LN: You also put some of the most famous rock and roll bands together for reunion tours. How did that come to be?

David: As I was launching my sports busi-ness, someone asked if I was interested in representing a band called “The Associa-tion.” Because I remembered their old hits, I decided to do it. After I said yes I learned that it was a 20 year old group with no one interested in them! In searching for a way to do something with this band, I thought the country would enjoy seeing bands like the Turtles, the Grassroots, Gary Puckett, and Spanky and Our Gang, on one bill, so I took them on tour in 1984 and called it the “Hap-py Together Tour.” We booked ten shows, then the movie “The Big Chill” came out and the whole country became interested in nostalgia music. That tour went on to do 125 cities!

LN: Whoa!

David: Yeah! The idea caught on like wild-fire. In 1985, I was on another tour and at 3:00 A.M. in some random hotel I happened to catch a rerun of the television show called “The Monkees,” which I remembered

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Raz Ingrasci: David, you went from being one of the country’s top sports and enter-tainment agents and a best-selling author, to creating Rock ‘N Roll Fantasy Camp. How did your career as an agent start?

David: I started by booking acts like Henny Youngman and Milton Berle at hotels in the Catskill Mountains in upstate NY. At the time I was also writing a gossip column for a Jewish newspaper. One of the people I interviewed for the paper was Ron Bloom-berg, who played for the Yankees. After interviewing him, he introduced me to his teammate, Elliot Maddox, with whom I struck up a friendship. In 1976 Elliot asked me to represent him as his agent, so that’s when I started in sports.

LN: Was it common for athletes to work with agents back then?

David: No, I was one of the earliest sports agents. My work was about helping profes-sional athletes with their contracts and out-side endorsements.

LN: Who were some of the sports figures you represented?

David: NY Giant’s quarterback and CBS Sports analyst Phil Simms, baseball greats Lou Piniella, Dave Magadan, Randy Myers and many, many others. At one time nine of the NY Giants were my clients.

Rock ‘N Roll Will Save Your SoulDuring the past 25

years, David Fishof, a 1999 graduate

of the Process, has been hailed as one of the most innovative

entertainment producers and successful sports agents in the world. In 1997 he founded

Rock ‘N Roll Fantasy Camp, where rock

dreams become reality. David recently spoke with Hoffman CEO

Raz Ingrasci about his fascinating journey.

For more Info visit www.rockcamp.com or

call 1(800)ROCBAND.

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ContentsDonor Acknowledgements.......3,4

Graduate Pages.........5,6,7

2008 ProcessSchedule .....................9

teacher Feature ..........1 1

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from my youth. So I went and put the Monkees back together.

LN: You brought talent forward and let people remember what they loved about some of the great acts.

David: In 1986, while producing the Monkees’ tour, I worked on the 7th floor of 1775 Broadway in NYC, and unbeknownst to me, on the 8th and 9th floor was a fledgling network called MTV. I’d ride up and down the elevators with Tom Freston and Bob Pittman, who ran the network. One day I ran upstairs and said to Bob, “I just signed the Monkees,” and he said, “We’re going to air their television show 24 hours a day -- let’s work to-gether.” So we did and that wound up being an incredible success.

LN: Collaborating with MTV during their earliest days – what a coup!

David: It was, and soon they found-ed VH1, and several comeback tours followed.

LN: I love this quote of yours, “Creativ-ity is the key to business. You must be able to come up with ideas and imple-ment and execute effectively in order to succeed.”

David: It’s been my philosophy throughout my career.

LN: It seems you’ve been most inter-ested in showcasing and supporting talent. Now, with Rock ‘N Roll Fanta-sy Camp, you help every day people discover and express the talent inside of them, and they have the chance to perform with musicians who are their heroes. It’s a wonderful thing.

David: Well Rock ‘N Roll Fantasy Camp is my “give-back” to what the entertainment industry has afforded me.

LN: How so?

DAVID: I’ve spent my career around so many talented people -- for 15 years

I was on tour with Ringo and the All Star Band, and I saw firsthand why rock stars belong on that stage – what makes them so special. Every day people would ask me, “What’s this musician like, what’s that musician like?” I wanted to share it with the public. So I decided to create Rock ‘N Roll Fantasy Camp as a way for people to meet these musicians, play with them, and discover something bigger inside themselves.

