Polarity Therapy
The Polarity trainings at Heartwood are approved by the American Polarity Therapy Association (APTA), the national professional organization for Polarity Therapy. You will be qualified to join APTA as an Associate Polarity Practitioner by taking Heartwood's Polarity trainings. In addition, you must give 30 hours and receive 5 hours of professional Polarity sessions.
Polarity Therapy: Energy Medicine
with Bruce Burger, M.A., R.P.P., C.P.E.,
and Cynthia Lenton, B.A., C.M.T., R.P.P., C.P.E.
May 10 - 23, 2008
September 13 - 26, 2008
Join
Bruce Burger, Heartwood’s founder and author of Esoteric Anatomy:
The Body as Consciousness, in this hands-on professional training in
integral healing. It is our intention to address the Soul — the
animating intelligence in the body — that defines this unique
approach to Energy Medicine.
Western psychology focuses on the mind and emotions. Transpersonal psychology focuses on the Self, the intelligence that witnesses the stream of thoughts and feelings. While mind and emotions are a kaleidoscope of obsession and instability, the Self is a constant of stable presence. In this training, healing takes place as we balance energy to attune our life with the Self.
You will be taught six profoundly effective Polarity Therapy energy balancing protocols. In addition, you will learn to: explore esoteric maps of the energy fields of the body/mind; cultivate therapeutic presence and healing intuition; release armoring and trauma from the nervous system and cellular memory of the body; experience safety in vulnerability; and facilitate a healing journey to Self-realization.
14 days, 100 hours. Tuition: $1,295 plus accommodations.
Somatic Emotional Clearing
with Bruce Burger, M.A., R.P.P., C.P.E.,
and Cynthia Lenton, B.A., C.M.T., R.P.P., C.P.E.
September 27 - October 3, 2008
We cultivate compassion, presence, and vulnerability to support a sacred space in which the client, as a conscious, evolving spiritual being, has permission to heal. We approach healing as a creative process that is guided by higher intelligence to clear the past, quiet the mind, and heal the heart.
Learn a unique synthesis of counseling techniques that can be safely integrated into any massage or bodywork system including: Holding Sacred Space, Somatic Emotional Clearing, Rescuing the Inner Child, Etheric Plane Communication, Active Listening, Resource Building, Cutting Cords, and Envisioning Our Future Self.
Prerequisite: Bodywork or counseling experience, spiritual and emotional maturity.
7 days, 40 hours. Tuition: $595 plus accommodations.
Completion of the Polarity Therapy: Energy Medicine and Somatic Emotional Clearing intensives qualifies you to apply for the Associate Polarity Practitioner Certification (APP) from the American Polarity Therapy Association (APTA).
Health Building Cleansing Diet
with Bruce Burger, M.A., R.P.P., C.P.E.
June 28 - July 6, 2008
The body is a temple of the spirit. Our lifestyle choices have a profound
effect on the quality of our health and our personal experience of Spirit.
Join Bruce Burger, Heartwood's founder, for a week of health building
and spiritual renewal. We will cultivate purity in a quest for healing
and vision.
One of the foundations of our health building regime will be a Sattvic cleansing diet. East Indian philosophy classifies food according to the level of consciousness it promotes. A Sattvic diet quiets the mind, brings peace to the heart, and heals bodily ills. A profound clarity emerges as we experience the healing presence of the Soul.
Our supportive healing circle will meet in the garden gazebo, communing with the serenity of Island Mountain. We will begin the day with chanting, prayer and healing movement. We will chant ancient mantras that cleanse the heart and purify the mind. Himalayan wisdom avers that the universe is sung into Being and that our bodies are musical instruments played by Spiritius the breath of life. Conscious sound is a key to healing and well-being.
We will spend time practicing easy stretching postures to dissolve stress and tension, mobilize joints, and facilitate a healing attunement to the forces of Nature and the Cosmos. Loving touch will be shared in Sattvic energy balancing bodywork sessions. Bruce will share his personal realizations of the sacredness and unity of all life in talks on Advaita, the East Indian philosophy of Oneness. The key to healing is Self-Realization. All of our practices will promote Yoga, the experience of union with our Divine Self.
You will leave the retreat with simple yet powerful practices for Soul Communion that you can integrate into your everyday life to promote health and well-being.
Total cost for 10 days: $1,400 for private preferred room, $1,185 per person for two persons sharing a preferred room, $900 for camping.
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Bruce Burger, M.A., R.P.P., C.P.E., is the founder of Heartwood Institute and the author of Esoteric Anatomy: The Body as Consciousness (North Atlantic Books). Bruce developed the Polarity Therapy training at Heartwood. It represents his life-long dedication to self-actualizing education, esoteric research, and compassionate service. In the 1970’s, Bruce spent a number of years traveling and studying in Asia and India in search of a deeper understanding of the human condition. He was guided to Polarity Therapy and has been teaching spiritual healing and transformational bodywork through Polarity Energy Balancing on a daily basis since 1977. Bruce has also taught at several universities and served on the Board of Directors of the American Polarity Therapy Association. For more information about Polarity Therapy and Bruce Burger, please see Bruce's personal Polarity Therapy web site. |
| Cynthia Lenton, BA in Psychology, CMT, RPP, CPE is a teacher in both the residential and intensive programs. Cynthia's connection to the Healing Arts and Heartwood is over a decade strong and growing. After becoming a Certified Massage Therapist she dove even deeper into the esoteric study of energy medicine earning recognition as a Registered Polarity Practitioner. After several years of extensive training in Polarity Therapy she was awarded a Certified Polarity Educator and has been co-teaching the Polarity Therapy: Energy Medicine Intensive with Heartwood's founder Bruce Burger for several years. Her focus as a body worker is in weaving compassionate presence through Polarity Therapy, Energy Medicine, Cranial Sacral, Esoteric Anatomy, Chakra Counseling, Moon Astrology, Psychic Awareness, Somatic Emotional Clearing, Polarity Yoga and Movement Therapy. Cynthia considers teaching at Heartwood to be her joyful service and an extremely powerful experience in Soul Communion. |
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