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Dr. Bruce Berkowsky's 2016 Spiritual PhytoEssencing Training Intensive

Dr. Bruce Berkowsky is a master practitioner, and one of the world's preeminent teachers, of deep psycho-spiritual healing work with essential oils. In addition to essential oils providing benefit on a physical level, they also exert a strong influence upon the psycho-spiritual plane. Dr. Berkowsky designed the art of Spiritual PhytoEssencing (SPE) to help an individual overcome the separation from one's real self a core factor in much of the deep-seated psycho-spiritual disharmony we experience.

The real self is the deepest stratum of the self-structure, the one which directly connects to, and reflects, one's unique soul essence. The innermost aspect of the real self can be referred to as the inner spiritual self. When one operates from his or her real self as opposed to the ideal self (a compensated state a person constructs based upon the expectations and concepts of others), he or she evaluates life experiences based upon pre-thought level feeling and sensing and connection to spirit.

Operating from one's real self is the only viable pathway to self-actualization and thus the feeling of inner completion. On the other hand, charting one's course based upon the expectations and concepts of others, despite their incongruence with one's organic feeling, sensing and spirit guidance, obstructs self-actualization and leads to an inertial state of stuckness.

Plants are alive and anything living has being. In other words, plants, like humans and other animals are ensouled. In Spiritual PhytoEssencing, essential oil blends are constructed based upon the archetypal patterns of each oil's inner soul nature. Accordingly, essential oils are selected for inclusion in a customized essential blend on the basis of their congruence with certain aspects of a specific person's soul/real self archetypal pattern. Thus, when properly prepared, the completed blend represents a portrait in oils of that person's inner soul nature.

It is the encounter with soul-level congruence between the personalized blend and one's real self that encourages the latter to reassume its natural leadership role regarding the guidance of one's life course. Living totally moored within the artifice of the ideal self fosters an ongoing state of conflict arising from the incongruence between how one is informed by organic feeling, sensing and spirit connection and how one ultimately values and reacts to life experiences based upon externally controlled behavior. This state of continual incongruence must invariably lead to a state of chronic discontentment.

In the 2016 Spiritual PhytoEssencing Training Intensive, you will be taught how to construct these customized, life-enhancing blends.

If you would like to study with Dr. Berkowsky without ever having to leave your home, consider this year's webinar-based training course:

Please note: As the popularity of Dr. Berkowsky's Spiritual PhytoEssencing (SPE) and Natural Health Science System has grown, so have the demands on his time. The development and presentation of this annual training intensive is extraordinarily time-consuming. Therefore, the 2016 Spiritual PhytoEssencing Training Intensive, which begins March 23rd, is the final, annual (this is the 20th year of these annual training intensives), comprehensive course which covers the entire SPE skill set. Future SPE courses will be more limited in scope.

Accordingly, if you would like to take advantage of this rare opportunity to be trained by Dr. Berkowsky in the SPE art of customized layered blending using oils that he has personally sourced from around the world and potentizing (the SPE art of preparing a homeopathic-style dilution using 12 drops of the customized essential oil blend), without ever having to leave home, do not miss this opportunity to do so.

Dr. Bruce Berkowsky's 2016 Spiritual PhytoEssencing Training Intensive Creating Personalized, Soul-Level Healing Essential Oil Blends (limited class size)

Presented by Bruce Berkowsky, N.M.D., M.H., H.M.C. Founder and teacher of Spiritual PhytoEssencing Deep, soul-level healing work with essential oils

Specific Course Details

This in-depth training features

1) In-Depth Exploration of the Inner Nature of Four Essential Oils

The 2016 Training Intensive will feature in-depth exploration of the inner nature of four essential oils Balsam fir, bergamot, eucalyptus and gandhi root (also called sugandh mantri). Dr. Berkowsky's classes typically run between 2 and 2.5 hours each. The first half of each class is devoted to theory and review. The second half of four of the classes will be devoted to an in-depth exploration of the inner soul-nature of a specific essential oil. All students will also receive the Balsam fir; Bergamot; Eucalyptus and Gandhi root chapters (each chapter is typically 20 to 30 pages long) from Berkowsky's Synthesis Materia Medica/Spiritualis of Essential Oils

2) Sensory Animal Imagery Blend Development Training

Dr. Berkowsky developed the SPE customized animal imagery blends techniques after encountering the work of psychoanalyst Eligio Stephen Gallegos, Ph.D. In his book The Personal Totem Pole, Gallegos, one of the world's foremost experts on deep imagination (imagination emerging from the pre-conscious, soul realm as opposed to the faculty of imagination associated with everyday consciousness), describes how, in his psychoanalytic work, helping a person elaborate imaginal animals (beings which can only be elaborated via deep soul-level imagination) and then, through their actions being informed by them, resulted in deep-level emotional healing and personal growth. Once the imaginal animals are elaborated, they can be encouraged to develop a helping relationship with the person to whom they are indigenous.

