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Gail Brenner, Ph.D. ~ Bringing Heaven to Earth: Healing Trauma and Awakened Living – 6-Week Intensive Course

6-week Intensive Course:

Tuesdays Aug. 18, 25 & Sept. 1, 8, 15, 22

9:00 Ð 11:00 am, Pacific Time

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

YouÕre welcome to join even if you canÕt attend all the live sessions.

Are you still taken over by conditioned patternsÑeven after all the work youÕve already done?ÊÊDo you long to heal your sense of separation from yourself and from the sacredness of all of Life?

We hear about freedom as a possibilityÑor weÕve had a taste of our true natureÑbut somehow conditioned patterns keep getting played out in our minds, our emotions, our relationships, and our choices in life.

The truth of who we are is so incredibly close. But when weÕre clouded by inner judgments and fixed ideas about ourselves, it seems like itÕs a million miles away.

WeÕre hidden behind the veils of conditioning that seem so real.

Finally, we realize that we canÕt go it alone. We need to practice togetherÑin a supportive and loving communityÑto find our way home. And thatÕs what we create when we join together. You are welcome as you areÑwith your fears, doubts, shame, and questions.

This course offersÊjust the deep dive you need to open to a fresh way of being, fully aligned with your natural essence as whole, peaceful, primed for joy, and lacking nothing. YouÕll learn to untangle the limited ways you think about yourself and find your way home to the ever present space of inner aliveness.

WeÕll meet weekly for 6 weeksÊfor guided meditation, clarifying wisdom, small group sharing, and joyful celebration together. There will be plenty of time for Q&A with Gail. YouÕll come away with the skills to feel grounded, safe, and connected within yourself and in your life. YouÕll experience more space for intimacy, generosity, and simple joy.

YouÕll receive exercises and reflections to enrich your experience between our meetings.

ÒThis course has changed my life. Gail is able to transform through her presence and I think anyone open to healing would benefit.Ó ~Erica C.

Week 1: Essential Practices

  • Attunement, loving witnessing, and creating safety
  • Everyday meditation

Week 2: The Experience of Trauma

  • What is a conditioned identity?
  • How do we forget the truth of our being?
  • Caring for the nervous system

Week 3: How Do You Resist?

  • Understanding the ways you resist
  • Bringing compassion to all of your experience
  • The ongoing realization of our original essence

Week 4: Opening to Everything

  • Thoughts and attachment to thoughts
  • Holding space for the most tender places within
  • Opening to love

Weeks 5 and 6: Awakening in Everyday Life

  • Being with each other in relationship; heart-based communication
  • Old resentments/forgiveness
  • Not taking things personally
  • Flowing in daily life

ÒGail creates, embodies and models a very safe space which is helping to create safety in myself on a day to day level which is Huge.Ó ~H.F.

“It was pure delight (and relief) to find such a healing container in this sangha group. Gail’s masterful facilitation and unhurried attention to our experience of coming together, shifting into direct experience, and powerful questions were grounding and illuminating.Ó ~Lisa L.

“I feel accepted, included, safe, loved and also, as importantly, I feel that my presence in the group can offer the same qualities to others.Ó ~Sue E.

Gail Brenner, Ph.D. is your guide. She is a psychologist, author, speaker,Êand lover of truth with a fire that burns brightly. She is an expert in healing from early trauma and brings to this work years of experience with individuals and groups. She is known for creating the safe space needed for inner exploration. GailÊis the author of the award-winningÊThe End of Self-HelpÊandÊSuffering Is Optional.

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

gailbrenner.com

Sliding Scale: $105 to $180

No one turned away for lack of funds.

PLEASE REGISTER EARLY if you can.

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