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SUMMARY:Shakti Caterina Maggi ~ Embodied Non-Duality
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a direct and compassionate immersion into the field of non-duality\, an invitation to the conscious embodiment of our true nature. Our daily life itself can then be actively experienced as our most important spiritual practice. \nThe sharing will be followed by a session of Q&A to integrate the message. \nShakti Caterina Maggi is a spiritual guide who has\, since 2003\, been sharing a message of non-separation and awakening to our true Self. Her contemporary and heart-centered approach to Advaita and non-dual Tantra has supported thousands of seekers who meet her in retreats and seminars all over the world. \nwww.shakticaterinamaggi.com \nSuggested donation for this event: $10 to $30 \nNo pre-registration. Pay at door when you arrive. \nSatsang: 2-4 pm \nRefreshments: until 5 \nLocation: 8476 Sonoma Ave\, Sebastopol\, CA (Note: the house sign says 8474/8476). \nPlease park on the street\, and walk down the short driveway to the house with the carport. \nPlease arrive 10-15 minutes early. \nDress warmly as doors and windows may be kept open! \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. \nOpen Circle is hosting a series of events with Shakti in various locations:  \nSee Shakti’s California Tour Page for details. \nBerkeley\, CA satsangs: Oct. 26th & 31st and Nov. 2nd\, 7th & 8th (7-9 pm) \nMount Shasta\, CA satsangs: Oct. 27th (7-9 pm) & 28th (3-5 pm) \nPre-Retreat satsang\, San Rafael\, CA: Nov. 3rd (7-9 pm) \n    (Included when you register for the Retreat and can be attended separately\, open to all) \nWeekend RETREAT in Berkeley\, CA: Nov. 4th & 5th
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/shakti-caterina-maggi-embodied-non-duality-2/
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SUMMARY:Lynn Marie Lumiere\, MFT ~ EMBRACE ALL OF WHO YOU ARE: Healing Core Shame ~ Weekend Retreat
DESCRIPTION:A 2-Part Weekend Retreat \nAugust 12 & 13\, 2023 \n9:00 am Ð 12:00 pm 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. \nIf you ever experience yourself as not good enough\, bad\, unlovable\, unworthy\, or powerless\, you are experiencing core shame. You are not alone. Shame is in all of us to some degree. \nIt is a case of mistaken identity when we identify with a conditioned part of ourselves rather than with the Wholeness of who we are in both our humanness and Source Nature. This\, along with negative conditioning\, creates core shame\, which is a significant obstacle to health\, happiness\, healthy relationships\, and success. It affects every aspect of our life. \nTo truly heal core shame\, we need to remember who we really areÑa vast being of pure love. Then it is possible\, along with therapeutic assistance and support\, to meet and resolve the negative programming and wounding that creates a negative sense of self. As these false identities fall away\, we embody more self-love. \nThis weekend event will offer a deep immersion into this issue so that you can begin to understand and directly experience being free of core shame. Lynn Marie brings extensive experience\, both personally and professionally\, with both spiritual awakening and healing our body-mind. She will offer insight and skills on freeing yourself from shame on all levelsÑsomatically\, mentally and spiritually. \nWatch Lynn Marie’s Invitation: \nhttps://opencircle.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/230717V-Lynn-Marie-Lumiere-Interview-with-Shiraya-1-Invitation.mp4\n  \nParticipant feedback: ÒWith Lynn Marie\, I get in an embodied way that my human experience is workable. I greatly appreciate her unique way of including and working with the human nervous system\, conditioning and relationship as the very path of ever-evolving spiritual awakening. For me\, she is naturally and powerfully transmitting a unique energy that is lovingly embracing simultaneously the finite and the Infinite\, the human and the Divine.Ó – H.C. \n  \nHonoring the courage in you! Watch to find out more: \nhttps://opencircle.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/230717V-Lynn-Marie-Lumiere-Interview-with-Shiraya-3-Honoring-Courage.mp4\n  \nLynn Marie LumiereÊis a seasoned psychotherapist\, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner\, and author. She offers a rare blend of embodied spiritual wisdom with a skilled therapeutic approach that facilitates healing of psychological trauma/wounding and the embodiment of awakening. Her depth of experience\, rooted in her own healing and awakening journey\, spans decades of expertly guiding individuals in the resolution of their trauma and into connection with their true nature. She is a trustworthy and competent guide for both healing and freedom on all levels\, with a natural empathy for the human struggle that is born of her own life process. She is also the author of Awakened Relating: A Guide to Embodying Undivided Love in Intimate Relationships. \nFor more information see: www.lynnmarielumiere.com \nSliding Scale: $60 to $90 \nSome Partial Scholarships Available \nPlease Register Early if you can. \nREGISTER
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/lynn-marie-lumiere-mft-embrace-all-of-who-you-are-healing-core-shame-weekend-retreat/
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SUMMARY:Georgia Simone ~ Awakened Healing: Become The Space Where Healing Takes Place
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to The Holding Space. \nA space where we can gather together and BE exactly as we are \nA space where the full spectrum of your human experience is invited \nCalm\, anxious\, open\, closed\, \nALL is welcome here. \nIt’s in this gentle embrace that everything can start to unravel. It’s in this open space that we can begin to unwind the strategies that no longer serve us. This is the space that early mis-attunement failed to foster\, the space where love blooms and new life can emerge. This is the space where all that quivers and shakes can come to rest\, and where all that contorts can untwist into greater alignment. \nThrough gentle exploration and somatic awareness you can cultivate a new way of being with your most challenging patterns. No longer a victim of the push and pull of inner disturbance\, you can step forward with greater confidence\, knowing that whatever comes your way\, you embody the resilience and the capacity to meet and integrate it. \nYou can expect a deeply held space where youÕll be invited to slow down\, tune in\, and track your present-moment experience. As you awaken and refine a more subtle way of Being and Being With\, you can slowly but surely become