Transformational Inquiry:
Events with Carol L. Skolnick
EMPATHY and INQUIRY: The Work of Byron Katie Meets
Nonviolent Communication
Tuesdays, October 14 - November 18, 10am-noon (6 weeks)
at the Center for Compassion, 225 Rooney Street, Santa Cruz, CA
Facilitated by
Carol L. Skolnick,
Certified Faclitator of
The Work of Byron Katie,
and
Christine King, Certified
NVC Trainer
Cost: $160-100
Are you triggered over and over again by persistant troublesome thoughts, despite giving yourself empathy? Do core beliefs and personal stories block you from your creative flow and life-serving energy? Using the simple and profound tools of Nonviolent Communication and Byron Katie’s inquiry process, The Work, this six week class will help you to uncover and address inhibiting or stressful thoughts that block your ability to be truly open, present, engaged and efficient. Bringing awareness to our stubborn jackals and limiting beliefs, we will develop deeper self-understanding and discovery. Bring your unresolved conflicts, resentments, and a notebook, and discover who you really are without your story.
Space is limited, pre-registration required:
To sign up online, visit
http://nvcsantacruz.org/classes/thework.html
Or:
Mail your check (payable to NVC Santa Cruz) to NVC Santa Cruz, 225 Rooney Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95065
Or:
Phone 831-439-6919
The Center accepts credit cards, Paypal, personal checks and cash.
Recommended reading: Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life, Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your LIfe, and I Need Your Love—Is That True?, all available for purchase here.
Private Workshops, Santa Cruz California
Host Carol for a day-long workshop or
series in The Work of Byron Katie
for eight or more of your friends
or colleagues. To arrange a meeting, write to Carol here.
Inquiry Groups: Coming Soon
In Santa Cruz, California (and anywhere!)
Carol "laser-facilitates" two individuals or one couple or mediation situation and time permitting, we do an exercise, practice client-facilitation techniques or watch a video of Byron Katie. This is an economical alternative to a day-long workshop and allows for self-reflection between sessions. If you are interested in hosting an inquiry group at your home, place of business or community center, contact Carol here.
Coming Soon: Book Study Teleclasses
A Thousand Names for Joy: "The Tao, the Now...and Finally,
the How"
Spiritual masters ancient and modern exhort us to relinquish control, to be fair and kind to others, and to face our problems with equanimity in order to live in peace and joy. It's the wisdom of the ages. But how can we live this wisdom?
In his Tao Te Ching, Lao-tzu advised, "Do your work, then step back; The only path to serenity." Byron Katie provides us with "the How of the Tao"—The Work, a meditative self-inquiry consisting of four questions and a "turnaround"—which enables us to end suffering by investigating the stressful beliefs that create it.
No one knows how to "let go"—we all would if we could—but anyone answer these remarkably simple yet profound questions: Is it true? Can you absolutely know that it's true? How do you react when you believe that thought? Who would you be without the thought? When we inquire for the love of truth, we needn't let go of anything; "it" lets go of "us," life flows through us effortlessly and we experience the deep and abiding joy of "what is."
We will use Katie's new book A Thousand Names for Joy: Living in Harmony with the Way Things Are as a textbook for these workshops. Highly recommended: Katie's first two books, Loving What Is and I Need Your Love - Is That True?
"Doing The Work allowed me to see that wanting to be a successful artist is another identity trap that separates me from my focus on creation. I have never been so productive as a painter as I was the last two weeks. Things are really good and easy as I come to know who I am and just do my job." —Robert, Inquiry Group Participant,
New York, NY
Customized Presentations and Workshops
A dynamic speaker, workshop leader, educator and consultant, Carol L. Skolnick will engage and empower your audience at your next event with incisiveness, energy and humor. Carol delivers interactive programs of Transformational Inquiry by request for groups of 20 or more locally and for groups of 50 or more anywhere in the world.
The following services are available:
Introductory Programs
One- to three-hour presentations and demonstrations of The Work of Byron Katie for your civic group, nonprofit organization, recovery program, school or house of worship. By donation.
Intensive Workshops in Transformational Inquiry
One or two-day customized workshops or longer retreat programs for private or corporate groups of 20-200 or more.
Speaking Engagements
Keynoters from 15 to 30 minutes for meetings and conventions.
Professional Training in The Work of Byron Katie
Tailored to the needs of counselors, coaches, clergy, educators and holistic health professionals who wish to use Transformational Inquiry with their clients.
Teleclasses
On a variety of topics, from 3-8 weeks, for eight or more participants.
To arrange a private event with Carol, call 831-425-1870 or
contact me by email.
Carol's two-day "Loving What Is" workshop in Cali, Colombia, October 9-10, 2004 was a resounding success, with more than 100 participants.
Here is a brief sampling of participants' comments and realizations:
"The best workshop I've ever attended."
"I was thinking about divorcing my husband, but when I went home on Saturday night, I looked at him and realized how much I loved him."
"I realized that the person I most admire is me."
