Community for Spiritual Living: Improv for the Spirit

Tom Goddard — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:04:20 -0400

Start: 09/06/2008 - 4:00pm

End: 09/06/2008 - 8:00pm

Timezone: US/Eastern

Spontaneity. Humor. Flow. Surrendering to the moment. This is how community member Michelle James describes this month's CSL experience. Get ready for an active, high-energy workshop using improv and movement to set our creative spirit on fire. We've been trained, traumatized, and socialized out of the natural spontaneity of our spirit. This highly interactive session will renew your sense of trust and openness through laughter, awareness, letting go of perfectionism, and quieting the inner critic.
Michelle has performed imrov theater for 11 years, and is founder of the Center for Creative Emergence and the Capitol Creativity Network. She is a pioneer in the field, using improv and movement for business and personal transformation.

Community for Spiritual Living: Befriending Death

Tom Goddard — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 11:59:51 -0500

Start: 04/07/2007 - 5:04pm

End: 04/07/2007 - 9:04pm

Timezone: US/Eastern

Most months, the first Saturday of the month, from 4 to whenever, the Community for Spiritual Living gathers to explore how to integrate spirituality into our daily lives. The next gathering is April 7, in Falls Church, Virginia. We'll do process work from 4-6 p.m., and pot luck from 6:00 p.m. to whenever. Please bring a dish for 8.

April 2007: Befriending Death

Many of the Wisdom Traditions have understood that Death can be a great teacher about Life. In the encounter with the reality of death, whether we view it as the end or merely a passage, we can glean much about the richness of our lives.

Tom Goddard will lead the community through a series of experiential processes designed to create a series of profound learning encounters with Death. As a result of participating in this workshop, participants likely not only will have a deepened appreciation of the life we are given, but a clearer notion about how to live a life filled with meaning and joy. It is no overstatement to say that some participants in the March 2006 CSL exploration of Death, led by Dr. Goddard and Michael Smith, emerged with a radically transformed view of their lives. Some even made profound decisions that changed the very course of their lives, both professionally and personally.

Bring a friend if you like, and then stay for POTLUCK FROM 6 TO 8PM-be sure to BRING A DISH FOR 8 PEOPLE (main dish, salad, side dish, bread & beverage, or dessert).