2014 Art of Being brochure
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2014 Art of Being brochure
Alan’s 2014 Programme See overleaf for starting times (always 8.30pm unless otherwise stated). For all prices please see Calendar at www.artofbeing.com Workshops and Courses with Alan Lowen, founder of The Art of Being® The Art of Being® PROGRAMME 2014 Telephone Date Workshop Location E-mail Feb 22 – Mar 8, 2014 High on Life in Brazil Ciranda, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [email protected] +49 (0)176 477 471 80 March 22 – 23, 2014 Alan at Barbican Tantra Festival Barbican Centre, London [email protected] +44 (0)1304 448 580 Mar 28 – Apr 4, 2014 Body, Heart & Soul 2 Parimal, nr. Kassel, Germany [email protected] +49 (0)30 39 03 18 88 Apr 18 – Apr 24, 2014 Body, Heart & Soul 1 Waldhaus Zentrum, Switzerland [email protected] +41 (0)34 461 0705 Apr 18 – Apr 21, 2014 Freedom to Feel, Freedom to Love Waldhaus Zentrum, Switzerland [email protected] +41 (0)34 461 0705 May 1 – 4, 2014 “I Love You!” Skalka u Doks, Czech Republic [email protected] +420 777 246 812 June 6 – 9, 2014 Mystical Tantra Schloss Glarisegg, Switzerland [email protected] July 2 – 6, 2014 The Art of Being Summer Festival venue to be announced contact to be announced July 14 – 20, 2014 Body, Heart & Soul 1 Earth Spirit Centre, nr. Glastonbury, England [email protected] +44 (0)1304 448 580 July 14 – 17, 2014 Freedom to Feel, Freedom to Love Earth Spirit Centre, nr. Glastonbury, England [email protected] +44 (0)1304 448 580 August 23 – 30, 2014 From Here to Eternity, Corfu Corfu Buddha Hall, Greece [email protected] +41 (0)79 389 1493 Sep 26 – 28, 2014 The Universal Experience Waldhaus Zentrum, Switzerland [email protected] +41 (0)34 461 0705 Oct 17 – 24, 2014 Body, Heart & Soul 3 Parimal, nr. Kassel, Germany [email protected] Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2014 The Universal Experience venue to be announced, Czech Republic [email protected] Nov 28 – 30, 2014 The Universal Experience Earth Spirit Centre, nr. Glastonbury, England [email protected] +49 (0)176 477 471 80 +49 (0)176 477 471 80 +420 777 246 812 +44 (0)1304 448 580 For session dates and other information about ongoing Trainings (closed to new-comers) go to www.artofbeing.com For advance information about future Trainings, contact [email protected] art of being transformational vacations workshops and trainings High on L ife in B ra z il Bo dy, He a rt & S o u l 1: Sat 22 Feb (5pm) – Sat 8 Mar (lunchtime) Ciranda, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 9 days opening into vibrant presence in Art of Being experiences with Alan, a grandstand seat at the big night of Rio’s Carnival, and 2 nights with Carioca in his vision-inducing rituals of songs and silence. See accompanying brochure, or go to our website for full details. a liberating journey through sex into tantra (7 days) and freedom to feel, freedom to love (the opening long-weekend) Fri 18 Apr (Good Friday) 10.30am-Thu 24 Apr Waldhaus Zentrum, Switzerland Mon Jul 14, 10.30am - Sun Jul 20 Earth Spirit Centre, UK (Freedom to Feel, Freedom to Love: 18-21 Apr and 14-17 Jul) Body, Heart & Soul 1 guides you into living your sexuality as the exquisite celebration that it really is and that we all deserve. It takes you deep into your male/female nature and guides you into restoring fully your connection with your sex, feelings, body, heart and soul. The final days are devoted to the intimate rituals that honour and celebrate you as a sexual being, and that offer you a very real and possibly life-transforming experience of Tantra. (NB: Part 1 is required before you can participate in Parts 2 to 4 or the Body, Heart & Soul Training). F ro m He re to Et er n it y, Cor f u a mediterranean tantric holiday Sat 23 Aug (5.30pm) – Sat 30 Aug (breakfast) Buddha Hall, Corfu, Greece We can’t imagine a lovelier way to end the summer holidays. From Here to Eternity is a tantric vacation that gently and playfully guides you into the celebration of man, woman, BEING! The body is sensual, the soul is mystical. Between the two, your magical being awakens! Corfu Buddha Hall is a stunningly beautiful hilltop venue surrounded by olive groves, overlooking the ocean and with its own grand swimming pool. The beaches are just 3 km away, a short ride with the centre’s shuttle bus service. At the Easter Body, Heart & Soul 1 workshop (Waldhaus Centre in Switzerland), you may register for just the first part (Freedom to Feel, Freedom to Love) that begins Good Friday morning and ends Easter Monday. If you can, give yourself the option to then stay till the end for the initiation rituals (most people