April 2011 Events and Updates

"Most issues can be resolved if we start thinking outside ourselves." Tom with his family at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center. His wife, Hari Kirin, and her colleague, Susan Q. Brown, recently opened a new show at BMAC, Wherever You Are is the Center of the World. To learn more about Tom's upcoming talk, "Art & Dream," at BMAC,   please click here.  "Spirituality and Care of the Soul in Psychotherapy" July 11 - 15, 2011 New England Educational Institute, Cape Cod Whether you are a mental health or medical professional, your main job is to heal wounded hearts, minds, and bodies. 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. In this symposium, Thomas Moore will offer a way to practice therapy with a rich and positive philosophy to life while including paradoxes and challenges.  www.neei.org    April 2011 To bring you up to date, Care of the Soul in Medicine and The Guru of Golf will be out in paperback this summer. I'm still looking for a publisher for GOSPEL, my translation and commentary on the New Testament Gospels. I am working on a video to help patients and healthcare providers in hospitals and medical centers. I need some funding for that good project. If you are looking for a good cause . . . And it appears that the theme, the soul of education, is putting a claim on me. In one way or another I expect to write about it seriously during the next year. I was so inspired by my experiences at the London congress on gynecology where I spoke in March that I hope to continue working in that area. Finally, as I write, my close friend James Hillman is suffering a relapse of cancer and is heavily on my mind. I paid him a visit, at the time of his radiation treatments, that was tender, reflective and crackling with wit. Oh, and my wife's superb book Art & Yoga will be out June 21st and her amazing show of huge paintings, Wherever You Are is the Center of the World is at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center in Brattleboro, Vermont until July 3rd.                                       EVENTS AT A GLANCE DERBY, CT April 27, 2011. "The Soulful Healthcare Professional" 10:30 am - 12:00 pm "A Place of Healing" 1:30 - 3:00 pm Grassy Hill Lodge 77 Sodom Lane Derby, CT 06418 For more information, please contact: St. Vincent's Parish Nurse Office at (203) 576-5558 ROCKLAND, ME April 28, 2011, 8 am "Primary Care Providers - Today's Healthcare Heroes" At the Maine Nurse Practitioner Association Annual Conference, Thomas Moore will be talking about Care of the Soul in Medicine. For more information or to download a registration form, please click here. ALBUQUERQUE, NM May 19 - 20, 2011. "Healing People, Healing Places" & "Care of the Soul in Medicine" Osler Symposia, Doctoring 2011: Embracing the Challenge You can find this non-profit group on Facebook under "Osler Symposia" Tom in Donegal, Ireland  1960. BRATTLEBORO, VT May 26, 2011, 7:30 pm "Art and Dream"  Hari Kirin, Thomas Moore's wife, and her colleague Susan Q. Brown created eight paintings, themed Wherever You Are Is the Center of the World. Thomas will be delving into art and dream images in our personal and social lives at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center. To see BMAC's calendar for more information about the talk or other related events, please click here. BOSTON, MA  June 21, 2011, 12 pm Psychiatric Grand Rounds, Tufts Medical Center, Wolff Auditorium, 800 Washington Street CAPE COD, MA  July 11-15, 2011 "Care of the Soul and Spirituality in Psychotherapy" New England Educational Institute For more information on or to register for this inspiring week-long event, please click here. LONDON September 23 - 25, 2011 I Can Do It! 2011 For more information or to register, please click here.

Please come to Moore's talk, Toronto April 14

Public Conversation with  
Thomas Moore

Thursday April 14, 2011
7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.  
Neighbourhood Unitarian Universalist Congregation 
79 Hiawatha Rd., Toronto

Between Gerrard St. and Dundas St.,west of Coxwell Ave.
$12.00 at the door

Join author Thomas Moore and Rev. Wayne Walder for an informal evening of dialogue about soul and spirit.

Moore has written more than 12 books about soul, including his bestseller, Care of the Soul and is considered one of the foremost writers on the connection between psyche and spirit.

He is at the McMichael Gallery, April 15-17, 2011 to offer Master Classes in deepening spiritual leadership.

