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December 2017
Hello my friends,
I don’t feel as though it is my choice to lead my workshops. I am employed
by the mystery. Some years ago I thought I would retire. My
employer let me know it wasn’t up to me. I have to be where I am – on one
side connected with the mystery and on the other side here serving you, whoever you are. I’m the go-between; I live and work between
you and this mystery into which I’m guiding you in the Art of Being
meditation. And not just in the morning meditation. My constant wish is to
give you that which serves your personal journey by bringing you into
friendship with all your inner experiences and feelings – the whole
kaleidoscope – so that you don’t have to fight against yourself on your
life journey. My personal creative passion is to design ways for you to
heal whatever wounds you are carrying from your past and your childhood, to
bring you reconciliation with your male and female nature, to awaken you
into the magic of being totally present in your whole being, rather than
just partially present; and through all of this to awaken you to the
infinite mystery that makes such a difference to how you navigate your days
and nights.
Speaking for myself, being connected with the infinite doesn’t cause me to
run around trying to be holy in my daily life. What it does give me is a
relaxed sense of trust that whatever is happening, it’s not necessarily up
to me to figure it out and take control of. From the eternal perspective my
whole life, like yours, is just a flash in the cosmic pan. We are here and
gone in no time. For me the most awesome paradox in existence is to live
every moment with my whole presence, letting everything matter knowing that
it doesn’t matter at all. This enables me to go through difficult
situations with the sense of humour that says, “Hey, this is not as serious
as you are making it out to be.” I can be light and playful – except when I
forget and wind myself up, stressing about how serious this is. And then a
little bell rings and I remember. So when I feel like, “This isn’t where I
want to be, need to be, should be, am supposed to be,” comes the
recognition, “But I’m here. Ah, OK, let’s see!” And what do I do? I breathe
out. I let go and breathe anew into being here now where, as my old master
Osho used to say, I experience life not as a problem to be solved, but as a
mystery to be lived.
So if it happens in a workshop that you are questioning whether this is
really the right workshop for you: pay attention! You’re here. What brought
you? What moved you to come? What are you here to learn? What is there for
you to discover that is not according to your programme? And that matters
so much, because our programmes are our prisons, and all the magic happens
when we release ourselves from the agendas that run our lives.
Wishing you all a happy Christmas season, alan
PROGRAMME NOTES
Writing this the day before my final workshop of the year, and about to
take my winter break, I’m devoting this newsletter to the major happenings
of 2018 and just the first workshop of the year –
BEING! – which is
in any case such a special one that during the year I’ll be presenting it
in Germany, England and the Czech Republic (where, please note, it is only
open to Czech and Slovak residents).
BEING!
 You come to
Body, Heart & Soul
workshops to engage with your sexuality. You come to
The
Universal Experience
because death, and/or letting go, are major personal themes for you. You
come to
Love, Sex and Shadows
to deepen your intimate relationships. And
BEING!?
You come to this workshop because its theme is YOU – your life, your
longings, your quests, your questions. And for 6 days I give YOU my total
presence, and all I have learned and discovered these past 4 decades to
guide you into whatever liberating, healing, heart-and-soul awakening
experiences your needs and longings are seeking. All the processes,
meditations, trance journeys and rituals, all the music and dancing, all
the intimate connecting with others and with your own aloneness – they are
all here, waiting in the wings, ready to serve you as the moment and the
situation ask for them. And sometimes what you inspire originates here and
now, an experience that never happened before, as new to me as it is to
you, coming out of the mystery I serve and to which we all belong. Yes, BEING! is where the most unpredictable adventures happen, and it
is all so that you can live your life happily, with vibrant presence and
unwavering trust in the goodness of being YOU.
THE NEW 2018-2020 ART OF BEING TRAINING
 This is the final Art of Being Training that will be led by me
personally all the way through (except for some of the morning meditations
which are already excellently guided by your future Art of Being teachers).
By the time the coming Training ends I’ll be coming up to my 77th birthday. For the past few years I’ve been making detailed
notes and recordings for the benefit of the assistants I now begin coaching
so that in the next decade they are ready to lead workshop sessions – and
one day entire Art of Being workshops. Don’t worry! I’m in good health. I’m
just looking after the future for you all. I do thrive on the energy I give
to my work, and still, I am in the hands of the mystery I serve. One
hopefully distant day it will call me home.
AN IMPORTANT ASIDE
 So all you
Art of Being graduates, if it happens to be your aspiration,
keep an eye on
THE NEW ART OF BEING TEACHER TRAINING that will
begin some time in 2018 and will be guided by myself and
Susann Pasztor,
who, besides being my dearest friend, is the most talented person who ever
trained with me. In recent years she has become my invaluable workshop ally
and backup. She’s a more multi-faceted talent than you may know. She’s an
artist (designer of The Art of Being logo), her third novel was riding high
for weeks on Germany’s best-seller list, she’s a wonderful communicator and
listener, a brilliant editor, and also the best translator I have ever had.
Whatever your situation, if you are interested, send me an email
with “New Teacher Training” in the subject header, or if you prefer to
write in German, email to susann@pasztor.de It will be helpful
to us in designing the structure of the Training to know your preferences
regarding the kind of time-frame and schedule that best works for you).
