Mar 16-18, 2007
An enduring intimacy is one of life’s great treasures. It is a treasure we create by bringing our attention to each present moment of our being together. Being present, we embrace whatever experience life is offering us right now. By turns, our being together may be blissful, funny, sad, tender, hurtful, or healing. It is kaleidoscopically changing and our love is enriched by learning how to stay present in the midst of all these changes.
This retreat for couples is an opportunity to enter deeply into the experience of being present together. This is love’s best medicine. It creates a spaciousness ample enough to hold the whole human truth of who we are—our beauty and our embarrassment, our possibilities and our limitations. Being present, we find each other again, free from past hurts and free from fears about the future. This precious present is the only moment when our relationship can change.
We share some elegantly simple exercises to practice being present with each other. When practiced over time, these exercises cultivate a profound sense of connectedness and compassion.
Much of the retreat will be spent with partners and there will be lots of humor, music, and movement, as well as talk, demonstrations, and group sharing. Our aim is to create a safe haven for you to renew, deepen, and celebrate your love. All couples—young or old, married or unmarried, straight or gay—who are eager to learn more about the intimate art of being present together are wlecome.
Antra and Richard Borofsky have been together for 37 years and have been couples therapists for 32 years. They are the founders and directors of the Center for the Study of Relationship in Cambridge, where they provide therapy, groups, and workshops on the practice of relationship. Antra is a therapist and Richard a psychologist. In 1995 they were given the Best of Boston award by Boston Magazine for their work with couples. They are contributing authors to On Intimate Ground: A Gestalt Approach to Working with Couples and they are longtime friends of Rowe. Their website is www.beingtogether.com.