program
If you’ve been considering trying a cleanse, this is the perfect opportunity to get a new perspective on the art and science of cleansing.
In one weekend of instruction, guidance and discussion, you will learn:
• The health benefits of cleansing
• The “how to” of both gentle and intense cleanses
• Tips for daily cleansing support
• Healthy recipes
• Breath and movement for detoxification and regeneration
• Ways to address food habits, issues and cravings
Receive support from the whole of Harbin all weekend:
• Health Service Practitioners will provide special cleansing treatments
• Harbin Market will make juices and raw foods expressly for cleansing
• Yoga classes will address and support detoxifying
• Educational movies will be shown in the Theater
Enjoy use of Harbin facilities between conveniently timed sessions:
• Friday, July 24: Free introduction evening (open to all Harbin guests)
• Saturday, July 25: Three informative sessions throughout the day
• Sunday, July 26: Final morning session
The entire weekend program is just $95 for all five session. (Food and lodging, camping or guest fees not included.) You may choose to stay at Harbin for the week following this program to do an in-depth cleanse, with support available from our Health Services staff.
Attendance is limited, so reserve your place now. Send your check for $95, payable to Harbin Hot Springs, to Loren Matthews, Harbin Programs, PO Box 782, Middletown, CA 95461. If you wish to pay by credit card, call 1-707-987-2994 ext 175 and leave your phone number with days and times you can be reached for confirmation.
Questions? E-mail loren@harbin.org
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July 24-26
Ecstatic Living™ presents:
Tantra for Singles™: A Sacred Space for Heartfelt Connections
Steve & Lokita Carter
Would you like to spend a weekend with like-hearted others to enrich your life with more joy, bliss, ecstasy, tantric practices and new friends? In a sacred and safe environment we meet, play and connect in a fun, juicy and spiritual way. Tantra, a body-based spiritual path, offers powerful ways to love ourselves and others more deeply, create better communication, celebrate life fully, and become a better lover. Exploring ritual, communication, energy awareness and breath, we open ourselves to love and to more meaningful connections with others.
· Blend Spirituality, Love & Intimacy
· The Keys to Expanding Pleasure
· A fun Tantric Dating Ritual
· Explore Desires, Fears & Boundaries
· Ecstatic Connecting from the Heart, Body & Spirit
Take home with you powerful tools that you can use over and over again to spice up your life and to live more ecstatically in and out of the bedroom.
Cost: $385 per person includes meals & in/outdoor camping. Registration: Toll-free (877) 982-6872 or (707) 987-3456 www.ecstaticliving.com
July 26-31
Watsu®3
Harold Dull and Linda De Lehman
Watsu 3 is for those who have given enough Watsu sessions to develop a comfortable intuitive awareness of how to be with another person in the water and who are now ready to explore spontaneously in Free Flow.
Check for prerequisites.
School of Shiatsu & Massage, PO Box 889, Middletown, CA 95461 (707) 987-3801www.watsucenter.com
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August 1-2
Trust in Touch: Nature's Guide to Ethical Bodywork
Diane Tegtmeier
This workshop for Bodyworkers offers the guidance for those situations that bring us to the edge of what we think we know about being in healing relationships. Science and spirit meet trough exercises which involve models, games, energy work and touch.
Prerequisite: Previous training in massage
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889 Middletown
Ca 95461 (707) 987-3801www.watsucenter.com
August 2-7
Waterdance 2
Shantam or Richard Bock
In this class, students deepen and build on the skills learned in Waterdance 1. Students expand the principles and material with a repertoire of underwater moves and techniques, and learn new moves and variations and how to link different moves into a graceful flow.
Prerequisite: Waterdance 1
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889 Middletown
Ca 95461 (707) 987-3801www.watsucenter.com
August 7-9
Ecstatic Living® presents:
Ecstatic Body Awakening: Stretch into Bliss!
