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Self Awareness / Personal Development
Last Updated 02/06/2008

Below is a list of courses and activities that Intending SomerVille residents have experienced and believe to have been a valuable contribution to their life journey, and recommend to others.

If you wish to discuss a course or activity in more detail please contact the person who recommended the course.

If you have done any courses or activities that you would like to share with others please fill out the survey at http://www.SomerVilleecovillage.com.au/surveys/  and the details will be listed below.

Additionally if their is a particular course or activity that is coming up and you would like to make other residents aware of it, then please email info@sev.net.au

Recommended Courses / Activities

Course Name:

Mankind Project - New Warrior Training Adventure

Course or activity description:

A weekend initiation into the more hidden parts of the soul, to confront my feelings, fears and the shadows that trip me up in my life. A deep experience shared with 20-30 other men and guided closely by experienced leaders of the Mankind community and just as many initiated staff. The weekend training is followed up by 8 weekly Integration Groups to ground and expand the learnings.

Experience Testimonial:

Has opened and continues to open my awareness of how I behave in the world and how I can be more real about my own integrity, accountability and feelings.

The training weekend gave me a mission and a toolbox for how to live my life true to myself and with others. The Integration Groups have filled my toolbox with life tools that I use every day to strengthen my relationships with my partner, family, friends, self and work.

For any man who wants more honesty, clarity, inner strength, love and connection with their feelings, this training weekend and the community of men behind it offer a very real and powerful way to find those things.

Providers contact name:

Andrew Hemsley

Providers contact number:

0417122278

Providers contact email:

andrew@greenedge.org

Providers website:

www.mkpau.org

Recommended By:

Andrew Hemsley

Course Date:

April 2007

Email:

andrew@greenedge.org

Phone:

0417122278

 

Course Name:

ManKind Project : New Warrior Training Adventure

Course or activity description:

An intensive weekend of discovery for men to allow them to see what is and isn't working in their lives and to give them the tools and support to help them reach their full potential.

Experience Testimonial:

For me I walked into this workshop, rather arrogantly thinking I didn't need it, that I had already journeying into myself and battled my demons with the various other courses I had attended. What a fool I was, on this weekend I had a profound breakthrough, and a fantastic wakeup call. Also with the help of the ongoing "I" groups, I have the support to help me integrate this into my life.

I strongly recommend this course to every man, even if you don't think you need to do any work, you might be surprised. Go on I dare you.

Providers contact name:

The ManKind Project

Providers contact number:

n/a

Providers contact email:

n/a

Providers website:

www.mkp.org or Australian www.mkpau.org local www.mkpwa.org

Recommended By:

Christophe Bouyac

Course Date:

July 2007

Email:

christophe@greenedge.org

Phone:

please email

 

Course Name:

ManKind Project - New Warrior Training Adventure

Course or activity description:

The New Warrior Training is a residential training that starts on a Friday evening and finishes on a Sunday afternoon. You are challenged physically, mentally and emotionally during the weekend and the results are truly amazing.

Experience Testimonial:

I completed the New Warrior Training at Woodman Point in Perth in April 2007. I wish I had known about and completed this training 20 years ago as I know I would have avoided some of the poor choices I made earlier in my life. I now feel a reciprocal and empowering trust and respect for other men that I have never felt before. This is something no man should live without.

Providers contact name:

The ManKind Project

Providers contact number:

1300 134 894

Providers contact email:

adrian.berry@gmail.com

Providers website:

http://www.mkpau.org

Recommended By:

Neil Robertson

Course Date:

April 2007

Email:

neil.robertson@sev.net.au

Phone:

08 94674984

 

Course Name:

ManKind Project - New Warrior Training Adventure

Course or activity description:

The weekend training is challenging-physically and mentally. Each man is taken to his personal edge, where he can face his unconscious limitations and discover his real potential.

Experience Testimonial:

The weekend was an opportunity for me to look at what is working in my life and what is not. Also the ongoing I group after the training has kept me on track.

Providers contact name:

Stephen Boston

Providers contact number:

n/a

Providers contact email:

metatron@iinet.net.au

Providers website:

www.mkpau.org

Recommended By:

Paul Moes

Course Date:

October 2006

Email:

Please phone

Phone:

08 95724550

 

Course Name:

Breakthrough To Success - Wealth And Power Weekend with Christopher Howard

Course or activity description:

Breakthrough to Success” gives you invaluable tools and techniques to change your behaviour using the power of your unconscious mind. The concepts presented are based on NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming)… the science of human communication. Simple yet very powerful tools for changing behaviour to produce fast & lasting success.

