Sacred Cliffs Workshops

"What lies behind us and lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us."
--Ralph Waldo Emerson  

Workshops with Leah lie at the heart of the Sacred Cliffs experience. Working in small groups allows participants to enjoy personal attention, while also receiving the benefits of a group dynamic and group experience. Also, workshops provide the only opportunity for clients to receive the full benefit of the performance experience.

During the course of a workshop, we make the transition from using your "inside voice" to put your words on paper; to reading your words aloud within a group of peers; to sharing your words with a wider audience. Each of these are steps in the development of your voice, and gaining clarity and comfort in using it.

Performance can be a scary word to a lot of people. In fact, it is said that for many people, the fear of speaking in front of a group of people is even bigger than the fear of death. A Sacred Cliffs performance is different from a school play or public speaking event in a whole host of ways:

• Speaking your own words in front of a group of people is an opportunity for you to finally speak your truth and have it be heard - this experience is ultimately about YOU, not about the audience;
• You always have your words in front of you - no need to fear forgetting what you want to say!
• The audience is made up of whomever you invite - friends, family, and people who love you - and they are walking in WANTING to see you succeed;
• You are surrounded and supported by the other people from your workshop - the group dynamic that forms within the workshop room carries into the performance space, and you will all be rooting for each other;
• This is your opportunity to USE YOUR VOICE in a self-supportive and loving way!!!!
  

WORKSHOP SET-UP

Workshops can be structured in many ways, and are only limited by your imagination! Here are a few basic options - please contact me to discuss the particular needs and desires of your group:

• Evening teaser - Approximately 2 to 2.5 contact hours - This is an introduction to the Sacred Cliffs workshop experience. We will talk a little bit about the reasons to write, and then we'll dive right in. We'll divide our time between writing and sharing. This teaser is an exciting introduction to the power of writing and processing as part of a group.


• Weekend workshop - Approximately 10-13 contact hours - This workshop provides time and space for deeper exploration through writing and sharing. We will explore both past challenges and future goals and hopes. The workshop can end with a short reading of some of the material participants have created during the weekend.


• Evening series - Approximately 20 contact hours - This series of 10 evening workshops allows participants to work in shorter chunks over an extended period. One potential benefit of this format is the ongoing integration of the insights and experiences you receive as we go along. The workshop can end with a reading of some of the material participants have created during the series.


• Week-long workshop - Approximately 35 contact hours - This workshop allows participants to delve into the depth of the truth of who they are. Through writing, meditation, movement, speaking, dancing, and anything else that feels appropriate in the moment, our goal will be to touch the truth of the light of your soul and to give it voice. This full workshop can conclude with a reading of some of the material participants have created during the week.

Comments from previous participants:

"You've created a safe environment for me to bring the fear, hurt, and anger from the depths of my soul out into the light."

"Your workshops have helped me to express myself in a way that I couldn't before. I have written things that I could never have verbalized, and this has helped me to begin to heal my spirit."

"It's given me some of my vitality back. It's something new and different, and it has been a lot of fun."

"This has been a truly memorable life experience. The lessons I've learned with this group - about sharing, about speaking, about telling the truth - will carry me ever upward."