From Artist Alicia M B Ballard to You: TALKS, WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS, GATHERINGS ©2003/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11 ~ White Rock, British Columbia, Canada.

Thursday, November 29, 2007

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~ MY WORKSHOPS ~

~ Self-Healing ~ Basic Instincts ~

The Ripple Effect ~ The Independent Mind

~ Holidays for "One" ~


“Basic Instincts” ©2005

Workshop Overview: “Basic Instincts” are the fundamental elements that permeate our lives with power and strength. This packed-full of information and ideas workshop/seminar brings a number of vital and fresh perspectives for your consideration and individual/personalized application. Whether comfortable or not with where you are at or, with what you do or got, it will bring unique options and opportunities to your insight. This workshop has something substantial for everyone! Whether experiencing or having experienced setbacks and/or loss or, as part of ongoing personal development or even, for the simply curios. The gathering of information is only the great beginning of "the process"...

Learning Outcomes: Personal balance and evolution depend on the full awareness and mindful use of our instincts or inner wisdom. This unique approach opens us to: * "The process” notion and its unfolding. * Gentle, but deep self- evaluatioon. * Connecting with our short and long term needs. * Be aware of “influences” and “distracters”. * The full recognition of our basic instincts. * Mindfully engage our instincts or inner wisdom. * “Harnessing” our intent * Co-creation...

Benefits of Attending: The awareness of all we are and all we can do - at all times - is like the possibility of reaching for flowers into an ever luscious and infinite garden. In more "practical words", a solid and continued source of inner peace and strength!!! Knowledge is Power. Self - Knowledge is Self - Empowerment

Workshop, one day session, approximately 8 hrs. in length. (Maybe tailored to suit each profit or non-profit organization’s individual needs) Talk, 30 to 45 minutes.

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“Self – Healing” ©2003 formerly: How to drive your own car instead of..., Basic Instincts...

Workshop Overview: Simply because each and everyone of us matters! This one day workshop illustrates how we can control the outcome… the knowledge and the power are already within us. Self-Healing is a reality that we are free to embrace and make our own. For those currently experiencing a “rough patch” on the journey due to major loss, life crisis and /or trauma, depression or a history of mood disorders. Strictly from personal (tested and re-tested and finally...) successful experience/management mode!

Learning Outcomes: *Awareness of the immense power our mind and heart has over our well being. *Concrete steps for recovery from major loss, life crisis and /or trauma. *Management of depression and mood disorders in general. *Recognition that “there is a light at the end of the tunnel”. *Freedom from binding and outdated concepts.

Benefits of Attending: To readily recognize and access recovery steps and strategies in order to manage life as it unfolds and aim to achieve and maintain happiness and balance listening to our "basic instincts" of survival, and applying our new-found knowledge in "mindful and deliberate" actions. Shared in a safe and caring environment with a definitely positive focus.

Workshop Options: one day session, approximately 8 hrs. in lengthor or Four Parts (2 hrs. per day or week) sessions. Talk, 30 to 45 minutes


“The Ripple Effect” ©2005

Workshop Overview: One “part of the process”… is to effectively focus, execute and follow-up mindfully on our actions. Because we know that: “Every action has an equal and proportionate reaction” But, what does that exactly mean? We shall find out as we examine and set the course or, “cast the pebble” to affect and effect motion in your lives, which in turn will create a variety of experiences and choices we did not access before.

Learning Outcomes: Exploration of the reality and magic a slight shift in thought and/or action or a different choice bring about. During this one evening workshop we will learn to: *Deliberately focus our attention on a particular desire or need. *Move forward with a richer, stronger vision. *Build the foundation for new experiences. *Allow and even welcome a “different outcome”. *To keep a “flexible” mind, heart and soul. *To further appreciate the unfolding of life events.

Benefits of Attending: Creating new experiences and embracing the beauty (and sometimes, the beast too?) of the many possible future ramifications those actions or different attitudes bring to us. The importance of being constantly aware that by changing our thoughts/actions/reactions - ourselves - that around us will also change...it is inevitable!

Workshop, one session, approximately two hours in length.Talk, 30 to 45 minutes.



“The Independent Mind” ©2005

Workshop Overview: This one evening workshop is another component or “part of the process” where we specifically attend to “the soft whispers of our heart…”That elusive calling… that dusty dream… or, even that old shelved or interrupted daydream we have not quiet forgotten yet, will be finally named and recognized!

Learning Outcomes: *To tease out the eventualities of following our dreams. *Clear our heads of “outside input”. *To follow our dreams and, yes *To pay very close attention to our "daydreams" (what I call "Spontaneous Visualization" ©2004). *Full acknowledgement of “the process”. *Effective and result yielding affirmations. * "Moving from intent to commitment". ©2005

Benefits of Attending: Acceptance of ones own power and responsibility in following our heart, desires... and, the playfulness and ease it can be done with. Above all, the understanding and acceptance that to follow ones heart is to find true happiness and fulfilment... and be on our way to live the authentic life we were meant to live . (Or... just how sweet can our future be?)

Workshop, approximately three hours in length. Talk, 30 to 45 minutes.

" Holidays for “One" ©2005

Workshop Overview: For those alone. Experiencing a life passage alone during Vacations, Christmas, Hannukah, New Years Eve or any other "significant" time/event.

Learning Outcomes: *To easy ourselves into "a comfortable reality of one" and experience vacations, the holiday season and/or other important or significant events with graceful confidence and in good spirits. Perhaps, even genuine joy!

Benefits of Attending: A "delicious" shift to the positive, opening ourselves to alternative possibilities and preparing to create and/or accept new experiences to come... we can truly surprise ourselves!

Interactive Talk, approximately 2 to 21/2hrs in length





As topics are of human interest in the areas of personal (and professional) development and complementary with family, community and possibly even individual spiritual connections, they are easily suitable for a variety of groups and organizations
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Available Also in Spanish