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SUMMARY:Shakti Caterina Maggi ~ Embodied Non-duality
DESCRIPTION:The teaching will be a dive into the heart of nonduality. An open and direct sharing about how our spiritual essence embodies in human experience to wake up to itself. \nWe will explore how suffering is the way through which we can recognize our self-imposed limitations. With courage and radical honesty we can use suffering as a trampoline to consciously connect to an unshakeable inner peace. \nShakti will offer a talk followed by Q&A. \nWatch Shakti speak about the perception of oneness with life  \nin contrast to seeing objects as external to ourselves: \n \n  \nShakti Caterina Maggi is a spiritual guide\, meditation teacher and author widely recognized as one of the most authentic and profound voices of contemporary spirituality. Combining the vision of Advaita and non-dual Tantra with a contemporary approach\, Shakti offers with humanity\, compassion and great clarity an inner technology to dissolve that contraction of suffering that accompanies our lives\, and access a space of peace and unconditional love towards life. \nwww.shakticaterinamaggi.com \nSuggested donation: $15 to $40 \nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/shakti-caterina-maggi-embodied-non-duality-4/
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SUMMARY:Chesaray ~ Somatic Self-Inquiry: Embodied Awakening and Psychological Integration through Movement
DESCRIPTION:Experiential Divinity in our everyday lives requires a holistic approach that embraces the whole self. Let us turn from the temptations of spiritual bypassing and lean into the fire of embodiment.  \nSomatic Self Inquiry supports people in discovering their true nature by welcoming below-the-mind\, bottom-up approaches to integration. When we are reminded of our Divinity deep within\, we can be liberated from patterns that hold us back from joy and freedom. Through exploring the richness of the somatic depths and opening to the unknown\, we find ourselves “in the world but not of it.” \nLet us come together in the spirit of Inquiry for a guided movement exploration\, meditation\, and exchanges with Chesaray. \nChesaray is passionate about supporting those to awaken to the lived experience of Unconditional Love and Being. She is the Spiritual Director of Loving Ground\, a 501 c3 non-profit. She offers online and in person retreats and courses based on a wide range of psychological\, spiritual\, holistic healing modalities that support human evolution. \nPlease find out more about ChesarayÕs offerings at www.chesaray.org \nSuggested donation: $15 to $40 \nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/chesaray-somatic-self-inquiry-embodied-awakening-and-psychological-integration-through-movement-2/
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SUMMARY:Pamela Wilson ~ Transmitting Peace Worldwide From Within ~ Bay Area Daylong Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Join with your fellow sages and Pamela to uncontain the heart \, so it can transmit clarity\, balance and blessings. \nPamela Wilson evokes through dialogue\, inquiry and her very presence the qualities of unconditional love and radical acceptance. She is celebrated for her ability to open the heart and create a space in which long-cherished struggles and notions about oneÕs identity relax. Featured in the bookÊOrdinary Women\, Extraordinary Wisdom\, Pamela is at her best in heart-felt dialogue\, so please bring your questions! \nMore about Pamela: www.pamelasatsang.com \nThe meeting will be from 10:30am to 4:30pm\, with a break for lunch. \nFeel free to bring your own lunch and a sun hat and walking shoes for enjoying a walk during our lunch break. \nSee you there! \nYou also have option to go into town to one of the restaurants or to Good Earth Natural Foods. \nPre-registration required\, as space is limited. \nRegistration closes at 5 pm on July 5th  \nSliding Scale: $60 to $120 \nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \nREGISTER \nFor inquiries contact LocalEvents@opencircle.net \nLocation: \nThe meeting will be held at a private home in the Fairfax hills\, with views of Mount Tam and hiking trails. \nAddress and directions will be provided upon registration. \nIf you have symptoms of a viral infection\, or have had a recent \nCovid exposure or positive test\, please stay home out of consideration for others.
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/pamela-wilson-transmitting-peace-worldwide-from-within-bay-area-daylong-retreat-2/
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SUMMARY:Lisa Schumacher ~ Choose Love
DESCRIPTION:A meeting with Lisa is an opportunity to step away from your day to day life and devote time for self-inquiry into the heart of Love. There will be a few moments of silence to start the meeting and then Lisa will speak and invite the community to share reports about their realizations and ask questions. \nWatch Lisa’s awakening story: \nhttps://opencircle.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/231101V_Lisa-Schumacher-Interview-clip-1.mp4\nLisa Schumacher: Lisa grew up in Colusa\, CA\, and attended college at San Luis Obispo in the 1980’s. After she moved to Southern Oregon in the early 90s\, a friend invited her to a video satsang with Gangaji. Upon hearing Gangaji say “Be your Natural Self”\, Lisa’s heart caught on fire and she fell into a deep bow of surrender. That meeting revealed to her the absolute simplicity of the natural\, living truth of Love\, inseparable from who one is. Lisa moved to Bolinas in 1999 to be closer to Gangaji and the vibrant community around her. In 2006\, Lisa was asked by Gangaji to meet with people and share Satsang. She has held meetings in Europe\, Australia\, New Zealand and North America. She’s also a long-time student of Eli Jaxon-Bear\, Gangaji’s husband\, and a founding teacher of the Eli’s “Leela School of Awakening”. Lisa is the author of “The Stone I Love”\, a book of poetry inspired by Gangaji\, available on her website and for purchase at the gathering. \nIn Lisa’s meetings\, she invites you to sit close and inquire about your awakening\, your spiritual questions\, and the unfolding truth. The teaching is in the tradition of Gangaji\, who is a student of Papaji\, who had his awakening at the feet of Ramana Maharshi. \nLisa will also be offering a Daylong Retreat in Fairfax\, California on July 20th (click to see details). \nLisa’s website: satsangwithlisa.org \nSuggested donation for July 16\, 10am to 12noon: $15 to $40 \nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/lisa-schumacher-choose-love-2/
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SUMMARY:Jeannie Zandi ~ True Nature
DESCRIPTION:Who are we really? Join Jeannie to explore the idea and experience of true nature. \nJeannieÕs gift for inviting people to join her in resting and rooted presence evokes a deep meeting with oneself and reality. Within that\, JeannieÕs humor and iconoclasm serve to bring people into an understanding that is beyond the intellectual. Through silent and guided meditation\, spontaneous talks and exchange with participants\, Jeannie will host a space of clarity and warmth where the richness of relating can be explored safely and your innermost questions met fully. \nJeannie Zandi is the director of Living as Love\, a nonprofit organization dedicated to seeding a culture of the Heart on the planet\, inspiring\, teaching and supporting people to live from their essence as Love. A year before the birth of her daughter\, Jeannie was plunged into a dark night of the soul that culminated in a radical shift of consciousness. She is known for her fearless clarity\, tender mercy toward humanness\, and a juicy\, poetic and often humorous style that draws from Advaita Vedanta\, Sufism\, Christian mysticism and the ongoing revelation of fully engaged living. \nwww.jeanniezandi.com \nSuggested donation: $15 to $40 \nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/jeannie-zandi-true-nature/