LN: David I’ve known you since you did the Process. I’ve seen you change in amazing ways - constantly moving toward greater experiences of light and love, both personally and profes-

sionally. Over the years I’ve seen you act with courage. How did you finally decide to leave the business of being an agent?

David: In my early days as an agent I genuinely wanted to help people, but in time it became about “SHOW ME THE MONEY!” I used to think ‘the minute I make a million dollars I’m going to be the happiest person in the world.’ But when I made a million dollars I was miserable. Through the Process I found that money is not the only thing in life and slowly I had to own up to the fact that I wanted to leave the business and that a part of me felt “it’s not in my blood anymore.”

LN: Was there fear in leaving?

David: Yes. My parents were holocaust survivors – my father lived in a con-centration camp in Auschwitz and he had everything taken from him. The message during my childhood was ‘be a success -- make money so you’re not stuck.’ I was praised at home when I made a deal, and that to me was love. I was raised Orthodox and I still practice the Orthodox religion. My son-in-law’s a rabbi, my brother’s a rabbi and my father was a cantor. One day my brother, the rabbi, called and said, “Listen, you do this Rock ‘N Roll Camp better than anybody and you love it…why don’t you just do it

already?” I said OK, and that was that.

LN: How did you go about creating Rock ‘N Roll Fantasy Camp?

David: Ten years ago I called Nils Lof-gren and Clarence Clemons from Bruce Springsteen’s band, who both played on my tours, to ask if they’d be will-ing to appear at a Rock ‘N Roll Fantasy Camp, and they said “yes, let’s do it!!” So I did my first Camp with 25 people and the response was amazing. Now ten years later we host several Camps a year, in NY, Las Vegas, Hollywood and in the UK (at Abbey Road studios!) with more locations coming soon.

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Roger Daltry (left) of The Who coaches a camp participant.

“The message during my childhood was ‘be a success -- make money so you’re not stuck.’ I was praised at home when I made a deal,

and that to me was love.” --D. Fishof

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FOUNDATION

Board of DirectorsMyron A. Wick, III, Chair

Giles H. Bateman

Joan Belkin

Steve Belkin

Thomas Driscoll

Jean M. Halloran

Gerald Harris

Liza Ingrasci*

Raz Ingrasci*

William Johnson

Barbara LaTour

Betsy Manchester**

Pete Neuwirth

Randy Perkins

Michelle Schmitt

Stephen Seligman

Susanna Thompson

*Executive Management

**Director Emeritus

Advisory CouncilJoan Borysenko, Ph.D., Chair

Margot Anand, Ph.D.

Ward Ashman, Ph.D.

Anat Baniel

Ken Blanchard, Ph.D.

David Bork

Matthew Budd, M.D.

Sonia Choquette, Ph.D.

Ken Druck, Ph.D.

Lee Lipsenthal, M.D.

Rev. Hal Milton

Claudio Naranjo, M.D.

Bruce Price, M.D.

Michael Ray, Ph.D.

Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Tony Schwartz

Anne Simon-Wolf, M.S.S.W.

Marianne H. Stefancic, M.F.T.

Eileen Sullivan, Ph.D.

Siavash Tabrizy, M.F.T., Ph.D.

Barry Taylor, N.D.

Eric Utne

Sirah Vettese, Ph.D.

Brenda Wade, Ph.D.

Joseph Wu, M.D.

We would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge all 2007 facilitators. These amaz-ing people, who lead out of their passion and heart-felt love for the Hoffman tools,

volunteer their time and energy to support and lead local Hoffman graduate groups. While it takes a number of graduates to co-create a community, the facilitators are the driving force behind these groups. We honor you and appreciate your contributions to the service of others.

Current Graduate Groups and Facilitators

CA, Chico/Butte County - Lamia Alger*CA, East Bay - Sarah Ackerman &

Cary SheldonCA, Los Angeles - Marni BattistaCA, Napa Valley - Joelle GallagherCA, San Diego - Cheryl CashCA, San Francisco - Cynthia CumminsCA, Santa Barbara - Linda Ruffin*CA, Santa Cruz -

Carmen Fuentes-WilliamsCA, Thousand Oaks Area (Westlake

Village) - Sara McGovernCA, Marin (Mill Valley) -

Tarika LovegardenCO, Aspen - Erik LarsonCO, Boulder - Nancy HartCO, Denver - Cindy RoldCT, Guilford - Ann West, Jim LambGA, Atlanta - Michal* &