the space Ð the container and the field Ð where healing takes place. \nBio: \nThe first leg of Georgia SimoneÕs path exposed her to the teachings of Advaita Vedanta\, which provided her with the foundation she needed to disidentify from pain and suffering. However\, despite a growing freedom\, a significant bypass took place\, as herÊorientation towards transcendence reinforced her deep disconnection from Life. Upon seeing this\, her focus became addressing the unresolved trauma that had woven its way into every fibre of her being. \nDuring this period\, Georgia was influenced byÊInner Relationship Focusing\, a presence based approach that works with the Felt Sense and the split-off parts of self. She also trained as a NARM informed practitioner\, which addresses developmental trauma from a psychotherapeutic perspective. Her approach is now a seamless blend of mystical insight and psychological understanding. \nAfter many years of wading through this marshland of conditioning\, she shares her discoveries with others. She believes that the spiritual path is as much about arriving here fully Ð as an embodied human being Ð as it is about dissolving into the infinite source that makes this life possible. How can we die to the absolute\, while deeply embracing our relative human experience? This Living Inquiry is her LifeÕs prayer. \nwww.georgiasimone.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/georgia-simone-awakened-healing-become-the-space-where-healing-takes-place-4/
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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/
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SUMMARY:Gail Brenner\, Ph.D ~ Bringing Heaven to Earth: Fully Alive in Everyday Life ~ 3-Part Online Course
DESCRIPTION:3-Part Online Course \nSaturday\, Tuesday\, and Thursday – April 15\, 18 & 20\, 2023 \n9:00 am Ð 11:30 am\, Pacific Time\, each day \nStarts at noon Eastern\, 5pm UK\, 6pm CET \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. \nThe nondual teaching invites us to recognize the truth of who we are beyond any conditioned ideas about ourselves. And this recognition changes everything. \nWe no longer believe the fear-based\, limited ideas we hold about ourselves and the world\, and we open to everything\, flowing with things as they are. Rather than needing to fix and control\, we get out of our heads and rest effortlessly as the Being that we are\, loving whatever appears. \nThis knowing radically transforms our relationships with others\, how we relate to ourselves when weÕre triggered\, and how we meet the challenges that arise in the course of human life. Where before we felt stuck and limited\, we now live in wonder\, curiosity\, and heart. \nLetÕs gather in loving community to explore living everyday life with nothing in the wayÉendlessly available to all that isÉ \nThis 3-session course offersÊyou an invitation 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\, the sacredness of all of Life. \nEach session includesÊguided meditation\, clarifying wisdom\, small group sharing\, Q&A\, and joyful celebration together. YouÕll come away with skills to feel grounded\, safe\, and connected within yourself and in your life. YouÕll experience more space for the natural arising of intimacy\, generosity\, inspiration\, and delight. \nÒThis 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. \nSession 1: How We Show Up for Ourselves and for Life \nWeÕll name and explore essential qualities of awakened awareness: openness\, curiosity\, humility\, compassion\, and devotion. How do we embody these qualities in everyday life? \nSession 2: Insight Into Conditioned Patterns \nWeÕll understand how we contract into limiting ideas about ourselves and forget the truth of our being. WeÕll practice wise and kind ways to be with emotions and the nervous system. \nSession 3: Awake in Everyday Life \nWeÕll get practical about relationships\, resentments\, hurts\, frustrations of daily life\, and anything else youÕre struggling with. How do we navigate these situations without losing our authentic Being? How can you\, more and more\, step into your full magnificence as you were meant to be? \nÒGail 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. \nFree Information Session: Please join Gail for a free information session on Thursday\, April 13 at 9am Pacific\, noon Eastern\, 5pm BST. YouÕll learn more about the course and get a taste of the safe and loving community that supports this work. Please click the link to register. \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0qdOuprj8uHdG2HNeCxXyO7jk_TP3CmzRY \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. \n“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. \n“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. \nGail Brenner\, Ph.D.Êis your guide. As a psychologist\, author\, and teacher\,Êshe transmits a love of truth with a fire that burns brightly. Gail 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 deep inner exploration. GailÊis the author of the award-winningÊThe End of Self-HelpÊandÊSuffering Is Optional. \nwww.gailbrenner.com \nSliding Scale: $80 to $130 \nSome Partial Scholarships Available \nPlease Register Early if you can. \nREGISTER
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/gail-brenner-ph-d-bringing-heaven-to-earth-fully-alive-in-everyday-life-3-part-online-course-2/
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SUMMARY:Amoda Maa ~ Knowing Our Essential Nature as Open Awareness ~ In-Person in Berkeley\, CA
DESCRIPTION:Amoda Maa offers a profound invitation to all those who wish to embody the truth of awakened consciousness in the midst of everyday life. Her meetings include silent or guided meditation\, discourse\, and an opportunity to ask questions from the innermost. Speaking with clarity and grace\, she invites an open-hearted honesty to the exploration of what it means to recognize and live from our essential nature as open awareness. \nAmodaÕs teachings are free from any ideology and are not affiliated with any lineage or tradition\, and yet the luminous truth is the same nondual understanding at the core of of many spiritual traditions. Arising from her own direct experience and expressed in a contemporary language\, these teachings are relevant and accessible to all people from all backgrounds and cultures. She is known for her authenticity\, depth\, and unique expression of ÒmasculineÓ clear-pointed insight and ÒfeminineÓ unconditional acceptance. \nSince 2016\, she has been living in the US\, and today her teachings are followed by a growing global community. She has been a speaker and guest teacher at a variety of conferences\, featured in several magazines\, interviewed for numerous broadcasts and podcasts\, and is the author of several books including Embodied Enlightenment and Falling Open in a World Falling Apart. Her life and work are dedicated to supporting an “inner transformation of consciousnessÓ and envisioning a new world of peace and enlightened living. \nMore info on Amoda\, her teachings\, and events\, including Bay Area daylong gathering on April 22nd at www.amodamaa.com/events \nSuggested donation: $15 to $25
