Retreats
Living Values Education Train-the-Trainer Retreat
07/30/2010 - 08/02/2010
Train-the-Trainer
Friday 9:30 am to Monday 5 pm
This four-day LVE Train-the-Trainer seminar that includes the LVE weekend retreat will be held at Anubhuti Retreat Center in Novato, California. Educators who feel that they have the skills to lead adult workshops, and are dedicated to effective values education and a better world for all, are warmly invited.
A LVE TTT provides the opportunity for participants to see and experience the exact sessions involved in a regular LVE Educator Workshop. Additionally, the LVE Educator Training Guide is introduced and the rationale underpinning the training process is explained. Other sessions include the theoretical background of LVE, research which supports values/character and LVE at the international level.
Participants will experience:
- a two-day regular LVE Workshop,
- explore adult learning skills
- facilitation styles
- deepen their understanding of LVE’s theoretical model and developing values schematic
- practice presenting partial sessions
The TTT will be led by Diane Tillman, Licensed Educational Psychologist and the primary author of the award-winning Living Values Series.
Cost: While the presenters volunteer their time, there will be a $50 LVE materials fee as well as a donation for meals and three nights of accommodation to the retreat center.
For more information about LVE and the workshop:
email: training@livingvalues.net
call 1-562-252-3850
Space is limited, so kindly register early.
Please tell us which book you would like (one book is included in the LVE $50 fee) by noting in the "Special Requests" field when registering:
A- Living Values Activities for Children Ages 3-7
B- Living Values Activities for Children Ages 8-14
C- Living Values Activities for Young Adults
All workshops and retreats at Anubhuti are made possible by the generosity and contributions of the participants. Please check with our staff for details.
Living Values Education Retreat
07/30/2010 - 08/01/2010
Friday 6:30 pm to Sunday 5 pm
Join us for a relaxing and inspiring weekend workshop at the Anubhuti Retreat Center in Novato. This LVE workshop will be led by Diane Tillman, Licensed Educational Psychologist and the primary author of the award-winning Living Values Series, and Kyoko Kimura, experienced LVE teacher. Skills to create a values-based atmosphere and values activities will be explored. The workshop will also include information about LVE’s theoretical model, the breadth of the program internationally, and time for reflection, sharing, role playing and walks.
Living Values Education Program is a comprehensive values education program. This innovative global program, being implemented in more than 60 countries, offers training, a practical methodology and a wide variety of experiential values activities to educators and parents to help them provide the opportunity for children and young adults to explore and develop universal values. LVE offers resource materials for regular and at-risk children.
Results: The most frequent themes noted by educators implementing Living Values Education are positive changes in teacher-student relationships and in student-student relationships both inside and outside the classroom. Educators note an increase in respect, caring, cooperation, motivation, and the ability to solve peer conflicts on the part of the students. Aggressive behaviors decline as positive social skills and respect increase. LVEP helps educators create safe, caring, values-based atmospheres for quality learning.
Cost: While the presenters volunteer their time, there will be a $50 LVE materials fee as well as a donation for meals and two nights of accommodation to the retreat center.
For potential LVE Trainers: There will be a Train-the-Trainer session at both ends of the above session. From Fri July 30, 9:30 am to Mon August 2, 5 pm. Please see listing above to register for TTT.
For more information about LVE and the workshop:
email: training@livingvalues.net
call 1-562-252-3850
Space is limited, so kindly register early.
Please tell us which book you would like (one book is included in the LVE $50 fee) by noting in the "Special Requests" field when registering:
A- Living Values Activities for Children Ages 3-7
B- Living Values Activities for Children Ages 8-14
C- Living Values Activities for Young Adults
All workshops and retreats at Anubhuti are made possible by the generosity and contributions of the participants. Please check with our staff for details.
Inner Peace - Inner Power Part 1
08/08/2010
Day Retreat
10 am - 5 pm
Learn a practical, simple, and natural form of meditation. Raja Yoga is an ancient system of meditation and spiritual understanding that enables you to stabilize the mind, reduce stress, release tension and pain, and enhance health and well-being. Raja Yoga offers a step-by-step approach to the practice of meditation. You begin to live from the inside out, expressing your qualities and strengths in a very natural way.
Retreat Topics and Activities:
- Understand the different levels of consciousness and access the power to exercise choice over thoughts, feelings, and responses
- Connect with the Divine
- Make meditation and spirituality a part of your daily life
- Creative movement, writing and drawing
Facilitators include:
Sukanya Belsare, BE and Raja Yoga meditation teacher for 15 years
Fern Jeffcoat, Raja Yoga meditation teacher, teacher of Tai Chi and Qigong for 19 years
Kyoko Kimura, BA in Music Education and MA in flute performance, teacher of music, meditation and Living Values to people of all ages
Elizabeth Padilla, teacher of Raja Yoga meditation for 24 years and accomplished performing artist
Hema Patel, teacher of Raja Yoga meditation for 29 years
Includes delicious and wholesome vegetarian lunch and snacks with tea/coffee break.