With Puja Shannon
Ecstatic Body Awakening is a synthesis of creative yoga, playful partnering, ecstatic movement and tantric breathwork. In this workshop, we take yoga out of the box and off the mat and into the intuitive wisdom of our bodies, breath and spirit. Expand the flow of energy that runs through your seven chakras and the central channel, and bring more vibrancy, joy and well being into your life! Tapping into our own ecstatic energy, we -
· Discover yoga that is simple, organic, intimate and
nurturing
· Connect deeply with the divine in yourself and others
· Find the magic of tandem movement
· Open to the pleasure of living as a sensual being
· Reclaim our ability to move Kundalini energy
intentionally
· Celebrate movement!
This workshop is for everyone regardless of our physical condition, age or philosophy of life. Through our practices and with playfulness, surrender and serenity we will connect creatively as a community of heart centered beings.
Puja radiates an inner confidence and experience that creates a safe and sacred space for her students. She has a BFA in Dance and Movement Studies, 15 years experience as a massage therapist, and 10 years of studying and teaching yoga and dance. Read more about Puja at www.pujadance.com.
Cost: $385 per person includes meals & in/outdoor camping. Registration: Toll-free (877) 982-6872 or (707) 987-3456 www.ecstaticliving.com
August 9-14
Healing Dance - Shape & Space
Inika Spence
Shape and Space consists of a beautiful and exciting repertoire of moves and an exploration of free flowing improvisations.It is a collection of dives arranged in a viable order that embody and explore the art of adaptation to and facilitation of the interactive receiver.
Prerequisite: Basic Healing Dance and Waterdance 1
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889 Middletown
Ca 95461 (707) 987-3801 www.watsucenter.com
August 14 - 16
Cure Your Money Madness: Finding Financial Freedom
Anne Watts and Spencer Sherman
Is it possible to thrive in stressful economic times?Absolutely!When we identify and understand our emotions around money, we can experience true financial ease, prosperity, and even joy - regardless of the economic climate. In the workshop, we will examine our personal money histories, beginning with distorted cultural and family messages that we learned in childhood. By probing the roots of our money habits and exploring new possibilities for living free of fear and stress, we can transform all aspects of our money lives: earning, spending, saving, giving, investing, and communicating.
Anne Watts, CHT, has been leading Love, Intimacy & Sexuality Workshops for the Human Awareness Institute since 1985.She leads workshops on four continents teaching adults to have more loving, fulfilling relationships. She co-authored with Spencer the money chapter of the book The Marriage of Sex and Spirit.www.annewatts.com
Spencer Sherman, MBA, CFP is the author of The Cure for Money Madness.He is the CEO of Abacus Wealth Partners and is regularly named one of the top 100 financial advisors in the U.S. by Worth Magazine.
www.curemoneymadness.comwww.abacuswealth.com
Fee: $850 per couple ($750 if paid by July 15), or $450 per individual ($400 if paid by July 15) - includes meals and indoor/outdoor camping. Deposit: $190 per person. Registration: 707-789-9278
August 14-16
Ecstatic Living® presents:
Tantric Massage: The Art of Ecstatic Touch
Steve & Lokita Carter
If you are interested in Tantra and massage, you will love this workshop! Ecstatic touch, ritual and communication are the foundation for this delightful weekend. Giving and receiving sensuous, healing and pleasurable full-body massage can open new doors to your heart and enrich your life and loving.
· Integrate spirituality and physical pleasure
· Explore the sharing of giving and receiving
· Allow more pleasure and trust in your life
· Enjoy a very relaxing weekend
No experience with massage or Tantra is necessary. This workshop is open for couples and individuals. Couples work exclusively with each other during the massages unless desired otherwise. We appreciate individuals registering early to keep a gender balance.
Steve & Lokita are renowned for sharing their teachings in a fun, safe, original, effective and heartful way. Expect to be guided with sensitivity and an infectious sense of humor!
