Workshops & Events
The Marion Woodman Foundation and BodySoul Rhythms® no longer offer or sponsor Workshops or Trainings. Workshops or Trainings based on BodySoul Rhythms® continue to be offered by those who have gone through the Leadership Training Program of the Marion Woodman Foundation.
We are happy to share information on these with you.
Online recorded webinar
With 40+ years of clinical practice, one of Tina's core guiding passions has been to reclaim body wisdom.
In these 3 hour-long interviews with Jung Platform founder Machiel Klerk, we'll traverse rich Jungian territory, bringing together three core Jungian areas of interest: dreams, the shadow, and the creative spirit, with conscious embodiment at the center of our explorations. James Hillman reminds us that "the body is the vessel in which all transformation takes place.” Let’s explore this essential ground of be-ing, together!
Body as Compass: Navigating the Opposites in a Changing World
with Tina Stromsted, PhD, Jungian analyst
April 5, 2024 - April 11, 2024
Glenstal Abbey, Garranbane, Murroe, County Limerick, Ireland
These challenging, polarizing times call us to draw from creative, healing energies from deeper parts of the Self. Our movement session will facilitate an exploration of the Opposites ~ Shadow elements we tend to project onto others and Healing elements from within. Together, we will draw from the deep wisdom that our dreams and inner images can offer - the healthy, creative imagination rooted in the body’s cellular intelligence. Through natural movement we will engage energies needed for resilience, hope, and new life in these chaotic times - the vitality we need to stay present, live fully, and contribute to a changing world.
Transform Your Life Through Embodied Active Imagination: Online Voice Dialogue Group
with Elaine Rosenson, M.A., LMFT
Alternating Mondays 10am-noon PST
April 8 & 22, May 6 & 20, June 10 & 24
Join this online Zoom community where your voices can be understood and heard. These groups are designed to assist each member to explore the unconscious and the shadow in the tradition of Carl Jung using a method of active imagination called Voice Dialogue.
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Led by Elaine Rosenson, M.A., LMFT
Registration:$60 per session payable monthly
Email for interview appointment to join group at any time during series
or call (818) 501-3118
Trauma and Parts Psychology
with Elaine Rosenson, M.A., LMFT
April 20, 2024
9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Pacific Time via Zoom
In this workshop we will learn how parts work can help us approach the most troubling symptoms in the intrapsychic and interpersonal life by honoring the complexity of the mind in a compassionate, respectful, and non-pathologizing way.
Finding the Red Thread
Creativity, Passion, and the Dance of the Feminine
with Marlene Schiwy & Sheila Langston
In Einsiedeln, Switzerland
May 21 - 28, 2024
image courtesy of Valérie Dumas: https://www.valeriedumas.fr
Come and join the circle of reckless hearts as we gather in Einsiedeln to celebrate the red thread of our creativity and passion for life. Through movement and writing, breath, sound and song, dreamwork and active imagination – we will write, dance, and sing our way back to the vibrant red thread at the heart of our existence.
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View the full brochure HERE for more information
Wild Women Writing Circle
with Marlene Schiwy, Ph.D
12 Wednesdays
September 11th - December 4th
(no class on November 13th)
Image: "Desert Dancers"
courtesy of Nancy Patterson
If you would like to develop a regular writing practice and explore the stories at the heart of your life, please join us for this twelve week writing program. In a circle of creative and openhearted women we will consider a wide variety of writing styles and genres: memoir and poetry, dreams and writing from the body, music and active imagination, fairy tale and proprioceptive writing.
Weekly sessions will include teaching and discussion of the writing process, writing together, and breakout groups for sharing your writing. Writers at all levels are warmly welcome.