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SUMMARY:Jeannie Zandi ~ Dancing around the Center
DESCRIPTION:Join Jeannie to explore the integrity of resting in the center of your being and allowing your life to be an expression of that. \nJeannieÕs gift for inviting people to join her in resting and rooted presence evokes a deep meeting with oneself and reality. Within that\, JeannieÕs humor and iconoclasm serve to bring people into an understanding that is beyond the intellectual. Through silent and guided meditation\, spontaneous talks and exchange with participants\, Jeannie will host a space of clarity and warmth where the richness of relating can be explored safely and your innermost questions met fully. \nJeannie Zandi is the director of Living as Love\, a nonprofit organization dedicated to seeding a culture of the Heart on the planet\, inspiring\, teaching and supporting people to live from their essence as Love. A year before the birth of her daughter\, Jeannie was plunged into a dark night of the soul that culminated in a radical shift of consciousness. She is known for her fearless clarity\, tender mercy toward humanness\, and a juicy\, poetic and often humorous style that draws from Advaita Vedanta\, Sufism\, Christian mysticism and the ongoing revelation of fully engaged living. \nwww.jeanniezandi.com \nSuggested donation: $15 to $40 \nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/jeannie-zandi-dancing-around-the-center/
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SUMMARY:Chesaray ~ Our Greatest Resource
DESCRIPTION:There are many ways to discover our greatest resource and live embodied freedom. In this class we will create a grace filled path into the great Silence. By utilizing movement and sound\, we can open the channels and activate the body’s innate healing response. The cells can discover their connection with Grace and we can find our way home. Join me in remembering who we really are. \nChesaray is passionate about supporting those to awaken to the lived experience of Unconditional Love and Being. She is the Spiritual Director of Loving Ground\, a 501 c3 non-profit. She offers online and in person retreats and courses based on a wide range of psychological\, spiritual\, holistic healing modalities that support human evolution. \nPlease find out more about ChesarayÕs offerings at www.chesaray.org \nSuggested donation: $15 to $40 \nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter \nPlease note Daylight Savings Time starts in the US  \nat 2 am (Pacific Time) on Sunday morning\, March 10th. \nThis may mean the event starts at a different time than usual in your area\, \nFor example\, start times for most Europeans from March 10 until March 31 will be one hour earlier than usual.
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/chesaray-our-greatest-resource/
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SUMMARY:Stephan Bodian ~ Meditation without a Meditator: From Deliberate Awareness to Nondual Presence ~ 2-Part Online Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Dec. 9th & 10th\, 2023 \n9:00 am Ð 12:00 pm\, Pacific Time \nTime Zone Converter \nEvent will be recorded and emailed to participants after each meeting. \nYou’re welcome to join even if you can’t attend all the live sessions. \nMany seekers who shift from progressive approaches like deliberate mindfulness to a more direct approach continue to search for the right meditative strategy\, the sweet spot that allows them to let go of their efforting and drop into their natural state of nondual presence. But paradoxically itÕs this very strategizing that needs to drop away as presence reveals itself to be the nature of reality\, the deeper ground beyond a separate self\, not something that you can strategize into being. You canÕt do itÑyou can only join the nondual presence thatÕs always already taking place. \nSo how exactly can you position your awareness to fall into nondual presence? In this two-day mini-retreat youÕll learn how to take the backward step to illuminate the deeper ground of Being as your true nature or true Self beyond all division. Once that deeper identity has been revealed\, you no longer have to search for what is already so blatantly obvious. You merely need to be it. \nThe retreat will feature self-inquiry\, direct pointers to the nature of reality\, and a series of guided meditations that lead you through the stages of awakening to nondual presence. In nondual presence life unfolds effortlessly\, without an illusory someone in charge of the unfolding\, as an expression of the exquisite intelligence at the heart of the Mystery. Absolute and relative dimensions of BeingÑuniversal and individual\, trans/impersonal and personal\, one and manyÑdissolve into a single\, vibrant\, multidimensional\, perfectly imperfect current of love and manifestation. Just This!  \nStephan Bodian is a teacher in the nondual wisdom tradition of Zen\, Dzogchen\, and Advaita Vedanta. He’s been offering the School for Awakening\, an annual multi-month intensive program in spiritual unfolding and awakened living\, since 2007. As a licensed psychotherapist\, he brings a deep understanding of the impact of trauma and early conditioning on the process of spiritual realization and offers individual counseling and a five-session mentoring intensive in psychospiritual integration. Stephan studied for many years with Advaita master Jean Klein and received Dharma transmission from Adyashanti in 2001. His books include Wake Up Now and Beyond Mindfulness.  \nFor more information\, visit : www.stephanbodian.org \nSliding Scale: $60 to $90 \nSome Partial Scholarships Available \nPlease Register Early if you can. \nREGISTER
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/stephan-bodian-meditation-without-a-meditator-from-deliberate-awareness-to-nondual-presence-2-part-online-retreat-5/
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SUMMARY:Stephan Bodian ~ Meditation without a Meditator: From Deliberate Awareness to Nondual Presence ~ 2-Part Online Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Dec. 9th & 10th\, 2023 \n9:00 am Ð 12:00 pm\, Pacific Time \nTime Zone Converter \nEvent will be recorded and emailed to participants after each meeting. \nYou’re welcome to join even if you can’t attend all the live sessions. \nMany seekers who shift from progressive approaches like deliberate mindfulness to a more direct approach continue to search for the right meditative strategy\, the sweet spot that allows them to let go of their efforting and drop into their natural state of nondual presence. But paradoxically itÕs this very strategizing that needs to drop away as presence reveals itself to be the nature of reality\, the deeper ground beyond a separate self\, not something that you can strategize into being. You canÕt do itÑyou can only join the nondual presence thatÕs always already taking place. \nSo how exactly can you position your awareness to fall into nondual presence? In this two-day mini-retreat youÕll learn how to take the backward step to illuminate the deeper ground of Being as your true nature or true Self beyond all division. Once that deeper identity has been revealed\, you no longer have to search for what is already so blatantly obvious. You merely need to be it. \nThe retreat will feature self-inquiry\, direct pointers to the nature of reality\, and a series of guided meditations that lead you through the stages of awakening to nondual presence. In nondual presence life unfolds effortlessly\, without an illusory someone in charge of the unfolding\, as an expression of the exquisite intelligence at the heart of the Mystery. Absolute and relative dimensions of BeingÑuniversal and individual\, trans/impersonal and personal\, one and manyÑdissolve into a single\, vibrant\, multidimensional\, perfectly imperfect current of love and manifestation. Just This!  \nStephan Bodian is a teacher in the nondual wisdom tradition of Zen\, Dzogchen\, and Advaita Vedanta. He’s been offering the School for Awakening\, an annual multi-month intensive program in spiritual unfolding and awakened living\, since 2007. As a licensed psychotherapist\, he brings a deep understanding of the impact of trauma and early conditioning on the process of spiritual realization and offers individual counseling and a five-session mentoring intensive in psychospiritual integration. Stephan studied for many years with Advaita master Jean Klein and received Dharma transmission from Adyashanti in 2001. His books include Wake Up Now and Beyond Mindfulness. For more information\, visit : www.stephanbodian.org \nSliding Scale: $60 to $90 \nSome Partial Scholarships Available \nPlease Register Early if you can. \nREGISTER