Cost: $385 per person includes meals & in/outdoor camping. Registration: Toll-free (877) 982-6872 or (707) 987-3456 www.ecstaticliving.com
August 16-22
Aquatic Energy
Diane Tegtmeier
This course brings the principles of energy healing into the flow of aquatic bodywork. Both practitioners and students of aquatic bodywork will be taught the basics of the subtle energy system which surrounds and permeates the physical body. On land in water, students will learn how to locate the energy-active position on the body.
Prerequisite: Watsu 1 or equivalent
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889 Middletown
Ca 95461 (707) 987-3801 www.watsucenter.com
August 17-27
Massage Intensive
Keesha Stanley
This intensive will provide students with confidence, skills and techniques to touch with a healing intent, as a professional practitioner. Using proper body mechanics so that the student is centered and grounded, they will be able to give massage with effortless power and grace.
Prerequisite:None
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889 Middletown
Ca 95461 (707) 987-3801 www.watsucenter.com
August 21-28
Ecstatic Living® presents:
The Love and Ecstasy Training (LET)- Cycle 2
Steve & Lokita Carter
The Love and Ecstasy Training (LET)is the ultimate in-depth course in embodying the skills of tantric lovemaking. Love can be an art form, and you can live more creatively when you integrate Margot Anand's renowned SkyDancing Tantra , the path of celebration, into your daily life. Cycle 2 awakens your power as a woman and a man, presents the skills to become a better lover, and opens the heart, body and spirit to deeper intimacy.
· Opening the Inner Flute
· The Multi-Orgasmic Response for Men & Women
· The Fire Meditation
· The Three Keys to Sexual Ecstasy
· The Yin Yang Balance
· Healing Rituals
· The Art of SkyDancing Tantra
Steve & Lokita Carter are licensed SkyDancing Tantra Teachers and the directors of the SkyDancing Tantra Institute. They have been teaching the Love & Ecstasy Training exclusively since 2003, and are lauded for their authenticity as a tantric couple, and for sharing their teachings in a fun, safe, original, effective and heartful way.
Prerequisites: Cycle 1 or other advanced Tantra workshop experience. Call for CEUs. Couples & singles welcome.
Toll-free (877) 982-6872 or (707) 987-3456 www.ecstaticliving.com
August 23-28
Anatomy Bones & Muscles
Kirsten Dubberke
This class is designed to give students in depth knowledge and understanding of the musculoskeletal system. Students learn the fundamentals of anatomy and human kinesiology. Teaching methods are a combination hands-on and lecture so you have a true understanding of how the body moves and lives.
Prerequisite: none
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889 Middletown
Ca 95461 (707) 987-3801 www.watsucenter.com
August 28-30
Love, Intimacy & Sexuality
Human Awareness Institute
Love, intimacy and sexuality are fundamental to being human. However our very notions of these prevent us from fully expressing and receiving love.
The Human Awareness Institute workshops support your infinite capacity to love and be loved and to move through your barriers to love and intimacy. Shed fears, judgments, beliefs and behaviors that keep you separate from others. Explore new ways of relating and communicating. Heal pain from past relationships and learn new ways to build companionship.
Regardless of your relationship status or sexual orientation, the Love, Intimacy and Sexuality workshops are for you! Use what you learn here in every part of your life.
For almost forty years, over 75,000 participants have taken this extraordinary opportunity to enrich their lives and relationships.
Fee: $495 includes food and lodging
Deposit: $195. Scholarships available.
Human Awareness Institute, 700 Widgeon St, Foster City CA 94404 (800) 800-4117, (650) 571-5524; office@hai.org
www.hai.org
August 28-30
Lighten Up! A hands-on culinary retreat
Jennifer Una
Holistic chef and nutrition educator, Jennifer Una, will lead you through recipes and kitchen skills that you can take home to support your Eating-Cleansing-Healing-Living journey. We will mindfully prepare and eat our meals together and have plenty of time for discussion on relevant topics. Beginners welcome!
