March 11-13, 2005
Transformation emerges out of deep listening to the self, others, the larger community, and the planet itself. We’ll integrate the personal with the political and the political with the spiritual. We’ll learn the basics of Applied Meditation, which weaves together visualization, imagination, intuition, and mindfulness. We’ll settle into that quiet place where we can tap the healing, harmonizing, and creative energies intrinsic to life. Through the power of story, we’ll claim our voices, enrich our humanity, and deepen our ability to trust. When we speak truthfully, we step into our power. When we listen deeply, our hearts and horizons open. By working with intuition and critical thinking, we’ll develop our abilities to be both compassionate and strategic, supporting each other in the work that emerges from our passions.
Margo Adair has been exploring the connections between consciousness, politics, and spirituality for 25 years. Her elegant system involves trusting our own awareness and creativity and shes’s influenced movements for change through her workshops and her books Working Inside Out and Meditations on Everything Under the Sun.
William Aal has organized cross-cultural and gender-justice alliances for over 15 years. He’s currently bringing farmers together with consumers through sharing stories about the land. They founded The Tools for Change Institute “to inspire a cultural transformation in which history, heart, spirit, values, and vision are all at the center of public life.”