Past Events and Journeys
For many years Kenneth has led groups and workshops in personal growth, as well as providing professional trainings for psychotherapists and other healers.
Additionally, Kenneth has led a number of journeys to Peru and to Mexico where participants have studied with Don Americo Yábar of Peru while taking in the tremendous beauty and wildness of these lands. Kenneth co-leads these journeys with artist and poet Ana Maria Hernando.
Kenneth is also a member of the kirtan band, Chant Ram. You can find out about their performances and other happenings here or on Facebook
Higher: Mystical Dimensions Of Psychotherapy
This three-weekend series, begins late Fall, 2017
December 2-3, 2017; January 6-7, 2018; February 3-4, 2018
Saturdays and Sunday, 9am-5pm
Through brief lecture, discussion, and practice--and with kind attention to physical and emotional safety--we will study breath, presence and embodiment and offer these: lessons in therapeutic breathwork and bodywork with opportunities for personal practice; lessons in the aim, construction, and performance of rituals for healing; practices for shifting and expanding perception and consciousness.​
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Saturday, June 24th 10:30am-3:30pm
This class is designed for teachers and those in healing modalities of all kinds. Through lecture, discussion and simple experiential practices, Kenneth will guide students in an exploration of types of trauma, causes and effects (on mind, body, and spirt), and ways Yoga teachers can offer safety and compassion through presence, language, boundary, and attuned physical contact.
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February 6th - February 12th
An invitation to take refuge for a five-day retreat this February in the sun and beauty of the Rio Lagartos seaside and the good medicine of our Circle
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Peru August 2017--Save The Date!
May 19th - May 31st
We are excited to offer, once more, this opportunity to experience the tremendous beauty of Peru and receive the teachings of Américo and Gayle—poets, dreamers, and mystics in the Andean tradition.
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The Art Of No Compromise, Teachings In Body Psychology
This three-weekend series, begins this Fall, 2016
October 8-9, November 5-6, December 3-4
Saturdays and Sunday, 9am-5pm
By working with clients in an embodied way, and by extending their expressive, emotional, and behavioral capabilities, Body Psychotherapy helps remove emotional immobility, numbness, and dysregulation that are part and parcel of embodied patterns of compromise.
Led by Kenneth Robinson, M.S., M.T.S.
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This three-weekend series, begins this Fall, 2016
March 4-6, 2016
Friday, 7-9pm; Saturday, 9-5pm; Sunday 9-5pm
Through brief lecture, group discussion, and practice -- and with kind attention to emotional and physical safety -- we will study presence, breath, and embodiment, and together find refuge, open, and receive.
Led by Kenneth Robinson, M.S., M.T.S.
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The Opposite of Addiction is Embodiment
October 2015-March 2016
Meeting one Saturday a month
Join us for a six-session training in body-focused psychotherapy for trauma and addictions recovery. This training series is designed to give therapists and healers a basic understanding of how to integrate somatic psychotherapy, mindfulness, and other body-centered methods into their work.
Led by Kenneth Robinson, M.S., M.T.S. and Linda Manning, PH.D.
Assisted by Kacy Silverstein, M.Ed., and Holly Cook, LPC-MHSP
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Weekend Intensive with Don Américo and Gayle Yábar
September 4-6, 2015
Friday, 5pm --
Saturday, All Day
Sunday, till 3pm
Join us this September as we welcome Don Américo and Gayle Yábar for a weekend intensive at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, Colorado. To learn more about the weekend, including prices for tuition and accommodation, please visit us at salkastar.com or click the button below.
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April 10-12, 2015
Friday, 7pm-9pm
Saturday and Sunday, 9am-5pm
A weekend intensive led by Kenneth Robinson, M.S., M.T.S. and Linda Manning, Ph.D. Through brief lecture, group discussion, and practice -- and with kind attention to emotional and physical safety -- we will study presence, breath, and embodiment, and together find refuge, open, and receive.
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Body-centered Psychotherapy, Trauma, and Addiction
February 2015
A three hour program with Kenneth Robinson, M.S., M.T.S. and Lisa Manning, Ph.D. at the Integrative Life Center in which they will share an overview of their integration of body-centered psychotherapy, breath practice, current research in neuroscience, and the transformational path. This workshop is offered as an introduction to a six-part training series scheduled to begin in.
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Body-centered Psychotherapy, Trauma, and Addiction
January 23, 2015--9AM-12PM
A three hour program with Kenneth Robinson, M.S., M.T.S. and Lisa Manning, Ph.D. at the Integrative Life Center in which they will share an overview of their integration of body-centered psychotherapy, breath practice, current research in neuroscience, and the transformational path. This workshop is offered as an introduction to a six-part training series scheduled to begin in February 2015.
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Body-Focused Psychotherapy and Non-Violecnce Toward the Self
October-December 2014
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This series of events is sponsored by Vanderbilt University School of MedicineDepartment of Psychiatry and Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Vanderbilt.
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January 17-19, 2013
A weekend intensive led by Kenneth Robinson, M.S., M.T.S. and Linda Manning, PhD.
November 24th
Join us as we open to the powerful teachings of Don Americo Yábar and Gayle Yábar. You can visit salkastar.com to learn more about our trips to Peru. We will be providing more specific information about this trip soon.
August 17-26
Join Kenneth Robinson and Tom Kimmel for a tour of Ireland's spectacular west coast. Enjoy nature, arts, and the culture of Ireland-- espically the amazing music.
March 19th-21st
A five day intensive led by Kenneth Robinson, M.S., M.T.S. and Linda Manning, Ph.D. Come to Gray Bear to think, and feel, and pray, and share time together in meditation and sacred conversation and the wild.
January 2014
A weekend intensive Kenneth Robinson, M.S., M.T.S. and Linda Manning, Ph.DThrough brief lecture group discussion, practice, and with kind attention to emotional and physical saftey—we will study presence, breath, and embodiment, and together find refuge, open, and recieve.