Time: 4pm Friday - 1pm Sunday (come early/stay late and enjoyHarbin's facilities)
Fee: $350 ($600 for 2) includes 6 meals, in/outdoor camping, Harbin pools.Deposit: $150 per person
Contact: Send deposit and inquiries to Jennifer Una, 327 San Francisco Blvd. San Anselmo, CA 94960, 415-459-4994
www.mizunamas@gmail.com www.passionpalate.com
August 29-30
Face & Scalp
Nemea Arborvitae
These massage technique focus on the Face & Scalp and are becoming more popular with spas and beauty shops because they add little extra touch of stress relief and relaxation so many clients desire. For massage beginners or as advances class for spa/massage professionals.
Prerequisite:None
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889 Middletown
Ca 95461 (707) 987-3801 www.watsucenter.com
August 30 - September 4
Waterdance 3
Shantam or Richard Bock
This class expands on the foundation built in Waterdance 1 and 2. You will learn to create your own vocabulary of underwater moves, and connect them in endless new ways. The dance of free flowing experience is emphasized and discovery of your own unique style is encouraged.
Prerequisite: Waterdance 1and 2
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889 Middletown
Ca 95461 (707) 987-3801 www.watsucenter.com
August 30 - September 4
Anatomy Body Systems
Kirsten Dubberke
Together with Bones & Muscles, this course helps prepare bodywork to take National Certification Exam Challenge Test. This class helps you to "see" into a body and to learn about benefits, physiological effects and contraindications of massage. Acupressure points and daily time for massage are included.
Prerequisite: none
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889 Middletown
Ca 95461 (707) 987-3801 www.watsucenter.com
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September 4-6
Ecstatic Living® presents:
Timeless Loving: A Gentle Introduction to Tantra
Steve & Lokita Carter
This popular experiential workshop for singles and couples is a fun and safe way to begin your tantric journey, become a better lover and create deeper intimacy and more love in your life. Learn ancient tantric techniques - including ritual, communication, and energy consciousness - to integrate spirituality into your life and lovemaking. Celebrate being fully alive in your body, heart, spirit and mind. In a safe and loving environment, we explore:
· Weaving Spirituality, Love & Intimacy
· Intimate Communication Skills
· Breath: The Key to Expanding Pleasure
· Discover Full-Body Orgasm
· Tantric Waterplay at the private Conference Center pools
Take home with you powerful tools that you can use over and over again to live more ecstatically and transform the ordinary into the extraordinary!
This workshop marks Steve & Lokita's 10th anniversary as full-time Tantra teachers. Let's celebrate!
Cost: $385 per person includes meals & in/outdoor camping. Registration: Toll-free (877) 982-6872 or (707) 987-3456 www.ecstaticliving.com
September 5-6
Watsu® Basic
Aida Bahrawy
Students learn to support the body and stay grounded in water. Learn the body mechanics that underlie Watsu by first following them as in Tai Chi, then following with a person in their arms. Experience the stillness that is the ground of presence and incorporate the way the heart and breath connection. Prerequisite:None
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889 Middletown
Ca 95461 (707) 987-3801 www.watsucenter.com
September 11 - 13
Create & Enhance Conscious Polyamory Relations
Annual Polyamory Conference
Connect and explore multi-lover interests: experience polygroup relationship negotiation, examine lovemaking techniques, manage jealousy; ponder polyactivism, group marriage, child custody, group housing, poly-oriented music, with panel discussions, films, a poly-tantra ritual and party.
Camp, or, for early sign-ups, sleep inthe Meadow Building.Optional catered meals. http://worldpolyamoryassociation.com, 808 244-4103 1371 Malaihi Rd, Wailuku, Maui, HI 96793. Prices vary with sign-up date.
September 13-18
Watsu® 1
Theri Thomas & Aida Bahrawy
You will learn Watsu's Basic Moves and how, staying grounded and connected with the breath, you can let the water do the work.You learn to connect these basic moves with graceful transitions and to support and move each person as effortlessly as possible in the water.