AND BACK TO
THE NEW 2018-2020 ART OF BEING TRAINING
On The Art of Being website you can read all about the two options of this
quite amazing experiential training – the second option is simply the first
option plus the Body, Heart & Soul cycle of workshops for
those who wish to travel the sexual-Tantric path. All I want to do is
inspire you, if anything in you resonates with the Training description, to
come and participate in
The 1st Circle
: You and Your Personality – who serves whom?
Or perhaps you’re already inspired by chatting with graduates of past
Trainings. In any case, everybody is welcome to participate in the opening
6-day workshop that takes place in Germany next May 6-12. It is in itself a
profoundly revelatory experience, and it gives you the opportunity to test
the water, get a sense of other probable participants, and see if it is for
you.
THE ART OF BEING SUMMER FESTIVAL IN CZECH REPUBLIC
 Our summer festival has become each year more delightful. Held always at
the same fabulous venue, a wonderfully friendly hotel set in beautiful
countryside meadows with its own lake, surrounding forest, indoor swimming
pool and spa, and very pleasant accommodation options, it’s also easily
accessible and, if you book early, has very affordable flight connections
to Prague from most major European locations. And the festival itself? THIS
REALLY IS MY GRAND FINALE! Yes, I hope a new team will take it on for 2019
and onwards, but for Irena – the organiser-par-excellence – and myself,
it’s time to let go. So naturally, fabulous as it has become, we envision
flying higher than ever. The 2018 festival – July 4-8 – is called
HERE-NOW AND FOREVER! The line-up of workshop teachers and musicians is already good enough to
fulfil our vision, and we’re still finding new stars to light up our
festival sky. There’s only one reason not to be with us: that you waited
too long to book, and found us sold out. It’s pretty well bound to happen,
so… don’t wait; procrastination is never a good strategy!
 And then there’s
HIGH ON LIFE, our transformational vacation on the Ionian island of Corfu, as always,
in the last week of August (Aug 25 – Sep 1). We could not wish for a more
sublime and magnificently situated retreat centre than Corfu Buddha Hall,
and our 7 days and nights together are an exotic celebration of all that
makes life beautiful in being you and among us all. Again, you can read the
details on our website. Booking early gives you the best accommodation
options whether you wish to stay at the centre or down by the sea in the
charming little town of Arillas (there’s a shuttle service between Arillas
and Buddha Hall).
STOP-PRESS
LOVE AND THE SHADOW:
a (non-residential) weekend workshop for couples and for singles
seeking relationship who can come with a friend so that everyone can
be in explorations with a partner.
Mar 9 - 11, London (Plough Studios, Clapham). Full details in the
New Year Newsletter, or, after Dec 20, from the organiser, Adam
Wilder:
adam@togethernesslondon.com
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Dates |
Event |
Venue |
Location |
Pricing |
Notes |
Registration |
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Feb 26 – Mar 3, 2018 |
Being! |
Haus Ebersberg |
central Germany |
€495 + food&accomm. |
Begins Monday 10.30am
(6 days) |
Christiane
+49(0) 176 477 471 80
christiane@artofbeing.com |
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Mar 23 – 25, 2018 |
The Universal Experience |
Gut Frohberg |
Germany |
€290 + food&accomm. |
Begins 10.30am Friday (3 days) |
Christiane
+49(0) 176 477 471 80
christiane@artofbeing.com |
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Mar 30 – Apr 5, 2018 |
Body, Heart & Soul One |
Waldhaus Centre |
Lützelflüh, Switzerland |
SFr995 + food&accomm. SFr694 |
Begins 10.30am Friday (7 days) |
Waldhaus Zentrum
Tel: +41 (0)34 461 0705
waldhaus@waldhaus.ch
www.waldhaus.ch |
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May 6 – 11, 2018 |
The 1st Circle of THE ART OF BEING
TRAINING - open to everyone! |
Seminarhaus Sampurna |
Germany |
€460 + food&accomm. |
The begining of The Art
of Being Training.
Open to everyone! |
Christiane
+49(0) 176 477 471 80
christiane@artofbeing.com |
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May 17 – 21, 2018 |
Love, Sex and Shadows |
Schloss Glarisegg |
Switzerland |
SFr540 + food&accomm. |
For couples and friends who
come as a pair |
Christiane
+49(0) 176 477 471 80
christiane@artofbeing.com |
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May 25 – 31, 2018 |
Being! |
Earth Spirit Centre, nr Glastonbury |
England |
£425 (£380 if booked in 2017) +
food & accomm. |
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Meru
+44 (0)1304 448 580
meru.artofbeing@gmail.com
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Jun 22 – 29, 2018 |
Body, Heart & Soul Ecstasy (BHS2) |
Seminarhaus Parimal |
Gut Hübenthal, Germany |
€595 (€560 for trainees) + food&accomm. |
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Christiane
+49(0) 176 477 471 80
christiane@artofbeing.com |
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Jul 4 – 8, 2018 |
***The Art of Being® Summer Festival
2018 |
hotel Luna
(link in Czech only) |
less than an hour drive from
Prague, Czech Republic |
CZK6700 + food&accomm. |
In English with Czech
translation |
www.artofbeingfestival.cz |
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Aug 25 – Sep 1, 2018 |
High on Life: a Tantric vacation in
Corfu |
Corfu Buddha Hall |
Corfu, Greece |
please see the event page for
details |
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Christiane
+49(0) 176 477 471 80
christiane@artofbeing.com |
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