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“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 the self, 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 - 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 and aware in heart, body, mind and spirit, fully alive and able to live fully integrated into 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 suggests someone living in connection with the earth, who has found their inter-connectedness with the web of life and so can help others do the same.”
This course will go more deeply into the healing and growth process that the foundation year BPT course initiated, further deepening understanding and experience of the material we covered. This will take you further on your personal journey, and deepen your ability to work with others. There will be information about holding healing space for others through out the course. We will explain more about why we are doing each processes and practice, and how they work. So you will have you own experience of them both in receiving and giving support, and time to look at the inner dynamics of what is happening.
This course is about becoming a practitioner - “one who practices”- and so requires you to be putting the basic practices - the self responsibility, self awareness, self holding, meditation on underlying presence, conscious breathwork, understanding patterns, and preferably the Taoist energy practices, all into practice in your life. With this as a foundation the healing journey together as a group can deepen considerably. Journeying with group of people all of whom are putting this material into practice is a very valuable experience. There is support, reflection, learning from each other’s experience and the means to work through of old family and other patterns from the past that can be triggered in each other’s presence in the safety of the committed space.
This training will support you in being able to
understanding and integrate limiting patterns and survival strategies.
• deepen your ability to be fully present, centered and grounded, whatever is happening.
heal and integrate deepest fears, wounds or trauma
• have healthy relationships free of the compromises and traps of co- dependence.
• free your life energy so it brings renewal, creativity and empowerment.
respond creatively to the challenges and stresses life presents.
live and love fully, opening to and flowing with life’s deepest potential
fulfill your life, enable your soul’s fulfillment and life’s work
be able to support other’s self healing and growth process in the above.
The program will be as follows:
September 11th-13th: Conscious Breathwork, Presence and the Tao
Deepening experience of conscious breathwork as a way to emotional healing and balance, physical aliveness, mental freedom and spiritual growth • Breathing energy, the yin and yang of the breath • Breathing patterns, and developing sensitivity to energy flows. • Breath work and Taoist energy practice for full energy release • Working with birth, conception, early and traumatic experiences • Working with tetany, unconsciousness, breath release and integration. Holding a breathwork session in presence and conscious awareness.
October 9th-11th: Fragmentation and integration
Working further with inner fragmentation and split reality • Reclaiming and integrating frightened, traumatised or angry places. • Integrating the inner child, animal and shadow selves. • The integration of ancestral, family and soul wounds • Integrating core beliefs and survival strategies.
• Integration in presence, the alignment and strengthening of will and presence. • Working with the mediation to presence to deeply support this process • Finding the will to heal, face fears and hold in compassionate firmness recalcitrant resistant parts. • Coming into self responsibility, self care and conscious empowerment • Holding a healing fragmentation session.
November 6th-8th : Body awareness, aliveness and body work
Developing sensitivity to the physical and energetic body • Becoming fully aware, present, and conscious in your body • Body energy clearing, maintenance and grounding • Body aliveness, building energy and life force, including working with food, addictions and the de-tox process. • Body work techniques that support the Living Tao healing way. Holding an integrated body work and breath session.
February 12th-14th: Deepening conscious awareness in holding space for others
Holding space for others - the dynamics of self healing and growth • Collusion, codependence and the nature of true support • Developing trust, safety and healthy boundaries with others • Working with projection, transference, fear, resistance and trauma. • Opening space for healing, personal agendas, judgements and getting out of the way. • Learning to trust yourself, your essential presence and the nature of clear intuition and giving clear reflection. • Opening to universal presence, chi, and the power of love, acceptance and compassion. • Helping others come to integrated state of completion in a session.
March 12th-14th: Conscious supportive healing relationships
Cultivating a loving, conscious, integrated inner state that generates respectful, caring and fully connecting relationships with yourself and with others. • The healing power of conscious relationships. • Working with fear, conflicts, arguments and anger. • Working with relationship dynamics - patterns, survival strategies, power issues, judgements, wants, needs and expectations. • Moving out of codependence - moving into healthy relationship. • The journey of coming into full presence together. • Supporting relationship healing and growth.
April 9th-11th : Healing blocks to life energy flow : Sexual healing and integration
More on the Taoist sexual energy practices. • Male and female energy and chakra work • Male and female healing • Healing blocks to life energy flow - through the entire body and energy system bringing wholeness and integration of sexuality and spirituality. • Reclaiming the body’s natural innocence. • The Taoist practices in lovemaking • Conscious lovemaking. • Male and female integration and inner union. • Supporting sexual healing and integration.
May 7th-10th: Oneness - 3 day
Living in oneness with all of life, with nature and the Tao. • Living in presence - a conscious cohesion of body, mind, emotions, heart, soul and spirit. • Knowing yourself as essential presence and recognising this in others and within all of life. • Flowing with the yin and yang energies of life - for rest, renewal and ability to create and move forward in full empowerment, inner alignment and balance. • Living and loving fully, opening to and flowing with life’s deepest potential • Connecting with nature, day and night, earth, air, fire and water, the actuality of life : being an integrated part of the whole • Fulfilling your life, enabling your soul’s fulfillment and life’s work. Supporting others in the healing journey to oneness. ( Camp on this one if you can)
June 4th- 6th: Completion
• Completion of the journey together. What has been learnt together. Looking at group dynamics - the process of conscious group work. Setting up support systems and support groups. Completion of whatever needs completing. Time for questions and clarification. The ongoing journey to healing and growth.
Pre -requisites.
As well as the above pre- requisite relating to putting the basic practices into practice, we also ask that:
• you have gained control over any habitual addictions to any drugs, alcohol or nicotine and have no conscious intention of going back into it. If on the course you have a relapse, we require you to be immediately honest about it and ask for help getting through it.
as specified on the foundation course - you are wanting to work very deeply and are fully willing to heal and grow. We ask that participants commit to being honest and self responsible within the group and to fully engage in the healing process.
you be willing to do have some individual sessions with us should it be clear this is needed to aid the integration of the material
The cost of the course is £800 to £1,200 on a sliding scale according to your ability to pay.
The deposit is £150. (we will refund deposits if we have to cancel.)
Please note - Lunches will be bring food to share
We will still provide breakfast for those staying over.
These are committed groups and payments of the full amount up front strengthens the group - everyone with their energy fully committed. However if you need to pay by installments talk to us about this.
Staying in group room @ £8 a night Camping £7 a night. Caravan £12 a night each for 2 people. ( It is possible that the new sleeping space in the stables will be ready, cost to be arranged.)
“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.” Lao Tzu c 6th century BC
