Utilizing the principles of experiential education and attitudinal healing, Soltura workshops are designed using parables in which hidden truths and life lessons are cleverly disguised within simple stories. For men and adolescent boys we offer a program series based on The Knight in Rusty Armor, a book by Robert Fisher. Women and adolescent girls take their journey down the Yellow Brick Road in a series of workshops based on the well-known story, The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. These programs offer a combination of educational and experiential exercises offered in group, individual, and community settings – utilizing music, art, drama, humor, writing, and guided imagery techniques – to create a dynamic and personally enriching experience.

The trilogy of personal growth workshops facilitates awareness of:

  • Value of slowing down
  • Choice between conflict and peace of mind
  • How inner battles complicate life
  • Influence of fears and doubts
  • Using your authentic voice
  • Personal beliefs, judgments and conviction
  • Honoring yourself through honoring others
  • Freedom in taking responsibility for yourself

Soltura offers personal growth workshops for men, women and young adults. Participants range from people struggling with new challenges in life to those who are stuck in old patterns of living who find that their life is not as fulfilling as they had envisioned.

Soltura workshop participants include individuals of all ages looking for a different way to experience their lives or seeking a new understanding of their inner self. Programs are geared to anyone who has the desire to change their personal perspective and experience personal freedom. While the motivations to participate in the workshop trilogy are varied and unique to each participant, some reasons may include:

  • Navigating one of life’s transitions following a loss – of a parent, a child, a marriage, a job or other form of emptiness
  • Understanding self-defeating behaviors
  • Improving one’s relationship with self, family and friends
  • Difficulty juggling life’s daily stresses that challenge quality of life
  • Moving beyond a co-dependent relationship with a spouse or partner who is struggling with alcohol abuse
  • Gaining perspective on compulsive or addictive behaviors

Participants are asked to complete a brief health history questionnaire during the registration process to ensure that they are sufficiently fit both physically and emotionally to complete the workshops.

Life-altering experiences at Soltura consist of single gender workshops lasting 3 – 5 days. The small group format, consisting of no more than 12 persons in any workshop, guarantees individual attention and dynamic group interactions. While the experience is personal and each participant must do their own work, that work is facilitated and enhanced by the experiences of the group as a whole.

At Soltura we believe that small intimate groups living together in a "home" like setting provides a safe and supportive environment, forming an opportunity where a common bond and trust develop naturally. This community becomes integral to the growth and healing process both during and after the workshop experience. The family group created during the workshop process creates strong, lasting relationships with the other individuals who have come together and broken through self-bondage. Their journey together is intimate and each individual becomes important to the personal healing of another.