Effective small business owners know how to manage a company, but they are also natural leaders who work on themselves as much as they do on their businesses. Being a leader involves doing everything we can to make ourselves a good example for employees in all areas. As leaders of holistic centers we might not always recognise ourselves as small business owners and feel the need to develop our business acumen instead. It’s important that we recognise the wealth of experience we have in the holistic field, while continuing to develop personally and professionally. [Read more…]
The Benefits of Money Coaching as a Non-Profit
As a co-worker in the Findhorn Foundation for eight years, I became increasingly aware of the financial challenges within the non-profit world and spiritual culture of the community. In the role of leading the core educational offerings, the primary income stream for the organisation and the primary gateway for guests, I was determined to make this area as successful as possible. Non-profits can be a haven for the martyr archetypes!
The warrior is often active too. Reversing a ten-year trend of declining income over consecutive years, within my area of influence, I became a keen student of the many elements involved. Attending the Centers Gathering each year it was clear the financial dimension was the weak point in the holistic system for many other centers as well. [Read more…]
Esalen and the Human Potential Movement
Esalen was started in the 1960’s when the two founders, Michael Murphy and Dick Price, realized that the exploration of human potential was being constrained in the academic world and there needed to be a place where people could explore the edge of what was possible for humankind. Today Esalen has a long legacy of exploration, creation and research on the edge of what is possible. Names like Abraham Maslow, Alan Watts, Joseph Campbell, Ida Rolf and Fritz Perls have birthed ideas and movements at Esalen. [Read more…]
Network Weaving with Kashi Ashram
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…]
Creating a Successful Resident Service Program
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…]
How Holistic Centers Extend Across the World
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…]
Let your Light Shine
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…]
The Planet Within
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…]
Conscious Business and Holistic Centers
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?
Transformation in Technology: Ten Key Points
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.