TARA Approach students at the 2017 Advanced Essence and Empowerment course asked for a continuation in 2018 of the TARA Approach to Ending Shame and Addiction. Using neuroscience to comprehend the patterns of satisfaction and compensation that are thwarted by trauma, TARA Founder Stephanie Mines developed language and energy medicine protocols that shift habituation of all kinds. As we enter the era of accelerated climate change we are called by Gaia to step into the full power of who we are and act in our own unique and collective ways to stand for the Earth and the children of the future, as well as all the creatures and beings of our blessed Natural World. To support this movement into a New Story of who we are individually and together this course focuses on ending old patterns of shame and addiction gracefully and thoroughly. This workshop is open to those who have absorbed TARA’s Foundations and are ready to inhabit their soul’s essence and be free of the entanglements of the past. ADVANCED ESSENCE AND EMPOWERMENT is a highly experiential and emergent threshold dance that incorporates hands-on energy medicine practice with expressive and creative events that free us on the spot and in the moment to be our full selves. Get ready to turn the volume up on the authentic message of your incarnation!

REGISTRATION IS THROUGH THE FINDHORN FOUNDATION HERE

The TARA Approach is an integrative design that fuses Western neuropsychology and a simple meridian based touch system.

We live in a world of increasing sensory inundation where identifying and following one’s purposeful inner guidance becomes more and more complicated. The TARA Approach guides you back to your essential purpose, the one you brought with you when you were conceived and empowers you to follow your truth into this world where it is desperately needed.

Participants in this course learn how to reclaim and support their essential selves using a combination of dialogue and applied touch. Anyone can engage equally in the stirring reclamation of self that restores the health of the physical and energetic bodies simultaneously.

REGISTER THROUGH FINDHORN HERE

Dr. Stephanie Mines is a neuroscientist and trauma expert who founded the TARA Approach, a holistic healthcare paradigm for the resolution of trauma. Stephanie incorporates the healing art of Jin Shin which she learned from the woman who brought it from Japan to the US, Mary Iino Burmeister. Jin Shin includes a map of the body with areas that Stephanie calls the Sacred Sites. These are derived from the folding and unfolding process of the human embryo. In this two day courseparticipants learn to identify and experience the power of these sites through the dynamics of movement.

The objectives for this weekend of movement based learning are self-discovery, self-awareness and self-care. The Sacred Sites combine to create simple acu-touch practices that enhance resiliency at all levels including immune vitality, muscular tonicity, flexibility, endurance, longevity and rehabilitation.

There are no pre-requisites for this course. It is open to everyone. It will be especially interesting to healthcare practitioners, parents who want to learn about early development, bodyworkers, dancers, movement  teachers (including yoga teachers), healthcare and healing arts practitioners and anyone committed to developing human potential. Students of Jin Shin and the TARA Approach will experience an in-depth and profound exploration into the Sacred Sites to deepen their understanding of them. This course applies towards certification for those becoming TARA Approach practitioners and teachers.

Participants learn:

*About embryological unfolding;

*How movement patterns originate;

*The source of structural strengths and difficulties;

*How to repattern suboptimal movement and structural dynamics;

*How to balance the nervous system using the Sacred Sites;

*How to support children in optimizing development and sensory integration;

*The source of habitual injuries and how to end those patterns; and

*The freedom of authentic movement.

Participants should dress comfortably for movement on the floor. There will be a break for a light meal. Our sharing will be in the context of group co-intelligence and is not intended as psychotherapy.

REGISTRATION IS THROUGH SALT & SALT YOGA STUDIO HERE

Somatic listening is an art you can learn. Health is efficiently restored when the body's messages are heard and understood. By reading the pulses of the Five Elements and evaluating cranial structures and rhythms you can identify core issues and from this identification know what interventions to use. The TARA Approach is returning to Norway August 11-13, 2018 to impart this art.

TARA Approach Certified Teacher and Advanced Practitioner Runa Helmersen has established the TARA Method in Norway. She has been preparing her students for this advanced course for over a year. You can join them in the exquisite Norwegian town of Friedrichstadt and share the magic of Norden Lys, the Northern Light, which is also the name of the lovely clinic in this historic village where the course will be held.

Advanced TARA practitioners see through the veil of symptoms and pierce to the essence of need. The tools in this course enhance this skillfulness alongside another TARA hallmark tool: attuned mirroring in language.

Learn how to read somatic advertisements of need and answer them efficiently. Be more than a healer or healthcare practitioner. Become a mentor by embodying the art of somatic listening.
 

Tuition: $450USD*

*This price does not include lodging, meals, lodging or transportation. Lodging can be arranged at a nearby hotel (Gamlebyen hotel, http://gamlebyenhotell.no is one suggestion). Food can be bought nearby and stored in the refrigerator at the center. Several small restaurants and cafes are in walking distance from the center.

