August 2011: Healing Body, Soul, & Spirit

"Caring for Body, Soul, and Spirit through Art & Yoga"  September 15, 2011   6:30 - 9 pm St. Francis Hospital 114 Woodland St Hartford, CT 06105 1-877-783-7262 integrativemedicine@ stfranciscare.org Thomas Moore, author of Care of the Soul and Hari Kirin, author of Art & Yoga, will present this evening program on Art and Yoga as complementary practices. Learn step-by-step guidelines for your personal practice or how to work with groups and in community. Experience creative exercises to deepen your relationship with your body, and simple, yet profound breathing, movement and meditation exercises for relaxation and creativity. There is no need to already know how to draw, meditate, or do yoga - although any experience you bring to the process will be helpful. If you work in a healing profession, you'll find inspiration and practical ways to support your professional practice. The presentation will be 50% lecture and discussion and 50% experiential session. Please wear loose or stretchy clothing and eat lightly before the program. Schedule: 5:30PM Registration and refreshments will be served 6:30 - 7:15 Caring for Body, Soul & Spirit through Art & Yoga: Thomas Moore and Hari Kirin  7:15 - 8:15 Yoga and Art experience: Hari Kirin (this part can be practiced in a chair or on a yoga mat, depending on what is possible for the participant.) 8:15 - 8:45 Q & A discussion with Thomas Moore and Hari Kirin 8:45 Book signing: Care of the Soul in Medicine and Art & Yoga - Kundalini Awakening in Everyday Life. Cost: $10 and parking is validated for the Collins St garage       "The Blue Buddha: Healing Body, Soul, & Spirit"        I CAN DO IT!2011 September 24, 2011 2 - 4:30 pm      The Grand Hall, The Grand Hall Connaught Rooms   61-65 Great Queen Street London, England To be a healthy person you have to care daily for health of your soul and spirit, as well as your body. Certain spiritual and psychological illnesses affect the body and make the whole person sick. This presentation teaches you how we become ill in soul and spirit and how to care for these elements daily to keep them healthy. It also explores themes from Thomas' latest book Care of the Soul in Medicine, about healing soul and spirit in a typical medical context. Thomas looks at the image of Jesus as Lithargoel, the Pearl that heals, and at the Lapis Lazuli Radiant Healing Buddha, who blends health and sickness in one subtle, complex view of life. In this new direction in his work, Thomas presents a truly alternative view of illness and health. For more information about I CAN DO IT!2011 or to register, please click here.  August 2011       I have spent the summer tidying up my translation of the Gospels of the New Testament. I took the advice of my friend Christopher Bamford and added many more side notes offering my own reflections on passages. The project is almost ready, but I still don't have firm publishing plans. I've also been working hard to shape a new book that will include extensive reflections on the work and lives of Emily Dickinson, Henry Thoreau and Glenn Gould, all remarkable people who fashioned unique lives. In September Hari Kirin and I will  be doing a workshop on yoga and healing at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, a place that has been a kind of home for me for several years. Then I travel to the UK to speak at the Hay House I Can Do It Conference in London  on the soul and spirit of medicine and then consult with interesting medical groups in Scotland, a visit made available to me by an extraordinary pioneer in the psychology of medicine, Dr. Clare Willocks. As soon as I get  home I speak for the Evergreen Institute here in New Hampshire on the broader issue of caring for the soul during illness.       Just recently I also started a blog on my web site that has both ideas and personal information, and I continue to write a daily reflection on Twitter. I try to make these brief meditations solid and well phrased. The new app of quotes from Care of the Soul is almost ready, too. That will be available on the "Store" section of the web site. My son Abe has been working on the design, making a form that is simple and Zen-like. I'm sure that eventually the Twitter pieces will be in a similar form.       The weekend of October 21st I'll be in Santa Fe to give my course in "Care of the Soul and Spirituality in Psychotherapy" for the New England Educational Institute. Santa Fe is a wonderful town, and this intensive weekend is always enjoyable.  It's designed for psychotherapists, but I define the word "therapy" broadly, and I think anyone could benefit from this three-day immersion in archetypal psychology and ideas about soul.       