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SUMMARY:Coming Home Together Online Gathering—Fear\, Anxiety\, and Trust in the Unfolding of Life
DESCRIPTION:Coming Home Together Online Gathering:\nFear\, Anxiety\, and Trust in the Unfolding of Life \nWednesday\, May 20\, 9:00am – 10:30am Pacific\nNoon Eastern\, 5pm BST\non Zoom \nRecording will be available and sent to all who register. \nThe Coming Home Together online gathering is a safe space and loving community for trauma healing and awakened living\, informed by the deepest teachings of nondual reality. \nOur focus for this meeting is on  fear and freedom from fear. Do fear and anxiety grab you? Are you afraid of letting go? \nFear is an essential emotion to investigate on the path of awakening. Because if left unexplored\, it pulls our attention into our spinning minds and creates a sense of separation from ourselves\, each other\, and the natural unfolding of life.  \nPlease register here. Once you register\, you will be directed to the zoom link—and you will receive it by email one hour prior to our meeting. Please pay what you can afford. A sliding scale is offered for those with financial challenges. \nPay $15.00\nPay $9.00\nPay $4.00\nBy registering\, you agree to keep the recordings for your personal use only and not share them.  \nWhen taken over by fear\, we forget that we can rest as Being. Rather than trusting the effortless flow of things\, we worry\, control\, and judge. We go into our heads and lose compassion for ourselves and others. \nWhen fear and anxiety rule\, believing their stories limits us in life. Thoughts filled with stress and negativity will be our living experience. We dwell in our heads—while we unknowingly overlook the here-and-now presence of infinite peace and love. \nConsider the disconnection expressed in so many ways in our world today that creates conflict\, aggression\, division\, and painful othering. Fear is at the core. \nFear is a survival mechanism that is built into the human brain and nervous system. Yet\, the realization of our true nature invites us to explore beyond its protective voice. In our gathering together\, we’ll explore how fear\, and its cousin anxiety\, show up in the body and the stories they tell us that keep us rattled.  \nWhen we believe what anxious thoughts tell us\, we’re living in a fear-fueled fantasy in our minds\, disconnected from aliveness\, awareness\, and truth here and now. We’ll investigate to see if these stories we live by are actually true. How do we live if we’re not guided by fear and anxiety? Who are we in this boundless freedom? \nThrough guided meditation\, practical guidance\, and heartfelt conversation\, you’ll discover the potential—already in you—to be fully alive in your life\, free beyond the limits of fear. \nTogether\, we lovingly embrace our humanness as we expand into overflowing appreciation\, vibrant joy\, and deep connection with all of Life. \nQuestions? Please contact Gail here. \nDetails \nWednesday\, May 20\, 2026 9:00am – 10:30am Pacific \nStarts at noon Eastern\, 5pm BST\, 6pm CET \nRecording will be sent to everyone who registers.  \nPlease register here. Once you register\, you will be directed to the zoom link—and you will receive it by email one hour prior to our meeting. Please pay what you can afford. A sliding scale is offered for those with financial challenges. \nPay $15.00\nPay $9.00\nPay $4.00\nFriends are saying: \n\n“What you’re pointing to is so difficult to talk about in words\, but you describe it so brilliantly and give such practical\, actionable steps to follow that I truly\, deeply get it. I just cannot express to you how transformative your approach has been for me. I am inhabiting my life with so much more peace and openness\, flow and freedom.” ~Sandra Joseph\, Broadway star and author of Unmasking What Matters \n“I liked the sense of trust\, profound acceptance\, safety\, unconditional love and support that Gail brought to us. The course made me realize the importance of being involved in a community of people dedicated to the most important thing to me\, Healing and Awakening. I just cannot do it alone!” ~Aline B. \n“I felt bathed in presence on the retreat. Your clarity and presentation style was lovely. I found the guided meditations to be very helpful. I appreciate how relatable you are in the group\, how you don’t set yourself apart.” ~Denis N. \n“Thank you so much for your teachings and for all the compassion and love you transmit to me\, and so many others. Your teachings are a gift of grace and love.” ~Pat Brown \n“You radiate such warmth\, kindness\, beauty and wisdom. I had been stuck for so long and by listening to your sage advice\, am finally starting to see and feel the light. Your light helps us to shine our own.” ~Julie Desmarais \n\n“At any moment\, within the field of your own experience\, there is an inner sanctuary of presence and stillness. You access this space by shifting your attention away from the jumble of thoughts\, feelings\, stories\, fears\, and external input such as others’ opinions. You simply turn inward—beyond all mind movement—and be. \nIn no time at all\, you find the ground of being\, the light of living vibration that’s here in every moment. It’s timeless\, which means it’s eternally present\, and all-embracing as the unity of all. Don’t be afraid of this vast love. Fall into its arms…”\n~Gail \nGail Brenner\, Ph.D. is your guide on this journey. She is a clinical psychologist and lover of truth with a fire that burns brightly. She brings to this work years of experience with individuals and groups and is known for creating the safety and trust needed for this deeper exploration.
