Path of Peace Study Centre: Summer Program

Recreation for the Heart and Mind

Each summer the Path of Peace Study Centre presents Recreation for the Heart and Mind. Spend a weekend or more exploring and learning in scenic Roberts Creek. (It’s kind of like summer camp for grown-ups..)

MEDITATION ON PEACE

With Bonni Ross
Saturday, June 6 & Sunday, June 7, 9 am-3 pm
Early Birds $135 // $170 after April 30
Manifesting peace begins with our own bodies and minds and extends out into the world through our thoughts, words and deeds. We’ll begin each day with gentle movement to loosen the body and increase awareness. Structured sitting and walking meditation, interspersed with creative explorations, will open our senses and minds to the natural state of serenity that is within us and around us.
On-site accommodation is available for three meditators. Preference will be given to people living off of the Sunshine Coast. Please ask the registrar for details.

WRITTEN IN THE BODY

With Anthea Penne
Saturday, June 13 & Sunday, June 14,    1 pm-4 pm each day, Individual consultation from 5 – 7 pm, Saturday
Early Birds $160 // $200 after April 30
Writing that comes from a visceral place often produces a style that resonates deeply with readers. Such honesty is found by open exploration of those frequently dark places where our bodies have buried — or hidden — the residual effects of life experiences. This workshop will encourage that exploratory journey by using the medium of writing and the vocabulary of words.
Please Note: Participants are asked to come to the first session with a creative biography responding to the question, “Who am I?” Your response can be as inventive as you like: a poem, an anecdote, a list of your idiosyncrasies — whatever feels most comfortable to you.

MINDFULNESS-BASED STRESS REDUCTION

With Dr. Eddie Berinstein
Saturday, June 20 & Sunday, June 21,  9 am – 4 pm
Early Birds $160 // $200 after April 30
MBSR was started by Jon Kabat-Zinn in the late 1970s and has since benefited thousands of people worldwide. The cultivation of mindfulness through meditation practice allows us to be more present for our moments as they unfold and to embrace the “full catastrophe” of our life in a more harmonious and balanced way. The primary purpose of the workshop is the cultivation of mindfulness into everyday life, thereby using it as a means and a tool to help deal with chronic pain, stress, and illness. The workshop will consist of both formal and informal mindfulness practices including sitting, walking, loving kindness, and body scan meditation. There will be group dialogue and interaction as well as some guided body movement.
On-site accommodation is available for this course, at $25 per night plus GST.

SEEING WITH YOUR HEART: HAVING SATISFACTION

With Robert Sinclair
Saturday, June 27 to Sunday, July 5, 10 am – 4 pm
Early Birds $600 // $750 after April 30
We are all artists. This workshop will be an exploration of clear seeing and deepening knowing through the doorway of painting and drawing. We will start the workshop using oriental brushes and ink on rice paper to stimulate the creative process of imagemaking. Following this will be an exploration of drawing as a way of clarifying our seeing and engagement with the world. Next, colour mixing exercises for those unfamiliar with watercolours. The latter part of the week focuses on blending these with watercolour painting. Various mindfulness exercises, art projects, body movements and guided visualizations will be interwoven to make a workshop of very rich exploration.
On-site accommodation is available for this course, at $25 per night plus GST.

YOGA AND ART FOR CHILDREN

With Trudy Austin
Saturday July 11 and Sunday July 12 (suitable for children ages 5 -8) 10 am – 4 pm
One-day program: First Child $45 – Second Child in family $35.
This program is designed to foster joy in learning and creative expression. Through the use of yoga postures, movement and quiet time we explore ways to use the mind and body together. We have fun being a lion, warrior, cobra, turtle, tree, dancer, or even a triangle! The students move between yoga and the art table. They will be painting, collaging and voicing themselves creatively using the focus we find doing yoga. In between all that we will also take time out to read some stories and just relax together.

Registration and General information

• Fees cover only program costs.
• Participants must arrange their own accommodation and meals, and should bring refreshments and lunch each day of the program.
• Information on the venue (in Roberts Creek) will be given when you register.
• Please take careful note of start and end times of the workshop for which you are registering.
• Discounts apply to all courses when registration and payment is received before April 30.

Pre-registration and payment is required for ALL programs.
• Contact registrar Katherine Raaby, at pathofpeace@dccnet.com or 604-885-6717.
• Mail payment to Path of Peace Study Centre, PO Box 273, Roberts Creek, BC V0N 2W0.

For more information: go to the Path of Peace Study Centre website.

Path of Peace Study Centre is a BC-registered non-profit society that provides multidisciplinary learning experiences to support creative and compassionate action in the world. Path of Peace programs combine explorations of inner disciplines that lead to healing and peace on an individual level (such as meditation and non-harming ethical principles) with outer skills (such as conflict resolution and healthy group process) that make us effective as agents of wholesome change in the world.
Path of Peace is part of a network of urban and rural centres for spiritual exploration and discovery located across Canada, in the US, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, France, Norway and Guatemala.