Richard Harvey
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Courses for Deepening Spiritual Development
This page lists all courses in date order. The courses are intended for further exploration and deepening on your inner journey with the support of an ongoing group. They take place in a beautiful and peaceful setting in the Sierra Nevada mountains of Southern Spain at weekends, or via a Skype conference call in the case of Online Training.
These courses generally require some previous experience of personal growth. They are open to both individuals and couples. For more about working in groups see interview about group therapy. If you are in any doubt about the suitability of these courses for you, please contact us.
Please also see workshops for themed groups and An Introduction to Inner Work if you are new to inner work. For training with Richard see Online Training on this page, and the Psycho-Spiritual Training Group. The calendar listing provides dates of all courses and workshops.
Summary of All Courses
THE PANCHAVATI DISCOURSES (ONLINE)
Aspects of the psycho-spiritual journey in the modern eraFor: Therapists, Counselors, Guides, Spiritual Teachers, Healing Practitioners, and Spiritual Seekers.
Duration: 5 discourses see detail
THE THRESHOLD OF TRANSFORMATION (ONLINE)
Authenticity, compassion and awakening into the heartFor: Therapists, Counselors, Guides, Spiritual Teachers, Healing Practitioners, and Spiritual Seekers..
Duration: 1 discourse-seminar see detail
THE SILENT THUNDER DISCOURSES (ONLINE)
Crucial aspects of the psycho-spiritual journey in the modern eraFor: Therapists, Counselors, Guides, Spiritual Teachers, Healing Practitioners, and Spiritual Seekers.
Duration: 4 discourses see detail
THE PHILOZOVO (ONLINE)
Responding to the call of the divine For: Therapists, Counselors, Guides, Spiritual Teachers, Healing Practitioners, and Spiritual Seekers..
Duration: 1 discourse-seminar see detail
ONLINE TRAINING
My online courses are an ongoing program of specifically themed lecture-seminars, experiential tasks and psycho-spiritual practices. The training takes place in small groups via Skype conference calls, individual calls, and email.
Thank you so much for the online course and for making this an extremely positive, enriching experience. I have enjoyed and learned from the other participants, also from myself, but most of all from your being present, Richard—your calm, peace, wisdom, taking time, tuning, responding, your material—and I am sure that we will meet again.
A.J.
The Panchavati Discourses (Online)
“Today we human beings have grown away from our true nature, from our essential selves. Inner work is needed to bring us back to ourselves, to the naturalness that has been lost, to our inner wisdom, and to our true purpose. Evolving human consciousness must become the prevailing focus for humanity if we are to avert the impending spiritual, ecological, heart-breakingly human, and global crisis of the 21st century. Inner work must become common-place, routine, and universal among people, rather than merely the concern of a relative few.” —Richard Harvey
Over the next three months (Feb-April 2013), I will be presenting five new discourses online. Each discourse explains and clarifies some aspect of the psycho-spiritual journey in the modern era. At the end of the discourses questions and sharing are invited.
Titles and themes are tentative and in preparation at present, so there may be changes:
Discourse 1: The Heart of Compassion
Discourse 2: An Eternity of Longing
Discourse 3: Simple, Happy and Burden-Free
Discourse 4: The Free Individual
Discourse 5: The End of Seeking
Panchavati: A grove of five sacred trees planted by Sri Ramakrishna in the temple garden at Dakshineswar for his practice of spiritual discipline.
Methods: Discourses, discussions and questions, psycho-spiritual practices and instruction.
Format: Small group discourses over Skype as a conference call. Psycho-spiritual exercises for between sessions and to incorporate into your spiritual practice.
Times: 16:30-18:00 Central European Time (CET). Please check carefully for your time zone equivalent.
- Dates:
- 1. The Heart of Compassion: 20th February 2013
2. An Eternity of Longing: 6th March 2013
3. Simple, Happy and Burden-Free: 20th March 2013
4. The Free Individual: 3rd April 2013
5. The End of Seeking: 17th April 2013
- Prices:
- 40 Euros per discourse. (A concessionary rate of 20 Euros is made available to students who are unable to afford the full fee.)
