| 1) COUPLE SEMINARS THE COUPLE AS A “GROWTH SCHOOL” OR THE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE BUT ALWAYS POSSIBLE “LIFE TOGETHER” When we look for a partner to share our life we also bring along our expectations (usually unconscious) of what the other should be as to fullfil our childish "holes" and our adolescent dreams. Very seldomly a couple relationship turns out to be a mature one. We usually talk different languages, the communication is difficult, and we are full of dissatisfaction, frustration and demands. But when love sustains the relation it is possible to begin again on a more real basis, without fantasies and with clarity of what the relation means and how we can contribute to accomplish a "life together" -- transforming the relation in a school where learning and mutual growth is possible. In this workshop we will undertake a "cleaning of the present" (which continuously reflects past issues) and then we will go more deeply in the understanding of what it means to live as a couple, and what a precious opportunity this represents to engage in an "interpersonal yoga" from which we may expect fruits beyond comfort, pleasure and mundane conveniences. Duration of this wks: 18 horas in a weekend (Friday 18 to 22hrs, Saturday 10 to 14hrs and 16 yo 20hrs and Sunday 09 to 13hrs and 15.30 to 17.30hrs). Participants: minimum 10 couples and maximum 20 couples. 2) SEMINAR FOR PARENTS When we decide to have kids, we have a lot of fantasies and dreams, imagining how wonderful and what a miracle it is to bring a new being to this world. This has been so since the world is world. It is also true that very soon we feel overwhelmed by responsibilities, by clumsiness, by feeling uncapable to understand what happens to this tiny thing, when the only communication it knows is to cry when something is bodering him/she. We are eager to see time passing by and the baby being able to speak and communicate what is hurting him/her. When the child grows a little more, and other difficulties are happening, we think again that when he/she grows a little more, everything will become easier. And so we continue, always hoping that it will come a time when we will not feel anguished over our child. Nevertheless, experience has demonstrated that our child will always be our child till the end of our life, and we will continue to feel anguish and incapacities. We haven´t been prepared to be a parent. We have forgotten how we felt when we were children. We have introjected ideas and beliefs which we want to impose as authorities to our children. We have forgotten to look carefully and discover the magic that happens through affection, tenderness and eye-in-eye contact. Frequently we are too permissive, forgetting to put limits, to give clear references. In other instances we think that the best is to become a “friend” to our child, imagining that in this way we will be closer to him/her. As a matter of fact, our child needs a mother and a father giving clear references. Friends, he/she will find throughout his/her life. In this workshop we will open up spaces to explore our difficulties and find alternatives in order to exercise our maternity and paternity from the heart, sustained by a flexible and broader reasoning, and able to transform the home in a place where our child may feel loved, understood, with possibilities to develop his/her potential. It is directed to parents of children above three years old (age where a child starts to separate from his/her parents), including parents of adult children (when conflicts of generation are present and seem to be impossible to solve). Separated parents are also included, of course, for they have those frequent difficulties as parents, increased by others that inevitably occur after separations. This workshop is designed to help parents to see their limitations, disconnect from their guilt, and connect with their loving capacity towards their children. Duration: 18 horas in a weekend (Friday 18 to 22hrs, Saturday 10 to 14hrs and 16 yo 20hrs and Sunday 10 to 14hrs). Participants: minimum 20 and maximum 40 people. It is possible the participation of both parents or only one of them (mother or father). 3) INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS WORKSHOP The main goal of this workshop is to touch several nuclear aspects of some most significant relations in our life, such as: parents, partner, children, siblings, professional and others. We frequently spend a lot of energy in expecting that others accept us, appreciate us, understand us, and we forget that the other expects the same thing. This kind of dynamic leads to misunderstandings and isolation, instead of growth and harmony. Topics covered: origin of the behavior patterns that cause hindrances in the present relations; analysis of difficulties/problems in family relations (parents, children, partners, siblings); improve and develop means of communication which allow honest, healthy and constructive relations. Duration: 18 horas in a weekend (Friday 18 to 22hrs, Saturday 10 to 14hrs and 16 yo 20hrs and Sunday 10 to 14hrs). Participants: minimum 20 and maximum 40 people. The participation of couples in the group allow a specific work within their relation. Also, the presence of several members of a same family has been very fruitful (parents, siblings, children). 4) SEXUALITY SEMINAR Most of the conflicts in a couple relationship are consequences of difficulties within the sexual life, which generates frustrations (seldomly conscious and/or shared) that undermine everyday life, taking the creative and loving energy from different places, such as the family relation, the social, the professional, that with oneself and also within the spiritual path. This seminar aims an opening of new possibilities by acquiring more consciousness and comprehension of the nodes generated by a childish sexuality, seeking evolution through a more mature and satisfactory sexuality. Duration: 18 horas in a weekend (Friday 18 to 22hrs, Saturday 10 to 14hrs and 16 yo 20hrs and Sunday 10 to 14hrs). Participants: minimum 20 and maximum 40 people. The participation of couples is welcome, though it is indispensable an even number of males and females. 5) REFLECTION OF LIFE and A CONSCIOUS PLANNING (FROM WHERE I COME, WHERE I AM, WHERE I AM GOING) One weekend to evaluate the path taken so far, the present moment and a glimpse in the near future, as the summation of lived experiences, giving emphasis to the capacity of recognizing and being able to state priorities on situations, people, values, choices, decisions. We will be invigorating the capacity to focus into relevant aspects and eliminate dispersion and waste of energy around the superfluous and the tentacles of temptations. We will be using as main axis some meditation techniques, guided visualization, the presence of another as a witness of the individual process and the group sharing. Duration: 18 horas in a weekend (Friday 18 to 22hrs, Saturday 10 to 14hrs and 16 yo 20hrs and Sunday 10 to 14hrs). Participants: minimum 20 and maximum 40 people. 6) PROFESSIONAL TRAINING THE ATTITUDE OF A THERAPIST This is a program for professionals dedicated to psychotherapy as well as to other areas dedicated to personal development and self-growth (agents of help in general). The main focus is the attitude of a therapist in the interpersonal relation with patients and with professional colleagues. This training will be developed focusing on the frequent obstacles/difficulties that occur due to the type of personality of each therapist, looking for a better comprehension of these obstacles; as well as the consequences within the different relations, and looking for creative alternatives which may allow to act with more sincerity and spontaneity. Duration: 52hrs divided in 2 modules in weekends with an interval of 2 to 4 months between each. Participants: minimum 20 and maximum of 30 people. 7) RESTAURATION OF RELATIONS METHOD A therapeutic process involving the parental figures and the most important relations in adult life, which aims to clearly understand the origins of personality traits in childhood, catarsis of repressed emotions as well as opening the heart to awaken compassion. The aim of this method is the re-establishment of the loving bond towards parents, which is the basis for healthy relation with others and with oneself. We include in this process some meditation practice and body work. Duration: 6 days in residencial environment. Participants: minimum 20 and maximum of 40 people. ______________________________________________ METHODOLOGY OF THE COURSES ABOVE. All the models are Suzana´s creation, using her experience of 30 years working with individuals and groups in the psychotherapeutic context, and synthesized in several specific models according to the visible need of this historical moment of the humanity in general. The courses are theoretical-experiential, with self-insight exercises, communication and a systematically sharing, as well as individual and group experiences, using gestalt and systemic techniques, guided visualizations, facilitation of internal investigation with themes that has been constant aspects in relational and transpersonal life, group dynamics and individualized attention within the group. | 
