Downpatrick-based Dr Stan Papenfus, a cultural anthropologist, psychotherapist, ecumenist, community musician and writer is seeking to form a Transformative Training Network to enable people to learn about and overcome psycho-spiritual crises.
To make this possible, he is making available a series of books and CD’s that address the issues involved.
This entails mastering anxiety and being our whole self in the world, overcoming depression and living a creative life in a free and whole community, recovering from addiction and being an authentic person among others and surviving mental hospital life, as real and growthful human beings.
Transformative training groups are also explained in a new book that Stan is launching on Thursday 28th January 2016 in the Social Enterprise Hub in Downpatrick. The 120-page book and CD deals with community music and the forming of communities that are deeply democratic, alive, inclusive, accepting of all people, mutually empowering and joyful. The book and CD is available and is called “Love’s Body: Our Dynamic Destiny”. The book and CD in total cost £15.
This book makes clear the ease with which community music can be learnt and engaged in, using even simple beats and combinations of drum rhythms, clapping, dancing, singing or moving with the music. Everyone’s contribution is appreciated, along with the development of interactive togetherness.
“Each of us is on a spiritual journey through life’, said Stan, “And our flexible interactive appreciation of this journey is increased by our physical freedom and ease of movement. CD’s are therefore made available for us to practice our participation in community music, as well as engaging in moving yoga asanas, engaged in with African drumming, also involving relaxation and meditation, as well as laughing meditation.
“Everyone is invited to attend this meeting / book launch / community music session and the possibility of participating in transformation training. If you are interested in this, we will be pleased to discuss its different forms with you, as well as developing transformation training groups, helping each other and spreading the network into your own area.
“The book, ‘Love’s Body”, also outlines the way the tap water in the north of Ireland is polluted with aluminium sulphate, which has been shown to be one of the major causes of the spread of causes of Alzheimer’s disease. How to counteract this toxic pollution is explained. Research is also being called for to look into the possible beneficial effects of switching from tap water to distilled water.
“Since the government has been made aware of this issue, it might be reasonable for the members of UCAN and other human rights organisations to promote such research and to see how we can help to protect each other from the harmful effects of aluminium, as explained in the huge amount of research in this area.
“Everyone is welcome to come to the meeting, on Thursday 28 January from 7.00-10pm. Food and refreshments will be served, community music will be engaged in and Stan Papenfus will facilitate the process, involving also community music and movement. Together we can discuss the creation of a transformation training network and form groups that pinpoint your own area of interest and/or need.
“Questions will be welcome, as well as contributions to whatever anyone else is engaged in – yoga, therapy, music, human rights, nutrition, psycho-spiritual crises, radiation from mobile phones, phone masts, banks of computers working together and the threat of ‘smart meters’, which are yet to be installed and exert their potential massive damage on us all.”
Join the Transformative Training Network and Book Launch
Thursday 28 January from 7.00-10pm
At the Social Enterprise Hub
At the Grove in Downpatrick.
