This newsletter comes to you from Susan Burns. It brings reports on recent and upcoming events and notes of interest for the Northwest consciousness and transformation community and beyond.

Conversations of the Crane Update – Next meeting June 19.

Conversations of the Crane is an experiential monthly group, composed of practitioners and seekers, fusing consciousness and story work for new beginnings. The intent of the monthly 4 hour group is to deepen into a learning community centered on process work, based on selected themes with shared facilitation.

As an update, the last meeting in May was hosted and facilitated by Susan Burns, when both volunteer facilitators, selected at the April session to present and facilitate on dream work, were not able to attend. I prepared a theoretical overview followed by individual and group experiential exercises aimed at helping participants discover the hidden meanings in the dreams they selected for analysis. The workshop was profoundly transformative for everyone present.

We will be continuing with another session on June 19, 2010 in Seattle. We will look at the work of Heart Math, engaging the group coherence effect, followed by group exercises focused on self reflection in relationship.

The next session will take place on June 19, 2010 in Seattle. Follow this link for more details. 6/19, 12-4 PM, at Seattle Healing Arts, 3rd Floor Forum, 6300 Ninth Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98115 to explore this topic. Suggested: $10. Please RSVP.

Info on Conversations of the Crane (6/19/10)

Update - Energy Psychology Practitioner Learning Continues Following May 1 Workshop with Susan Burns

On May 1, quite a number of participants joined together in Seattle from 12-4 PM for a learning module on Energy Psychology for 4 full hours to work with Dr. David Feinstein's video presentation which demonstrated his approach to working with subtle energy. Many expressed interest in continuing this work. If you are interested in joining the group that is continuing this work on Energy Psychology or Energy Medicine as taught by Donna Eden and David Feinstein, please contact Susan Burns at 425 881-9000 or info@transformativegroups.com.These meetings will be held in Susan Burns' Belleuve office at a time convenient for the group.

Sprouting Seeds of Compassion with Marc Ian Barasch.

I am sharing an article by Marc Ian Barasch entitled Sprouting Seeds of Compassion which appeared in The Shambala Sun, July 2010. Barasch, author of The Compassionate Life, and founder of The Green World Campaign, continues to work with me. Marc has just completed a workshop in Houston which was supported by The Dalai Lama Center. This is a great read.

Link to Article: Sprouting Seeds of Compassion by Marc Ian Barasch:

(8/28/10) Organic Poetry Workshop: Consciousness and The Spoken Word with Paul Nelson

How can poetry activate consciousness and influence personal story? Spend a day with a curriculum that looks at the deeper aspects of your being through poetry. Learn how to cultivate the poet in others. Paul Nelson, former radio show host, founder of Global Voice Radio, co-founder of SPLAB for the spoken word, and recent author of local poetry A Time Before Slaughter (a long poem re-enacting Auburn history), gives an all day workshop on The Personal Mythology of Organic Poetry. This summer workshop is a great way to introduce poetry to healthcare workers, teachers, and students for a means of transforming personal story.  Aug 28, 9:30-5:30 PM. 7 Cont Ed credits available for teachers and practitioners. $10/$15 on site. Workshop Fees: $85/$95. students: $55

Register: (8/28/10) Organic Poetry with Paul Nelson

(9/12-9/13) Gestalt as a Way of Life & Gestalt as a Therapy with Cyndy Sheldon MSW

Take timeless understandings of Gestalt as a therapy and art form to implement in your work. Gestalt is not a spiritual metholdology but compares to many contemporary spiritual approaches. Cyndy Sheldon. a founder of the original Gestalt Institute in San Francisco plans to show how in a two day workshop: Gestalt As A Way of Life and Gestalt As Therapy on September 11-12.

If you are interested in the work of Gestalt founders Fritz and Laura Perls and how this humanistic, experiential approach of the 60's is being revived in the NW and around the globe, this workshop will take you into the history, form, and practice of Gestalt Therapy.

Enroll for a one day or 2 day workshop. Sponsored by AHP and offering 7 or 14 CECs for nurses, counselors, social workers, and massage therapists. Fee: One day $85/$95, students: $75. Two days: $$170/$180, students: $150.