April 2012 Newsletter: Easter at Kripalu

sim    Waking Up to an Engaged and Vital Life  Thomas Moore and Hari Kirin Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health  04/06-08/2012 (Easter Weekend)     Light a new fire in your life by honoring the emptyings and rebirths that are happening all the time. Something in you is ending at the same time other interests, qualities, and gifts are coming back to life. In this special program with best-selling author Thomas Moore and kundalini yoga teacher Hari Kirin Kaur Khalsa, you Learn simple yoga and meditations said to have been practiced by Jesus Consider the distinction between spirit and soul Chant Easter chants, Sanskrit chants and English chants.   Reflect on resurrection stories, images and poems from many traditions Take note of the endings and beginnings in your past, the winters and springtimes of your life Explore your feelings of mortality and the meaning of personal resurrection or reincarnation through the creative arts Renew your connection to those who have passed on and contemplate the future of your future. These rituals, songs, and stories of Easter can help you with the difficult places inside you that are in need of resurrection. CE Credits     To Register click here  "My life work is an attempt to ground the pure, visionary spirit in the imperfect, intoxicating sensuousness of worldly life." Visit Thomas' Website   Waking Up to an Engaged and Vital Life 04/06/2012 @ Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health Medicine and Spirituality 04/12/2012 Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University 2012 Medical-Spirituality Conference 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy., Dayton, Ohio Myth and Psyche 04/20/2012 Re-Vision Centre for Integrative Psychosynthesis, London, UK The Natural Mystic: Developing a Spirituality of Everyday Life 04/22/2012 Alternatives, St James's Church, Piccadilly, London, UK Natural Mysticism 04/23/2012 Isbourne Holistic Centre, Cheltenham, UK The Soul and Spirit of Medicine 08/03/2012 Spirituality and Health Conference, Albuquerque, NM Natural Magic 08/17/2012 8/17-24/2012 Faculty of Astrological Studies, Exeter College, Oxford, UK Love, Magic, Miracles Conference 09/29-10/5/2012 Findhord Foundation, Scotland, UK Saturday night April 7 2012 @ Kripalu: Join best selling author Thomas Moore and kundalini yoga teacher Hari Kirin for an evening of simple yoga, meditation, trraditional Easter chants and an inspired lecture drawing from the gospels, D. H. Lawrence, Norman O. Brown and Zen.

February 2012: Waking up to new life

Waking Up to an Engaged and Vital Life  Thomas Moore and Hari Kirin Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health  04/06-08/2012 (Easter Weekend)     Light a new fire in your life by honoring the emptyings and rebirths that are happening all the time. Something in you is ending at the same time other interests, qualities, and gifts are coming back to life. In this special program with best-selling author Thomas Moore and Kundalini Yoga teacher Hari Kirin Kaur Khalsa, you Learn simple yoga and meditations said to have been practiced by Jesus Consider the distinction between spirit and soul Chant Easter chants, Sanskrit chants and English chants.   Reflect on resurrection stories, images and poems from many traditions Take note of the endings and beginnings in your past, the winters and springtimes of your life Explore your feelings of mortality and the meaning of personal resurrection or reincarnation through the creative arts Renew your connection to those who have passed on and contemplate the future of your future. These rituals, songs, and stories of Easter can help you with the difficult places inside you that are in need of resurrection. CE Credits     To Register click here  "My life work is an attempt to ground the pure, visionary spirit in the imperfect, intoxicating sensuousness of worldly life." Visit Thomas' Website   Art, Dream and Spirituality 03/03/2012 3 pm The Rothko Chapel Houston, Texas Healing Stories 3/13-14/2012 Spiritual Care and Health International Conference, Glasgow, Scotland Waking Up to an Engaged and Vital Life 04/06/2012 @ Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health Medicine and Spirituality 04/12/2012 Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University 2012 Medical-Spirituality Conference 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy., Dayton, Ohio Myth and Psyche Pleasuring the Soul 04/20/2012 Re-Vision Centre for Integrative Psychosynthesis, London, UK The Natural Mystic: Developing a Spirituality of Everyday Life 04/22/2012 Alternatives, St James's Church, Piccadilly, London, UK Natural Mysticism 04/23/2012 Isbourne Holistic Centre, Cheltenham, UK The Soul and Spirit of Medicine 08/03/2012 Spirituality and Health Conference, Albuquerque, NM Natural Magic 8/17-24/2012 Faculty of Astrological Studies, Exeter College, Oxford, UK Love, Magic, Miracles Conference 09/29-10/5/2012 Findhord Foundation, Scotland, UK Saturday night 4/7/2012 @ Kripalu: Join best selling author Thomas Moore and Kundalini yoga teacher Hari Kirin for an evening of simple yoga, meditation, traditional Easter chants and an inspired lecture drawing from the gospels, D. H. Lawrence, Norman O. Brown and Zen.