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/stephan-bodian-meditation-without-a-meditator-from-deliberate-awareness-to-nondual-presence-2-part-online-retreat-4/
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SUMMARY:Shakti Caterina Maggi ~ Embodied nonduality
DESCRIPTION:The teaching will be a dive into the heart of nonduality. An open and direct sharing about how our spiritual essence embodies in human experience to wake up to itself. \nWe will explore how suffering is the way through which we can recognize our self-imposed limitations. With courage and radical honesty we can use suffering as a trampoline to consciously connect to an unshakeable inner peace. \nShakti will offer a talk followed by Q&A. \nWatch Shakti speak about the perception of oneness with life in contrast to seeing objects as external to ourselves: \n \n  \nShakti Caterina Maggi is a spiritual guide\, meditation teacher and author widely recognized as one of the most authentic and profound voices of contemporary spirituality. Combining the vision of Advaita and non-dual Tantra with a contemporary approach\, Shakti offers with humanity\, compassion and great clarity an inner technology to dissolve that contraction of suffering that accompanies our lives\, and access a space of peace and unconditional love towards life. \nwww.shakticaterinamaggi.com \nSuggested donation: $15 to $40 \nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/shakti-caterina-maggi-embodied-nonduality/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231001T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231001T000000
DTSTAMP:20260106T165348Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED - Stephan Bodian ~ Nondual Wisdom in Challenging Times
DESCRIPTION:Due to events beyond our control\,  \nthis event had to be cancelled. \nOn the relative human level of time\, space\, and history\, our species teeters on the edge of self-annihilation. We could easily destroy ourselves (and possibly our planet as well) in half a dozen ways within the lifetime of babies born now. At the same time\, from the perspective of awakened awareness\, everything is complete and perfect just as it is\, no matter how it unfolds. These are the paradoxical truths we embody. \nHow do we face the factsÑnot only about our potential fate as a species but about the inevitability of our individual demiseÑand do what we can\, while remaining grateful\, open-hearted\, compassionate\, and joyful? How do we stay connected with our inherent wakefulness while living engaged and dynamic human lives? Please join me in satsang for an in-depth exploration of these themes and more. Our gathering will include guided meditation\, direct pointers to our true nature\, and plenty of time for dialogue and discussion. \nStephan Bodian is a teacher in the nondual wisdom tradition of Zen\, Dzogchen\, and Advaita Vedanta. He’s been offering the School for Awakening\, an annual multi-month intensive program in spiritual unfolding and awakened living\, since 2007. As a licensed psychotherapist\, he brings a deep understanding of the impact of trauma and early conditioning on the process of spiritual realization and offers individual counseling and a five-session mentoring intensive in psychospiritual integration. Stephan studied for many years with Advaita master Jean Klein and received Dharma transmission from Adyashanti in 2001. His books include Wake Up Now and Beyond Mindfulness. \nFor more information\, visit: www.stephanbodian.org
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/cancelled-stephan-bodian-nondual-wisdom-in-challenging-times/
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SUMMARY:Peter Russell ~ Nonduality and Awakening ~ InPerson Local Event
DESCRIPTION:The Indian philosophy of advaita\, or nonduality\, teaches that consciousness is the primary reality\, the fundamental essence of the cosmos. But what does this really mean? It certainly doesnÕt appear that way to our eyes. And how can we understand awakening from this perspective. What are we awakening from? And to? Peter Russell will explore questions such as these\, and the essential role that letting go plays in this journey. \nBio: Peter Russell\, M.A.\, D.C.S. is a leading thinker on consciousness and contemporary spirituality. He coined the term “global brain” with his 1980s bestseller of the same name in which he predicted the internet and the impact it would have on humanity. Other books include Waking UP in Time\, From Science to God\, and his most recent Letting Go of Nothing. \nPeter’s website: www.peterrussell.com \nThe satsang includes a meditation\, comments by the speaker\, then Q&A and discussion. \nSatsang: 2-4 pm \nRefreshments: until 5 \nSuggested Donation:  $10- $20\, no one turned away. \nNo pre-registration. Pay at door when you arrive. \nLocation: 8476 Sonoma Ave\, Sebastopol\, CA. Park on Sonoma Ave. \nNote: The address sign says 8474/8476.Ê Park on the street\, and walk down the short driveway to the house with the carport. \nPlease arrive 10-15 minutes early. \nPlease dress warmly\, doors & windows will be open!
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/peter-russell-nonduality-and-awakening-inperson-local-event/
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SUMMARY:Pamela Wilson ~ Letting Stillness Live and Guide the Life ~ In-Person Gathering
DESCRIPTION:“May all beings return to natural balance\, heartfelt clear seeing\, listening within and living as this courageous and unshakeable Oneness” \nJoin us for an in-person daylong meeting with Pamela Wilson at a private residence in the hills of Fairfax. \nPamela invites us to uncontain the field of presence\, clarity and strength within by noticing the ongoing inner satsang that appears in the heart\, body and mind. Bringing warmth and compassion to what is tight or troubled liberates the past from the body\, allowing a rooted\, clear and free flowing expansion. Life then can live itself\, no role play required! \nPamela Wilson evokes through dialogue\, inquiry and her very presence the qualities of unconditional love and radical acceptance. She endears herself to her audiences with her playful and light-hearted humor\, combined with compassion and deep understanding of what it is to be human. She is celebrated for her ability to open the heart\, call forth our own inner sage\, and create a space in which long-held struggles and notions about oneÕs identity relax. Pamela is featured in the bookÊOrdinary Women\, Extraordinary Wisdom. \nMore about Pamela: www.pamelasatsang.com \nThe meeting will be from 10:30am to 4:00pm\, and is completely by donation. \nWe hope you will join us! \nFor more information and to REGISTER: \nEmail Rob at robmschwartz@yahoo.com \nLocation: \nThe meeting will be held at a private home in the Fairfax hills\, with views of Mount Tam and hiking trails. \nAddress and directions will be provided upon registration. \nPlease bring your own lunch\, or feel free to go into town to one of the restaurants or to Good Earth Natural Foods.
