Lisa Schumacher ~ Life is the Teacher
Thursday, May 28, 2026 @ 9:00am-11:00am (Pacific Time)
Event Navigation
Self-discovery is the direct realization that who you are is already free and perfect; it cannot be held in the mind or in experience because you are not an object. You are the living truth in form. Your life is showing you directly.
Again and again, the mind gives rise to a new identity — a better me, a worse me, a self striving for survival, approval, or control. through these movements of everyday life, we are invited to see what comes and goes, and what has never moved at all.
The way this unfolds is deeply unique for each of us, and life itself offers the perfect teaching – if you are paying attention.
This meeting with Lisa is an invitation to embrace life – yourself – as you are now; not as an obstacle to awakening, but as the doorway itself. Through honest self-inquiry, there is the possibility of recognizing that there is no need to reject parts of yourself to realize the inherent wholeness that is your True Self, right now.
Watch Lisa share on True Meaning of Self Discovery:
About Lisa Schumacher
Lisa grew up in Colusa, CA, and attended college at San Luis Obispo in the 1980’s. After she moved to Southern Oregon in the early 90s, a friend invited her to a video satsang with Gangaji. Upon hearing Gangaji say “Be your Natural Self”, Lisa’s heart caught on fire and she fell into a deep bow of surrender. That meeting revealed to her the absolute simplicity of the natural, living truth of Love, inseparable from who one is. Lisa moved to Bolinas in 1999 to be closer to Gangaji and the vibrant community around her.
In 2006, Lisa was asked by Gangaji to meet with people and share her discovery of the Love that is alive in the core of one’s being . She holds meetings in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and North America. She’s also a long-time student of Eli Jaxon-Bear, Gangaji’s husband, and a founding teacher of the “Leela School of Awakening”. Lisa is the author of “The Stone I Love”, a book of poetry inspired by her meeting with Gangaji, available on her website.
In Lisa’s meetings, she invites you to rest in stillness. Your discoveries and questions about awakening, deepening, and the unfolding truth are welcome. The teaching is in the tradition of Gangaji, who is a student of Papaji, who had his awakening at the feet of Ramana Maharshi.
Lisa’s website: satsangwithlisa.org
Sliding Scale: $15 to $40
However, no one turned away for lack of funds.
If you can’t pay within the sliding scale, contact us to let us know what you can contribute.
Address inquiries to web@opencirclecenter.org
The event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week.
To check your local time, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter