Inner Peace for Outer Peace

Let’s get together to connect to create a safe space
to hold the difficult feelings activated by recent events.

With Leila El Gnaoui, Beverlee Hockenstein, Judith Lowe, Shannon McLain, Daniel Oil, Elena Otekina,  Matthew Pruen, Julian Russell, Dvorah Simon, Mohamed Tarek, Selene Kumin Vega, Valerie Worthington and others

September (dates will be announced in October)

LOS ANGELES, 9:30am  

NEW YORK, 12:30pm

LONDON, 5:30pm

PARIS, 6:30pm

CAIRO/JÉRUSALEM 7.30PM 

A free workshop

We will hold a space to bring healing to our emotional wounds that have been triggered by the conflict in the Middle East.

This safe place is designed to help us let go of the verbal mind from which no answer can emerge and to attend to our body mind that carries the wounds and multiple traumas.

We will provide a space which listens deeply to the emotional reality of each of the participants and gives an opportunity for healing.  The workshop facilitators are committed to holding a space of loving kindness for all the participants. Plenty of time is spent in small groups of 6 to 8 with an expert facilitator helping us open ourselves to the three tenets of the Zen Peacemaker:  Not knowing what the solution is but staying open to all; witnessing each other with loving presence; taking small steps of loving action to support ourselves and each other.

We will set a strong field of safety, have a centering and resource meditation, offer a framework, have sharing in groups of about 6 led by a facilitator, and a final large group sharing.

“There is no issue more important today than creating circles of creative nonviolence that cultivate the “positive power” of generative conversations and communities.  I give my complete support and endorsement to this workshop.” Steve Gilligan

As Thich Nhat Hanh said, “Peace in the world starts with peace in oneself.” I am happy and proud to support you in offering this important opportunity to hold a space for the deep emotions brought up by the conflict in our world today. I send my full support for this essential initiative. Robert Dilts

REGISTER HERE

PLACES ARE ON A FIRST COME BASIS
SINCE WE HAVE LIMITED PLACES, IF YOU REGISTER, BE SURE TO COME

THERE WILL BE NO VIDEO RECORDING OF THIS SESSION

Facilitators

Yulia Abramova, MA in Clinical psychology, NLP-trainer, Generative Coaching practitioner, Somatic Trauma therapist. Yulia holds a private practice meeting clients from Russia, Ukraine, Europe and USA working with shock and developmental trauma. Yulia also teaches in the Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, teaching NLP and basic therapeutic skills. Yulia is Russian-Ukrainian-Jewish.

Leila El Gnaoui is a coach and trainer who has worked in organisations for over 20 years. She is French, based in Paris and born in Algeria. She studied with Richard Bandler, Teresa Garcia Rivera, Steve Gilligan and Robert Dilts and is an NLP Master Trainer, Generative Change Coach and Creative Mind Trainer and Coach.

Beverlee Hockenstein Ph.D. is in private practice working with individuals, couples and groups and is a co-author of Hypnotic and Strategic Interventions. Beverlee studied with Milton Erickson, John Grinder, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and has been teaching meditation for over 50 years. She has been a team leader for Stephen Gilligan for over 30 years and a Generative Change and Creative Mind coach and trainer.

Judith Lowe is a Master Trainer of NLP specialising in Masterclasses, Practice Groups, Modelling Groups and training to make both NLP and Generative Change tools more accessible for social change and community leadership projects. She is co-founder of Generative Citizen, a Generative Coaching Trainer and teaches at NLPU.

Dr Shannon McLain, Saybrook University assistant professor and long Covid recovery specialist, holds a PhD and master’s in mind-body medicine. With over seven years of experience, she facilitates groups and is actively engaged with Aila Health, providing coaching for long Covid individuals.

Daniel Oil is a Coach, Trainer, and Communicator, with 20 years of experience in Argentina and Latin America. Generative Change Trainer and developer. Co-founder and director of the Latin American NLP Network. He offers programs both in Generative Change and Creative Mind for the Spanish-speaking Community around the world.

Elena Otekina, MSc  Psychology, MBA. Elena is an Advanced Creative Mind coach, Generative change coach and trainer, Executive coach PCC ICF and NLP Master Trainer. She’s a clinical hypnotherapist, CBT and trauma informed therapist, and founder of The International Academy for Transformation. She is a Russian married to a Ukrainian.

Matthew Pruen is a Lebanese/Palestinian/British relationship coach, group facilitator and a supervising facilitator for the Hoffman Institute UK. He taught the Healing the Wounds of History program 2011-2019 for the Centre for Lebanese Studies. He brings his mixed ethnicity and cultural background and his trainings in Systemic Constellation Work into both his personal relationship and peacebuilding work.

Julian Russell has been studying personal evolution for over 50 years. He works on three continents as a psychotherapist, coach, executive coach and founder of The Life Talent Programme, a transformational personal development programme. He is a founding member of IAGC and a Creative Mind Trainer. Julian is British.

Dvorah Simon, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist practising in New Mexico.  Her work includes psychotherapy grounded in Solution Focused Therapy and other Ericksonian approaches.   She co-edited, with Stephen Gilligan, “Walking in Two Worlds,” an anthology of Self Relations Therapy. 

Mohamed Tarek has over 17 years of international experience and specialises in psychology, personal development, and relationships.  As the Regional Director of the Meta-Coaching Foundation for Middle East and North Africia, he has extensive experience in coaching and training coaches. He is an executive coach from the International Society of Neuro-Semantics. Mohamed is Egyptian.

Selene Kumin Vega, Ph.D. LMFT, is a psychotherapist and full professor at Saybrook University in California. Her work with movement and experiential modalities evolved over 50 years of facilitating self-exploration, connection, and transformation. She is a Creative Mind Trainer and has assisted and taught with Stephen Gilligan since 1999.

Valerie Worthington is Philadelphia-based associate professor of mind-body medicine at Saybrook University in Pasadena, CA, USA. She holds a doctorate in educational psychology (Michigan State University), a bachelor’s degree in English Literature (Dartmouth College) and a third-degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. She is a professional health and wellness coach.

The faculty includes all these facilitators, but not all of them attend every workshop.