The ARC Institute

What does ARC stand for?

ARC stands for A Return to Consciousness.

What does A Return to Consciousness mean?

A Return to Consciousness refers to our ability as human beings to awaken to our on-going journey with conscious awareness and to live a responsible creative life that offers greater choice, balance, compassion and inspirational living. At ARC when we speak of consciousness we mean opening up to a full awareness in all aspects of life. Returning to Consciousness is rediscovering our authentic strength and power, as well as experiencing physical, emotional, mental and spiritual tolerance to stress and thus disease. Returning to consciousness reflects healthier living, balanced relationships and career changes that reflect our innate passions. ARC is designed to take you a significant distance on the journey to a return to consciousness.

What does The ARC Institute offer?

The ARC Institute offers evening presentations, one-day seminars and certificate training that can be accomplished in weekend workshops. Topics range from personal growth and self-care to health education. The ARC Institute teaches professional and non-professional care of family, friends and clients.

Where are the headquarters of The ARC Institute?

The ARC Institute is based in Qualicum Beach on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

Where does The ARC Institute offer classes?

The ARC Institute offers presentations and classes throughout Canada and the United States.

How big are ARC classes?

All ARC classes are limited to 24 participants. This allows each student to receive the maximum personal support and individual attention needed to have the fullest ARC experience.

What is ARC work?

ARC work (also known as ARC Bodywork) is a form of dialogue and creative journeying that can be combined with all bodywork modalities. Adding ARC dialogue or BodySpeak ™ to bodywork, allows the practitioner to converse with the client in a safe, nurturing way and to deepen the client’s bodywork experiences. As well, the practitioner has the ability to access any emotional system that may be contributing to the client’s physical symptoms and lack of wellbeing.

How does The ARC Institute support the student's personal growth?

An important facet of ARC is support of the student's personal growth. While many join the Institute to learn ARC's practitioner skills an equal number attend solely for personal growth.

Whether attending for practitioner or non-practitioner study support in personal development is essential as the student moves into a wider sense of their authority. The Spiritual Deepening and Self-Care Focus Group has been created to actively support personal growth process. This group takes place on Sunday afternoons in Journey to Consciousness classes for 1-2 hours depending on subject matter.

What is the significance of ARC Certification?

When you are a Certified ARC Health Practitioner, The ARC Institute acknowledges the attainment of a professional standard that permits you to offer ARC to clients. In addition, Certified ARC Practitioners may use the ARC name and logo, access professional materials, advertise their services on the ARC Website, and receive other marketing and promotional aid.

What conditions are helped by ARC work?

ARC has proven to be effective in the treatment of most physical symptoms, discomforts and disease conditions, both chronic and acute. ARC work excels in the treatment of emotional issues, especially those issues that impinge on lifestyle and have causative relation to physical complaints. ARC Practitioners have had success using ARC work with phobia and addiction, anxiety and depression, fatigue, low energy, post-traumatic states, abuse issues, eating disorders, spiritual transitions, digestive problems, immune disorders and recurring health conditions.

Is ARC work similar to Reiki, or other energy-based modalities like Therapeutic Touch?

As a hands-on energy bodywork modality ARC work has some similarities to Reiki and Therapeutic Touch. However, ARC's uniqueness lies in its blend of bodywork with dialogue and creative journeying. Consequently, an ARC Practitioner has the option of dialoguing in the session in a way that is ideally suited to bodywork. ARC training also focuses on practitioner self-care to the current professional training and experience.

Can I experience an ARC work treatment?

Yes. There are certified ARC Practitioners in many areas. All offer one-on-one treatments; some offer long distant treatments or phone sessions. There are ARC Practitioners who specialize exclusively in ARC. Others combine ARC with other modalities in which they are trained. You can learn more about current Certified ARC Practitioners by asking any ARC Representative or checking out the ARC Practitioner page on the website.

When is emotional organization taught?

Emotional organization training is first introduced in the Gateway Workshops. In these workshops we begin to see how our internal emotional structure directly influences symptoms, discomfort and the choices we make in our lives. This knowledge is gradually expanded upon in the subsequent classes. BodySpeak™, the ARC dialogue method, is introduced in the Journey of Consciousness classes.

Why is there preparation work for learning emotional organization?

Emotional organization skills are not learned by rote or memory; they evolve with guidance and practice. To observe and operate with emotional organization the student must possess the knowledge and ability to sustain a heightened awareness necessary to observe unconscious states and behaviors and therefore the emotional organization inherent in themselves and in others. With this foundation they are able to begin skillfully working with BodySpeak™ and gently re-training the inner emotional structures present in themselves and the clients they work with.

How do students apply ARC teachings to their present careers/life paths?

ARC does have many areas of specialty. Some that can be highlighted include:

• Practitioner and Personal Self-Care
  
  As human beings we enter the session with the client with the potential to be affected by the nature of that therapeutic relationship. The practitioner’s own issues will inevitably arise, and no amount of protection, energetic or otherwise, will prevent that. The key is in training the student to recognize when their own issues are present and interfering with the process and then how to return to immediate balance and therefore effectiveness. This level of self-care can be applied to all walks of life. ARC recognizes that this is a life long practice of self-care.
• Dialogue and Communication
  
  The ARC Institute receives a lot of referrals from other schools because of its courses on emotions and how emotional organization relates to symptoms, discomforts and life style issues. The ARC Practitioner’s ability to focus in a client-centered manner, work with core issue in a gentle manner and apply skills in dialogue and therapeutic communication attracts students and practitioners to either learn this method exclusively or to add it to their present modalities.
• Healing as an Outcome of Presence
  
  The ARC Institute also teaches that healing and health is a natural outcome of presence. While classes teach an abundance of techniques, ARC recognizes that their success is dependant upon the practitioner’s abilities to sustain presence, recognize inner balance, retain energy fullness within themselves and the ability to cultivate their own self-care. Healing then becomes an extension of the healer. ARC’s attention on these factors attracts a lot of students whose focus is primarily upon self-care.
• The Emergence of Our Unique Gifts
  
  The ARC Institute recognizes that all of us possess intrinsic gifts. The approach of one person invariably will be different to another’s - sometimes dramatically so. It is the intention of the staff to support the emergence of the individual’s unique approach to themselves and life while at the same time assist the student in recognizing what impedes their inherent expression both in their health, work and in their lives in general. ARC instructors therefore place a lot of importance on the personal supervision of the individual student.

How do I register for a class, workshop or seminar?

Contact an ARC Representative.