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/amoda-maa-knowing-our-essential-nature-as-open-awareness-in-person-in-berkeley-ca-2/
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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-2/
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SUMMARY:Ellen Emmet ~ The Shrine of Not Knowing: 2-part Online Mini Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Feb. 24 & 25 \nWe 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 each meeting. \nYou’re welcome to join even if you can’t attend all the live sessions. \nWe gather\, invited to leave our convictions and spiritual beliefs at the door of our shared space. \nTogether we welcome our direct experience and let it gradually reveal its palpable yet un-nameable\, source and reality. \nWe will not engage with the singularity of our psychology and history. However\, in the immediacy of our inquiry\, layers of resistance that keep us trapped in the cage of thinking will surface in the form of raw feelings\, sensations\, and emotions. \nEach one of us is invited to fully allow\, taste and face these landscapes of exile and separation\, which in daily life come in the form of anxiety\, addiction\, hopelessness\, boredom\, emptiness\, resistance and even despair. \nNothing needs to change and the agendas for change are surrendered as they surface. \nIn this sacred process something is touched and shared\, the openness is made palpable\, the One source of all experience begins to flow through\, and we partake in the mystery of our humanity and divinity. \nThere will be guided meditation and conversation. \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: $60 to $90 \nSome Partial Scholarships Available \nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/ellen-emmet-the-shrine-of-not-knowing-2-part-online-mini-retreat-4/
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SUMMARY:Shakti Caterina Maggi ~ Embodied non duality ~ In-Person in Mt. Shasta\, CA
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a direct and compassionate immersion into the field of non-duality\, an invitation to the conscious embodiment of our true nature. Our daily life itself can then be actively experienced as our most important spiritual practice. \nThe sharing will be followed by a session of Q&A to integrate the message. \nShakti Caterina Maggi is a spiritual guide who has\, since 2003\, been sharing a message of non-separation and awakening to our true Self. Her contemporary and heart-centered approach to Advaita and non-dual Tantra has supported thousands of seekers who meet her in retreats and seminars all over the world. \nwww.shakticaterinamaggi.com \nSuggested donation for Oct. 27th: $10 to $30 \nNo pre-registration. Pay at door when you arrive. \nOpen Circle is hosting a series of events with Shakti in various locations:  \nSee Shakti’s California Tour Page for details. \nBerkeley\, CA satsangs: Oct. 26th & 31st and Nov. 2nd\, 7th & 8th (7-9 pm) \nMount Shasta\, CA satsangs: Oct. 27th (7-9 pm) & 28th (3-5 pm) \nSebastopol\, CA satsang: Oct. 29th (2-4 pm) \nPre-Retreat satsang\, San Rafael\, CA: Nov. 3rd (7-9 pm) \n    (Included when you register for the Retreat and can be attended separately\, open to all) \nWeekend RETREAT in Berkeley\, CA: Nov. 4th & 5th
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/shakti-caterina-maggi-embodied-non-duality-in-person-in-mt-shasta-ca/
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SUMMARY:Shakti Caterina Maggi ~ Embodied non duality ~ In-Person in Berkeley\, CA & LIVESTREAM
DESCRIPTION:A direct and compassionate immersion into the field of non duality\, an invitation to the conscious embodiment of our true nature. Our daily life itself can then be actively experienced as our most important spiritual practice.  \nThe sharing will be followed by a session of Q&A to integrate the message. \nShakti Caterina Maggi is a spiritual guide who has\, since 2003\, been sharing a message of non-separation and awakening to our true Self. Her contemporary and heart-centered approach to Advaita and non-dual Tantra has supported thousands of seekers who meet her in retreats and seminars all over the world. \nwww.shakticaterinamaggi.com \nOpen Circle is hosting a series of events with Shakti in various locations:  \nSee Shakti’s California Tour Page for details. \nBerkeley\, CA satsangs: Oct. 26th & 31st and Nov. 2nd\, 7th & 8th (7-9 pm) \nMount Shasta\, CA satsangs: Oct. 27th (7-9 pm) & 28th (3-5 pm) \nSebastopol\, CA satsang: Oct. 29th (2-4 pm) \nPre-Retreat satsang\, San Rafael\, CA: Nov. 3rd (7-9 pm) \n    (Included when you register for the Retreat and can be attended separately\, open to all) \nWeekend RETREAT in Berkeley\, CA: Nov. 4th & 5th \n \nSuggested donation for this evening In-Person: $10 to $30 \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. \nFor Nov. 2nd\, 7th & 8th\, Join us IN-PERSON in Berkeley or by LIVESTREAM… \nREGISTER for LIVESTREAM & RECORDING ACCESS for Nov. 2nd \nREGISTER for LIVESTREAM & RECORDING ACCESS for Nov. 7th \nREGISTER for LIVESTREAM & RECORDING ACCESS for Nov. 8th \nLink to access recording will be emailed within a week after event\,  \nto those registered for Livestream & Recording Access
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/shakti-caterina-maggi-embodied-non-duality-in-person-in-berkeley-ca-livestream/
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SUMMARY:Dorothy Hunt ~ Seeing from Love Ð Hiding from Love ~ 3-part Online ValentineÕs Retreat
