White Light
“Your time here is limited. Don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”
~Steve Jobs, Founder of Apple Computer
I’ve had so many opportunities to explain what Soul Canyon is all about this past couple of weeks that I thought it would be a great idea to give you an integrated view of what we’re doing and why we’re doing it.
Our signature series of workshops are our Adapting & Connecting seminars aimed at helping people understand their own and others’ personalities in ways that will help them work and live together more effectively and lovingly. We approach these seminars by focusing on the dynamic, holistic and ever shifting nature of personalities and how simple tools can be used to eliminate the source of 95% of interpersonal stress: personality conflicts.
We teach that your personality is not you, but a “mask” you systematically build to protect and present yourself to the external world. Your personality is a gateway, or portal, to the real you — the inner you. Being able to Adapt and Connect to the different personalities of others allows you to ultimately connect at a deeper level — which is what we want our clients to achieve.
Our other major workshop and seminar series, our Inner Development Series, is focused on finding, connecting to and using the power of your “true”, “inner” or “higher” self to live your life — personally and professionally — in pure authenticity. This approach is also the foundation of our Coaching System.
This message is titled “White Light” because at Soul Canyon we believe that transparency and extreme adaptability are worthy goals for personality development. In our seminar titled “Secondary Colors, Beyond The Label”, we move beyond the concept of the fixed points of Fiery Red, Sunshine Yellow, Earth Green and Cool Blue to the concept of shifting and flexing continuously and instantly so that, at any point in time, you can be comfortable in any of the personality spaces. Such adaptability and lack of fixation in any particular “color” lends itself to detachment and universal adaptability — and therefore transparency — to the “inner self”. Ironically, it’s as if, from an ever-present, heartfelt desire to connect more deeply, the “fixed personality” ceases to exist.
Mary and I are gratefully intending to make a quantum shift in Soul Canyon by taking two major steps now. First, we intend to have Soul Canyon Retreat Center operational very soon. The vision of Soul Canyon Retreat Center includes conference space, lodge accomodations, a labyrinth, trails, a ropes course and other experiential and transformational activities. Soul Canyon Retreat Center will operated sustainably off the grid and will be a place for individuals, couples, families, teams and organizations to come and have a transformational experience.
The second step we are taking is to get our material further out into the world in the form of video and audio programs, teleconferences and other materials. Expect to see these rolling out very soon.
Why are we telling you all of this? Two reasons: Sharing goals and visions dramatically increases the probability they will be achieved and we’d love to have your help. If you’d like to have any part of bringing Soul Canyon Retreat Center into reality — any part at all — please let me know. The same goes for getting our materials out there.
Finally, a word about this “weekly” email. We will be discontinuing this format very soon and converting to a blog — for many reasons. When we make this change, we will be asking you to re-subscribe so, if you like getting these emails, watch for this in the very near future.
If you think that we may be able to help you in any way through our workshops, coaching or consulting — please give us a call or send an email and we’ll explore it with you.
Peace to you.
Rob, Mary and Wes
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