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Facing the Lion, Being the Lion |
Finding Inner Courage Where It Lives |
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| August 22, 2008 - August 24, 2008 |
| Rhinebeck Campus: Rhinebeck, NY (US) |
| Tuition: $295 (does not include accommodations or commuter fee)
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| Course: SM08-3902-253 |
Tuition discounts are not available.
Continuing education credits.
Limited enrollment, register early.
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The original notion of the word “courage” means “to stand by one’s core.” This workshop is an exploration into the transformative journey in which we discover how to find and stand by our core. This is the journey of facing the lion and being the lion.
A poet and cancer survivor, Nepo guides us with poetry, storytelling, and experiential exercises into the gift of vulnerability, the willingness to discover our own voice, the abiding commitment to respect our own and others’ journeys, and the skill of working with what we are given.
“I have come to believe that we can only learn about and discover the capacity and meaning of our courage in the context of our struggles, in how we face and inhabit the challenges life presents to us. In this, courage is an applied art of spirit,” Nepo says. “Courage is not something we can manipulate, but only live into. Finding and being the lion is a journey that we must, ultimately, inhabit alone, but one which we must enliven together.”
Bring a journal.
Mark Nepo, poet, philosopher, and program officer at the Fetzer Institute, is author of numerous books, including Facing the Lion, Being the Lion and Surviving Has Made Me Crazy. His book, The Exquisite Risk, was cited by Spirituality & Health as “one of the best books…on what it takes to live an authentic life.” MarkNepo.com |
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