Find out more about:

   LearningMethods Open workshops
        For those who want to learn how to explore, understand and solve their own problems
   Patterns of Being workshops (Practice & Principles)
        For health professionals and other teachers to develop their own teaching
        and pedagogical skills

   LearningMethods Teaching workshops
        For those wanting to train to become a certified LearningMethods teacher

See also:
   Calendar of courses     Teachers list      Where the work is taught
   

These workshops show you how to access all this in a simple and systematic way. They have been designed to be equally valuable as a format to understand your problems and transform your own life or as an on-going apprenticeship towards learning to teach others. Anyone new to the work is very welcome to join us.

LearningMethods Open Workshops

The emphasis in these workshops is on learning how to learn and find out for yourself; i.e. the workshops are driven by your own questions, problems, explorations and experiments. The weeks are open to anyone willing and committed to learning more about themselves, to challenging their current framework of understanding and to exploring their practice or performance.

Sessions can be set up either individually, in small groups of 2, 3 or 4, etc. or by joining in any of the scheduled workshops that take place in various cities in Europe and North America. These workshops are small—usually between 5-8 participants, in order to ensure a depth of personal and practical work.

Most of the time we will be working as a group so that each person learns to articulate their experiences and everyone can share in the learning. There is a tremendous support and understanding when we all go through things together, not to mention more opportunities to gain a perspective on one's own issues when see them mirrored in others.

The workshops usually take place over 5 days, from approximately 10:00am to 4:00pm (with a one-hour lunch). Because of the small class size, preference will be given to those committing for the whole workshop, but if numbers permit, it may be possible to attend for three days, the minimum period in which it is possible to get a sense of the approach of the work. This part-time attendance is especially helpful for those who wish to get a sense of whether this approach will be helpful for them before committing to a whole workshop.

Private classes or small groups of 2-4 with David may be available some days after the main workshop day finishes—contact the organizer of each event for further information (see workshop schedules).

LearningMethods / Patterns of Being
   Practice and Principles Workshops

Prerequisite is to have attended one or more of the other introductory open LearningMethods workshops or Patterns of Being workshops.

For anyone interested in learning more about:
     — The practice & pedagogy of teaching others how to learn,
     — Our human structure and function and its implications for performance and movement,
     — Bringing greater skill and ease of learning to singing, acting, yoga, martial arts, etc.,
     — How to apply the insights of LearningMethods in other teaching modalities,
     — and for those becoming teachers of the LearningMethods work.

More information coming soon...

Further Information about the Courses

All of the courses on the calendar follow roughly the same format and schedule (except for some of the residential weeks as noted):

Course Dates and Times:
Monday to Friday (or sometimes Saturday to Wednesday or Thursday to Sunday)
10:00 am to 4:00 pm with a one hour lunch

Cost:
Contact organizers for details, a non-refundable deposit will assure your place.

Description of each Course:
Jump to the workshop schedule page for a description of each particular course and its venue.

David Gorman will be present full-time on all these courses. Other teachers and senior apprentices may join us to assist in some of the courses.

Individual and Small Group Sessions after 4:00 pm
Private lessons:  approx. 1.5 to 2 hours each
Small groups of 2 to 4 people:  approx. 1+ hour per person (e.g. 2 people for 2 to 2.5 hours, or 3 people for 3 to 3.5 hours).