These two events being organised and delivered by Robert Kirby

The first event takes place in Dublin, second in Co Meath

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Robert Kirby, Director of Core Energetics Australia returns to Ireland July 2007 due to popular demand…

Core Energetics Body Psychotherapy integrates mind, body, spirit and emotions. It is a powerful healing system that has helped 85,000 people world-wide. Based on the solid foundation of psychology, it represents the culmination of 80 years of scientific research originating with Jung, Freud and Reich. It heals the root causes of deeply held issues including depression, anxiety, addiction, chronic fatigue, insomnia, sexual abuse, relationship crisis.



Robert Kirby is one of the world’s most researched human potential leaders (BS, MBA, Dip, Ad Dip). He has trained thousands of people in the United States, Australia and Europe. He is the trainer that successful therapists seek out to take them to the next level. He is renowned for producing powerful and permanent change. He has a remarkable capacity to see right into the heart of someone and gently point out the precise area that is preventing them from achieving their goals. Under his leadership, Core Energetics Australia is the biggest and fast growing institute in the world. In the past 12 years, he has facilitated 90 retreats and over 100 workshops, with attendance of over 7000 people. He has already run 2 retreats and a workshop in Ireland in 2006.

Robert’s work is primarily based on Reichian theory and Bioenergetic exercises. He also incorporates BodyMind Theory, Quantum Physics, Voice Dialogue, Energy Medicine, Bioenergetics, Psychosomatics Therapy, Family/Organisational Constellations and Mysticism into his work.

Robert returns to Ireland to run the following...

Event 1

"Knowing What You Want – Getting What You Want" Workshop

Where:

Marino Conference Centre, Griffith Avenue, Drumcondra, Dublin 9

When:

Monday July 16 6.30pm  9.30pm

Cost:

€50 (Early Bird by July 10) or €60 (Full Price)

Determine where you are blocked in your life to allow you to see clearly your next creative steps.

Event 2

Live-in retreat

4.5 day live-in retreat

Where

Dowdstown House, Dalgan, Navan, Co. Meath

When

July 18th - 22nd 2007

Cost

€625 (Early Bird by July 10) or €675 (Full Price) Price includes full food and accommodation

The goal of the retreat is to enable you to work, release and transform a specific area of your life where you feel blocked. Based on the solid foundation of psychology, Core Energetics includes but goes beyond effective therapy to healing the root causes of depression, anxiety, addiction, chronic fatigue, insomnia, sexual abuse, relationship crisis, business and financial challenges as well as a complexity of physical illnesses. It will also teach you BODYMIND™ exercises which provide a gentle but powerful way to help clear mental and physical blocks and defences and return the person to greater balance and flow.

Getting more information

Please contact the Irish Core Energetics Coordinator Marie Therese O'Brien on

• 086-8641693 (Ireland)
• or +353-086-8641693 (International)
• or email mtobrien64@yahoo.co.uk
• or wa@coreenergetics.com.au

More information on Core Energetics is provided below.

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What is Core Energetics ?

Core Energetics is a transformational process that integrates the body, mind, spirit and emotions.

It has evolved from over 80 years of scientific research has produced this most powerful, in-depth personal change system on the planet. Over 85,000 people have benefited from Core Energetics world-wide. This form of body psychotherapy releases from the body and the psyche stored memories that have been "frozen" in the muscular blocks.

Core Energetics is suitable for anyone aged 15 to 75 who is serious about healing and open to making a profound change in their life.

Core Energetics believes the social mask tries to hide our shadow, from the outside world. The mask hides our negativity that we don't want others to experience let alone admit is part of us. This negativity is stored as "frozen" energy in muscular blocks in the body. By releasing the shadow we can experience our higher self, or core. This is the true essence of our nature and carries our greatest love and wisdom.