DESCRIPTION:3-part Online ValentineÕs Retreat \nFeb. 9\, 10 & 11\, 2024 \n9:00am Ð 12:00pm\, 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 the live sessions. \nWithin each of us is the Source of an unconditional Loving. Are we open to receive such a gift? Is it possible to see ourselves or apparent ÒothersÓ from this loving dimension of the Heart? Longing for love\, we often hide from it\, imagining we are not worthy\, or demanding that love must come in a particular size and shape. Many have experienced something ÒcalledÓ love that has felt controlling or like a conditional business arrangementÑ”IÕll love you if you become who I want you to be.”  \nWhile love may have many faces\, in its deepest essence\, it has no opposite and requires no protection\, although it often evokes feelings of vulnerability in its human expressions. \nThis three-day online retreat with Dorothy Hunt will include guided meditations\, silence\, dharma talks\, and dialogue\, as we explore the experience of giving and receiving Love. We may even discover that our true Valentine lives within as both lover and beloved! \nDorothy HuntÊcurrently serves as Spiritual Director of Moon Mountain Sangha\, teaching at the request and in the spiritual lineage of Adyashanti. The flavor of her teaching blends Advaita and Zen with a deep welcoming of the human expressions of the Mystery. Dorothy is the founder of the San Francisco Center for Meditation and Psychotherapy\, and practiced psychotherapy from 1967 until her retirement in 2020.Ê She is the author of Only This!\, Leaves from Moon Mountain\, and Ending the Search: From Spiritual Ambition to the Heart of Awareness. In addition\, she is a contributing author to two books on Nondual Wisdom and Psychotherapy\, and the editor of Love: A Fruit Always in Season. \nPresently\, Dorothy offers satsang and retreats via Zoom\, and dokusan by phone. For more information\, please visit www.dorothyhunt.org \nSliding Scale: $80 to $120 \nSome Partial Scholarships Available \nPlease Register Early if you can. \nREGISTER
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/dorothy-hunt-seeing-from-love-d-hiding-from-love-3-part-online-valentineos-retreat-2/
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SUMMARY:Dorothy Hunt ~ Seeing from Love Ð Hiding from Love ~ 3-part Online ValentineÕs Retreat
DESCRIPTION:3-part Online ValentineÕs Retreat \nFeb. 9\, 10 & 11\, 2024 \n9:00am Ð 12:00pm\, 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 the live sessions. \nWithin each of us is the Source of an unconditional Loving. Are we open to receive such a gift? Is it possible to see ourselves or apparent ÒothersÓ from this loving dimension of the Heart? Longing for love\, we often hide from it\, imagining we are not worthy\, or demanding that love must come in a particular size and shape. Many have experienced something ÒcalledÓ love that has felt controlling or like a conditional business arrangementÑ”IÕll love you if you become who I want you to be.”  \nWhile love may have many faces\, in its deepest essence\, it has no opposite and requires no protection\, although it often evokes feelings of vulnerability in its human expressions. \nThis three-day online retreat with Dorothy Hunt will include guided meditations\, silence\, dharma talks\, and dialogue\, as we explore the experience of giving and receiving Love. We may even discover that our true Valentine lives within as both lover and beloved! \nDorothy HuntÊcurrently serves as Spiritual Director of Moon Mountain Sangha\, teaching at the request and in the spiritual lineage of Adyashanti. The flavor of her teaching blends Advaita and Zen with a deep welcoming of the human expressions of the Mystery. Dorothy is the founder of the San Francisco Center for Meditation and Psychotherapy\, and practiced psychotherapy from 1967 until her retirement in 2020.Ê She is the author of Only This!\, Leaves from Moon Mountain\, and Ending the Search: From Spiritual Ambition to the Heart of Awareness. In addition\, she is a contributing author to two books on Nondual Wisdom and Psychotherapy\, and the editor of Love: A Fruit Always in Season. \nPresently\, Dorothy offers satsang and retreats via Zoom\, and dokusan by phone. For more information\, please visit www.dorothyhunt.org \nSliding Scale: $80 to $120 \nSome Partial Scholarships Available \nPlease Register Early if you can. \nREGISTER
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/dorothy-hunt-seeing-from-love-d-hiding-from-love-3-part-online-valentineos-retreat-3/
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SUMMARY:Dorothy Hunt ~ Seeing from Love Ð Hiding from Love ~ 3-part Online ValentineÕs Retreat
DESCRIPTION:3-part Online ValentineÕs Retreat \nFeb. 9\, 10 & 11\, 2024 \n9:00am Ð 12:00pm\, 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 the live sessions. \nWithin each of us is the Source of an unconditional Loving. Are we open to receive such a gift? Is it possible to see ourselves or apparent ÒothersÓ from this loving dimension of the Heart? Longing for love\, we often hide from it\, imagining we are not worthy\, or demanding that love must come in a particular size and shape. Many have experienced something ÒcalledÓ love that has felt controlling or like a conditional business arrangementÑ”IÕll love you if you become who I want you to be.”  \nWhile love may have many faces\, in its deepest essence\, it has no opposite and requires no protection\, although it often evokes feelings of vulnerability in its human expressions. \nThis three-day online retreat with Dorothy Hunt will include guided meditations\, silence\, dharma talks\, and dialogue\, as we explore the experience of giving and receiving Love. We may even discover that our true Valentine lives within as both lover and beloved! \nDorothy HuntÊcurrently serves as Spiritual Director of Moon Mountain Sangha\, teaching at the request and in the spiritual lineage of Adyashanti. The flavor of her teaching blends Advaita and Zen with a deep welcoming of the human expressions of the Mystery. Dorothy is the founder of the San Francisco Center for Meditation and Psychotherapy\, and practiced psychotherapy from 1967 until her retirement in 2020.Ê She is the author of Only This!\, Leaves from Moon Mountain\, and Ending the Search: From Spiritual Ambition to the Heart of Awareness. In addition\, she is a contributing author to two books on Nondual Wisdom and Psychotherapy\, and the editor of Love: A Fruit Always in Season. \nPresently\, Dorothy offers satsang and retreats via Zoom\, and dokusan by phone. For more information\, please visit www.dorothyhunt.org \nSliding Scale: $80 to $120 \nSome Partial Scholarships Available \nPlease Register Early if you can. \nREGISTER
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/dorothy-hunt-seeing-from-love-d-hiding-from-love-3-part-online-valentineos-retreat/
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SUMMARY:John Prendergast ~ Emptiness and Fullness ~ In-Person Daylong Gathering
