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SelfEncounter 2009 :: Discover yor full potencial!

SelfEncounter is a practical personal development course, Pramod's most intensive way of working, assisted by Kikas, Rasmus and Miguel Farinha, among other friends, he will guide you through 5 continously connected weekend groups spread along the year, each one a complete process in itself, in unspoiled natural retreat places.

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Portugal, 2009 Program:

The Awakening of the Root:

20th - 22nd March Zion House, Monchique. Click here

The Dance of the Elements: 30th April - 3rd May Zion House, Monchique. Click here

Beyond Co-dependency:

26th - 28th June Monte Mariposa, Tavira. Click here

Integration: 18th - 20 September Zion House, Monchique. Click here

Bellybutton Shamanic Quest: 3rd, 4th and 5th October Monte Mariposa, Tavira. Click here

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More information about the SelfEncounter

We want to build a "tribe" energy, one that makes the very personal and individual search of the meaning of Being here-and-now less solitary. The group acts as a family support to each and everyone's process, working together, taking care of the phisical space and giving constant back-up and support to the individual path. What we learn about ourselves through others is an essencial part of the all process. This is a special opportunity to make new friends and refresh old friendships, which result from this Encounter of Beings, of Bellybuttons.

We create a safety space, where we are able to walk the path to meet our "conscious child". Integrating and connecting bioenergetics techniques, emocional expression practice, several meditation methods, recovering the Kundalini flow, our basic energetic flow.

We will prepare ourselves to go in the direction of life's essence, experimenting several shamanic inspired rituals, doors to renew our connection to the basic elements: Water, Earth, Fire and Air, searching our natural movement and true voice (see more below).

This will be a continuous journey along the year and all the groups will be connected, in spite of this each group will be a complete process in itself, therefore you are able to participate in each of the weekends separately.

Nevertheless the cost for those who register early for the intire course, will be reduced: 30% until end of December of 2008, 20% until the end of January 2009 and 10% until the end of February 2009. After this you still have discounts for early registering in each module (until 15 days before) and for registering in more than one module. To know more click here or goto the end of this page.

All the participants in previous SelfEncounters have a 10% reduction on top of the other discounts.

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Stimulating creativity, living and celebrating life

Our reencountered being makes us more able to create, alone or together, making bridges to welcome other bellybuttons.

We simply have to BE, enjoy the effects and celebrate the party of life together. Trying to take something new to our everyday living, a more relaxed and trusting state of relating in our family, friends, work, creative activities, or in the smallest and simple things, sitting and getting up, holding a child in our arms, driving, eating, loving, being with a friend.

Finding our song and our dance, celebrating life. Our Bellybutton in harmony with others.

During SelfEncounter everybody moves to a different and beautiful location and together we create our own common space. The process starts with:

The (re)encounter with the being

Somebody, more then 5000 years ago, called "being in Meditation" to this state of living our total being here-and-now. The present human being lives in much higher inner and outer speeds than someone 100 years ago, and tremendously acelerated in comparasion to 5000 years ago, when the first meditation methods are said to appear. On the other hand we are less and less phisically active. Therefore, we presently need different methods which allow us to recognize and desacelarate our hiperactive mind, and at the same time awake our phisical support.

In SelfEncounter, apart from the more intuitive processes and the ones designed for the group, Pramod uses active meditation techniques as Osho's, the AUM (Awareness Understanding Meditation), Sufi's, Bioenergetics or Root-Trance quests.

The (re)encounter with the body

We will go into a very phisical "Chakra" activation journey, rediscovering our natural movement and voice, reconquering our body. Pramod is going to conduct us through a fusion of several methods into which he has deeply "dived":

	Bioenergetics, emotional release and expression work, be the master of your emotions;
	Sweat lodge rituals, Root-Trance, drumming and other shamanic inspired techniques;
	Contemporary movement techniques based on contact-improvisation and creative dance;

	Relaxation and energy balancing techniques like shiatsu massage, tai-chi and yôga;
	Voice techniques exteriorizing and expanding our physical body;

	Focusing our energy with the oriental martial arts;
	The expressivity of painting and writing, or simply the "not doing"…

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Whom is the SelfEncounter course for?

SelfEncounter is for all those who search for new directions in life and the confidence and trust to walk them. Through a better self-knowledge, wellbeing and higher life quality. Independently of sex, age, physical abilities or movement experience.

They are also special suited for:

Professionals in movement and voice related areas (dance, theatre, cinema & TV, musicians and singers, plastic and martial artists)

Therapists and group facilitators (biodance, bioenergetics, meditation, etc)

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Cost of the 2009 SelfEncounter course:

5 weekends, 12 days course, with a total of 110 hours, until the end of December of 2008 you will benefit of a reduction of 30% of the cost of the 3 modules' workshops (392€ instead of 560€), if you register until the end of January of 2009 the reduction will be of 20% (448€ instead of 560€), and if you register until the end of February of 2009 you have 10% off (504€ instead of 560€).

After this you may still have 10% discount if you do an early register (until 15 days before) in each module, or 15% if you register in more than one module.

This cost doesn't include lodging and food, which will have to be arranged with Monte Mariposa and Zion House, see contacts below.

All the participants in previous SelfEncounters have a 10% reduction on top of the other discounts.

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Registering and other information:

The Selfencounter course will only take place with a minimum of 8 persons.

You may register by making a bank transfer of 50% of the total amount (196€ until the end of December of 2008, 224€ until the end of January 2009 or 252€ until the end of February) to:

NIB: 0018 0000 2994 8769 0012 9,

NAME: Luis Miguel F. S. Bento

Bank: Santander Totta

This amount in not refundable if you do not attend and do not warn us until two months before the 1st module, which means before the 20th of January of 2009.

The rest of the cost will have to be payed until the 1st day before the course starts (19th March of 2009).

Send an email confirming your transfer, with SELFENCOUNTER 2009 as subject, including your name, telephones, address and the copy of the transfer receipt to: info@bellybuttonencounters.com.

Do not forget to keep the transfer receipt with you to show it at the first day of the SelfEncounter course.

Has it dependends on your choices and the local conditions, payment for lodging and food will have to be arranged with each of the locations of the course: Zion House e Monte Mariposa.

Zion Mountain & Meditation House:

Chetna: (+351) 96 642 61 44

Hugo Palma: (+351) 96 908 43 59

dancingzion@gmail.com

dancingzion.blogspot.com

Monte Mariposa:

Sta Catarina, Tavira, Portugal

(+351) 281 97 14 20

(+351) 96 541 96 33

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For more information about the SelfEncounter course please contact:

The Bellybutton Encounters

(+351) 91 461 33 23