All workshops and retreats at Anubhuti are made possible by the generosity and contributions of the participants. Please check with our staff for details.
Cooking for Peace
08/13/2010 - 08/15/2010
Weekend Retreat
Friday 6 pm to Sunday 4 pm
The Yoga of Food — A Vegetarian Approach to Eating
Vegetarianism is an essential step towards a better society, and people who take time to consider its advantages will be in the company of such thinkers as: Einstein, Socrates, Plato, Thomas Edison, Ben Franklin, Gandhi, Sir Isaac Newton, and Henry David Thoreau. So join us for a weekend of good cooking, and you may leave as one of the leading thinkers of your generation.
At the very least, this promises to be a weekend of education, inspiration, exploration and entertainment. Throughout history, our food choices, including the way food is prepared, what and how we eat, and our relationship to food have had a definite influence on individual well-being — mentally, spiritually and physically — as well as on the societies we live in.
Come and learn how food choices and food preparation affect our emotions, integrity, decisions, stress tolerance, contentment and health. Learn simple and tasty vegetarian recipes that you will be able to take home and cook easily.
Our schedule includes:
• Hands-on demonstrations
• Insights into the benefits of a vegetarian diet
• Time for meditation and reflection
• Fun!
Facilitators: Brad Arkin and Donna Serpe
Brad Arkin has prepared vegetarian food for many large Brahma Kumaris retreats around the world. He specializes in international cuisine.
Donna Serpe was inspired to become a vegetarian by her employers, Dwina & Robin (Bee Gee) Gibb. She organizes and caters vegetarian parties and events for the Gibbs. Donna's website: www.helplessvegetarian.com
Includes 2-3 person shared accommodation with private bath, wholesome and delicious vegetarian meals and snacks with tea/coffee breaks.
All workshops and retreats at Anubhuti are made possible by the generosity and contributions of the participants. Please check with our staff for details.
Choose, Change & Become: A Story of Transformation
08/27/2010 - 08/29/2010
Weekend Retreat
Friday 7 pm to Sunday 4:30 pm
A retreat for young emerging leaders.
- Are you 18 to 34 years old or so?
- Are you hope driven, courageous, and spiritually progressive?
Then this retreat may be for you.
On behalf of the Brahma Kumaris North American Young Adults team, we would like to invite you to join us for a special weekend retreat “Choose, Change, & Become: A Story of Transformation”.
Looking at change as a natural part of transformation: I am on a journey - like a humble caterpillar moving towards its destiny. Although gradual change may seem slow and the climb demanding, my experience and strength are accumulating. Embrace this change by refreshing your perspective of where you are and where the current of life is taking you. Each reflection will move you a step further in your metamorphosis.
The retreat process will include a creative blend of reflection, conversation, active engagement, meditation and play, through which you will be able to:
- Meet and network with like-minded (spiritually progressive, hope driven, courageous) young adults
- De-stress in an environment that will support your spiritual replenishment
- Connect with your inner strengths and values and understand what holds you back
- Equip yourself with practical spiritual tools and develop a personal road map for expressing your potential.
Please register by August 1st to secure a place in the retreat. For any questions about the retreat content, please email: ccbwestcoast@gmail.com
Facilitator: Gopi Patel is an international speaker, spiritual educator and experienced meditation teacher.
Since the early 90’s, she has been the co-ordinator behind a global movement, the International Youth Forum (IYF), facilitating the spiritual empowerment of young people and overseeing the growth of a network of some 8000 young adults (aged between 16 – 35) across 49 countries.
Raised in Africa, and educated in UK and India, she carries a blend of eastern spiritual wisdom and western education and culture that allows her to bridge understanding of cultures, with a high level of diplomacy and communication skills.
Includes 2-3 person shared accommodation with private bath, wholesome and delicious vegetarian meals and snacks with tea/coffee breaks.
All workshops and retreats at Anubhuti are made possible by the generosity and contributions of the participants. Please check with our staff for details.
Circle of Wise Women
08/29/2010
10 am to 3 pm
Spiritual Practice and the Art of Healing with Nancy Kubik, MD
Nancy will share profound and mystical stories from her journeys through medical and theological school, her experiences as a doctor, and milestones where she had life changing experiences. She will also guide us in one of her Sufi healing practices.