Directions from abroad: Train or bus from Gardermoen airport/Oslo. Please contact bente@nordenslys.no for more information.

We will be learning the 26 sacred sites of the body, which when accessed through
touch, dialogue and presence can promote healing and wellbeing. These
applications have an emerging evidence base, supporting their efficacy and value in
modern healthcare and everyday life as a sustainable healthcare tool.

This course is ideal for you if:

- you are experiencing stress in your life and need some easy to use tools to promote
body awareness and self regulation
- you have had a history of traumatic life experience and wish to develop a self care
practice to support your healing journey
- you are curious about how compassionate touch can help balance and integrate
the nervous system and body/mind wellbeing.

When: 21/22 July 2018, 10 – 5pm each day
Where: The Burren Lowlands, County Clare
Investment: 150 Euro including lunch and handouts
Contact and Facilitator: Suzie McGreevy mobile 085 142 8403 or suziemcgreevy@hotmail.com

Suzie is an integrative and holistic therapies practitioner, currently completing post-graduate studies in trauma-informed healthcare practice.

**places are limited. A 50Euro deposit will secure your place

With a strong welcome from a community near Bellingham, Washington the TARA Approach will offer one more Foundations course on US soil this year. This special five day class focuses on TARA’s Foundations to stabilize the human nervous system to anchor leadership and wellbeing in a world in upheaval. 

There are only two places left in this course as it was initiated by a group of therapists working with individuals and families. Foundations materials will focus on:

*Preventing burnout when you a caregiver;
*Rapid assessment for effective on the spot and longer term trauma resolution;
*Addressing a world in crisis from a FiveElement standpoint;
*Manifesting sustainable health for individuals, families and communities;
*Addressing trauma and shock in a collective setting;
*Pediatric treatment during crisis conditions;
*Neurodiversity and other vulnerable populations that are at risk; and
*Finding the beauty of presence and creating a caring environment.

CONTACT US AT thetara.approach@gmail.com BEFORE REGISTERING HERE TO ENSURE THERE ARE OPEN SPACES. WAITING LIST AVAILABLE. 

Contact us to be put on a waiting list at thetara.approach@gmail.com

Art Infused Healthcare with Stephanie Mines and Dana Lynne Andersen
June 11-16, 2018
Ananda Laurelwood
 
This six day immersion has two components. Participants are invited to register for all or either of the moving parts.
 
Part One - June 11-14 - Facilitated by Stephanie Mines
 
The TARA Approach to Empowered Healthcare in A Climate Changing World
 
This course defines and implements sustainable healthcare in a climate changing world. Our primary teacher is the Natural World. How do the Five Elements of Nature evolve in our bodies during our formative years? How is their evolution shaped by our experiences, just as a tree is shaped by the wind? Your elemental story is the story of the development of your personal nervous system.
 
Participants gain access to their deepest and most essential natures and learn how to support others to do the same. The methods include understanding the language of the Five Elements in their human idiom. This language is communicated in behavior, voice, skin tone, energy pulse, health symptoms, personality and movement. By translating your elemental idiom you unearth your essential nature and find your purest expression, the one that you took on a body to present to the world. In this way each participant will experience a kind of birthday during these four days.
 
The formula for thriving in a climate changing world always includes the expressive arts. Because Stephanie knows this so well she has invited a collaboration with Dana Lynne Andersen, founder of Awakening Arts Academy. This collaboration shapes the remaining two days of our immersion. This is the birthday party!

REGISTER HERE FOR PART ONE

 
Part Two: June 15-16th ~ Facilitated by Stephanie Mines and Dana Lynne Andersen
 
CELEBRATE WITH HeART with Stephanie Mines and Dana Lynne Andersen
 
Your birthday party is an opportunity to be guided by the brilliant artist and founder of the Awakening Arts Academy, Dana Lynne Andersen, in using the visual arts to express your neural networks and your elemental truth. We will go one step further in our celebrations by linking our neural networks to those of the world. Stepping out of the world of language into the world of art we will expand our personal expression as far as it will go with color and shape. By finding out who we really are we also find our inter-relatedness with our global community. Self-advocacy becomes a pathway to advocacy for all humanity. When this syntonic relationship is celebrated we can move fluidly, with laughter and motivation, from I to We find and fulfill our individuated purpose at what is surely the most significant and fateful threshold for our entire planet.

*TUITION DOES NOT INCLUDE LODGING AND MEALS AT ANANDA.

REGISTER HERE FOR PART TWO

REGISTER HERE FOR PARTS ONE AND TWO

BOOK LODGING AT ANANDA HERE

This weekend will focus on the Extraordinary Meridians, the eight “Rivers of Splendour. They present a deeper level at which to treat Shock and Trauma. We will be deepening and expanding our Pulse listening skills and will practice treatments on each other. We will practice listening, empathy and observational skills along with the use of language in therapeutic contexts.

