Workshop & Events Archive 2008 - 2009 - 2010
Jan - Apr 2009
Jan 10 -11Beyond Yoga with Ken Ryan
Nurture and discover your inner spirit, exploring the subtle arts of yoga, thai chi, deep relaxation and meditation with the Yoga ‘Miester’ Ken Ryan.Ken Ryan is from the wild west of Ireland. He has spent much time in India with extended periods of study and practice at remedial, spiritual and scientific schools of Yoga. His style has been described as strong, energetic, deeply grounding and non-conventional. more>>
Jan 16 -19
Masterclass: Working Therapeutically With The Body in Transpersonal Psychology
Continued Professional Development (CPD) andPost-Graduate Training Course in:Humanistic, Somatic & Transpersonal Psychotherapy
This training program consists of 3 modules with 3 seminars per module.
Seminars include theory and supervision or case-studies where appropriate but are focusing on experiential learning.
Each seminar has a value of 20 h CPD. Accreditation by PSI is in process. more>>
Jan 25 8pm
Screening of award winning film: 'What About Me?'
presented by UK based cinematographer Ben Cole
'...a truly astonishing project from former Faithless man Jamie Catto and Artist/Producer Duncan Bridgeman called 1 Giant Leap, an album/DVD recorded on a six-month trip around the world, which includes musical and spoken-word contributions from Michael Stipe, Kurt Vonnegut, Dennis Hopper, Brian Eno, Baaba Maal, Tom Robbins and Arrested Development among others.' Uncut more>>
Feb 21 - 22
Body Stories
Amerta Movement and Embodied Awareness
A compassionate and revealing free movement practice for support in everyday life.
There are no steps to learn. It is simple, playful and profound work. >>more
Feb 14 9pm
Valentine Special: The Roaring 40's Big Band & Swing DJ Gary Bas
A Last Minute Production
Come and swing at the West Cork Hotel Skibereen to the incredibly infectious big band swing sound of the 'Roaring Forties'. The quality of this band is quite sensational, be prepared to dance 'til you drop.
Side attractions : Match Making by 'Father Fergal'
Prizes for: the longest kiss, the longest dancing couple, and the best dressed couple.
Advance tickets: One €14 Two for €25 at the door €15. Limited numbers
Tickets available at:
Roaring Water Wholefoods, Schull
West Cork Hotel, Skibereen
Ballydehob Post Office
Organico Wholefoods, Bantry
Mar 7-8
Danza Duende Orientale
'Enrich your dance through the discovery of new forms and vocabulary, observing and releasing your habitual patterns of movement. Leaving behind the stereotypes , we can awaken our creativity and natural expression.
Consciously experience the language of Oriental dance (Bellydance)
using techniques of duende dance to open ourselves to freedom. more>>
Mar 22 8pm
Film: The Eleventh Hour
Drought. Famine. Severe flooding. Record rainfall. Hurricanes. Acid rain. The highest average temperatures in recorded history. Catastrophe is reported on the nightly news as isolated incidents. But are these incidents isolated, or pieces of a larger global puzzle that could unlock humanity's future?
Are these changes to the earth permanent? Or are they puzzle pieces that, if connected, reveal a larger story that needs to be told; a human story that takes into account who we are and the state of our relationship to this planet, our only home. We are in an environmental age whether we like it or not.
Narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio. >>more
Admission €8
Mar 27 - 30
Masterclass: Working with the Dreambody
Continued Professional Development (CPD) andPost-Graduate Training Course in:Humanistic, Somatic & Transpersonal Psychotherapy
This training program consists of 3 modules with 3 seminars per module.
Seminars include theory and supervision or case-studies where appropriate but are focusing on experiential learning.
Each seminar has a value of 20 h CPD. Accreditation by PSI is in process. more>>
Apr 13
Easter Arts Festival
Come and meet a wild and wacky mix of characters in an assortment of wonderful sites.
This years interactive performance spectacle on the enchanting land of An Sanctoir is full of fun and imaginative surprises. >>more
Apr 17(eve) - 19
Alchemy In Movement
Snake Medicine
Evoking the mysteries of the ancient with modern day practice
with Caroline Carey
Releasing the outer skin of present identity can be a fearful concept, sometimes it is preferable to stay the same way even if stuck or in a rut, rather than experience any discomfort. Old patterns are safe and reliable and yet static and fixed.