URL:https://gailbrenner.com/event/coming-home-together-fear-anxiety-trust-unfolding/
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SUMMARY:Coming Home Together Online Gathering—Lose Yourself in Truth\, Love\, and Beauty
DESCRIPTION:Coming Home Together Online Gathering:\nLose Yourself in Truth\, Love\, and Beauty \nWednesday\, May 27\, 9:00am – 10:30am Pacific\nNoon Eastern\, 5pm BST\non Zoom \nRecording will be available and sent to all who register. \nThe Coming Home Together online gathering is a safe space and loving community for trauma healing and awakened living\, informed by the deepest teachings of nondual reality. \n“I feel an indescribable ecstasy and delirium in melting\, as it were\, into the system of being\, in identifying myself with the whole of nature…”\n~Jean Jacques Rousseau \nOur focus for this meeting is on an exploration of truth…love…beauty… Just reading these words clears out the cobwebs. They are like a tap on the shoulder\, beckoning us to return to ourselves\, to remember our essential wholeness…liberated\, alive\, and free… \n\nWhen the chaos of our thoughts settles\, the clarity of truth shines through…\nWhen we stop seeking outside ourselves to fulfill our needs\, we know love…\nWhen we meet the world without blinders on\, we see beauty everywhere.\n\nPlease register here. Once you register\, you will be directed to the zoom link—and you will receive it by email one hour prior to our meeting. Please pay what you can afford. A sliding scale is offered for those with financial challenges. \nPay $15.00\nPay $9.00\nPay $4.00\nBy registering\, you agree to keep the recordings for your personal use only and not share them.  \nWithout these grounding qualities\, we feel alienated and empty. We live our lives only skimming the surface of what is possible. \nWhen we get out of our own way\, what do we discover? Truth\, love\, and beauty—right here at the core of our being. \nIn our time together\, we’ll explore our minds\, hearts\, and perceptions. Through guided meditation\, practical guidance\, and heartfelt conversation\, we’ll tenderly meet what blocks us from seeing things as they actually are.  \nAnd we’ll open to the possibility of infusing our everyday experience with truth\, love\, and beauty. We just might discover some unexpected treasures that life has in store for us… \nWe’re invited to embody these qualities. Live them. Lose ourselves in them. It’s the most compelling choice you could ever make… Come join us as we explore\, practice—and celebrate! \nQuestions? Please contact Gail here. \nDetails \nWednesday\, May 27\, 2026 9:00am – 10:30am Pacific \nStarts at noon Eastern\, 5pm BST\, 6pm CET \nRecording will be sent to everyone who registers.  \nPlease register here. Once you register\, you will be directed to the zoom link—and you will receive it by email one hour prior to our meeting. Please pay what you can afford. A sliding scale is offered for those with financial challenges. \nPay $15.00\nPay $9.00\nPay $4.00\nFriends are saying: \n\n“What you’re pointing to is so difficult to talk about in words\, but you describe it so brilliantly and give such practical\, actionable steps to follow that I truly\, deeply get it. I just cannot express to you how transformative your approach has been for me. I am inhabiting my life with so much more peace and openness\, flow and freedom.” ~Sandra Joseph\, Broadway star and author of Unmasking What Matters \n“I liked the sense of trust\, profound acceptance\, safety\, unconditional love and support that Gail brought to us. The course made me realize the importance of being involved in a community of people dedicated to the most important thing to me\, Healing and Awakening. I just cannot do it alone!” ~Aline B. \n“I felt bathed in presence on the retreat. Your clarity