want to!). Bo dy, He a rt & S o u l 2 : pleasure, surrender and ecstasy and the new 18-month body, heart & soul training Fri 28 Mar – Fri 4 Apr: Body, Heart & Soul 2 Parimal Seminarhaus, Germany (Fri 4 Apr – Sun 6 Apr: follow-up Training weekend) In Body, Heart & Soul 2 intimate pleasure becomes a journey of surrender that opens into the ecstatic, the orgasmic and the boundless. In safe and enjoyable ways, the carefully structured processes guide you through any personal barriers and fears. The whole experience is designed to restore full sensuality and the trust through which pleasure becomes ecstasy. Part 2 is also the start of the 18-month Body, Heart & Soul Training (see below) Everyone interested stays on for the weekend after the workshop so that they can have an informed sense of the group they will be part of before making a final commitment. B o dy, H e art & So ul 3 : discovering profound intimacy Fri 17 Oct – Fri 24 Oct, Body, Heart & Soul 3 Parimal Seminarhaus, Germany (Fri 24 Oct – Fri 26 Oct: : follow-up Training weekend) Body, Heart & Soul 3 guides you into intimate and deeply touching encounters – with yourself and others. They are designed to open you, as man meeting woman, woman meeting man, to all that being intimate really means. The entire experience is one of learning how YOU open and close the doors of intimacy, in yourself and so with another. It is all so that WHEN YOU CHOOSE, YOU CAN open yourself to experience profound intimacy! The depth, playfulness, passion, heart, music and meditations that you know from Body, Heart & Soul 1 are all here playing their parts in the beauty of the experience. Full details on our website. The Body, He a rt & S ou l Tra in in g : My st i ca l Ta n tra Mar 28, 2014 – Oct 16, 2015 Parimal Seminarhaus, Germany the union of sex and soul This training is for people seeking a holistic and integrative approach that is alive and personal in the field of sex, love and Tantra. It guides you on an experiential journey into the body, heart and soul of your sexuality; and the 18 months of deep connection with Alan and the circle of participants allow for healing and transforming experiences that awaken and educate your whole being. To join, you must first complete Body, Heart & Soul 1. Parts 2, 3 & 4 are included in the training, plus a total of 35 days spent together, additional small-group assignments and a very lively e-group. Some people are drawn to this training because it offers the essential foundation for being a good teacher-guide-healer. Many come because discovering our own art of being is how we become happy and fulfilled in living our personal lives. “I Love You !” the czech cherry-blossom adventure Thu 1 May (10.30am) – Sun 4 May Skalka u Doks, Czech Republic (NB: English and Czech language only) This 4-day workshop over the Mayday holiday is for lovers, for those who wish they were and those who wonder where it went! It is one of life’s sweetest treasures to be able to say these words to someone and mean them. The rich mystery of love takes us far beyond “I want you!” or “You’re mine!” or “This is what I’m supposed to say to you, isn’t it?” “I Love You!” is a workshop to open your feelings and heart, awaken you to your whole being, and take you deep and high in the experience of giving and receiving love. Fri 6 June – Mon 9 June Schloss Glarisegg, Switzerland From your primal male-female instinct you are guided into your desire and passion, your power, your heart with its love and its longing, your unique and magical being, and your soul through which all of this becomes one with the infinite. The rituals lead you into a sublime fusion of nature, awareness, love and spirit. Whether your personal adventure is erotic, of the heart, soul-to-soul, or all of these together, this beautifully crafted journey invites you beyond mind and knowledge into a truly mystical experience of Tantra. The Art o f B e i ng Summe r Fe stival 20 14 July 2 – 6, 2014 Czech Republic (venue to be announced) Having a wonderful team of workshop teachers AND 6 talented musicians from England, Germany, Czech Republic and Slovakia to bring live concerts and dance nights to the celebration, we have decided to find a new venue in Czech Republic or Germany that can accommodate 100-120, and has all that is needed to host our 4-day festival. We will of course keep you informed. T h e Un ive rsa l E x p e ri e n ce an intimate encounter with your own death Fri 26 Sep (10.30am) – Sun 28 Sep Waldhaus Zentrum, Switzerland Fri 31 Oct (10.30am) – Sun 2 Nov venue to be announced, Czech Republic Fri 28 Nov (10.30am) – Sun 30 Nov EarthSpirit Centre, England “If somebody could