Doug Van Houten

is a body, heart & soul guide, student of Hakomi, apprentice to the honeybee, visual artist, wild ceremonialist, activist and guide for Animas Valley Institute (www.animas.org). In this work he draws on the wisdom of indigenous cultures, the natural world, depth-psychology, eco-psychology, dreams, poetry, and many cross cultural soul-encounter practices such as vision fasting, council, trance rhythms and conversations with the sacred Other. Doug's Great Work lives in support of others uncovering their own unique gifts and in so doing transforming their own lives in service to the Great Turning transformation of our times.

Marilyn Stoner

is a psychotherapist in private practice. She was the co-chair of the Festival of Faiths in 2008. She co-facilitates with Mark Steiner groups through Cultivating Connections in The Work That Reconnects founded by Joanna Macy, Brian Swimme's Evolutionary Cosmology studies, and the Awakening the Dreamer Workshops. She has also worked with the Hosparus Bereavement Center to provide expressive therapy groups for adults, and is working with Louisville's Compassionate Community. Marilyn delights in participating in small group gatherings with our awesome ever widening compassionate community.

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The Landscape of Dreams:
A nature-based, soulcentric dream exploration

with Doug Van Houten
assisted by Marilyn Stoner

August 22 - 24 / Friday 6 pm thru Noon Sunday

Lake St. Joseph, Crestwood, Kentucky
Guide Fee: sliding scale $100 - $150
Indoor Lodging: $60

$50 non-refundable deposit required to hold your space

Pre-Registration required.

Space is limited - Reserve your spot today!

EACH AND EVERY NIGHT, our dreams offer the conscious mind deep and wise symbols coming to
us from the unconscious, or not yet conscious, realm whose wisdom is both personal and universal. This
unconscious Underworld realm is a reservoir of unrecognized feelings, skills, perceptions, thoughts, habits, hidden phobias, concealed desires, and inherited experiences. For Jung, the goal of life was a uniting of a person's conscious and unconscious minds so that their original unique promise might be fulfilled.

By re-entering and immersing ourselves in dream
time together, we will invite the more mysterious,
deeper realms of the human psyche to lead us toward
an encounter with our own deep wisdom, our
souls. This powerful approach may help us to heal,
to welcome forgotten or buried parts of ourselves,
and holds the potential for us to deeply experience
personal transformation.

Rather than interpret our dreams, we will create the space and time to let our dreams "work" us using body
centered, nature-based expression, and experiential exercises. We'll also explore enacting dreams using group techniques,

What mysterious journey will unfold when we
answer the alluring and dangerous summons
now eminating from the human soul, from the
dream of the Earth, and from an intelligent,
evolving, ensouled Universe? ~ Bill Plotkin

What you will learn:

Ways to remember your dreams
How to tend to a dream on your own at home, or
in nature
Ways to invite yourself into the dream landscape
and be present to the elements of the dream
How to bring dream elements to

For info or to register:

doug@dougvanhouten.com (502) 472-6563

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