At East Bay Energy Therapy, we have a brand-new workshop series called "Five Days to Joyous Freedom" beginning in November 2006. This series of five workshops is designed to expand understanding of the nature and effects of abuse and, most importantly, to instill the elements that are necessary for a successful recovery. Everyone is welcome: you do not need to identify as a survivor of any kind of abuse to participate. Click here to view the flyer for this event.

The Fear Workshop explores the many faces of fear, including anxiety, shame, and even anger. Participants are guided through a variety of tools for putting fear in its place, and discover the abundant world that their fear has been blocking for so long.

The Hope Workshop will guide participants in seeing how people can heal from the damage of trauma and abuse. Along the way, they will discover the passions and interests they have abandoned, explore their potential calling, and plan how to integrate joy and dreams into their daily lives.

The Compassion Workshop will teach participants to distinguish between their abuse and their true value, and unearth a well of compassion for themselves that can release emotional pain and body memories. Perhaps most importantly, this compassion will lead to the ability to raise their standards for themselves and build wonderful lives. It's easy when you can truly commit to yourself!

The Boundaries Workshop will use fun physical and written exercises to identify boundaries. Participants will become experts in their own feelings, and do great detective work using those feelings to unearth long-neglected boundaries. From there, they will find out how to express, defend, and respect their own and other people's boundaries, and become incredibly powerful in their own lives.

The Honesty Workshop will challenge participants to take careful inventory of self-harming behaviors from bulimia to bouncing checks. It is only by being honest with ourselves about what we want, need, feel, and do that we can become free. This workshop will focus on integrating the commitments and experiences from past weeks and preparing to move into newly joyous and free lives.

Registration for any or all of these is now open! You may register by emailing eft4peace@gmail.com with your name, your address, and the workshops you plan to attend, or by calling us at (510) 652-3014 with that information.

We will also be presenting a shortened version of the Fear Workshop at the Codependents Anonymous miniconference in San Francisco on October 28th. Anyone is welcome at this conference, and no one is turned away for lack of funds.

For a deeper exploration of what is involved in this workshop series, or if your organization is interested in making it available to your members, click here.