May 30-Jun 1, 2008
A Workshop for Women
“The mother-daughter bond,” says Marianne Preger-Simon, “is ordinary, yet miraculous. The depth of connection and the depth of hurt are profound. It’s a relationship that influences every other in a woman’s life. It affects our creativity, our vitality, and our ability to give and receive love. It affects our connection with the feminine, with our bodies, and with our deepest sense of purpose.
The words mother and daughter describe more than a personal relationship: they represent potent archetypes and identities. Tending to mother-daughter dynamics can liberate strength, humor, wisdom, and joy. If these dynamics remain buried or rejected, they will haunt us and, almost inevitably, our daughters as well.”
Through lecture, discussion, guided imagery, small-group interaction, music, journal writing, poetry, and artwork, participants will explore the secular and sacred realms of mothers and daughters. Marianne has the gift of creating a safe space that makes it possible for mothers and daughters to share what needs to be shared.
We do not depend on present or even living mothers or daughters to heal our mother-daughter wounds. This workshop is designed for mothers and daughters to attend either alone or together, though it is important that everyone is at least 16. We welcome Marianne back for this important work.
Marianne Preger-Simon has been a psychotherapist in private practice for almost 30 years and has led over one hundred workshops on such topics as Values, Race Relations, Women’s and Men’s Liberation, Couples’ Relationships, Creativity, Mothers and Sons, and Mothers and Daughters. She was a founding member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, was the first dance critic for The Village Voice, and has written many articles for professional journals and the book Heart By Heart: Mothers and Daughters Listening to Each Other. She has taught school, has been a folk singer, and is a wife, mother, step-mother, and grandmother.