Join this group to participate in the brilliant work of John Vervaeke, professor of cognitive science and Buddhist psychology at the University of Toronto, who offers a deep context to what we might experience as a meaning crisis, the endless difficulty of sense-making--or what Ken Wilber called, “a world gone slightly mad” in his book The Eye of Spirit. According ...
What if we can find freedom from health conditions, chronic aches and pains, lose excess weight and let go of unwanted food habits by reconnecting with our true nature? What if there is a way to evolve back to our original, authentic relationship with food through the very difficulties that our current food habits are presenting us today? What if, ...
Each of us is called to lead. We hear this calling every day. We notice things about the world that we sense are not right, but we lack the influence to affect them. We notice the whispers in our mind and heart that tell us we have more to offer. Sadly, most of us refuse the Leader’s Call. We tell ...
Enter the forgiveness field: a collective space where we can bring our grudges, gripes, grievances and resentments into the open air, and let them go, using the seven-step Forgiveness Made Easy process. Join Barbara for a guided visualisation process to release your resentments in the "privacy" of your own space, whilst also being part of the collective "forgiveness field". We ...
Each time we meet, we will explore an aspect of Integral Recovery. I am the author of an award-winning book called Integral Recovery: A Revolutionary Approach to the Treatment of Alcoholism and Addiction, and most of the time we will follow the text of the book -- but not necessarily. Every time we meet we will also meditate together using ...
During this session, we’ll engage in exercises around the theme of making concessions. Together with your fellow participants, you’ll be invited to reflect on your personal experiences with making concessions. Please note that this group is dedicated to practices for Enneagram Ones and will not discuss all Types. In order to learn more about the full Enneagram, please check out ...
What if the simplest way to change the world is to just show up differently? Michael Neill’s The Inside-Out Revolution is an introduction to the Three Principles model of spiritual psychology, in which your ILE leader, Paula Staffeldt, has received training. It’s a “new understanding of how life works that turns traditional psychology on its head. …is built around three ...
Have you ever noticed just how many voices there are inside your head? Some of them may sound like your parents, some may sound like you and some definitely sound like the inner critic. These are all parts of us (or subpersonalities) vying for our attention. You may try to ignore them as much as possible, but what happens if ...
Dealing with conflict is a natural part of our collective life. Without some training and practice, conflicts can lead to hurt feelings, misunderstandings, lost friendships and worse. The important thing is to practice staying conscious. By remaining awake, you can move from “reactive” to “creative.” In this session we will discover and practice clear steps to diffuse conflict and at ...
Integration and Digging into Defining Purpose Work “Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.” - Victor Frankl What is the purpose of all this? Why I am here? What am I called to in this life? To the extent we don’t know these questions, we miss the very essence and ...
With Centering Prayer as our model we will share a bit of guidance exploring and clarifying our intention, joined with a bit of practice and reflection that leads to deeper intimacy with God, Universe, Spirit… gaining through letting go. Expect to come away from this practice feeling a sense of calm, clarity, creativity and heightened intuition. Practice Testimonials "As always ...
To meditate our way out of confusion we need not necessarily sit a cushion. One wonderful method is to migrate mindfully through myriad sensations, with deliberate intention. Looking closely as we search through the world, we find every situation unique. Still though, people, places, personalities echo and rhyme. Within experience’s fluid progression, patterns appear. Naturally in our imagination, we conceive ...
There are several triads imbedded in the Enneagram. The triads are important for transformational work as they specify where our chief imbalance lies. The triads represent three main clusters of issues & defenses of the ego-self, and they reveal the principal ways in which we contact our awareness & limit ourselves. In this session we will explore the most basic ...
Join Lee Mason to learn how to skilfully manage the existential challenges of navigating a rapidly changing polarized world. Practice Testimonials "Lee is so organized; thorough, succinct, and thoughtful. He helps me ground and be present. When I heard 'so many steps to follow' he immediately buffeted with a split-screen option to refer to in the breakout. I can model ...
In this practice, through body and voice we curiously explore both sides of emotional and feeling polarities such as engagement and indifference, kindness and irritation, confidence and insecurity, etc. This is fun and illuminating and develops emotional flexibility by training in fully inhabiting and then letting go of each quality for the other side, alternating between the two. Each practice ...
Social Meditation is inherently an integral practice, embracing both the inner and outer of our experience, and explicitly practicing together as individuals and as a we. In Social Meditation we use a variety of peer-to-peer protocols and instruction sets to practice in any or all of the 4 Ups: Waking Up, Cleaning Up, Growing Up, Showing Up. Social Meditation was ...