DESCRIPTION:To be filled\, we must first be emptied. The spiritual path is initially about subtraction instead of addition. There is a stripping away of illusion\, an emptying out of confusion\, an unlearning and unveiling. Whatever our self/world view may be\, it is not the ultimate truth. We are not who we think we are and the world is not what we think it is. When there is a willingness to not know with the ordinary mind\, we are open to the Unknown and available to being filled by an essential Life. This influx of fullness comes of its own Ð the natural radiance of our true nature. \nThrough guided and silent meditation\, heart-felt inquiry\, and experiential conversations we will explore this natural process of emptying out and being filled. \nWe hope you will join us! \nJohn is a retired Adjunct Professor of Psychology at CIIS and the author of several books on the intersection of nondual wisdom and psychology\, including The Deep Heart and In Touch. He studied for many years with the European sage\, Jean Klein\, as well as with Adyashanti\, and now teaches in a profoundly experiential manner. \nwww.listeningfromsilence.com \nSuggested Donation: $75 Ê No one turned away – any donation accepted. \nTo 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/john-prendergast-emptiness-and-fullness-in-person-daylong-gathering-2/
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SUMMARY:Lynn Marie Lumiere\, MFT ~ FREEDOM FROM LOW-SELF-ESTEEM IS POSSIBLE
DESCRIPTION:Do you think negatively about yourself? Are you overly critical of yourself and lack confidence? \nMany people in our Western world have negative thoughts about themselves\, which may stem from unhappy childhoods\, and the effects of media\, school systems\, etc. When we identify with these thoughts\, believing them to be true\, they form an artificial self. Our artificial self is made up of many thoughts\, beliefs and programs that we have become identified with on all levels: physical\, emotional\, mental and spiritual. \nTo be fully free from low self-esteem\, we need to remember who we truly are. To do that\, we connect with our Natural Self\, which is not really a self\, it is a vast Being. It is our NatureÑpure and untouched by programming or emotional trauma/wounding. \nThe more we come into our Natural Self\, the more we can disidentify with the artificial self. By doing this\, programming related to low self-esteem naturally resolves\, if we allow it to. Our Nature is the only power that can do that! \nThis 3-hour webinar will include guided meditation\, experiential process\, and dialogue. It is recommended that you attend in person to benefit from working with Lynn Marie directly. However\, you are welcome to register and attend by watching the recording. \nParticipant feedback: ÒI feel inspired when I am with Lynn Marie\, inspired by her presence and her own human/healing/spiritual journey. I feel naturally encouraged: I too can heal. I too can drop old false beliefs and grow into greater clarity of awareness\, greater ease in my experience of being\, and greater freedom.Ó \nLynn Marie LumiereÊis a seasoned psychotherapist\, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner\, and author. She offers a rare blend of embodied spiritual wisdom with a skilled therapeutic approach that facilitates healing of psychological trauma/wounding and the embodiment of awakening. Her depth of experience\, rooted in her own healing and awakening journey\, spans decades of expertly guiding individuals in the resolution of their trauma and into connection with their true nature. She is a trustworthy and competent guide for both healing and freedom on all levels\, with a natural empathy for the human struggle that is born of her own life process. She is also the author of Awakened Relating: A Guide to Embodying Undivided Love in Intimate Relationships. \nwww.lynnmarielumiere.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/lynn-marie-lumiere-mft-freedom-from-low-self-esteem-is-possible/
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SUMMARY:Dorothy Hunt ~ Being\, Doing\, Having ~ Online Daylong Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Online Daylong Retreat \nJanuary 14\, 2024 \n9:00am – 11:00am & 12:00pm – 2:00pm (Pacific Time) \nTime Zone Converter \nRecording will be emailed to participants within a week. \nYou’re welcome to join even if you can’t attend the live sessions. \nWhen we are operating from the deep dimension of Being\, life is experienced as fresh\, alive\, spontaneous\, open\, wise\, loving\, and present to the immediacy of Now.  Being is also continually becoming\, showing itself as doing\, as well as all that appears to come and go in nature and in our relative lives. \nHowever\, if we base our identity on what we do\, and do not know who or what we truly are\, we are in a constant state of trying\, striving\, and judging a self that needs to become some ideal or perfect version of itself. This leads to a vast \nconsumer mentality of Òhaving” and acquiring more and moreÑwhether we are attached to having money\, power\, approval\, influence\, a partner\, or spiritual experiences. Once basic needs are met\, does freedom or worth\, really depend on having? Is something at peace regardless of circumstance? \nIn this daylong exploration\, we will examine how we value ourselves and so-called others. What does it feel like to allow our doing to come from Being rather than continually equating doing with a self-image or an idea of self-worth? What is the experience of living from Being rather than having? And who is the \nÒI AMÓ that seems to be wrapped in so many beliefs? \nDorothy HuntÊcurrently serves as Spiritual Director of Moon Mountain Sangha\, teaching at the request and in the spiritual lineage of Adyashanti. The flavor of her teaching blends Advaita and Zen with a deep welcoming of the human expressions of the Mystery. Dorothy is the founder of the San Francisco Center for Meditation and Psychotherapy\, and practiced psychotherapy from 1967 until her retirement in 2020.Ê She is the author of Only This!\, Leaves from Moon Mountain\, and Ending the Search: From Spiritual Ambition to the Heart of Awareness. In addition\, she is a contributing author to two books on Nondual Wisdom and Psychotherapy\, and the editor of Love: A Fruit Always in Season. \nPresently\, Dorothy offers satsang and retreats via Zoom\, and dokusan by phone. For more information\, please visit www.dorothyhunt.org \nSliding Scale: $40 to $70 \nSome Partial Scholarships Available \nPlease Register Early if you can. \nREGISTER
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/dorothy-hunt-being-doing-having-online-daylong-retreat/
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SUMMARY:CANCELED - Jeannie Zandi ~ Everyday Mystic ~ In-Person Local Event
DESCRIPTION:Due to illness\, Jeannie will be coming out to California later than planned and will not be able to have events until Thursday\, December 7th.  \nPlease join her for the public gathering on Thursday\, December 7 in Berkeley and the Friday & Saturday (December 8 & 9) intensive in Sausalito if you are able!