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/pamela-wilson-letting-stillness-live-and-guide-the-life-in-person-gathering-2/
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231001T000000
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SUMMARY:Riyaz Motan ~ Transforming Difficult Experiences and Emotions With Unconditional Presence
DESCRIPTION:In this event nondual psychotherapist and teacher\, Riyaz Motan\, will describe\, demonstrate\, and guide participants through a powerful method of engaging with and transforming our difficult experiences and emotions.Ê He will show us how to engage with our suffering through a 4-step process that utilizes the healing power of unconditional presence.Ê This process of tending to our direct experience runs counter to the usual cognitive\, emotional\, and somatic ways that most of us are conditioned to respond to our pain and suffering. \nIn this simple practice\, we can begin to truly listen to our direct experience without trying to manipulate\, change\, analyze or resist it. We will learn to tend to our difficulties from an open\, affectionate\, curious\, and creative space of presence. And\, in this patient and unconditional embrace our difficult experiences will begin to unfold and reveal themselves just as a closed flower opens and blossoms in the warmth and radiance of the sun. ÊAs we practice this method\, we come to see and trust that the direction of our unfoldment reliably arcs towards wholeness\, where our human experience is reclaimed and restored and we come into a more full and authentic expression of ourselves. \nThis method also opens us to: \n~ the subtle intuitive and creative capacities within us \n~ a deeper trust of our direct experience \n~ the innate wisdom of the body. \n~ healing and understanding the intergenerational/ancestral dimensions of our suffering. \nThis event is ideal for spiritually oriented people who are interested in fully embodying their wholeness. It is especially relevant for spiritual practitioners who are wanting a reliable and effective way to not bypass the sticky\, painful aspects of human life.  \nThis event can also be very helpful for people in the healing professions as this approach can be powerfully utilized when working with others.  \nRiyaz has been a practicing psychotherapist in the Bay Area for the past 25 years. From the beginning his passion has been on the integration of Eastern wisdom traditions with Western psychology.  His two main teachers\, John Prendergast and Adyashanti have deeply influenced his work and his spiritual life. He now increasingly feels called to support people in embodying their whole selves — their humanity and their divinity.  \nriyazmotan.com \nSliding Scale: $25 to $45 \nSome Partial Scholarships Available \nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/riyaz-motan-transforming-difficult-experiences-and-emotions-with-unconditional-presence/
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SUMMARY:Awakening Mercy Retreat with Jeannie Zandi (In-Person Local Event)
DESCRIPTION:Co-sponsored by Open Circle \nIs this event is for you? Watch Jeannie’s answer: \nhttps://opencircle.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Jeannie-Zandi-Nov-2023-Interview-Clip-4-Why-Come-to-one-of-Jeannies-Events.mp4\nJoin Jeannie and friends to explore practical tools for embodying love and clarity in a presence-filled\, humor-pervaded holy hall of now. \nAlong with opening to who we most truly are\, the spiritual path includes reckoning with this pesky humanness\, which can pull us out of living from presence right into conflict and suffering. Developing mercy for our human foibles as we open to all that we are allows us to walk our open hearts into the world with dignity and consistency. Join Jeannie and friends to explore practical tools for embodying love and clarity in a presence-filled\, humor-pervaded holy hall of now. \nWhat does “Awakening Mercy” mean? Watch Jeannie’s short sharing: \nhttps://opencircle.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Jeannie-Zandi-Nov-2023-Interview-Clip-5-The-Awakening-Mercy-Retreat.mp4\nDates \nOur retreat begins on Friday\, December 8th at 2 pm (PDT) and ends on Saturday\, December 9th at 9 pm (PDT). \nLocation: Sausalito\, CA \nClick here for details & REGISTRATION \nJeannieÕs gift for inviting people to join her in resting and rooted presence evokes a deep meeting with oneself and reality. Within that\, JeannieÕs humor and iconoclasm serve to bring people into an understanding that is beyond the intellectual. Through silent and guided meditation\, spontaneous talks and exchange with participants\, Jeannie will host a space of clarity and warmth where the richness of relating can be explored safely and your innermost questions met fully. \nJeannie Zandi is the director of Living as Love\, a nonprofit organization dedicated to seeding a culture of the Heart on the planet\, inspiring\, teaching and supporting people to live from their essence as Love. A year before the birth of her daughter\, Jeannie was plunged into a dark night of the soul that culminated in a radical shift of consciousness. She is known for her fearless clarity\, tender mercy toward humanness\, and a juicy\, poetic and often humorous style that draws from Advaita Vedanta\, Sufism\, Christian mysticism and the ongoing revelation of fully engaged living. \nwww.jeanniezandi.com
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/awakening-mercy-retreat-with-jeannie-zandi-in-person-local-event/
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SUMMARY:Tiger Singleton ~ The Opportunity of Being Human ~ 3-Part Online Retreat
DESCRIPTION:3-Part Online Retreat \nApril 28\, 29 & 30\, 2023 \n9:00 am Ð 11:00 am\, Pacific Time\, each day \nTime Zone Converter \nRecording will be sent out each day to all who register \nYou’re welcome to join even if you can’t attend all the live sessions. \nLetÕs get cozy andÉ real. Join Tiger Singleton for a weekend series event\, where he shares practical insight and wisdom for living with more love\, compassion\, and freedom. His playful\, yet\, no nonsense approach is sure to set your heart on fire. Be warned though\, this is a space for taking radical responsibility for your human experience; so\, as much as it will inspire\, it will also invite you to get profoundly honest with yourself. Come play! \nDuring the event\, Tiger will cover the following topics: \nFriday: \nOpen the Eyes of Your Heart:ÊIn this session\, Tiger will offer practical guidance and insights into living with more love\, compassion\, and freedom. He will encourage participants to look beyond their mind’s fearful conditioning and make contact with a sacred opportunity of being alive. \nSaturday: \nEmbrace Your Value & Shine:ÊTiger invites participants to realize that the opportunity of being human is to discover something beautiful (valuable) on the inside of themselves and then share that beauty (value) with the world. In this session\, he will guide participants to step into their value and shine. \nSunday: \nCourage to Thrive; Focus and Go Play:ÊTiger believes that life is an adventure and not a safe place to seek comfort. He will encourage participants to embrace the gift of this temporary human experience and grow rapidly. This session is for those who are tired of taking life too seriously or not allowing themselves to truly play and grow. \nIn addition to these topics\, Tiger is also likely to offer a guided meditation during each session. \nOverall\, this event with Tiger Singleton promises to be an insightful and transformative experience. \nAbout Tiger: \nMeet TigerÊ🐯Ê- with a unique blend of playfulness and compassionate guidance\, he’s been sharing his insight and wisdom with people all over the world for over a decade. \nHe encourages a deep dive into the present moment\, seeing beyond the mind’s conditioning\, to discover what is truly real and true. \nTiger’s approach is direct\, sincere\, and focused on helping people navigate the journey of being human\, with more love\, compassion\, and freedom. \nFind out more about Tiger: www.inlightconnect.com — On Facebook — On YouTube \nSliding Scale: $70 to $110 \nSome Partial Scholarships Available \nPlease Register Early if you can. \nREGISTER