Both rates are half-price as part of the Sashti Poorthi “giving back,” as a gesture of gratitude and respect to mark Richard’s 60th year.
Special Offer: Book the complete Silent Thunder Online Discourses, four discourses in all, for 130 Euros (20% discount) and receive a free place on the online course, The Philozovo: Responding to the Call of the Divine on 17th or 24th July 2013 (see below for details).
- Booking:
- To make a booking please use our booking form to apply for the course(s). When you have received a confirmation email, please pay a 50% deposit by Paypal or credit card (using our online facilities), and then pay the balance before the course starts.
What participants say about the Sashti Poorthi Online Lecture-Seminars, the last series of eight online courses given between Nov 2012 and Feb 2013:
“I am so grateful for the heartfelt wisdom Richard so willingly shares to help as I deepen my spiritual journey. His talks are rich with images, insights and knowledge from his own inspirations, challenges and discoveries. He is a sincere and humble mentor.” —S.J.
“Dear Richard, To thank you, I would like to borrow some words from Rumi’s poem, The time has come: the time has come/to break all my promises/tear apart all chains/and cast away all advice... as your clarity from your wonderful engaging lectures seminars brought me to this. With love and gratitude.” —Birgit Niehaus, Alternative Practitioner
“At the end of The Three Stages of Awakening [online] seminar, I was so happy and grateful to you for making me see so many essential truths about life and me. I felt overwhelmed by the sacred wisdom I had the opportunity to witness. My mind was shaking, my voice was trembling... When I talked, it sounded pessimistic, but you made me see the problem in a different light. From everything you say to us, I can see the stage where you are now, witness your spiritual evolution and feel the manifestation of the divine through your sacred way of being. Thank you from all my heart!” —Florin Buzatu (Romania)
The Threshold of Transformation (Online)
Authenticity, Compassion and Awakening into the Heart
This Course Explores:
- How do we transcend our personal limitations of character defense and conditioning?
- What are the challenges and the experience of authenticity and compassion in the process of second stage awakening?
- What has to be achieved and relinquished to begin spiritual and transcendent practice?
Methods: The course includes a discourse, discussions and questions, psycho-spiritual practice and instruction.
Format: A 1½ hour discourse and seminar over Skype as a conference call. Psycho-spiritual exercises will be given, to be incorporated into your spiritual practice.
- Time:
- 16:30-18:00 Central European Time (CET). Please check carefully for your time zone equivalent.
- Dates:
- 8th May 2013
- Price:
- 40 euros (a concessionary rate of 20 euros is available to students who are unable to afford the full fee).
Both rates are half-price as part of the Sashti Poorthi “giving back,” as a gesture of gratitude and respect to mark Richard’s 60th year. - Booking:
- on our bookings page. When you have received a confirmation email, please pay a 50% deposit by Paypal or credit card (using our online facilities), and then pay the balance before the course starts.
The Silent Thunder Discourses (Online)
“Even if the crisis of the 21st century turns out not to be a material, physical crisis of human destruction, the crisis precipitated by the final annihilation of the authentic means to spiritual liberation will be every bit as disastrous. For if we lose the means to awakening to freedom, emotional and spiritual liberation, and Self-realization—and especially if we lose it through our ignorance and abandonment of it—we forfeit the way to our essence, to our truth. And then we will sacrifice love, wisdom, peace, bliss, and compassion and we will have betrayed our deepest, most essential self.” —Richard Harvey
The Crucible of Awakening
Transcending Exclusive Identity, Separation and Division, Parts 1 & 2
The Awakening Heart-Nature
The Flowering of Self-Nature and the Surrender of Compassion and Authenticity, Parts 1 & 2
Between May and July 2013 I will be presenting these four new discourses online. Each discourse explains and clarifies crucial aspects of the psycho-spiritual journey in the modern era. At the end of the discourses questions and sharing are invited.