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/canceled-jeannie-zandi-everyday-mystic-in-person-local-event/
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SUMMARY:Marlies Myoku Cocheret ~ WomenÕs Sensual Satsang (for Women Only)
DESCRIPTION:If we view Satsang as being about waking up to our true nature and waking up out of our bodies i.e. to know we are not this thought\, not this feeling etc. Then Sensual Satsang is about ÔincendingÕ back into the body\, into the senses\, – or more accurately – the body ÔincendingÕ back into our spacious\, silent nature until our body and silence melt together as one. \nDuring this WomenÕs Sensual Satsang\, we first anchor ourselves as silence and then through guided practice\, we awaken the senses. Along the way\, we may bump into parts of ourselves that are disconnected and numb. With tenderness and patience – going only as fast as the slowest part – we invite these parts and the rest of the body to melt into the vast silence\, until there is no gap between the two\, no divide. \nI’m very excited to offer this. Silence & Sensuality are very close to my heart. Hope to see you in Sensual Satsang! \nWatch Marlies share what to expect from a Sensual Satsang: \nhttps://opencircle.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/230913-Clip-Open-Circle-Sensual-Satsang.mp4\nAbout Marlies: \nMarlies Myoku Cocheret brings a potent invitation into the deep silence that we are. She brings women together to celebrate their sovereignty and sensual\, silent essence in their bodies. SheÕs been leading women on journeys of intimate connection with themselves and the feminine Divine for 25+ years and has been offering satsang and retreat since 2000 when Adyashanti asked her to teach. She lives in Tennessee and works internationally as a spiritual teacher\, psychologist\, Hakomi therapist\, and tantric educator. \nÒMarlies is a master at offering practices that help us embody and connect to ourselves. I felt seen and met by her. Her work is deeply still and yet so enlivening. What a gift!Ó ~ B.E. \nwww.marliescocheret.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/marlies-myoku-cocheret-womenos-sensual-satsang-for-women-only/
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SUMMARY:Rupert Spira ~ The Essence of Non-Duality - In-Person & LIVESTREAM Daylong
DESCRIPTION:Registration is now closed for in-person attendance to this event. \nLivestream Sliding Scale: $40 to $60 per person. \nREGISTER for LIVESTREAM &  \nRECORDING ACCESS \nLink to access recording will be emailed to those registered for Livestream & Recording Access \nSince the in-person event is SOLD OUT\, we are offering Livestream access to make it available to more people. This ÒregistrationÓ can also be used for people who wish to receive access to the video afterwards. \nÒMeditation is what we are\, not what we do; the separate self is what we do\, not what we are.Ó \nIn the last few years Rupert Spira has become one of the most respected and sought-after teachers of non-dual wisdom\, known for his crystal clear use of language\, laser-like intellect\, skillful guided inquiries\, and powerfully direct pointing to aware presenceÑall delivered with warmth\, wit and an unmatched and distinctive eloquence. \nIn his meetings\, Rupert explores the perennial\, non-dual understanding that lies at the heart of all the great religious and spiritual traditions\, such as Advaita Vedanta\, Kashmir Shaivism\, Hinduism\, Buddhism\, Mystical Christianity\, Sufism\, Zen etc.\, and which is also the direct\, ever-present reality of our own experience. This is a contemporary\, experiential approach involving silent meditation\, guided meditation and conversation\, and requires no affiliation to any particular religious or spiritual tradition. All that is required is an interest in the essential nature of experience\, and in the longing for love\, peace and happiness around which most of our lives revolve. \nAfter thirty years of intense seeking\, Rupert met his primary teacher Francis Lucille\, who introduced him to the direct way taught by his own teacher\, Jean Klein. He is the author of several books\, including his latest\, You are the Happiness You Seek. \nwww.non-duality.rupertspira.com \nRegistration is now closed for in-person attendance to this event \nREGISTER for LIVESTREAM &  \nRECORDING ACCESS \nLink to access recording will be emailed to those registered for Livestream & Recording Access \nSince the in-person event is SOLD OUT\, we are offering Livestream access to make it available to more people. This ÒregistrationÓ can also be used for people who wish to receive access to the video afterwards. \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\, and limited 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. \nPARKING: There is some limited street parking in the neighborhood\, free and without time limit on weekends. There is also parking a few blocks away at the east parking lot of the Ashby Bart station: www.bart.gov/stations/ashb/map \nYou may also find paid parking just a few blocks away at Alta Bates Parking Garage: Enter on Colby between Ashby and Webster St. \nNearby parking fills up quickly. Plan accordingly.
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/rupert-spira-the-essence-of-non-duality-in-person-livestream-daylong/
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SUMMARY:Jeannie Zandi ~ Teacher\, Teaching\, Sangha
DESCRIPTION:8Join 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-2/
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SUMMARY:Riyaz Motan ~ The Art of Listening
DESCRIPTION:When we give ourselves to deeply listening — listening without agenda \nand listening with our whole being — we give our most precious gift. \nÊWe give the gift of our spacious loving presence. \nIn this online event\, Riyaz Motan will describe and demonstrate the practices and conditions that support us in deep listening.Ê The art of listening is a relational practice; something we can get better at with intention and attention.Ê It is also a profound spiritual practice– something that invites us to tap into the depth of presence; and into intimate and alive connection with others. \nIn this event we will explore: \n~ The four levels of Deep Listening:Ê Head\, Heart\, Body\, and Presence \n~ Listening without agenda. \n~ Listening from a place of Ônot knowingÕ. \n~ Opening up to empathic resonance. \n~ Opening to the flow of intuition and insight. \nOur time together will also include opportunities to practice deep listening with one another in dyads \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-the-art-of-listening-2/
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SUMMARY:What is Nondual Awakening? ~ with Kathleen McTeigue and Tomas Phillips ~ In-Person Local Event
DESCRIPTION:Satsang: 2-4 pm \nRefreshments: until 5 \nSuggested Donation:  $10- $20\, no one turned away. \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. Please arrive 10-15 minutes early. \nPlease dress warmly\, doors & windows will be open! \nSince the pandemic\, fewer teachers are available for local meetings\, and more teachings are onling.  Yet there is a value and synergy in meeting in person!  This satsang is facilitated by Kathleen McTeigue and Tomas Phillips\, two locals who’ve experienced the teachings directly.  We’ll explore Nondual Awakening\, and direct experience\, yours and ours.  We’ll talk about these topics: \n  *   What do I awaken from\, and to? \n  *   Is nondual awakening available to anyone? \n  *   What is duality like in our everyday lives\, and what is nonduality? \n  *   What happens to the ego in awakening? \n  *   Can the spiritual ego co-opt awakening? \nKathleen had a spontaneous awakening to nondual nature. This recognition of the unitive nature of reality\, forever altered her perspective. It revealed the illusory nature of a separate self and the indescribable essence of our true nature. The awakening was the beginning of an alchemical process of transformation\, including as a student of Adyasanti. She enjoys being in satsang and spiritual community with fellow lovers of truth.  Kathleen’s website:  openingtopresence.com \nTomas has been hosting nondual satsangs since 2004.  His first teacher was Adyashanti\, and his current teacher is Angelo DiLullo.  He experienced a consciousness shift on a Sunday afternoon in 2006.  Since then he’s learned to make the teachings his own\, through inquiry\, and looking within. Awakening is a continuous process of expansion\, away from fixed positions of the mind\, to freedom in all areas of life.