Core Energetics is described by its founder, psychiatrist John Pierrakos, as a transformational process that has evolved from a history of psychology and body psychotherapy. John Pierrakos was a student and client of Wilhelm Reich, himself a leading student of Sigmund Freud. Wilhelm Reich is considered by most to be the father of body psychotherapy; he laid the foundations for modern techniques in opening up the body's life energy (Reich called this energy Orgone) to create optimal physical and mental health. Reich's pioneering work challenged traditional thinking and has generally been considered ahead of its time.

John Pierrakos joined with another student of Reich's, psychiatrist Alexander Lowen, and continued to develop the body-focused analytical work, creating Bioenergetics. The next evolution of the work came when John Pierrakos founded Core Energetics when combining the spiritual psychology of the Pathwork.

The Pathwork Lectures (www.pathwork.org) include concepts central to the work of Core Energetics on the mask, lower self and higher self. John Pierrakos died, aged 79, in 2001, leaving a legacy of work being carried on throughout the world by institutes in the United States, Switzerland, Germany, Mexico and Australia. Robert Kirby was taught by John Pierrakos and Robert is John’s main disciple in the Australia.

Core Energetics is a psychodynamic psychotherapy with a component of talk therapy that works through the issues of the family of origin and our early life, especially the first seven years.

In Core Energetics, clients are made aware of the underlying dynamic that led to the emotional reaction. Simulation of family dynamic using members of the group is employed regularly in retreats.

It's amazing how the therapist is uncannily aware of the client's history and family dynamic. Reich, Pierrakos and Lowen defined five character defences and found they're formed by emotional wounding that occurred at a specific interval in the first seven years of a child's life. The cause of the emotional wound varies according to the stage at which it was formed and shapes energy flow in the client's body.

We're all wounded to some degree and mostly have more than one character defence. The skilled therapist is able to "read" the client's body and know when wounding occurred, as well as the likely dynamics that created the wound. Advanced practitioners also examine the body's energy field, or aura, to see how the energy may be blocked and over or under-charged in a person's system. Accurate diagnosis of the characterology aids in understanding the client's current emotional state and not only builds rapport and trust but is a guide to how the therapy should progress.

The ultimate aim of Core Energetics is to have access to and live from our core, or higher self. To do this, we need to allow energy to flow unimpeded to our heart and feel deeply and connect our love to our passion. But for those who choose to work through the body, to challenge the ways they defend themselves, the rewards can be relief from the issue that brought them to therapy. The rewards for those who continue to investigate and peel back the layers are greater freedom to create their lives and love that comes from the elusive open heart.

Core Energetics can have profound and lasting effects in treating many physical and emotional conditions, including the following:

• Depression
• Loneliness
• Anxiety / Fears / Phobias
• Anger Management
• Grief Issues (death of parent, spouse etc.)
• Eating Disorders
• Addictions
• Inability to commit (to jobs, relationships etc.)
• Relationship issues (violence, withdrawal, codependence, boundaries etc.)
• Money / Wealth / Manifesting your desires
• Self Esteem Issues
• Backache / Migraine
• Lethargy / Chronic Fatigue
• Sexual Abuse
• Insomnia / Sleep Disorders

Facilitator – Robert Kirby, Director of Core Energetics Australia

Robert Kirby is one of the world’s most researched human potential leaders (BS, MBA, Dip, Ad Dip). An international speaker and author of 2 books he has trained thousands of people in the United States, Australia and Europe and has been interviewed extensively by the media, talkback radio and television.

Robert has devoted 25 years of experiential research into human potential into an evolutionary process (Core Energetics) that produces powerful and permanent change in anyone willing to confront the personal patterns that trap them in the past. Robert sees deep inside people and inspires them with his honesty to liberate their greatest talents.

Robert’s career spans three decades and includes a prolific rise to the top of two high technology corporations. His background as a corporate trainer, manager and leadership developer of software innovations, with the Aerospace Division of General Motors made Robert realize that the lack of heart in that environment was unhealthy. This caused him to begin a search for a technology that could change a divided world into a place where truth and wholeness could flourish. Robert’s passion and leadership has propelled him to the top of yet another international organization by building the fastest growing institute of Core Energetics in the world. The events run by Robert include body psychotherapy and BODYMIND™ exercises. In recent years, Robert has run 2 retreats and a workshop in Ireland. Those who attended the events benefited greatly.