I think it's painfully clear to everyone that our new century has not yet moved in the direction of being a more soulful time. We have to keep working at this idea until it really influences the culture. So, please join me in a substantive conversation about these important ideas on my web site and in person. I keep traveling, and I ask you to come out and be with me.                                                EVENTS AT A GLANCE HARTFORD, CT September 15, 2011, 6:30-9:00pm "Caring for Body, Soul, and Spirit through Art & Yoga"   St. Francis Hospital, 114 Woodland Street, Hartford, 06105 1-877-783-7262 or email integrativemedicine@stfranciscare.org  LONDON September 24, 2011, 2-4:30pm "The Blue Buddha: Healing Body, Soul, and Spirit" I Can Do It! 2011 Conference (September 23-25) For more information or to register, please click here.  INTERVALE, NH October 1, 2011, 10-11:30am "A Healthy Body, Soul, and Spirit: Caring for the Soul in Medicine and in Our Ordinary Lives" Theater in the Wood, Intervale, NH http://www.evergreenforwellness.org/ CAPE COD, MA October 11, 2011, 8am Falmouth Hospital, Grand Rounds As a part of Pastoral Care Week at Falmouth Hospital, Thomas Moore will offer a lecture on bringing together the medical and the spiritual. SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO  October 21-23, 2011 "Care of the Soul and Spirituality in Psychotherapy" This symposium will focus on the calling to  help people in physical, emotional, and spiritual trouble. Participants will reflect on their own spiritual journeys and explore ways of meditation and contemplation. They will learn the difference between soul and spirit and see how they can blend psychological counseling with spiritual guidance. Participants will examine the shadow elements in psychotherapy and spirituality both personally and theoretically. They will explore the role of dreams and the arts in therapy, and, finally, they will consider ways to care for themselves spiritually and emotionally and prepare themselves for the deep work of psychotherapy. To register, please call 413-499-1489 x1 or please click here. SARASOTA, FL January 20, 2012 "Care of the Soul in Medicine: Healing Guidance for Patients, Families, & the People Who Care for Them" C.G. Jung Society of Sarasota To register or for more information, please contact the Society at 941-284-3664 or visit their website by clicking here.  PARADISE ISLANDS, BAHAMAS   February 1-4, 2012  "From Religion to Spirituality" The Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat Led by Thomas Moore and Hari Kirin Kaur Khalsa Many of us began our lives within the confines of an institutional religion where the emphasis was on keeping the rules, not deviating from the teachings, and increasing membership. But over time, our experiences and secular learnings have changed us. Now we want a more personally relevant, positive, less moralistic approach. This workshop is for anyone who is trying to sort out religious tradition from a spiritual path. This weekend we will deepen our connection to spiritual life through yoga, meditation, and chant. We will ground our practice through self-inquiry, lecture, discussion, and creative-arts exercises where we'll get to choose music, art, writing, and movement. No previous yoga experience required. To learn more about the Ashram, please visit www.sivanandabahamas.org MARCO ISLAND, FLORIDA February 20-24, 2012 "Spirituality and Care of the Soul in Psychotherapy"  This symposium will focus on the calling to help people in physical, emotional, and spiritual trouble. Participants will reflect on their own spiritual journeys and explore ways of meditation and contemplation. They will learn the difference between soul and spirit and see how they can blend psychological counseling with spiritual guidance. The shadow elements in psychotherapy and spirituality will be examined both personally and theoretically. The role of dreams and the arts in therapy will also be explored. Finally, participants will consider ways to care for themselves spiritually and emotionally and prepare themselves as persons for the deep work of psychotherapy. For more information or to register, please click here.   HOUSTON, TX March 3, 2012, 3pm "The Role of Art in Caring for the Soul" The Rothko Chapel 1409 Sul Ross Street    Houston, TX 77006 http://www.rothkochapel.org/   DAYTON, OH April 12, 2012 "Medicine and Spirituality" Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University 2012 Medical-Spirituality Conference 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy                                              Tom in Donegal, Ireland  1960.