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RVML Resource Center 2002-2007 Calendar Archives 13 November 2006, Monday |
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Workshop: Searching for the Waters of Antiquity by Shirley Ryan
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: RVML Event Center - 258 A St, Ashland
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Workshop: Searching for the Waters of AntiquityHarness Your Personal Power with Meditation
By Shirley Ryan
Cost: $30.00 at the door
Workshop Description:
Cognitive scientists and educators, health-care practitioners and spiritual seekers have long touted the benefits of meditation for physical and emotional healing, as well as for heightened awareness and mental function. Executive coach and meditation instructor SHIRLEY RYAN has developed a way to acquire these benefits without learning the complicated breathing and focusing techniques usually required by formal meditation programs. Instead, she uses a form of guided meditation, which is the main idea behind her book, "Searching for the Waters of Antiquity: A Follow-Along Meditation Process"
Guided meditation works by helping the practitioner focus on a desired outcome rather than striving to eliminate daily worries and thoughts. In her guided meditations, Ryan uses symbols, metaphors, archetypes, and colorful illustrations to help the reader gain access to a part of the brain that allows us to be more receptive to the goals of making decisions, asking questions, and unblocking obstacles.
At one level, Searching for the Waters of Antiquity is an allegorical tale of Tag, a young turtle on a quest to unlearn the things that prevent him from enjoying life to the fullest. On a second level, it is a guided meditation that takes us to places within the self that we rarely go in the course of our daily lives. Through the character of Tag, the reader moves through four stages, learning the lessons of each in order to live a more peaceful, enriched life:
1. Love: We learn that, at some level, we are all equal and one with the universe.
2. Compassion: We give others our understanding, letting them be who they are at any given moment in time.
3. Affection: We learn to give acceptance to everyone we meet through our words and deeds.
4. Impartiality: We learn to detach and distance ourselves from our own specific wants and desires and become open to the best outcome for all involved.
Those who have read Searching for the Waters of Antiquity have reported feeling clearer, lighter, and more at peace, and some were moved to do powerful soul searching afterward. Other benefits to the reader include how to: confront the fears that keep us stuck, trust ourselves and silence our inner critic, take risks and embrace the unknown, shift our focus from physical to spiritual living, identify and unlearn beliefs and behaviors that keep us in fear, guilt, and separation from others, visualize and move closer to our potential, and feel less burdened.
Searching for the Waters of Antiquity is designed to tap into the child within each of us. Unfortunately, many of us have become disconnected from our own pure, childlike nature by letting societal, work, and family obligations, as well as stressors such as worries about money and time, keep us from experiencing joy, passion, and the true meaning in life. Ryan offers an appealing way to access self-knowledge. Business people, health-care professionals, educators, people with challenging medical conditions, and parents will all benefit from accompanying the little turtle Tag on this journey toward our true selves.
Presenter's Biography:
Growing up from humble beginnings in a public housing project, Shirley Ryan challenged tremendous odds and overcame obstacles and adversity, including child abuse. A fighter from the start, this 4'10'' dynamo has persevered, survived, and ultimately thrived, pursuing her goals with grace and dignity.
Shirley's educational path began with an early ESL program in primary school. Progressing without assistance programs, she went on to receive a BS from the University of San Francisco and a master's degree, focusing on human relations in both organizational development and family systems, from the University of Oklahoma.
Even though meditation has been a part of Shirley's life for over 30 years, it wasn't until she used meditation before and during her own major surgery in 1990 that she was moved to integrate meditation into her own identity. She has incorporated meditation into her spiritual healing practices with great success and has used and taught the process to clients ever since. In addition, she has created a set of meditation CDs for patients to play during surgery, designed to help relieve pain and quicken the healing process.
Today, as a trained therapist, life coach, and behavior specialist, Shirley seeks to assist others to reach their next level. She is also the founder of Working Together, a business specializing in coaching the management of mind, body, and spiritual change. She has been featured in radio and press interviews internationally and has received critical acclaim for Searching for the Waters of Antiquity.
Shirley enjoys workshop facilitation and public speaking, and she devotes much of her spare time to painting, writing, and designing spiritual gardens. Along with her husband Robert, she also happily enjoys her role as a grandmother to three bright, active teenagers in Northern California.
More information: Susan Utne: (503) 209-9510 e-mail: aanda1668@yahoo.com
Websites: http://www.searchingforthewatersofantiquity.com and http://www.aboutworkingtogether.com
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