For further information on Robert,

Robert will be assisted at both events by Richard Boyd who is a Core Energetics Therapist practicing in Perth, Western Australia. Richard and his wife Helena are the coordinators in West Australia for Core Energetics.

What happens at the retreat ?

One of the most dynamic demonstrations of Core Energetics is at a residential retreat, which was developed over 10 years by the Director of Core Energetics Australia, Robert Kirby. The duration of the retreat and the presence of an expert therapist and support allow the biophysical work to be deep enough to reveal and dissolve defences to get at the core issues impacting on the client. Attending a retreat is unforgettable experience and normally results in a big step one’s healing journey. There is the capacity for 24 participants on a 4½ day retreat.

Each live-in retreat offers you a safe haven to explore what is holding you back in life and prevents you from having health, happiness, success, fulfilling relationships, high energy and a deeper union with God. On the first evening, the safety of the group is developed as everyone shares what he or she wishes to work on and explores the issues that may be holding them back.

Each morning throughout the retreat, participants are led through one hour of BODYMIND™ or grounding exercises. The exercises are intended to mobilise each individual's energy and especially to ground this energy. There's a wide range of exercises that can be used. The main theme is to establish a strong connection with the earth.

After breakfast each day, the processing begins. Each person has one hour in which the attention of the entire group, led by Robert Kirby, is focused on them and the issue they want to work on.

No one knows when it will be their turn; the facilitator chooses who is next. As with other natural therapies, the relationship between the client and the therapist is a vital component of the healing.

In group processes, the trust in the leader guiding the session will determine the depth to which the client can go.

Over the 4½ days and with the enormous support and safe guidance of Robert and 25 others, you can expect to achieve deep healing and allow love to flow through your life.

You will begin to feel a powerful organic reaction in your body: deep breathing occurs, the heart expands, and the pulse strengthens. In this state of love, you are infused with a divine energy, one that permeates all existence.

Excerpts of this article are taken from WellBeing Magazine Edition #102, written by Robert Watkins who is a Core Energetics Therapist practising in Sydney, Australia.

Core Energetics Retreat Testimonials

This is life changing stuff! I have attended a number of Core Energetic retreats and workshops in Australia and, the retreat in Ireland had special flavour! I had the opportunity to be part of an expertly facilitated group and share this unique experience in a Celtic setting and with those familiar with my culture. Core Energetics is a challenging but extremely rewarding experience. Participation has helped me deal with pervasive health issues, inspired me to look forward with confidence in the workplace and helped me understand my relationships with those closest to me and people in general. The sweet wonder of that in my life is something that I give thanks for every day. Eleanor Courtney, Psychologist & Human Engineering Consultant, London, UK Email: eleanor.courtney@btinternet.com Tel: 07-947052105 (UK) +44-7-947052105 (Intl)

Robert is a very experienced and sensitive therapist and during his last retreat here, he found ways to help each person open up, to release blockages from within, and the feeling of the whole group at the end was very loving and liberating. Many of the course participants wrote back to say what a fantastic workshop they had. Dave Brocklebank, Owner of Burren Yoga and Meditation Centre, Co Galway, Ireland Email: burrenyoga@yahoo.com Tel: 091-637680 (Ireland) +353-91-637680 (Intl)

"Knowing What You Want - Getting What You Want" Workshop

Our culture is presently so committed to personal development that those individuals and organisations that are not on board are now quickly becoming the outsiders! This is a relief to the new age healers, contemplators, quantum physicists, entrepreneurs, psychotherapists and conscious corporates.

Infinite Possibilities:

The possibility exists that all modalities and approaches have elements of excellence. Perhaps there is not one single approach that is the ultimate answer for you and for humanity. Culture, age, economics, gender, personal preference, beliefs and historical programming are all factors that affect our reality. We all can choose to obtain outside professional support or not. And of course if we do, what path shall we follow and to what degree do we commit, time, money, heart and soul?