Experience Testimonial:

For those of you who know me, know how much this course changed me and my outlook on life, within days of completing the course I stoped smoking and made a number of other positive changes in my life. I found this course to be truly empowering, uplifting and very motivational.

Now I should explain when I first started the course I was somewhat sceptical and a little wary as Christopher Howard is American and so this course does have quite a bit of an American spin and hype to it, which generally I find rather off putting, but I had been advised to overlook these details and just look at the underlying messages and tools. In doing so I was quite surprised to find that I was enjoying myself and learning some powerful and easy tools, I especially like the goal setting tools, and will recommend this course to anyone. If you are interested i suggest that you call me first and I can explain in more detail, I may even be able to obtain free tickets for you to attend.

Providers contact name:

Universal Events - The Christopher Howard Training Team

Providers contact number:

Breakthrough to Success Enquires: 1800 652 192
General Enquires: +61 2 9925 8000, 1800 634 200

Providers contact email:

info@universalevents.com.au

Providers website:

www.universalevents.com.au 

Recommended By:

Christophe Bouyac

Course Date:

April 2007

Email:

christophe@greenedge.org

Phone:

please email

 

Course Name:

New Warrior Training Adventure

Course or activity description:

The intention is to enable men to live their lives with INTEGRITY, ACCOUNTABILITY and CONNECTION TO FEELINGS. Each man will undertake his own journey and be challenged spiritually, mentally and physically. There is ongoing support and training to help integrate and continue the work that is kick-started on the weekend.

Three trainings a year are held in WA. 32 men maximum go through the training on a weekend and are supported by about 40 onsite staff. ManKind Project is a not-for-profit organisation.

Experience Testimonial:

I found the initiation weekend was, although challenging, very empowering and certainly life changing. My life would have been vastly different if I had done this 20 years ago.

One of the major advantages is the ongoing Integration Groups (I-Groups) which provide a safe container in which I can continue my growth and help me stay aligned to my life mission. I consider that every man I have met, whatever age, would benefit from doing this and would bring back such powerful gifts into his relationships, whether that be personal, work or community. I am pleased to observe that several men connected to SomerVille have either completed the weekend or will be doing the next one in April.

Providers contact name:

Mike Fuller

Providers contact number:

08 9390 9350

Providers contact email:

blissus@tpg.com.au

Providers website:

www.mkpau.org

Recommended By:

Mike Fuller

Course Date:

October 2006

Email:

blissus@tpg.com.au

Phone:

08 9390 9350

 

Course Name:

Ishayas Ascension, First Sphere weekend

Course or activity description:

A simple, gentle and powerful form of meditation based on Praise, Gratitude, Love and Compassion. The first sphere course provides 4 integrated meditation techniques for use in everyday experience or in quiet eyes-closed reflection.

Experience Testimonial:

Has allowed me to shift my perspective and observe my thoughts from a neutral headspace, for smooth and authentic choice of what is true for me and what is not. Ascension is not based in any religion or doctrine and does not require any particular belief.

Providers contact name:

International Society of Ascension

Providers contact number:

[+64] 9 528 8315

Providers contact email:

australia@ishaya.org

Providers website:

www.ishaya.org

Recommended By:

Andrew Hemsley

Course Date:

March 2003

Email:

andrew@greenedge.org 

Phone:

0417122278

 

Course Name:

The Art of Creative Conflict

Course or activity description:

Conflict Resolution

Experience Testimonial:

I found the course very positive and worthwhile and will be attempting to put into practice what Brendan has taught me.

Providers contact name:

Brendan McKeague

Providers contact number:

08 9244 9090

Providers contact email:

brendanmckeague@paceebene.org

Providers website:

http://www.paceebene.org/pace/user/brendan-mckeague

Recommended By:

Neil Robertson

Course Date:

June 2006

Email:

neil.robertson@sev.net.au

Phone:

08 95723172

 

Course Name:

Subud

Course or activity description:

When young we tried everything. Finally we settled into the Gurdjieff/Ouspensky psychospiritual "work on oneself", an on-going, lifetime's endeavour.
From that we found Subud, ("SOO-boud") a worldwide organisation giving access to an experiential high.

Experience Testimonial:

When we first found Subud, I (Salamah) had been told by doctors I could not have children, Arthur and I were fighting all the time, and our marriage was on the rocks. Somehow, continued access to this gentle Energy stopped the aggro, and improved our tempers.

