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Loving Our Bodies, Loving Ourselves (and btw Who Are We?) – Tuesday Group

Details

Day – Saturday (once during the holidays)
Time – 2:00 pm PT / 5:00 pm ET / 10:00 pm UK / 11:00 pm CET 
Language(s) – English
Location – Online Zoom https://zoom.us/j/824987447
Length – 90 minutes
Payment – FREE

No previous experience with the Living Inquiries necessary.

LOVING OUR BODIES ~ LOVING OURSELVES (and btw Who Are We?)
A Support Group for Women Using Self-Inquiry with Sumitra Judith Burton

Many of us find it difficult to accept and love our bodies and the more subtle parts of ourselves, just as we are. We’ve struggled from early in life with critical judgments of our bodies, minds and abilities. We are skillful at caring for others, and yet often can’t find compassion and peace for ourselves. And some of us have spent so much time caring for others that we’re hardly in touch with who we really are.

How, in this moment NOW, can we find acceptance and even love for ourselves — embracing our bodies and everything else about us, exactly as we are? Can we truly meet and release old patterns of shame, anxiety, depression and other stuck beliefs that often stem from earlier trauma?

Join me in an exploration of this theme, using the Living Inquiries NOW Practice, the Simple Inquiry, and other tools to help us unwind the tangled beliefs we’ve acquired throughout our lives, and which are no longer serving us.

Each week we will share how self-inquiry is affecting our lives, we’ll take time to “rest” together, to practice Inquiry with various tools, and to share our current personal experiences. In this way we can become proficient at Self-Inquiry and gradually unravel our old, stuck beliefs about the different aspects of ourselves, relaxing into a more natural state of self-acceptance and compassion. As well, the community spirit that arises from such sharing can be very supportive in our healing journey.

Cost: FREE! Please join us; newbies welcome each week!

Zoom Link for each meeting:   https://zoom.us/j/824987447 (see instructions below if you have not previously used Zoom)

Offered by: Sumitra Judith Burton* (Certified Facilitator of the Living Inquiries). (*I am called by both names: Sumitra, my Sanskrit name, pronounced Su-mee’-tra – and also Judith).

Please email me with any questions: [email protected]. I am happy to offer a free online chat, if you have other questions. You are also welcome to visit my website: www.awakeningfreedom.org.

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Events are shown in Pacific Time (PT). Check the details for other time zones such as Eastern Time (ET), GMT (UK time) , Central European Time (CET) or go to http://www.worldtimebuddy.com/ or https://www.timeanddate.com/ to check out the equivalent time for your own location.

Zoom is an online video conferencing platform like Skype. To join the meeting click the link supplied by your host. You can also download the free Zoom app here https://zoom.us/download. It’s a good idea to test the Zoom link on your device by clicking through it sometime before you attend your first Zoom meeting. (If another meeting is in progress that Zoom “room” will be locked.)
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Loving Our Bodies, Loving Ourselves (and btw Who Are We?) – Tuesday Group

Details

Day – Tuesdays ongoing
Time – 2:00 pm PT / 5:00 pm ET / 10:00 pm UK / 11:00 pm CET 
Language(s) – English
Location – Online Zoom https://zoom.us/j/824987447
Length – 90 minutes
Payment – Sliding scale donation $5-15 (no one turned away for lack of funds). PayPal, use my email address: [email protected]. Using the “friends and family” option needs no fees.

No previous experience with the Living Inquiries necessary.

LOVING OUR BODIES ~ LOVING OURSELVES (and btw Who Are We?)
A Support Group for Women Using Self-Inquiry with Sumitra Judith Burton

Many of us find it difficult to accept and love our bodies and the more subtle parts of ourselves, just as we are. We’ve struggled from early in life with critical judgments of our bodies, minds and abilities. We are skillful at caring for others, and yet often can’t find compassion and peace for ourselves. And some of us have spent so much time caring for others that we’re hardly in touch with who we really are.

How, in this moment NOW, can we find acceptance and even love for ourselves — embracing our bodies and everything else about us, exactly as we are? Can we truly meet and release old patterns of shame, anxiety, depression and other stuck beliefs that often stem from earlier trauma?

Join me in an exploration of this theme, using the Living Inquiries NOW Practice, the Simple Inquiry, and other tools to help us unwind the tangled beliefs we’ve acquired throughout our lives, and which are no longer serving us.

Each week we will share how self-inquiry is affecting our lives, we’ll take time to “rest” together, to practice Inquiry with various tools, and to share our current personal experiences. In this way we can become proficient at Self-Inquiry and gradually unravel our old, stuck beliefs about the different aspects of ourselves, relaxing into a more natural state of self-acceptance and compassion. As well, the community spirit that arises from such sharing can be very supportive in our healing journey.

Cost: FREE! Please join us; newbies welcome each week!

Zoom Link for each meeting:   https://zoom.us/j/824987447 (see instructions below if you have not previously used Zoom)

Offered by: Sumitra Judith Burton* (Certified Facilitator of the Living Inquiries). (*I am called by both names: Sumitra, my Sanskrit name, pronounced Su-mee’-tra – and also Judith).

