Workshops
Theater of dreams
This workshop, which runs six weeks, involves the study of dreams in an experiential way. Like all my groups, this one is usually kept to 5 to 7 people.
Participants keep a journal of their dreams during the workshop's term. (Don't worry: I've never had a client who was unable to remember some of his dreams with a few tricks.)
Freud called dreams "the royal road to the unconscious." During sessions, we enact dreams, rather than just discussing them, in order to more readily discern their varied meanings. The only way to approach the contents of the unconscious is through images. Thus dreams are ideal in that respect, since they are spontaneously created by the psyche. This means that dreams can often clarify what is inhibiting a person or disclose change the psyche is demanding.
Unlike much dream analysis, this work does not attempt to afix a definitive meaning to any one dream. We often enact a dream several times and new material seems to arise with each enactment. We also experiment with changing the dream's narrative, imagining how the dream might continue. Over time, most clients are surprised to see a pattern develop that does reveal the central conflict or problem being processed by the unconscious.
Cost of the group is $50 weekly, $300 total. If you pay in full 10 days in advance, you receive a discounted rate of $250.
I also offer a one-day dream workshop for $110.
Tasting the imagination
This is a new workshop that brings together my work in psychology and my work as a dining critic. The basic premise here is that a well developed palate has a positive psychological effect.
My plan is to host 3 or 4 dinners at unique Atlanta restaurants. We’ll play with flavors and related stories.
Details later, but write me if you are interested: grazer@mindspring.com.
Generally...
Workshops require a $50 to $100 deposit. This is refundable with one week’s notice. Otherwise, it is not refundable. Discounts are offered for paying in full in advance.
One or two reduced-fee spots are offered in every workshop. Please feel free to ask. I am committed to my work being available to a diverse clientele.
All workshops are conducted in Cliff Bostock’s office in his home in Grant Park.
For details, write cliffbostock@gmail.com or call 404-518-4415
Muse 101
Muse 101 is my core workshop. It’s a daylong workshop for people who want to improve creative functioning or develop a keener sense of life purpose. This workshop is the usually required predecessor for participation in the multi-week Greeting the Muse workshop. But it's also a good way to seize a glimpse, often a radical one, of what is blocking self-expression.
This session is directed to newcomers and people who have taken workshops with Cliff Bostock before and would benefit from a refresher.
Muse 101 situates creative inhihbition in the body as well as the mind. The workshop is "playful," in the sense that participants experiment with alternative ways of being through work Cliff Bostock has developed. The work can include music, writing, enactment and performance. If you want some sense of the way this work affects people, click HERE.
Cost for the full one-day session is $110, $90 paid a week in advance.
Greeting the Muse
Greeting the Muse is the first workshop I developed. It is an extremely intense “nekyia” (journey to the underworld). Participants spend 11 weeks on written assignments and various activities during two-hour sessions. I’m also planning a series that meets once monthly, on Saturdays, over the course of four months.
For a full description of this workshop, consult my original website.
Cost of the day is $95. A sliding scale fee is available for one place. You should contact us to apply for that. These workshops are kept small -- five to seven people -- so there are no refunds for last-minute cancellations. (Cost includes breakfast pastries and coffee.)
