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Festival of Body Psychotherapy Practices in Georgia
Batumi, October 10-13, 2019


Organizer – the Caucasus Association of Body Psychotherapy (CABP)

Wednesday, October 9, 2019.

10 am – Tour to Megrelia, one of the most picturesque regions of Georgia, meeting at Piazza square, the cost is 130 Lari. To sign up please contact us via 2018cabp@gmail.com 
This tour is optional.

Day 1, Thursday, October 10, 2019

10.00am – 12.00pm - Free tour to Batumi by CABP, meeting at Piazza sq
1.00pm – 2.00pm - Opening ceremony
2.00pm – 3.30pm – Lecture by Gerlinde Buchholz (Germany) ¬¬"Working with the body in psychotherapy"
3.45pm – 5.15pm - Master classes:
1. Ketevan Beridze (Georgia) “Somatic Art Therapy”
2. Irina Kachura (Ukraine, Belarus) “How to announce yourself to the world?”
5.30pm – 7.00pm - Master classes:
1. Anna Sivachova (Russia) “Olfactotherapy in the work of a body psychotherapist –secrets of the limbic system”
2. Ella Miss (Russia) "Choosing Myself - synthesis of the internal and external”
7.00pm – 8.30pm – Welcome buffet dinner (provided by CABP)
8.30pm - 9.30pm - Georgian folk concert

Day 2, Friday, October 11, 2019
8.00am - 9.00am - Morning Yoga practice by Catherine Beliantseva (Russia)
9.00am –9.30am – Breakfast (This one and further meals are not provided and are to be organized by the participants)

9.30am -11.00am - Lecture by Lily Anagnostopoulou (Greece) - "Spirituality in Biosynthesis"
11.15am - 12.45pm - Master classes:
1. Nutsa Verkviashvili and Diana Nikolaishvili (Georgia) - "Working with the body in Gestalt Therapy"
2. Ekaterina Borovik “Metaphoric Associative Cards in Body Psychotherapy”

1.00pm - 2.30pm - Master classes:
1. Natalia Luniova (Slovenia) - "Where do unborn children go?"
2. Gulnora Handley (USA) - "Identifying resources in adults with childhood traumas"
2.30pm - 4.00pm - Lunch (to be orginised by the participants themselves)
4.00pm - 5.30pm - Master classes:
1. Vladimir Mokhov (Russia) "The body of a therapist: what body do we work and live in?”
2. Victoria Melikhova-Shinkarenko (Ukraine) “Body psychotherapy in work with children. How to increase attention span in children?”
5.45pm - 7.15pm - Master classes:
1. Larisa Parkadze (Georgia) “Complex self-regulation technique. Transcendental Meditation”
2. Lilia Rzhevtseva and Aliona Vitshas (Russia) – «Yoga Techniques for Couples in Body Psychotherapy"
7.15pm - 8.15pm - Dinner
8.15pm - Evening "Mandala Dance" by Olga Galbur (Russia)

Day 3, Saturday, October 12, 2019
8.00am - 9.00am - Morning Yoga practice by Catherine Beliantseva (Russia)
9.00am - 9.30am - Breakfast
9.30am - 11.00am – Master class by Gerlinde Buchholz (Germany) “Contact channels and how we use them”
11.15am - 12.45am - Master classes:
1. Irina Solovieva (Russia) "Where does sexuality live?"
2. Olga Semyonova (Germany) "Tanatotherapy: restoring the lost contact with the life-death pulsation"
1.00 pm - 2.30pm - Master classes:
1. Natalia Minikaeva (Russia) - "Working with intense feelings through dynamic meditations"
2. Natalia Alekseeva-Budyak (Russia) - "The Taoist Practices of Qigong for longer fife"
2.30pm - 4.00pm – Lunch
4.00pm - 5.30pm – Master class by Caroline Breckham (UK) "Being a Healing Presence: A Practice in Intimacy – The Hakomi Way"

5.45pm - 7.15pm - Master Classes:
1. Tatiana Skiba (Ukraine) "Psycho-Oncology"
2. Oleg Kurishev (Russia) "The fulcrum and dynamic stillness in the field of perception "
7.15pm - 8.15pm - Dinner
8.15pm - Evening movie session followed by discussion

Day 4, Sunday, October 13, 2019
8.00am - 9.00am - Morning Yoga practice by Catherine Beliantseva (Russia)
9.00am - 9.30am - Breakfast
9.30am - 11.00am - Master class by Caroline Beckham (UK) "Tracing Patterns in the Body: Using the Feldenkrais Method to Track and Shift Patterns of Stress and Anxiety in the body". 
11.15am - 12.45pm - Master classes:
1. Ekaterina Karpikova (Russia) - "Me and others: boundaries in relationships"
2. Olga Galbur (Russia) “The miracle of a gentle touch”
1.00pm - 2.30pm 
1. Roundtable. Presentations and discussions.
2. Master class by Elena Logunova (Kazakhstan) “Why others cannot hear us when we speak. Body-focused approach”
3. Maksim Kirichenko “Main principles and techniques of Tanatotherapy in working with overweight clients”
2.30pm - 4.00pm - Lunch
4.00pm - 5.30pm - Master class by Lily Anagnostopoulou (Greece) "6 years of training with Alexander Lowen"
5.30pm - Closing ceremony
8.00pm – Closing dinner (those who want to participate should pay 60 lari)

Cost
$200 if paid in advance; $150 – for CABP members;
$250 if paid on the spot; $180 – for CABP members
One-day attendance - $85; for CABP members - $75.

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