August 8-12, 2011

Creating Your Creative Life

August 22-26, 2011

Achieving the Good Life for Your Self

Achieving the Good Life for Your Self

Philosophy, psychology and major religions all agree the way to the good life and authentic happiness is througfh actively practicing the major virtues: wisdom, courage, humanity, justice, temperance, and transcendence.

Spend the week going into each virtue in-depth. We will approach our understanding of each virtue through the following means: meditation, Socratic dialogue, collage, journaling, authentic movement, and relevant films. Each person will leave with a greater personalunderstanding of what leads to authentic happiness, of the virtues themsewlves, and with inspiration and courage to live the good life.

General Info

Taking time away from our often busy lives in order to deepen our understanding of ourselves can be very helpful.  To work intensively without interruption affords a unique opportunity for insight and growth.  To that end, Barbara offers five day workshops for individuals or groups that utilize a variety of tools useful for self-exploration.

Because she wants people to follow their own course of awakening, Barbara uses a variety of expressive arts and dynamic meditations when she works with participants.  Sand play, collage, painting, work with masks, singing, and movement are all utilized in the service of self-exploration.  In general, a workshop focuses on one or two of these tools.  When a workshop is scheduled for an individual, it can be uniquely tailored to suit his or her needs and interests by choosing the tools with which he or she wants to engage.

All workshops are held in the beauty of Barbara's studio in Taos, New Mexico.  The cost is $500 per person for five days.  The fee for individual work will be negotiated depending upon how the time is structured.