Araaman's Transformation FUN Workshops and Seminars are experiential, interactive workshops where participants are provided exciting information, exercises, safe space, group processes, and mental, physical, and emotional freedom to create transformation.

By transformation, we mean the act of changing one's distress thought patterns and self-sabotaging behavior, on a conscious and subconscious level, thereby changing one's own belief system. This affects not only a person's behavior, but the emotional, mental, and spiritual health of the individual and community.

Unconditional love and non-judgment are at the core of these workshops, seminars, and films. They are based upon the premise that ALL human beings are born naturally wonderful, loving, intelligent, powerful, creative geniuses.

While celebrating, valuing, and affirming selfworth, participants see through selfinventory, their own feelings, attitudes, pains, and joy, mirrored and expressed in a safe environment. We invite participants to own and take responsibility for their thoughts, emotions, and behavior, rather than fearing, avoiding, or denying them. The facilitator models accepting differences, flexibility, honesty, and openness.

Throughout the workshop, there are periodic group needs assessments, support, group participation, demonstrations, and personal reevaluations. In this atmosphere of safety,connectedness, and positive change, transformation is shown to be an attainable goal for all. Participants become more open to creative solutions and learn to language and apply positive self-support.

It is natural state of being for ALL human beings to desire wholeness. When presented with an a ccessible opportunity for positive change, all participants make a quantum leap and commit, not only to their own self-transformation, but the transformation of the entire group, project, ideal, or community.

In order to transform the world, we must first transform ourselves.

Araaman is a skilled artist, educator, consultant, and author. As media and public relations consultant for Jewel Diamond Taylor and Associates in Los Angeles, he created, developed, and supervised the production of educational films and human potential seminars. He was also an Educational Assistant for California's Museum of Science and Industry.

In New Jersey he served as Program Director of the Newark Boys' and Girls' Club. He worked with The Plaid House residential facility for emotionally disturbed and drug-addicted teenagers.

His talent and sensitivity to group needs and human interaction have resulted in wide demand for his services in the Cleveland, Ohio area and nationally. He has trained for Children and Family Services, UMADAOP, Foster Parents, and a variety of agencies and corporations, often in intergenerational settings.

Araaman brings an enormous variety of artistic tools and talents to bear, visually, musically, graphically, and poetically. Most recently as educational consultant, he opened the Agape' Art GallerylGOCARTS (Gallery of Childrens' ARTS and Learning Academy) an intergenerational art school and gallery showing works of art by adults and children.