At the Personal Renaissance Course you will lengthen your attention span, increase your sample rate (see below), and learn the dynamics and power of holding on and letting go. As you become a master of attention you will radiate happiness from the inside; your interface with the external world will be curiosity and humor. You will sing and dance your way to a happier healthier life with deeper relationships, more money, more time and more ecstasy.

You will discover that you are much smarter, much sweeter, much more able and infinitely willing than you ever imagined. You will begin a life as your own best friend without pretense, tension or stress.

The trick is getting to know yourself. Discovering that you are much worse and much better than you ever imagined and that when you mix your best and your worst together you empower yourself nearly endlessly.

The Personal Renaissance Course is an incredible adventure. It is an exploration of creativity, possibility, flirting, connecting, self expression, self discovery and much more.

The Renaissance

In the middle of the 14th century people in Europe had lost all hope. The Black Plague was ravishing the country and people were dying of starvation. When a baby was born, the mother did not know if it was going to live or die. People avoided each other for fear of catching the plague from a friend or neighbor. Communities broke down and anarchy persisted. Individuals were at the mercy of circumstances. They were the response and what was going on was the stimulus. This is what has been called the Dark Age.

Then, something magical happened at the turn of the new century. Individuals began declaring that they had had enough. Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, Raphael, Gallileo, Copernicus showed up on the scene and started creating new circumstances. Society started entering what is now called the Age of Enlightenment or the Renaissance.
In our life today, we are at the effect of circumstance. We are at the effect of society, bosses, politicians, companies, and any outside stimulus that shows up. What the Personal Renaissance Course does is get us to the point of saying, “We’ve had enough.” At that point our life goes from being at the effect of the circumstances to becoming the creator of the circumstances. Instead of being the response to outside stimuli, we become the stimuli which the circumstances respond to. We become the creators of our life instead of just the response.

Your Renaissance

Whether this is your first JS-Course with Me or your fortieth you will increase your creativity, expand your self expression and maximize your presence. You will reap the benefits of increasing your sample rate and lengthening your attention span.

We will explore and expand in the classroom, ground our revelations with Chi Kung by the pond and test our growth on the streets.

Within us lies the greatest truth, the greatest passion, the greatest depth and motivation. A Renaissance starts within you, what better place to start? What better time than right now?

To register in the October Mini-Personal Renaissance Course or to learn more please call 800.899.2464 or e-mail us at EMAIL.

Reflections from a Mini-PR Course:

I’ve been leading courses for 28 years and it’s still impossible for me to know how any given course will start and where it will go. I’m reminded of an Illusion Conclusion Course I taught a few year ago. It was early on, during the first morning of the course, that I got the indication not to speak. And so the course participants spoke and I wrote on a paper flip chart. It was amazing.

The Personal Renaissance and Mini-Personal Renaissance Courses have always been some of our most interesting courses. They are all about learning to dance back and forth across the line between an ordinary and an extraordinary life.

Personal Renaissance 2007:

This particular Personal Renaissance (PR) began two with Chi Kung by the upper pond. People wandered in and joined our circle as we first began uniting our energies. Chi Kung is a great way to connect…and the more the merrier. It pulls together both the deep and shallow parts of us without any preference. 

Thursday: Day One

The first day of the PR included loads of course time and lots of sharing. One person after another grabbed the mic and we entwined with one another and got to know ourselves much more deeply. In these situations, the person I’m speaking with is oftentimes not the person receiving the bulk of the attention. The person with the mic seems to grab the attention so others can process what comes up for them while safely out of the spotlight. The participants in this course were a mixed bag including old hands as well as four or five people who had done little or no work with me. We achieved that delicate balance where everyone received what they came for. It was an exciting challenge to meet. 

We talked late into the night. 

Friday: Day Two

Day Two was a day out—a chance to explore the contrast of the outer world after dancing deliciously with the inner the night before. We started with some Chi Kung and after coupling everyone in pairs I sent them out. Their assignment was to remain in contact with their partner all day long. Physical contact. Our couples played many games out there in the world, integrating the work we did the day before and confronting their fear of other people. Some folks thought this kind of challenge was way too much for them. Of course, that didn’t prove to be the case. It is always our own anticipation of events that cause us pain and anxiety. Then when we actually step into the situations we’re afraid of we often find there is no fear at all. Couples played the Cinderella game where they buy shoes for way less than retail price and then find a perfect stranger whose foot fits the shoe and then gives them away. They also reclined in a coffin or saw a dead person. They gave away two-dollar bills, told jokes, got a free lunch, and much more.  

