Learn to be with yourself in a more intimate and supportive way, regardless of what your outer circumstances are.
Being a human being in the world is not so easy these days. People are grappling with the impacts of a global pandemic, increasing political and racial tensions, and fear around what the future holds for our families and our communities.
The state of the world can feel overwhelming at times and our bodies and souls are very sensitive to these energies. In childhood, when our systems became overwhelmed, we learned to turn away, tune out, and distract from these sensations; we learned to say “no” to our experiences in order to protect ourselves.
While these defenses were very normal and valuable then, in adulthood, they limit us. We become shut down to both the challenging feelings and the uplifting ones, limiting our ability to experience the goodness of ourselves and of humanity.
What if we could stay open to the fullness of our experience?
In this two day online workshop, we will learn ways to embrace and disarm the natural defenses and resistances that have served us, and shift from looking outside ourselves for a distraction, to bravely risk coming closer to ourselves and the truth of who we are.
Get a Taste of How to Work with Resistance
In the Diamond Approach, we honor defenses and get curious about them. As we learn how to stay with our experience, resistance softens with understanding, kindness, and allowing, inviting the soul to come forth. In that coming forth, is the richness of who you are, an opening to a deeper truth about yourself. And that deeper truth is what you’re actually longing for.
“When you learn how to enter your experience you discover the deeper truth of your own basic goodness, your own resiliency and that is true liberation.”
“Entering Your Experience” Will Help You...
Learn tools and practices that make it easier for you to really be with yourself so you feel more grounded and resilient in the face of external circumstances
Feel less overwhelmed, more resourced, and better able to trust your own experience
Discover how to use your breath to reawaken the sensitivity of the body
Feel less alone by connecting with a supportive group of spiritual travelers
Here’s Everything You’ll Receive When You Enroll...
Immediate access to a recording of the two-day interactive workshop
Guided meditations and practices
Interactive exercises to take you deeper
A pre-recorded Q&C period where you can learn both from Jessica and other participants
Meet Your Teacher
Jessica Britt
Jessica Britt has been a student of Hameed Ali’s since 1977 and a Diamond Approach teacher since 1985. She is a training director, leading on-going groups in Europe, Canada, and the US. In the ’80s she was on the Gestalt staff of Esalen Institute creating an integration of Reichian and Gestalt work. While at Esalen, she was a student within the Native American Traditions, leading wilderness journeys. In addition, she studied Continuum Movement with Emily Conrad. A nurse in the ’70s, she specialized in the field of childhood sexual & physical abuse. Jessica continues to practice from a view that includes the whole of the miracle of conscious life. Read More Here.
FAQ
What is the Ridhwan School?
“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.
What is the Diamond Approach?
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 inquiry: non-judgment of what we’re experiencing, which brings crisp clarity into one’s own truth.
What’s included in the program?
In this 6-hour recorded workshop, you’ll hear a talk from Jessica, have the opportunity to participate in experiential exercises, and learn from Jessica and other participants during a Q&A period.
Are the sessions live or pre-recorded?
This is a recording of the live event that has already taken place.
Will you be mailing anything to me or is everything digital?
Once payment is received you will receive an email with your login details, then you are officially in! You will receive everything in your email inbox, including instructions on how to access the course. Please check your spam folder to locate the email that says ‘Congratulations on your enrollment in Entering Your Experience.’
Do you offer financial assistance such as scholarships for online courses?
Yes! To apply for financial assistance for any of our courses, click here to complete a scholarship application.
What if I have questions?
We’re here to support you on your journey and help with any questions you may have about enrolling and accessing the course. For support please email daosupport@ridhwan.org. Be sure to add this address to your contact list so we don’t end up in your Junk/Spam/Promotions folder. But please check there just in case!
Is there a refund policy?
Are You Ready to Enter Your Experience?
To make online spiritual support more accessible to our global community, especially during the pandemic, we offer two additional “Pay It Forward” payment options in addition to the regular fee. For those who need help, we offer a reduced tuition option, and for those who are able to help, we offer the chance to add a “Pay It Forward” addition to regular tuition, with those additions going directly toward providing scholarship opportunities for others.
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