Each discourse is 1½ hour long and given over a Skype conference call and includes new spiritual practices for psycho-spiritual practitioners, students and seekers. Each discourse may be taken separately or as a part of a longer training.
Methods: Discourses, discussions and questions, psycho-spiritual practices and instruction.
Format: mall group discourses over Skype as a conference call. Psycho-spiritual exercises for between sessions and to incorporate into your spiritual practice.
Times: 16.30-18.00 Central Summer European Time CEST and 13.30-15.00 CEST. Please check carefully for your time zone equivalent.
- Dates:
- For Europe, North and South America and Africa
Time: 16.30–18.00 CEST
Please check carefully for your time zone equivalent.
22 May The Crucible of Awakening Part 1
05 Jun The Crucible of Awakening Part 2
19 Jun Awakening the Heart-Nature Part 1
03 Jul Awakening the Heart-Nature Part 2
For Europe, Asia and Australia/Oceania
Time: 13.30–15.00 CEST
Please check carefully for your time zone equivalent.
29 May The Crucible of Awakening Part 1
12 Jun The Crucible of Awakening Part 2
26 Jun Awakening the Heart-Nature Part 1
10 Jul Awakening the Heart-Nature Part 2 - Prices:
- 40 Euros per discourse. (A concessionary rate of 20 Euros is made available to students who are unable to afford the full fee.)
Both rates are half-price as part of the Sashti Poorthi “giving back,” as a gesture of gratitude and respect to mark Richard’s 60th year.
Special Offer: Book the complete Silent Thunder Online Discourses, four discourses in all, for 130 Euros (20% discount) and receive a free place on the online course, The Philozovo—Responding to the call of the divine on 17th or 24th July 2013 (see below for details).
Participation in the double series: If you would like to participate in both series of discourses and effectively listen to each discourse twice, then the complete series of ten discourses is available at a discounted cost of 210 Euros (20% discount). - Booking:
- To make a booking please use our booking form to apply for the course(s). When you have received a confirmation email, please pay a 50% deposit by Paypal or credit card (using our online facilities), and then pay the balance before the course starts.
The Richard Harvey/Therapy & Spirituality Bursary Fund:
No one is excluded from participating for lack of funds. If you are unable to afford the concessionary rate please contact Richard to apply for an assisted place. If you would like to know how you can contribute to the bursary fund and support this work please see offer suport.
What participants say about the Sashti Poorthi Online Lecture-Seminars, the last series of eight online courses given between Nov 2012 and Feb 2013:
“Richard talks to us from a place where I wish to be. His almost every word resounds inside me, ringing the clarion call of eternal truth. Clear, precise and readily accessible, you cannot fail to be riveted to your ears if you are ready for his message.” —George Worrell, aged spiritual student
“I am so grateful for the heartfelt wisdom Richard so willingly shares to help as I deepen my spiritual journey. His talks are rich with images, insights and knowledge from his own inspirations, challenges and discoveries. He is a sincere and humble mentor.” —S.J.
“Dear Richard, To thank you, I would like to borrow some words from Rumi’s poem, The time has come: the time has come/to break all my promises/tear apart all chains/and cast away all advice... as your clarity from your wonderful engaging lectures seminars brought me to this. With love and gratitude.” —Birgit Niehaus, Alternative Practitioner
“At the end of The Three Stages of Awakening [online] seminar, I was so happy and grateful to you for making me see so many essential truths about life and me. I felt overwhelmed by the sacred wisdom I had the opportunity to witness. My mind was shaking, my voice was trembling... When I talked, it sounded pessimistic, but you made me see the problem in a different light. From everything you say to us, I can see the stage where you are now, witness your spiritual evolution and feel the manifestation of the divine through your sacred way of being. Thank you from all my heart!” —Florin Buzatu (Romania)
The Philozovo (Online)
Responding to the call of the divine
This Course Explores: How we transcend our personal limitations of character defense and conditioning, the challenges and the experience of authenticity and compassion in the process of second stage awakening, and what has to be achieved and relinquished to begin spiritual and transcendent practice.
