Personal & Transpersonal Knowing Webinar

December 7, 2019 12pm- 2pm EST         Presented by Keith Hackwood

Building on the Interest in the first Personal & Transpersonal Knowing webinar, we intend on offering a mini-series continuing to explore the interactions between the personal and transpersonal through the body, mind, spirit and collective using theory, case material and experiential practices. We will consider the relational edge, the fluidity of consciousness within space and time, and ways of working sensitively with subtle states and energies.

 Aims & Learning Objectives

• An exploration of the boundaries between the personal and transpersonal aspects of awareness
• An opportunity to reflect on case material relating to this interface
• Inquiry into the ‘organs of perception’ associated with transpersonal awareness – how do we perceive that we are perceiving?
• Contexts for working with transpersonal will
• Explorations of identity within the liminal realms of altered states of consciousness.
• Opportunity for open discussion/Q&A

I am Keith Hackwood, a counsellor,  Psychosynthesis therapist, supervisor and Mindfulness teacher working in Newport, South Wales. I have been in practice for more than fifteen years and have many thousands of hours of client experience. My work is mainly with individuals, though I also work with couples and  groups too. Apart from Psychosynthesis I also work with traditions of Mindfulness and have taught many courses and retreats across South Wales for the general public, individuals and a range of organisations and businesses. I also offer online mindfulness courses.

My main interests lie in a range of directions – therapeutically I enjoy the creative collision of Psychosynthesis ideas with those of archetypal and transpersonal practitioners, such as James Hillman, AH Almaas and Owen Barfield. I value the insights of Ecopsychology and the challenge of taking the work outdoors, beyond the therapy room. I am interested in the integration of the personal with the collective in the experiencing of trauma and crisis. I enjoy Nature in all her forms, and have long been a student of many of the world’s great wisdom traditions (notably Kabbalah, Buddhism, the Western hermeticism, Sufism and the intact cultures of First Nations peoples). I delight in good poetry and interesting music and in all the true arts. I have an active meditation practice, and enjoy life with my young family.

My work experience bridges private practice and also previously held roles within organisations – these have included universities (Cardiff, Cardiff Metropolitan, Newport) a prison (HMP Cardiff), schools and spiritual organisations. I have spoken at national and international conferences and have a growing number of published works, poetry and journal articles, even some material for rolepaying games.

I am an active member of Literature Wales (formerly Academi), since being invited to join in 2005; a member of BACP (I also serve as member of the Executive of BACP Spirituality with a remit for 'Emerging Spiritualities') and AHPP, as well as the Scientific & Medical Network (SMN).

www.keithhackwood.com   keith@keithhackwood.com

Free to members

$25 for non members

Deadline to register is December 4, 2019