Upcoming Events ARC’s Sixth Annual Summer Gathering and Workshop Join ARC friends, old and new, for a Friday night potluck and gala followed by two full days of classes. More Information August 6 - 8 Shawnigan Lake, BC Pre-requisite: One ARC Workshop Community Service Day Under the supervision of The ARC Institute co-founder, Pietro Abela, ARC Health Practitioners offer free forty minute sessions to the public. By donation. More Information September 18 Rotary House, Qualicum Beach, BC Open to the Public The Essence of ARC Introductory Gateway Class Practice open-hearted listening skills as a means to create intimacy in your life. Learn how we communicate through unconscious body language and how to hold “presence” - a deep sense of self-awareness - in stressful situations. Discover how daily stresses and emotions influence physical conditions. There will be a special two hour segment where students can experience working with horses to increase body and emotional awareness, enhancing personal presence. More information October 1 – 3 Abbotsford, BC Open to the Public

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The ARC Programs

Introductory Gateway Workshops

Each of ARC’s two Gateway Introductory workshops, The Essence of ARC workshop and Personal Presence: Committing to the Path workshop, introduces Presence as the cornerstone of ARC’S teaching. In both of these workshops, participants receive extensive teaching, supervision and guidance in opening to and sustaining Presence in self-care, professional and non-professional care of others, as well as in The Essence of ARC workshop or Personal Presence: Committing to the Path workshop everyday living.

NOTE: Participants need one Gateway Introductory workshop as a pre-requisite to   enter any ARC program

The Traveler’s Guide to Presence

The Traveler's Guide to Presence is a personal growth and self-care series, providing support, encouragement, instruction and deep individual insight for self-management, authentic relationship and the ability to lead fulfilling lives.

The Healing Presence Program

The Healing Presence is an energy work training program focusing on practitioner self-care, hands-on-skills in treating pain, disease and discomfort as well as preventative techniques to recognize the potential emergence of symptoms.

The Journey to Consciousness Program

The Journey to Consciousness is a program specializing in personal growth and communication skills with the accompaniment of energy bodywork. Focus is on the connection between emotions, life stresses and the emergence of pain, discomfort and disease.

Leadership Training

Leadership Training are classes supporting the development of conscious leadership with focus from a foundation of presence, modeling and the application of communication skills in a positions of authority; whether in traditional family roles, groups  or organizations.

Gateway introductory Classes:

• The Essence of ARC
• Personal Presence: Committing to the Path