Shmuel SpiegelmanHI, The Big Island - Jeanette Foster

IL, Chicago - Jenny WalshKS, Kansas City - Tamie Mills KY, Louisville - Katherine Mapother*,

David Weinberg*MD, Baltimore - Kathleen LipariniMA, Boston - Hilary Illick, Maddie

Weinreich*MI, Grand Rapids - Pat PritchardMN, St. Paul/Minneapolis -

Nancy Blasberg, Maisie WolszonNH, Keene - Maddie Weinreich*NM, Santa Fe - Celina CavalcantiNV, Las Vegas - Sharon LeaNY, New York City - Jane Wong*OR, Ashland - Brenda Brown,

Rebecca HutchisonOR, Portland - Brooke Gaab, Beth EstockVA, Lexington - Kip BrooksVA, Potomac Falls - Emily KingWI, Madison - Beth Kubly*,

Kelly MacVittie*

Graduate Groups - Continuing ConnectionsAcknowledging the Graduate Group Facilitators of 2007

Special acknowledgements to: Mary Calvillo, Roberta Falke, Victoria Sloan, Michal Spiegelman and Maddie Weinreich for their contributions to the 2007 FTC and their onoing support of graduate groups.Retired facilitators of 2007: Roberta Falke* (5 yrs+); Linda Elmer & Crystal Jenkins (3 yrs+); Brad Axelrad, Dianne Bischoff, Simin Shirazi, Victoria Sloan*, Mary Wendell Lampton, Elaine Boucher, Sonya Milton*, and Hal Milton (to 3 yrs).

(* indicates 3 or more years service or special service to the Graduate community.)

Everyone can be great because anyone can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t even have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve... You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.

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“Who knows what wonderful adventure is waiting for you just behind your fears? Whenever a transition is called for, view it as your soul knocking at the door of your life, bearing more gifts for you to bring to the world. Change is a call from your soul to grow.”

- Sonia Choquette

GRADS, DIAL IN and SHARE YOUR HEARt- Monthly Intro Calls Let You

Share the Process -

Are there people in your life who want to know more about the Process directly from

those who lead the organization, the teachers and other Process grads? For them we offer a free, informative, once-a-month conference call, where people from coast to coast dial a toll free number and join others on an hour-long discussion about the Process.

Hoffman Managing Director Liza Ingrasci and a Process teacher lead the informal call, where people ask questions or simply listen to the dis-cussion. Process graduates are invited to join in, and they often do, sharing their experiences and offering personal insights to those who are con-sidering whether the Process is right for them.

We look forward to speaking with you and your friends!

When: The first Tuesday of every month at 5:00 PM (Pacific time)

phone: 866-322-7998 (Toll-free). Password: 86157# (Note: you must include the #)

Cost: Free! No RSVP required, simply call and enter the password above.

HoffmAn teleClAsses:

teleclasses; Ideal for both Recent and Seasoned Process Grads!

*Note: Each Intimate Relationships Teleclass contains different content. If you’ve been on Ed’s call, try Stan’s. Or vice-versa!

• Each Teleclass (1 hour in length) is $25, which is non-transferable/non-refundable.

• Participants must call from a landline (cordless ok), in a quiet location (sorry, no Skype or cell phones).

• Please register by 3:00 PM the day before each Teleclass. To register call 800/506-5253 or go to the Teleclass section of our site at www.hoffmaninstitute.org.

• Please sign up early; many of our Teleclasses fill well in advance!

Questions? Call 800/506-5253 or email us at graduates@hoffmaninstitute.org.

The New Year kicks off with several of our most asked for Teleclasses, including Create Your Vision, which will help you move into 2008 fully connected to Spirit!

