• Speaking Out for Change
• Transformational Speaking:  If You Want to Change the World, Tell a Better Story (Introductory Course)
• Ta Da! Enlivening Your Communications, On or Off the Speaking Platform

Thursday, May 6 - Whidbey Institute - Langley, WA

Build your communication skills to catalyze personal and planetary change in this condensed workshop with master teacher Gail Larsen that provides a solid foundation on which to build. Whether you want to enhance your non-profit, business or social enterprise, you will discover and appreciate your individual communications strengths and the power of your story to make the human connection that sets the stage for your message to be heard, even with audiences whose worldviews and values may differ from your own. Gail’s classes are lively, engaging, supportive, and fun, inviting you to call forth your best as you stretch to the size of your calling. back to top

June 4-6 - Omega Institute - Rhinebeck, New York  
September 19-22 - Hollyhock Retreat Centre, Cortes Island, BC.  www.hollyhock.ca

Our transformational times call not for polished professionals and students of technique, but rather for authentic communicators committed to fostering healthy people, healthy communities, and a healthy planet. Take this powerful and natural step into your own magnificence and truth and discover your home zone™, the place of your personal power and authenticity.

This introductory workshop for business leaders, educators, activists, life coaches, authors, healers, and others, shows you the path to a dramatic shift in your capacity to communicate and be heard. The ability to move others has little to do with your facts and information. It comes from eliminating fear and distrust of expressing your deepest values.

Gail Larsen’s approach explores what holds fire and meaning for you in support of bringing forth your authentic voice, igniting your passion, and building your confidence and competence as you build on your individual communication strengths.

This is a lively, experiential workshop that can transform your capacity to connect with others, build trust, and attract clients and allies who connect with the real you.

Recommended reading: Larsen, Transformational Speaking: If You Want to Change the World, Tell a Better Story. back to top

Not currently scheduled, Ta Da! Is a weekend "playshop" to discover the voices you've silenced that bring you fully alive!

In indigenous cultures, there is a belief that each of us carries our own "Original Medicine," nowhere else duplicated. If we do not bring forward our unique gifts and talents, they are lost to the world for all time.  Yet often those true gifts are hidden beneath the "professional" or "appropriate" voice with which we've learned to lead our lives.

What is deep inside of you that yearns to be expressed? In this adventure of reflection, integration and self-expression, you will mine the deep well of your life experience. You will stand on the New Edge of your life experience and discover voices you have silenced that have the power to bring you fully alive. You will give voice to the stirrings of your soul. And you will leave with a videotape of your not-to-be-ignored statement of your gifts and talents, of what's real in your life, and what's next.

Ta Da! was first launched in June 2002 and was the subject of a feature article —"Now You're Talking — Workshop Goes Beyond Sweaty Palms to Get to the Voice of the Heart"  in the July 21 Santa Fe New Mexican.

Note: While not a class on speaking and presentation skills, the exploration in Ta Da! is fundamental to encouraging your own deepest expression, removing obstacles to your power to communicate, and to becoming a compelling speaker.

Click here for Testimonials for Tada!

Ta Da! is  offered at Omega at The Crossings in Austin, Texas, as a weekend program.  It is not currently scheduled.

Omega at the Crossings is a progressive learning center and world-class spa.  Located in the Texas Hill Country with magnificent lake views, it provides an exquisite setting for learning and personal growth.  Think Tex-Zen! back to top