The Power and Will Of A Symptom
an international summer school in the IPAL Method with ddr. Matjaž L. Regovec
July 9 – 13, 2025
We are going to stay and work in the lovely environment of the “Dujčeva domačija” in the neighbourhood of the Slovenian Town Kozina, which is found in proximity to the Slovenian cost of Adriatic, and to the Italian historic city of Trieste. The facility of “Dujčeva domačija” allow for either working outside or inside the facility. In case of a suitable weather (something however being probable in July in Slovenia), we are going to gather and work on a meadow, surrounded by two local rivers, in which bathing is possible during the breaks, and under the natural shade of some trees. The morning parts of our residential workshop will however take place in the palestra of Dujčeva domačija, where the morning sharing of the dreams is going to take place within the social dreaming of the Dream Matrix.
Accommodation facilities include either double or triple rooms, with either using a private or common kitchen for one’s own preparing of food. There are restaurants and shops in the neighbouring town of Kozina. The seaside is 30 minutes away, Trieste Airport is 50 minutes away, and Ljubljana airport is 90 minutes away by car, with the direct buses and train from Trieste and Ljubljana stopping in Kozina.
Cordially invited to experience some working on oneself in depth with the IPAL Method in practice, and enjoy working together in a international group. There will also be lost of opportunity available to enjoy each other’s company and have a pristine experience of working and living in nature.
For any inquiries, please contact Matjaž (matjaz@ipal.si) or Stefana (institut.ipal@gmail.com)
Dujčeva domačija, Slovenia
Not necessarily of an illness, but most generally of a discomfort, it is often a symptom that initiates our working on ourselves in depth. The alchemy of a symptom introduces us to an in-depth psycho-spiritual understanding of life. Turning on the inwards represents an opportunity for a qualitative transformation of consciousness and the birth of a sacred space within which an individual image of god can eventually emerge. This is always a unique and original process of individuation, which has individual characteristics for each of us.
Theory: First, we will look at the basic dimensions of the symptom – spiritual symptoms, which are characterised by the loss of the personal spirit, psychological symptoms, which are related to excessive connection, thinking symptoms, which are related to prejudices and compulsive thoughts, and physical symptoms, which are generally in connection to the need to let go.
Practice: We will work with the techniques of psychoanalysis and active imagination, acknowledging the spiritual dimension of the individual cosmogram (birth chart) and connecting the acquired knowledge to the daily life of each of the participants. In order to be better able to ground and practically apply the acquired knowledge, we will also include the technique of drawing images, as well as their material-physical representation through the formation of plastic material. In this way, we will put together a whole, with the help of which we will form a new understanding of a symptom so that at the end of the summer school we are going to be able to return to our everyday lives with some new realisations and enhanced knowledge about ourselves.
SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY, July 9, 2025
Travel, arrival, accommodation: from 3 p.m.
Introductory meeting: 6:30 p.m. – 8:45 p.m. (3 school hours)
THURSDAY, July 10, 2025
Dream matrix: 7:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.
Workshop: 9:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (4 school hours)
Lunch break and individual reflection
Workshop: 4:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. (5 school hours)
FRIDAY, July 11, 2025
Dream matrix: 7:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.
Workshop: 9:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (4 school hours)
Lunch break and individual reflection
Workshop: 4:30 p.m. – 8:30 PM (5 school hours)
SATURDAY, July 12, 2025
Dream Matrix: 7:00 AM – 8:15 AM
Workshop: 9:15 AM – 12:30 PM (4 school hours)
Lunch break and individual reflection
Workshop: 4:30 PM – 8:30 PM (5 school hours)
SUNDAY, July 13, 2025
Dream Matrix: 7:00 AM – 8:15 AM
Group reflection and farewell: 9:15 AM – 12:30 PM (4 school hours)
Schedule is flexible, it can be changed due to weather conditions and the number of participants.