Connecting with Your Inner Intelligence
‘Power of You’
features seminars that provide guidance, self-enrichment
Reporter: Jennifer Miller
When wellness facilitator and author Michael Symonds moved to Whistler
a few years ago, many friends and colleagues wondered why he would
choose a place that seems somewhat superficial and appears to cater to
the pursuit of hedonistic activities.
But Symonds said he considers Whistler to be a very spiritual place —
one where people come to connect with nature; a place that seems to
draw people who are looking for something deeper in life. People come
to Whistler in search of adventure and risk, and Symonds said the
journey inward is probably the biggest adventure one can embark upon.
That’s why he isn’t surprised that wellness and self-development
events and activities like this weekend’s The Power of You seminars
are increasingly popular in Whistler.
The Power of You offers participants a taste of several methods for
self-development through workshops, discussions and events, while also
turning the focus outward to the rest of the world. With proceeds of
the fourth annual event going to Families for Children, a non-profit
group that operates homes to care for destitute women and children in
India and Bangladesh, participants can seek personal growth and
spiritual healing while giving to a worthwhile cause.
Symonds is leading a workshop on Saturday (Nov. 17) that will
introduce people to a fusion of yoga meditation and chanting, using
sound to help people discover a different aspect of themselves and
reconnect with their body and inner intelligence.
“It’s very, very dynamic because you’re not just listening to my
voice, you’re engaging in the process by actually using the sounds
yourself,” Symonds said of the workshop. “Anyone who shows up is going
to have some sort of an experience.”
In addition to 17 years of experience as a personal growth
facilitator, Symonds is a certified meditation instructor with the
Chopra Centre for Wellbeing. He said no experience is necessary for
people to engage in the workshop and explore a different level of who
they are.
“The beauty of the Nada Yoga Sutras is it’s an effortless process,” he
said.
The Power of You kicks off Friday evening (Nov. 16) with Be the
Change, an interactive event with Symonds and other wellness leaders
that aims to help participants explore their gifts and, as Gandhi
said, discover how to “be the change (they) wish to see in the world.”
Additional Saturday workshops include Mastery Meditation with Dhyan
Vimal, Passion Test with Bernie Lalor-Morton and Kick-Butt Intuition
with Cheryl Brewster and Krista Hoffs.
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