Means for working with the emotional body include:
biodynamic massage
Shiatsu massage
cranial-sacral therapy
hypnosis
reflexology
touch therapy
proprioceptive writing
painting our dreams
dance & movement
dream interpretation
exploring myth
creative imagination
A listening with the heart, Lectio Divina is a method of prayer encouraged by all the traditions, especially, of Medieval Christianity. Discover healing and transformation through meditation, prayer, mindfulness and psychotherapy.
An Open and Flexible Program
| Regular Sabbatical |
Two to three months or longer |
| Mini Sabbatical |
Two to three weeks |
| Retreat |
Weekends or a few days at a time |
| Longer Term |
March through May September through December |
Our Sabbatical program offers you flexibility to design your sabbatical around your available time and your own rhythms of unwinding and relaxation for when you want the possibility of maintaining your personal and professional commitments.
When you are in touch with your own inner landscape, you are also in harmony with your whole being and the divine. Knowing the self and your calling is the key to a successful, connected life of peace.
A sabbatical can assist you to discover your self’s true potential and allow you to enjoy your full creativity, without depleting your energy.
Program Options
- Personal psychotherapy sessions with any of the following:
- Bio dynamic massage and emotional bodywork
- Scriptural meditation and spiritual direction
- Communication skills
- Self hope, self confidence, self awareness and self esteem
- Visualization and self-hypnosis
- Movement, painting your dreams and proprioceptive writing
- Sabbatical which includes the Men in Ministry and/or Woman at the Well programs
- A perspective for the formation of candidates for ministry and religious life
- Special interest studies are available
Regular Sabbatical
The personal psychotherapeutic process involves:
- exploration of the unconscious
- dream interpretation
- the narrative of your own life journey
- understanding your emotional self
- exploration of the creative imagination
- scripture and meditation to heal, transform and renew the interior life
Mini Sabbatical
- Short-term, intensive work may often yield much fruit and give access to the inner landscape of the self. Awareness of this landscape will suggest the areas for future exploration and growth. In consultation, you are invited to design your own program and experience.
Sabbatical Days and Retreats
- This period can be days or a week or whatever time that you have available.
Longer Terms - Opportunities to Study with our School
Emotional Bodywork is a new-Reichian form of body psychotherapy pioneered by the Centre for Psychotherapy & Emotional Bodywork Therapies Inc. The concept of Emotional Bodywork is derived from the understanding that there is no separation between our emotions and our physical bodies. What happens in one area affects the other. This program is designed in semesters to give both theoretical and hands-on experience of Emotional Bodywork. It is a practical twelve week learning experience that presents a respectful way to access the body through a bio-dynamic process of therapeutic touching. This basic technique encourages powerful energies for healing.
Methods involved are
- Bio-dynamic massage
- Cranial-sacral therapy
- Meditation & visualization
- Movement
- Reflexology
- Reiki
- Shiatsu
- Bio-energetics