Annie Marquier, the Director of the Institute for Personal Development, has authored several books including “The Power of Free-Will” and “Free your true self”, now available in English. Her profound knowledge in many fields of human consciousness (science, art, spirituality, psychology), as well as her consummate skills as a communicator, have enabled her to offer a professional, original and deeply meaningful program.  A team of dynamic and competent collaborators assist her in creating quality events all year long.

The Institut du Développement de la Personne (Institute for Personal Development) was founded in 1982  offers workshops, training, conferences and special educational events dedicated to the advancement of the field of personal and spiritual development.

Various workshops and courses make up an enriching and coherent curriculum combining a theoretical study and an experiential discovery of our essence as human beings at the three levels of consciousness: the conscious, the unconscious and the supra-conscious.

The program’s main objective is to offer each individual the opportunity to experience the reality of higher consciousness, as an inner experience and as an active source of concrete manifestations in the physical world. The program focuses on achieving mastery over one’s personality, which allows one to face everyday life events with strength, focus, peace and serenity.  It also nurtures one’s capacity for creative, original and positive contributions to society.To achieve this, the Institute’s educational approach provides a profound and efficient synthesis of psychology and spirituality. The very essence of this approach springs from the ancient world wisdom and fundamental spiritual traditions as well as the most recent discoveries regarding the psychological mechanisms of human consciousness. This synthesis therefore reflects the state of the art in terms of research on consciousness at the dawn of the 21^st century.

The Institute’s curriculum is tailored to today’s realities and therefore uses a variety of coherent and complementary approaches to inner transformation: conferences, meditations, guided visualisations, various types of inner-healing exercises (work with the breath, with music, metaphors), rituals, artistic activities, physical activities, etc. It provides an opportunity to tune into an up-to-date body of knowledge and also to integrate this knowledge through first-hand experience and to put it into practice  spontaneously in one’s daily life.

All these activities unfold in a spirit of total respect for the individual’s level of involvement. This guarantees personal freedom of choice in the way each person opens up to his/her own process of transformation.

Within the “Arts” section of the program, the Institute host a school of circus art: Magik-Art Trapeze. In this context, trapeze activities may be approached from the usual physical and artistic angle, and also as a discipline for inner development: to reach beyond one’s ordinary limits, to master one’s energy, to develop focussing capabilities, as well as concentration, relating, mutual support and team work in order to radiate beauty and inspiration to the world.

The curriculum consists mainly of week-end seminars (both in French  and in English), which are conducted at the Institute’s peaceful retreat near Knowlton, in Que-bec’s Eastern Town-ships. Lodging and vegetarian meals are provided.

In addition to the regular program, one can attend conferences and special events in Quebec and in Europe.

The ultimate goal of this program is to participate in the emergence of a renewed consciousness for peace, harmony and personal freedom, for ourselves as well as for others.

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