Marion Woodman Foundation Affiliated Programs

Embodied Consciousness Weekend Retreats

How do we nourish our Being in a world of doing? How do you nourish your Being?

This weekend retreat is a time to gather with other women in a safe space, in which you can lovingly experience your Being through your own BodySoul.

Together we will move through gentle practices designed to deepen your connection to your inner wisdom, healing capacities and the Conscious Feminine. We will work with your images and symbols from dreams, nature, and the body through active imagination, body-awareness, sound, movement, and simple art. Images carry the unlived energy and emerge through dreams, body, psyche, and voice. By bringing these images and symbols to consciousness we can more fully live their wisdom in daily life.

These offering are grounded in the work of Carl Jung’s Analytic Psychology and Jungian Analyst, Marion Woodman’s writing and teachings.

Dates: June 6-7, 2009; Sept 19-20, 2009; and Dec 5-6, 2009 Schedule: Saturday 1-6pm and Sunday 11-4pm Location: Santa Cruz and Menlo Park, California.

Fee: $250 each weekend Early Registration: $200. May 16th; September 1st, and Nov 14th Partial Scholarships available. CEU’s: 10 units for MFT, LCSW, and RN Contact: Andrea Wells, Mft andreaw@cruzio.com


Embodied Dreaming – Day long retreat

In this group format we will explore image as the connector between body and soul through dream-work. We will explore these images through movement, sound, and simple art to consciously embody and express the energy of your dream symbols. Images carry the unlived energy and emerge through dreams, body, psyche, and voice. By bringing these images and symbols to consciousness we can more fully live their wisdom in daily life.

Participants will work individually and together, honoring the uniqueness of each person while being supported in a community of soul-tending.

Discussion of Carl Jung’s dream theory and Marion Woodman’s teachings on the psyche/soma connection will support the integration of the experiential process.

Date: Saturday, July 11th, 2009; 1-6pm; $125 Location: Palo Alto, California

CEU’s: Mft, Lcsw, Rn Contact: Andrea Wells, Mft andreaw@cruzio.com


Conscious Femininity: Reading and Discussion Group:

This 8 week group will cultivate an understanding of the Conscious Feminine through excepts from Marion Woodman’s writings and the Myth of Psyche, exploring the tasks in the psychic development of the Feminine. Some experiential processes will support the integration of the reading material.

Instructor: Andrea Wells, Mft Dates: Fridays September 11, 2009 through Oct 30, 2009 Time: 2 1/2 hours. Specific time is pending confirmation Location: Please contact Andrea Wells for details

Fee: 333.00 for the 8-week group CEU’s: MFT, LCSW, and RN

Contact: Andrea Wells, Mft andreaw@cruzio.com