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Ojai Small Group Retreat - June 21 - 24, 2012 »Food as a Verb: Write, Move, Meditate, and Music-Make Your Way to Self-Nourishment. - Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012 »
Finding YOUR Mojo: That Elusive Quality that Sets You Apart from Everyone Else - Saturday, February 25, 2012 »
Women's Retreat in San Antonio, Texas - March 2 - 4, 2012
Awakening from Trauma through Breath, Sound, and Movement - 2 Saturdays, April 21 & 28, 2012 »
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A Tai Ji exercise at the beach
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in Ojai, California
· June 21 - 24, 2012
· Begins at 9 am on Thursday and ends at 4:30 pm on Sunday
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Tune Up and Tune In as Summer begins. Find your “Mojo” which is the essence of who you are, and that quality that sets you apart from everyone else. This may also include your passion, purpose, confidence and motivation. What clarity do you want? What do you need and/or want? What is the next step, or goal in your life?
Patterns manifested from traumatic events, past messages, and life situations keep us “off balance.” In these times of uncertainty and stress, balance is essential. Learn ways to be balanced and stay centered in your personal and professional life.
Gather tools for the discovery of the Self, while developing a daily practice that enters into the core of self, physically, emotionally, relationally and spiritually. Learn ways to create what you need/want in order to be in life fully.
Learn ways that language, verbal and non-verbal, reflects our thought process. These non-verbal cues are the distinctive patterns in the way a person breathes, moves and makes sound. Paying attention to these “Body Voices” facilitates the next stage of growth by integrating body, mind, and spirit. Learn new ways to listen and create a balance between Doing and Being.
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The focus of the work is the Braddock Body Process, a body-centered approach using breath, sound, and Tai Ji movement and meditation. The work is based in the ancient arts of Tai Ji and Qi Gong, whose philosophy and movement concentrate on the body/mind/spirit as a whole.
The following “bodies” will be addressed, including body patterns, and reflections on the body, mind and spirit… These are: The intellectual body, the emotional body, the physical body, the sexual body, the relational body, and the spiritual body. Additional there will be segments on creating what you want financially (emotional issues around money included), and enhancing and creating intimacy in your personal and professional life.
There will be time for individual work within the group setting, and more time on many more “tools” for personal and professional growth. Each participant will send in their goals, questions, and areas of focus for the retreat. Carolyn will provide an individual plan of questions for each person to ask, ideas, and possibilities to explore and ponder, and suggestions for practice exercises.
Musical expression, creative arts, cognitive exercises, dialogue, and the natural environment of the mountains and ocean are an integral part of the 4 days. This can be a life changing 4 days!
The weekend of the retreat is also the Lavender Festival in Ojai. Yes, time will be made to cruise the festival, taste the lavender ice cream, and explore everything lavender!
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Meals: Breakfast and Lunch are included
Lodging: Several affordable options: (Call for more options)
Cost: Call for information.
Ron Borczon leads a Sunday morning musical journey.
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Program Details
Often participants want more detailed information. Some program details are as follows:
We begin on Thursday, February 9th at 9AM and end on Sunday, February 12th at about 4-4:30 PM. Breakfast and lunch are provided each day.
We will convene at the Ojai Retreat Center on Thursday all day, and the Beach on Friday (depending upon the weather). Saturday we will be at Meditation Mount in the morning (also depending upon weather).
Saturday afternoon, Tony Allina, M.D. from Santa Barbara will also be joining us, to instruct us in Autogenic Training, a form of Somatic Meditation. His voice and words of encouragement as you enter into the wisdom of the body, and interventions using meditation are certainly a gift to use daily!
Sunday morning, Ron Borczon, Professor of Music Therapy, and Director of the Music Therapy Wellness Center at Cal State, Northridge will join us with Helen Dolas, Adjunct Faculty of Music Therapy Dept. at California State University, Northridge and founder of Arts and Services for Disabled.
Following dinner on Friday and Saturday evenings, I offer two optional extra sessions for questions, clarification, exploration, and whatever issues might need more time. While highly recommended, attendance is not required, especially if you need some rest or down time.
This is a time to unwind old patterns, and begin to develop new ones. Spend time Being with you! Take that next step in this New Year. This time is a gift you are giving to you! This is a time to Tune Up and Tune In!
Contact Carolyn for more information. Register early, as space is limited.
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Food as a Verb: Write, Move, Meditate, and Music-Make Your Way to Self-Nourishment with Carolyn Braddock MA, Rachel Ballon, PhD, MFT, Eva Nemeth, MPT, Christiane Wolf, MD, PhD, Ping Ho, MA, MPH.
Sponsored by UCLArts and Healing, Santa Monica, CA
Saturday, January 21, 2012 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
This retreat is aimed at facilitating an internal shift, based in self-understanding, that will lead to a new relationship with food that nourishes us in mind, body, and spirit. We may stuff, deprive, sweeten, sour, devour or nourish ourselves at any given time. Our relationship to food is often a metaphor for how we live.
Location: First Presbyterian of Santa Monica, 1220 2nd St., Santa Monica 90401
Fee: $90/$115 with CEUs
Online registration is recommended. Click here for more information, maps, and registration instructions» or call (310) 452-1439.
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Finding YOUR Mojo: That Elusive Quality that Sets You Apart from Everyone Else with Carolyn Braddock MA, Rachel Ballon PhD, MFT, and Jen Bloom MFA, RYT
Saturday, February 25, 2011 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Reconnect with your self, and truly express YOU.
This interactive retreat is for those who wish to be seen and heard in ways that they want to be, for personal or professional benefit. In this program, we will work from inside out as well as outside in to express who we truly are. We will discover the power of what we communicate - even before we utter a word.
In this one day interactive retreat, receive practical tools in:
- How to see yourself and how you want to be seen
- Reducing stress and staying in the present moment
- Thinking on your feet and changing your reality
Location: First Presbyterian of Santa Monica, Renaissance Room,
1220 2nd St., Santa Monica 90401
Fee: $75/$100 with CEUs
Online registration is recommended. Click here for more information, or call (310) 452-1439.
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Awakening from Trauma through Breath, Sound, and Movement with Carolyn Braddock, MA
Date & Time: 2 Saturdays - Apr. 21 (9:00 am - 5:00 pm) & 28 (9:00 am - 12:00 pm)
The body remembers trauma because it was the scene of the trauma. Trauma is expressed nonverbally in distinctive patterns of breath, movement, and sounds that we make. Healing can take place by unwinding these manifestations and the corresponding self-limiting beliefs that may interfere with emotional expression, physical health, relationships, and experiencing life to the fullest.
In this series, participants will gain awareness of how they hold trauma and acquire a toolbox of means for freeing themselves of the trauma, through the creative arts and practices rooted in the ancient art and philosophy of Tai Ji and Qi Gong. This program is intended for both professional and personal benefit.
Instructor Carolyn Braddock, MA is a nationally and internationally known consultant, educator, trainer, and group facilitator who specializes in sexual and emotional trauma, and also trauma associated with other conditions such as surgery and/or life threatening illness.
(Apr. 21) Location: YWCA Santa Monica/Westside, 2019 14th St., Santa Monica, CA 90405
(Apr. 28) Location: Virginia Ave. Park, 2200 Virginia Ave., Santa Monica, CA, 90404
Fee: $95/$120 with CEUs for 4/21 only; $130/$160 with CEUs for 4/28.
Online registration is recommended. Click here for more information, or call (310) 452-1439