Please email me with any questions: [email protected]. I am happy to offer a free online chat, if you have other questions. You are also welcome to visit my website: www.awakeningfreedom.org.

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Events are shown in Pacific Time (PT). Check the details for other time zones such as Eastern Time (ET), GMT (UK time) , Central European Time (CET) or go to http://www.worldtimebuddy.com/ or https://www.timeanddate.com/ to check out the equivalent time for your own location.

Zoom is an online video conferencing platform like Skype. To join the meeting click the link supplied by your host. You can also download the free Zoom app here https://zoom.us/download. It’s a good idea to test the Zoom link on your device by clicking through it sometime before you attend your first Zoom meeting. (If another meeting is in progress that Zoom “room” will be locked.)
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Loving Our Bodies, Loving Ourselves (and btw Who Are We?) – Tuesday Group

Details

Day – Tuesdays ongoing
Time – 2:00 pm PT / 5:00 pm ET / 10:00 pm UK / 11:00 pm CET 
Language(s) – English
Location – Online Zoom https://zoom.us/j/824987447
Length – 90 minutes
Payment – Sliding scale donation $5-15 (no one turned away for lack of funds). PayPal, use my email address: [email protected]. Using the “friends and family” option needs no fees.

No previous experience with the Living Inquiries necessary.

LOVING OUR BODIES ~ LOVING OURSELVES (and btw Who Are We?)
A Support Group for Women Using Self-Inquiry with Sumitra Judith Burton

Many of us find it difficult to accept and love our bodies and the more subtle parts of ourselves, just as we are. We’ve struggled from early in life with critical judgments of our bodies, minds and abilities. We are skillful at caring for others, and yet often can’t find compassion and peace for ourselves. And some of us have spent so much time caring for others that we’re hardly in touch with who we really are.

How, in this moment NOW, can we find acceptance and even love for ourselves — embracing our bodies and everything else about us, exactly as we are? Can we truly meet and release old patterns of shame, anxiety, depression and other stuck beliefs that often stem from earlier trauma?

Join me in an exploration of this theme, using the Living Inquiries NOW Practice, the Simple Inquiry, and other tools to help us unwind the tangled beliefs we’ve acquired throughout our lives, and which are no longer serving us.

Each week we will share how self-inquiry is affecting our lives, we’ll take time to “rest” together, to practice Inquiry with various tools, and to share our current personal experiences. In this way we can become proficient at Self-Inquiry and gradually unravel our old, stuck beliefs about the different aspects of ourselves, relaxing into a more natural state of self-acceptance and compassion. As well, the community spirit that arises from such sharing can be very supportive in our healing journey.

Cost: FREE! Please join us; newbies welcome each week!

Zoom Link for each meeting:   https://zoom.us/j/824987447 (see instructions below if you have not previously used Zoom)

Offered by: Sumitra Judith Burton* (Certified Facilitator of the Living Inquiries). (*I am called by both names: Sumitra, my Sanskrit name, pronounced Su-mee’-tra – and also Judith).

Please email me with any questions: [email protected]. I am happy to offer a free online chat, if you have other questions. You are also welcome to visit my website: www.awakeningfreedom.org.

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Events are shown in Pacific Time (PT). Check the details for other time zones such as Eastern Time (ET), GMT (UK time) , Central European Time (CET) or go to http://www.worldtimebuddy.com/ or https://www.timeanddate.com/ to check out the equivalent time for your own location.

Zoom is an online video conferencing platform like Skype. To join the meeting click the link supplied by your host. You can also download the free Zoom app here https://zoom.us/download. It’s a good idea to test the Zoom link on your device by clicking through it sometime before you attend your first Zoom meeting. (If another meeting is in progress that Zoom “room” will be locked.)
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May Embodied Gathering: Being in the World, Being of Love

Details

Date – Sunday May 26th
Time – 2pm PT / 5pm ET / 10pm UK / 11pm CET
Language(s) – English
Location – Online Zoom
Length – 60-75 min
Payment – Sliding scale, what you can afford: $10- $25 per gathering. To sign up please send PayPal payment to [email protected], subject line “Gathering” along with your email address so I can send you a link. No one turned away due to insufficient funds.
Group Size – Minimum required 4. Maximum is 15 people.
Contact – Lisa Meuser: [email protected] 
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It is only a safe human being who can humbly know their true nature. In this way, we can be in the world, whilst being of Love.

Belonging, community, connection and a healthy nervous system are crucial for our well-being. We gather to become more intimate with, and more available for our life.  For those who would like support in their journey, this is an affordable option.

These gatherings are sacred spaces where everyone is welcome. People going through their Dark Night of the Soul experiences, survivors of abuse, people who have had awakenings and want community, people struggling in their life in various ways, and/or people simply wanting connection along their journey are likely to find home in these gatherings. 