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/what-is-nondual-awakening-with-kathleen-mcteigue-and-tomas-phillips-in-person-local-event/
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SUMMARY:Gail Brenner\, Ph.D ~ Bringing Heaven to Earth: Fully Alive in Everyday Life ~ 3-Part Online Course
DESCRIPTION:3-Part Online Course \nSaturday\, Tuesday\, and Thursday – April 15\, 18 & 20\, 2023 \n9:00 am Ð 11:30 am\, Pacific Time\, each day \nStarts at noon Eastern\, 5pm UK\, 6pm CET \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. \nThe nondual teaching invites us to recognize the truth of who we are beyond any conditioned ideas about ourselves. And this recognition changes everything. \nWe no longer believe the fear-based\, limited ideas we hold about ourselves and the world\, and we open to everything\, flowing with things as they are. Rather than needing to fix and control\, we get out of our heads and rest effortlessly as the Being that we are\, loving whatever appears. \nThis knowing radically transforms our relationships with others\, how we relate to ourselves when weÕre triggered\, and how we meet the challenges that arise in the course of human life. Where before we felt stuck and limited\, we now live in wonder\, curiosity\, and heart. \nLetÕs gather in loving community to explore living everyday life with nothing in the wayÉendlessly available to all that isÉ \nThis 3-session course offersÊyou an invitation 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\, the sacredness of all of Life. \nEach session includesÊguided meditation\, clarifying wisdom\, small group sharing\, Q&A\, and joyful celebration together. YouÕll come away with skills to feel grounded\, safe\, and connected within yourself and in your life. YouÕll experience more space for the natural arising of intimacy\, generosity\, inspiration\, and delight. \nÒThis 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. \nSession 1: How We Show Up for Ourselves and for Life \nWeÕll name and explore essential qualities of awakened awareness: openness\, curiosity\, humility\, compassion\, and devotion. How do we embody these qualities in everyday life? \nSession 2: Insight Into Conditioned Patterns \nWeÕll understand how we contract into limiting ideas about ourselves and forget the truth of our being. WeÕll practice wise and kind ways to be with emotions and the nervous system. \nSession 3: Awake in Everyday Life \nWeÕll get practical about relationships\, resentments\, hurts\, frustrations of daily life\, and anything else youÕre struggling with. How do we navigate these situations without losing our authentic Being? How can you\, more and more\, step into your full magnificence as you were meant to be? \nÒGail 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. \nFree Information Session: Please join Gail for a free information session on Thursday\, April 13 at 9am Pacific\, noon Eastern\, 5pm BST. YouÕll learn more about the course and get a taste of the safe and loving community that supports this work. Please click the link to register. \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0qdOuprj8uHdG2HNeCxXyO7jk_TP3CmzRY \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. \n“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. \n“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. \nGail Brenner\, Ph.D.Êis your guide. As a psychologist\, author\, and teacher\,Êshe transmits a love of truth with a fire that burns brightly. Gail 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 deep inner exploration. GailÊis the author of the award-winningÊThe End of Self-HelpÊandÊSuffering Is Optional. \nwww.gailbrenner.com \nSliding Scale: $80 to $130 \nSome Partial Scholarships Available \nPlease Register Early if you can. \nREGISTER
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/gail-brenner-ph-d-bringing-heaven-to-earth-fully-alive-in-everyday-life-3-part-online-course/
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SUMMARY:Pamela Wilson ~ Nourishing Stillness\, Nourishing Ourselves ~ 4 Part Online Retreat
DESCRIPTION:March 8\, 10\, 15 & 17\, 2023 \n10:00 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. \nSelf Care for the Divine in form! Join Pamela and Friends for an inquiry into opening to being nourished in every way\, within\, withoutÉ Allowing the constancy of gentle support and nourishing strength to renew and refresh our beingness and all others. \nLike a kink in a garden hose\, “I can’ts”\, ideas and habits can separate us from the all pervading loving sustenance of Life. \nAs Life\, we are uncontained\, receptive and at ease with receiving and givingÉ.from our breath\, sunlight\, evening stars\, friends\, creativity. Life can appear to wear us down\, but in the deep rest of the rooted return to substratum we rise\, refreshed\, with less history. \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 \nPlease note Daylight Savings Time starts in the US before the 3rd retreat meeting\, \nwhich may influence your local start time if you’re tuning in from abroad. \nSliding Scale: $80 to $120 \nSome Partial Scholarships Available \nPlease Register Early if you can. \nREGISTER
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/pamela-wilson-nourishing-stillness-nourishing-ourselves-4-part-online-retreat-3/
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SUMMARY:Stephan Bodian ~ Meditation without a Meditator: From Deliberate Awareness to Nondual Presence ~ 2-Part Online Retreat
DESCRIPTION:March 4 & 5\, 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!  \nBio \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.  \nMore about Stephan Bodian: 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-3/
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SUMMARY:Gail Brenner\, Ph.D ~ Deep Trauma Healing: Tending the Ground for Awakened Living ~ 3-Part Online Retreat