Opening to Spirit’s Intentions (formerly Spiritual Inten-tions & Practices); teacher Stan Stefancic. January 22 at 6:00 PM Pacific / 9:00 PM Eastern

Create Your Vision; teacher Ed McClune. January 23 at 4:30 PM Pacific / 7:30 PM Eastern

Tools for New Grads; teacher Ginger Buckley. February 7 at 4:30 PM Pacific / 7:30 PM Eastern

Intimate Relationships*; teacher Stan Stefancic. February 12 at 6:00 PM Pacific / 9:00 PM Eastern

Still No Partner; Are You Sure There’s Nothing Wrong With Me?; teacher Sharon Kennedy. February 27 at 5:00 PM Pacific / 8:00 PM Eastern

Intimate Relationships*; teacher Ed McClune. March 5 at 5:00 PM Pacific / 8:00 PM Eastern

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To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly

-Henri L. Bergson

In the fall of 2005, Erik Larson wasn’t looking to change his life. He was

a successful CPA living in Aspen Colorado with his wife and two young children. But in October of that year, Erik was served with divorce papers, and ready or not, change had landed.

Fortunately for Erik, some of his friends were Process graduates. One in particular, Lloyd Herman, suggested the Process, but as the son of a Lutheran minister, Erik saw religion and spirituality as one and the same, and “more religion was the last thing I needed.”

After doing enough research to squelch his skepticism, Erik partici-pated in the Process in November 2005 just after his 40th birthday. As he de-scribes it, “everything changed for the better.”

When asked to describe himself

Erik Larson

Graduate Erik Larson with Luke, 6, and Anja, 8

before the Process, Erik tosses out words like “angry, conservative, Type A, and reactionary,” all hard to fath-om when you meet the warm, loving, free thinking man he is today. “A few days into my Process, two people com-mented that they’d been afraid to talk to me because I had an angry scowl on my face. That helped me know how far ahead my dark side was.”

At the Process Erik connected with his own compassion, authenticity and love and he realized that more than anything, he wanted to be a great parent. “The connection I have with

This being human is a guest house.Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,some momentary awareness comes

as an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!Even if they are a crowd of sorrows,

who violently sweep your houseempty of its furniture,

still, treat each guest honorably.He may be clearing you out

for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice.Meet them at the door laughing and invite them in.

Be grateful for whatever comes.Because each has been sent

as a guide from beyond.

--Jelaluddin Rumi

The Guest House

my kids now is something I didn’t think was possible,” says Erik about Luke, 6, and Anja, 8. “My kids call the Process ‘better mommy and daddy school’ and they actually get excited when I go back (for a Q2), because that translates for them into “We’ll have more daddy.”

The Hoffman community is a big part of Erik’s life. He facilitates the Aspen graduate gatherings, which encompass the Roaring Fork Valley. The group has well over 40 graduates, many of whom attend the monthly meetings. He also has a great knack for guiding people to the Process; in two years 50 people have enrolled at Erik’s recommenda-tion. “People see the changes in me and they want what I have. It’s the furthest thing from a hard sell…”

“I’ve taken my life to an entirely new level since the Process. As I tell everyone who will listen, “it’s the greatest gift I’ve ever given myself. My life’s not perfect, but now I’ve got the tools I need to respond to any of life’s challenges.”

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LN: What aspects of your Process do you bring to your work?

David: The Process changed my attitude towards the music business and taught me about giving back. When I commit-ted to do Rock ‘N Roll Fantasy Camp, I decided to take much of what I learned at the Process and incorporate it. I noticed that the more of the sensibility of Process I put into it --- joy, connection, risk-taking, community, and so on --- the more people would say, “this experience is life-changing.”

LN: How did the Process change you personally?

DAVID: The Process gave me permission to come out of my shell, to know that there’s this beautiful person inside with great passion for life. Before the Process I surrounded myself with stars and I hid behind them. I took care of ev-erybody else but not myself. I hurt my marriages, my re-lationships with my children and my mother, because I let the industry take over my life. It’s an industry where it’s easy to forget your purpose and you start to think you’re invincible. Thank God I didn’t turn to drugs or alcohol, but I did turn to ego. Every day of my life I think of the Process. I direct people to the website every day.

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Hoffman Events Calendar

If you are a Process graduate, par-ticularly one who received a partial

scholarship, you might consider Pay-ing it Forward; making a donation to the Scholarship Fund, which gives others with financial constraints the chance to experience the Process.

The Scholarship Fund provides over $400,000 in partial scholarships annu-ally, ranging from $50 to $1,200.

If you know someone with a strong desire to take the Process, but who lacks financial resources, encourage them to apply. According to HQP graduate and scholarship recipient Marisa Lopez, “I’ve learned that love has no price tag, but we pay a great price for living a

loveless life. Thanks to my scholarship, I was able to stop focusing on the price tag and start loving myself instead.”