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889 Middletown Ca 95461 (707) 987-3801 www.watsucenter.com
September 13-18
Advanced Therapeutic Massage
Carlisle Douglas
Integrate new techniques and learn a side-lying approach, particularly effective for hip, low back, neck and shoulder and for pregnant clients. Integration of myofascial stretching and release, muscles energy Technique and PNF stretching will increase effectiveness and palpation sensitivity. Prerequisite:100 hours Massage training
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889 Middletown
Ca 95461 (707) 987-3801 www.watsucenter.com
September 18-20th
Yoga Retreat
Julia Tindall
This workshop will focus on opening our chakra system with specific practices designed to clear and expand our energy field. 3 hatha yoga practices; chakra breathing; plus playful evening programs. Julia’s 15th year teaching at Harbin.
Fee: $325 includes food and lodging
Deposit: $100 non-refundable Some work-trade scholarships available. To register: Call 916-485-8754 or email juliatindall1@gmail.com www.juliatindall.com
September 19-20
Chair Massage
Over 80% of Americans have still never had a massage. Cost,disrobing in front a stranger, and making an appointment are valid objections overcome by chair massage.
This course includes choosing the right chair body mechanics, communication, and techniques.
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889 Middletown
Ca 95461 (707) 987-3801 www.watsucenter.com
September 20-25
Watsu®2
Alexis Lee
Learn additional moves and bodywork and how to incorporate them and other moves, as needed. Learn about the meridians and points in Watsu and explore following the client's tendency to move, while exploring your own movements. Develop the ability to explore and play with energy.Prerequisite: Watsu 1
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889 Middletown
Ca 95461 (707) 987-3801 www.watsucenter.com
September 24-27
25th Year - Healing the Father Wound® for Women
Gordon Clay
Through Tantrum Yoga®, movement/breathwork, experiential exercises, and appropriate emotional release, we will work to locate the roots that trap you in an endless repetitive cycle of unconscious behaviors and begin the healing process. Gordon Clay specializes in appropriate anger and rage release processes and has facilitated retreats since 1986.
Fee: $650 includes materials, group lodging, kitchen and use of Harbin's facilities Thu-Sun. Limited to 12 participants, early registration is recommended. Information & Registration Gordon Clay, P.O. Box 1080-HHS, Brookings, OR 97415, www.fatherwound.com, fatherwound@aol.com
September 25-27
Bootie Boogie: a free-style dance gathering
with Luna Baron
Join us for a weekend of community play, exploration, relaxation, connection and DANCE.
Boogies in the evenings, and a variety of offerings during the day…
· Contact improv (on land and in water)
· Dance your Prayers
· Art play
· Dolphin dancing and more
We will spontaneously create classes based on all of our gifts and talents! Join in the magical co-creation of community in motion...Come and embody yourself!
Fee: sliding scale $245-$300 by Aug.28th. . . $275-$300 by Sept.21st (Kids under 4 = $55 / 4-8 =$90 / 9-12 =$120).Price includes vegetarian meals and indoor/outdoor camping. For more info go to www.lunabaron.com or e-mail lunabaron@hotmail.comRegistration: Luna Baron 831-713-5155 or 1432 El Dorado Ave. Santa Cruz, CA 0506
September 25-27
Ecstatic Living® presents:
Multi-Oh Tantric Massage: Riding the Waves of Sexual Ecstasy
Steve & Lokita Carter
Everyone has unlimited potential for infinite pleasure, and in this seminar we experiment with hands-on techniques to expand our capacity for ecstasy and being multi-orgasmic while giving and receiving massage.
· Receive pleasure by giving pleasure
· Transform the sexual spark into a bonfire
· Stay grounded and focused in the waves of ecstasy
· Explore the depth of surrendering into bliss
· Cultivate deeper intimacy and trust with ourselves and
our partner
Enter into a safe, sacred and magical realm of deep relaxation, profound pleasure, full presence, and heightened sensation. Learn new ways to extend pleasure and deepen intimacy that can be practiced again and again!
Open to couples and paired singles who work together exclusively. "Paired singles" are those who pair up prior to the workshop for the purpose of taking it together. Tantra experience, preferably in a workshop setting, is required.
