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April 15th - May 12th, 2008 in San Francisco, California
June 20th - July 17th, 2008 in Mallorca, Spain*
September 1st - September 28th, 2008 in Ojai, California

* This program will be presented in English. German and Spanish speaking staff will be available on site.

Transform Your Life: Turnaround House

Turnaround House, Byron Katie's new 28-day residential program, is designed to help you confront the ultimate addiction, the only addiction: the mind's addiction to the unquestioned stressful thoughts that cause all the suffering in your life.

Turnaround House is focused on The Work of Byron Katie, a remarkable process that millions of people—addicts, veterans, prisoners, students, hospital patients, homemakers, executives, politicians, mental-health professionals—have used to overcome deep-seated self-defeating behaviors.

Turnaround House is the only facility qualified and approved by Byron Katie to use The Work exclusively in its addiction and emotional rehabilitation program.


We invite you to 28 days in Turnaround House:

If you are sad, angry, or depressed most of the day, nearly every day.

If you experience a loss of interest and pleasure in activities
that are usually enjoyable.

If you have difficulty sleeping.

If you sleep too much.

If you are too lethargic or too hyper.

If you have a poor appetite and experience weight loss.

If you eat even when you're full.

If you experience a loss of energy or great fatigue
after working or meeting others.

If your mind is full of negative thoughts,
feelings of worthlessness and guilt.

If you are indecisive.

If you always need the approval of others.

If you have job burnout.

If you experience recurrent thoughts of death and suicide.

If you often hate yourself.

If you have come down a long road and at each step of the way feel pushed and pulled by painful, stressful thoughts and if some of them begin with "I can't...." "It's too...." "There's no...." "They won't...", and you have stumbled over every one, then we welcome you to Turnaround House.

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A Letter from Anil Coumar, Certified Facilitator of The Work

A few weeks ago, a physician referred to me a young patient of his, a woman with an intense fear of eating. After a few choking episodes, she became terrified to swallow food.

If you treat people with psychosomatic problems, you may be aware that the symptoms are often resistant to psychological interventions. In the past, I would have resorted to long explorations of her history to find out the underlying psychological explanations for these symptoms. Instead, this time I gently introduced her to The Work and guided her in self-inquiry.

She was able to see how her stressful thoughts (for example, "Something terrible is going to happen") caused psychological and physiological stress and led to her symptoms. She visibly relaxed in the session as she questioned her fear. Last week, she came to the session and reported that not only is she able to eat now, she is also able to eat alone, something she has not done in a long time because of her fear of choking. And most important, she is now aware that whenever she becomes symptomatic, it is an opportunity for her to question her negative thinking patterns.

Sincerely yours,

Anil Coumar

MBBS, MA Director
Hall Health Mental Health Clinic
University of Washington Seattle, WA


How it Works

Using The Work of Byron Katie to locate and utilize the wisdom within you, we are easily able to identify and deal directly with the root-cause of dysfunctional acting-out, addiction, depression, burnout, violence, confusion, fear and pain.

The "how" of dealing with problems finally becomes completely understood, as we question the stressful thoughts that are the cause of all human suffering.

"I am a recovering heroin addict ... but after being introduced to The Work I had to ask myself, 'Is my mind clean and sober?' The answer was NO. The Work has assisted me in getting to the root causes of my addiction, which is imperative for permanent change. What really impresses me is how versatile the questions are. Not only do I apply The Work to my thoughts around my addiction, but every area of my life..."

- B.
Detroit, Michigan


"Please pass along to Katie my gratitude for Turnaround House. Wow! I feel great! I find myself doing my own Turnaround House here at home, continuing the food plan, loving how I have no cravings, continuing the morning exercise and loving the 5 stretching movements. My vision continues to improve, relationships feeling more honest. Getting reports from others that I look and feel strong and well. Thank you for the life changing opportunity.

-K.

With the help and support of Byron Katie's certified facilitators and staff, you yourself will see precisely what is propelling your addictive thoughts, actions, and outbursts.

Turnaround House turns your mind back to reality, and once that is done, the cycles of pain are broken, and agony ends, even if you have experienced years of turmoil, obesity, or depression.

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Accomodations

Turnaround House, an eco-friendly environment, is a gentle and respectful place where you can identify, question, and easily understand the mind that causes all the self-hatred, depression, and unhappiness in your life. Our accommodations are restful, simple, and designed to turn your life around.

Meals: Organic, Balanced, Sane

The meals at Turnaround House are organic, delicious, and nutritionally designed to create optimal balance and health. For those of you who are overweight and are willing to follow Byron Katie's simple directions, remarkable emotional and physical changes, including weight loss, will occur..

Aftercare

Maintenance for your mind and body becomes second-nature after you leave Turnaround House. The high standards, quality of care, and usefulness of our aftercare program will support your maintenance.

The regular support of Byron Katie's certified facilitators and staff members, the daily, weekly, and monthly programs designed to exclusively fit you, make the Turnaround House aftercare program incomparable.

Our aftercare program is yours without charge, and yours for life.

To Register

If you are determined to come to Turnaround House, what an amazing decision you have made! We are waiting for you here. We understand how difficult it can be to just close your eyes, say yes, and jump.

With all our hearts, we invite you to make the leap and to realize what is always there to catch you. We at Turnaround House would love to welcome you home.

The first twenty-eight day program with Byron Katie at Turnaround House begins in Ojai, California March 1st. Turnaround House is also offered in San Francisco, CA and Mallorca, Spain.

The cost is $20,000 and we accept a $2,000 non-refundable deposit, with the balance due 30 days prior to your arrival. Registration is limited, and reservations are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.

To register for Turnaround House, San Francisco, CA, April 15th - May 12th click here.

To register for Turnaround House, Mallorca, Spain, June 20th - July 17th click here.*

To register for Turnaround House, Ojai, CA, September 1st - 28th click here.

* This program will be presented in English. German and Spanish speaking staff will be available on site.

If you are ready for a residential program, and want to learn more about Turnaround House, please call 1-800-98KATIE or email turnaroundhouse@thework.com.

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A Note from Byron Katie about Turnaround House

As many of you know, The Work is always free on my website. Everything that people need is there, as well as in my books, which are in as many libraries, school systems, prisons, and nonprofit organizations as we can afford to place them in. There is a free hotline on the website, and a free round-robin network where people can do The Work with trained facilitators.

That said, the decision to create Turnaround House was simple. We wanted to give people who could afford it a chance to experience the transformational effect of The Work and support it at the same time. The money raised through Turnaround House is used to spread The Work around the world.

We will continue to expand the scholarship program for those who cannot afford the nine-day School for The Work-teachers, therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, and others who work in hospitals, public schools and universities, prisons, government offices, rehab and literacy centers, etc. These people and institutions don't always have the funds to allocate because their budgets are stretched to the point of bare essentials just to continue operating. They take The Work back to their families, their communities, and their institutions, and everyone who follows the simple directions in the School (I call it the School of You) carries less burden, more clarity, and a kinder life out to the world as a result of it. And I continue to urge people, if there's any way possible, not to live the rest of their lives without doing the School first.

The money raised also allows us to pay for our staff, the websites, our offices, and to travel to countries and to people who cannot afford to pay. We thank you for supporting The Work so that we can continue programs like our prison project at San Quentin, our education project, and our work with the V.A. for our vets suffering from post-war trauma.

Thank you for supporting The Work.

Loving you,
Byron Katie

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