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relationship with grief, how grief shared deepens our capacity
for compassion and eases the congested sorrows that cloud our hearts. During this rich evening of lecture, poetry and conversation, we will explore obstacles to grief that hinder us and honour that “where there is sorrow, there is holy ground.”
See bio on page 59.
Length: 2 1⁄2 hours
Date: Fri, Oct 2, 2015
Time: 7pm-9:30pm
Cost: $20 + applicable taxes
Best to Register by: Fri, Sep 18, 2015
Entering the Healing Ground: The Sacred Work of Grief
VEVI3108
In this weekend workshop, based on the widely acclaimed book of the same name, Francis will explore the many ways grief touches our lives and
can deepen our capacity to becoming more fully human. During our time together, we will work with The Five Gates of Grief and use the powerful tools of writing, movement, poetry, singing and deep ritual, to bring stories of loss into the visible world where they can
be held within the embrace
of community.
See bio on page 59. Length: 2 days
Date:Sat&Sun,Oct3&4,2015 Time: Sat 9am-5pm, Sun 9am-4pm Cost: $295 + applicable taxes
Best to Register by: Sat, Sep 19, 2015
DAVID WHYTE
Thresholds:
Navigating the Dif cult Transitions of Life
VEVI3703
Every new epoch in the life of
an individual initially announces itself through dif culty, confusion or a sense of losing anchorage. In response, human beings must nd a deep, internal solid ground, a way
to maintain a conversation
with the intangible numinous to recognize new horizons. Through the insights of poetry, David will illuminate how,
even amidst uncertainty and dif culty, we can move beyond the boundaries of a small defended self into a larger more generous participation with
the world.
See bio on page 59.
Length: 2 hours
Date: Fri, May 1, 2015
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm
Cost: $30 + applicable taxes
Best to Register by: Fri, Apr 17, 2015
Robust Vulnerability:
The Essence of What We Are as the Foundation of What We Can Become VEVI3704
Much is said about “just being.” But we shape a real identity
only at the edge between self and world, between ‘here’ and ‘there’, between how we need to be and what we need to
do, especially between the ground beneath our feet and the far horizon to which we go. To live and work in the world, we must hazard to make ourselves vulnerable at
every threshold, to be fully courageous in our practice
of such a robust vulnerability.
See bio on page 59. Length: 1 day
Date: Sat, May 2, 2015
Time: 10am-3pm
Cost: $125 + applicable taxes
Best to Register by: Sat, Apr 18, 2015
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I simply loved this course!
I will de nitely be back next
year.
Continuing Studies student 2014
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