Within this workshop we learn to use the snake as a metaphor for movement and new growth. >>more
Apr 24 (eve) - 26
Insight Workshop Training with Ben Cole and Caroline Carey
A self-discovery workshop to gain insight into your authentic personality and integrity, when presenting yourself to others. Quality time to relax and move so that when you are under pressure your thoughts and expressions belong to you. Panic and nervousness, emotional blocks/baggage, inhibitions etc can often force us to wear a mask that hides our true authentic nature. >>more
Apr 26 7pm
An Sanctoir AGM
followed by screening of excerpts from award winning film 'What About Me?'
You are cordially invited to our annual AGM. An ideal opportunity to not only get an overview of the project, but learn more about what's new on the ground, and what is in developement. The AGM also affords the opportunity to offer creative suggestions for An Sanctoir's future direction and growth.
An Sanctoir of Ballydehob will host their AGM on Sunday 26th April at 7pm. You are very welcome to attend and find out more about what the year has brought for the community of An Sanctoir, along with plans and intentions for the future. Following the meeting excepts from ‘What About Me’ the sequel to the award winning film ‘One Giant Leap’ will be shown. Dancing to follow with DJ Caroline Carey. Refreshments provided. For more info tel. 028 37155 ansanctoir@gmail.com more 'What About Me?' >>
May - Aug 2009
Friday17th – Sunday 19th July
We at An Sanctoir would like to spend a glorious weekend of sunshine and softness, relaxing in the company of good people, with little else to do but enjoy ourselves !!! Would you care to join us ??
July 29th - August 2nd
'SHE'
Sexuality reclaimed & meeting madwoman, with Caroline Carey
Owning our sensuality, sexuality and our strengths is reclaiming ourselves. It is taking back our power, instead of giving it away.
When we claim back what is rightfully ours then we can exchange energy, sex and love on our own terms. We will give time to old stories, in order to release them and move on to a clearer sense of what it is to be a strong, sensual woman in her own power. more >>>
August 4 -8
Kids' camp
Tuesday 2pm –Sat-7pm
This is a unique overnight camp for children ages 7 and up.
"Being a child in nature with others"
Our emphasis is on developing cooperation, communication skills and confidence
Through: Art, Drama, Games, Storytelling, Songs
and crafts.
The children are encouraged to be actively involved in the running of the camp
and learn cooking and camping skills.
We have six instructors with various talents and qualifications to help provide a wonderful summer adventure for your child.
Cost: E250
For bookings and information ring Susy: at 028-37792
Limited spaces to ensure a space book early
Workshops Sep - Dec 2009
4 -7 September
Masterclass: The Self-Image Of The Therapist
In this seminar we will explore in detail the therapeutic attitude and self-image of the therapist. The starting point here is the assumption that there is no “correct therapeutic attitude / self-image”, only one that is correct for the individual therapist. Viewed from another perspective, it becomes clear that the therapist needs to pay a lot of attention to when s/he arrives at or adopts an attitude that is not appropriate or artificial. The therapist needs to be clear about the foundations of his/her attitude and which are his/her strength and abilities that support the therapeutic “success”. Many pay more attention to their weaknesses, mistakes and blunders then their strength, perhaps believing this to be the way to go. When we realise the importance of getting and staying connected to our individual strength in the therapeutic work, our “light” can shine the way for both the client as well as the therapy.Further, the therapist needs to be(come) aware of how s/he fits into the systemic relationship model of the client, in order to make use of this in the work. >>more
19th September
Wind Energy Training Course
25th and 26th September
WORKSHOP FOR CREATING WHAT YOU WANT
THE SECRET BEHIND THE LAW OF ATTRACTION
Sat 3 October
Local Food Production Day
An event to promote and celebrate local food production, to
include farm walk, stall, discussion forums, speakers and
presentations. >>more
Details on speakers and forums to be posted at a later date.
23rd-25th October
(Fri 7.30-9.30pm. Sat/Sun 10-4)
Body Sensitive
Dance and Movement weekend with Claire Osborne & Ben Townsend
Cost; €180 Deposit €50 (incl. lunch, concessions available.)