Everyone returned early that evening feeling refreshed and enlivened. Their prize for the day was the way they looked and felt. Their redundant prize was a pre-historic gizzard stone. Also called a gastrolith, it served as an ancient tool: a stone swallowed by a dinosaur and held in its gizzard to aid in digestion by grinding its food. 

Saturday: Day Three

On Saturday we edged into much deeper work very early in the morning. At 4 a.m. everyone was roused to give birth to their emotional selves. This was a very, very intense morning with loads of feelings and noise and laughing and crying and expansions and contractions as emotional birthings ensued. As participants were born one by one, they d then assist as midwives to those still in labor. By afternoon, all were ready for a break: a well-earned nap. 

I never really know what we will do in a course. I have, more or less, a general idea. Saturday evening,  everyone got their chance in front of the room for three minutes of “What It Is Like To Be Me”. It is sometimes tough and often hugely beneficial to sit in front of a bunch of very perceptive people without an agenda. 

Sunday: Day Four

The next morning we started early and did a bunch of work. Around 11 a.m., it was time for a break. As I walked up the stairs there was my daughter Emily. I didn’t know she was there, or that she was even coming over for a visit. It was Father’s Day and she had a present in hand. The real present was her showing up. We spent the day together working with all the PR participants. It’s been a long time since we’ve had the chance to work together like this. Emily attended her first course while in the womb and is wildly and wonderfully skilled in this work. She deepened the course and made my job way easier…or even possible. 

We had a few video problems capturing everyone’s “moment in the sun” on a DVD. As computers processed, we headed down to the big lower pond for “poems.” This kind of poetry reading is  a chance to step into insanity as you recite poems WAY outside your levels of comfort or control. The sand surrounding the pond is a perfect site for this kind of play. People are encouraged to go way beyond their limitations—something that always provides relief and energy release. Everyone’s wholeness and connectedness shows up during these poetry recitations, although the roads taken are often highly individual. The trick for me in facilitating such a dance is to find each person’s unique release and to never stop short of freedom. 

Much of our afternoon was spent watching, commenting and dissecting the “Moment in the Sun”videos. Sharing this part of my work with Emily is such a pleasure. While our perceptions are often different, the respect, love and commitment we have for each other,  for the work, and for the participants transforms what might be awkward or challenging for some folks into an inspirational experience.

By Sunday evening, everyone was ready for some relaxation. They watched a movie while exploring the enneagramic repercussions off all the characters. 

Monday: Heading Home

On Monday people started heading home. There were so many high points over these four days, it is impossible to mention all of them. Wish you had been here!

For me, the greatest fun is always the people. Petra Nemcova was here for her first JS-Course with us. She is a world-class model and a world class-human being. At 28 she’s already had several lifetimes worth of knowledge, attention, and exploration. It is, I think, impossible to look at her without realizing that perfection might very well be possible. Jennifer McClean was here for her first JS-Course as well. Jennifer is a healer, marketer, and much more. She does toning that will gently and sweetly disassemble the deepest blockages. She is coming out with a new book, “The Big Book of You.” 

Old friends were in attendance as well. Nancy and Ed are always a treat. Dow has attended every course I have offered this year and continues to be a treat. Jim brought eight thousand dollars worth of speakers for our listening pleasure and kept the course afloat by doing whatever was necessary. Rosie got the grounds ready for a course and was as wonderful as always. Many people from Cluster Calls were in attendance along with some relatively new players: Karen, Jamie and Sharon. Tracey was also here. She is, aside from Wayne, the longest-term player of the bunch.  

Thanks to all who showed up, gave of themselves, and constantly exhibited the willingness to look beyond whatever seems to be them to what they really are. Another thank you goes  to all those who couldn’t be here but were supporting the PR course in spirit. You know who you are, and I hope to see you soon at the next course. Also thanks to Judson who was willing, and sometimes eager, to have so many people around.  Thanks to Emily with all my heart. And thank you to my willingness to play way outside the box as well. 

If you’d like to listen to recordings of the PR, we will have MP3 files available soon. Just e-mail us at judson9@windstream.net or call Wayne at 800.899.2464 and let him know you are interested. I don’t know about pricing yet, but will let you know soon

A party with a purpose, the Mini-PR Course. Isn't it time you had your own Personal Renaissance?

If you have ever experienced writers block, negative judgments about your creativity or thought that you weren't being as spontaneous, interesting or interested as you might be, this JS-Course is for you.