Providers contact name:

Subud Perth

Providers contact number:

9470 4087

Providers contact email:

 -

Providers website:

 Put "Subud" into Google, for many websites

Recommended By:

Arthur and Salamah Pope

Course Date:

[Several different ones]

Email:

salamah@ozemail.com.au

Phone:

(08) 9298 9774
 

 

Course Name:

Diploma in Community Development (Children's Services)

Course or activity description:

Course (TAFE & other colleges) as 2 years F/T or 4 years P/T, to be qualified Early Childhood Educator of children 0-6 years old (& up to 12 years old for out-of-school hours care & vacation care).

Experience Testimonial:

As a middle-aged person looking for a career change in a challenging and meaningful field, with variety in a day's work, in a career that could take me into old age if needed, I chose early childhood education (ECE). I also realised that ECE is even more.

Providers contact name:

Diploma in Community Development (Children's Services)

Providers contact number:

various in metro Perth, including Swan TAFE at Midland

Providers contact email:

info.centre@swantafe.wa.edu.au

Providers website:

www.swantafe.wa.edu.au

Recommended By:

Robin Garbut

Course Date:

1982-85

Email:

info@harmony.com.au

Phone:

(w) 9244 2920 / 0417 978 122

 

Course Name:

Landmark Forum

Course or activity description:

Brings participants face to face with themselves, to experience the decisions, choices & attitudes they have adopted during formative years, which are now causing pain and conflict within.

Experience Testimonial:

By the 2nd day I found myself unavoidably confronted with my habit of not engaging life 100%. I could almost physically feel how I hold back and do not open my heart (be whole hearted) in relationships, enthusiasm ... life in general ...

Providers contact name:

 

Providers contact number:

 

Providers contact email:

 

Providers website:

Google search Landmark Forum

Recommended By:

Rebecca Macleod

Course Date:

March - April 2004

Email:

rmacleod@gmail.com

Phone:

08 9305 2527

 

Course Name:

Hakomi Body Centred Psychotherapay

Course or activity description:

1 to 1 work, where therapist encourages client to focus on body communication, arising within the context of discussing current personal issues. Client learns to validate the power and honesty of the messages the body carries.

Experience Testimonial:

While I talked about an issue that was current in my mind, my therapist would notice some little gesture I was making, and bring my attention to it, asking me to gently focus on that particular movement and accentuate it through repetition.

Providers contact name:

various therapists in Perth

Providers contact number:

 

Providers contact email:

 

Providers website:

 

Recommended By:

Rebecca Macleod

Course Date:

2003 - 4

Email:

rmacleod@gmail.com

Phone:

08 9305 2527

 

Course Name:

Yoga in Daily Life Retreat

Course or activity description:

Yoga postures, Meditation, Pranayama, Bush walks, Videos and talks on nutrition, chakras, and what yoga is, yoga cleansing techniques.

Experience Testimonial:

Although I have been involved with Yoga in Daily Life for 10 years there always seems to be something new to learn about myself, and a yoga retreat is one of the best ways to allow me the time over the course of two days to look at what i am doing to my body.

Providers contact name:

Peter Harry

Providers contact number:

92864888

Providers contact email:

perth@yogaindailylife.com.au

Providers website:

www.yogaindailylife.org.au

Recommended By:

Martin Stanley

Course Date:

May 2005

Email:

martin@primusonline.com.au

Phone:

 

 

Course Name:

WA Annual Men's Gathering

Course or activity description:

Deferent workshops during the weekend

Experience Testimonial:

I now know that there is a network that supports men and at this weekend I was able to be myself without all my old baggage., and also got rid of some old baggage. I was able so say what was on my mind and be honest about my feeling. I strongly recommend

Providers contact name:

Peter Lynch

Providers contact number:

9446 6266

Providers contact email:

MySerheed@bigpond.com

Providers website:

 

Recommended By:

Paul Moes

Course Date:

Nov/2005

Email:

moeses@ecocom.org

Phone:

95724550

 

Course Name:

The Grail

Course or activity description:

The Grail is hard to explain but basically it is a three day gathering for men, and provides a safe space to meet your true self. It is a Rite of Initiation into the Self. It is not ‘therapy’ or fixing what’s ‘wrong’, but rather an exploration into the true you.

Experience Testimonial:

For me the grail was one of the most terrifying and exhilarating experiences I have ever had. It is hard to explain but I will try (words do not do it justice), it was terrifying because I journeyed into parts of myself were my deepest fears and daemons reside and exhilarating because I faced my fears.

Providers contact name:

shematrix

Providers contact number:

Depends who is hosting

Providers contact email:

info@shematrix.com

Providers website:

http://www.shematrix.com

Recommended By:

Christophe Bouyac

Course Date:

June 2006

Email:

christophe@greenedge.org

Phone:

08 9572 3683


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