The Shared Heart Foundation

Workshops:

Living from the Heart

Couples

Women

Men

Families

Mentorship

Read Testimonials About our Workshops!

It is so important to find, and live from, that centered place within ourselves, to connect with our own heart and with others. The inner, emotional/spiritual work is vital, but it is not enough. We need each other too. We need our family, but we also need extended heart-family, a trusted support network. This inner and outer connection is a focus at all our workshops for participants wanting deeper levels of love and healing in their lives.

We feel our workshops provide individuals and couples with a safe, nurturing and healing environment which allows them to open to and process material usually well hidden in their daily life. We gently encourage rather than force the needed changes to come about from within each person. We lead processes with pairs, small groups or the whole group, leaving time afterwards for sharing and bringing more resolution to individual or couple issues. Music, singing, laughter and movement are woven throughout to allow deeper integration of feelings.

We would like to share our work in new places. Would you like to help volunteer to organize and promote a workshop in your area?  If so, contact us.

We offer workshops for singles, couples, families, or for a general adult audience (individuals and couples). They range in length from one to three hours, one-day, weekend, or longer retreats (3-10 days). See our schedule below for more information or click on a workshop link to get more details.

A message from Barry and Joyce Vissell:
Please join us in holding a vision of a world where women, men and children of all nations, races and religions can see and feel the divine in themselves and one another. Here is our current 2011-2012 workshop schedule. We would love to see you at one of these events. Please remember how important this spiritual-emotional growth work is. Together let’s take another step on this journey into the heart of love and deeper awareness, where real world healing begins.

There are now scholarships or work-exchanges available for almost every event for those in financial need. Write us a letter describing your situation.

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January 6-8  Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA
The Shared Heart New Year’s Couples Retreat
Learn skills to dramatically improve your relationship, while luxuriating at one of the most uniquely beautiful retreat centers we have ever visited. Work-trades or alternative lodging available. Phone: 831-667-3005. Esalen Couples Retreat

January 21  Courageous Loving Center, Chestnut Ridge, NY
a saturday workshop for individuals and couples wanting more love and purpose in their lives. This workshop will provide you with a safe, nurturing environment where you can open to a fuller sense of yourself and your relationships. Location: Chestnut Ridge, NY (between Nyack and Suffern). time: 10am-6pm. cost: $150/ person. $125 if paid in full by jan 14. $30 non-refundable registration fee per person. $60 total non-refundable per person after jan 14. visa/mc accepted. to register: mira (toll-free) 800-766-0629. workshop & local info: amy sherman 845-641-8843 or amy@courageousloving.Com.

February 18-19  Albuquerque, NM
Living from the Heart workshop at the Source Center. $225 if paid in full by Feb 10. $250 after Feb 10. $50 non-refundable registration fee per person. $100 total non-refundable per person after Feb 10. Mira 800/766-0629 or 831/684-2299. Local contact: Chery 505/991-0839 or www.thesourceabq.com.

February 23-27  Aptos HomeCenter
The Greatest Journey: Expanding Your Ability to Give and Receive Love. Second Retreat.


March 10-11  Nevada City, CA
Living from the Heart workshop for individuals and couples. $225 if paid in full by Mar 2. $250 after Mar 2. $50 non-refundable registration fee per person. $100 total non-refundable per person after Mar 2. Mira 800/766-0629 or 831/684-2299. Local contact: Doris Rainville 530-477-7429 or Colleen and Myles Erickson 530-478-5788.

March 17-18  Redwood Valley Couples Workshop
Location: Mendocino County (2.5 hours north of San Francisco). Times: Sat, 10am-6pm; Sun, 9am-4pm. Cost per couple: (if paid in full by Mar 9) $450 (includes camping; donation for meals). $500 after Mar 9. $75 nonrefundable deposit. $150 nonrefundable after Mar 9. Payment plans, partial scholarships & work-exchanges available.


April 11-15  Aptos HomeCenter
The Greatest Journey: Expanding Your Ability to Give and Receive Love. Final Retreat.


April 28-29  Portland Couples Workshop
Location: Nanette and Joe’s studio. (503) 252-1451.
Times: Sat, 10am-6pm; Sun, 9am-4pm.Cost per couple: (if paid in full by Apr 21) $495. $545 after Apr 21. $75 nonrefundable deposit. $150 nonrefundable after Apr 21. Payment plans, partial scholarships & work-exchanges available.


May 4-6  “Women Living From the Heart Retreat” with Joyce at our home-center
Give yourself a true spiritual gift. Empower yourself to more fully express your divine feminine. The focus of this retreat will be the deepening of our connection with the sacred and the supporting of ourselves and each other as women to express all the beauty that is within us. Friday dinner to Sunday lunch. Cost (includes six vegetarian meals and either camping, bed-rolling or day use/local lodging): $295 if paid in full by April 27. $320 after April 27. $50 non-refundable deposit per person. $100 non-refundable after April 27.


May 25-28  Rowe, MA
East Coast “Couples Living From The Heart” Retreat. 3-day Memorial Day Weekend at Rowe Conference Center in the beautiful Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts. Music by Scott Kalechstein. Call Rowe at 413-339-4954.

June 22-24  Summer Couples Retreat
Limited to 12 couples at our HomeCenter. Would you like your relationship to reach a new level of love, healing, intimacy and commitment? Couples describe these weekends as a safe and loving place to learn and practice new skills for their relating. Cost (includes 6 vegetarian meals from Friday dinner to Sunday lunch and either camping or day use/local lodging): $590/couple camping or day use if paid in full by Jun 15. $640 after Jun 15. $100 non-refundable deposit per couple. $200 non-refundable after Jun 15. Limited indoor accommodations, so please call early to reserve space.

July 22-27  Breitenbush Hot Springs, OR
Summer Renewal Retreat with music by Charley Thweatt. For individuals, couples, and families. Each summer at Breitenbush Hot Springs Conference Center, we witness individuals and couples moving through the barriers which prevent them from fully loving. We rejoice as families are united and children opened to their natural selves. The children’s program is alive with art and movement, nature experiences and fun groups! The age groups are 4-5, 6-8, 9-12, 13-15 & 16-19. The overall theme is “The Quest,” a series of adventures leading toward self-discovery. This is the highlight of the year for our whole family. Cost: adults $660-935 depending upon lodging option. Children: FREE-$555 depending upon age. Registration: Mira at The Shared Heart Foundation office toll-free 800-766-0629. Partial work exchanges are available in the children’s program. Summer Renewal

October 5-7  Germany
Couples Retreat at Osterberg Institut near Hamburg. Friday 5pm through Sunday lunch. http://www.osterberginstitut.de/

October 16-22  Assisi, Italy
Living from the Heart Retreat for individuals and couples with music by Charley Thweatt. The powerful energy of sacred places, combined with the deep inner focus of the workshop, helps to facilitate profound inner growth. Beginning with our connection with Self and Source and extending to everyone in our lives, this retreat explores living from the heart and relationship. Living from the Heart in Assisi

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