By the Kashi Community
Findhorn in the north of Scotland and Kashi in central Florida are over 4,000 miles apart. Yet they are closely connected now since Findhorn resident and Holistic Centers Network Executive Director, Christine Lines, enjoyed a recent stay at Kashi Ashram. She arrived in early December, initially for one month, and then extended into February before returning to Findhorn for the spring. [Read more…]
Managing Possibility: Creating a Successful Resident Service Program
By Carmen Mills at Hollyhock
When I stepped into the role of Manager of the Resident Service Program (volunteers) at Hollyhock last season, I soon realized that my job title could be “Manager of Possibility.”
Each individual arrives with some kind of expectation about what their Hollyhock volunteer experience will look like. Those who have visited Hollyhock as guests may hold a fantasy of an inexpensive month-long vacation spent lounging on the beach. Others imagine themselves stepping into the role of presenter, meeting their guru, or being struck by a spiritual lightning bolt to emerge glowing with heavenly light. It isn’t that intimate connections and epiphanies won’t happen—they can, and they very often do—but it is dangerous to be overly attached to such outcomes. It is my job to do what I can to help manage residents’ expectations, so that they can be free to step into boundless possibility. [Read more…]
The Organization
Founded in 1984, the Open Center is New York’s leading center for integrative learning, professional advancement, personal development, and social transformation. The Center is a vibrant community that offers hundreds of learning experiences each year in nine primary disciplines: holistic health and wellness; psychology; spiritual inquiry; bodywork, movement, & yoga; arts & creativity; professional development; sound & music; addiction & trauma recovery; and the art of dying.
This is a time of expansion for the New York Open Center as we move forward with a vision to more fully align our programs with the everyday happenings in the world. Our institutes and long-term trainings provide the foundation that lead to avenues of learning that integrate holistic practices into the mainstream, something we find is needed more and more in all facets of contemporary society. [Read more…]
Peter Moore is a practical idealist and successful entrepreneur who works ardently over time to bring principle-based projects into reality. He helped found the Holistic Centers Network and has attended the annual International Holistic Centers Gathering for many years. In 1978, Peter co-founded Breitenbush Hot Springs Retreat & Conference Center, and is its current Business Director. “Together we create the world we want to live in through linking up holistic centers the world over. I think of holistic centers as conscious communities whose mission it is to evolve and reify human potential, while having fun.” [Read more…]
Kathy Tyler and Joy Drake lived at the Findhorn Foundation, Scotland for many years and their work reflects the practical applications of living a spiritual lifestyle in the everyday world. Kathy and Joy are the originators of the Frameworks Coaching Process, Frameworks for Change®, MentorSpirit® Cards, The Transformation Game®, Intuitive Solutions® and the world famous original Angel® Cards. The Game has been translated into eleven languages, and there are accredited facilitators in more than 45 countries. Every month Kathy shares an inspirational message inspired by the Angel or ‘quality’ of the month.
Angel of Light for February
Inspirational Message
Let your spiritual nature illuminate and brighten each day. [Read more…]
Want to join a movement towards a more just and sustainable future? Be a part of an inspired, talented, and driven team? Most opportunities at the Hollyhock Cortes Island campus are seasonal, from April through October, with roles in garden, guest services, housekeeping, hosting, kitchen, maintenance, massage, and retail. Two exciting opportunities are currently available in Program Operations.
On our planet today, a new civilisation is seeking to be born, yet significant work still lies ahead to bring it into being. Groups have a powerful responsibility in this endeavour by building greater cooperation and partnership across all dimensions of life.
The Planet Within is a co-creative gathering focusing on group consciousness, May 29th – June 2nd, at the Comunità di Etica Vivente in the stunning countryside of Umbria, Italy. This gathering is a bold, co-creative, pioneering step towards realising the potential of the group life and it’s impact on the evolution of the Cosmos. Book your place by 15 February to secure the early bird. [Read more…]
Our monthly webinar series is the second Wednesday of the month and we invite you to join Joanne Station, Events Manager of Saratoga Springs, as we explore:
Conscious Business and Holistic Centers
Wednesday 13 February, 10am PST
Overview
The desire to raise human consciousness is both utterly ancient and continually new…and appears to be sadly elusive on a global scale. Yet our world – and our very survival as a species – seems to beg for a massive shift in all realms of human operation. How can we, as a holistic community and holders of sacred space, increase the degree and rate of consciousness today? When it comes to the business closest to us – are we holding ourselves accountable to a higher level of consciousness even when we feel bound by the conventions of business in our daily dealings?
Terence Gilbey, General Manager and CEO of Esalen Institute, hosted our January webinar and walked us around the big technology lift they went through in the last quarter of 2018.
How did they approach the challenge of shifting almost their entire technology suite stack away from a single custom written platform? Terry shared some of the high level approaches used and then as a group we explored detailed technologies during the Q&A.
The last 40 years have seen an explosion of interest in the West and worldwide in consciousness, personal growth, holistic practices, and green and sustainable values. This profoundly creative impulse of renewal, with its many positive consequences in wellness, psychology, meditation, ecology and the embrace of a globally interconnected future, has had an invigorating effect on a society that might well have continued on a course of decline and empty materialism. [Read more…]
There is a planetary transformation of consciousness and these centers give people hope.
Ralph White
Join the International Gathering in May and enjoy this unique opportunity to connect with your peers involved in other centers worldwide. Share your experience, enjoy reciprocal learning, have fun and return more inspired about how to successfully achieve your mission!
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Sharing skills, resources and expertise, we trust in the collective intelligence and know that together we are greater than the sum of our parts.