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This course is for graduates of the foundation Barefoot practitioner training - including those who attented previous ones and did not take it further

“The Tao is the undivided unity of being, both the essence and way of the universe. All things are one within the Tao, all emanate from it. We become at peace, fulfilled and enlightened, when we fully realise our oneness with the Tao. We can realise this oneness by developing the ability to be conscious of ourselves as the essential presence within and recognise it in others and within all of life. This is a process that is beyond words or concepts: it happens deep within ourselves, it happens as we become fully present and conscious in our bodies, emotions, minds and souls - it happens when we become fully present within the depth and breadth of what is in this moment. This is an earthy, grounded process - illusory ways of living fall away as we come into the actuality of who and what we truly are. It is a journey to awakening, a journey to become strong in heart and spirit, empowered, fully alive and integrated into the whole of life.”

“A barefoot practitioner traditionally is someone who has learnt healing ways and is able to share them in the community. Having integrated the ways of self healing into their own lives, the barefoot practitioner can enable self healing in others. ‘Barefoot’ also

This course will go more deeply into the healing and growth process that the foundation year BPT course initiated, fur

This course is about becoming a practitioner - in the sense that a practitioner is

Course Schedule

November 4th - 6th: Deepening the

December 2nd - 4th: Deepening understanding of fragmentation and integration
• The human condition - the nature and origins of emotional, mental, physical and spiritual fragmentation • Identity and the origins of the ego

February 3rd-5th: Body awareness, aliveness and body work

March 2nd-4th: Soul healing and empowerment:

April 6th-8th: Conscious supportive healing relationships

May 4th -6th

June 1st- 4th: Oneness (Friday evening plus 3 days)

July 6th - 8th: Group work and Completion


Pre -requisites/ group agreements.


To join the course you need to:

• Be committed to working with the process of understanding and the integration of patterns, core beliefs and survival strategies, and practicing awareness and integration of inner fragmentation.

• Be regularly engaging with the basic practices of self holding, body awareness, meditation on presence, conscious breathwork, and preferably practicing the microcosmic orbit and the Taoist sexual energy practices.

• Be committed to being fully present, honest and self responsible within the group and to fully engage in the healing process and to work consciously and openly with any issues or feelings that arise.

• To have mastered any habitual addictions to any drugs, alcohol or nicotine. If on the course you have a relapse, we require you to be immediately honest about it and ask for help getting through it. If you do not you will be asked to leave the course.

• Be willing to have individual sessions with us should it be clear to us that this is needed to aid the integration of the material. If you act out in an unconscious ways in the group from unintegrated patterns and survival strategies you will need to do sessions with us. Although there will be opportunity to work with personal process in group space, both in partnered sessions and also in the circle, where it serves as an example to deepen understanding, you will not be able to rely solely on the course as a space in which to process and heal. Deep wounds, imprints and repeating entrenched patterns really do need individual attention. You will get most from the course if you are doing individual sessions on a regular basis - this will be with other group members as part of the support system within the group, but when things are difficult we ask that you work with one of us. This will ensure that the you will be able to step up to the level at which the course needs to be run.

• Be committed to keeping the agreements, if you are not you will be asked to leave.

• Have a clear relationship with us - Andy and Ella. If there is any difficulty or issue you have with us, it is a prerequisite to come and have a session, or sessions if necessary, to clear this before starting the course. This will be of substantial benefit to you - for instance parental transference is very likely to get triggered with group leaders and is a rich area to work consciously with.

• If you haven’t worked with us since doing your foundation year we ask that you come and have a session so we can see where you are and find together if the course is suitable for you.

 

The cost of the course

The deposit is £150.

These are committed groups and payments of the full amount up front strengthens the group. However if you need to pay by committed installments you will need to talk to us about this and we will arrange the setting up of direct debit payments. Because cheque guarantee cards will no longer be operational we will no longer be able to have the option of prepaying with post dated cheques and then being paid in cash on the night.

Group times:

Please note

Staying on site:

We will provide teas and spring water.

Please note. Andy is committed to holding this course,

 

Certification : As we said on the first year course we only certify someone as a Living Tao Barefoot Practitioner, after completing this Advanced Course and then only if we are confident that there is enough personal integration and understanding of the healing process. We will provide a part of our web site for those we feel have reached this stage of integration, and provide ongoing supervision for those setting up their own practices. There will also be ongoing support groups for those actively engaged in working in this way.

 

“This is the simple path: to return to the simplicity and naturalness we once had. The path of the breeze that gently whispers through the trees, of the bird that climbs into the open, clear blue sky. The way of the simple flowers that blossom without effort and through Wu Wei catch the warmth and blessing of the sun. The way of the waters that run through the veins of the earth and pass at last into the wide ocean. To feel Wu Wei is to know the inner pulse of the Tao, which is reality itself.”