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We are all born with a deep yearning to grow into the freedom and ease and purpose of our lives. Yet that desire is thwarted by the values of our culture, which teach us to live in our heads. Divided from the breath, the present, and the profound intelligence of the body, we sit in our heads and strain to make sense of it all. This workshop shows you how to identify and undo the divisions that keep you from wholeness, and helps you experience the body as you never have before. The cornerstone of The Embodied Present Process™, this weekend is playfully experiential and provides you with new skills to last a lifetime.

For a fuller description of the workshop, please click here.

Workshop runs from 10 am – 5 pm each day. Haarlem is a 15 minute train ride west of Amsterdam, and then it’s a 12 minute walk from the train station to the studio.

And please note that we are asking participants to come to the workshop with a negative PCR or antigen test result, depending on vaccination status. In addition, we will do rapid tests at the door each day (that we will provide). Please read the details here.

**We have held back several spots in this workshop for people who are interested in also taking the Facilitator Training. Please contact us if that’s you!

For a full description of the Facilitator’s Training please visit: https://embodiedpresent.com/experience/tepp-training

Dates of the Training

The in-person training dates are:
Session One November 30 – December 5, 2021
Session Two May 31 – June 5, 2022
Session Three November 29 – December 4, 2022

On the first day we will gather in the late afternoon, have a meal together and an evening session. On the last day we will finish with a morning session and lunch.

Training Cost

The cost of each of the three retreat sessions is €2060 ($2292 US), or €6180 ($6876 US) for the year. This includes the 5-day immersions (with 5 nights private accommodation and meals), weekly video calls for the year of the training, a facilitators’ manual, and a key teaching aid.  It will also include fun, because it’s in the spirit of play that we most fully engage and learn. The year of training should be paid in full prior to the start of session two. By signing up for the training you are expressing a commitment to complete the full year.  We offer two payment plans:

€2060 ($2292 US) five months apart X 3 payments
€561.82 ($625.09 US) every month X 10 payments

*All accommodation is private, unless you are sharing with someone in your bubble. If so, we can offer a refund after signup.
*Transportation to the venue is not included but we will do our best to facilitate car-pooling from Amsterdam. We’re also considering hiring a bus to leave from Schiphol Airport on Sunday afternoon.

*If you haven’t yet taken a Radical Wholeness weekend workshop, there will be one on the weekend preceding the training. Those enrolled in the TEPP training can receive a 50% off discount on that and any weekend workshop(s) during the training year. Contact us for a discount code!

About New Eden retreat centre

New Eden is a beautiful retreat centre in Northern Holland, situated on 50 acres of land, surrounded by forest. There is also a pond!
All meals are vegetarian and organic whenever possible. Vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free, sugar-free and soy-free can all be easily accommodated.
Accommodation is private due to Covid restrictions, unless you’re coming with someone in your bubble, and each room has it’s own WC and shower.

To sign up, please visit: https://embodiedpresent.com/tepp-eu-facilitator-training-info/

The challenge of becoming more embodied when you’ve been raised in a disembodied culture is hard to overestimate.

You have literally been conditioned to live in your head.

The most direct path to embodiment, then, is to step out of that conditioning by forging new choices for yourself.

That is the opportunity provided by the daily, step-by-step support of Recalibrating the Self, and is why it’s so deeply transformative.

It shows you where and how to land in the body, connecting you afresh with yourself, your life, and the world around you.

Recalibrating the Self starts January 1, 2022. Imagine being able to experience your days newly grounded in the wisdom of your embodied intelligence. Now imagine that happening before the month is over. Here’s your chance!

To learn more or to sign up click here.

Breath is our most natural impulse. It gives us life and nourishes our bodies. And yet, unnoticed patterns often inhibit our experience of the breath, which can leave us feeling anxious and uncertain.

Drawing on exercises from The Embodied Present Process, this workshop will help you discover how the body can release to the breath naturally and easily; and it can do so in ways that help minimize anxiety, increase energy and support your own clarity.

This playful and experiential workshop will help you:

bring awareness to your breath;

feel supported by your breath; and

access the clarity and wisdom of your body.

“Doing breath work with Allyson helped me reach a new level of peace and presence with my body. I use the exercises she taught me every day to manage stress and anxiety.”
— Sophia, Toronto

This virtual workshop, led by TEPP co-director Allyson Woodrooffe, will be limited to 14 participants to allow for rich and intimate conversation and runs over three weeks:
January 12, 19 & 26, 2022 from 3 – 4 pm ET (North American ET!) Your sign up fee covers all three sessions.