Cost: $385 per person includes meals & in/outdoor camping. Registration: Toll-free (877) 982-6872 or (707) 987-3456 www.ecstaticliving.com
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October 2-4
Ecstatic Living® presents:
Tantra for Singles : A Sacred Space for Heartfelt Connections
Steve & Lokita Carter
Would you like to spend a weekend with like-hearted others to enrich your life with more joy, bliss, ecstasy, tantric practices and new friends? In a sacred and safe environment we meet, play and connect in a fun, juicy and spiritual way. Tantra, a body-based spiritual path, offers powerful ways to love ourselves and others more deeply, create better communication, celebrate life fully, and become a better lover. Exploring ritual, communication, energy awareness and breath, we open ourselves to love and to more meaningful connections with others.
· Blend Spirituality, Love & Intimacy
· The Keys to Expanding Pleasure
· A fun Tantric Dating Ritual
· Discover Full Body Orgasm
· Ecstatic Connecting from the Heart, Body & Spirit
Take home with you powerful tools that you can use over and over again to spice up your life and to live more ecstatically in and out of the bedroom.
Cost: $385 per person includes meals & in/outdoor camping. Registration: Toll-free (877) 982-6872 or (707) 987-3456 www.ecstaticliving.com
September 28 - October 2
A 5 day Hoop-Dance Jam
“Oroborous at Play”
Merlin and Nayeli
Feeling the power of our personal practice in a collective exploration of flow… the r-evolutionary art form that is hoopdance:
How can we inspire each other in this supportive space?
We explore how deep the spiral takes us, as community emerges through this magic circle…
40 participants only…all levels welcome, some movement and hoop practice preferred.
$398 for first 25 enrollees... includes all meals & in/outdoor camping, www.playahoop.com, boogie3@adelphia.net
October 1-4
25th Year - Healing the Father Wound® for Men
Gordon Clay
Through Tantrum Yoga®, movement/breathwork, experiential exercises, and appropriate emotional release, we will work to locate the roots that trap you in an endless repetitive cycle of unconscious behaviors and begin the healing process. Gordon Clay specializes in appropriate anger and rage release processes and has facilitated retreats since 1986.
Fee: $650 includes materials, group lodging, kitchen and use of Harbin's facilities Thu-Sun. Limited to 12 participants, early registration is recommended. Information & Registration Gordon Clay, P.O. Box 1080-HHS, Brookings, OR 97415, fatherwound@aol.com www.fatherwound.comwww.fatherwound.com
October 2-4
Love, Intimacy & Sexuality
Human Awareness Institute
Love, intimacy and sexuality are fundamental to being human. However our very notions of these prevent us from fully expressing and receiving love.
The Human Awareness Institute workshops support your infinite capacity to love and be loved and to move through your barriers to love and intimacy. Shed fears, judgments, beliefs and behaviors that keep you separate from others. Explore new ways of relating and communicating. Heal pain from past relationships and learn new ways to build companionship.
Regardless of your relationship status or sexual orientation, the Love, Intimacy and Sexuality workshops are for you! Use what you learn here in every part of your life.
For almost forty years, over 75,000 participants have taken this extraordinary opportunity to enrich their lives and relationships.
Fee: $495 includes food and lodging
Deposit: $195. Scholarships available.
Human Awareness Institute, 700 Widgeon St, Foster City CA 94404 (800) 800-4117, (650) 571-5524; office@hai.org www.hai.org
October 4-9
Energy-Active Craniosacral 1
Jim Gilkeson
Joining the principles and practices of Craniosacral work and energy work is an ideal way to integrate the structure of a body with its energy. This cross-disciplinary course allows the students to attend to the physical and energetic needs of their client.
Prerequisite:Previous bodywork experience required; experience with basic anatomy and meditation practice will be helpful
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889 Middletown
Ca 95461 (707) 987-3801 www.watsucenter.com
October 4-9
Watsu® 3 (Adapted)
Cameron West
Watsu 3 is for those who have given enough Watsu sessions to develop a comfortable intuitive awareness of how to be with another person in the water and who are now ready to explore spontaneously in Free Flow.
