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A practitioner will have many openings and experiences over the course of their spiritual or contemplative endeavor. They can leave us with intense wanting, and the question of “how can I get back there?” The challenge is to not mistake the bliss, clarity and unity which characterized the opening as being the awakening itself. Abandoning what was previously attained is an act of surrender that helps us see the true nature of the present.

Ryan Burton is a meditation teacher with over 15 years of intensive practice in Theravāda Buddhism, Dzogchen, Zen and other contemplative lineages. After completing a 9-month retreat period in Thailand in 2019 he began teaching in Los Angeles, California. His work offers clear, practical guidance on awakening, non-duality, jhānas, cessation, dream yoga, and out of body experience.

Solstice Satsang, a gathering to warm the Heart. Join Pamela and your fellow sages to celebrate clarity and compassion.

Pamela Wilson evokes through dialogue, inquiry and her very presence the qualities of unconditional love and radical acceptance. She is celebrated for her ability to open the heart and create a space in which long-cherished struggles and notions about one’s identity relax. Featured in the book Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Wisdom, Pamela is at her best in heart-felt dialogue, so please bring your questions!

*** We'll have a short holiday get together after the satsang. Feel free to bring something to share if you wish.***

Together will reap the harvest of the passing year and listen for new sparks, guided by the fire of our souls. Receiving, digesting, and blessing all that came before, and honoring what is here, now.

Join us for Embodiment Lab, an experiential exploration of the body as a doorway to presence and aliveness, returning to the ground of being through our own direct experience.

We will use the fullness of our experience to tune and attune to our bodies, illuminating our deepest healing and freedom. Engaging and transcending our senses, awareness, breath, movement and sound and more, we will use our body’s signals to return to sensate presence.

Ishita Sharma serves as a spiritual teacher, healing mirror, embodiment partner, and Core Energetics Practitioner of body-based psychotherapy. She is devoted to supporting healing and awakening in all those committed to living a bright and connected life.

With guest Rick Hanson, we’ll explore recognizing our true nature not just as awareness, but as compassionate humans who are deeply collaborative and cooperative. Founder of the Global Compassion Coalition and renowned author on contemplative practices and neuroscience, Rick will guide us in carrying our wounds with love and exploring how we can come together and open to our creative, empowered response to our troubled world.

Our hosts will be Lisa Ferguson, Ph.D., the founder of the Engaged Nonduality series, and John Prendergast, a spiritual teacher, retired psychotherapist and Adjunct Professor of Psychology at CIIS, well known for his pioneering work in integrating non-dual wisdom and psychotherapy.

Eva is a renowned spiritual teacher and energy healer who has worked with thousands of people from all over the world. Through her own profound spiritual awakening—moving through multiple levels of consciousness, such as Unity Consciousness and Brahman (the Absolute), and healing her human system—she has embodied the wisdom she now shares. Eva is known for her unique ability to translate complex spiritual concepts into simple, accessible language—while also offering a direct, embodied experience rather than just information.

Today, Eva guides others on their path of spiritual awakening and healing. She is a clear channel for high-vibrational Divine energies, which she transmits to support people on their journey of awakening and healing. Her work pulls people toward their personal Highest Truth, helping them connect to their highest potential and reconnect with their True Nature.

“Always being, always becoming” speaks to something quietly and profoundly true. Within us is an aspect that has never changed, already whole, complete, and present, even as life continues to unfold, evolve, and express itself. Awakening does not bring our human unfolding to an end. Rather, it reveals becoming as a natural expression of being. Without being, human becoming can lose its balance and become caught in endless striving, risking getting lost in experience. Without becoming, being has no place to land, no ground through which it can learn and grow.

Susanne Marie offers integrated teachings in support of freedom, and the celebration of our common essence of love and unity with all life. As a natural empath, her teaching style is heart-centered and practical, whose focus is on supporting you in your unique awakening journey.

Part of the Engaged Nonduality Series with Itzel Hayward, hosted by Lisa Ferguson.

Engaged Nonduality recognizes that awareness and response are not separate. The same ground of being that reveals our shared nature also moves as a compassionate, embodied response. In this view, the crises of our time—including racism and systemic injustice—are not distractions from awakening but invitations to live it.

In this session, Itzel Hayward invites participants to explore how awake awareness can support a steady, honest engagement with racism and systemic harm. When we turn toward these realities with awareness, we begin to recognize our participation in them and our capacity to respond differently. This is the meeting point between contemplative practice and social change......