Building Your Presence Practice: A Therapy Group for Conscious Living

Schedule

Wed, 10 Sep, 2025 at 05:00 pm to Wed, 15 Oct, 2025 at 07:00 pm

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Location

Bethlehem Centre | Nanaimo, BC

When: Wednesdays, 5–7 pm: Dates: September 10 – October 15, 2025
Where: Bethlehem Retreat Centre, Nanaimo, BC: Facilitator: John Woychuk, M.A., C.C.C.: Group Size: 10–14 participants
Imagine you are carrying a heavy backpack around and even though you are at home, or in a car or even in bed, you continue to strain under that heavy weight. That would be exhausting and unnecessarily so!
In a similar way, most of us are carrying around the burden of our heavy thought patterns and emotional pain, whether in the background or on the surface, all the time. Learning how to return to a state of presence, or Being, even briefly throughout our day, is a way of putting the burden down temporarily and even better, it is a way of recognizing through experience who we are at a deeper level. That recognition gives us access to peace, joy and wisdom.
Using Eckhart Tolle’s Practicing the Power of Now as a guide, we’ll practice presence through movement, music, journaling, reflection, and group connection—always with choice.
Who Should Attend:
This is an in-person therapy group for adults in Nanaimo and area who are interested in working as a facilitated therapy group to commit to bringing more balance into our lives and who have some familiarity and resonance with the author Eckhart Tolle.
Why Attend:
Practice presence and in a safe, like-minded community of people while being facilitated by a certified Counsellor. 
Reflect on aspects of the human mind that challenge our ability to stay present such as identification with thinking and the pain body and how to overcome them.
Connect to a state of peace and joy within yourself.
Practice being present while listening to others as well as while sharing insights and questions. 
Gain clarity and support on points of struggle in your daily presence practice. 
Cost: $300 for all six sessions (non-refundable after enrolment).
To Register: Email your full name to [email protected]. Intake and consent forms will follow upon acceptance.

Where is it happening?

Bethlehem Centre, 2371 Arbot Rd, Nanaimo, BC V9R 6S9, Canada
Tickets

CAD 300.00

J. Woychuk Counselling & Psychotherapy

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