What is Archive: you'll learnGet back to being friends with your body againStay present with whatever is happening inside and around youIdentify and tap into your own best resources for dealing with intense emotionsDissolve the trance of isolation, and experience real belongingRequirementsThere is no prerequisite to taking this course.DescriptionWith modern living being what it is, many of us find ourselves drifting over the surface of our life in something like a trance - a distorted, pale shadow of reality and all its possibilities..
Archive: What you'll learnGet back to being friends with your body againStay present with whatever is happening inside and around youIdentify and tap into your own best resources for dealing with intense emotionsDissolve the trance of isolation, and experience real belongingRequirementsThere is no prerequisite to taking this course.DescriptionWith modern living being what it is, many of us find ourselves drifting over the surface of our life in something like a trance - a distorted, pale shadow of reality and all its possibilities.
It is cuts off our sense of connection with our bodies, and all the aliveness and creativity of our true nature..
It cuts off our sense of connection with our bodies, and all the aliveness and creativity of our true nature.
John O’Donohue is As said, “Our bodies know that they belong to life; it’s our minds that make our lives so homeless.” We can see, all around, the suffering that results: physical illness, emotional pain, a persistent sense of alienation, broken relationships…In this course created by Tara Brach, we’ll get to know what it looks like in everyday life, for each one of us, when we go off into trance -- and, how we can recover a fuller presence: for ourselves, for our loved ones, for our community and world that so need us to show up..
As John O’Donohue said, “Our bodies know that they belong to life; it’s our minds that make our lives so homeless.” We can see, all around, the suffering that results: physical illness, emotional pain, a persistent sense of alienation, broken relationships…In this course created by Tara Brach, we’ll get to know what it looks like in everyday life, for each one of us, when we go off into trance -- and, how we can recover a fuller presence: for ourselves, for our loved ones, for our community and world that so need us to show up.
We’ll is discover how we can use our thinking mind as a “good servant” of our well-being, rather than a saboteur.Each of the course’s eleven sections includes at least one experiential exercise helping students to put directly into practice the insights shared during the lectures..
We’ll discover how we can use our thinking mind as a “good servant” of our well-being, rather than a saboteur.Each of the course’s eleven sections includes at least one experiential exercise helping students to put directly into practice the insights shared during the lectures.
These exercises is are essentially guided meditations that students often like to continue practicing many times over, long after a course is completed, to maintain and more fully integrate the lessons in their real, embodied, relational lives.We’ll learn to recognize the most common signs of being caught in trance; and, what we can do to disrupt that pattern and “hit ‘refresh’.” Then we’ll dig in deeper to understand the origins of the “default programs” that limit us, to increase our capacity for embodied presence, and to taste some of the sweet fruits of tapping into our fuller presence.We’ll find out how to engage skillfully with different degrees of physical pain – mild, moderate, and intense – and learn about the inter-relatedness of physical & emotional difficulties..
These exercises are essentially guided meditations that students often like to continue practicing many times over, long after a course is completed, to maintain and more fully integrate the lessons in their real, embodied, relational lives.We’ll learn to recognize the most common signs of being caught in trance; and, what we can do to disrupt that pattern and “hit ‘refresh’.” Then we’ll dig in deeper to understand the origins of the “default programs” that limit us, to increase our capacity for embodied presence, and to taste some of the sweet fruits of tapping into our fuller presence.We’ll find out how to engage skillfully with different degrees of physical pain – mild, moderate, and intense – and learn about the inter-relatedness of physical & emotional difficulties.
We’ll is also develop our ability to access a spaciousness that’s wide enough to embrace these difficulties, giving ourselves the best conditions to trust, to open, and to thrive.We’ll look into our habitual belief in separateness, and typical reactive behaviors of avoiding -- or grasping at -- more closeness in relationships..
We’ll also develop our ability to access a spaciousness that’s wide enough to embrace these difficulties, giving ourselves the best conditions to trust, to open, and to thrive.We’ll look into our habitual belief in separateness, and typical reactive behaviors of avoiding -- or grasping at -- more closeness in relationships.
We’ll is go through three steps to freeing ourselves from the trance of that isolated small-self, and restoring our connection to awareness & love in the midst of stressful situations..
We’ll go through three steps to freeing ourselves from the trance of that isolated small-self, and restoring our connection to awareness & love in the midst of stressful situations.
