The Power of Practice

Discern what practices you truly need (and don’t need) now &

build them on self-love and trust

Live online four-week course in a small group

 
 
 

Photo by Marek Piwnicki on Unsplash

 
 
 

What is the power of practice?

This class is based on the principle that living our soul’s purpose, while infinitely complex, is also as simple as making regular space to practice giving our soul what it longs for. Fierce honesty is required to reach underneath our cultural conditioning and touch into our truest longings and values. Once we find them, there is profound kindness in committing to giving them to ourselves through practice, free of the energies of fear, shame, and self-domination.

Practices include anything from meditation to tai chi, art journaling, dance, writing, or Nonviolent Communication. The world of practice is massive. New practices are on offer from every spiritual teacher, and we sometimes hear extraordinary promises about their benefits. Sometimes we try things that work well, but stop working. Sometimes there is tremendous struggle and resistance to practicing something new. Sometimes we are doing the right practice but heavy energies like duty or doubt seem to creep in. In this class, we acknowledge that practice is tremendously powerful yet it is not at all obvious how to wield this power. I think we need time set aside just to reflect and work with Spirit to choose what to practice this year. I’ve been working with my teaching guides to create a process for this. Why not get together a few times and make it enjoyable?

It is in the space of practice that our dreams and intentions take form and action. Longing (the messages of the soul) becomes action (the sacred use of our free will and bodies). In this way, practices are a protected, deliberate time to do what I think we are here to do–give form to the beauty our spirit loves. If we scale this up, practice is how communities change their culture. If enough communities practice in deliberate ways, society will change.


Class Description

In this four-session experiential class, we will work with Spirit guidance, our own spirit’s wisdom, and the support of the group to discern and prioritize what practices you are needing for the cycle to come. We’ll dive into the heart of how practices have (or haven’t) worked for you in the past, how you would like them to serve you, and what motivates you specifically to commit authentically, playfully and peacefully to a practice. We will draw on the techniques of spirit-supported reflective self-inquiry, guidance from Spirit through drum journeying (or deep meditative inquiry), wisdom-generating as a group, and micro lectures to share wisdom from relevant teachers and authors. 

We understand practice as holding power for collective change as we come to engage in more and more shared practices of collective vision and healing. We recognize practice as a key act of power we undertake to consciously pull our energy out of outdated stories, and instead live and feed truer and more beautiful stories and values.

In this class we will:

  • Learn about the wide world of practices for body, heart, mind and spirit and discuss what it is that practices give to humans.

  • Reflect on what practices mean to us, how they have fallen short, and what we dream to be possible as we find the right practices.

  • Work with spirit help to name what soul desires are alive in us at this time of Spring rebirth (or Fall gathering and reflection).

  • With space holding from Spirit and the group, discern what practices will best serve us living these soul desires in our daily lives.

  • Learn from Spirit what our unique signs are that a practice is not working for us, and what our signs are that we are in the healthy discomfort of newness.

  • Have the opportunity to step into an empowered mindset about our practices, and connect to

 

What we cover in the free intro session to the class:

  • Inspiration on how practices can function to anchor our lives in our values and conscious choices (versus expressing the values of the dominant culture).

  • Reflection on your current practices and what energy/need/feeling underlies them.

  • Visualization (or journey) tailor-made for this class to allow you to receive personalized inspiration from Spirit about how practices could be supporting you.

 



Class Logistics:

We will meet live for four 90-minute sessions. All sessions will be recorded.

Class tuition is on a sliding scale of $175-$295. This can come in two monthly payments. Please contact me if tuition would keep you from taking the class.

This is an interactive class that is capped at 12 participants. If interest exceeds this, we will organize a second section so that each has 8-12 participants.



The class includes:

  • Time each session to connect to Spirit for personal guidance with the support of a group context and strong container.

  • Time to process and make sense of answers you receive from Spirit so we can practice putting symbolic or general guidance into useful action.

  • Access to half-price consults or journey divinations with me during May or June to help you integrate and put into practice what you learn.

  • Downloadable audio recordings of the key practices.

  • Handbook with the essentials written out distributed after the class.