Sancta Sophia
The Monroe Institute Excursion Workshop at Sancta Sophia
(Sparrow Hawk Village)
Friday, December 1oth to
Sunday, December 12th, 2010
Registration on Friday from 4-5:30 p.m. Departure at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday
Join us for a special event at a special place. Sancta Sophia Founder Carol Parrish paid careful attention to the design of the property. She reported she was guided to: “Pay attention to the leys (currents of energy flowing within the Earth) and to the energy patterns of the Earth.”
In How to Use Sacred Space for Problem-Solving and Inner Guidance Parrish said: “Sparrow Hawk Mountain was given its name by Native Americans. The Sparrow Hawk is also the kestrel, a small falcon used to represent Horus and sacred to the ancient Egyptians. Chosen because it hovers and flies straight upward, it is thus symbolic of levitation and ascension. We liken this to the call of the Christ–to lift our consciousness and ascend to an awareness of the Holy.”
The workshop will take place in a setting nestled among 440 acres of gently rolling Ozark forest filled with abundant wildlife and natural, serene beauty. The Village is bordered by 700 acres of primitive state forest.
Sparrow Hawk Village is 12 miles northeast of Tahlequah, OK, home of the Cherokee Nation, approximately 75 miles from Tulsa, OK and 65 miles from Fayetteville, AR.
For more details about the workshop, keep reading.
The Monroe Institute Excursion Workshop—
An intensive weekend workshop designed to provide you direct experience with different states of consciousness and the tools for quickly accessing them in your daily life.
Here’s How the Course Works
This two-day workshop guides you through a carefully sequenced series of exercises to teach you how to comfortably shift and expand your awareness along a continuum of consciousness that is usually only accessible after years of training and practice.
You’ll use the Monroe Institute’s Hemi-Sync® system to learn how to rapidly achieve, hold, and control different states of awareness so you can access your untapped inner resources and apply them to a variety of areas in your life.
On the first day of the workshop, you learn to put your body to sleep while your mind remains awake. You’ll then learn to switch easily between an inner relaxed calm and normal waking awareness. This state is called Focus 10, and it serves as the foundation for exploring nonphysical energy systems and a great many other states of consciousness.
On the second day of the workshop you send your awareness beyond the physical world and establish a connection with your own inner wisdom so that you can ask questions and receive answers from a deeper Source of “knowingness” that exists beyond your waking mind. You’ll also have the opportunity to experience your superconscious in an exercise designed to connect you with your Higher Self.
Over both days you’ll learn 15 different tools and techniques to help you explore and experience these states
You’ll also have a chance to practice, journal, reflect, and share your experiences with others in the group so that you can offer your insights and learn from their experiences in turn.
A Typical Exercise Sequence
Over the course of the workshop, you’ll participate in 10 distinct exercises designed to take you into different states of awareness where you’ll engage in activities ranging from breathing techniques and guided visualizations to problem solving to free time for personal exploration. A typical exercise works like this:
1. First we discuss the exercise so you understand its purpose, what to expect, and how to do it.
2. Next you enjoy the exercise as the Hemi-Sync system guides you through the experience.
3. After each exercise there is time to journal and discuss what you’ve learned to help you process the exercise and add it to your toolbox.
4. You’ll also have a chance to visit with your classmates during break time so you can make friends and share at a deeper level.
The results of these exercises and tools are highly personal and varied. Typically though you can expect to experience:
- Deep physical relaxation
- Improved brain hemisphere synchronization (see How Hemi-Sync works below)
- States of greatly expanded awareness
- Insights regarding issues in your life
- Better understanding of your own energy
- Improved access to inner guidance
- Greater knowing of your Higher Self
The overall goal of the workshop is to help you recognize these new experiences of consciousness and learn to re-access them without the support of the Hemi-Sync exercises.
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How Hemi-Sync Works
Created in the 1960s by Robert A. Monroe, a pioneering consciousness researcher and inventor, Hemi-Sync® is scientifically and clinically proven, patented, audio technology that works by sending a complex blend of different sounds (tones) to each ear via stereo headphones.
The two sides of your brain then work together to “hear” a third signal called a binaural beat that is the difference between the two tones. This is not actually a sound, but rather an electrical signal that can only be perceived within your brain when both sides of your brain are working together. The result is a focused, whole-brain state called hemispheric synchronization or “Hemi-Sync.”
When you listen to stereo headphones and a sound of 100 Hertz is played in one ear while a sound of 104 Hertz is played in the other ear, your brain “hears” the difference between the two sounds. In this example, 4 Hertz.