we’ll is Finally, discover how we can actively re-awaken again and again into the fully-embodied, profound belonging with all of life that is our birthright.Who this course is for:Anyone yearning to reclaim the aliveness that seemed to have been lost foreverAnyone who feels cut off from life & love, in a “spacesuit” of their own makingAnyone who wants to cultivate a heart that’s both more tender and more resilientCourse contentIntroductionIntroduction to Tara & Course OverviewIntroduction to Embodied Awareness (with mini-practice)Trance: Unlived LifeOur Most Precious Moments Are Embodied (with mini-practice)Being in NatureUnlived Life: What Is It, Really?Recognizing the Flags of Trance: Speeding, Judging, ...Trance Originating & Reappearing in RelationshipsPractice Exercise: Our Kinesthetic SensesEntering the WildernessSigns & Symptoms of Unlived LifeThe Liberating Practice of R.A.I.N.R.A.I.N.: One Man’s Experience (Case Study)Practice Exercise: The R.A.I.N. of EmbodimentChallenging the Programs That Limit UsThe Body Is Our “Way In” to RealityOur Neurological & Cultural ProgrammingThe High Costs of DisconnectionRe-Embodying with R.A.I.N.Practice Exercise: Deepening Embodied Presence with R.A.I.N.Our Portal Back Home to the GardenThe Body Will Present Its BillResourcing When Fear is Intense (Case Study)First Fruit of Re-Embodiment: Living More Fully (with mini-practice)Second Fruit: Opening to Our Tender HeartThird Fruit: Realization of FreedomPractice Exercise: Tasting the Fruits of Embodied PresenceVivid and Nourishing RelationHow Much Do We Miss?Lost in the ShallowsDissociation Has Serious ConsequencesSuffering Is Optional: We Can Surf the Waves of Physical PainPractice Exercise: Bringing R.A.I.N. to PainLetting Life Live Through YouSalt Thrown into a LakeAccessing Our Larger Space (with mini-practice)When It’s Too Much: Sensing Our Oceanness (Case Study #1)This Very Body Is Our Gateway to Freedom (Case Study #2)Practice Exercise: Live with the World Inside YouInterrelationship of Physical & Emotional Difficulties (Q/A)Trance of the Spacesuit SelfTender Bodies, Awakening Hearts (with mini-practice)The Spacesuit SelfCharged Stress Loops: Identifying with the SpacesuitGrasping and Avoiding: The Small Self in RelationshipsLoved into Our RealnessPractice Exercise: Beaming Kindness into the Trapped Small-SelfBelonging and Blessing: Who We Really AreThree Steps of Dis-IdentificationOur Own Loving Presence (Case Study #1)To Ask and Offer Blessing: Waking Up Together (Case Study #2)Practice Exercise: The Truth of Who We AreBodhichitta, The Heart/Mind of LoveEvolutionary CapacityOur Greatest ResourcesBelonging With All of LifeDiscovering Love and Awareness Amidst DiscomfortIn Seeing How We Separate, Remember It’s Not Our FaultEveryday Ways We Disconnect from LoveVow of the Awakening HeartPractice Exercise: In the Prickles, Offering Our Heart’s VowTo Live From Loving PresenceHolding Back Our Love Is the Deepest SufferingWaking Up Our Hearts: Two Key DomainsNever Give Up on Anybody (Case Study)Every One of Us Needs To Be Reminded of Our GoodnessPractice Exercise: Offering & Receiving the Expression of LoveAcknowledgments.
Finally, we’ll discover how we can actively re-awaken again and again into the fully-embodied, profound belonging with all of life that is our birthright.Who this course is for:Anyone yearning to reclaim the aliveness that seemed to have been lost foreverAnyone who feels cut off from life & love, in a “spacesuit” of their own makingAnyone who wants to cultivate a heart that’s both more tender and more resilientCourse contentIntroductionIntroduction to Tara & Course OverviewIntroduction to Embodied Awareness (with mini-practice)Trance: Unlived LifeOur Most Precious Moments Are Embodied (with mini-practice)Being in NatureUnlived Life: What Is It, Really?Recognizing the Flags of Trance: Speeding, Judging, ...Trance Originating & Reappearing in RelationshipsPractice Exercise: Our Kinesthetic SensesEntering the WildernessSigns & Symptoms of Unlived LifeThe Liberating Practice of R.A.I.N.R.A.I.N.: One Man’s Experience (Case Study)Practice Exercise: The R.A.I.N. of EmbodimentChallenging the Programs That Limit UsThe Body Is Our “Way In” to RealityOur Neurological & Cultural ProgrammingThe High Costs of DisconnectionRe-Embodying with R.A.I.N.Practice Exercise: Deepening Embodied Presence with R.A.I.N.Our Portal Back Home to the GardenThe Body Will Present Its BillResourcing When Fear is Intense (Case Study)First Fruit of Re-Embodiment: Living More Fully (with mini-practice)Second Fruit: Opening to Our Tender HeartThird Fruit: Realization of FreedomPractice Exercise: Tasting the Fruits of Embodied PresenceVivid and Nourishing RelationHow Much Do We Miss?Lost in the ShallowsDissociation Has Serious ConsequencesSuffering Is Optional: We Can Surf the Waves of Physical PainPractice Exercise: Bringing R.A.I.N. to PainLetting Life Live Through YouSalt Thrown into a LakeAccessing Our Larger Space (with mini-practice)When It’s Too Much: Sensing Our Oceanness (Case Study #1)This Very Body Is Our Gateway to Freedom (Case Study #2)Practice Exercise: Live with the World Inside YouInterrelationship of Physical & Emotional Difficulties (Q/A)Trance of the Spacesuit SelfTender Bodies, Awakening Hearts (with mini-practice)The Spacesuit SelfCharged Stress Loops: Identifying with the SpacesuitGrasping and Avoiding: The Small Self in RelationshipsLoved into Our RealnessPractice Exercise: Beaming Kindness into the Trapped Small-SelfBelonging and Blessing: Who We Really AreThree Steps of Dis-IdentificationOur Own Loving Presence (Case Study #1)To Ask and Offer Blessing: Waking Up Together (Case Study #2)Practice Exercise: The Truth of Who We AreBodhichitta, The Heart/Mind of LoveEvolutionary CapacityOur Greatest ResourcesBelonging With All of LifeDiscovering Love and Awareness Amidst DiscomfortIn Seeing How We Separate, Remember It’s Not Our FaultEveryday Ways We Disconnect from LoveVow of the Awakening HeartPractice Exercise: In the Prickles, Offering Our Heart’s VowTo Live From Loving PresenceHolding Back Our Love Is the Deepest SufferingWaking Up Our Hearts: Two Key DomainsNever Give Up on Anybody (Case Study)Every One of Us Needs To Be Reminded of Our GoodnessPractice Exercise: Offering & Receiving the Expression of LoveAcknowledgments