The ALP workshop is a series of trainings created by the late Professor Pierre Weil of the Holistic University of Brasilia as a contribution to the UNESCO programme Peace in man’s spirit. In the light of our current human and environmental  challenges, these workshops seek to integrate the inner life with the outer, reminding us that we are all one, each an aspect of an undivisible source.

The Workshops "The Art of Living Life" form the basis of a method used with success for over 15 years in peace education training for teachers, education specialists, as well as adults and youth from all walks of life. Seminars are currently being given on several continents (i.e. Latin America, North America, Europe) and countries (i.e. Brazil, Argentina, Equador, Costa Rica, the United States, Belgium, France, the United Kingdom, Germany and Portugal ).

Key themes of the workshop

• Peace is never far away
• Everything and everyone is connected at source with everything and everyone else
• The fantasy that we are all separate is at the root of all fear and this triggers our destructive behaviour Peace is not just the absence of war or conflict but a profound state of joyful vibrant cooperative living
• We can and do create our own reality

The workshop is set out

• to provide a new framework of understanding
• to identify the obstacles to peace
• to relate this to the individual
• to guide us through the experiential process of being at peace: with ourselves, with others,with nature, with our environment
• and to ground this learning and insight in practical intentions to make real in our lives

The Full ALP Training Programme consists of 8 workshops:

1. The art of living in peace (2 days)

With what does peace begin? How can one experience peace intensely with oneself (inner ecology), with others (social ecology) and with nature (the ecology of nature). This workshop is for many a true discovery of spaces where peace can be found. The book « The Art of Living in Peace », on which the workshop is based, was co-published with UNESCO.

2. The art of living consciously (2 days)

Is the state of being awake really an awakened state? Do other states of consciousness exist where other realities are experienced? This seminar aims to give a new perspective on reality and its relation to states of consciousness. It also looks at the management of inner conflicts.

3. The art of living in plenitude (2 days)

As all systems in the universe, the human being is an energy system, and moreover a transformer of energy. How do we use our energy in our daily lives, from the moment we wake up to the moment we go to sleep? Each moment, we have the choice to live or to vegetate? This workshop acts as a true review of our daily life and is an excellent and rare opportunity to carry out a revision of our existence.

4. The art of living in harmony (2 days)

To share our life with other people can be a great opportunity to awaken in us what is the most beautiful : the true nature of our spirit. How can life in a couple, with friends and/or with colleagues be transformed into an evolutionary relationship. How can crises and conflicts be avoided thanks to sane relationships?

5. The art of living conflict (2 days)

Crises and conflicts can be avoided, but are not always entirely unavoidable. When they occur, they present a good opportunity for evolving. In which conditions do crises and conflicts arise on an individual and social level? With experience and models of conflict resolution (internal, interpersonal, social and international), workshop participants dispose of solid tools for resolving conflicts without violence.

6. The art of living nature (2 days)

What is the relation of the human being with nature? What are the most recent theories of science on the cutting edge with regard to the origins of humankind, the universe and the place of humans in nature? In this workshop, the « illusion of separativity » and the relation between subject and object are examined as the major obstacles to experiencing reality. How does the "me" perceive things? What is the true nature which unites subject and object?

7. The art of living the passage (2 days)

What is the meaning of life in relation to death? In this workshop, a review takes place of different tradition which study the interrealms before, during and after the passage from life to death. These intervals can be grand occasions to experience our true nature. How to live peace and plenitude at the end of our lives? Each human being faces this issue at one point in their lives.

8. and life goes on ... (2 days)

Completely focused on the group, this workshop is devoted to responding to questions and doubts encountered during the preceding workshops, to confirm and reinforce the discovery of new meaning and to address unresolved issues.

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