The Radical Wholeness workshop is the gateway into Philip Shepherd’s work, and is usually given over a weekend. The focus of this process is to facilitate the journey of coming home to the security of the body’s groundedness and clear knowing. Three certified facilitators will cover the material of this workshop during the mornings of the first four days. In the afternoons we will explore the theme of each morning further in various ways, working with breath, voice, receptivity, movement and stillness. Some of these exercises will be drawn from work that we have done over the years with Philip, while other exercises will reflect our personal exploration with the work. There will also be time for an early evening swim in the sea or a walk on the nearby cliffs of Moher, and other group activities.

Who is this workshop for: We welcome all levels of experience to this exploratory workshop, from those who have not taken a Radical Wholeness workshop before, to those who have done the full training. If you wish to explore your process of embodiment, then dive in.

Venue: Boghill Retreat Centre, County Clare. This is a beautiful location close to the famous Cliffs of Moher and the Atlantic ocean. See more at www.boghill.com. Fly into Shannon or Dublin airport and connect by bus and prearranged pick-up or hire a car. The Octagon centre is a magnificent workshop room.

Food: Boghill serves truly delicious vegetarian and vegan food. Diets can be catered for by arrangement.

Price options to suit all budgets:
Includes 5 days bed and board and 5 days tuition

Full price:
(single /twin room): €960
(dorm room): €900

Helping hand price:
(single/twin room): €860
(dorm room): €800

If you are drawn to do this workshop and finances are currently an issue please talk to us.
Pay a deposit of €200 now to secure your place.

Facilitators:

Penelope Easten

Arriving bum first into the world I made an immediate statement about the importance of moving from the pelvic floor! While doing a PhD in zoology I felt let down by the reductionist approach of science and left to train in the Alexander technique. Since 2004 I’ve run international workshops for Alexander technique teachers exploring the state of quiet embodiment, natural breathing and spatial awareness that allows the body to move from selforganising forces. Along the way I had a 30-year battle with chronic fatigue syndrome, which taught me about finding the processes of trust and connection with the embodied self and the world.

I have been working with Phillip Shepherd’s work since 2014, and in 2015 began hosting exploratory Sandboxes monthly co-led with Stuart and later also Sinéad. I was part of the TEPP facilitators training in Ireland in 2017 – 2018.

My book The Alexander technique, twelve fundamentals of integrated movement was published earlier this year by Handspring publishing. I am looking forward to this retreat as an opportunity to deepen further into living from the intelligence of the pelvic bowl, and to eat wonderful Boghill meals together after 18 months of covid isolation.

Sinéad Duignan

My initial training was in the Social Care field where for 10 years I worked with adolescents, women and children in the Leinster region. A tendency to burn-out led to an exploration of more holistic care and a part-time practise of Reflexology and Metamorphic Technique while I raised my two children.

I have a deep interest in women’s health, particularly how, in our culture, the stories we are told and not told affect a woman and a man’s relationship with an unacknowledged gift: the innate healing embedded within the menstrual cycle itself.

Presently, I am doing a Masters in Art, Psyche and the Creative Imagination (Jungian based) and offer Rhythm of Life mentoring and s for women of all ages. The practise of Radical Wholeness invites me to remember, to surrender, to merge more and more with the source of my being, animating all that I do. It has been an honour to give Radical Wholeness workshops locally. I look forward to this new collaboration and many more into the future!

Stuart Walker

Twenty five years ago I began practicing CranioSacral Therapy, studying with the Upledger Institute, and working as a training assistant, helping people to integrate their bodily and cognitive experience, through imagery, dialogue, and bodywork. It is my joy.

I experience Philip Shepherd’s TEPP work as a much needed missing piece in modern life, so I travelled to Toronto in 2016-17 for his facilitator training, and was delighted to be able to study with him again here in Ireland the following year.

Sinéad and I were globally the first of his trainees to offer the weekend workshop in 2018, and it’s wonderful to have his support in this adventure. Radical Wholeness caught our attention in the same year, Penelope was told about Philip’s interview on RTE radio and pestered until she looked up his website! Stuart was recommended Philip’s first book New Self New World through his online CranioSacral community, and Sinéad read Philip’s article in Network magazine. Each of us, though living within a kilometre radius of one another, were individually moved to explore this work. In 2017-18 we did the TEPP training together.

Today the journey continues to change and inform our lives in a most foundational way, and hence, how we work therapeutically with others. We’re delighted to come together to offer this 5-day residential workshop.

Email Sinead Duignan for more information.

This retreat is a five-day immersion in the embodiment practices of Philip Shepherd, run by Philip and Allyson Woodrooffe.

The goal of the retreat is to provide participants with the strategies, skills and insights to land in the wholeness of their being and experience its ease, richness and grace. The aim is to have fun along the way. Some experience with The Embodied Present Process is an asset (whether through an online course or an in-person workshop), but is not a prerequisite.

