Monthly Groups
Letting Go into A Course in Miracles-Drop-in Group
Go Beyond Studying
Looking for a kinder, gentler, more loving world?
Are you willing to go within to find it?
It’s one thing to study ACIM**, and it’s another thing to live ACIM**. Sedona Method Releasing ™* is a beautiful bridge into the lessons and will be used to achieve the ultimate goal of the course- “removing the blocks to the awareness of love’s presence”.
- Remove the blocks to the awareness of Love’s presence
- Break out of the habit of reactivity
- Release confusion, judgment and frustration
- Enjoy the company of like-minded (apparent) others
- Appreciate what’s here now!
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In-person meetings the 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month. First meeting June 24th, 2023
10:30am-12noon
Love offering
At Unitarian Universalists Church
107 Barcelona Santa Fe,NM
RSVP appreciated melanie@smithsonclinic.com or 303-762-8994 (call or text)
Workshops
To Thine Own Self Be True
Walking the Path of Heart
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An On-line Program- March through December 2023
For those ready to dive deep into the lessons of love and surrender, we're offering a ten-month program (via zoom) designed to provide you with tools for healthy living and relationships. We'll be covering the tools required (self-awareness, boundaries, ability to let go, self-motivate, stay the path and more) and support each other to see past societal expectations and ego-driven goals. The program will involve group meetings twice a month, one private 30 minute session a month with Melanie, and a workbook for daily practices. We'll be incorporating teachings from A Course in Miracles, The Sedona Method, Body-Oriented Psychotherapy and of course, Play!
Brief Outline
-What’s here now?- Beliefs about self and the roles that define us and how they get in the way of living a truly authentic life. More than the obvious beliefs (not good enough, don’t deserve, etc.), we’ll explore the not so obvious (I have to be nice, I have to work hard and more)
-If I’m not that, what am I?- Exploring the truth of love, doing and being beyond the programming
-The Body as An Ally- exploring the wisdom of the body and how it can support boundaries, health, achieving goals and more
-Play and Joy as vehicles to authenticity
-Engaging the skill of presence- Moving through reactivity, understanding and working with
sensitivity and empathy
-The habit and cost of projection (from ACIM- But Myself I Crucify)
-How and why to practice forgiveness and gratitude
-Staying Open
Program Details: Group meetings are scheduled for Tuesday evenings (1st and 3rd of the month) March through December 2023. Group meetings will be recorded and shared with participants. Individual sessions will be scheduled directly with Melanie. Investment $177/month.
Currently in progress. Look for future dates or email melanie@smithsonclinic.com if interested.
Letting Go into a Course in Miracles- Moving from Dysfunctional to Functional Relationships
As soon as we start engaging with others, there is an opportunity for drama. One of the most important skills (never taught to most of us) is how to interact with others without losing ourselves. Exploring lessons from ACIM (including the concept of "special relationships", Sedona Method Releasing, and Body-Oriented Psychotherapy to find healthy relating.
Topics: Free yourself of habitual patterns of relating
Learn how to let go of resentment (towards self and others)
Discover and have what you really want in relationships
Learn what you can expect from others
Understand the role of boundaries in relationship
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​Watch for upcoming dates and/or email melanie@smithsonclinic.com to express interest. If you have a group of interested friends or co-workers, we will happily create a course for you.
Letting Go into a Course in Miracles- Review of the Basics
In our time together, we will study basic concepts from the Course and use Sedona Method Releasing* to let go of the blocks to being our best selves. If you’ve studied ACIM and have had difficulty living the principles, you will be (as I was) excited to learn these easy techniques that create a beautiful bridge from where you are now to where you’d like to be. Topics covered will include:
· The ego and separation
· The way we see
· I’m not the body (then what?)
· Forgiveness and Guilt
· Obstacles to Peace
· A New Beginning
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Watch for upcoming dates and/or email melanie@smithsonclinic.com to express interest. If you have a group of interested friends or co-workers, we will happily create a course for you.
Letting Go into a Course in Miracles- Are you Really What You Think You Are?
Most of us, most of the time, live as if we are who we were in the past. We assume those around us are also how we remember them from the past. We tell stories about how we became who we believe ourselves to be. But, is that the truth of your being?
Join us as we engage in processes that will allow us to be free of the stories from the past and shift into the present moment (in a most delightful way!)
Topics: What stories do you keep repeating about yourself?
How we carry the past into the future
The power of acceptance and letting go
Allowing this moment to be
Remembering Self and Love
Allowing thoughts, feelings and sensations
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Watch for upcoming dates and/or email melanie@smithsonclinic.com to express interest. If you have a group of interested friends or co-workers, we will happily create a course for you.
Letting Go into a Course in Miracles- Moving through Blame, Judgment and Guilt
The Course tells us that forgiveness is the key to freedom. The ego likes to blame and judge and use guilt to manipulate. We will study lessons from the Course and use Sedona Method Releasing* to learn how to move through the tendencies of the ego into love. If you’ve studied ACIM and have had difficulty living the principles, you will be (as I was) excited to learn these easy techniques that create a beautiful bridge from where you are now to where you’d like to be. Topics covered will include:
· The cost of blame
· Judgment and Love cannot co-exist
. Forgiveness of Self and Others
· How guilt is used to manipulate and control
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Watch for upcoming dates and/or email melanie@smithsonclinic.com to express interest. If you have a group of interested friends or co-workers, we will happily create a course for you.