Shalom Retreat in the Washington DC Metro Area

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Tom Goddard, founder of The Integral Company, and Kristen Chamberlin, founder of Maitri, are joining their creative talents and experience to offer a Shalom-style retreat in the Washington D.C. area.

Kristen Chamberlin

What is a Shalom Retreat?

A Shalom Retreat is an intensive growth experience set in a loving and supportive community. Shalom Retreats are based on our understanding of love:

• More than anything else, we long to love and be loved.

• Love is a gift.

• Love is not time-bound.

• Love is a response to need.

• Loving is an art. The skills of loving can be learned. They involve seeing and hearing another, expressing good will, recognizing another’s right to think and feel as he/she does, and the skill of being fully present in our relationships with others.

Tom Goddard

Shalom Retreats focus on empowerment. Through the practice of intentional loving, open space is created in community in which individuals can learn to express themselves with integrity, creativity and passion. Our loving and life force can be blocked by unexpressed feelings such as anger, fear and grief. By unblocking energy we are able to claim our sexuality, our joy, our passion and fully embody the Divine in our daily lives. A variety of techniques (e.g. guided fantasy, primal therapy, role-play, gestalt, and bioenergetics) are used as a means for releasing and transforming repressed emotions, so that one’s passion for life may be fully realized.

Shalom Retreats are for personal growth. They are not intended as a substitute for psychotherapy. They are designed for those who seek to grow and become more aware. Although Shalom Retreats focus on individual work, they can also deepen relationships. You may choose to participate with a friend or life partner. We take care to build a loving community that holds each individual as they seek to alter underlying attitudes and behavior patterns that are no longer life giving.

If you are interested in an individual counseling session prior to the retreat in order to clarify the focus of your work, arrangements can be made for early arrival on the day the retreat begins. This is recommended particularly for people who are coming to a Shalom Retreat for the first time. The cost for a pre-retreat session is $100.

When:

Friday, May 18, 6:00 to 10:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 19, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.

Sunday, May 20, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Where: Northern Virginia (specific location to be announced)

Registration: $395 Early-bird discount rate of $345 available to those who have paid in full by May 1. Make checks payable to The Integral Company and send to Tom Goddard, The Integral Company, 3817 Chanel Road, Annandale, VA 22003. Please provide complete contact information (address, email address, all relevant phone numbers, etc.)

Food:

Friday: Light snacks provided for breaks

Saturday: Lunch, dinner, and light snacks will be served (so eat breakfast before you come)

Sunday: Light snacks provided for breaks

Facilitators:

Thomas G. Goddard, PhD, JD, holds a doctorate in psychology and is President and CEO of The Integral Company, providing counseling, management consulting, and research services to individuals and organizations. As a founding member of the Integral Institute for Medicine at the Integral University, he is the Director of the Center for Integral Healthcare. A member of the Shalom community since 1998, Tom is also a co-founder of the Community for Spiritual Living, the local Shalom community in Washington, DC.

Kristen Chamberlin, MS, LMT, is a facilitator of groups, educator and massage therapist of 18 years. She has been deeply influenced by her study of yoga, meditation, the expressive arts and process therapy as taught and practiced at Shalom Mountain.