Gatherings focus on practical and experiential exercises specifically designed for the development of self-awareness, self-love, safety and a healthy nervous system. Each gathering is organically shaped around attendees’ needs and wants. Each gathering includes a guided rest, time for questions and sharing, ways to heal the nervous system, and ways to engage in self-inquiry. Participation is always optional.

In this group we honor our experiences and we learn that we don’t have to pretend, or hide, or run. We gather together in a welcoming space where we are allowed to be exactly who we are, exactly as we are, and through slow, simple experiential practices we realize that profound safety can be found right here and now.

Safety is important. Our bodies, our spirits, and our psyches function with more well-being when safety is known from within.

We live in a culture that often disempowers and creates stress, a culture that conditions us to find our well-being in people, places, and superficial activities and things – without teaching us sustainable, empowering safety from the inside out. As such, we often don’t know how to cope with existing in an overwhelming world, or how to recover from traumatic experiences. Many of us have developed post-traumatic stress as a result, and have forgotten that safety is possible.

We can learn. By providing a safe environment for this deliberate purpose, we can slowly and gently learn what it’s like to feel safe.

We come together to find safety in our experiences and discover that we are safe – even when we have trauma or loud core stories and emotions.

All are welcome here regardless of political affiliation, sexual orientation, race, gender or background. You are important, and appreciated, whoever you are.

Upcoming date:

To Be Announced

You can come to one, or both!  We will meet for 60-75 minutes on Zoom. Each call will be recorded, and yours to keep. Please contact me with questions, concerns or future dates: [email protected]

Investment: Sliding scale, what you can afford – $10-25 per gathering. To sign up please send a PayPal payment to [email protected], subject line “Gathering” along with your email address so I can send you a link. No one turned away due to insufficient funds. Minimum participants required: 4, Maximum: 15.

From past participants:

“Lisa is like a cocoon for expansion and love.  I really love working with her.  She walks her talk and creates a space for acceptance and non-judgment and I’m better able to accept and not judge myself and others.  My heart has opened in my work with her.  So grateful.”  

“It is quite breathtaking to experience you working with a group; watching and listening to your communion with who-they-really-are. You have a gift, Lisa.”

“You represent what Adyashanti talks about:  “A safe place for the world to come and rest.” You are that safe, benign presence in the world.”

“I have listened to the recording many times since our gathering. It continues to support me.”

 

Free with Deepening Courses. Email me for details.

About me.

To read more about embodiment check out my blog.

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Events are shown in Pacific Time (PT). Check the details for other time zones such as Eastern Time (ET), GMT (UK time) , Central European Time (CET) or go to http://www.worldtimebuddy.com/ or https://www.timeanddate.com/ to check out the equivalent time for your own location.

Zoom is an online video conferencing platform like Skype. To join the meeting click the link supplied by your host. You can also download the free Zoom app here https://zoom.us/download. It’s a good idea to test the Zoom link on your device by clicking through it sometime before you attend your first Zoom meeting. (If another meeting is in progress that Zoom “room” will be locked.)

Awakening And Embodiment – A Five Day Retreat with Scott Kiloby at the Kiloby Center

Details

Date – Monday June 17th – Friday June 21st, 2019
Time – 9am – 4pm PDT
Language(s) – English
Location – Kiloby Center, Rancho Mirage, California, US
Length – 5 days
Payment – $1500 (Fee is refundable until June 3rd, minus credit card processing fees. After June 3rd, fee is non-refundable). Meals and lodging are not covered (check with us for help finding accommodations).
Group Size – Minimum number of participants required. If retreat is cancelled, full refunds will be issued.
Contact – For more information, email Jessica Pounds at [email protected] and put “retreat” in the subject line.

 

Join Scott Kiloby and Julianne Eanniello (Clinical Director of the Center) for a five day retreat on Awakening and Embodiment at the Kiloby Center for Recovery. This retreat promises to be one of a kind, as Scott and his team of facilitators will be offering individual sessions during the retreat, in addition to the effective group work that Scott is known for.  During this retreat, we will focus on stabilizing in present moment awareness (awakening) and then bringing that awareness down into the body to heal the trauma and other somatic issues that keep you oscillating between states of peace/freedom and suffering.

The Kiloby Center has developed an approach to healing that leads individuals step-by-step toward the ancient process of awakening, while incorporating evidence-based mindfulness tools to help us question the ego’s stickiest stories. This approach also guides us through a set of questions that truly unearth, honor, and dissolve the emotions that keep us seeking and suffering. During this retreat, you will learn all of those tools designed to help support in individual journey toward true freedom. You’ll also have plenty of time to talk to Scott and ask him questions.

Joining Scott on this retreat is Julianne Eanniello, co-owner of the Kiloby Center. Julianne was the lead trainer for Scott’s Living Inquiries Facilitator Training Program for 10 years.  Julianne has an amazing wealth of experience and wisdom in this work.  Several other certified facilitators of Scott’s work will be on hand to provide individual sessions.

The retreat will be held at the Kiloby Center located in Rancho Mirage, California, minutes away from Palm Springs.