Trance Possession and Ritual in Bali: Understanding Indigenous Wisdom Through Trance and Ritual March 16- April 1, 2009 Sponsored by The Milton H. Erickson Institute of the San Francisco Bay Area and Bali Institute for Global Renewal
Join this fascinating 16 day intensive experience and witness living uses of ritual trance in community practices and personal healing. This transformational trip will bring you into the rarely seen world of Balinese trance culture. You'll have opportunities to learn from trance experts and visit trance mediums and other healers, see them work with patients and interview them about their practices. Hear them speak in the voices of the patients' ancestors and correct their family and personal problems. Attend community trance ceremonies where young girls dance in trance, unsupported and in unison, on the shoulders of young men. Our time in Bali coincides with Nyepi, the special Day of Silence, and the great holidays of Galungan and Kuningan, when village wide trances and ceremonies celebrate the balancing of good and evil and the entire island of Bali participates.
Highlights
- Experience private visits with authentic Balinese healers
- Visit temple anniversary ceremonies of masked dance and trance dramas
- Attend day-long cremation and trance rituals with experts in trance
- Stay in an authentic Balinese hotel with gorgeous rice-field views
- See special dance performances and visit mask carvers, batik artists and painters
- Enjoy five person tours of the island with our Balinese guides
Participants can fulfill California relicensing requirements for PhD, PsyD, EdD, MFT, LCSW and RN licenses
Approved for 36 hours of CEU credit by MCEPAA [MIL049-0036]
Space is Limited to 25 participants. Register Online Now! at www.miltonherickson.com
Questions?
Visit www.miltonherickson.com, email ericgreenleaf@mac.com, or call 510 464 1140.
Note: Bali Institute for Global Renewal is proud to collaborate with the Milton H. Erickson Institute of the Bay Area as part of our effort to support and promote Balinese indigenous wisdom experiences. We believe that it is through a deep understanding of indigenous cultures like Bali that transformative learning and wise leadership can emerge. Programs like this one support new forms of global activism to heal our sacred planet.
Workshop Leaders
Betty Alice Erickson MS, LPC, MFT,is a renowned hypnotic therapist whose parents, Dr. Milton and Elizabeth Erickson, were consulted by Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson as the anthropologists studied Balinese trance. She wrote and edited Hope and Resiliency and Milton H. Erickson, MD: an American Healer. Betty Alice has taught internationally and served as Keynote speaker at conferences. She received the Franco Granone Prize of the Centro Italiano di Ipnosi Clinica Sperimentale. She practices in Dallas, Texas.
Eric Greenleaf, PH.D, has practiced, taught and written about hypnotherapy for 35 years. He presents internationally on dreams, hypnosis,
Balinese trance and imagery, and wrote The Problem of Evil: Ancient Dilemmas and Modern Therapy. Milton Erickson, MD, chose Eric to
receive the first Milton H. Erickson Award of Scientific Excellence for Writing in Hypnosis. He practices in the San Francisco Bay area.
Dr. Luh Ketut Suryani, M.D., Ph.D., retired as Head of the Psychiatry Dept. at Udayana University in Bali, and is an important advocate for women
in Bali and Indonesia. She has a weekly TV program on women and culture. Invited guests may include members of the Ubud Royal Family,
local civic leaders and other guest presenters, to be listed on www.baliinstitute.org later in 2008.
For more information:
info@baliinstitute.org • 415.331.7552
Ubud, Bali • Sausalito, California USA