Living Alive Phase I

The 25-day Living Alive programs offer you a chance to investigate who you really are and how you live your life. In a supportive and respectful environment, you will be offered experiences designed to heighten your awareness of your physical, intellectual, emotional and spiritual self. The understanding you gain in these programs will enable you to make more informed decisions about yourself, your life and your relationships, and to live your life more fully.

The Living Alive programs are for people who:

• Want a deeper understanding of themselves
• Want to enrich the sources of meaning in their lives
• Feel stuck in old patterns of behaviour that are destructive or no longer useful
• Are at a point of change
• Want to engage more fully in their lives

People who take the Living Alive Phase programs have experienced transformation in their professional as well as personal lives. The programs provide take home tools to improve communication and relating, which can assist in conflict resolution, team building and leadership.

Living Alive Phases I and II are two parts of a whole and are normally taken in sequence. For participants who cannot take a full 25-day program at one time, the Phases can be taken in two parts, Part A and Part B. Part A must be taken before Part B. New Horizons Phase III will next run in 2011.

Living Alive Phase I focuses on participants becoming aware of their patterns of behaviour and energy. Insights and skills are developed to help participants transform the patterns they wish to, and release blockages in their energy.

Listen to Ben and Jock talk about Living Alive Phase I at the Shen Blog archive, and read about one participant's experience at the first Chinese Living Alive Phase I.

During this program, you will have opportunities to:

• Know yourself and your patterns of behaviour more fully
• Discover your own personal resources
• Improve your communication skills
• Explore your fantasies and imagination to make them work for you
• Embrace the hidden aspects of who you are
• Work in a group environment to learn new information about yourself
• Incorporate increased self-awareness, interpersonal skills and insights into your daily life

Format: This 25-day program offers a wide range of experiences, in addition to presentations and discussion, in a safe and respectful environment. Participants work in large group and in smaller groups, and also have the opportunity for individual appointments with the program leaders. Shadow Play forms a section of Living Alive Phase I Part A.

If you would like your employer or other professional body to support your taking Living Alive Phase I, you may find this description of the program useful.

2013 Dates:

Tuition: $3,670.00 (Accommodation and meals extra.)

Early Bird Tuition: $3,170.00 if you register and pay in full at least two weeks in advance.

We recommend that you take the full 25-day program. However, if that is not possible, we offer the New Horizon Phase program in two twelve-day parts (Part A and Part B), which can be taken at different times. Part A must be taken before Part B.

Tuition Part A or B: $2,410.00 (Accommodation and meals extra at a specially discounted rate.)

Early Bird Part A or B: $2170.00 (Accommodation and meals extra at a specially discounted rate.)

Note: Any participant who has already completed Living Alive Phase I, Living Alive Phase II or New Horizons Phase III can repeat the same program for the full 25 days, and receive an $800 discount. Contact the registrars for more information (1 800 222 9211 x 1).

Accommodation and Meals

The Haven offers a range of comfortable rooms and suites. All accommodation is designed to be shared by two or more people, though private rates are available. We make every effort to meet the needs of all our guests, but cannot guarantee specific rooms. Rates include three buffet-style meals per day.

There are three types of room: Basic, Forest view, and Ocean view.
Find out more about accommodations.

A specially discounted price for accommodation is available to participants taking the complete 25-day program.