When you listen to binaural beats for a length of time your brain waves begin to synchronize according to the frequency of the binaural beat. This is why different combinations of Hemi-Sync signals can help you achieve different states of consciousness.
These maps of brain wave activity show how listening to Hemi-Sync can shift your normal random brain activity (left image) to a more focused and organized pattern (right image) enabling you to use more of your brain in an effective way.
Depending on the intended goals, Hemi-Sync products combine music, verbal guidance or subtle sound effects with Hemi-Sync to strengthen its effectiveness. Although Hemi-Sync® recordings use a mix of sound frequencies, learning products use predominantly Beta frequencies (14 -27 Hertz) to help you focus with laser-like attention, sleep products use primarily Delta frequencies (0.5 – 4 Hertz) to help you relax and sleep; and so forth.
After more than 40 years of research and clinical-testing Hemi-Sync has been proven to be safe and effective in a wide variety of applications. While the list of things you can use it for is too long to include here, I’ve personally used Hemi-Sync for the objectives listed below and found it to be wonderfully effective.
- Stress reduction and relaxation
- Sustained focused attention
- Enhanced creativity and visualization
- Creative problem solving
- Emotional healing and releasing fears
- Perceiving higher energy systems
- Improved access to inner guidance
- Experiencing your Higher Self
To learn more about the effectiveness of Hemi-Sync or about The Monroe Institute, you can follow these links above.
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Quick Course Details
Who: You, if you want to access your untapped inner resources and gain a better knowing of your Higher Self.
What: An intensive weekend workshop designed to provide you direct experience with different states of consciousness and the tools for quickly accessing them in your daily life.
Frequently Asked Questions
What should I bring?
We’ll be spending a considerable amount of time reclining. For this workshop, you will be in the privacy of your own room when participating in the exercises. We suggest that you bring an extra blanket and pillow or two to ensure that you are comfortable. You may also want something to cover your eyes such as a sleeping mask (available at many travel supply stores). Dark wash clothes will be available for use.
If you have a tendency to be cold natured, please think about this when dressing for weekend. It’s best to wear layers, bring socks, etc. So that you will be comfortable.
We will provide headsets, but if you have your own pair, you are welcome to bring.
If you enjoy journaling you may want to bring a notepad, pens, and colored pencils to record your experiences. Although, you can also journal in the workbook being provided.
The most important thing to bring is an open mind that is ready for new experiences and without preconceived expectations.
What should I wear?
The dress code for the weekend is: Comfort First. We encourage you to wear loose-fitting clothes suitable for extended periods of sitting and lying down.
How do you handle meals?
Meals will be provided. We suggest you bring a water bottle to fill as needed.
What does it cost?
The workshop tuition is $350 to stay overnight or $175 to attend the workshop only. If you attend the workshop only, this would include dinner and lunches. There are only two spots available for the workshop only rate.
What is the schedule?
You will arrive on Friday evening on December 10, 2010. We’ll be holding registration from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Dinner will be at 6:00 p.m. If for some reason, you are not able to arrive until around 7:00 p.m., that is okay. Our first gathering will actually begin at 7:30 p.m.
We’ll have a short evening session, allowing plenty of rest in the evenings, and will resume on Saturday morning at 8:00 a.m. for breakfast. The morning session begins at 9:00 a.m.
On Sunday, December 12th, we’ll again begin our day at 8:00 a.m. with breakfast. Plan to leave by 3:00 p.m. Although, you are more than welcomed to stay and enjoy the Sparrow Hawk Village property.
A Good Reason Not to Delay
1. Space is limited because we want to keep class sizes small for personalized attention. Not only that, but also we are limited by available rooms, which means we will be limiting the class size to 12 people. If you are not needing overnight accommodations, we can increase the limit to 14.
2. You will have the very special opportunity to take this workshop from Allyn Evans, an accredited facilitator for the Monroe Institute. Allyn has not only attended several TMI residential programs, but she is also the chair of The Monroe Institute’s efforts to establish a worldwide community organization.
3. No time like now to take a serious leap in the study of conscious awareness and the Hemi-Sync way of meditation.
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Special Bonus for all participants!
Participants who successfully complete this weekend course will receive a certificate for a $200 discount towards any Monroe Institute residential programs, which includes the Gateway Program—the introductory six-day residential program. (If you are serious about your personal growth and plan to continue on this path, then this bonus effectively reduces your long-term cost of this workshop to nothing. There is no expiration date.)
In Summary
You’ll greatly enhance your level of awareness without all the trial and error when you join us for this intensive weekend workshop designed to provide you direct experience with different states of consciousness and the
Need more information, email me (info@allynevans.com)!
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