We raise money (we are a non-profit, 501 (c)(3) from Foundation grants and through the extraordinary generosity of you, Hoffman graduates.

Requests for scholarships are evalu-ated based on financial need, followed by one’s readiness to take advantage of the Process. Scholarship applications are reviewed on a first come, first serve basis, and once funds for a specific Pro-cess are allotted, no more are available for that course. For that reason, we en-courage people to apply early.

the Process Scholarship Fund, A Great Way to “Pay it Forward”

FebrUAry �00� Feb 1-8 HQP - CaliforniaFeb 5 *Process Intro Call 5:00 PM. 866/322-7998, password 86157#Feb 6 Grad “Create a Group” call 4:00 PM. 866/322-7998, password 49361#Feb 7 Ceremony of Integration - CA Feb 7 Teleclass: Tools for New Grads, teacher Ginger Buckley, 4:30PMFeb 12 Teleclass: Intimate Relationships, teacher Stan Stefancic, 6:00 PMFeb 15-22 HQP - CaliforniaFeb 21 Ceremony of Integration - CAFeb 22-24 Q2 Graduate Intensive - CAFeb 27 Teleclass: Still No Partner, Are You Sure There is Nothing Wrong with Me?, teacher Sharon Kennedy, 5:00 PM

MArCh �00�Mar 4 *Process Intro Call 5:00 PM. 866/322-7998, password 86157#Mar 5 Teleclass: Intimate Relationships, teacher Ed McClune, 5:00 PMMar 5 Grad “Create a Group” call 4:00 PM. 866/322-7998, password 49361#Mar 7-14 HQP - California and MAMar 13 Ceremony of Integration - CA and MAMar 14-16 Q2 Graduate Intensive - CAMar 21-28 HQP - HarvardMar 28-April 4 HQP - California

April �00�April 1 *Process Intro Call 5:00 PM. 866/322-7998, password 86157#April 2 Grad “Create a Group” call 4:00 PM. 866/322-7998, password 49361#April 3 Ceremony of Integration - CAApril 11-18 HQP - CaliforniaApril 17 Ceremony of Integration - CAApril 25 - May 2 HQP - California

How to GiveThe Hoffman Institute is a non-

profit 501(c)(3) Organization. We rely on gifts to make many of our programs possible. To make a tax-deductible donation, please call Brenda Paulucci at 800/506-5253, ext 103 or mail your check to Hoffman Institute Foundation, 1299 Fourth St., Ste 304, San Rafael, CA 94901. To donate online, visit at www.hoffmaninstitute.org and designate the program you wish to support.

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2008 HOFFMAN QUADRINItY PROCESS SCHEDULE

NApA vAlley, CAliForNiAJanuary 25 - February 1February 1-8 February 15-22March 7-14March 28 - April 4April 11-18April 25 - May 2May 9-16

May 23-30June 6-13June 20-27July 11-18July 25 - August 1August 8-15August 22-29September 5-12

September 19-26October 3-10October 17-24October 31 - November 7November 14-21December 5-12December 12-19

March 7-14March 21-28 (Harvard Process)

May 2-9August 1-8

September 19-26November 7-14

SheFField, MASSAChUSeTTS

By Leah Herman

The Q2 Graduate Intensive is a place to make changes. It provides the

opportunity to get focused and delve into specific areas in your life that you want to transform.

In late 2005, a year after my Process, I was single, healing, and ready to lay my heart into somebody’s hand. So I set my intention and imagined myself in a mutually respectful, joyful relation-ship with a man who loved me, who I loved back.

Two weeks later I met him. He was gentle, intelligent, handsome and fun-ny. And to top it off, shortly after we began dating he said, “I know I want to marry you. I’ve known it from the moment I saw you, but I don’t want to scare you.”It was amazing – here was EXACTLY

what I wanted! Then my patterns kicked in and I WAS scared. I started to feel uncomfortable and soon the vi-brant, accepting woman he loved be-gan to disappear. I felt it happen, but the reactions came up in me faster than I knew how to stop them. I wanted this relationship, but I couldn’t accept it. My patterns had me wrestled to the mat under a cacophony of negative voices.