Waking up to an Engaged and Vital Life

Waking Up to an Engaged and Vital Life with Thomas Moore and Hari Kirin* Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health  04/06-08/2012 (Easter Weekend)     Light a new fire in your life by honoring the emptyings and rebirths that are happening all the time. Something in you is ending at the same time other interests, qualities, and gifts are coming back to life. In this special program with best-selling author Thomas Moore and Kundalini Yoga teacher Hari Kirin Kaur Khalsa, you Learn Kundalini yoga kriyas said to have been practiced by Jesus Consider the distinction between spirit and soul Chant Easter chants and reflect on resurrection stories, images and poems from many traditions Take note of the endings and beginnings in your past, the winters and springtimes of your life Explore your feelings of mortality and the meaning of personal resurrection or reincarnation through the creative arts Renew your connection to those who have passed on and contemplate the future of your future. These rituals, songs, and stories of Easter can help you with the difficult places inside you that are in need of resurrection. CE Credits    To Register click here  A photo we took last week in Sarasota, Florida. Daphne and Apollo Daphne and Apollo, one of my favorite myths, about a person's valid need not to be absorbed into the culture through education, medicine or other ways society tries to shape us for our own good. Daphne is our delicate, pristine soul, and Apollo is culture' great achievements. Her hair is our wildness, his crown society's pride. -Thomas Moore *To learn more about Hari Kirin Visit Artandyoga.com or  to visit the  events calendar..... click here!

Thomas Moore's 2011 Holiday Message

We share with you the darkest time of year, with the promise of new light approaching. Many strong traditions celebrate this time of year and understand how deeply it affects us, how it is a metaphor for dealing with emotional and spiritual darkness. Go far into the dark, and you'll appreciate the new light all the more. We wish you a loving, soulful holiday and look forward to seeing you in 2012. Hari Kirin and Thomas Moore   artandyoga.com  careofthesoul.net 2012 Events: Click on the event for more information or to register Thomas Moore & Hari Kirin:  From Religion to Spirituality    Paradise Island, Bahamas   02/01-04/2012 Waking Up to an Engaged and Vital Life   Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, MA  04/06-08/2012 (Easter Weekend)   Hari Kirin Kundalini Yoga and Creative Arts for all Levels   Lake Wales, Florida   12/19/2011  A Morning Practice for Creativity and Awareness   Lake Wales, Florida   12/20/2011    Art & Yoga Retreat   Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, Lenox, Massachusetts   12/30/2011 - 01/01/2012    Kundalini Yoga & the Expressive Arts for the 5th Chakra and Thyroid   Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health   01/01-06/2012    Art & Yoga: Combining Kundalini Yoga and the Creative Arts    Yoga Village, Clearwater, Florida   01/22/2012   Art & Yoga with Group Art Installation   Kundalini Boston,  Boston, Massachusetts   04/13/2012  New Hampshire Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training   Peterborough, New Hampshire   04/21 - 12/02/2012 Art & Yoga: Combining Kundalini Yoga and the Creative Arts   Yoga at the Ashram, Millis, MA   06/02/2012   Art & Yoga Workshop   Los Angeles, California   06/30/2012       Thomas Moore Care of the Soul in Medicine: Healing Guidance for Patients, Families & Care Givers   Sarasota, Florida   01/20/2012    Spirituality and Care of the Soul in Psychotherapy   NEEI, Marco Island, Florida  02/20-24/2012 The Role of Art in Caring for the Soul   The Rothko Chapel,  Houston, Texas   03/03/2012 Healing Stories   Glasgow, Scotland   03/13-14/2012 An Evening Conversation   Dublin, Ireland   03/23/2012  Medicine and Spirituality   Dayton, Ohio   04/12/2012 Myth and Psyche   London, UK   04/20/2012 The Natural Mystic   London, UK   04/22/2012 The Soul and Spirit of Medicine   Albuquerque, NM   08/03/2012 Natural Magic   Oxford, UK   08/17-24/2012 Spirituality and Counseling   Dallas, Texas   10/10/2012 Soul and Spirit   Litchfield, Connecticut   11/09/2012

Remembering James Hillman (1926 - 2011)

