Finding Peace Within
Our INVITATION to You
Are you searching for inner peace?
Is it missing in your life? Or do you want or need more of it?
We are inviting you to TAKE A PAUSE, and get off the hamster wheel.
There is more to life than always DOING.
We are inviting you to JUST BE
It is in this BEING that we will come to a state of inner peace.
This course will help you to take a moment in order to respond, rather than react.
It is in this space/this moment, that inner peace resides.
OBJECTIVE OF THIS COURSE:
To discover and cultivate inner peace.
HOW WE DO IT?
Through experiential teachingsLink ‘for more information’ takes you to this page:
Course: Finding Peace Within
We are inviting you to cultivate and enhance your core state of inner peace.
We will provide you with an experiential roadmap.
At your pace, on your terms.
Who would benefit from taking this course?
· Anyone on the hamster wheel who wants to get off and discover a more satisfying state of being.
· Anyone who feels like they are constantly putting out fires, writing to-do lists and beating themselves up for not having ‘arrived yet’.
· Anyone who finds themselves in ceaseless mind chatter in judgement and criticism of self and others.
· Anyone who is trying to figure things out and feels caught in a never-ending loop
with no resolution.
· Anyone experiencing states of fear and worry.
· Anyone who has experienced occasional inner peace and wishes to develop it further.
What to expect
· A safe space to explore inner peace
Tools & Strategies that will be shared:
· Experiential story telling (Fairy tales):
To enhance awareness of your thoughts, patterns and beliefs that limit access to inner peace.
· Guided meditations:
To build / strengthen awareness.
-Body focusing practice
To connect with your body’s ‘felt sense’ the place where your emotions live.
-Heart centering
To guide you into your heart, the place where inner peace resides.
· Vagus Nerve Toning
To connect with your safe space.
To maintain optimal balance.
· Homework
To reinforce inner focus to bring us home to ourselves through:
- Journaling
- Meditation & Vagus toning
At the end of this course, you will have :
· Tools & practices that help you to explore & develop your ongoing relationship with inner peace
Join us as we nurture and strengthen the relationship with our heart.
FINDING INNER PEACE
Series One:
Self Discovery Through Fairy Tales.
October 4/11/18 2023
What’s Your Fairytale ?
This 3-part course is about inviting the unconscious parts of ourselves into our conscious awareness and connecting with the heart to develop inner peace.
Create a safe space to come home to.
Identify core patterns, thoughts and beliefs.
Body talk, Exploring the felt sense.
Heart Centring Technique to expand your peace.
For more information (LINK)
Disclaimer: These courses are not a substitute for psychological / psychiatric or medical attention.
Series Two:
Learning to Love Ourselves & Befriending our Shadow.
December 6/13/20 2023
“ …is the greatest Gift of All” -Whitney Houston
This 3-part course is about inviting all of our parts to be heard, to be seen, to be accepted and to be loved.
Identify core patterns, thoughts and beliefs.
Create a safe space.
Become aware of our felt sense.
For more information (LINK)
Series Three:
Creativity, the gifts of inner peace
January 10/17/24 2024
“You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level”- Eckhart Tolle
In this last part of the 3 part series we celebrate our creativity and authenticity more fully. It’s where the treasure and the gifts reside. Because what’s a road map for but to find the treasure.
Tools to experience our inner treasures:
Painting: To express your creativity.
Dancing: To move and flow , to your heart’s content.
Singing / Chanting :To discover your inner melody.
For more information(LINK)
Who would benefit from taking this course?
Anyone who is struggling with loss, grief, or issues of attachment/detachment
Anyone who is challenged with self-sabotage, self-loathing or feelings of depression.
Anyone experiencing states of fear, doubt or worry.
Anyone on the hamster wheel who wants to get off and discover a more satisfying state of being.
Anyone who feels like they are constantly putting out fires, writing to-do lists and beating themselves up for not having ‘arrived yet’.
Anyone who finds themselves in ceaseless mind chatter in judgement and criticism of self and others.
Anyone who is trying to figure things out and feels caught in a never-ending loop with no resolution.
Anyone who has experienced intermittent inner peace and wishes to develop it further.
What to expect
A step by step process to guide the way back home, the place where inner peace resides.
A safe space to explore your inner peace.
A time to connect with others, to share experiences and integrate the teachings.
A time to share your findings, validate your experiences and know that you are not alone.
A time to see and be seen by ourselves and each other in a heart centered community.
Tools & Strategies that will be shared:
Experiential story telling (Fairy tales):
To enhance awareness of your thoughts, patterns and beliefs that limit access to inner peace.
Guided meditations:
To build / strengthen awareness.
Body focusing practice
To connect with your body’s ‘felt sense’ the place where your emotions live.
Heart centering
To guide you into your heart, the place where inner peace resides.
Vagus Nerve Toning
To connect with your safe space.
To maintain optimal balance.
Homework
To reinforce inner focus to bring us home to ourselves through:
Journaling
Meditation & Vagus toning
Meet Your Instructors
Barbara Sawicki:
For over 20 years, Barbara Sawicki was a student of Awakened Teacher, Leslie Temple-
Thurston author of “The Marriage of Spirit”.(LINK : Marriage of Spirit on Amazon)
In 2007, she became a CoreLight (LINK to corelight.org) teacher, mentor and ordained
minister.
In 2010, Barbara’s gift of processing was recognized by Leslie Temple-Thurston and
she was invited to teach the Squares Technique as described in ‘The Marriage of Spirit’
with the students of Leslie’s organization- CoreLight and she taught this technique for
over 10 years.
She has a Bachelors degree in Psychology, is a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, a
Reiki Master Teacher and Teacher of the renowned Focusing Technique ( LINK to book
The Power of Focusing by Ann Weiser Cornell) developed by Eugene Gendlin (author
and PhD in Psychology & Philosophy).
Lynn Wachman
Lynn is trained in both Eastern and Western health care systems. Lynn holds a BSc. in nursing and has over 25 years of nursing experience.
In 2009, she began the journey to expand her expertise through intense immersion in Eastern Medicine & Wellness. She is an Ayurvedic practitioner and has studied with various experts in the field including Anita Sharma, Ayurvedic practitioner &; educator and Paul Dugliss M.D., Director of the New World Ayurveda School.
Lynn has been a practicing Hatha Yoga instructor for the past 10 years. She studied with Herve Blondon, author and director of Ecole Satyam de Hatha Yoga. She is also trained in Heart Based Meditation and spiritual mentoring with Paul Dugliss M.D. Founder of Heart Based Meditation (link).
She offers free Heart Based Meditation orientations.(2 links) as well as a twice daily live online meditation space (link) where all are welcome.