Yuval Noah Harari has said that in the 21st century the challenge for the individual is to simply know yourself. Harari implies that in a an age where algorithms are increasingly more aware of our intentions and motivations it would be wise to look at our own biological algorithms and work on ways of making them better In short the 21st century demands that we cultivate our own wisdom, it...
Read MoreConnecting to the Pulse of Freedom: The Work-ins of metaReality and Integral Life Practice, creating a metaPractice of Transformation and Emancipation. “Now how do we achieve this in the world of duality? And particularly, how do we achieve it for collective action? We can become one within ourselves by getting rid of the heteronomies within our embodied personality and the ego that separates...
Read MoreWith the response to the terrorist attack in Manchester and London I was struck with the extreme use of the word Love, When confronted with a moment of pure hatred, we need to become more extreme in how we allow the flourishing of Love. Not only as a way of reminding each other, that humanity has a place in Nature to extend the power of Spirit to be realised. Moreover, in so doing we draw each...
Read MoreFor 10 years I have, as a dramatherapist, run workshops and retreats that one could call spiritual, or transpersonal. The aim of my work is to assist the experience of non-duality. However, my greatest frustration was when the west took the eastern spiritual tradition concept of non-duality and spoke of it as being an awakening experience or an experience of enlightenment that you either...
Read MoreAn Investigation into Telephone Therapeutic Support For Growth and Change. In this post, I intend to explore how effective Telephone/Skype is as a medium to support personal growth and change. As a Health and Care Professions Council Registered Dramatherapist, and an Advanced Certified Integral Professional, I have always felt the importance of face-to-face embodied therapeutic work. Of the 80+...
Read MoreFrom Carl Jung to Debbie Ford to Ken Wilber, at the leading edge of our development we are all talking about it – The Shadow, what it is, how we meet it and what are the benefits of working with it. Within this article, I would like to offer you a view of The Shadow that will help and support as you enter the shadow lands. A Psychological Model of The Shadow Dr Frank Lake observed, at birth...
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