Personal Growth & Development Workshops

The following workshops are offered throughout the year for personal, spiritual and professional development:

2008

2009

Expanding Your Personal Potential Program

A 22 day course designed to equip you to become more aware of who you are and to help you to live life to the full. We invite you to join us in a process that will change how you relate to yourself and others and open the door to greater possibilities in your life. This course is ideal for anyone seeking their personal enrichment and is an amazing opportunity to engage in the wonderful adventure of Self discovery.

Four Steps to Personal Freedom

Are you able to do what is important to you? Or is your life dictated by deeply entrenched beliefs and roles? This is an exciting weekend which will help you to gain a deeper sense of personal freedom in the way you live your life.

Being supported during change. We also consider the ongoing support required to maintain this new way of being.

Bring: Notebook, biro, food to share
Date: January 12-13, 2008
Times: Sat 9-5 & Sun 9-4
Registration: Saturday 8:30am
Fees: (Inc GST) $170

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Journal Workshop

Want to become your own counsellor? This weekend will teach you techniques so that you can gain a new insight into yourself through writing. You do not need literary skills – just a desire to know yourself. Learn to use writing for dealing with difficulties and for discovering your unique gifts & finding new confidence.

Bring: Biro, notebook, food to share.
Dates: Feb 2-3, 2008
Times: Sat 9-5 & Sun 9-4
Registration: Saturday 8:30am
Fees: (Inc GST) $180

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Holotropic Breathwork™ as a tool for self exploration

Learn how to breathe in a way that will help you remove energetic and emotional blockages, which could be affecting your health and keeping your potential locked up. This is a powerful tool that, when used under skilled guidance, is particularly effective for self exploration.

This process combines a powerful breathing technique with music to enter into a deep meditative state enabling one to gain access to the unconscious. It can heal past hurts, open up hidden potential and allow your energy to flow freely.

This workshop is not appropriate for pregnant women, or for persons with cardiovascular problems, severe hypertension, severe mental illness, recent surgery or fractures, acute infectious illness, or epilepsy. It is not compatible with the use of illegal drugs.

For those who have not participated in breathwork at our centre, there will be an introductory talk on Friday night at 7.45pm prior to each workshop – this is a pre-requisite for newcomers.

You may enrol for the weekend or for the full 4 days.

Bring: Two towels, tissues, one fitted + one flat sheet (single bed size) for breathwork, art pad, crayons, notebook, loose clothing, Bed linen and doona if living in, byo food to share (lunch & dinner)
Fees: (Inc GST)

Voice Dialogue

With guest presenter Ana Barner — an international staff member of Drs Hal and Sidra Stone, the founders of Voice Dialogue.

Feeling lost, unable to make decisions, trapped in unconscious relationship patterns? Voice Dialogue can help you develop clear awareness and choice in all areas of your life. Explore the different aspects of yourself and find the centre within your polarities. Learn to be present in your life having access to the whole of your personality while being connected to your soul.

We are pleased to welcome Ana to our centre again. She is considered a senior Voice Dialogue teacher and facilitator and draws on an extensive background in psycho-spiritual training.

Voice Dialogue is a simple, yet profound method of self discovery and growth which can extend our range of options in life and relationships. These seminars are designed for anyone wanting to explore their personality and people interested in professional training.

Dreams! What Dreams?

What messages do your dreams hold? Discover what your dreams reveal about you! The fascinating world of dreams is an exciting adventure. This weekend will teach you various methods for exploring the hidden meaning of your dreams. It will be fun!

Learning to Value Oneself - A Self Esteem workshop

Are you happy with your self image, self esteem, and self confidence? If not, you are not alone. We can help you.
Join us for a wonderful weekend to explore these issues. This workshop will assist in identifying the blocks to valuing yourself so that you can connect more truly with your untapped potential.

Open Day - Free

Have you ever wondered what we are up to at the Port? Recent changes in our focus will be explained in detail. We have some exciting new courses – to compliment our tried and true programs.

For those of you who want to know more about how to “Explore Your Personal Potential’, why not come along and find out more about our programs?

And if you have never been to our centre, please come this time. If you know our centre, you are welcome to revisit and to bring friends and colleagues. We encourage you to be here for the full time – cuppa provided. Please book if you are coming.

Transforming Life's Hurts

Are you seeking joy and fulfilment in life? Do current or past hurts hold you back? This workshop will help you move through and beyond these hurts to living a fuller life.

We will use some dynamic techniques to enable you to transform the residue of painful experiences and find new meaning, purpose and satisfaction in life.

Sandplay and Symbol Work

Unlock the world of the unconscious through sandplay and working with symbols. Find deep healing and gain a greater understanding of what is running your life.

Sandplay is becoming universally accepted as a powerful technique for accessing unconscious factors that affect behaviour.

This course is suitable for professionals, teachers, parents and others and is especially recommended for those working with children and adults in counselling, therapeutic or teaching capacities and for those interested in their own personal growth. This week includes theoretical and experiential work with sandplay and learning how to facilitate others.

Deposit of $50 to register. Full payment by 8th July, 2008. If cancelled after this date, an administration fee of $50 will apply. If cancelled after 16 July, there will be no refund of fees.

Gaining Control of Your Life

Do you often feel someone else is in the driver’s seat of your life? This weekend program is designed to help you understand how you can take back control of your life so you can feel at peace with yourself.

We take you through a process where you learn what makes you do what you do – and we help you change your patterns of behaviour.

This will be done using our unique 3 stage process of:
i. Understanding yourself and what limits your life
ii. Discovering the changes you need to make
iii. Implementing these changes in your life.

This will be a gentle process of self exploration using some powerful techniques to create truly positive outcomes and tangible results.

Reflect and Reconnect

Are you looking for something more? Do you need “time-out” to retreat from the busy-ness of life? This is a weekend for self-nurture where we will use a range of reflective experiences to help you to connect with yourself. Give yourself this opportunity to discover more of the “real you” — coming home to yourself.

The Mystery of Life

How to create your “Union with the Divine”
What is your definition of the “Divine – your spirit, a Presence, a God or do you have a sense that there is something greater than us guiding our existence? If so, you KNOW there is a greater power.

This workshop explores our relationship with the Source – whatever this might mean to you. Deep in the unconscious is the longing for connection with something beyond our personal existence.

This weekend will help you to recognise when you are being guided in subtle ways, such as inspiration, intuition or synchronicity. The workshop will help explain how you can benefit from Your Very Own Union with the Divine.

General Information for all Workshops