Dr. Gallegos, who teaches his Personal Totem Pole Process to therapists and laypeople all around the world, found that these imaginal animals have a distinct association with the chakras and senses. In other words, an individual, when properly guided, elaborates a different imaginal creature from each chakra and/or each of the senses.

While all of this sounds somewhat primitive and beyond the bounds of rational thought, when one opens to the work, the experience is actually quite profound. Importantly, there is a difference between imaginal animals and imaginary ones. The former arise from the deepest layers of psychical existence and the soul-level artifacts of earlier periods in the human evolutionary journey. The latter are simply figments of one's everyday consciousness wherein imagination often serves as the engine of meaningless fantasizing.

Using some of Gallegos' central ideas and understandings, Dr. Berkowsky has developed the Spiritual PhytoEssencing chakra animal imagery blend and sensory animal imagery blend methods. In the 2016 Spiritual PhytoEssencing Training Intensive, the students will be taught how to develop a personalized sensory animal imagery blend.

In The Personal Totem Pole, Gallegos writes: Whereas the chakras are modes of action or power, the senses are modes of reception.

What we learn from the sensory animals is that some early injuries may have been dealt with at the level of the senses. Traumatic or injurious situations were encapsulated at the level of the sense organ, and perception of the event was thus modified in order to protect the child. The efferent sensory system [the system of feedback from the central nervous system to the sensory organ such, as the nose, itself], could readily accomplish such a change.

The modified input is represented in the sensory animals. Developing a relationship with them allows the quickest way I know for healing the injury and realigning the sensory organ with a relatively unbiased input.

The focus of the 2016 Spiritual PhytoEssencing Training Intensive layered blending training exercise (see below) will actually be the creation of a personalized sensory animal imagery blend. In other words, each person, using the 2016 Spiritual PhytoEssencing Training Intensive Essential Oil Set, will be guided to create his or her own personalized sensory animal imagery blend.

Similarly, the focus of the potentizing class (the final class of the training intensive; potentizing involves taking 2 drops of a personalized essential oil blend and, using a method developed by Dr. Berkowsky, producing a homeopathic-style dilution of the blend for internal use.) will be the development of a highly dilute homeopathic-style potency from the personalized sensory animal imagery blend each student created during the layered blending exercise.

This may be the last time Dr. Berkowsky personally teaches the SPE method. In the future, those who did not participate in this course, will have to rely on recordings of the potentizing method.

3) Layered Blending Training Exercise

As noted, a central feature of this course will be the layered blending training exercise during which Dr. Berkowsky will guide the students step-by-step in the preparation of a layered sensory animal imagery blend using the oils in the class oil set.

These oils, personally sourced by Dr. Berkowsky from around the world, are all of exquisite soul-level healing quality. The set, made available to students at a very reasonable price, is not included in the tuition fee. Students can opt to use their own oils for the blending exercise. However, the oils Dr. Berkowsky makes available are of extraordinary quality and most students are eager to work with them.

The eligibility to purchase the class oil set is one of the central attractions of this course. While the cost of this set is separate from the tuition fee, Dr. Berkowsky makes an extraordinary effort to keep the pricing remarkably reasonable so that everyone can afford to participate in the blending exercise.

Dr. Berkowsky personally sources the oils for this set from distillers all over the world. He spends months sampling oils from different distillers before constructing the set. He will only include oils that not only are grown or wild-harvested in an ecologically sensitive manner, but also are particularly rich in the plant-soul forces required for deep soul-level healing work with essential oils. Many students remark that the oils Dr. Berkowsky provides are the finest and most spiritually vibrant they have ever experienced.

The composition of this set of approximately 15 oils (5 ml each) will not be finalized until early March. The following oils will definitely be in the set: African tea tree oil, balsam fir, bergamot, clary sage, Douglas-fir, eucalyptus, frankincense, gandhi root, Jasmine auriculatum, high-altitude true lavender, lavender sage, lemon, monarda and Norway pine.

Spiritual PhytoEssencing (SPE), features the use of two types of essential oil blends: constitutional and situational. The constitutional blends include the: custom soul archetype pattern blend, chakra animal imagery blend, sensory animal imagery blend, gemstone mantra blend, and polarity synthesis blend (based upon leading concepts from the work of 19th century philosopher G.W.F. Hegel). All of these blends are customized to reflect the unique inner soul nature of one particular individual.

Situational blends are prepared to illuminate and activate key spiritual perspectives regarding specific life situations such as illness challenges, divorce, encountering a pivotal crossroad in one's life, dying, grieving, etc. Situational blends, while customized, are more limited in personal scope than constitutional custom blends, and can be formulated to be relevant for more than just one person.

All students will be preparing their own sensory animal imagery blend which, in accordance with the Spiritual PhytoEssencing blending method, will be constructed in layers.

Dr. Berkowsky will review the Spiritual PhytoEssencing alchemical blending techniques including: the surrounding essence, invisible sparks, jewel in the lotus, magic drops and soul star drops techniques. Each of these techniques is very subtle, yet powerful and serve as catalysts that increase the dynamic, soul-level healing potential of the blend.

