Receive approximately 25-minutes of individual time to contemplate and answer essential life questions aimed at personal transformation.
Purchase tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/inquiry-into-being-an-online-drop-in-inquiry-group-open-to-all-tickets-246915359487?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
Come join for this drop-in group which occurs every 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month, from 7pm to 8:45pm PST. Free. Location: online via Zoom.
Who: All are welcome. Sign up for one group/ event at a time, with entry sold separately for each one. No prior experience required with inquiry practice or other eastern contemplative practices. Yet, long-term practitioners of inquiry and eastern contemplative practices will also find the group suitably growth provoking.
What is inquiry: Inquiry is an insight gaining practice that anchors participants in a deep, embodied state of present awareness. From this state, participants are then directed to contemplate and answer essential life questions aimed at personal transformation, and increased connectedness to self and world. Inquiry practice has been passed down over the ages via several ancient contemplative linages. Certain Buddhism lineages use inquiry practice, as do some Nondual and Vedic lineages. A modern tradition that places strong emphasis on inquiry practice is Diamond Approach, which describes inquiry practice as: “a means of inviting our true nature — which has much greater intelligence and awareness than our conscious mind will ever have — to reveal itself and guide us to a deeper understanding of reality and our own truth. True inquiry does not assume that one outcome, one experience, or one feeling state is better than any other at any given time. Inquiry invites whatever is here to show itself and reveal its truth.”
A short video introduction further describing this inquiry group: https://youtu.be/3osoW0cOKeY
What to expect: You’ll be set up in breakout groups of two or three participants, and each participant will receive approximately 25-minutes of individual time to engage in inquiry practice. Each participant will also take a turn being the person asking questions, which are provided by the group facilitator.
Group format: 25-introduction. 10-minute meditation. Approximately 1-hour of small groups for inquiry practice. 10-minute check-out/ ending.
Questions about the group can be directed to: timholtzman@yahoo.com
You can find this event on facebook as well: https://fb.me/e/55uUPLizu
Feel free to forward this message to other groups or individuals who may be interested in inquiry practice.
Tim Holtzman, M.S., LPCC , is a mindfulness and somatic psychotherapist for individual adults and couples, based in Berkeley, CA. Tim has worked as a therapist in the bay area since 2011, and has practiced and trained with a variety of mindfulness and meditation methods since 2004. Tim has led hundreds of group sessions for bay area organizations, including a Berkeley based meditation group (Saturday Night Sangha) that he co-facilitated from 2011 – 2016.