Methods: The course includes a discourse, discussions and questions, psycho-spiritual practice and instruction.
Format: A 1½ hour discourse and seminar over Skype as a conference call. Psycho-spiritual exercises will be given, to be incorporated into your spiritual practice.
Times: 16.30-18.00 Central Summer European Time CEST and 13.30-15.00 CEST. Please check carefully for your time zone equivalent.
- Dates:
- For Europe, North and South America and Africa
17 July: 16.30–18.00 CEST
Please check carefully for your time zone equivalent.
For Europe, Asia and Australia/Oceania
24 July: 13.30–15.00 CEST
Please check carefully for your time zone equivalent. - Price:
- 40 euros (a concessionary rate of 20 euros is available to students who are unable to afford the full fee).
Both rates are half-price as part of the Sashti Poorthi “giving back,” as a gesture of gratitude and respect to mark Richard’s 60th year. - Booking:
- or on our bookings page. When you have received a confirmation email, please pay a 50% deposit by Paypal or credit card (using our online facilities), and then pay the balance before the course starts.
Organising Workshops, Courses and Events Internationally
Richard is available to run workshops on therapy and spiritual growth internationally. If you would like to organize an event or invite Richard to facilitate an existing group please contact us.
Richard also works with existing groups, businesses and communities who are experiencing difficulties in achieving their aims. For full details of his group dynamic approach see Facilitating Groups and Communities.
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What clients say
Working with Richard was one of the most profound and healing experiences of my life. I was experiencing spiritual emergency in my personal process and I couldn't have had a better spiritual guide to be my companion along the way. He could go wherever I needed to go. He could hold the space for me to do whatever I needed to do; working from his intuition and with great wisdom, love and care. I went on to work with Richard in his spiritual development groups as well as on a one-to-one basis. He has been a huge blessing in my life for which I am most grateful. J.K.
I would like to take this opportunity to show my appreciation of the Liberating the Self online course. Thank you for the course and its afterglow, still provoking and alive. I look forward to your new book. J.R.
When experiencing a crisis I reached out and came across Richard. As a therapist he challenged my fixed ways and was the guide who kept me focused. He works closely with his instincts and that helped me to believe in my own. To sum up how he helped me isn't easy as there was so much that we uncovered. I like to think of my experience with him and the others in the workshops as a book that I dip into that sets me on way each time I toddle off course! I have learnt so much about myself and others and for that I thank him. A.L.V.
General information about courses
The Venue
Unless otherwise indicated, courses take place at Cortijo Llano de Manzano, Canar, nr. Orgiva, Spain. See information about the location.
Times
Saturdays: 10am to 6pm
Sundays: 10am to 4pm
Psycho-Spiritual Development Course weekends also include Fridays: 7 to 10.30pm
Prices
For prices, see individual course details, and click on the links to make a booking.
Booking
Click on the links to make a booking.
You will need to pay a deposit of 50% of the course price with your booking—this deposit is not refundable if you cancel for any reason. See how to book for further information.
Food and Refreshments
Tea, coffee, herb teas and biscuits are provided. Please bring your own light lunch.
Getting There
Please see our Travel Information on how to get to the area and to Cortijo Llano Manzano itself.
Accommodation
All courses are non-residential. If you are traveling to attend and need help finding accommodation please click here.
Related information
- Calendar Listing of All Workshops and Courses
- Workshops for Personal and Spiritual Growth
- The Psycho-Spiritual Training Group
- Retreats for Personal and Spiritual Growth
- Books on Spiritual Growth by Richard Harvey
- Interview on Group Work and Group Therapy
- Facilitating Groups and Communities
