THE HEART OF DESIRE:

The Embodiment of Love for Couples

Presenters: Stella Resnick and Alan Kishbaugh

Dates: Friday, June 24 to Sunday, June 29, 2012

Location: Esalen Institute, Big Sur, California

The focus of this seminar is on the emotional and sensual pleasures that nurture relational and sexual aliveness. Through breath and body mindfulness, Gestalt awareness and partnered exercises, participants explore methods for greater self-attunement as well as heart-to-heart and body-to-body attunement with their partner.

Some of the themes examined include expanding on emotional and sensual empathy; cultivating a broader view of the erotic spectrum; and becoming more mindful of the subtle verbal and body cues that enhance loving feelings and sexual desire.

While this workshop is primarily experiential, any health professionals attending will also gain skills relevant to clinical practice and earn 26 CE credits (AASECT approved).

Stella Resnick, PhD is a body-based Gestalt therapist in Beverly Hills California, specializing in relationship and sexual enhancement. She is the author of The Pleasure Zone and an AASECT certified sex therapist and clinical supervisor. Her new book, The Heart of Desire: Keys to the Pleasures of Love (Wiley) is coming out in May 2012.

Alan Kishbaugh is a writer with many years of experience in book publishing and in urban planning, parkland, and open space preservation. He and Stella have been married for twenty-five years and have led couples' seminars together for even longer.

To Reserve This Workshop See:
http://webapp.esalen.org/workshops/11179