To register email Anneke Stolte directly at annekestolte@hotmail.co.uk 

TO CONTINUE LEARNING THE TARA APPROACH AFTER ANNEKE'S CLASSES COME TO FINDHORN STARTING SEPTEMBER 1 FOR THE ESSENCE & EMPOWERMENT SERIES WITH DR. STEPHANIE MINES, CREATOR OF THE TARA APPROACH! 

DETAILS HERE

This four-day Foundations Training is for those who are already using self-care and want to go to a higher level of treatment options for self and others. Students will learn how to read pulses and apply specific protocols  for common needs such as strengthening the immune response, supporting adrenal vibrancy, living an anti-inflammatory lifestyle, sustaining vitality, and cultivating neuro-resiliency. Dr. Mines always shapes her teaching to the needs of those present so your particular goals will be woven into the course curriculum. Participants will have the opportunity to practice the skills of treating others. This course is open to healthcare providers, bodyworkers, individuals interested in becoming TARA Approach practitioners, parents, grandparents and family care providers.
 
Participants receive training manuals.
 
Pre-requisite: Some experience with TARA Approach self-care. You can gain this experience by using the practices described in Jin Shin TARA Self-Care (order here) and We Are All in Shock (order here)



REGISTER HERE
 

The focus of this weekend is how to diagnose and heal Trauma by treating the twelve Meridians at Extraordinary Meridian level. We will learn to listen to the Pulse as a tool of diagnosis (using a simplified pulse listening system) and will be practicing the Flows of the twelve Meridians. We will practice treatments on each other.

To register email Anneke directly at annekestolte@hotmail.co.uk 

TO CONTINUE LEARNING THE TARA APPROACH AFTER ANNEKE'S CLASSES COME TO FINDHORN STARTING SEPTEMBER 1 FOR THE ESSENCE & EMPOWERMENT SERIES WITH DR. STEPHANIE MINES, CREATOR OF THE TARA APPROACH! 

DETAILS HERE

By popular demand a special introductory TARA course has been scheduled for March 10-11, 2018 at Access Radio in New Plymouth in the North Island’s Taranaki District. This is a benefit program for TARA’s commitment to bringing Maori representatives to CLIMATE CHANGE & CONSCIOUSNESS: Our Legacy for the Earth. All proceeds will benefit the organization of this aspect of CCCC19.

When - March 10-11, 2018 - 10-5 Daily
Where - New Plymouth at Access Radio
Maungaroa/Windy Point
91 South Road, Blagdon ~ New Plymouth 
Investment: $250 includes texts, charts and handouts

Learn about community based sustainable health that advocates for and expresses your innate healing gifts.
 
Open to anyone who is inspired to vitalize wellbeing and human potential for people of all ages.
 
What we will learn:

1. How to listen to the body and answer its health needs;
2. A map of sacred sites that when contacted with gentle touch awakens energetic flow along meridian lines;
3. The core issues that underlie health struggles, including chronic conditions;
4. How to be of service to the very young and the very old;
5. How to help the dying cross over;
6. How to strengthen immune function and adrenal resilience;
7. The language skills that express attunement and compassion;
8. Specific treatments to enhance prenatal life and support mothers during pregnancy;
9. Resources for supporting the post-natal period and counteracting Post-Partum Depression;
10. How to support each other, our families, and people of all ages on the path to greater health
11. MUCH MORE!

 
All proceeds benefit the TARA Approach for the Resolution of Shock and Trauma, a non-profit organization that is spearheading CLIMATE CHANGE & CONSCIOUSNESS: Our Legacy for the Earth (www.ccc19.org). Dr. Mines is in Taranaki to support the Maori participation in CCC19.
 
Sliding scale available for those in need.

FOR DETAILS CONTACT RUNA HELMSERSEN AT post@runahelmersen.no 

Friday, November 17 ~ 10am-12pm and Saturday, November 18 ~ 10am-6pm ~ ENERGETIC WELLNESS

In her clinical and personal quest for how individuals who experience trauma can recover with grace and ease, Dr. Stephanie Mines learned that the brain and the body are resources for activating recovery from destabilizing experiences. Her talk on THE NEUROCHEMISTRY OF GRATITUDE reveals how neurohormones that enhance focus and presence are activated by overt and internal expressions of gratitude. THE BODY’S WISDOM shows you how your own touch on certain sites of the body accelerates health. The combination of healing thought and healing touch makes it possible to live a resilient life every single day no matter what the outside conditions may be. We can evolve more and more throughout our lives. The body and the brain continually learn and evolve when they are nourished.

Course fee: $150. This does not include materials. The TARA Approach to Self-Care, Map of the Body and the book WE ARE ALL IN SHOCK can be ordered directly through the TARA Approach website (www.Tara-Approach.org). By ordering in advance you can be prepared for the course thus allowing everyone to have a more profound experience together.