4) Homeopathic-Style Potentization Training

The Spiritual PhytoEssencing potentizing technique involves taking 2 drops of a personalized essential oil blend and, using a method developed by Dr. Berkowsky, producing a homeopathic-style dilution of the blend for internal use. In this course, each student will be producing a highly dilute homeopathic-style potency from the personalized sensory animal imagery blend he or she created during the layered blending exercise.

5) Class Recordings

All classes will be recorded and so those who have scheduling conflicts and miss a class, can review the entire presentation whenever they like, at their own pace. The recordings also allow those who did attend the class the chance to review the class material as often as desired.

Schedule of Classes

There will be 6 classes in all (plus a free bonus Q&A/student feedback class).

The course begins on March 23rd and (including the layered blending exercise) concludes in late June. This provides a casual pace that allows for more extensive between-class study and review and blending time.

First Class: Wednesday, March 23rd @ 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time (8:00 p.m. Eastern Time). All classes except are presented at the same time.

The scheduling of classes for the remainder of the course is set as follows:

Additionally, there will be a bonus Q&A and student feedback class scheduled after the course has ended.

Continuing Education Credit and Certification

Those who complete the entire course, including the blending and potentizing, will be eligible to receive a letter recommending the issuance of 20 CE credits. If a student does not participate in all the components of the course, the number of CE credits he or she will be eligible for will depend upon proportionate participation.

Certification Exam

Those students who participate in the 2016 SPE Training Intensive can sit for an optional certification exam (which includes submission of a sample of the blend the student prepared).

There are different levels of Spiritual PhytoEssencing certification. Those students who pass 3 certification exams are awarded the credential R.SPE.P. (Registered Spiritual PhytoEssencing Practitioner). For students who are interested in going on to earn a diploma in Spiritual PhytoEssencing and receive a Di.SPE (Diplomate of Spiritual PhytoEssencing) credential, passing the certification exam is necessary for this course to count as one of the six required Diploma Course (a tutored home-study course) study modules.

Tuition

Dr. Berkowsky is well aware that these are difficult economic times for a lot of people and so keeps tuition rates unusually low. This may be your last chance to take this comprehensive course conducted personally by Dr. Berkowsky at such low tuition rates.

Tuition covers: all 6 classes, the class recordings, the layered blending exercise, the potentizing training as well as all class study exercises (Dr. Berkowsky designs unique, optional study exercises that the students receive between classes), chapters from Berkowsky's Synthesis Materia Medica/Spiritualis of Essential Oils and other reference materials.

Individuals who cannot afford to pay the full tuition in one payment can contact Dr. Berkowsky to set up a comfortable, monthly installment payment plan. If you require a payment plan contact Dr. Berkowsky and he will e-mail the details to you. Contact: drbruceb@cnw.com

The cost of the class oil set, required for participation in the layered blending exercise, is not included in the tuition. Considering the rare quality of all the oils (personally sourced by Dr. Berkowsky), the set will be very reasonably priced in order to allow anyone who wants to participate in the blending the exercise to be able to afford to do so.

Early-Bird Tuition best offer ends Tuesday, March 1st: $325.00

Full Tuition after March 1st: $375.00

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Spiritual PhytoEssencing Diploma Course Prospectus

The Spiritual PhytoEssencing Diploma Course provides an in-depth understanding of the theory and practice of Spiritual PhytoEssencing. In addition to a thorough education regarding the inner soul-nature of close to 40 essential oils (thus far Berkowsk's Synthesis Materia Medica/Spiritualis of Essential Oils features 112 chapters, each dedicated to one particular essential oil), the Diploma Course student is taught the basics of layered blending, case-taking, case analysis, repertorizing, the practical use of Berkowsky's Synthesis Materia Medica/Spiritualis of Essential Oils, and homeopathic potentization of an essential oil blend.

In-depth instruction is also provided regarding the fundamental theoretical perspectives of Spiritual PhytoEssencing, including soul-level archetypes, miasm theory, anthroposophical constitutional typing, the Kabbalistic Tree of Life and model of the Five Levels of the Soul, Chinese Five Element Theory, key elements from the perspectives of Martin Buber's philosophy of dialogue and Dr. Carl Rogers humanistic psychology, as well as various other models and perspectives primary to the system.

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Berkowsky's Synthesis Materia Medica/Spiritualis of Essential Oils

Berkowsky's Synthesis Materia Medica/Spiritualis Of Essential Oils consists of 110 chapters, covering 110 different essential oils.

This is a work in progress that Dr. Bruce Berkowsky began work on in 1998. It is the central reference manual for the art of Spiritual PhytoEssencing (the system of soul-level healing work) that he began developing in the mid-1990s.

In addition to essential oils providing benefit on a physical level, they also exert a strong influence upon the psycho-spiritual plane. Dr. Berkowsky designed the art of Spiritual PhytoEssencing (SPE) to help an individual overcome the separation from one's higher self that lies at the core of emotional and physical disharmony.

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