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Gail Brenner, Ph.D ~ All Is Sacred: Living our Essential Nature in Everyday Life: 2-Part Online Exploration

2-Part Online Exploration

Dec. 30 & 31, 2021

9:00 am Ð 12:00 noon, Pacific Time, each day

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Event will be recorded and emailed to participants after each meeting.

You’re welcome to join even if you can’t attend all the live sessions.

By cultural norms and conditioning, this time of transitioning to a new year prompts a reflection of the past and a view into the future. Yet, past and future are created intervals of time that exist only in the mind. When do you experience the past or the future? Right now as you think about them.

No matter what the calendar says, there is only this moment, now, free and uncaused, completely fresh and new, emerging from and infused with love. In any moment, we can turn away from our minds and be right here to experience our full aliveness.

Come and join this two-day retreat as we explore the possibility of consciously living from our true essence.

  • How do you discover it?
  • How are your relationships affected?
  • What do you do with past conditioned patterns that arise?
  • What about challenging emotions such as grief, fear, and shame?

You are wholeheartedly welcome just as you are as we share intimate, loving space in community.ÊÊTogether weÕll explore the practical reality of awakened living in your own direct experience. Our time together will include guided meditation, words of ancient masters, self-reflective exercises, small group conversation, and plenty of time for Q&A.

We will investigate the myth of the separate self, the power of the thinking mind, and the possibility of living the moments of your human life with awareness, freedom, acceptance, and love.

Questions about theÊprogram? Please email Gail directly atÊgail@gailbrenner.com.

For technical questions please reach out to web@opencircle.net

ÒI am now experiencing longer moments of pure awareness and joy. No longer a slave to external circumstances and inner chatter. Loving life the way it is.Ó ~Susan R.

Gail Brenner, Ph.D.Êis your guide on this journey. She is a clinical psychologist and lover of truth with a fire that burns brightly. She brings to this work years of experience with individuals and groups and is known for creating the sense of safety and trust needed for this deeper exploration.

www.gailbrenner.com

Sliding Scale: $50 to $90

Some Partial Scholarships Available

Please Register Early if you can.

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Our online events are always recorded and the recording is sent to all registrants via email within a week, usually sooner. The recordings remain available for at least 1 year. We also occasionally record and/or livestream our in-person events. If that’s the case, you’ll find it noted on the given in-person event page.
It’s part of our core values to make our events as accessible as possible. If you are not able to pay within the sliding scale, we’d still like to make it possible for you to join by offering a partial scholarship. Please contact us on web@opencirclecenter.org to request a scholarship.
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