Program Offerings:
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Online: Beyond the Myth of Dominance Book Study
Offered by: Center for Spiritual Development
Dates: Wednesdays: October 23-December 11, 2024
Join us for an energizing discussion about this powerful book by Edwin M. McMahon, one of the founders of BioSpiritual Focusing. The topic of this book seems especially relevant in the times we are currently experiencing. This program will focus on discussing two chapters a week beginning on October 23, 2024 and continuing every Wednesday through December11, 2024. This will be a peer gathering and will not involve any presentations – it is about cultivating and sharing your own experience of this wonderful text. Deacon Joe Marino will organize participants into groups for sharing.
Cost: $20.00
Register: CALL (714) 744-3172 or visit THECSD.ORG
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2025
Online: BioSpiritual Focusing Book Study Program
When: February 6,13,20,27, and March 6,13,20,27, 2025.
This book study will help participants rediscover their own body within the Body of the Whole Christ — a way of deepening our connectedness with God, others and self. We will cover the basics of BioSpiritual Focusing dynamics and provide participants with experiences in BioSpiritual Focusing. Rediscovering the Lost Body-Connection Within Christian Spirituality by Rev. Edwin McMahon, Ph.D. and Rev. Peter Campbell, Ph.D. will be our guide for the exploration.
Presenters: Joe Marino and Margit Dornisch
Cost: $125
Register here
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Hybrid: BioSpiritual Companioning Course
When: This 9-week program will be focused on training BioSpiritual Focusing companions who wish to learn the dynamics of effectively companioning another.
This will be a hybrid course, with some meetings in person and some on Zoom. The first meeting will be in person Saturday, April 26, 10am -1pm. Subsequent meetings will be on Zoom Thursdays May 8 and 22, and June 5, 6:30-8 pm Pacific; the final session will be in person Saturday, June 21, 10am -1pm.
In addition to these bi-weekly (once every two weeks) sessions, there will be partnering experiences in between sessions to practice what has been learned in the session modules. This program has a prerequisite of completion of a BSF Book Study program (you may register for the 2025 Book Study here).
Participants will need a copy of The Focusing Student’s And Companion’s Manual, Part One by Ann Weiser Cornell & Barbara McGavin. You can obtain a print or PDF copy here.
Cost: $ 175.00
Register here.
On-Site: A Day of Presence: An Introduction to BioSpiritual Focusing
When: Aug 23, 2025, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Where: Center for Christian Spirituality, 434 S Batavia St, Orange, CA 92868, USA
This afternoon of inner reflection will offer an introduction to the practices and fruits of BioSpiritual Focusing. We shall uncover ways to discover the wisdom that is held within our bodies as we attend to the inner feelings that contain holistic knowledge of ourselves and our lives, which is not readily available to the rational workings of the brain’s use of language, concepts and analysis. Through caring presence to what emerges, we unveil a rich harvest of knowing that brings us into the deeper way of understanding abiding in the human soul. The afternoon will be presented by Deacon Joe Marino and Margit Dornisch.
Cost: $45.00
Register Here.
