The Core Conversation: Essential Steps for Difficult Times with David Whyte
Date: Friday & Saturday, February 17 & 18, 2012
Time: Friday 7:00-9:00pm; Saturday 12:00-6:00pm
Cost: Entire Weekend: $125
Friday Only (2/17): $49
Saturday Only (2/18): $115
During times of outer stress or economic hardship it is tempting to give up on previous hopes and ideals and withdraw into the basic anxieties of survival. This workshop will be a time to revisit the core conversations of our lives and look at the essential elements that make up our particular approach to life. We will look at the way outer successes can often lead to a fatal preoccupation with peripheries in which we lose both focus and a sense of real satisfaction, and the steps necessary in returning home to saner simplicities. We will also look at the way adversity in the outer world can be a friend to us, turning us away from secondary preoccupations and turning us to a more focused but more foundational ground from which to take the next step.
This workshop will also look at the disciplines inherent in creating a perceptive mind equal to the breadth and depth of the world that surrounds us. It is appropriate for all, but will address living with stressful responsibilities that can easily put us on the defensive, slowly inducing us to create identities that are good at keeping things at bay but not so good at meeting them with courage and conviction.
Through poetry - both his own and others’, and conversation, David will inspire and challenge. Participants will have time to engage in conversations with each other and consider the next practical steps they can take in their lives.
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Same ownership as La Jolla Yoga Center
Hampton Inn
San Diego / Kearny Mesa
5434 Kearny Mesa Road
San Diego, CA 92111-1303
(858) 292-1482
Please ask for Myrna McDow. Mention La Jolla Yoga Center for preferred rates.