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The Ordinary Grace of Being – Interview with Joanna Harcourt-Smith

The Ordinary Grace of Being

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  • Join me by the falls for a Radical Wholeness Weekend Workshop! There a few spots left if you're interested. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ philipshepherd.com #radicalwholeness #philipshepherd #theembodiedpresentprocess #embodiment #westernmass #wholeness
  • "If you have experienced profound shifts during the Radical Wholeness workshop, and are thinking about doing the facilitator training, I would say don’t hesitate. The softening of divisions continues as you deeply ground into the body and the world. It keeps going, getting richer and more profound. This shift into the pelvis, the ground of our being, is desperately needed by our world, and only by surrender does it happen. With the support of Philip and a group of fellow travellers, you can stabilize a new way of being in the world, allowing surrender again and again. There is wild, soulful love here. This is important work." – Kathryn Fearnside, TEPP graduate ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ A new session begins June 27 at beautiful Angels’ Rest, a retreat center located on 19 acres of private woodlands and meadows in the foothills of Western Massachusetts. For more information visit philipshepherd.com #theembodiedpresentprocess #radicalwholeness #philipshepherd #embodiment #wholeness ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Photo by @sandarroch
  • "Our very attachment to solving life, in fact, diminishes our experience of it and our sensitivity to it." – Philip Shepherd, Radical Wholeness, http://amzn.to/2sHSeRx Photo by Allyson Woodrooffe #embodiment #radicalwholeness #philipshepherd #mindfulness #wholebody
  • "Our belief in the need to impose order on our lives runs rampant: if only we could find the right diet, the right car, the right ideas, the right ritual, the right rules to live by, finally the uneasiness that gnaws at us would subside for good. We busy ourselves trying to manage our way into connecting with our inner truth, into achieving the freedom of spontaneity, a heartfelt passion, a sense of grace and even that elusive quality of enlightenment. What does it take to finally possess those qualities for ourselves? The dilemma set up by that question is similar to what you face in wanting to be ‘whole in body, mind and spirit’—as though your wholeness were contained in the self and had a boundary, and you need only nurture those aspects of the self and bring them into balance to achieve it. All the ‘self-improvement’ programs in the world will not get you to wholeness—for you move towards wholeness not by what you make yourself do but by how you soften into the wakefulness of the Present.” – Philip Shepherd, Radical Wholeness Photo by Craig Whitehead on Unsplash #embodiment #radicalwholeness #philipshepherd #mindfulness #wholebody
  • There are just two workshops left on our six-stop workshop tour of Australia and New Zealand, and they are both in New Zealand: Waiheke (April 21/22) and Wellington (April 28/29). The reception to all workshops has been marvellously appreciative. People have commented on their newfound relationship with the body’s intelligence, and their sense of intimacy with the world around them. I’m hoping to share these revolutionary practices with as many as possible in New Zealand while I’m here. Who knows if or when I’ll be back? If you know someone who might be interested to know about them, please pass this along. Many thanks! https://philipshepherd.com/events/radical-wholeness-weekend-workshop-auckland-nz/ #embodiment #radicalwholeness #philipshepherd #mindfulness #wholebody
  • Well, it’s been such a treat sharing Radical Wholeness with the Aussies. From Sydney, to Byron Bay, to Cairns and coming up next to the Govinda Valley Retreat centre in Otford (just south of Sydney), the response to this work has been wonderful. We have a few spots left for the 4 day immersion at Govinda. If you’d like to learn more, click the link in my bio! Thanks to all the amazing people who’ve helped shepherd this tour into being! @ifeelthereforeiknow @matthewbate1111 @monique_drinkwater @adrianafortenaili

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