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Gail Brenner, Ph.D ~ Deep Trauma Healing: Tending the Ground for Awakened Living: A 6-Part Course

6-Part Online Course

Oct. 15, 19, 22, 26 and Nov. 2 & 5, 2021

9:00 am Ð 11:00 am 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.

Addressing trauma and how we hold it is essential to seeing through the illusion of the separate self. Join this powerful 6-session course as we create a safe and supportive healing community to do this deeper work that unfolds on the path of awakening.

Unexamined trauma is at the root of your conditioned patterns and keeps you feeling stuck, limited, and unable to be free. You long for freedom and maybe have had a taste of your true nature, but somehow these patterns keep getting played out automatically in your mind, emotions, relationships, and choices in life. You feel caught in the painful sense of separationÉfrom yourself and the sacredness of all of Life.

You are welcome just as you are with your fears, doubts, shame, and questions. Through practices, inquiries, and experiments during and between our sessions, weÕll learn to untangle these patterns and find our way home to the ever-present, relaxed space of inner aliveness. There will be plenty of time for Q&A with Gail.

  • Sessions 1 and 2: 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 and separation.
  • Session 3: WeÕll attend to the nervous system and the body to stay rooted in present moment awareness.
  • Session 4: WeÕll practice honoring and embracing difficult emotions to give them the loving attention they need.
  • Session 5: WeÕll learn to challenge limiting beliefs and notice repetitive thought patterns without getting caught in them.
  • Session 6: WeÕll explore devotion, surrender, and the practicalities of awakened living.

And weÕll discover, over and over, the ground of being, your spacious true home that has never been touched by any life experiences.

Stress and worryÉpeople pleasingÉpersistent relationship strugglesÉproving yourself through accomplishmentsÉthe inner criticÉthese longstanding patterns are profound invitations into liberation from the sense of separation. Together, we discover being fully alive in our humanness as we expand into overflowing gratitude, vibrant joy, and deep knowing of all of Life.

Gail is offering a free information session on Tuesday, October 12 from 9-10am Pacific. YouÕll learn more about the course, and there will be time for Q&A. Please click here for details and to join the session.

If you have any questions or would like to know more about this course, please email Gail directly atÊgail@gailbrenner.com.

ÒI am now experiencing longer moments of pure awareness and joy.ÊNo longer a slave to external circumstances and inner chatter.ÊLoving life the way it is.Ó ~Susan R.

“YourÊwork is a bridge between practical daily life and Supreme Reality.Ó ~Henrique N.

“I love the meetings; I feel so safe and connected in the group.Ó ~Judy F.

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. She is the author of three books, including the award-winning,ÊThe End of Self-Help.

www.gailbrenner.com

Sliding Scale: $110 to $170

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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