The Desert Sanctuary Presents - Leaning Forward 2021
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VIDEO Recordings are now available:
Reserve you video of all 13 speakers. The complete conference! $10
October 16th– Online – Free – Reserve a Spot
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Last year, the Desert Sanctuary initiated the Nomad 2020 online conference during the pandemic. Ever since that day, I have been dreaming of this event. I wanted to lean forward and look toward the future with all the other spiritual nomads and seekers. I wanted to bring together people with differing vantage points to see if we could see what is over the horizon.
To be on this journey and truly experience the adventure, we have to move forward with some amount of uncertainty and a fair amount of courage and vulnerability.
But that doesn't mean that some things aren't becoming clearer. People are discovering the same types of things and that is where we can benefit together.
Let us walk together, you and I, and find healing and genuine love, and peace. What we find won't be a formula and we won't write a dogma, but I believe the answers are just over the horizon if we LEAN FORWARD!
Karl Forehand
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Tentative Agenda – October 16, 2021
9:00 “Addressing Religious Trauma” with Q&A
Aaron Tomlinson
The Way Forward – Karl & Laura Forehand
11:00 “Transforming Negative Reactions into Thoughtful Responses”
Dr. Paul Fitzgerald
The Way Forward – Kyle Butler
1:00 “The Human Predicament”
Dr. Amanda McKinney
The Way Forward – Michele Cohen
3:00 "The Way of the Mystic"
Alana Levandoski
The Way Forward – Kathy Leach
5:00 “Being and Becoming”
Karl Forehand
The Way Forward – Thomas Jay Oord
7:00 Bonus: The Way Forward
Alexander Shaia, Wm. Paul Young and Katy Valentine
Notes:
· The main segments are 45 minutes with Q&A following
· The Way Forward Segments are 20 minute, recorded segments
· Zoom sessions – sign up on the Event Page
Speaker Bios:
Aaron Tomlinson -
Dr. Paul Fitzgerald
- Doctorate of Ministry - internalized shame
- Creator with wife, Susanna, of HeartConnexion Seminars (25 years)
- Creator of HCS Focusing
- Certificate in Inner Relationship Focusing intense work with Ann Weiser Cornell and Barbara McGavin
- Certofocate in BioSpiritual Focusing - with John Keane and Joe Coletti through the BioSpiritual Institute.
"We all have trauma and patterns of self-protective reactions and the cost is too much to pay."
Dr. Amanda McKinney
- Physician, Passion for Lifestyle Medicine and environmental issues
- Focus on relationship between our food and the health of both humans and the planet.
- Fellow and a member of the Board of Directors of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine
- Certified Physician Executive
- Founder of the Institute of Human and Planetary Health
Alana Levandoski
- singer, songwriter
- contemplative seeker
- sustainable farmer
Karl and Laura Forehand
- Karl - former pastor, writer, blogger and podcaster.
- Laura - elementary teacher and fellow podcaster at The Desert Sanctuary with Karl and Whole Brain Teaching with Rhonda Arlt.
- Visit the website at: https://karlforehand.com/
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The Way Forward Speakers:
(Most of these speakers don't need an introduction, but I'll link to their website)
Alexander Shaia - https://www.quadratos.com/
Wm. Paul Young - https://wmpaulyoung.com/
Katy Valentine - https://www.katyvalentine.com/
Kyle Butler - https://www.facebook.com/Kylelb23
Michele Cohen - https://www.michelefrancesca.com/
Kathy Leach - https://www.facebook.com/kathy.leach.520
Thomas Jay Oord - http://thomasjayoord.com/
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