And then I heard it, quietly and un-ceasingly, the clear voice of Spirit that had guided me to this point. It said, “I don’t know where this relationship will or will not go, but I’m not going to screw it up because of patterns.” I signed up for the Q2, completing the homework assignment telling the deepest truths I knew. I pre-coached with a teacher, mapped out patterns and set my Q2 in-

Q2 Graduate Intensive, A Personal Journeytention. Then I bashed, dialoged and recycled my heart out for three days!

When the Q2 ended I drove straight to his house. He had roses waiting, in case I stopped by. When I arrived, he looked into my face, now free of so many recently bashed patterns and said, “Wow, so here you are.” Five months later he proposed. We’ve been married for eight months now, and the relationship continues to grow. For me, that Q2 was pivotal to creating what we have now.

Through a wonderful turn of events, I now manage the Q2 for the Hoffman Institute. I invite you to look at the ar-eas in your life where you recognize a chorus of negative voices and you want to make palpable change, and pick a Q2 date. Then call us. We’ll set you up, and see you at registration.

Register online at www.hoffmaninstitute.org, and click “Graduate Programs and News,” or call 800/506-5253. Tuition is $1,150 with a $250 non-refundable/non-transferable deposit.

Please register early – most Q2s fill quickly.

February 22-24March 14-16

-June 27-29

July 18-20 (in Chicago)

August 15-17September 12-14

October 10-12November 7-9

2008 Q2 DAtes

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you went from promoting celebrities to celebrating people.

David: There’s joy in this work on sev-eral levels. In watching the corporate executive who thought he was running the show come to camp and learn “Hey, if I’m go-ing to be in a band I’ve got to listen to the bass player, the guitar player, the keyboard player.” I’ve noticed that business success can breed the no-tion “it’s all about me.” I try to give our campers what I got at the Process, which is the notion that it’s not only about me, and that when you give, good things hap-pen.

LN: Were you surprised that so many great rockers love participating in the Camps?

David: That was the turning point for the business. When Roger Daltrey came back for his fourth Camp, when Vince Neal come back for a second Camp and Paul Stanley of KISS came back for his second, I saw that the Camp takes them back to their roots, it reminds them of the hunger they had, and why they got into music in the first place. At the Camp they meet people who just want to write a song and play with them; that’s the attraction for them….the joy of music.

LN: That kind of experience opens the passion and creativity that’s inside ev-ery person.

David: That’s what the Process did for me; it took me back to a time before I had all the hurt in me, and it showed me who I really am, and what was tru-ly inside of me.

LN: In the Process we say that when you make a commitment to yourself, to your own spirit, the world moves to support you. Once you made this choice, with the guidance of your brother, who’s a rabbi, so it was a spiri-

tual choice, the world organized itself and you found great support, interest and excitement around it.

David: It’s true, and now Raz, I’ve got the second greatest job in the world

-- next to you. The gratitude I see ev-ery day, and how we change people’s lives…is wonderful.

LN: You can see it in people’s eyes when they break through barriers and discover things about themselves they couldn’t even imagine.

David: Whether you’re the president

of a company, a lawyer, a doctor, or an 18-year-old vocalist, when you come to this Camp you find something new about yourself.

LN: Tell me about the corporations that are creating their own rock bands.

David: That idea came from the campers; executives who attended the Camp. They said, “this is an amazing team-building ex-perience. It would be great if you could bring this to my company and help us put a band together…” So we created a corporate division where we do corporate par-ties and seminars on team building. We pull talent from

within the company, put them into bands and they perform at the show on the final night. People have fun and get really excited about it.

LN: What else do you have in store for the Camps?

David: This summer we’re doing a Tour of America of one-day Camps. The regular Camp is expensive and time consuming, so I’ve created the one-day Camp in which campers will come in one day, attend the Camp and then open for a major rock star at House of Blues in the evening.

LN: David I’ve seen your Camps first hand and I know you’ve created an amazing and transformative experi-ence for people. I wish you every suc-cess in the world.

David: Raz, I have to thank the Pro-cess. If I hadn’t found this sensibility and understanding of another person, if I hadn’t been given the opportu-nity to see what I’m really made of, I couldn’t have created the Camp. Now every manager in rock and roll comes to me and says, “You know Fishof, if I would have thought of it first I’d be doing it!” And I tell them, “Just go to

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Simon Kirk (right) of Bad Company jams with a camper.

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“If I hadn’t found this sensibility and

understanding of another person, if I

hadn’t been given the opportunity to see

what I’m really made of, I couldn’t have created the Camp.”

