Where

NorCal - Wildwood

20111 Old Cazadero Rd
Guerneville, CA 95446
US

When

(GMT-07:00) Pacific Daylight Time (America/Los_Angeles)

 
Start Sep 8, 2017 7:00 PM
End Sep 10, 2017 6:00 PM
Contact
HAI NorCal Office
707-981-7886
 
Event Cost
Prerequisite Workshop: Level 2
Event Registration Fee (per person) USD 695.00
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Event Summary

Choice is so much more than saying “yes” or “no.” What is the full range of options at any given moment? What do you do when you don’t know what to do? Do you go along with the crowd? Or do you feel into what is right for you, and make your own choice?

If you were to hit a “reset” button on your life, what would you choose now? Are there people you need to heal relationships with? Are there important things left unfinished in any aspect of your life

HAI emphasizes choice from the very first session of the first workshop. In Loving Your Choices we take it much further. How were you conditioned to be the gender you were raised to be? Were there essential parts of yourself that you let go of in order to be accepted, perhaps even to survive? Are there experiences or ways of being you would like to try on, but never have?

HAI is adding a mandatory $45 surcharge to in-person weekend workshops to cover COVID testing and other COVID related expenses until they are no longer necessary.

HAI Global is committed to the safety of its participants, volunteers and employees. You will be asked to provide a negative COVID test 2-4 days before the workshop in addition to testing onsite at registration.

Event Team

Facilitators

Donna Spitzer Rengel brings clarity, compassion and insight to the workshops she facilitates. Donna’s background is in somatics and movement arts, as a holistic Lomi Body/Mind practitioner. Her expertise in communications assists individuals and couples to create healthy, loving relationships. She is passionate about her most current venture, her workshop for Women on Expression, Movement and Connection. When Donna met Peter Rengel in 1985, she found the partner with whom she would happily explore love, communication and service for this lifetime. Together they became involved with the Human Awareness Institute (HAI), and a few years later Donna joined her husband on staff as a facilitator of the Love, Intimacy & Sexuality workshops. She has over twenty years leading workshops with The Human Awareness Institute. Donna is the proud mother of a grown son, Kavi.
I care deeply about our world, our children, our planet. I am a person who is full of joy and love. I'm interested in the intangible aspects of our human experience, seeing beyond the limits the mind. Since I was young, I've had a natural curiosity about our differences as people, including culture and values. I've lived in Japan, India (briefly), Australia and the US. I've been living in the US since 1995, having come here to do a masters degree. I'm madly in love with my wife, Sarah, who is also a HAI Facilitator. And I love being the father of a teenage boy, Jeremy, who has taught me so much about life.
 
Event Details

As we begin to stand more fully in ourselves, we can choose our own desires out of a clear commitment to ourselves. We stop and wonder “what is it I truly want?” We take stands we had not taken before as well as opening a door to looking at what influences of culture, parenting, school, friends and family have shaped why we do what we do.

There is an opening of understanding about how at choice we truly are when we pay attention. We begin to ask ourselves, “Why do I do what I do? Do I choose or does my programming choose?” We use the edginess of our sexuality to explore the universality of choice. The inherent pulse of our body’s longings opens the way to attuning to our body’s wisdom, informing our moment-by-moment, day-by-day decision making.

This workshop provides you with the opportunity to see clearly the underlying causes of your behaviors. You’ll examine your programmed responses to see that your choices are often restricted by your past. You can expect to:

  • Learn about adapted behavior, and liberate yourself from “group think”

  • Recognize gender roles and free yourself from unnecessary restrictions

  • Gain a much deeper understanding of why you do what you do

Once the looking within begins the doors swing wide open.

“Level 3 helped me step into my own power and make the choices I wanted for my life. I never knew that I could be so happy.” ~C.A.

“My self-consciousness and life-long negativity actually went away somewhere and hasn’t returned. I feel I really connected with people on a very basic level, a simple appreciation that we were all feeling much the same things, with similar needs.” ~C.R.

Event Policy

CANCELLATION & TRANSFER POLICY

Once you are confirmed in a workshop, your deposit is non-refundable.
If you cancel or transfer, the fee is $100.
Less than 2 weeks prior to the start of the workshop, if you cancel or transfer, the fee is $200.
Once the workshop begins, all payments are non-refundable.
To cancel or transfer your registration you need to contact the HAI office prior to the start of the workshop. 
If you sign up for a workshop while attending a workshop, you have one week to change the date without incurring any fees.

REFUND POLICY

If a credit balance remains after fees and deposit are deducted, a request for a refund must be made within 60 days of cancelling or transferring.
If no refund is requested within 60 days, you have 1 year to use the credit by attending a HAI workshop or a HAI event.
After 1 year, all payments and/or credits expire and are non-refundable.
If the next offering of the same workshop you are cancelling or transferring is over 1 year away, your credit will be extended to that date.                 

ADA POLICY

If you need an accommodation to attend a HAI event, contact your local HAI Office at least ten (10) days before the event and inform them of the nature of the disability and your needs. In the case of events held in private homes, additional time may be required.  See our ADA Policy for more information.

​Trained Service Animals as defined by the ADA are always welcome. Service Animals, such as Guide Dogs/Seizure Dogs/Hearing Dogs are trained to perform specific tasks and are working animals, not pets. Pets, Therapy Dogs and Emotional Support Dogs, specifically, are not Service Animals and are not allowed at HAI events.