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Gail Brenner, Ph.D. ~ Deep Healing of Trauma-Based Patterns: Tending the Fertile Soil for Awakened Living ~ 4-part Course

4-part Course: June 2, 5, 12, 19

9:00 Ð 11:00 am, Pacific Time

The event will be recorded and emailed to participants after each meeting.

You are welcome to join even if you are not able to attend all the live sessions.

A powerful insight is illuminated when we realize how much our conditioned patterns mask our happiness. Many of these patterns have plagued us for years. We hear about freedom as a possibility, but we just donÕt know how to find our way there. And meanwhile, the patterns keep getting played out in our minds, our emotions, our relationships, and our choices in life. We feel stuck in the painful sense of separationÉfrom ourselves and the sacredness of all of Life.

Join this 4-session series as we create a safe and supportive healing community to do the deeper work that unfolds on the path of awakening. Through helpful practices, including guided meditations, clarifying wisdom, and heartfelt conversation, weÕll learn to untangle these patterns and find our way home to the ever present space of inner aliveness.

    • WeÕll cultivate a sense of safety for those hidden, cut off parts of ourselves to come out into the light of loving awareness. This is what heals shame.
    • WeÕll attend to the nervous system and the body to stay rooted in the world.
    • WeÕll learn to notice repetitive thought patterns without getting caught in them and challenge limiting beliefs about ourselves, others, and the world.
    • WeÕll practice honoring and embracing difficult emotions so they can be offered the loving attention they so desperately long for.
    • And weÕll discover, over and over, the ground of being, your true home that has never been touched by these experiences.

Stress and worryÉpeople pleasingÉpersistent relationship strugglesÉproving yourself through accomplishmentsÉthese longstanding patterns are profound invitations into liberation from the sense of separation. Together, we lovingly embrace our humanness as we expand into overflowing appreciation, vibrant joy, and deep connection with all of Life.

“At any moment, within the field of your own experience, there is an inner sanctuary of presence and stillness.ÊYou access this space by shifting your attention away from the jumble of thoughts, feelings, stories, fears, and external input such as othersÕ opinions.ÊYou simply turn inwardÑbeyond all mind movementÑand be.

In no time at all, you find the ground of being, the light of living vibration thatÕs here in every moment. ItÕs timeless, which means itÕs eternally present, and all-embracing as the unity of all.ÊDonÕt be afraid of this vast love. Fall into its armsÉ”

Gail Brenner, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and author who who has a passion for embodied conscious living. Her work lovingly illuminates our everyday humanness with the deepest spiritual truths. She meets with individuals and groups and continues to study pathways for healing from early trauma. Gail is the author of the award-winningÊThe End of Self-HelpÊandÊSuffering Is Optional.

gailbrenner.com

Sliding Scale: $60 to $120

No one turned away for lack of funds.

PLEASE REGISTER EARLY if you can.

June 2, 5, 12, 19 at 9:00 – 11:00 am, Pacific Time

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