At the request of TARA Approach students this four day advanced training focuses on how the TARA Approach can be used for issues of alignment, movement and structural ailments, particularly when they are chronic, and cranial treatment. Dr. Mines approaches these questions from a comprehensive standpoint. What do your structural ailments have to do, for instance, with your family history, your epigenetic exposures, and your immune system? Could it be that the symptoms that grab your attention are not really what are behind your pain? The TARA Approach Advanced Training offers stunning insight into alignment disorders alongside cutting edge subtle treatment interventions. Students will see, for instance, how positioning in utero and at birth shapes structural development. Students receive training manuals dedicated to this field. 10-5 Daily; $700USD tuition only.

Accommodation can be arranged by students directly through Star of the Sea Retreat Centre.

Dr. Mines is dedicating this Foundations program to the power of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians. New as well as returning students will be bathed in what makes the TARA Approach utterly unique. The treatment pathways we utilize are the very ones designed to resolve core issues. In fact, acupuncturist Yvonne Farrell calls them “The Holy Grail” of energy medicine. She says that the Eight Extraordinary Vessels “remind us of the uniqueness and perfection of original self and allow us to bring forth the light that is our purpose for being here. They put us back on track to pursue our destiny.” This energy medicine is your birthright. When you match it with the TARA dialogues that increase awareness, you receive what belongs to you ~ the healthy life you were born to live. 10-5 Daily; $800USD tuition only (repeating students ~ $750USD)

Accommodation can be arranged by students directly through Star of the Sea Retreat Centre.

The Women’s Council is hosted by Joey Walters, founder of Awakening Feminine Leaders, in collaboration with TARA Approach founder Dr. Stephanie Mines; movement therapist Deborah Jay-Lewin; Scottish novelist Margaret Elphinstone; singer/songwriter Eleanor Brown and more, all of whom are co-participating. ”How can we embrace our feminine wisdom and co-create a new culture of care for ourselves and our world?” At the heart of this Circle Retreat is a Wisdom Council; a deep inquiry and sacredly held space to tap into our collective wisdom and power as women. The practice of the Wisdom Council is rooted in ancient Earth Wisdom Teachings and nature-based Circle principles that will guide our inquiry. We’ll explore the most essential personal and collective questions we are holding about our role as feminine leaders in creating a cultural shift that breathes feminine consciousness and balance into our world.

SEE HERE FOR MORE DETAILS AND TO REGISTER. 

ENDING SHAME AND ADDICTION: ENERGY MEDICINE FOR THE SOUL: TARA Approach students who have completed at least one iteration of Essence and Empowerment or the TARA Approach Foundations course are eligible to attend this class. Designed by previous TARA Approach students ENDING SHAME AND ADDICTIONS is a class for those ready to step into their essential empowerment by disinhibiting resistance, erasing guilt and shame, and manifesting the fluid bioelectricity that is the experience of optimum health and awareness. Students learn how to use the extraordinary energy medicine component of the TARA Approach (Jin Shin TARA) effectively to address chronic patterns of self-sabotage, avoidance, procrastination, holding back, resistance and disempowerment that are the basis of addiction. Each student will have the opportunity to create a personal constellation that represents their addictive patterns with the purpose of disinhibiting it completely. The physiology of addiction, including the patterns of sympathetic and parasympathetic dominances, will be examined with an eye to instilling a much more integrated nervous system balance. Through their own process of self-advancement each participant becomes a model for others personally and professionally.

REGISTRATION IS THROUGH THE FINDHORN FOUNDATION HERE.

The TARA Approach Practicum at Findhorn is a unique opportunity to engage in a practical application laboratory for three days. Participants are invited to demonstrate practitioner skills in a highly focused environment. They receive detailed feedback from TARA Approach Founder Stephanie Mines, Ph.D. Please submit your request to participate as soon as possible to assure your place. Preparatory materials from Dr. Mines are necessary. Contact her at tara-approach@prodigy.net to receive these. Registration for the Practicum is through the TARA Approach. If lodging is needed it must be arranged through the Findhorn Bookings office.

In this workshop you will learn how to easily touch the various energy points to balance the body's energy system, which strengthens both physical and mental health and provides peace of mind and body. You will also learn about the nervous system's reactions through stress and trauma, and why this energy medicine is so effective in treating traumatic stress in the body. The focus is primarily self-treatment, but we help each other by keeping a close eye on each other's energy points as well.

Runa is educated in the Danish psychomotor tradition, and teaches the energy medicine Jin-Shin-Tara. This can be used by both therapists and others without prior experience.
She has backgrounds from theater, cancer care and adult psychiatry. Runa has accumulated much of this wisdom in the book "Home in Your Own Body", which is sold throughout the festival.

MORE INFORMATION HERE