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/tiger-singleton-the-opportunity-of-being-human-3-part-online-retreat/
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SUMMARY:Lisa Schumacher ~ Your True Nature ~ In-Person Local Event
DESCRIPTION:A meeting with Lisa is an opportunity to step away from your day to day life and devote time for self-inquiry into the heart of the truth. There will be a few moments of silence to start the meeting and then Lisa will speak and invite the community to share reports about their lives and questions.  \nLisa Schumacher:  Lisa grew up in Colusa\, CA\, and attended college at San Luis Obispo in the 1980’s.  After she moved to Southern Oregon in the early 90s\, a friend invited her to a video satsang with Gangaji.  Upon hearing Gangaji say “Be your Natural Self”\, Lisa’s heart caught on fire and she fell into a deep bow of surrender.  That meeting revealed to her the absolute simplicity of the natural\, living truth of Love\, inseparable from who one is.   Lisa moved to Bolinas in 1999 to be closer to Gangaji and the vibrant community around her.  In 2006\, Lisa was asked by Gangaji to meet with people and share Satsang.  She has held meetings in Europe\, Australia\, New Zealand and North America.  She’s also a long-time student of Eli Jaxon-Bear\, Gangaji’s husband\, and a founding teacher of the Eli’s “Leela School of Awakening”.  Lisa is the author of “The Stone I Love”\, a book of poetry inspired by Gangaji\, available on her website and for purchase at the gathering. \nIn Lisa’s meetings\, she invites you to sit close and inquire about your awakening\, your spiritual questions\, and the unfolding truth.  The teaching is in the tradition of Gangaji\, who is a student of Papaji\, who had his awakening at the feet of Ramana Maharshi. \nLisa’s website: satsangwithlisa.org \nSuggested Donation:  $15- $25\, no one turned away. \nNo pre-registration. Pay at door when you arrive. \nIf you have symptoms of a viral infection\, or have had a recent  \nCovid exposure or positive test\, please stay home out of consideration for others.
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/lisa-schumacher-your-true-nature-in-person-local-event-3/
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SUMMARY:Chesaray ~ Grounding our Spirituality: Living Heart-fulness in Trying Times
DESCRIPTION:Our whole world opens up when we learn to live from the heart and turn towards the heart in difficult times. Join Chesaray for a two hour dedicated exploration of the mysteries of the heart. There will be meditation\, exchanges\, and engagement in dynamic practice. Our heart is designed to be our anchor and guide in life.  \nChesaray is the Spiritual Director of Loving Ground 501 c3 non-profit. She offers retreats and courses based on a wide range of psychological\, spiritual\, holistic healing modalities that support human evolution. \nPlease find out more about ChesarayÕs offerings at www.chesaray.org \nSuggested donation: $15 to $40 \nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/chesaray-grounding-our-spirituality-living-heart-fulness-in-trying-times/
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SUMMARY:Ellen Emmet ~ The Shrine of Not Knowing
DESCRIPTION:We start at 9:00 am Pacific Time / 5:00 pm UK time / 6:00 pm Central European Time. \nTime Zone Converter \nEvent will be recorded and emailed to participants after the meeting. \nIn RumiÕs field\, Ôbeyond ideas of wrong doing of right doingÕ\, prior to concepts and convictions\, (however luminous and spiritual)\, the Tantric Kashmir approach invites us to listen to our felt experience without any aims or objectives. Here we simply recognize the geography of separation\, taste the contour of our limits\, see the positions of security\, the lines of physical and psychological defences expressed in our convictions and mirrored in the tension held in our body. \nThis listening becomes a burning altar to which thoughts and resistances are offered as they arise. Tactile sensitivity gently blossoms. Emotions unfold fully as lifeÕs waves\, delivering their energetic message whilst burning away the agendas and leaving the body awash with sensitivity and availability. \nWatch Ellen share about the role the body plays in her work: \nhttps://opencircle.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/230602-Ellen-Emmet-Interview-Clip-1.mp4\nAbout Ellen: \nEllenÕs deepest intuition was confirmed when she met her teacher in the non-dual tradition\, Francis Lucille. Hearing his words\, she recognised the eternal\, limitless and universal nature of our shared reality. Over the years\, this understanding has continued to unfold and to touch all levels of experience. \nAt the very same time\, Ellen has never ceased to delve into the depths of her human experience\, seen and unseen\, thirsting for a wholeness and connectedness which appeared to be lost or obscured. This unstoppable quest brought her to therapy\, Jungian workshops (and later Jungian analysis)\, Dream Work\, Authentic Movement and creative writing. \nMore and more\, she senses that each of our lives is a journey of revelation and integration\, including its darker crossings\, through which the face of truth can shine uniquely and anew\, wedding us to our direct experience and connecting us to the great family of creation. \nTo find out more about Ellen and her offering\, visit www.ellenemmet.com \nSliding Scale: $25 to $45 \nSome Partial Scholarships Available \nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/ellen-emmet-the-shrine-of-not-knowing/
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SUMMARY:Marlies Myoku Cocheret ~ A Day of Silence\, Movement and Connection ~ In-Person Daylong in Berkeley