Prerequisites: Watsu 2, 20 practice sessions, Mastery of Demonstration and 50 hours of Anatomy.
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889 Middletown
Ca 95461 (707) 987-3801 www.watsucenter.com
October 9-11
Ecstatic Living® presents:
Tantric Massage: The Art of Ecstatic Touch
Steve & Lokita Carter
If you are interested in Tantra and massage, you will love this workshop! Ecstatic touch, ritual and communication are the foundation for this delightful weekend. Giving and receiving sensuous, healing and pleasurable full-body massage can open new doors to your heart and enrich your life and loving.
· Integrate spirituality and physical pleasure
· Explore the sharing of giving and receiving
· Allow more pleasure and trust in your life
· Enjoy a very relaxing weekend
No experience with massage or Tantra is necessary. This workshop is open for couples and individuals. Couples work exclusively with each other during the massages unless desired otherwise. We appreciate individuals registering early to keep a gender balance.
Steve & Lokita are renowned for sharing their teachings in a fun, safe, original, effective and heartful way. Expect to be guided with sensitivity and an infectious sense of humor!
Cost: $385 per person includes meals & in/outdoor camping. Registration: Toll-free (877) 982-6872 or (707) 987-3456 www.ecstaticliving.com
October 10-11
Art in the Garden
Annual Harbin Celebration
Harbin residents and special guests show off/sell/demonstrate their artworks, crafts, cooking, music, dance, and other performance arts. Plenty of fun. Proceeds benefit the artists & Harbin’s beautiful garden.
Fee: If you’re a guest of Harbin, you’re in!
October 10-11
Aquatic Contact Dance Workshop
Inika Spence
In this workshop we will explore contact improvisation in the aquatic environment.You will learn principles for dancing with another in water, and for supporting each other in a one-on one or two-on-one aquatic bodywork session. The land work is an exploration of touch, energy, intuition and presence through experiential exercises.Prerequisites: None
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889 Middletown
Ca 95461 (707) 987-3801 www.watsucenter.com
October 11-16
Presence of Being
Shantam or Richard Bock
This class is designed to help students explore and embrace the grace of presence: the continuous unfolding of the "mysterious moment" when practitioners are fully present with their mind, body, emotions and breathe. From here, practitioners can experience the deepest connection on all levels with themselves and their clients.
Prerequisites: None, recommended Basic Watsu weekend
School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889 Middletown
Ca 95461 (707) 987-3801 www.watsucenter.com
October 15-18
Healing the Motherwound® for Men
Shauna Wilson-Mora
This intense experiential workshop breaks through old wounds, blocks and patterns that prevent us from living in freedom. Through transformational processes we will access and release what no longer serves us, and we will discover the creative possibilities we have buried within.Lodging included. See HMW listing for Women 5/15-18. Fee: $650.00Deposit required:$150.00
Shauna Wilson, HOW Workshops, P.O. Box 60894, Palo Alto, CA94306 (650) 494-3220 MotherWound@yahoo.com www.HOWworkshops.com
October 16-18
Satsang Retreat
Pamela Wilson & Annette knopp
Join Pamela and Annette for a weekend of nourishing stillness, good company and diving deep into the Mystery of Being. Speaking the Truth of advaita, non-duality - that the universe is one undivided whole - they share their humor and compassion, and deep understanding of what it is to be human. Contact tonyk@sonic.net, or visit www.pamelasatsang.com and www.thefreeheart.com
October 18-23
Trigger Point
Trigger Point Therapy focuses on understanding and treating myofascial pain and dysfunction. We will learn what Trigger Points are, how they are formed, the effect they have on muscles, their referral patterns, where they are located in muscles and how to treat and release them. Prereq: Adv. Therapeutic Massage & 50 hrs of Anatomy School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889 Middletown Ca 95461 (707) 987-3801 www.watsucenter.com