Dr. Nancy Kubic, MD, also has a degree in World Religions from the Graduate Theological Union. She is a practitioner of Hatha Yoga for 23 years, Sufism for 28 years and Tibetan Buddhism for 5 years.
We invite all women to participate in Circle of Wise Women. We meet once every quarter with a different guest facilitator covering various spiritual themes. Stay tuned for this quarter's details.
Includes wholesome and delicious vegetarian lunch.
All workshops and retreats at Anubhuti are made possible by the generosity and contributions of the participants. Please check with our staff for details.
Healing Power of Love
09/10/2010 - 09/12/2010
Weekend Retreat
Friday 6 pm to Sunday 4 pm
In modern times, we are encouraged to keep going at all costs - rather than allow much needed, inner healing to take its course. Explore the powers that are the source of our well-being, powers that come from inside the self and are of long term benefit: love, happiness, forgiveness, and silence. Unconditional love opens new and unlimited horizons. Happiness helps us surmount the storms and learn life's lessons. The power of forgiveness allows us to create anew. Silence is simplicity - it creates solutions and is the way to the Divine.
Topics covered:
- The four steps to self love
- Exploring what it is that blocks love
- Experiencing my higher self and the Source of Love and creating healthy boundaries
In this retreat we will explore the huge benefits of learning to be kind to myself. There will be sharing on the topics, conversations, writing, reflection, meditation, creative expression and lots of fun.
Facilitator: Dr. Prashant Kakoday, has spent the last 17 years understanding and teaching holistic principles of life, health and consciousness. The past ten years, his research and interest has been in the areas of attitudes, emotions, stress and health. 'The concept of Total Health' was presented to the World Health Organization in 1994. He has spoken at various national and international health conferences and has given talks and programs in more than 60 countries including United Nations in Geneva. He is an ENT Surgeon and the Director of the Center for Integral Health in Cambridge, UK.
Includes 2-3 person shared accommodation with private bath, wholesome and delicious vegetarian meals and snacks with tea/coffee breaks.
All workshops and retreats at Anubhuti are made possible by the generosity and contributions of the participants. Please check with our staff for details.
Inner Peace - Inner Power Part 1
09/18/2010
Day Retreat
10 am - 5 pm
Learn a practical, simple, and natural form of meditation. Raja Yoga is an ancient system of meditation and spiritual understanding that enables you to stabilize the mind, reduce stress, release tension and pain, and enhance health and well-being. Raja Yoga offers a step-by-step approach to the practice of meditation. You begin to live from the inside out, expressing your qualities and strengths in a very natural way.
Retreat Topics and Activities:
- Understand the different levels of consciousness and access the power to exercise choice over thoughts, feelings, and responses
- Connect with the Divine
- Make meditation and spirituality a part of your daily life
- Creative movement, writing and drawing
Facilitators include:
Sukanya Belsare, BE and Raja Yoga meditation teacher for 15 years
Fern Jeffcoat, Raja Yoga meditation teacher, teacher of Tai Chi and Qigong for 19 years
Kyoko Kimura, BA in Music Education and MA in flute performance, teacher of music, meditation and Living Values to people of all ages
Elizabeth Padilla, teacher of Raja Yoga meditation for 24 years and accomplished performing artist
Hema Patel, teacher of Raja Yoga meditation for 29 years
Includes delicious and wholesome vegetarian lunch and snacks with tea/coffee break.
All workshops and retreats at Anubhuti are made possible by the generosity and contributions of the participants. Please check with our staff for details.
7 Pathways to Happiness
09/24/2010 - 09/26/2010
Weekend Retreat
Friday 6 pm to Sunday 4 pm
Happiness is an experience we all certainly desire, seek and aspire to, yet, it is an experience that seems often illusive and a rare commodity in a demanding and often negative world. In our retreat, we will explore how we can make happiness more accessible and a more permanent feature in our lives.
We will reveal the illusions that obstruct my path to happiness and understand how to build my road to happiness with seven basic steps. Through meditation we will learn how to harnesses the deep beauty of the inner self, empowering our self confidence, which helps us make sense of our lives.
Facilitator: Jim Ryan is a an educationalist, a personal development trainer and an author of several books on spiritual development and meditation. He lectures extensively conducting seminars and workshops on meditation, positive thinking and spiritual philosophy. His presentations are a blend of humor, lightness, in-depth philosophy and practical up-to-date strategies.
Includes 2-3 person shared accommodation with private bath, wholesome and delicious vegetarian meals and snacks with tea/coffee breaks.
All workshops and retreats at Anubhuti are made possible by the generosity and contributions of the participants. Please check with our staff for details.