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Ongoing Groups We have been running Ongoing Groups since 2003, and they continue to be the mainstay of our work. Being with a committed group creates a loving setting in which profound realizations and openings can happen - a glimpse of what is possible for each of us.
First Year Ongoing Group
This group is open to people with whom we have an established relationship, a ground of mutual trust and respect. It’s a pre-requisite that you have already attended workshops or retreats with Colin. (We usually run one of these groups every 18 months - two years.) This life-changing group is for those who are ready to go deeper. Who would you be if you dropped the relentless quest for achievement, self improvement, satisfaction and love? How would it be if you were more interested in truth and presence, than in the pursuit of pleasure or the avoidance of pain? The group will cover 12 days of group time, led by Colin with Amanda Player assisting. The group will meet 4 times between January and August 2012, a mix of non-residential and residential settings. The number of participants to 10.
Group Meetings Friday 27th - Sunday 30th January (2-day non-residential) Friday 23rd - Monday 26th March (3-day non-residential) Thursday 10th – Monday 14th May (4-day residential) Friday 29th June - Monday 2nd July (3-day non-residential)
Deeper Level Ongoing Groups These groups are open to people who have already done at least one year of ongoing group with us. (There is usually one of these groups every 12 months or so, often with a different theme. Please check diary dates for themes, deadlines and start dates)
Relating with your Personal History:- This year-long group is a chance to look deeply at the difficulties (and the potential!) in your awakening process. Over 5 group meetings (16 days of group time, including a 1-week retreat) we’ll explore your personal history. We'll look at what it is to be the unique human individual that you are; your body, your psychology, your unique story and your family history. As a group we will be looking at early life adaptations, beliefs, assumptions, and the way in which outside influences may have been internalised by you, and still be shaping you from within, limiting you from being all of who you are.
As we awaken more and more to the fullness of who we are, for many of us there is a movement which starts to arise, from the inside out, where Being wants to give of itself to the world. What is often needed at this point is a space to explore and practice possibilities because we may not know how it looks, we just know something wants to come through us! This group can be particularly useful when the focus or longing is pointing towards working with others in some capacity, but may have nothing to do with ‘teaching’ this work as such. We will regularly divide into small groups which can explore and practice together, working with both with the obstacles and mutual inspiration. The focus of the group will be on opening the potential which is bursting to come through each of us, longing to blossom.
The Continuing Journey of Awakening :- Essentially, this group simply continues the work which began during the first year group, but now taking it to a deeper level. Last time we ran this, there were 4 group meetings of 3 days each. We last ran this group in 2008.
The Alchemy of Relatedness :- Rediscovering what it means to relate with ourselves, one another and the world. Can we be both intimately connected and utterly free? We will explore both the potential (meeting others as they are, with our hearts and bodies; opening wide to the wonder of the moment and the creative potential which is there in each and every meeting) and the difficulties (that which keeps us endlessly bound in outdated, limiting patterns) so that we may begin to break free of them. This is the same theme as the retreat of the same name, but explored over 5 group meetings (16 days of group time, including a 1-week retreat). We last ran this group in 2011.
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