Encompassing two movement practices in one great weekend
We will dance the 5 rhythms,
Shed our skins, quiet the mind
and enter into moving stillness.
Simply being with ourselves and each other in movement
We prepare the way for moving with Presence.
Ben Townsend is a teacher of Gabrielle Roth’s ‘5 Rhythms’ T since 2003. He is also an accredited teacher of Qigong, an artist and stonemason.
Claire Osborne has been teaching ‘Moving Presence’ since 2001. Her work has developed from over 12 years of studying ‘Amerta Movement’ with movement master Suprapto Suryadarmo and from her background as a Yoga teacher, Artist & Massage Therapist.
Bookings and information;
Claire 021 7332927 or Ben 086 309368
osborneclaire@hotmail.com
Sunday Nov 8th 10am - 4.30pm
Moving Presence - Free Movement and Embodied Awareness
Listen to and follow the impulses of the body. Gain understanding into what and how your body communicates. Become more joyful and aware in your relationships. Be more present in the world. This day counts as a prerequisite for those wishing to attend the Foundations in Movement course beginning in November. (See below for details)
Cost:
€70/€50 conc €25 deposit (non refundable). No previous experience necessary.
Bookings Sunny Waites 027 51333 or osbourneclaire@hotmail.com
Nov 20-22nd, Jan 22nd-24th, March 12th-14th
Moving Presence - Foundations in Movement
We follow the impulses of the body, so we move in a free and expressive way.
We come home to our bodies, develop our vitality and express and communicate beyond the limitations of words. It is a powerful tool for understanding ourselves and our world. Participants are supported in exploring and developing their awareness, movement vocabulary and themes, arising from their personal needs and life experience.Whilst it is always grounded and connected to everyday life, it is also deeply moving, healing and sacred. There are no steps to learn, no techniques to master and is enjoyed by all ages and types of bodies.
- Module 1 Body Landscape. Exploring the body and developing our personal movement. Module 2 Human to Human. Movement as a tool for exploring relationships and communication.
- Module 3 Movement and Environment. Working with nature, being in landscape.
Cost;
€500 (€480 if paid in full up front), or €180 per weekend. €50 non-refundable deposit per weekend.Prerequisites;To do the January or March weekends you need to have completed two day workshops or an 8 week course. Contact Claire for info on other courses and days.Bookings Claire Osborne 0862134080 / 0217332927osborneclaire@hotmail.comDeposits to; Ti Na Greine, Gortdonaghmore, Vicarstown, Co.Cork
Moving presence has developed from Claire’s study of Movement, Yoga and Bodywork for over 14 years. Her primary influence is movement master Suprapto Suryadarmo from Indonesia.
4 - 7 December
Masterclass: Recognising The Here-And-Now: Presence and Essence
Even though we might be long familiar with this point and yet, might still stumble over it: “The Helper Syndrome”. Few of us are free of it, few pay enough attention to it: our desire to change the client. It is somewhat absurd and yet somehow necessary to ask the client about their goals in therapy; but the essence has different plans than the “repetition-consciousness” of the small self /ego. The process of self-discovery is paramount.
When we can experience ourselves exactly and implicitly as we are, a natural change occurs. This being an old and proved Gestalt-philosophy, yet it still is overshadowed by the desire to help, this, of course, in a subtle way.To be with what is present in the moment is an art that needs re- and re-learning.To live with what is, means to not just comprehend it rationally but experience it in the now in all three parts of our being: rationally, emotionally and physically. Can we do that? >>more
13 December 6pm
Advent Spiral
Once again its time for this magical and enchanting ceremony for children. Organised by Sean Mullane of Two Rivers kindergarten. You are very welcome. >>Photo
19 December 11am - 4 pm
Christmas Craft Fair
4pm Carol singing and hot fruit punch by the fire
5pm guided star gazing
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WINTER SOLSTICE CIRCLE
A night of ceremony, story, music, and meditation on the solstice time........
includes 3 part viszualisation/journey, first to buffalo drum, then uilleann pipes, then wire harp.
more>>
An Sanctoir is also available to rent for workshops, performances, private celebrations and groups.
We support community events. 028 37155