One comprehensive model of profound personal transformation could be a quadrant:



This model allows you to take back power from any modality or individual that you presently lack clear boundaries with. Robert has created a 3 hour workshop of "Developmental Cross Training" based on the opposite side’s model. To fully access our strengths and weaknesses in all key areas of development is a powerful "inner ground" which helps us "know and get what we want.’ Working with a small group of people individually and collectively to determine where you are blocked opens the doorway to enhanced perception allowing you to see more clearly your next creative steps.

The workshop will include:

• Assessment and Diagnosis of all 4 quadrants
• Body Readings
• Deep processes on all four areas (experiential healing)
• Tools and "people skills" you will use for the "rest of your life!"

"The Pyramid of Life" by Robert Kirby

I vividly remember sitting excitedly in the Santa Monica Auditorium with three hundred souls. Everyone was anticipating a talk from modern day mystic and author of Soul Mates, Thomas Moore. He was late arriving from the airport but in true California style, no-one seemed to mind. Since he was a renowned psychotherapist turned spiritual guru, the audience was a mixed bag of professional and alternative thinking people.

His opening comments were intended to shock.

"Psychotherapy as know it today will cease to exist in ten years time. People are searching for the deeper meaning of their lives which cannot be found in modern psychology."

I watched the faces of the diversified audience with enormous amusement. You could imagine the polarised reactions which included several people walking out. Moore’s intention to shake people up was to get them thinking about their lives from a new paradigm.

Moore’s taught that light centred around physical objects. He said the wood and metal items in your home reflected the content of your soul. They should be important metaphors in your life that represent deep meaning. I felt his message was grounding for me but I was still searching. I wanted a complete answer.

Energy and Consciousness

I was completely spun out by all the café talk and home based discussion groups in California surrounding consciousness, past lives and the energy of life. The conflicting opinions and channelled messages of "divine origin" were overwhelming – even frightening. I could now see how cult followings emerged. People were looking for someone to tell them what truth is. They did not have to take responsibility for their lives.

I prayed for truth and guidance. The answer came through a shaman medicine woman. Cathy’s native American blood provided the wisdom I asked for. She perpetually returned the cause of my problems and the solution to my problems back onto my lap.

After a few years of remaining dense I finally got it! Consciousness emerges to the same degree that the life energy flows through the physical body. I could now see that psyche and soma were not connected – they were one. After seven years of training in native American wisdom; opening to the earth energy, spirit energy, body energy and psychic energy as one "universal consciousness", Cathy turned me over to my next teacher, John Pierrakos of Core Energetics.

The first time I met John he explained that my soul came into my body while I was in my mother’s womb. It was a comic spark that included my energy and consciousness. The soul contained my gifts as light and my distortions as darkness that needed purification.

The Personality

John further taught me that my personality was a mask that covered up the truth. In other words, my darkness needed to be exposed and transformed so my light could shine brightly. This can only happen through my personality because it’s the most authentic reflection of my character. Who I am speaks louder than anything I have ever said. Personality is a constant barometer of spiritual growth. It’s the only aspect of consciousness that can explore all the manifestations of love in the universe.

I realised my personality was the vehicle with which I experienced life, pain, joy and transformation. I also realised that parts of my personality generated deep feelings and even behaviours that I had no control over. But what were the origins of this dimension of my being?

The Power of Intention

John explained to me his reasons for bringing spirituality and Pathwork lectures (based on spiritual psychology) into Bioenergetics. He said Eva Pierrakos had transmitted valuable information about human dimensions not touched by psychology. I asked him how this related to the painful patterns in my personality. He referred me to Eva’s lectures on intention. Her transmissions revealed intention was my most powerful tool for creation. Every thought I’ve had and every word I’ve ever spoken has created a positive or negative intention in the fertile soil of my soul. The electromagnetic energy beam (or life energy) follows my every intention. The overall condition or composite of my positive and negative intentions is the present state of my life. Wow!