October 19-25
ECSTATIC LIVING® presents:
The Love & Ecstasy Training Cycle 3: From Sexual Passion to Spiritual Ecstasy
Steve & Lokita Carter with Jelle Bode
Cycle 3 of the Love & Ecstasy Training takes the practices from Cycles 1 and 2 to the next level: the art of transforming sexual and orgasmic energy into a blissful meditation. With advanced practices, you begin to master what Margot Anand calls this "the art of disappearing into each other" - into the emptiness of pure consciousness, riding on the waves of energy as you and your partner move beyond time and space. · Riding the Tiger · The 7 Steps of the Wave of Bliss · Bija Mantras - the magic sounds that awaken the radiance of our chakras. · The Love Positions as a unique form of Yoga · Sacred visualizations of the divine archetypes during tantric practice. Steve & Lokita Carter have been teaching SkyDancing Tantra since 1999, and are Margot Anand's principal lineage holders in the USA. They will be joined by Jelle Bode, Margot Anand's international teaching partner and licensed SkyDancing Tantra teacher in Europe. Prerequisites: Cycle 1 and 2, or other advanced Tantra workshop experience. The LET is a 3-part course. Call for CEUs. Couples & singles welcome. Toll-free (877) 982-6872 or (707) 987-3456 www.ecstaticliving.com
October 24-25
Basic Watsu®
Rutherford Hayes
Students learn to support someone and stay grounded in water. Learn the body mechanics that underlie Watsu by first following them as in Tai Chi, then following with a person in their arms. Experience the stillness that is the ground of presence and incorporate the way the heart and breath connection. Prerequisite: None School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889 Middletown Ca 95461 (707) 987-3801 www.watsucenter.com
October 25-30
Energy-Active Craniosacral 2
Jim Gilkeson
Students will continue to work with the structures and energies of the head, hard palate and face and learn new strategies for unwinding the body, location and releasing cysts. Personal energy work exploration will provide a means to deepen this work. Prerequisite: Energy-Active Craniosacral 1 School of Shiatsu & Massage, P.O. Box 889 Middletown Ca 95461 (707) 987-3801 www.watsucenter.com
October 27 - November 1
17th Year - Clearing the Air™ Between Women & Men
Gordon Clay & Shauna Wilson Mora
If we are to thrive, we need to appreciate each other in our power, shadow and dreams. By clearing our energy from old hurts, we can reach a level of deep, authentic, open-hearted, non-sexual intimacy, and feel safe on a cellular level.This is way beyond couples work. Fee: $995 includes materials, group lodging, kitchen and use of Harbin's facilities Tue-Sun. Limited to 6 women and six men, not couples. Prerequisite Information & Registration Gordon Clay, P.O. Box 1080-HHS, Brookings, OR 97415, www.fatherwound.com or fatherwound@aol.com
October 29 - November 5
ECSTATIC LIVING® presents:
The Love & Ecstasy Training Cycle 4: Unfolding of the Soul
Margot Anand with Jelle Bode
Margot Anand only teaches in the USA once this year! Cycle 4 of the Love & Ecstasy Training, taught many times in Europe, offers powerful tools and techniques to access higher states of consciousness, sexual ecstasy and spiritual bliss. Cycle 4 is a celebration of community with experienced SkyDancers from many years of Love & Ecstasy Trainings. The advanced material in this cycle includes: · Chakra Awakening and Sacred Sounds · Subtle Energy Work · Advanced Pelvic & Pleasure Healing · The Advanced Wave of Bliss & The Tribal Wave · The Light Body & Tantric Rituals Exploring and learning together on this advanced level will be a sacred communion, and the orgasmic energy of our group will be greater than the sum of its parts! Prerequisite: Completion of at least two cycles of the Love & Ecstasy Training. Couples & singles welcome. Toll-free (877) 982-6872 or (707) 987-3456 www.ecstaticliving.com
Look for the next workshop listing update in September.
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