The Work of Byron Katie

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Key Information

2 day program per Part, includes manual, Loving What is booklet, worksheets.

Course Summary

‘I don’t let go of concepts, I question them. Then they let go of me’ Byron Katie

What is your most painful, stressful thought that keeps replaying over and over again?
How would your life feel if that thought was gone…would you feel more joyful? More full of energy and connection and laughter? Who would you be without that thought?

The Work of Byron Katie is a radical approach that doesn’t have any answers – it has something better – the questions. People who use The Work experience extraordinary and lasting impact on their daily lives, in their relationships, career, with their health etc.

Time magazine called it “4 Questions to Inner Peace”

“An unquestioned mind is a world of suffering” Byron Katie

Instead of trying to suppress our judgments we have about others or life experiences we will use them as a starting point for self-realization. Doing so allows us to discover the real source of distress in life is only ever our thinking. As we cease trying desperately to get reality to match our stories of how it “should be” we start to experience the peace and happiness that comes when we stop wanting everything to be different than it is.

“When you argue with reality you lose, but only 100% of the time.” Byron Katie

Enquire into your relationship with your family, partner, children, health, wealth, life, work and much more.
Bring your suffering, distress, frustration – enquire into what is truly causing the suffering

Great for starting out and/or wanting to consolidate your understanding of The Work of Byron Katie.

Testimonials

R Meads

The weekend with Wendy was inspiring. I love “ the Work” and had already done a bit of work last week in the lead up to the weekend. Wendy made it very clear and easy to understand the process, the questions, pacing “the work” with the client and only gently pushing when there was an impass. Her student live sessions were held in a sensitive and client focused / paced manner. She was patient with students struggling with the concept and also acknowledged those for whom ‘The Work ‘seemed more natural. I already feel that the journey towards being a facilitator in The Work one day is part of my life path! I love the weekend and feel you have a sensitive and intelligent facilitator in Wendy!

Corporate

Alex

It was an incredible weekend of insights and connection in an extremely supported, gentle space.

Teacher, Mother.

Jaz

The Work works!!! …..So my cynicism, my depression (so far that I can tell) has shifted and I’m open to love for myself and others. Still a long way to go of course, but I am also more confident in my abilities as a counsellor now I feel I have a strong basis, and method, to work from. So thank you Brenda for bringing the course in to my world. I have looked up to many women in my life who I hold as strong, beautiful and able to share their love, and you are one of them… I now feel I can admire myself, and through the love of myself my compassion for others has taken on a deeper level…

Youth Worker

Jo Christmas

It was an amazing and very deep experience. the information and practical experience was incredible and I felt full

Nurse

J Flynn

I really had the most wonderful weekend I have had in a long time. Some real breakthroughs. For someone as cerebral as me, Katie’s practical inquiry really helps me open up things that I never knew I could. And your facilitation Wendy was wonderful – I found you to be very kind and easy to talk to and also interesting and open. Feeling very grateful today

Student

A Large

Wow what a weekend of self enquiry!

Naturopath

Course Content

Work of Byron Katie weekends comprise of 2 days per part.

Includes workbook, Loving What is booklet, Judge Your Neighbour worksheets, morning and afternoon tea

For those participants who have not attended Part I prior to Part II it is suggested that an individual session or webinar using The Work of Byron Katie be attended.

Part 1: Part I

Trainer: Rosie Stave

2 days

An Introduction on How to do The Work of Byron Katie
Literal Listening - Listening without adding to another's story
Identifying Transparent beliefs
Enquirying into our stressful thoughts with The Work of Byron Katie so the beliefs let go of us
Introduction to using The Judge Your Neighbour Worksheet
Discover The One Belief At a Time Worksheet you can use anytime
The Gift of Criticism introduction
Demonstrations of The Work of Byron Katie enquiry process
In class exercises
Many resources to use and access

Part 2: Part II

Trainer: Rosie Stave , Wendy Davidson

2 days

Saying "No" or "Yes" - Who is it I have difficulty saying "No" to or saying "Yes" to? What are my stressful thoughts?
Inquiry using The Worksheets
Doing The Work of Byron on Myself - "I", personal stories of self, body illness etc
Stressful Events - What were my motives? Why don't I say "No" or "Yes" to myself?
Wants - Why I think I can't get what I want? Practice asking, beliefs that stop us....
The Gift of Criticism - Taking it deeper, How to receive. What was it like? Beliefs appearing and enquiry.
Turnarounds: Meeting life as it is, my thinking, shoulds,how I drink in my thinking and much more

Staff

Rosie Stave

CERTIFIED FACILITIATOR OF THE WORK OF BYRON KATIE

Since her first introduction to The Work in 1995, Rosie has been passionate about this tool for freedom. She lived and worked with Katie for 2 years setting up the Center For The Work in Barstow, California. Rosie was the primary facilitator at The Center For The Work when Katie was unavailable. Since her return to Australia in 1998, she has been offering workshops, retreats, private sessions and evenings of The Work throughout Australia and New Zealand. She is a certified facilitator of The Work and brings a depth of wisdom and truth, honesty and compassion, love and laughter to this life changing work.

Wendy Davidson

CERTIFIED FACILITATOR OF THE WORK OF BYRON KATIE, CERT IV IN TAE, MEDIATOR

CERTIFIED FACILITIATOR OF THE WORK OF BYRON KATIE, CERT IV IN TAE, MEDIATOR

Wendy Davidson is an experienced Management Consultant and Certified Facilitator of The Work of Byron Katie.
Wendy’s career has encompassed community development work in the not-for-profit sector and more recently management consulting with business, government and community sectors. She works extensively with individuals and organisations in planning, development, mediation, facilitation and coaching.

Wendy utilises The Work of Byron Katie as a process to unearth personal wisdom, knowledge and capability and to elicit long-lasting change for individuals and organisations. Wendy offers The Work as method to identify internal obstacles, question limiting beliefs and transform lives.

“My own personal journey as a young child I would often lay on the ground in the dark, gaze at the night sky and look into the stars. I remember feeling that all was right in my world. I felt connected, at home, peaceful.
Then at the age of 8 my father died, suddenly. He drowned. Purposely, some suspect. As a child, I did not understand my father’s depression nor the mental illness that ran through his family, randomly carrying others on its tidal wave. I felt guilt, shame, not good enough and a deep sadness which became abiding unhappiness. I stopped looking at the sky. The stars went out.
From then on I lived my life on alert, looking for the next danger. I believed there was always something that could go wrong. I would try to control everything in my life and in the lives of others, particularly of those close to me. There was always something that might go wrong and I needed to manage it, control it, fix it. Nothing was ever right or good enough, including me! I used anger, criticism, and blame toward others and the world.

The Work helped me to unravel my learnt distrust. I learnt to notice when I’m on alert looking for the next danger and now find myself smiling at my old habits and need for control. It’s such a relief to understand that those long held beliefs and habits of anger, criticism, blame, and even self-loathing are simply reflections of a fearful mind”.

Individual Sessions

Brisbane & Sunshine Coast & Online Brenda Sutherland

New South Wales Rosie Stave

Adelaide SA Wendy Davidson

Accredited

Modules

The Work of Byron Katie

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