 Ed Elkin Ph.D. Biography
Ed Elkin, Ph.D. has over 30 years experience as a seminar leader and as a personal and business consultant. He is a humanistic psychologist who founded Transpersonal Gestalt as a synthesis of the works of Alan Watts, Ram Dass, and Fritz Perls.
He authored Transformations: A Transpersonal Gestalt Primer, and Eggstraordinary Eggs and other Poems of Fancy, of Despair and of Hope. A former Fulbright Scholar in psychology at the Sorbonne in Paris, he has become an internationally known group leader, gestalt trainer and teacher. Dr. Elkin was Vice President of the Quest Center for Human Growth and a founding member of the Gestalt Institute of Washington, D.C. He is currently a psychotherapist and consulant in private practice, and travels occasionally as a public speaker, lecturer and seminar leader.
Former Clients: World Symposium on Humanity(Vancouver, B.C.); Whole Life Expo(Los Angeles, CA.); Holistic Health Network (Los Angeles, CA.); Future World Expo (Pasadena, CA.); L.E.A.R.N. Institute (Maui, HI.); 2020 Productions/ Futurewave, Inc. (Santa Fe, N.M.); Creative Resources Guild (CRG) (Santa Monica, CA.); Wahi Pana Gardens (Maui, HI.); Maui Psychotherapy Services (Maui, HI.)
Current Affiliations
- Brain Gym Inter-Generational Mentoring Program (Giving Back)
www.givingbackmentoring.org
Consultant and Team Member
Contact: Karen Peterson freesia@maui.net
- Maui Mystery School www.mauimysteryschool.org
Member, Board of Directors
Contact: Spencer Ryland ryland@maui.net
- Expressive Therapy Association www.expressivetherapy.com
Member
Contact: Jane
Goldberg, Ph.D. uri4light@aol.com
- School of Tantra www.schooloftantra.com
Faculty
Contact. Alex Sasha Lessin, Ph.D. alessin@aloha.net
- EarthNet Institute www.eni.edu
Outreach Coordinator
Contact. George
Wolford, Ph.D. wolford@eni.edu
- New Civilization Network www.newciv.org
Member
Contact: Flemming Funch
- Earth Rainbow Network www.earthrainbownetwork.com
Member
Contact: Mr. Jean Hudson globalvisionary@earthrainbownetwork.com
- Dennis Kucinich Campaign - Maui Division www.kucinich.us
Member
Contact: Ave Diaz diaz@mauigateway.com
Selected Seminars:
Contact Information
Snail Mail: Ed Jor-El Elkin • PO Box 811, Hana, HI 96713
Phones: 808-248-7548; Cell: 808-298-5071; Email: EdElkin@aol.com
http://globalvisions.org/cl/elkin
Seminar Descriptions:
The Namaste Experience:
Finding the Oneness Among Us with Transpersonal Gestalt.
This workshop offers a spiritual version of traditional Gestalt based on the principle that "behind our differences we are the same". In other words, we will learn to experience the "oneness among us".
NAMASTE is the traditional Indian greeting which means:
"I honor the spirit within you which is the same as the spirit in me".
By blending the techniques and teachings of Ram Dass, Fritz Perls and Alan Watts, participants are guided to embody the meaning of Namaste through exercises designed to evoke our shared humanity and the "oneness among us".
The exercises include guided imagery, movement and dance, sitting and moving meditations, chanting, and both small and large group interactions.
The Healing Path Of Expressive Arts:
This workshop presents the philosophy and techniques of Expressive Arts which have in common the ability to use many forms of expression to bring about personal growth and healing.
These include: Art and music-making, poetry writing and reading, Dance and movement, Transformational theater, Journaling, Drumming and Singing.
By expressing that which is "inside us", we gain insight into the unconscious roots of many of our difficulties and a greater ability to resolve our problems and heal our lives.
The Gift of Past-Life Learning:
This workshop provides participants with a significant connection with one or more past lives. Using powerful guided imagery processes, participants re-experience the past life and gain information relevant to current life-situations. The process is also highly effective on an individual basis.
Slow Down, Do less, Be More:
In today's hectic achievement-oriented world, we seem to be running faster and faster to get nowhere ! In the process, we lose touch with who we really are! It's time to remember ourselves, by finding that we are Human Be-ings and not Human Do-ings! Through exercises, meditations, discussion and inquiry we use this time to literally slow down, do less and be more! Come BE with us.
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