Workshops

Mindful Futures

A workshop/retreat designed to open your eyes, expand your horizons, and lift your spirit into the future!

Chipeta Lodge workshop

This workshop will help you:

• Integrate powerful innovative ideas with body and spirit
• Better anticipate the revolutionary forces of global change
• Put our collective angst in perspective with the power of visioning
• Identify what’s beneficial in your life and how to move forward
• Expand your potential

Questions to ask yourself:

• Am I afraid to see what’s going on?
• Do I have preconceived notions about my future?
• What values are my life experience based on and are they realistic?
• Do I feel empowered about my future?
• Can I adapt and adjust to transformational change?

Let international futurist Dr. Christopher Jones and integrative health specialist Deborah Jones, RN guide you on a realistic, interactive, informative and exciting look at your future and the world today. Chris is a masterful teacher with a global perspective and international experience. His dynamic teaching style engages workshop participants in an enlightening view of their own perceptions. Deb has been caring for humans in a profound way across a range of health care specialties in intense environments. Her keen knowledge of the physical body takes workshop participants to the mat and their own strength. Join this delightful yoga duo to safely explore your unexamined possibilities.

At the Gateway Canyons resort in Gateway, Colorado

October 1-3, 2010 - Autumn equinox:

At the Chipeta Sun Lodge and Spa — Ridgway, Colorado

March 18-20, 2011 — Spring equinox

June 17-19, 2011 — Summer solstice

Each retreat runs from Friday evening through noon on Sunday. The opening night includes a wine tasting and reception, introductory presentation, and discussion. Mornings both begin with early bird (optional) yoga sun salutations, followed by hands-on personal futures workshop sessions. Second day afternoon workshops are followed in the mid afternoon and evening by “personal time” for spa, massage, or hot springs excursions in the area. A spa package will be available to workshop participants in combination with lodging, and can be arranged directly through the resort. The Gateway workshop features an optional hike on Sunday that overlooks the valley.

Christopher is a professional futurist and workshop leader with thirty years experience in the futures studies and foresight field. He has taught in both futures programs at the University of Hawaii and the University of Houston and is a former Secretary-General of the World Futures Studies Federation (WFSF) from 2001-2005. He is currently a WFSF Fellow, member of the Association of Professional Futurists (APF), and Contributing Faculty, School of Public Policy and Administration of Walden University. Deborah has over thirty years experience in the field of medicine, including experience in head trauma, psychiatric, and orthopedic nursing, and over a decade in therapeutic massage, therapeutic touch, and integrative health modalities. She is a member of the American Holistic Nurses Association, International Therapeutic Touch Association, and the Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals. Both are Iyengar yoga teachers in their Grand Junction studio.