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The Ceremony of Integration, the powerful, guided visualization that happens near the end of each Pro-

cess, beautifully celebrates the Integration of the four aspects of the being; intellect, body, emotional self and spirit.

We’re happy to announce that the Ceremony of Inte-gration is now available on a 2-CD set, so you can re-experience the Ceremony anywhere, at anytime!

Hoffman teachers Ed McClune, Devi Razo, Linda Hartka-Reiss and Mary Arden recently went in to the studio to lay down the tracks, which were digitally recorded and mastered. Each section of the 90 minute Ceremony is recorded as its own track, allowing you to jump to your favorite tracks with ease.

To purchase your Ceremony of Integration CD set please call 800/506-5253 or go to www.hoffma-ninstitute.org/shop. Each CD-set is $20, including shipping.

Ceremony of Integration CD-Set Now Available!!

Ginger BuckleyteACHer feAture

Ginger Buckley was born in 1949, to Mary and Peter Wright of Bank

Street in Greenwich Village. When she was nine months old, her father drove the family north, in search of a more ap-propriate place to raise a family. They settled in Rhinebeck, NY, a lovely vil-lage on the Hudson River surrounded by acres of forest, streams, and lakes.

Ginger played a big role in rearing her five younger siblings, so much so that by the age of 12 she knew she wanted to be a ‘free woman’ and not a mother! She was raised Catholic and attended Catholic schools so religion, prayer and spirituality were important in her early years. Nature was another one of her teachers. In the midst of the chaos inherent in a large family, she found peace by spending time reflect-ing in nature’s calm.

From a young age, Ginger’s father encouraged her to be self-reliant and a free thinker, and her mother, by ex-ample, taught her to love nature and spirituality. This combination instilled in Ginger a quest for truth, freedom, and adventure! Many times in her life she would surrender comfort for quest, venturing out from the known to travel towards the unknown.

After graduating from college, Gin-

ger taught elementary school, got mar-ried, and earned her graduate degree. Then she left for India to follow a spiri-tual path. She first heard of the Hoff-man Process in a most unlikely time and place. While entering the gates of an ashram in India, she met fellow New Yorkers, and when she asked what they did, they said they were Hoffman teachers!

Another of Ginger’s adventures took root when she returned to the “world” after many years of ashram living. She met her husband Cheshta in 1984, and after buying a home in Marin County, California, they were called to join friends for a Trans-Pacific cruise on their 38 ft. sloop, the “Wendy

Ann.” Setting-sail in 1990, they cruised through the small islands of the Pacific for more than two years, covering 8,000 (often terrifying) miles.

After returning from their sail, first Cheshta, then Ginger did the Pro-cess. In 2000 Ginger was certified as a Process teacher and it was an answer to her prayers; finding fulfilling and meaningful work was part of her life-long vision.

Continuing on her quest, Ginger re-cently graduated from the ‘Claritas In-stitute of Inter-spiritual Mentoring and Inquiry,’ started by Joan Borysenko (who Ginger lovingly calls her “soul sister”), Joan’s husband Gordie, and Janet Quinn. “The Claritas Program helped me deepen my spiritual prac-tice, improve my listening skills, and connected me to a community dedicat-ed to bringing deep peace to the planet by way of spiritual guidance and men-toring.” Ginger now serves as both a Process teacher and a spiritual mentor to those who are called to deepen their spiritual connection.

Ginger and Cheshta make their home on Cape Cod, closer to her fam-ily. While there she bird-watches, sails, swims and basks in the mystery, beauty and natural peace of the island.

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the Hoffman website and sign up. Then you’ll find what YOUR passion is.” [Chuckles]

LN: Thank you for sharing your wonderful story. Maybe Rock ‘N Roll really can save the world, right, David?

David: A combination of Rock and Roll and the Hoffman Process and we’ll be all set!

Slash of Guns N’ Roses (center) with Ken Lesnik (left) and David Fishof (right).

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Raz Ingrasci interviews David Fishof, Process graduate, successful sports and entertainment agent, and founder of Rock `N Roll Fantasy Camp

Acknowledgement of 2007 Donors

thank you to 2007 Graduate Group Facilitators

Profile of Process teacher Ginger Buckley

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David Fishof (right) with Paul Stanley of KISS.