Balance and Change in a World Gone Mad

Three Monthly Workshops

Presented by Sono Hashisaki

(OK to attend workshops separately)

"Change is constant, and for people its one long trajectory from growing up to growing old. How we experience that can feel like forever (remember summers as a kid?) or more gradual as our gardens sprout and grow from spring to fall, nurturing a deep anticipation. When change is sudden, surprising or unexpected, it can disrupt our lives. If unwanted, such change leads to a feeling of uncertainty and we feel off balance. Right now, each day brings new and often disturbing changes that portend unknown consequences in an unimaginable future."

Balance and Change is a series of 3-monthly workshops focused on exploring what is changing in you or in your life today. How does it feel and how can you best meet that change? What does balance feel like? Is it fleeting or stable? We’ll use meditation and movement exercises from Realization Process to explore balance in our inner lives, our relationships to people and place, and in relation to change in the country and the world at large. We will experience balance as a pervasive quality of fundamental consciousness that we can access and know in each moment. All three workshops will take place at Fremont Abbey, in Seattle, Washington. Please join me for this timely offering.

Workshop 3: Balance in a World Gone Mad

Saturday, June 21, 2025 (9am-2pm) at Fremont Abbey

Truly, these are times of radical change and uncertainty. Bringing our whole selves to our engagement with family, friends, and the larger community, offers a foundation of deep quiet that sustains care and connection. Knowing who we are, where we come, and what we care about is critical to the crafting of new stories for tomorrow. In this workshop we will use deep listening, shared conversation, and Realization Process attunements to:

contact yourself in your body to experience fundamental consciousness and the ever-present qualities of stillness, balance, and steadiness;
explore our histories and the strengths and challenges of culture and lineage;
‘be with’ our sensitivities and held patterns, without prejudice or judgment;
‘let go’ or loosen old habits, thoughts, and stuck emotions to bring fuller clarity of being to our presencing practices;
increase our individual and collective imagination, resilience, and engagement

This workshop is accessible for people of all physical abilities and backgrounds.
Cost: $90-$150 sliding fee* (*additional tuition assistance is available upon request)

What to bring:
- Snacks to share for a short lunch break
- Water bottle
- Journal and pen
- Chairs are provided but bring a bolster or pillow if you prefer to sit on the floor.

If you have any questions, please contact Sono: sono@springwood-usa.com

About the Facilitator:

Sono Hashisaki is a senior teacher of the Realization Process, certified in Embodiment, Meditation, Healing Ground, Advanced Trauma Repair, Advanced Therapy, and Stillness Moving. She leads workshops and offers individual sessions. Sono is also a facilitator of Family and Systemic Constellations.

Other workshops:

Workshop 1: Stillness and a Balanced Mind

Saturday, April 26, 2025 (9am-2pm) at Fremont Abbey [TICKETS HERE]

Using Realization Process practices and attunements we will experience balance as an ever-present and available quality in our deepest contact with ourselves to our everyday lives.

Workshop 2: ‘Being with’: Balance with Other

Saturday, May 31, 2025 (9am-2pm) at Fremont Abbey [TICKETS HERE]

This workshop will focus on how to ‘be with’ the hiccups and bumps in our personal relationships, situations, and our connection to place, both past and present.

@ Fremont Abbey Arts Center

9am-2pm workshop

ABBEY ARTS EVENT INFO:

Fremont Abbey is ADA accessible on either level.
For most events we have a mix of padded chairs and standing room.
Seating is not guaranteed or reserved unless noted.
To respect the performing artists and your fellow attendees, please refrain from talking during the performances
Please limit photos during the show so as to not distract other attendees from the experience.
Phone and video may be permitted for some shows, from the standing area only please.
No professional cameras or cameras with shutters allowed in the venue
We are an all ages venue. Kids 10 & under are free at Abbey Arts concerts & arts events unless noted.
Equity & Inclusion - Entering the venue indicates agreement to adhere to the Abbey Respect Policy. www.fremontabbey.org/respect
Service animals as defined by the ADA are allowed. Service animals are defined as dogs that are individually trained to do work or perform tasks for people with disabilities.

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