Fall 2013

Letter from Dale

This has been a remarkable year for myself and Heartwork – a year of becoming more focused and committed to this amazing journey we are on.

Personally, for those of...keep reading

 

October Residential Retreat
This last "What Is This?" Heartwork Retreat, as those of you who participated know, was as close to perfect as I have been able to get. The mixture of meditation and inquiry, with the usual unwinding, dancing and circular breathing added in, provided everyone with the format that allowed them to go deeper into their True Nature than they ever had before. http://awakentheheart.org/whatisthisexperience/

  

Spring Retreat in Austin

3-day "I and Thou" Relationship Retreat, followed immediately by a 2-day "Soul Mate" Retreat in Austin in April or May.  The "I and Thou" Retreat will have a similar format to previous "I and Thou" Retreats, but will have evolved as Heartwork has evolved since the last retreat...keep reading

 

Retreat Location in Austin

We are in need of a retreat site to rent for the "I and Thou/ Soulmate" Retreat in the Austin area in April or May.  Ideally, the place would have the following:  A large, comfortably furnished, carpeted room that can hold up to 40 people, at least 25 bedrooms with two twin or queen/king beds in each, a large empty room where we can dance, a private kitchen and dining room, access to nature, on-site vegetarian catering, sound-isolated - ideally, we would be the only people on the premises.  If you know of such a place, or are willing to help search for it, please call Kirsche at 512-568-8300. Your help is greatly appreciated.

 

HTP 2014
Heartwork has matured to the point where we are able to work together - as one being - to take this great journey together. The 2014 HTP is a year-long excursion into inner space (and maybe outer space, as well!), utilizing meditation and inquiry. More details can be found at: http://awakentheheart.org/htp

Upcoming 24-hour Mini-Retreat

topic: Meditation and Inquiry
December 7-8, 2013
9:00pm Saturday – 9:00pm Sunday (eastern time)
www.awakentheheart.org/events
 

Day of Heartwork

This event will focus on Meditation and Inquiry as a path to Presence.
Date: February 2, 2014

9:00 AM to 7:00 PM. 
Location: Assisi Institute, Rochester NY
Fee: $100 for full day event
Brochure

Inner Work Group
We are starting the seventh round of our Inner Work Group in January.  The group meets from 7-9 pm every other Thursday for three months. 
The Inner Work Group uses meditation and inquiry, combined with one-on-one work with Dale, group discussion and short talks by Dale, in order to help participants deepen their inner work. keep reading

Online Forgiveness Retreat
In the last 35+ years, I have facilitated many hundreds of events.  From the feedback I have received after each event, the consensus is that the most powerful event I ever facilitated - by far - was the Forgiveness Retreat, which I did twice: in 2004, and then again in 2009.  We recently decided to make this retreat available to everyone who needs forgiveness in their lives (who doesn't?) by converting it into an Online Forgiveness Retreat.  After a ton of work by a number of people, this online retreat is finally complete and ready to be made available to the general population. http://awakentheheart.org/online-5-day-forgiveness-retreat/

Dance
"DANCE, when you're broken open
DANCE, if you've torn the bandage off
DANCE in the middle of fighting
DANCE in your blood
DANCE when you're perfectly free
...but always, always DANCE your life's dance."
The first-ever "Awaken The Heart Dance" took place on Friday evening, November 8th, in Rochester NY, under the auspices of The Heartwork Institute... keep reading

Library
The first ever Heartwork Institute Lending Library opened its doors in September 2013. It is located at 270 Willow Creek Lane in Irondequoit, NY and open by appointment only. The library currently contains a collection of 98 volumes with additional books being added weekly - plus a film collection of 25 DVD's. A catalogue of current material is available @ awakentheheart.com, Do It Yourself, Lending Library. Anyone wishing to contribute reading material is welcome to do so by calling Marie Mirabella @ 585-544-2301 to arrange a mutually convenient drop off/pick up time and location.  http://awakentheheart.org/lendinglibraryrochesterny/

"A Place to Share"
A Place to Share was created in October 2013. It's a place to share your personally written stories, your poems, your thoughts, your creative offerings - anonymously - with no critique, no judgment, no criticism. Please consider sharing your personal writings with the Heartwork family. Simply e mail your selections to mariemirabella@gmail.com and they will be published at awakentheheart.com, Do It Yourself, A Place to Share.  http://awakentheheart.org/a-place-to-share/

Day of Meditation and Inquiry -Ken Rich
Six or seven signed up, and five attended, plus a 16-inch tall Yoda doll who took Dale's place.  I had asked Dale for a schedule of activities to follow, which we did follow, allowing things keep reading

Heartwork Movie Buffs
Saturday, December 7, we will be watching Pina, a tribute to the late German choreographer... keep reading

Holiday discounts
beginning on November 29th at the Heartwork online store
Heartwork How To Get What You Really REALLY Want by Dale Goldstein
Standard Edition - $9.99 (was $39.95)
Special Edition – $25 (was $100 each)
Sponsor’s Edition (numbered edition and signed) - $125 (was $500 each)
Reserved Edition (numbered edition [you get to pick your number] and signed) – $250 (was $1000 each)
PDF Version (delivered via email): $2.50
Embracing Stress Online Link (delivered via email): $1.25 $5
Online Forgiveness Retreat (delivered via email): $25 $99
Forgiveness Retreat Gift Certificate: $25 $99

Donations

Are you willing/able to sponsor others who would benefit from our programs?

We currently have $5000 in matching funds available.  Each dollar that you give will be matched, through the generosity of a few, and double the first $5000 raised.

Heartwork Institute has a $12,000 fundraising goal this year.

Please make a difference in someone’s life today by sending in a contribution of any amount to our foundation. All donations are tax-deductible.

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Mail your donation to:
Heartwork Institute, Inc. 882 Titus Ave. Rochester, NY 14617

A few of our  scholarship recipients have this to say about their Heartwork experience:

I can move again. I can be with myself.  I am alive. There is blood and life flowing in me - not the concrete that was sitting on me band stuck inside of me.  Thank you, Dale, for your very hard work, your dedication and patience.  You have truly developed an incredible approach and way of life.  I want to continue to be a part of the mission of Heartwork.  It's saving me!!

I have gained many insights from this experience …that the promise of love is always there for me- for everyone…that I am more willing to explore and feel others’ pain and yearning and to not be afraid to stand with my own…that everything we experienced throughout the weekend is LIFE, “intensified”…that I want to live always as we did those few days – open to all of it.

Today I am clear on who I am and therefore can make choices that are in line with who I am and what I need to live a fulfilling, honest life.  I can breathe the universe into every pore of my body…anytime.  I now know that I am a beautiful woman full of passion and sensuality.