"Stress is an alarm clock that let's you know you're believing something that isn't really true for you." ~ Byron Katie
Let's gather around the campfire, and question our stressful thinking, together.
At every summer camp session, the fires of inquiry will be burning, campers will show up to sit and rest, and insights will surely happen.
Join us any time between July 8-Aug 16, 2024. There will then also be a Grand Finale Deep Dive Challenge into The Work August 26-30 (90 min sessions each day) and all Summer Camp participants are included in this week-long event. It's never too late to register. When you enroll, you'll have access to all the recordings for every camp session (until we take down camp on Oct 30th).
....so you can be your own favorite, clear, brilliant person. The real you.
Summer Camp 2025:
TBD
"Dear Grace,
This is the best summer camp I have ever experienced: no mosquito bites, no sunburn and no embarrassment when striking out in a baseball game.
Other reasons for a great summer camp:
1. Deepening of my understanding of how to use The Work to end my unhappiness.
2. Being part of a community of people supporting one another to be released from the prison of our unexamined beliefs.
3. Understanding that my judgments of others are really judgments of myself. When I change my thinking, my world really does change.
4. Fear isn't here. Fear is a creation of my mind in response to an imagined future that never actually arrives.
5. Questioning my responses to the circumstances of my life. Am I really angry, annoyed, unhappy or have I been conditioned to believe that I should be angry, annoyed and unhappy?
6. Discovering that the exact opposite of what I believe to be true could be equally true.
7. Thoughts think me. They aren't real. My attachment to my thought creates my unhappiness.
8. I'm okay as I am."
~ Summer Camper 2024
Albert Camus wrote "In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer."
Does it seem like you're searching for that invincible summer within?
Do you feel uncertain, troubled, disturbed or even in deep pain in an important situation in your life?
Our normal responses, when we don't look more closely at our thinking, is to believe we are unlucky, small, unworthy or doing something wrong. Perhaps we are undeserving, we think. Life hurts, it seems.
We get frightened or angry about circumstances, about relationships we've been disappointed by. Or self-sabotaging behavior we can't stop practicing. Or traumatic experiences we've been through.
We hide, we reduce our lives to just trying to be safe. Happiness seems fleeting, and unpredictable.
But not when we investigate our minds with sincerity. When we can see that we're only believing our thoughts....we have the power to respond differently to every moment, any moment. Even our difficult memories.
Summer Camp is a community of people who all share one thing in common: sincere interest in questioning our stressful thinking.
Because one thing scientific research has shown is that the way we see life is the highest predictor of how life will actually go for us.
Will tough things happen? Always.
We have the power, however, to see it through the eyes of an open, willing heart. Not a closed, unwilling mind.
All we need to do is sit with four questions, and turnarounds, and help our own minds disconnect from their painful thinking and relax.
Summer Camp for The Mind is an inner adventure in the practice of self-inquiry using The Work of Byron Katie....a way to inner peace and a steadiness you could call invincibility of the quality Camus describes.
The Work is a simple way to practice investigating stressful beliefs repeated in your mind, and our feelings about these beliefs.
In Summer Camp, you’re guided by long-time facilitator Grace (and other inquiry based coaches) to share the journey with fellow-travelers from all over the world.
Beginners, intermediate, and very experienced in The Work are all welcome.
"The most wonderful thing about doing The Work in the group, is you get to take a back seat and listen, and do your own work just by hearing the sessions. I never spoke once in Summer Camp, I never turned on my camera. Yet my personal situation I thought of as absolutely awful got so much lighter. I can't thank everyone enough who was willing to do The Work out loud, or share their takeaways. It made a huge difference. Thank you, thank you."
"Thank you all so much for the summer camp experience. Continuing to have a supportive group to do the work helps to keep my practice going. Love seeing folks from previous Years of Inquiry and look forward to seeing you all again."
Summer Camp has no homework, no requirements, no special exercises unless you choose to do them. Kinda like camp!
Expand, understand, relax, open to new possibilities, and stop believing thoughts that no longer are in service to you.
Look closely at issues like the following:
We join together live online zoom campfire to answer four questions and find turnarounds as a regular practice, your way.
Summer Camp includes:
"I really hope all of you from summer camp for the mind join year of inquiry because your insights and sharing are so helpful! I have been having the realization lately that I am never satisfied with virtually any interaction or relationship with anyone in my life! And all of a sudden, I’m seeing that I am the common denominator in all those situations whereas previously I focused on what didn’t work for me with each individual person....Thanks again for a wonderful summer camp for the mind and especially for all the insights from this last session! I got so much out of it that I am going to go back and listen again and take notes!" ~ Summer Camper 2024
INVESTMENT:
Do you need to attend the whole camp? NOOOOOOO. Come to one session only if you like. If you want more after you've attended a session, sign up for more at the same enrollment link.
Summer Camp for The Mind costs what you decide to pay with a suggested range of $25-$40 per call. So for example, if you plan on attending twice a week for all 6 weeks, consider choosing a range between $300-$480 as your contribution. Or for example if you're only attending once a week for 4 weeks, suggested range is $100-$160.
There are many benefits and access to The Work beyond only the live recorded sessions: online slack forum, recordings, reaching out to Grace any time directly. We want to make this affordable, but also sustainable.
Please note that everyone who enrolls has access to all the Summer Camp call video recordings until Oct 30th. Some people LOVE listening to these afterwards on their own time. It takes time and administrative effort, plus expenses for all the working parts, to create this wonderful summer community, so contributing at least $150 minimum for camp helpful even when your plan is to only access recordings.
Come look closely, in a new way, where you tip over, where you observe yourself to be unhappy, and the places you consider your invincible summer to be missing.
You can discover it again.
Keep reading for the daily schedule.
Our camp runs 2025 TBD
DAILY SCHEDULE, all sessions for regular camp are one hour:
Mondays
2pm Pacific Time/ 5pm Eastern Time/ Melbourne, Australia Tuesday 7am.
Mondays meet July 8, 15, 22, 29, August 5, 12
Tuesdays
9am pm PT/ Noon pm ET/ 6pm Europe/ 7pm Israel
Tuesdays meet July 9, 16, 23, 30, August 6, 13
Thursdays
4pm PT/ 7pm ET/ Melbourne, Australia Friday 9am
Thursdays meet July 11, 18, 25, August 1, 8, 15
Fridays
8am PT/ 11am ET/ 4pm Europe/ 5pm Israel
Fridays meet July 12, 19, 26, August 2, 9, 16
GRAND CHALLENGE FINALE (August 26-30, 2024)
Open to your loved ones if you'd like to invite them (there will be a minimal fee of $17 for new registrants)
Everyone enrolled in summer camp will be included for no additional registration in the Grand Challenge Finale
There will be a unique zoom link for this final grand challenges week of The Work
We will meet 90 minutes for every session
The times will be the same as summer camp Monday - Friday
We will have unique exercises during this week
In summary, here's what Summer Camp for the Mind Online Supplies:
READY TO JOIN STRESS-MELTING SUMMER CAMP?
No problem is too big or too small for The Work.
Click the Button and you’ll be taken to a secure check-out page where you can enter your chosen amount. You enter the amount manually that works best for you.
QUESTIONS? Write grace@workwithgrace.com or text 206-650-1230
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