DALLAS, TEXAS November 10, 2011 "Longing for Beauty" The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture Thomas Moore and Robert Sardello will discuss their and James Hillman's ground-breaking work in psychology, from their collaborations at the Institute in the 1980's to their current interests and projects. For more information, click here. GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT November 16, 2011 "The Soul and Spirit of Medicine" Thomas Moore will give a talk that is free and open to the public at Greenwich Library in the morning. He will also be lecturing for staff at Greenwich Hospital at 12pm. 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  This lecture prepares both patients and healthcare providers with a vision for healing people and not just bodies. To register or for more information, please click here or contact the Society at 941-284-3664.   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 This workshop is for anyone who is trying to sort out religious tradition from a spiritual path. 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.   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         October 27, 2011 I'm writing this on the day that my dear friend, colleague, mentor and publisher James Hillman died. It's difficult for me to imagine my world without him after almost forty years of laughter, letters, ideas, planning, and frequent postcards. I don't know which side of James affected me more, his strong personality or his penetrating ideas. In any case, it was the friendship, so full of heart and constancy, that meant the most. I wonder if one day the world will really discover Hillman's genius and the importance of his work. I don't know anyone, present or past, who has had a deeper understanding of human life and culture. For me, he was the standard against which I measured all other work, and I understand the great thinkers of the past through him. It is the Hillman Freud and the Hillman Jung that excites me. On this significant day I recommend his books and essays to you. The Uniform Edition of his writings is well on its way in several volumes from Spring Publications. He will make you see the most ordinary things in a fresh light and will inspire you to live closer to life with profound appreciation of the world that displays itself to your senses. For all his intellectual brilliance, James was a sensual man, close to animals and free to express his own nature in his daily life. I am a devotee of Jung, Emerson, Thoreau, Dickinson and many other giants of culture, but none has influenced me more or given me the joy of insight as much as James Hillman. In his later years, especially, he expressed his affection and gave his support to me at times of doubt and criticism. Today my heart is full of gratitude for having known him intimately and for having had the opportunity to learn from him. I feel moved to do even more to make his life work more accessible to a world that would be much better with his wisdom and point of view.

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.

June 2011: Moore appears in new Vickers film

People v. The State of Illusion Exalt Films, and Movies From The Heart, are proud to present People v. The State of Illusion, a film by Austin Vickers.  This feature length documentary/ drama, directed by award winning Director Scott Cervine, is set in the notorious "Old Main Prison" of the New Mexico State Penitentiary, and tells the story of Aaron Roberts, a single father who is arrested and tried on manslaughter and assault charges following an incident that claims the life of a woman.  Following his conviction and imprisonment, Aaron's daughter is sent to a State home for children because there are no other family members to care for her.  While in the State home, an attorney learns of her plight and the story of her father, and decides to represent her in an innovative and surprising case against the State. Written and produced by Austin Vickers, this movie explores the science and power of perception and imagination and the prison walls of habitual thought and behavior that we all create, and documents the evidence that answers the central question of this provocative film, "can we really change?" Featured in the film are 9 of the nation's leading thinkers in the fields of neuroscience, biochemistry, psychology, quantum physics, sociology, and consciousness theory. June 2011     June has been a soggy month in New Hampshire, good for the plants sprouting up all around me but not for outdoor activities. At least once a week I play golf, a somewhat maligned sport that I find fascinating both as a game and as a fantasy. I'd like to write another book about it, but I don't suppose there is much of a market for my approach. I wrote a piece for the Huffington Post on sports, and it was one of the least read of my contributions.      I'm also planning a book on the loss of humanity in our science-driven society. I'm using Thoreau's two-year retreat at Walden as my inspiration and as an archetypal model for what we need. I don't have a publisher yet, so I don't know for sure if this idea will become a reality.     I'll be teaching again on Cape Cod in July for the New England Educational Institute. I always enjoy that week of interaction with doctors, psychiatrists and social workers (and a few ordinary folks), talking about Jung and Hillman and my own take on spirituality. I'm also taking an active part in spreading the word about my wife's new book Art & Yoga. Finally, I've taken to writing very brief observations on twitter almost every day. I like the form and the brevity. I can imagine a book of such tweets.                                       EVENTS AT A GLANCE 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 seminar, please click here. 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.  LONDON   October 1, 2011 "Care of the Soul" Join Thomas at Alternatives for an all-day workshop on Care of the Soul. To learn more about Alternatives, please visit http://www.alternatives.org.uk CAPE COD  October 11, 2011, 8am Falmouth Hospital, Grand Rounds As a part of Pastoral Care Week at Falmouth Hospital, Thomas Moore will bring together the medical and the spiritual. Tom in Donegal, Ireland  1960. SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO October 21-23, 2011 "Care of the Soul and Spirituality in Psychotherapy" For more details or to register, please click 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