2008
July 27, The Presidio,
San Francisco, Contact Nick Warren 510-526-9665
September 4, San Mateo,
CA Common Bond Institute, Contact Steve Olweean, Phone/FAX 269-665-9393
Weekend of September 5-7,
Esalen,
Body and Mind: The Spiritual Challenges of Our Time,
Huston Smith &
Gael
Ohlgren
Huston Smith, who has taught at Esalen almost
since its founding, is joined by his daughter Gael, as they share their
respective competencies in this workshop that pretty much covers who we human
beings are and what it means to live a human life.
Huston, for whom the word Mind includes soul
and spirit, wrote what is still the classic text in his field, The World's
Religions. He was the subject of Bill Moyers' 1996 five-part PBS series,
"The Wisdom of Faith with Huston Smith." His expertise delineates the
common threads which weave through all spiritual traditions.
Gael began her lifelong study of somatic
practices as a member of the Esalen massage crew. She went on to train with Ida
Rolf, Judith Aston, and Peter Levine, and has studied with Emilie Conrad,
founder of Continuum movement, for over thirty years. Gael is an emerita Rolf
Institute faculty member and international Continuum teacher. In this workshop
she will guide meditations that invoke breath awareness, sound, and movement.
Both instructors believe that modern Western
culture, with its glorification of scientism, creates blind spots. It turns our
lives over to scientific data and authority and undermines the intuitive wisdom
of our body and spirit. Underneath cultural programming, which tends to numb us,
the wisdom of our physical and spiritual promptings can lead us to balance our
lives and reconnect with the primary awe and mystery of existence. This workshop
seeks to recover human wholeness.
© 2008
Dr. Huston Smith. All rights reserved.
