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Big Sur, California
24th - 29th April, 2005

Workshop
Experiencing the Lightness of Being:
Calatonia and Subtle Touch

"…A dim premonition tells us that we cannot be whole without this negative side, that we have a body which, like all bodies, casts a shadow, and that if we deny this body we cease to be three-dimensional and become flat and without substance." C. G. Jung, "The Collected Works," vol. 7, pg. 30

"But he can make no progress with himself unless he becomes very much better acquainted with his own nature."
C. G. Jung, "An Answer to Job"

"In the original Greek, the verb Khalaó (Calatonia, 1974) indicates relaxation and feeding; retreating from a state of anger, fury or violence; opening a door; undoing the ties of a leather canister; letting go; pardoning one's parents; removing all veils; etc."
Pethö Sándor

Just to inform you about the training/workshop on Calatonia (also known as Subtle Touch), a body psychotherapy method based on light touch to the skin and Jungian psychology, method developed by Dr. Pethö Sándor, MD, (http://www.calatonia.net/epetho.htm) in Brazil and practiced by a large group of psychotherapists since 1960.

In a non-invasive manner, Calatonia typically elicits the patient s priorities - manifested through images, feelings, thoughts, etc. - which can be processed in verbal therapy. Each person responds to the treatment with Calatonia within his/her particular psychophysical makeup; however, many patients report a quite spiritual feeling of steady harmony, resilience and ability to bear opposites and conflict. As Sándor stated, "Calatonia greatly facilitates proximity to extra-rational areas of the psyche and to transpersonal realms, including that psyche wholeness center (Self), which is more than the sum of the psyche's components. (1969)"

Because of the remarkable psychophysical benefits, these techniques are excellent tools for professionals in the mental health field to recharge, reorganize, and "plug into meditation and insight".