This explained a lot of things. Now I knew why the Core Energetics model refused to see people as a victim. Everyone creates their own reality. Now I understood why every time I committed to a project, relationship or business with a strong "positive intention" it’s polarised opposite or "negative intention" came up to greet me.

This also explained to me why Pierrakos and Lowen were so devoted to Wilhelm Reich’s work on the body. Reich was a genius in understanding how trauma and negativity shaped the physical body by holding energy in chronic muscular contractions. These patterns in turn shaped the character and identity of the evolving personality. Reich called this character structure. Each person could be, through thorough analysis, slotted into one or more of five structures. In other words, the negative intentions of my entire life directed my life energy towards unhealthy patterns. To defend and protect myself from more pain and trauma my physical body assisted me by holding back or damming up the flow of energy. The holding pattern also kept my consciousness (or awareness of truth) stuck in repetitive issues.

By stuck, I mean in denial or immature. It became obvious that everyone had aspects of their personalities that had not "grown up". The contracted areas of our bodies keep us out of the present moment. In certain areas we react to threat or conflict in the very same way we did as children.

This was beginning to make sense. I was still overwhelmed by the magnitude of being human. If the creative evolution of my energy and consciousness was determined by the freedom of my positive intentions to energetically flow through my physical body and express themselves (or not) through my personality, then what part did my psyche play?

To understand the bigger picture of life I built a three dimensional pyramid below:

Psyche

The psyche according to psychiatrist Alexander Lowen is the psychological make-up of an individual. It not only includes conscious and unconscious conflicting thoughts, feelings and drives, but in addition permeates different aspects of mind: ego, id and superego. The pyramid of life put it all together for me. Psyche, deeply affected by the energy and consciousness that came in with my soul, had a profound effect on soma (body) even before I was born. Today in both a paradoxical and reciprocal relationship psyche and soma affect each other twenty four hours a day! My psychological history, and my body, simply cannot be ignored if I was to become free and whole. Understanding psyche is no easy task. Thoughts, feelings, images, dreams, urges, obsessions and compulsions all interacted from the past, present and future and have a perpetual effect on my beliefs, intentions and personality.

Unifying all the Selves

As the years went by I came to know freedom was not an easy journey. The impact of Cathy and John had been immeasurable.

John O’Donahue, the Irish poet and mystic, wrote "the body fits into the soul like a glove". This beautiful metaphor tells us the same thing that science has discovered. The soul is a vibration of energy that includes consciousness. The aspect of the soul that possesses consciousness is the spirit. This Godly mystery of Life comes to us as a spark of Light and remains around the body as an aura until the moment of death.

To improve the quality of my life I must learn precious lessons about love and forgiveness. To be authentic the heartfelt love must be integrated into my personality. To transform my negative intentions I must be very devoted to the healing of my body and psyche. This is the work of Core Energetics and other profound modalities. This is clearly depicted in the Pyramid of Life. The spirals reflect the inter-connectedness of the human dimension. These dimensions remain split for many lifetimes. We remain stuck in the darkness until we admit we cannot love properly. The hatred and violence in humanity is a vivid example of the magnitude of the wound.

Purifying The Doors of Perception

Unifying my psyche, body and personality with positive intention permits my reality to move beyond the distortions and limitations of the past. Living from the core, the inner-most centre or heart of my being is the richest experience of life. This includes living in the present moment, giving and receiving love from a deep reservoir, expressing my unique creativity and fulfilling my soul’s destiny. To accomplish this it was necessary to explore psyche to uncover my negative intention and distortions created from my childhood. This could happen only with a therapist’s help. Simultaneously, it was necessary to mobilise my energy through movement, breath and sound. The charged body now challenged the blocks, leaks and armouring that kept my consciousness stuck. As I opened up and discharged the pain and emotional energy it freed my soul and cleansed my reality. In other words, I could now live in the present and express my honest feelings.

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