H.O.P.E. Inc. - HOPETraining

SoulCircling: Coming Home to Yourself™
Through this combined Friday evening/Saturday lecture and interactive workshop of soul discovery, people get meaningful insights into their lives that help them see their potential contributions to the restoration of respect and honor in our great country.

Visit the SoulCircling schedule page for Ken's invitation, and the place and time of the next workshop.

(For more information or to register, please call Ken Hamilton at 207-890-3673 or click here to send an email.)

Introductory lecture: Friday evening, seven o'clock to eight thirty: the 45 minute lecture with lots of discussion and question time details the workshop procedure and helps clarify the (sometimes) confusing relationship between the soul and the ego. It provides the participant with an easy segue into the next day's workshop.

Workshop: Saturday, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., the workshop takes place in guided "small groups" --SoulCircles--of 4 to 5 persons that listen to and affirm each person in turn, avoiding criticizing or giving advice. The work is safe and sacred, revealing previously unrecognized strengths and possibilities.

Each participant creates two powerful personal inventories: 1) the resources life has given them to meet it with and 2) the circumstances life has met them with. They sketch-draw-paint a picture of the story of how the two came together to get them where they are today, and list the resources that helped them get through the story to where they are today.

They then tell tell their stories by turns in guided groups of no more than five who agree not to fix, change, advise or save--but simply to listen, reflect on what they're seeing/hearing and affirm the presenter for their life. From this supportive work together, they create and share an image of what they can do with their lives and an affirmation that powers it up, making it real. They acquire the power to change from living the life of a fearful, separated ego to a soul-directed life that lives in a constructive relationship to ego-self, others and nature--to our country.

We all take part in healing the country in such a way that everyone has a gift that counts.

This workshop is a prerequisite to participating in the "HOPE Guide Training Level 1" workshop below.

We offer this workshop throughout the year. We offer an optional Sunday morning HOPE Group meeting in which participants can experience the continuing support of the group.

We include a signed copy of SoulCircling: The Journey to the Who, a guided imagery tape, The Tapestry of Life, in the cost for this workshop, for which we ask $75 per person. We would greatly appreciate receiving a $25 non-refundable deposit in advance in order to determine how many SoulCircling guides to be available for Saturday.

If you are repeating the workshop, we ask $30 per person.

If you want to attend only the Friday evening meeting, we ask for a donation of $5. If you feel you would like to take part in the next day's workshop, and there is room, this donation will be deducted in the workshop fee.

If you are going on with the HOPE Guide training, we require you to have read SoulCircling: The Journey to the Who in preparation for the workshop. We will send you your copy when we receive your deposit.