'A wonderful course offered with kindness, sensitivity and enormous love.' (BB)
'I enjoyed it very much and I have learned that love is so easy! I opened my heart – I was waiting, looking for a way to do so and I didn't know it would happen with your help! Overwhelming!' (WC)
'The box of delights is well and truly open - nothing can be the same again!' (NK)
'Thank you for guiding us round the bend, further than we can see … or dare to go ourselves, to reconnect with the rhythm of true love.' (WT)
'The retreat opened up for me a new way of looking at my life, a new way of peace, it was a wonderful experience - the teaching, the sharing - to be okay who I am and where I am.' (MD)
'Thank you for a marvelous retreat filled with insight!' (DH)
Psychosynthesis Courses
What kind of Psychosynthesis courses are there?
We offer occasional group-based courses, small-number guided retreats, and training courses and seminars, details of which are below. We also sometimes recommend suitable courses
offered by other psychosynthesis centres and practitioners.
We also offer a comprehensive distance learning programme, details of which can be found through the link on the left. These courses are in Psychosynthesis for Personal and Spiritual Development, and are not a qualification to work with others in a professional situation. We strongly believe you cannot become a psychotherapist through distance learning (whatever others may suggest.)
Receiving our Diploma does, however, show that the graduate has successfully completed an advanced, thorough and relatively hard programme of theoretical and practical
Psychosynthesis (taking on average 2 to 3 years study.) If you are looking for a formal qualification as a psychosynthesis counsellor or psychotherapist, see our suggestions below.
Psychosynthesis Group Courses
These courses are intended to be supportive of your chosen life path and supplementary
to any previous skills and training. They support you in being true to your
own values whilst empowering others, in how to create meaningful and true
meetings with people and to make you more effective in whatever field you
work.
They are facilitated to enable maximum learning benefit through presentations,
exercises and discussion. The practical work is supported with clear, easy
to understand theoretical input and a warm, supportive atmosphere.
For fuller details on the courses below, including booking
information, or to be on our mailing list, please send an email to Psychosynthesis Avalon.
Updated: January 2012
more courses coming soon
2012
June 21-24 (Thursday-Sunday)
Rome, Italy
Psychosynthesis Conference
A major event for the Psychosynthesis community in 2012, if you are interested in attending this conference click on the box in the left hand column to get more details.
Psychosynthesis and Psychospiritual Guided Retreats
These guided retreats each have a core theme and are usually arranged with only a small number of retreatants (maximum 6) to ensure everyone attending has
time and space to explore their process both individually and in meetings with the other retreatants. Usually a morning seminar is followed by individual
consultations and time for personal inquiry and reflection.
The retreats are residential, in quality rural locations. They are very popular and book very quickly so if you are interested in attending a future retreat, we
suggest you send your details so you can be informed when new retreats become available.
For fuller details on the retreats below, including booking
information, or to be on our mailing list, please send an email to Psychosynthesis Avalon.
2012
March 23-30 (Friday-Friday)
Glastonbury, England
Being Beyond Meditation
On this retreat we will deepen our exploration of different kinds of meditation - reflective, receptive, creative, still, walking, flying, silent, transcendent, mindful,
heart-centred, passive, trance-based, yogic, zazen, guided, and so on … different approaches that suit different minds, and which can be appropriate for different temperaments,
tastes, abilities and so on. We will explore many different methods, but always with these words from Krishnamurti underpinning our inquiry:
‘All effort to meditate is the denial of meditation. Meditation is the ending of thought. It is only then that there is a different dimension which is beyond time.’
This retreat is now fully booked
September 28 - October 3 (Friday-Friday)
Glastonbury, England
Memory: A Deep Inquiry
More than just a collection of random episodes and facts from the past, your memory creates the ongoing narrative that makes your life truly yours.
Memories inform how you learn, the decisions you make and, fundamentally, how your personality forms, develops and shapes your experiences of the past,
present and future. On this retreat we’ll explore different aspects of memory including: the secret memories in the body; forgetfulness and unconscious
memory; individual and collective memory; recapitulation and shamanic memory; freeing yourself from memory; and the different roles of memory in spiritual practice.
If you're interested, contact Psychosynthesis Avalon
* want to arrange a RETREAT?
If you are interested in attending a 5 day retreat
and find those advertised here are fully booked, or you would like to attend one in your local area
why not consider hosting one yourself - they are not difficult to organise and you would not have a fee to pay yourself.
If you want details, contact Psychosynthesis Avalon by clicking here.
Psychosynthesis and Psychospiritual Training Courses
If you are interested in a training to become a professional psychosynthesis or psychospiritual counsellor and therapist, these are courses we recommend. In all cases, we suggest you contact the organisation involved for full details of what is available and what their training(s) involve.
For fuller details on the training courses below, contact the centre concerned
Starting February 2012
Zurich, Switzerland
Psychosynthesis Further Education
at Schule Für ERwachsene
Overall training conducted in German, with translation where appropriate
This training includes the following course:
November 24-25 (Saturday-Sunday)
Biopsychosynthesis: Past, Present and Becoming
with Will Parfitt (English with German translation)
Although the body is sometimes overlooked in psychosynthesis, Assagioli asserted that the full name for psychosynthesis is bio-psychosynthesis, emphasizing the important role of
the body in our personal and spiritual development. From our earliest experiences onwards, each of us builds a unique, on-going relationship with our body, repeating patterns,
sometimes consciously, sometimes not so.
Jung asserted that 'Individuation can only take place if you first return to your body, to your earth, only then does it become true.' From this premise we will explore our relationship
with our bodies and our physical presence in the world. We will focus on survival issues, breathing, containment and touch taboos, sexual energy, digestive functions and, exploring Reich’s
theories of character armour, the effect of emotions on the body's energy centres, our core spirituality, and how to work with arising affects.
We will aim to establish the truth within ourselves of the old tantric affirmation that 'there is no temple as beautiful as my own body.'
If you're interested, go to the website of the Schule Für ERwachsene and click on the link to PSYCHOSYNTHESE Weiterbildungszyklus
Psychospiritual Education
at Sweet Track
Glastonbury, England
Drawing from many traditions rather than subscribing to a particular path, Sweet Track aims to respect difference and empower peoples’ spiritual identity and expression.
Sweet Track offesr quality professional training in spiritual counselling which carries a nationally recognised accredited qualification. Their courses combine good counselling practice with intuitive and psychic understanding to meet the spiritual world of clients.
If you're interested in knwowing more, go to the website of Sweet Track
Psychosynthesis Professional Training
at The Psychosynthesis and Education Trust
London, England
The Psychosynthesis and Education Trust is the longest established psychosynthesis centre in Britain.
The Trust's main purpose is to gain recognition for the central role of soul and Self in psychology and to renew the soul in the everyday life of individuals,
the family, groups, organisations and society.
If you're interested in knwowing more, go to the website of Psychosynthesis Trust
Psychosynthesis Training in Scandanavia
at HumaNova
Stockholm, Sweden (and other Scandanavian locations)
HumaNova offer an extensive and quality training programme including Psychosynthesis.
If you're interested in knwowing more, go to the website of HumaNova
BOOKING DETAILS
There are different booking procedures for many of these courses and retreats. If you
are interested in booking a place, please send your contact details stating
which event(s) you are interested in attending, and we will forward you
full booking information.
Click here to contact Psychosynthesis Avalon