“The Healer Within” Workshop in Tuscany with Lee Lipsenthal, MD: June 14 – 19, 2010
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Registration fees are separate from accommodations. Please click the link above.
This program will provide tools to evaluate and understand the issues of our emotions in our work and home lives. It will combine discussions and experiential exercises designed to rejuvenate your mind, body and soul. You will leave with an understanding of the unique stresses that physicians, health care workers and medical families live with, and practical methods for changing the balance of your life and the lives of your patients.
The program includes:
- Stress management training based in meditation and emotional shifting
- Transformational breath work
- Visualization and perception shifting techniques
- Tools to evaluate your needs and behaviors
- Lots of down time – We work in the mornings and play most afternoons
Program graduates will be able to:
- Understand the relationship of stress and health
- Use tools to modify their stress responses
- Apply various communication techniques in their work and home live
- Evaluate the aspects of their personalities that help and hinder their progress, personal growth and patient care
- Adapt action planning tools to create changes in their lives
Lee Lipsenthal, MD
Lee is a recognized leader, teacher and pioneer in the field of provider wellness. He is the author of Finding Balance in a Medical Life and the Finding Balance curricular materials. Lee is internationally known for his research work with Dr. Dean Ornish in preventive cardiology. He is also well known in the field of Integrative Medicine and served as the President of the American Board of Holistic Medicine. Dr. Lipsenthal is a member of the American Medical Association “Physician Wellness Committee” and has authored many professional and popular publications on healthcare provider wellness medicine. He is a frequent invited workshop presenter and speaker at healthcare conferences and media engagements, both in the U.S. and overseas. He speaks to over 5,000 physicians annually in keynote addresses, workshops and other formats. He has studied meditation and shamanism for many years and serves on the Board of Directors for the Institute of Noetic Sciences.
Workshop Schedule
The Healer Within, Lucca, Italy 2010
Monday, June 14th
2:00 pm Arrivals and check in
6:00 pm Welcome reception
7:00 pm Opening Circle: Introductions and Review of the Week, set personal Goals for the week
8:00pm Dinner
Tuesday, June 15th
7:30 – 8:30 – Breakfast
8:30-12:30 pm – The Heart of Healing
This session will focus on the heart, both physical and metaphoric. The participant will learn that the heart is the center of healing and begin to practice heart based techniques based in the work of HeartMath, core values exercises, identifying the joys in life and loving kindness meditation.
1:00 Lunch
Afternoon is free
Wednesday, June 16th
This day is spent exploring transpersonal experiences from the historical, theoretical and experiential perspectives. The intention is to help you access your inner healing capacity. The goal is to aid you in understanding the depths of clinical issues for yourself and therefore increase your ability to bring understanding, empathy and spiritual healing modalities to your patients/clients. Following on the theoretical foundation of transpersonal work, the experiential sessions will ground the theory into practice.
7:30 – 8:30 Breakfast
8:30-10:00 Transpersonal healing & Shamanic Consciousness in Everyday Life and Healing
10:00 – 10:30 Break
10:30-12:30 Shamanic Breathwork Session I (in pairs)
1pm Lunch
2:30 – 4:30 Shamanic Breathwork Session II (in pairs)
4:30- 5:00 Break
5:00 – 7:00 Group Discussion
8pm Dinner
Thursday, June 17th
7:30 – 8:30 Breakfast
Alligator II: The Mutation download
8:30 – 12:30 pm – Forgiveness
This session will teach you about forgiveness and it’s effect on health and relationships. Information and experiential exercises will be part of this session.
1:00 – Lunch
Afternoon free
Friday June 18th
7:30 – 8:30 Breakfast
8:30 – 12:30 pm – Psychosynthesis: Becoming Whole – The Lodge
This dynamic revolves around the concept and application of sub-personality theory. This concept works with the many different roles we play during the day, how they developed and how some of them help or hinder our function and relationships.In completing this process you have the opportunity to understand your motivations and why you get (or don’t get) satisfaction from your work and work based relationships.
1:00 pm Lunch
2:30 – 4:30 Group breathwork (un-paired)
Saturday, June 19th
7:30 – 8:30 Breakfast
8:30 – 12:30 pm – Moving Forward: Connecting the Pieces towards Change
Action Plan Review and Gratitude
This session will help you to see how your personality structure can hinder or help you to move forward towards set goals. The tools and processes used have been derived from organizational development programs in the corporate world.
Each participant will share their action plan with the group; followed by closing circle and departure.
1:00 pm Lunch
Farewells, buon viaggio, arrivaderci and departures
Villa Rinascimento 2010 Package:
17 Rooms in the Main Villa:
Double Room………………………………Euro 188 per room, per night, half board
Double Room/Single Occupancy………Euro 148 per room, per night, half board
Extra Bed……………………………………Euro 53 per night, half board
14 Rooms in the Annex:
Double Room……………………………..Euro 140 per room, per night, half board
Double Room/Single Occupancy……..Euro 105 per room, per night, half board
Extra Bed…………………………………..Euro 53 per room, per night, half board
Room Rates Include Half Board: This means each person in the room receives breakfast AND one additional meal per day. Each day you can choose to have lunch OR dinner at the Villa. The Villa will be creating a specialty menu each day for our group. Beverages are included also.
Room Rates are Per Room, Not Per Person: For example, if you are traveling with a companion and require a double room, the cost per person would be 94 Euro per person (for the Main Villa) or 70 Euro per person (in the Annex) each night, and that includes breakfast and one other meal for each of you.
———————–The Cancellation Policy———————–
6 weeks before retreat…75% of registration and room reservation are refunded
2 weeks before retreat…50% of registration and room reservation are refunded
2 days before retreat…25% of registration and room reservation are refunded
Procedure for Making Reservations at the Villa: Too Saved buy After registering for the seminar, we will send you instructions on how to contact the Villa directly to make a reservation.
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