The retreat takes place on the beautiful grounds of The Well of Mercy, just over an hour north of Charlotte, NC.

Included in the retreat price is 5 nights private accommodation and all meals. Due to Covid protocols, all accommodation is private. But if you are coming with a partner or person in your bubble and would like to share a room, please sign up and let us know and we will issue a refund for shared accommodation. Meals are lovingly prepared and nutritionally balanced.

April 26 – May 1, 2022

Arrival is in the afternoon of April 26, with dinner and an evening session. Then we depart on May 1 at 11am. Class time runs from 10 – 6pm each day with an hour and a half lunch.

Location
Well of Mercy
181 Mercy Lane
Hamptonville, NC
(approx. 1.25 hr drive from Charlotte airport)

The all-inclusive cost of the retreat is $1880 USD and payments can be made in 1, 3 or 6 instalments. Included also is a follow-up group Zoom call a week after the retreat (at a mutually-agreed upon time.)

To pay in 3 or 6 instalments, please contact us directly to set that up.

*Transportation to the venue is not included but we will do our best to facilitate car-pooling from the Charlotte airport.

Dates of the Training

The in-person training dates are:
Session One November 30 – December 5, 2021
Session Two May 31 – June 5, 2022
Session Three November 29 – December 4, 2022

Between each session we will have weekly video calls (date and time will be selected to best work with everyone’s schedules.)

Training Cost

The cost of each of the three retreat sessions is €1860 ($2060 US), or €5580 ($6180 US) for the year. This includes the 5-day immersions (with 5 nights accommodation and meals), weekly video calls for the year of the training, a facilitators’ manual, and a key teaching aid.  It will also include fun, because it’s in the spirit of play that we most fully engage and learn. The year of training should be paid in full prior to the start of session two. By signing up for the training you are expressing a commitment to complete the full year.  We offer two payment plans:

€1860 ($2060 US) five months apart X 3 payments
€558 ($618 US) every month X 10 payments

*There are a limited number of private rooms available for a €200 surcharge (per session). This option will be available during registration.
*Transportation to the venue is not included but we will do our best to facilitate car-pooling from Amsterdam. We’re also considering hiring a bus to leave from Schiphol Airport on Sunday afternoon.

*If you haven’t yet taken a Radical Wholeness weekend workshop, there will be one on the weekend preceding the training. Those enrolled in the TEPP training can receive a 50% off discount on that and any weekend workshop(s) during the training year. Contact us for a discount code!

About New Eden retreat centre

New Eden is a beautiful retreat centre in Northern Holland, situated on 50 acres of land, surrounded by forest. There is also a pond!
All meals are vegetarian and organic whenever possible. Vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free, sugar-free and soy-free can all be easily accommodated.
Accommodation is shared (2 people per room) and each room has it’s own WC and shower. Some upgrades to single are available for a charge of €200/session.

To sign up, please fill out this short form here: https://embodiedpresent.com/tepp-europe-sign-up/

Dates of the Training

The in-person training dates are:
Session One November 30 – December 5, 2021
Session Two May 31 – June 5, 2022
Session Three November 29 – December 4, 2022

Between each session we will have weekly video calls (date and time will be selected to best work with everyone’s schedules.)

Training Cost

The cost of each of the three retreat sessions is €1860 ($2060 US), or €5580 ($6180 US) for the year. This includes the 5-day immersions (with 5 nights accommodation and meals), weekly video calls for the year of the training, a facilitators’ manual, and a key teaching aid.  It will also include fun, because it’s in the spirit of play that we most fully engage and learn. The year of training should be paid in full prior to the start of session two. By signing up for the training you are expressing a commitment to complete the full year.  We offer two payment plans:

€1860 ($2060 US) five months apart X 3 payments
€558 ($618 US) every month X 10 payments

*There are a limited number of private rooms available for a €200 surcharge (per session). This option will be available during registration.
*Transportation to the venue is not included but we will do our best to facilitate car-pooling from Amsterdam. We’re also considering hiring a bus to leave from Schiphol Airport on Sunday afternoon.

*If you haven’t yet taken a Radical Wholeness weekend workshop, there will be one on the weekend preceding the training. Those enrolled in the TEPP training can receive a 50% off discount on that and any weekend workshop(s) during the training year. Contact us for a discount code!

About New Eden retreat centre

New Eden is a beautiful retreat centre in Northern Holland, situated on 50 acres of land, surrounded by forest. There is also a pond!
All meals are vegetarian and organic whenever possible. Vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free, sugar-free and soy-free can all be easily accommodated.
Accommodation is shared (2 people per room) and each room has it’s own WC and shower. Some upgrades to single are available for a charge of €200/session.

To sign up, please fill out this short form here: https://embodiedpresent.com/tepp-europe-sign-up/