6th Annual Gathering!
October 9 – 11, 2009
Seabeck, Washington
Dear Friends,
The Compassionate Listening Project warmly invites you to our 6th Annual Gathering. Leah Green, Carol Hwoschinsky, and Cathy Keene are hosting this year. To date, registrations include people from age 25 – 75 from six states plus a sizable contingent from British Columbia (scroll down to the bottom of this page to see the registration list).
Everyone is welcome – no prior experience with the Compassionate Listening Project is necessary in order to attend this Gathering.
This is an opportunity to come together, drink from the well of spirit and community, relax, rejuvenate, and spend time deepening practices to cultivate compassion for ourselves and others. Newcomers are always welcome. Each year we offer a short experiential session for those wanting an introduction to Compassionate Listening.
Special guest: This year we welcome special guest Dr. Dan Booth Cohen, international trainer of Constellation Work, from Boston (see below).
“Thank you all for the wonderful sense of camaraderie,
friendship and open-heartedness that pervaded the whole weekend”
“The Gathering was a high point of my summer. Thank you for providing this wonderful space and for your amazing work in the world.”
When: October 9 – 11, 2009 beginning Friday at 6:00pm and ending Sunday at 4:30pm. Day rates are available for Saturday and Sunday for those who cannot attend the whole Gathering or do not need on-site sleeping accommodations. Single rooms are available. We fill up each year so we do encourage you to register soon.
Seabeck, WA
Annual Gathering Schedule:
Friday, October 9:
5:00 – 6:30 pm: arrival
6:30: dinner
7:30 Opening Circle & Open Space Marketplace
Saturday and Sunday:
With the elegant, self-organizing structure of Open Space, we co-create our very own schedule of concurrent sessions designed to deepen compassion in our lives. Everyone who comes to the Gathering is invited to convene circles to share their own practices, projects, or areas of expertise, or ask for facilitation for a topic you’d like to explore. Each of us then participate in the sessions that hold heart and meaning for us. Our multi-talented senior facilitator, Susan Partnow, will lead us in the Open Space process.
Our facilitators are available to offer practice sessions and share how they use Compassionate Listening with youth, couples, world-work, practice groups, etc. People who have been using Compassionate Listening in their work, programs or projects are invited to share with us.
Our special guest this year is Dr. Dan Booth Cohen, international trainer/facilitator of Constellation Work, who will lead us in a large group constellation on Sunday morning.
About Dr. Cohen: Dan helps individuals and organizations recognize, release, and transform invisible negative patterns embedded in larger family and societal systems. Using the systemic Family Constellation process, he fosters healing where the collision between life and the system was most damaging, whether with children of Nazi perpetrators and Jew Holocaust victims, men and women, or mothers and daughters. A report of his recent workshop at a former Jewish survivor’s camp in Germany can be read here: www.danboothcohen.blogspot.com
Dr. Cohen trained as a Constellator directly with Bert Hellinger and many leading European trainers. He holds a Ph.D. in psychology from Saybrook University School and an MBA from Boston University. He is the author of numerous scholarly articles and book chapters. His most recent book is I Carry Your Heart in My Heart: Family Constellations in Prison. His website is www.HiddenSolution.com
We invite you to join our wonderful learning community, and build our collective wisdom to create a more compassionate world.
Saturday evening: enjoy wine, chocolate, and hilarity with our sixth-annual “Fun-Raising” auction. Everyone who attends the Gathering is asked to bring a treasured piece/s from home: art, jewelry, collectibles, a service; and we
Linda & Leah
Cost:
$200 per person for shared room in the historic Seabeck Inn or one of their historic houses, with six buffet-style meals with organic and vegetarian offerings ($250 for a single room).
$75 for the day rate: lunch and dinner but no lodging, for Saturday and/or Sunday;
Who’s coming to the 2009 Gathering:
1. Leah Green, Indianola, WA
2. Cathy Keene, Bainbridge Island, WA
3. Therese Charvet, Bainbridge Island, WA
4. Betsy Fuchs, Chicago, IL
5. Allison Goldstein, Federal Way, WA
6. Bonnie Scherr Klein, Vancouver, B.C.
7. Michael Klein, Vancouver, B.C.
8. Susan Partnow, Seattle, WA
9. Carol Hwoschinsky, Ashland, OR
10. Darcy Herrett, Hansville, WA
11. Andrea Cohen, Seattle, WA
12. Avril Orloff, Vancouver, B.C.
13. Linda Wolf, Bainbridge Island, WA
14. Eric Kuhner, Bainbridge Island, WA
15. Amy Rakusin, Baltimore, MD
16. Phil Fratesi, Baltimore, MD
17. Maggy Kaplan, Vancouver, BC
18. Susan Kingston, Seattle, WA
19. Ilene Stark, Seattle, WA
20. Nina Spruill, Bainbridge Island, WA
21. David Speck, Port Townsend, WA
22. Georgia Cammann, Kirkland, WA
23. Yael Heffer, Vancouver, BC
24. Lorayne Ham, Mountlake Terrace, WA
25. Fred Nicholson, Kingston, WA
26. Julia Halaby, Boulder, CO
27. Terry Sutter, Renton, WA
28. Naomi Wolfe, Campbell River, British Columbia
29. Barbara Gilday, Bellingham, WA
30. Howard Shattner, Santa Rosa, CA
31. Linda Ellsworth, Eastsound, WA
32. Jennifer Shifrin, Vancouver, BC
33. Ilgvar Daga, Indianola, WA
34. Dana Wilk, Indianola, WA
35. Leah Kyaio, Port Orchard, WA
36. Sarah Zale, Port Townsend, WA
37. Rose Swan, Union, WA
38. Cara Cruickshank, Bainbridge Island, WA
39. Jill Severson, Portland, OR
40. Peter Hwoschinsky, Portland, OR
We look forward to celebrating the abundance of life with you!
To see the flyer for the Gathering, click here.
Click here for secure online registration, or you can send us your $200 registration fee by check to: TCLP, P.O. Box 17, Indianola, WA 98342. After September 26th, please call our office to let us know that you’re coming: 360-626-4411.