DESCRIPTION:3-Part Online Retreat \nNov. 3\, 4 & 5\, 2022 \n9:00 am Ð 12:00 noon\, 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. \nAddressing trauma and how we hold it is essential to seeing through the illusion of the separate self. Join this powerful 3-session retreat as we create a safe and supportive healing community to do this deeper work that unfolds on the path of awakening. \nUnexamined trauma is at the root of 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. \nYou 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\, open space of inner aliveness. There will be plenty of time for Q&A with Gail. \n\nSession 1: 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.\nSession 2: WeÕll bring skillful means to how we experience conditioned patternsÑin our bodies\, nervous systems\, emotions\, and beliefs.\nSession 3: WeÕll explore devotion\, surrender\, and the practicalities of awakened living.\n\nAnd weÕll discover\, over and over\, the ground of being\, your spacious true home that has never been touched by these experiences. \nStress 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 connection with all of Life. \nGail is offering a free information session on Tuesday\, November 1 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: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvd-CqqjItHtYEl60yYWV22isVjMsv7Ec0Ê) \nIf you have any questions or would like to know more about this course\, please email Gail directly atÊgail@gailbrenner.com. \nÒI 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. \n“YourÊwork is a bridge between practical daily life and Supreme Reality.Ó ~Henrique N. \n“You radiate such warmth\, kindness\, beauty and wisdom. I had been stuck for so long and by listening to your sage advice\, am finally starting to see and feel the light.ÊThank you for being a beacon in tumultuous times. Your light helps us to shine our own.Ó ~Julie Desmarais \nFor more testimonials\, please click here.Êhttps://gailbrenner.com/people-are-saying/ \nGail 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 \nwww.gailbrenner.com \nSliding Scale: $80 to $140 \nSome Partial Scholarships Available \nPlease Register Early if you can. \nREGISTER
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/gail-brenner-ph-d-deep-trauma-healing-tending-the-ground-for-awakened-living-3-part-online-retreat-2/
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SUMMARY:iRest Group ~ Yogic Relaxation Practice
DESCRIPTION:Open Circle is pleased to be offering biweekly facilitated iRest sessions. Developed by meditation master Richard Miller\, iRest is a modernized form of the ancient practice of Yoga Nidra or Òyogic sleepÓ. It is a restorative practice that promotes deep healing\, health\, and well-being.  \nThis 45-60 minute-long group will be gently led by Kate Foley\, an iRest trained facilitator. It will consist of a full 30 minute guided meditation\, along with the opportunity to share and connect with community. The meditation is done lying down\, and is an invitation for your nervous system to truly rest: nothing to do\, nowhere to go\, nothing to be; simply a time gifted to yourself to relax and to be supported.  \nJoin as often as you like\, and keep yourself nourished and balanced during these challenging times. No prior yoga experience necessary. \nSuggested donation: $10 to $20 \nNo one turned away for lack of funds. Please register early if you can. \nREGISTER \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/irest-group-yogic-relaxation-practice-4/
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SUMMARY:iRest Group ~ Yogic Relaxation Practice
DESCRIPTION:Open Circle is pleased to be offering biweekly facilitated iRest sessions. Developed by meditation master Richard Miller\, iRest is a modernized form of the ancient practice of Yoga Nidra or Òyogic sleepÓ. It is a restorative practice that promotes deep healing\, health\, and well-being.  \nThis 45-60 minute-long group will be gently led by Kate Foley\, an iRest trained facilitator. It will consist of a full 30 minute guided meditation\, along with the opportunity to share and connect with community. The meditation is done lying down\, and is an invitation for your nervous system to truly rest: nothing to do\, nowhere to go\, nothing to be; simply a time gifted to yourself to relax and to be supported.  \nJoin as often as you like\, and keep yourself nourished and balanced during these challenging times. No prior yoga experience necessary. \nSuggested donation: $10 to $20 \nNo one turned away for lack of funds. Please register early if you can. \nREGISTER \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/irest-group-yogic-relaxation-practice-3/
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SUMMARY:Ellen Emmet ~ The Shrine of Not Knowing: 2-part Online Mini Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Nov. 25 & 26 \nWe 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 each meeting. \nYou’re welcome to join even if you can’t attend all the live sessions. \nWe gather\, invited to leave our convictions and spiritual beliefs at the door of our shared space. \nTogether we welcome our direct experience and let it gradually reveal its palpable yet un-nameable\, source and reality. \nWe will not engage with the singularity of our psychology and history. However\, in the immediacy of our inquiry\, layers of resistance that keep us trapped in the cage of thinking will surface in the form of raw feelings\, sensations\, and emotions. \nEach one of us is invited to fully allow\, taste and face these landscapes of exile and separation\, which in daily life come in the form of anxiety\, addiction\, hopelessness\, boredom\, emptiness\, resistance and even despair. \nNothing needs to change and the agendas for change are surrendered as they surface. \nIn this sacred process something is touched and shared\, the openness is made palpable\, the One source of all experience begins to flow through\, and we partake in the mystery of our humanity and divinity. \nThere will be guided meditation and conversation. \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: $60 to $90 \nSome Partial Scholarships Available \nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/ellen-emmet-the-shrine-of-not-knowing-2-part-online-mini-retreat/
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SUMMARY:Shakti Caterina Maggi ~ Sacred Heart: Embodying the Non-Dual Understanding
DESCRIPTION:From understanding to being\, the passage of embodying awakening requires a deep integration into our everyday life of what has been revealed in our spiritual journey. Direct perception is the way through which we directly connect to our non-dual nature\, as all illusion of separation is purely conceptual. In this meeting\, Shakti will guide participants to discover their true essence\, the Sacred Heart\, an inner space completely free from fear\, out of which we can transform our life. \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 $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/shakti-caterina-maggi-sacred-heart-embodying-the-non-dual-understanding-2/
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