Visit http://www.soul-spirit-dialogues.ca

Omega this weekend and other upcoming events

Upcoming Events CAPE COD, MA August 16-20, 2010 "Care of the Soul and Spirituality in Psychotherapy" Click here to register SANTA FE, NM October 22-24, 2010 "Care of the Soul and Spirituality in Psychotherapy" Click here to register TAMPA, FLORIDA November 11-14, 2010 "I Can Do It" Conference Click here to register Omega Institute Rhinebeck, New York July 2 - 4, 2010 Jesus Spirituality & the Soul of the Gospels Tuition: $295 continuing education credits Click below to watch a clip  Click here to register With his phenomenally best-selling book, Care of the Soul, and related works, Thomas Moore has guided millions of people in their search for a meaningful life. This workshop is based on Moore's latest book, Writing in the Sand: Jesus and the Soul of the Gospels, which circles back to Moore's early days as a Catholic monk, but is informed by his 30 years of experience as an archetypal, soul-based psychotherapist and theologian. The result is nothing less than a profound achievement for anyone of any faith-or lack thereof. "You don't have to be Christian to make the Gospels an important source of your spiritual life and practice," Moore says in Writing in the Sand. "You only have to read these texts for their spiritual insight and for the spiritual path they offer." Moore and his wife, Hari Kirin Kaur Khalsa, guide us through meditation, chant, communal reflection, self-examination, reading, and walking meditation as we open to the joy of human life and relationship, and discover a spirituality of the divine that never conflicts with the pleasures of our earthly existence. Recommended reading: Moore, Writing in the Sand. Hari Kirin Kaur Khalsa is also teaching Art & Yoga Retreat; October 10-15, 2010. Thomas Moore, PhD, is the author of 17 books on spirituality and soulful living. Because of his deep appreciation for Buddhism, he often refers to himself as a "Zen Catholic." careofthesoul.net Hari Kirin Kaur Khalsa, MFA, MA, is a lead trainer of Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan and an artist dedicated to healing through yoga and art. She began yoga and meditation with Christian monks in 1971 and has taught since 1985. artandyoga.com

Father's Day: The Guru of Golf by Thomas Moore

Give your dad The Guru of Golf for Father's Day  Click here to buy it now online or order it from your local bookseller.

Soul Care: Watch Thomas Moore on ABC News

Soul Care: Thomas Moore speaking on ABC news about health care.  Click on the book

Care of the Soul in Medicine by Thomas Moore

Care of the Soul in Medicine on the road in 2010

SAN DIEGO: 5/16, 2010 I Can Do It! Care of the Soul in Medicine: Healing Guidance for Patients, Families, and the People Who Care for Them BRUNSWICK, ME 5/7/2010.Lecture: The Importance of Not Knowing Yourself 7/8-9/2010 Workshop: Imperfect Souls: How to Love Your Inner Idiot TORONTO: 5/30/2010I Can Do It! Care of the Soul in Medicine: Healing Guidance for Patients, Families, and the People Who Care for Them RINEBECK, NY July 2 - 4, 2010 Jesus Spirituality & the Soul of the Gospels CAPE COD, MA August 16-20, 2010 "Care of the Soul and Spirituality in Psychotherapy" SANTA FE, NM October 22-24, 2010 "Care of the Soul and Spirituality in Psychotherapy" TAMPA, FLORIDA November 11-14, 2010 "I Can Do It" Conference   In my latest book Care of the Soul in Medicine, I offer  my vision for improving health care. I spell out what it means to treat patients as whole persons-body, soul and spirit, and, as usual, I tell stories from my own experience and some that I've heard in my travels. As in Dark Nights of the Soul, I deal with illness as a rite of passage, an event that has important meaning for the patient and the health care giver as well.     The idea for this book came from readers of Care of the Soul. When that book first appeared almost twenty years ago, I began receiving letters from hospitals and medical schools interested in my point of view. In the intervening years I have spoken at countless medical events and have visited hospitals, medical schools and hospices. To prepare for this book I spent two days each month over a two-year period at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, where I got to know hospital life with some intimacy.   So, this is a very meaningful publication for me. I want to add the deep human and spiritual perspective to the current discussion about health care.  The book is not abstract or theoretical. In it I speak from my passions as a healer and as a patient. I look forward to hearing your responses to this book. To purchase Care of the Soul In Medicine click on the book cover to the [left]. To meet me on the road click on an event for more information or to register. Thanks, Thomas Moore

Thomas Moore & Hari Kirin March 2010 Retreat

Writing in the Sand: 

Jesus and the Soul of the Gospels

	How do we bring ancient spiritual teachings into our twenty-first-century lives? Find out how with Thomas Moore, the best-selling author, psychotherapist, and theologian who redefined psychotherapy as care of the soul, and his wife, artist and yoga teacher Hari Kirin Kaur Khalsa, in this monastic-style weekend retreat delving into original Greek texts and newly discovered gospels. Through meditation, chant, communal reflection, self-examination, spiritual reading, and silent walking meditation, you will open to the joys of human life and relationship. Find out more and register.

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