DESCRIPTION:https://opencircle.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Marlies-Interview-for-May-14-clip-1.mp4\nWatch Marlies’ invitation to a Day of Silence\, Movement and Connection \n  \nA wave of awakening is washing over the earth. This is no coincidence. It is the dire nature of our circumstances that guides us to walk the narrow path because truly there is no alternative. The most authentic and deepest revolution is an inside job. \nYes\, Mother-Lover-Earth is hurting. Humanity and the animal kingdom are hurting. In the face of this bleak picture\, it is natural to want to do something. But what? \nFirst we must ask\, what is the root of this human chaos that is destroying not only Mother Earth but also our connection with our True Nature? \nWhen we take our thought patterns about ourselves and the world to be real\, and struggle against this false reality\, we create suffering and chaos ensues. It doesnÕt work. So what can we do? \nWe can join the Silent Revolution and go inward\, slow down\, be still and listen. \nIt is in this way that we can hear our bodyÕs language and find our way back through our precious form as a portal to wholeness\, radiance and YOU! \nTogether we can learn to rest as silence and meet our humanity compassionately with all its struggle\, resistance and beauty. Then True Reality\, spacious Silent Being\, appears which is You! Live as that. Through strong bonds of connection and affection we create a powerful field which washes over the entire Earth and helps all to awaken. In this way\, we can get through anything. \nThis is what is needed\, and the time is NOW! \nCome and join the wave of silence waking up to Herself everywhere. \nCome and join the Silent Revolution! \nhttps://opencircle.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Marlies-Interview-for-May-14-clip-2.mp4\nWatch the 2nd part of the invitation to a Day of Silence\, Movement and Connection \n  \nMarlies Myoku Cocheret has devoted her life to the Beloved. She brings a potent invitation into the deep Silence that we are. The kindness of her gentle and direct teaching guides us home like a lighthouse. Marlies has been offering satsang and retreat since 2000 when Adyashanti asked her to teach. \nMarlies is interviewed in the book Awakened Relating. A Guide To Embodying Undivided Love in Intimate Relationships by Lynn Marie Lumiere\, and in the book Ordinary Women\, Extraordinary Wisdom by R.M. Robinson. \nÒWith Adya\, the bottom fell out. I deeply knew I am not this body\, mind\, thought\, psyche\, and I am also all these things as well. There was no in and/or out. All is One.Ó \nwww.marliescocheret.com \nSliding Scale: $60 to $120 \nREGISTER \nPre-Register here or… \nPay at Door when you arrive. \nPre-registration online closed at 12 noon\, Saturday May 13th (the day before event) \nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \nLunch Break: There are places close by to go out for lunch\, or you may bring your own lunch\, though there is no refrigerator access. There’s a nice small yard with lawn\, as well as some indoor space for eating at the premises. \nNOTE: The venue is a kosher-style facility\, so no pork or shellfish\, and no meat mixed with dairy on premises.
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/marlies-myoku-cocheret-a-day-of-silence-movement-and-connection-in-person-daylong-in-berkeley/
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SUMMARY:Manilai ~ Sound Bath ~ In-Person in Berkeley\, CA
DESCRIPTION:This event will be held in the large cozy Sanctuary space. \nJoin us in a space of connection\, honoring and healing.   \nWe will relax and re-harmonize to the sounds and vibrations of crystal singing bowls performed by Manilai.  Each singing bowl is attuned to one of the 7 main chakras and helps to clear and align the chakras.  You will be invited to completely relax during this one-hour full-bodied\, immersive experience that invites deep healing and restorative processes. \nÒSounds permeate our systems\, resonating with our essence\, so that inner dissonance seems almost immediately to be transformed into harmony.Ó- Dr. Mitchell Gaynor \nBring what you like for your comfort such as a foam or yoga mat\, pillows and blankets. \nWrite up about me: \nI went through a period of deep emotional release and healing.  Profound shifts happened in my experience of life when I moved from living from my head to my heart.  Now I connect to Heart’s Truth to guide my way\, letting go of the mind’s attachment to the illusions of control\, security and life story.  So much freed when I brought my attention to inner joy and loosened the seeking of happiness outside of myself.  I am grateful for this beautiful journey of heart opening and experiencing the unfolding of love all around and through me. \nMy joy of singing bowl sound baths started several years ago and I felt an immediate affinity for their beautiful vibration and sound.  Sound baths have been very healing and restorative for me and I love sharing this with others. \nSuggested donation: $15 to $25
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/manilai-sound-bath-in-person-in-berkeley-ca/
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SUMMARY:Pamela Wilson ~ Peace in the Inner and Outer Kingdom ~ Seasonal Celebration\, Berkeley Event
DESCRIPTION:Peace in the Inner and Outer Kingdom: \nUncontaining the Potent Peace Within \nJoin Pamela and your fellow sages in liberating that which limits peace inside and outside in the world. As sages we can transmit balance from a distance\, helping humanity return to sanity and love. \nPamela WilsonÊevokes through dialogue\, inquiry and her very presence the qualities of unconditional love and radical acceptance. She endears herself to her audiences with her playful and light-hearted humor\, combined with compassion and deep understanding of what it is to be human. She is celebrated for her ability to open the heart\, call forth our own inner sage\, and create a space in which long-held struggles and notions about oneÕs identity relax. Pamela is featured in the bookÊOrdinary Women\, Extraordinary Wisdom. \nwww.pamelasatsang.com \n2:00 pm to 3:45 Satsang \nSeasonal Celebration \n~*~ with light refreshments and social nourishment afterwards. ~*~ \nSuggested donation: $15 to $25
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/pamela-wilson-peace-in-the-inner-and-outer-kingdom-seasonal-celebration-berkeley-event-2/
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SUMMARY:Manilai ~ Sound Bath ~ In-Person in Berkeley\, CA
DESCRIPTION:Join us in a space of connection\, honoring and healing. \nWe will relax and re-harmonize to the sounds and vibrations of crystal singing bowls performed by Manilai. Each singing bowl is attuned to one of the 7 main chakras and helps to clear and align the chakras. You will be invited to completely relax during this one-hour full-bodied\, immersive experience that invites deep healing and restorative processes. \nBring what you like for your comfort such as a foam or yoga mat\, pillows and blankets. \nWhat participants say: \nÒSounds permeate our systems\, resonating with our essence\, so that inner dissonance seems almost immediately to be transformed into harmony.Ó- Dr. Mitchell Gaynor \n“I am so grateful for the gift that Manilai brings through her crystal bowls. During Manilai’s event\, I found myself experiencing subtle adjustments in my body as though the sound knew what I needed and once I relaxed my mind\, more started occurring. In addition to creating a space for relaxation and healing\, Manilai’s crystal Bowl sound bath invites a participant to feel safely supported in their inner journey of discovering self-Love. Whether one has just began the inner journey or has spent some time going intuit\, Manilai’s crystal bowls can accelerate the process through the magical harmonization of sound and spirit. It is truly a transformational gift that Manilai offers to our world.“- Shaun Robinson\, Paradigm Shift Studios \nAbout Manilai: \nI went through a period of deep emotional release and healing. Profound shifts happened in my experience of life when I moved from living from my head to my heart. Now I connect to Heart’s Truth to guide my way\, letting go of the mind’s attachment to the illusions of control\, security and life story. So much freed when I brought my attention to inner joy and loosened the seeking of happiness outside of myself. I am grateful for this beautiful journey of heart opening and experiencing the unfolding of love all around and through me. \nMy joy of singing bowl sound baths started several years ago and I felt an immediate affinity for their beautiful vibration and sound. Sound baths have been very healing and restorative for me and I love sharing this with others. \nSuggested donation: $15 to $25