Reclaiming the Bones: calling forth essence from the depths
A retreat for women
with Sheila Langston and Keren Vishny, September 15 - 20, 2024
The Christine Center, Willard Wisconsin
Bones are the seedbed of our life’s blood. They shelter our heart and speak to our innermost depths. In our day to day living how easily we lose touch with bone as the foundation of our structure, as an aspect of what moves us and an essence that goes beyond our physicality. In an environment of great natural beauty, we will reconnect to the bones of our being and connect with other women on a similar journey. With a fairytale as container, we will explore dreams, move, express and play together. Join us as we enter slow time, and discover the song that our bodysoul bone-essence is singing.
Visit Keren's website for more information!
Fridays September 20, 27 & October 4, 11, 2024
TIME: 11am -1 PM PST
Online via Zoom
Image: "She Who Gives the Dream"
by Meinrad Craighead
Permission by artist’s estate
The more you work with your dreams and your unconscious, and honor it, the more you
understand it, and it understands you. Marion Woodman
Dream images carry wisdom and guidance on the soul’s journey. Diving into dreams through the
portal of Marion’s BodySoul Rhythms embodiment practices including movement, art, voice
and writing, allows the energy of the Images to be revealed and expressed. Archetypal aspects of
images will be discussed and incorporated to amplify personal images at the intersection of Body
and Soul.
Wild Soul Salon will provide a foundation of working with dream images in professional practices or in starting one’s own dream group with peers or friends.
Registration and Information Contact: Andreaw@cruzio.com
Deep Dream Diving
Individual or Group Dream Sessions
with Andrea Wells
Online, via Zoom
Individual Dream Sessions:
Dream sessions incorporate movement, art, Active Imagination, and writing practices to dive into dream images. Marion Woodman’s teaching in Body Soul Leadership training is the embodied foundation of dreamwork.
Create a custom Wild Soul Dream Diving Group Session:
Would you like to experience dream work in a small group format with friends or colleagues? Exploring dreams in a small group is very potent. Each participant will have one-to-one opportunity to work with a dream. As a group, participants will experience Marion’s Body Soul Practices for embodied dreamwork. These practices include, Art, Movement, Writing Prompts, and Active Imagination / Dialogue.
Please contact Andrea to create your own Body Soul Experiential Dream Group.
Writing the Body, Dancing the Soul
A Fall Body Soul Writing Retreat
with Marlene Schiwy, Ph.D
November 10 – 15, 2024
Image: "Twelve Women with Birds"
courtesy of Emily Balivet
Our daily lives are often so rushed and busy that we lose touch with our own depths. Please join us for a Body Soul Writing Retreat this November. Rivendell Retreat Centre is an oasis of peace and tranquility on beautiful Bowen Island, a twenty-minute ferry trip from Vancouver. Come and sink into your own creative process. A variety of writing prompts and exercises, the gentle support and inspiration of the group, the quiet beauty of the setting, delicious food, and abundant spaciousness for reverie and reflection will nourish your body and soul.
Caves of Painted Dreams
Dreams, Symbolism and ART in the Painted Caves of France
Carol Aalbers, PhD & Kirah VanSickle, Artist
& Magen O’Farrell, Anthropologist
September 10-19, 2025
Nowhere is that more evident than in these beautifully painted caves which likely functioned as sacred spaces for early humans. C. G. Jung and Jungian Analyst Marion Woodman believe that by learning to remember and attend to our dreams, we can discover more about ourselves and our relationships to others. Utilizing active imagination and recording our own dream images with various art mediums, will enhance our experience and aid in our inner journey.
On a typical day we will have a dream workshop/art session after breakfast to connect to/elucidate our own images. We will then visit one of the painted caves in the area. Lunch together provides time for discussion with some afternoons free to hike, kayak, bike, rest, or visit some of the other wonderful sights in this area including castles of all sorts, and wineries. We will reconvene in the evening to experience ways to further amplify dreams with art-making, mixed-media techniques, music, movement, and guided imagery.
More Information:
Contact Carol Aalbers, Ph.D. at 775-690-3247
email carol.aalbers@gmail.com for a full brochure