QuoteDayDreamerAnd you're right, they never tell you to actually have sexual contact with anyone in the workshop setting. /quote] Actually, that is not correct, based on my experience at a workshop with Stan Dale.
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Quoteblueridgebaby HAI has 7 levels of workshops with a few couples workshops as well. As no time, in any of the levels, is any instruction given to have sex, have oral sex, or to have intercourse. There is, at least on one occasion, the instruction not to have sex however. There are no exercises where condoms are handed out prior to the exercise. There are no excercises where condoms are pass
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Quotestevepremo As for people making decisions based on what comes next (like, say, moving close to a person they'd like to do the next exercise with), I have not observed this, and it wouldn't bother me if I did. I've seen both first-timers and repeaters be pleased or disappointed with the partner they end up with for an exercise, and I have had both experiences myself. And I�
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Quotesiofra I have answers to several of your comments but I am realizing that I am unsure what you want from this discussion. Can you help me understand the bigger picture? Quite simple, honesty. It is quite interesting when a person says "I have never had that happen to me", instead of "I have never seen or heard of that happening". The response can be limited so as to b
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Quotestevepremo I don't want to know what's going to happen when I watch a movie, read a book, or attend a workshop. For this reason, I'm grateful for the confidentiality agreements. Not everyone feels that way. For those who want to know what will happen in a workshop before going, HAI is probably not a good fit unless you want to work on being more comfortable with uncertainty
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Quotesiofra 1. There is a very large scholarship fund. I don't know the current amount but last year it was $100,000. The fund was created to allow people who couldn't attend otherwise to attend workshops. I know people who have applied for scholarships and found the process easy. There are people who receive scholarship money for all their workshops. That is quite a bit of money.
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QuotesiofraI am surprised by Ghost’s comment regarding not acknowledging sexuality at workshops. There is certainly sexual activity at HAI workshops and I don’t see where any of us have said otherwise. At a workshop on sexuality there SHOULD be exercises that grow our understanding of sexuality. I find this comment quite interesting, especially when you take into account the comments below. R
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QuoteDayDreamerFunny... I've heard some major complaints about Stan Dale and about Chip, specifically. Since they are so high up in the organization, it would seem rather unlikely that they would "clean things up." And given Stan Dale's health, it's even less likely. Complaints? Hmmm, I thought that there were no complaints, at least that is what I read from some of
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QuoteDayDreamerGhost - Thank you for your input. You are welcome. QuoteDayDreamer I believe I mentioned in one of my first posts that I felt there is always coercion, even if it is subtle. At a workshop, the participants are always told they are "at choice" - but there is still the pressure to conform to what HAI believes is the "right" choice, i.e., taking clothe
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Quotediashto Are penises inserted into vaginas (or other orifices)? Are condoms handed out at the beginning of later levels, or are you expected to bring your own if you intend to "make your own exercise"? Are the sexual organs touched in ANY way that would rate a movie with that scene in it NC17 by the MPAA (remember, scientific films are generally R due to naked but not sexual conte
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Quoteeaonderko Is there sex? Well I defy you to invite 50 adults off for a weekend of anything and not have some of them hit it off. After 23 years in the USAF I can tell you that even in basic military training men and women found each other - even if they had to hide in a dumpster! Have I had sex at a workshop? No and I have been through 4 levels of the Love, Intimacy, and Sexuality workshops.
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Quotedbvanhorn[ One of the hallmarks of a cult, is insularity. They want you to only look to them for answers, and they sometimes punish their members for allowing outside thoughts/information in. (scientology) That's not the case with hai. At no time were we told or pressured in any way to cut off communication with others, or to only look to hai. Perhaps not in the workshop that y
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Quotedbvanhorn Maybe the reason there isn't much negative out there, is because there isn't much negative? Occam's razor? ... And as long as that's done honestly and up front, what's the problem? I am curious, just where are people suppose to post their negative comments? Perhaps they don't want to since they don't want to be associated with HAI. There are
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I have read most of the responses in this thread and while this message is from the start, I think it is important to reply to some messages. I read this thread quite some time ago and was trying to decide whether to reply to some of the messages. I decided to because I think that some of the messages were deceptive. While the responses were accurate, it did not lead the person reading to see the
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