Our bodies are under tremendous stress these days in a world that is experiencing tremendous challenges. Our capacity to bring the truth of our realization and the truth of spiritual reality into the way we live our lives, is needed now more than ever.
Building on the first three teachings in the Spiritual Wisdom of the Body series, Living Presence will help us understand that as we live more into our bodies and heal the inner separation of body and soul by releasing old tension patterns and ego identities, the spiritual qualities of our being are more able to be expressed through our bodies in our daily lives.
From the way that our heart communicates through the look in our eyes, to the way compassion moves us to act, to how we can bring peace into a particular situation simply by what we radiate. The more our inner presence permeates our flesh, the more the myriad blessings of our beingness–peace, wisdom, care, safety, truth–can be expressed in very real, concrete ways, body to body, in a physical world that is in deep need of it.
“Our bodies are not a superficial aspect of our being; our bodies are a deep entrance into our being."
-Linda Krier, Diamond Approach Teacher
Learn how our histories may have led us to suppress the full expression of our life force and how our bodies can be liberated from the burden of carrying our past
Feel how entering our body with kindness, valuing, and curiosity changes the expression of our body from a thing or an object to a living, precious, and wise expression of our soul
Discover how respecting our bodies as expressions of spirit can be a bridge that connects our inner life with our ordinary, day-to-day life
Realize that when we define people according to their bodies, we lose sight of the preciousness of the body as spiritual expression
See that our body doesn’t need to be in any certain condition or look any particular way to have spiritual value; that it is always a portal to deeper being and realization, no matter its state
A recording of the online workshop including teachings, guided meditations, and interactive exercises
Recorded Q&C sessions where you will learn from the teachers and others in the program
Linda Krier has followed her passion for understanding the body as a form of spiritual consciousness as a teacher of the Diamond Approach since 1983, and as an Aston-Patterning bodywork practitioner since 1976. She created the Diamond Body Practice, a movement practice that arises from the logos of the Diamond Approach and supports students in engaging the sacred wisdom of their body. As a Diamond Approach teacher Linda works with individuals and groups in the US and internationally, and is on the training staff of the Ridhwan Foundation. She is a former faculty member of the Aston Training Center and adjunct faculty of Somatic Psychology at Naropa University.
This course is the fourth part of the 5-part online teaching series Spiritual Wisdom of the Body. Each course in this series may be purchased individually, or you can register for the full series for a combined discount.
“Ridhwan” is a Sufi word. It means “satisfied and satisfying.” Our school, home to more than 4,000 students across the globe, has the potential to both help you to be fulfilled and to help others be fulfilled. Students learn to ground, sensitize, recognize, and trust the inherent guidance of Being.
The Diamond Approach is the core teaching of the Ridhwan School, a spiritual path that approaches our ordinary experiences, emotions, and sensations in a friendly way of understanding. This radical acceptance of our situation allows something to come through that puts us in touch with our spirituality.
In the Diamond Approach, everything we experience is utilized as a doorway to our spiritual nature. Rather than negating or seeking to transcend parts of our humanness that are considered barriers to realization, we learn to approach each aspect of our physical, emotional, and mental experience with acceptance and open curiosity to discover its truth. We do meditation and other exercises, but the main method is Diamond Inquiry™: non-judgment of what we’re experiencing, which brings crisp clarity into one’s own truth.
A recording of the online workshop where you’ll hear talks from Linda Krier, participate in guided meditations and experiential exercises, and learn from other participants in the Q&C sessions.
This is a recording of an online workshop.
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