WE ARE POSTPONING THIS RETREAT TO

SOMETIME LATER THIS YEAR

STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFORMATION

MARCH 21ST CANCELLED


"UNDERSTANDING THE

WISDOM OF DREAMS"

A RETREAT AT THE

ASILOMAR CONFERENCE CENTER

Hosted By:
Dr. Shara Hemingway,
Johanne LaRocque &
Reda Rackley-Smith, M.A.

Date:  Saturday, March 21st  THIS DATE HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND WILL BE RESCHEDULED
Times: 9:30am to 5:30pm
Evening Session (Optional): 6:30 - 8:30pm 
Location: Asilomar Conference Grounds
800 Asilomar, Pacific Grove, CA  93950
Room: Toyon

You can register online using the form below or email us if you'd like to register in another manner. 

Workshop Schedule Flyer

Dreams paint a picture of the energy inside of us and act as a guide on our journey to self-mastery.  Dreams come from the deepest part of our being.  Come immerse yourself in a full day of dream exploration, with time to enjoy a contemplative walk on the beach or explore the beautiful Asilomar Conference grounds.  We will also honor the Spring Equinox through ritual.  Let us birth a dream community in which we share the wisdom & healing of dreams with each other and those we love.
 
Location:  Asilomar Conference Grounds, 800 Asilomar Ave,
Pacific Grove, CA 93950
Fee:  $95 before March 7th and $105 later

Daytime session:  9:30 A.M to 5:30 P.M.  
Evening dream group for those who choose to attend:   6:30 to 8:30 P.M.

You can register above online or email us if you'd like to register in another manner.
Information:  Call Shara Hemingway at 831.238.1755
or Maren Elwood 831.238.5503

Retreat Schedule

9:30 AM  Morning Session with Shara Hemingway, Ph.D.
Understanding the Language of Dreams
•  Dream Tending
•  Dreams of the Departed
•  Facing and Healing from Nightmares
•  Lucid Dreaming

12:30 PM Lunch
Lunch is on your own.  You may want to bring a lunch and spend your time on the grounds,
at Asilomar beach, or at the Asilomar café.

1:30 PM  Spring Equinox Ritual with Reda Rackley-Smith
2:15 to 3:00  Discussion about Dreams with Shara

3:00 PM Afternoon Session with Johanne LaRocque
•  Projective Dream Work
•  Universal Symbols
•  Dream Work Through the Use of the Mandala

5:00 PM  Afternoon Closing 
Numinous Dreams (Dreams sent by the Divine)

6:30 PM  Evening Session 
Dream Group & Dream Incubation
We will have an altar honoring the rebirth of Spring.  You are welcome to bring a symbol
of what you would like to -birth in your life to place on the altar.
(Perhaps it is your relationship to dreams).

Feeding The Homeless at I-Help at

Congregation Beth Israel  

OUR DECEMBER EVENT WAS A BIG SUCCESS


LILM Board Members, Kim Scudder, Janis Fabian, and Arlene Krebs (in photo) at the December 30th I-HELP dinner and festivities at Congregation Beth Israel. Fifteen women received gift bags of pocket flashlights, snacks, socks, gloves, hats and toiletries. We served an Italian "feast" of pasta with various sauces, meatballs, salad, garlic bread, juices, tea and an
array of desserts.
Spring will be a busy time! LILM will host the Women's I-HELP on March 30, 2020, and on April 5, LILM will host, for our first time, the Men's I-HELP dinner!

Next Events

Date: March 30th  I-Help For Women
Date: April 5th  I-Help For Men

4pm Setup For Volunteers

Where:  Congregation Beth Israel 
5716 Carmel Valley Road Carmel, CA  93923

Contact Arlene Krebs for details:  info@lifemasterycollective.org   

Past Workshops & Events

The Lambourne Institute for Life Mastery Presented

Self-Mastery Through the

Artist's Perspective

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The Reception & Presentation by
Audrey Lynne Cook Was Well Attended 

Date:  October 26, 2019      
Thanks to Carmel Maker Space & Mike Buffo

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Audrey Lynne Cook will show recent additions to her Guardians series.
 “The Guardians; Primal and Present Icons”

This collection focuses on how we tend to need something outside ourselves to pray to, looking beyond our inner divinity.  Some of her work shows a meeting of current icons, including those on the computer keyboard, and various symbols for fashion and fast foods juxtaposed with ancient icons, from various cultures and belief systems.  The Tree of Knowledge (shown above) is one of her renditions of the Garden of Eden.  There are a few references to snakes, the primary one being the river of sight, which subtly winds around the tree leading to and beyond the central mandala, reminiscent of kundalini.