only take part in a single workshop with me, I would tell them to make it this one!” ~ Alan The Universal Experience has to be one of the most beautiful and life-transforming workshops available on the theme of death, dying, loss and letting go. For over 20 years this 3-day encounter with death has been guiding people into a liberating trust and happiness in living their life and in one day leaving it. No dogma, no theory, simply THE EXPERIENCE! If death is an issue you avoid, that’s a great reason to come to this workshop! Other reasons? Being unhappy in your life because you are holding on to something or someone and don’t know how to let go; being afraid of death; wanting to understand death; needing to deal with the death of a friend or loved one; or simply because The Universal Experience is a wonderful life-changing and soul-awakening experience. The 4 days of the festival are dedicated to liberating and awakening our bodies, senses, energies, feelings, hearts and souls to fly into BEING on the wings of love and awareness. And if that sounds like just too much, good! Because if life is not too much, then, as Osho used to say, that is because it is not enough. You can stay informed of the festival’s developments at artofbeing.com a sunday afternoon with alan in london! Stop-press announcement: Alan will be guiding a 2-hour event at the weekend Tantra Festival at The Barbican in central London, March 22-23, 2014. Regular updates at www.tantrafestivals.co.uk Our thanks to Jutta Panke for photos: www.juttapanke.de Alan Lowen ' s let t er about The Art of B ein g ® My friends, For 40 years now The Art of Being has been growing, from its seedling beginning into the rich garden of body-alive, heart-open and soul-awake presence that it is today. It seems to become easier and more beautiful each year for people to grow out of the fetters in which they grew up, and learn to live and celebrate their whole magical being. For me personally it is deeply affirming to witness how the qualities that we learn to celebrate within ourselves and with each other become more and more visible in our everyday lives – qualities like awareness, love, presence, passion, wisdom, compassion, creativity, playfulness, trust, courage and faithfulness to the spirit that dances in all of us and all that is! It gives me deep personal pleasure to be able to send out an annual brochure that feels so rich with invitations. It is no secret that my passion is to turn the world on to this being that is inspiration and education for us all. 2014 promises to be an epic year for The Art of Being. The workshops, the new Training, the new Summer Festival, and yes, my book! I promise you, in 2014 I can either announce which publishing house is the chosen one or whether it's the Art of Being itself who will publish my book – in English, and with a bit of luck in German and Czech too. I hope I meet you, whoever you are reading this, in one or other of all that is offered in this brochure. With love and aloha, alan few thank-you’s sent in by workshop participants this past year: I came to you with all my doubts and despair about myself. I left as a woman who feels like a woman again, and can go happily on her own way. ~ Uschka Straub, Germany I came because of my fear of change, fear of uncertainty, fear of letting go… I had some doubts during the workshop. Sometimes I asked myself, why am I doing this? Why am I here, going through such intense experiences instead of enjoying the weekend somewhere in nature with my boyfriend…? Now I know it was the most necessary and precious weekend in my entire life. ~ Markéta, Czech Republic The Art of Being® It happened rarely that a course went so deep under my skin, evoking so many changes in my perceptions and in the way I experience my daily life. ~ Annemarie, Switzerland I really don't know what to say other than thank you... I think you should be declared a 'World Treasure' and be placed on the UNESCO world heritage listing for what you are doing. I don't feel that there is anything 'Mystical' about the process. It is you Alan, and your skills and understanding of your fellow human beings.... and our/their needs. It is beautiful humanity in action. ~ Ric Streatfield, UK I felt wonderful after the first circle and straight away registered for the whole training. I am proud that I managed to make this space for myself. It is very liberating. ~ Ingrid, Switzerland The Art of Being® Office [email protected] +420 777 246 812 Alan or Martina direct: [email protected] Tel: +41 (0)79 389 14 93 www.artofbeing.com Go to www.artofbeing.com for all Alan’s workshops and courses, plus articles, podcasts, CDs, etc.