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/manilai-sound-bath-in-person-in-berkeley-ca-3/
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SUMMARY:Jeannie Zandi ~ Teacher\, Teaching\, Sangha
DESCRIPTION:Join Jeannie to explore these three aspects of the spiritual path\, the supportive value of each\, and some pitfalls to navigate. \nJeannieÕs gift for inviting people to join her in resting and rooted presence evokes a deep meeting with oneself and reality. Within that\, JeannieÕs humor and iconoclasm serve to bring people into an understanding that is beyond the intellectual.  Through silent and guided meditation\, spontaneous talks and exchange with participants\, Jeannie will host a space of clarity and warmth where the richness of relating can be explored safely and your innermost questions met fully. \nJeannie Zandi is the director of Living as Love\, a nonprofit organization dedicated to seeding a culture of the Heart on the planet\, inspiring\, teaching and supporting people to live from their essence as Love.  A year before the birth of her daughter\, Jeannie was plunged into a dark night of the soul that culminated in a radical shift of consciousness. She is known for her fearless clarity\, tender mercy toward humanness\, and a juicy\, poetic and often humorous style that draws from Advaita Vedanta\, Sufism\, Christian mysticism and the ongoing revelation of fully engaged living. \nwww.jeanniezandi.com \nSuggested donation: $15 to $40 \nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/jeannie-zandi-teacher-teaching-sangha/
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SUMMARY:Jeannie Zandi ~ Post Awakening Weirdness
DESCRIPTION:Join Jeannie to explore recognizing and navigating a variety of changes that can accompany awakening. \nJeannieÕs gift for inviting people to join her in resting and rooted presence evokes a deep meeting with oneself and reality. Within that\, JeannieÕs humor and iconoclasm serve to bring people into an understanding that is beyond the intellectual.  Through silent and guided meditation\, spontaneous talks and exchange with participants\, Jeannie will host a space of clarity and warmth where the richness of relating can be explored safely and your innermost questions met fully. \nJeannie Zandi is the director of Living as Love\, a nonprofit organization dedicated to seeding a culture of the Heart on the planet\, inspiring\, teaching and supporting people to live from their essence as Love.  A year before the birth of her daughter\, Jeannie was plunged into a dark night of the soul that culminated in a radical shift of consciousness. She is known for her fearless clarity\, tender mercy toward humanness\, and a juicy\, poetic and often humorous style that draws from Advaita Vedanta\, Sufism\, Christian mysticism and the ongoing revelation of fully engaged living. \nwww.jeanniezandi.com \nSuggested donation: $15 to $40 \nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/jeannie-zandi-post-awakening-weirdness/
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SUMMARY:Jeannie Zandi ~ Body Awake
DESCRIPTION:Join Jeannie to explore the role of the body in awakening and embodiment. \nJeannieÕs gift for inviting people to join her in resting and rooted presence evokes a deep meeting with oneself and reality. Within that\, JeannieÕs humor and iconoclasm serve to bring people into an understanding that is beyond the intellectual.  Through silent and guided meditation\, spontaneous talks and exchange with participants\, Jeannie will host a space of clarity and warmth where the richness of relating can be explored safely and your innermost questions met fully. \nJeannie Zandi is the director of Living as Love\, a nonprofit organization dedicated to seeding a culture of the Heart on the planet\, inspiring\, teaching and supporting people to live from their essence as Love.  A year before the birth of her daughter\, Jeannie was plunged into a dark night of the soul that culminated in a radical shift of consciousness. She is known for her fearless clarity\, tender mercy toward humanness\, and a juicy\, poetic and often humorous style that draws from Advaita Vedanta\, Sufism\, Christian mysticism and the ongoing revelation of fully engaged living. \nwww.jeanniezandi.com \nSuggested donation: $15 to $40 \nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/jeannie-zandi-body-awake/
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SUMMARY:Shakti Caterina Maggi ~ Riding the tiger: The tantric way from anger to clarity ~ 2-Part Intensive
DESCRIPTION:2-Part Intensive \nincludes May 27 & 28 \n9:00 am Ð 11:00 am Pacific Time\, each day \nTime Zone Converter \nEvent will be recorded and emailed to participants after each meeting. \nYou’re welcome to join even if you can’t attend all the live sessions. \nAnger is a powerful force in our life to transcend our self imposed or social limitations. When it is not directed towards life\, but towards the ego\, it becomes a phenomenal drive to dissolve the sense of separation. The result will be clarity and compassion. \nThis two-part online intensive will offer both theoretical and practical teachings based on an embodied duality approach.  \nShakti Caterina Maggi is a spiritual guide\, meditation teacher and author widely recognized as one of the most authentic and profound voices of contemporary spirituality. Combining the vision of Advaita and non-dual Tantra with a contemporary approach\, Shakti offers with humanity\, compassion and great clarity an inner technology to dissolve that contraction of suffering that accompanies our lives\, and access a space of peace and unconditional love towards life. \nwww.shakticaterinamaggi.com \nSliding Scale: $60 to $90 \nSome Partial Scholarships Available \nPlease Register Early if you can. \nREGISTER
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/shakti-caterina-maggi-riding-the-tiger-the-tantric-way-from-anger-to-clarity-2-part-intensive-2/
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SUMMARY:Shakti Caterina Maggi ~ Riding the tiger: The tantric way from anger to clarity ~ 2-Part Intensive