April 2019:   THE DEEP END

Meaningful Life Practices

For Embracing Death & Dying

With Heather Parsons

A Lambourne Institute for Life Mastery Workshop 
Thanks to all who attended.  It was a great workshop. 

Join long time Certified Death Midwife, End-of-Life Doula and death rights activist, Heather Parsons for a weekend of profound, personal exploration into the gifts of mortality and the blessings in cultivating a relationship to life’s final passage. 
 
Trusting in our Soul's intelligence, we dive deep into the truth of our eternal journey. We will share a safe and sacred container to voice our concerns and insights, addressing the issues that arise when facing our own death and serving others as they navigate the practical and mystical realms inherent in death’s dominion.

Dyads, small group practices and up to date info on California’s right to die laws and local green burial. Poetry, stories and music to nourish the heart.

TESTIMONIALS FROM RECENT WORKSHOPS WITH HEATHER PARSONS

"Heather Parsons is a very important guiding light in this field and brings to it a deep experience with guiding the dying and their families through the process.  She shares what she’s learned from Her work and her training with experts like Ram Das, Joan Halifax, Frank Ostaseski, Stephan Jenkinson, etc.  

In our workshop Heather helped us explore our fears, our assumptions, our ignorance, our insecurity about death.  Through talks, experiential exercises, guided meditations, and videos, and with an understanding heart, she helped us deepen our understanding about the process of dying, helped us to realize how rich our relationship with death can be, and opened our eyes to alternative ways of dealing with the details of dying.  She helped us to prepare ourselves for what is inevitable and can be profoundly spiritual, meaningful, and beautiful."

Richard Veielle PhD  

 
"Since Heather’s class, my attitude towards death and dying has changed completely.  Before, I ignored it; dreaded it; feared it for sure.  Being raised Catholic, I always had a fear of not making it into heaven.  And then,
for 26 years (the time I was married) I was a born again Christian and I worked so hard spreading the Word; going to Bible studies; going door to door; speaking in tongues; you name it, I did it and still, I feared death.

So, as much as I was worried about the afterlife, I never gave any thought to the actual dying part and how important that is.  Watching "A Family Undertaking" showed me how beautiful a death that was given some thought can ease the pain and have the death experience be one of cherishing and love and goodbyes."

Mary Miller
 


"Death and Dying activism is alive and well, thanks to Heather Parsons, and other revolutionaries, who are working to transform the death industry with a much-needed infusion of spirituality and compassion. Heather’s offering, Cultivating a Living Relationship with Death, was both comforting and inspirational for me. Radiating calm and loving acceptance, I enjoyed how Heather gently led the group with shared stories, interactive exercises and film. I found the classes transformative on two different levels; the class created an opportunity go within and review my priorities, my health directive and my end of life plan through a spiritual lens, and I found it empowering to be introduced to a new world of more natural and more inclusive alternatives to caring for the dying and the dead, many of them revivals of our own family traditions enhanced with new technology. Thank you, Heather, for your kind and illuminating service."

Susie Joyce, Hospice Volunteer and Threshold Choir Director
 
“These classes are well structured, profoundly moving, and inspiring us to open to the possibilities of our own passing. Heather integrates the practical and the mystical - the impact is transformative.”

Dr. Arlene Krebs
 
 

"Heather is a luminary when it comes to this class. Her experience in the beauty of the death process opened my eyes to other possibilities and to thoughts of my own death and planning in an experiential way. Heather shows compassion for our experience along with the opportunity of insight into helping our loved ones when it is their time to transition. A deep class that opened my eyes and heart. I would recommend taking this class with Heather."

Sheri Parelskin Minister
 


"Taking the class was a wonderful gift for myself.
I was somewhat afraid of death until I came to your class.

"One of the most important things I learned was death will be what you want it to be.  If u don't think there's anything after death that is what u will get.
It is so powerful to know that I can have wishes for my death and they will be honored."

Sandra Hammond RN


 
"With fierce, loving advocacy to sacred, tender holding, you create a container for real-life deathing which, in fact, is real-life living. A powerful awakener, you summon love, action, urgency toward guiding and honoring the process of deathing which I engage in the here and now. In a culture that has mechanized what happens to us before, during and after death, I am much better equipped to step into a more confident, humane and compassionate role attending my beloveds' passing and my own. Truly, not many concerns are higher than our relationship to death. I am glad to have made the time for these challenging and deep considerations alongside your insistent presence -- one that has accompanied so many on this sacred path."
 
Laura Siedenberg


 
"This was the best work I did for myself since the death of my husband. Heather is a gifted facilitator whose delivery wakes us up to the reality of the dying process. It is at the top of my wish list that Every one I love and know take this workshop"

Joan Zelinski