DESCRIPTION:2-Part Intensive \nincludes May 27 & 28 \n9:00 am Ð 11:00 am Pacific Time\, each day \nTime Zone Converter \nEvent will be recorded and emailed to participants after each meeting. \nYou’re welcome to join even if you can’t attend all the live sessions. \nAnger is a powerful force in our life to transcend our self imposed or social limitations. When it is not directed towards life\, but towards the ego\, it becomes a phenomenal drive to dissolve the sense of separation. The result will be clarity and compassion. \nThis two-part online intensive will offer both theoretical and practical teachings based on an embodied duality approach.  \nShakti Caterina Maggi is a spiritual guide\, meditation teacher and author widely recognized as one of the most authentic and profound voices of contemporary spirituality. Combining the vision of Advaita and non-dual Tantra with a contemporary approach\, Shakti offers with humanity\, compassion and great clarity an inner technology to dissolve that contraction of suffering that accompanies our lives\, and access a space of peace and unconditional love towards life. \nwww.shakticaterinamaggi.com \nSliding Scale: $60 to $90 \nSome Partial Scholarships Available \nPlease Register Early if you can. \nREGISTER
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/shakti-caterina-maggi-riding-the-tiger-the-tantric-way-from-anger-to-clarity-2-part-intensive/
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SUMMARY:CANCELED Tiger Singleton ~ The Opportunity of Being Human ~ 3-Part Online Retreat
DESCRIPTION:This event has been canceled. We will be scheduling another opportunity to meet Tiger shortly. \n3-Part Online Retreat \nApril 28\, 29 & 30\, 2023 \n9:00 am Ð 11:00 am\, Pacific Time\, each day \nTime Zone Converter \nRecording will be emailed to participants after each meeting. \nYou’re welcome to join even if you can’t attend all the live sessions. \nLetÕs get cozy andÉ real. Join Tiger Singleton for a weekend series event\, where he shares practical insight and wisdom for living with more love\, compassion\, and freedom. His playful\, yet\, no nonsense approach is sure to set your heart on fire. Be warned though\, this is a space for taking radical responsibility for your human experience; so\, as much as it will inspire\, it will also invite you to get profoundly honest with yourself. Come play! \nDuring the event\, Tiger will cover the following topics: \nFriday: \nOpen the Eyes of Your Heart:ÊIn this session\, Tiger will offer practical guidance and insights into living with more love\, compassion\, and freedom. He will encourage participants to look beyond their mind’s fearful conditioning and make contact with a sacred opportunity of being alive. \nSaturday: \nEmbrace Your Value & Shine:ÊTiger invites participants to realize that the opportunity of being human is to discover something beautiful (valuable) on the inside of themselves and then share that beauty (value) with the world. In this session\, he will guide participants to step into their value and shine. \nSunday: \nCourage to Thrive; Focus and Go Play:ÊTiger believes that life is an adventure and not a safe place to seek comfort. He will encourage participants to embrace the gift of this temporary human experience and grow rapidly. This session is for those who are tired of taking life too seriously or not allowing themselves to truly play and grow. \nIn addition to these topics\, Tiger is also likely to offer a guided meditation during each session. \nOverall\, this event with Tiger Singleton promises to be an insightful and transformative experience. \nAbout Tiger: \nMeet TigerÊ🐯Ê- with a unique blend of playfulness and compassionate guidance\, he’s been sharing his insight and wisdom with people all over the world for over a decade. \nHe encourages a deep dive into the present moment\, seeing beyond the mind’s conditioning\, to discover what is truly real and true. \nTiger’s approach is direct\, sincere\, and focused on helping people navigate the journey of being human\, with more love\, compassion\, and freedom. \nFind out more about Tiger: www.inlightconnect.com — On Facebook — On YouTube \n<!– \nSliding Scale: $70 to $110 \nSome Partial Scholarships Available \nPlease Register Early if you can. \nREGISTER \n–>
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/canceled-tiger-singleton-the-opportunity-of-being-human-3-part-online-retreat/
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SUMMARY:Chesaray & Julian ~ The Alchemy of Connection: Exploring the Transformative Power of Dyads
DESCRIPTION:Dear Europeans\, please note that due to the clocks changing in the US on Sun\, March 12\, but not yet in Europe\, the time difference is 1 hour less than usual. Therefore this event starts at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 4pm UK / 5pm CET. \nIn this two hour event we will open with a mediation\, explore a dyad\, and have time for exchanges with Chesaray and Julian. Dyads are an exceptional way to deepen in the felt sense of presence\, relationally heal\, and explore one’s growing edge. \nOur personality is a collection of conditioning we received largely from our relating with other human beings and that conditioning informs our experience. Working with others in a dyad is a direct way to see the conditioning\, meet it with heart\, and let it go. Done with care\, sincerity\, and presence\, the space between two people\, can become a vehicle for healing and awakening. \nThe power of co-inquiry can bring aliveness into our everyday relating\, develop our capacity to co-regulate\, and shift how we view ourselves. \nFor more information about other Dyad offerings visit www.chesaray.org/co-led-retreats \nChesaray offers courses\, sessions\, and retreats based in non-duality\, embodied awakening\, and the healing arts. Chesaray’s search for ÒWhat is Real?Ó began as early as she can remember. Life has always been her greatest teacher. Experiences as a teen drove her into an unavoidable contemplation of grief\, God\, and death. Her university studies in Philosophy of Mind and Buddhism led her to study abroad in India\, where she set her heart on embodying freedom. She was gifted with a non-dual awakening at 22 with Jon Bernie that lifted a tremendous amount of unconscious suffering from her shoulders\, and has since experienced the fire of that opening guiding her life. Exploration of the psyche\, soul\, and soma has led her into ongoing training and practice in meditation\, conscious movement\, bodywork\, psycho-therapeutic modalities and a devotion to learning from life experience. She descended into a dark night of the Soul for many years and she is left with an abiding experience of the heart of Being and a gift of healing Grace. \nJulian’s strength of presence deepens and amplifies people’s direct connection with their True Nature. He carries a gentleness\, delicacy and precision for integrating all aspects of our humanity in the process of awakening. His intuitive capacity supports people in finding the root of what challenges them most and encourages a steady awakening to reality. Julian has a background in practicing with multiple spiritual masters\, as well as training in menÕs work\, group work\, energetic bodywork\, and post traumatic growth somatic therapy. He brings a holistic approach to helping people heal\, rest into their True Nature and embody who they really are. \nSuggested donation: $15 to $25 \nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/chesaray-julian-the-alchemy-of-connection-exploring-the-transformative-power-of-dyads/
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