and presentation style was lovely. I found the guided meditations to be very helpful. I appreciate how relatable you are in the group\, how you don’t set yourself apart.” ~Denis N. \n“Thank you so much for your teachings and for all the compassion and love you transmit to me\, and so many others. Your teachings are a gift of grace and love.” ~Pat Brown \n“You radiate such warmth\, kindness\, beauty and wisdom. I had been stuck for so long and by listening to your sage advice\, am finally starting to see and feel the light. Your light helps us to shine our own.” ~Julie Desmarais \n\n“At any moment\, within the field of your own experience\, there is an inner sanctuary of presence and stillness. You access this space by shifting your attention away from the jumble of thoughts\, feelings\, stories\, fears\, and external input such as others’ opinions. You simply turn inward—beyond all mind movement—and be. \nIn no time at all\, you find the ground of being\, the light of living vibration that’s here in every moment. It’s timeless\, which means it’s eternally present\, and all-embracing as the unity of all. Don’t be afraid of this vast love. Fall into its arms…”\n~Gail \nGail Brenner\, Ph.D. is your guide on this journey. She is a clinical psychologist and lover of truth with a fire that burns brightly. She brings to this work years of experience with individuals and groups and is known for creating the safety and trust needed for this deeper exploration.
URL:https://gailbrenner.com/event/coming-home-together-truth-love-beauty/
LOCATION:online
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SUMMARY:Coming Home Together Online Gathering—Timeless Being...Always Fresh and New
DESCRIPTION:Coming Home Together Online Gathering:\nTimeless Being…Always Fresh and New\n \nWednesday\, June 3\, 9:00am – 10:30am Pacific\nNoon Eastern\, 5pm BST\non Zoom \nRecording will be available and sent to all who register. \nThe Coming Home Together online gathering is a safe space and loving community for trauma healing and awakened living\, informed by the deepest teachings of nondual reality. \nPlease register here. Once you register\, you will be directed to the zoom link—and you will receive it by email one hour prior to our meeting. Please pay what you can afford. A sliding scale is offered for those with financial challenges. \nPay $15.00\nPay $9.00\nPay $4.00\nBy registering\, you agree to keep the recordings for your personal use only and not share them.  \nOur focus for this meeting is on time and timelessness. The past and future are mind-made concepts that create a sense of fear and lack. When we live in time\, we feel the weight of our past history and worries about the future as we attempt to live in presence. Our culture speaks to the benefits of being in the present moment. That’s because here is where we have the direct experience of life rather than the stories about our lives that are created in our minds. \nOur true nature as consciousness is timeless…no memory\, no past\, no time for problems to form\, no time for suffering\, no future fear…and no mind. There is just This\, the alive reality of the now\, directly experienced as it is. Thought isn’t needed\, in fact\, thinking about what’s happening takes us away from the reality of it. \nRealizing timelessness\, we know that every moment is fresh and new…so alive! There is always the opportunity to recognize wonder\, delight\, mystery\, and the unknown. There is no same-old\, same-old\, no boredom. Only This…This…This…with no resistance whatsoever. \nAs a being in human form\, the recognition of timelessness leaves us without an anchor in the known. Free of the limitation of thought\, we’re available to inspiration\, creativity\, and infinite knowing. Even if thoughts are present\, the mind is vast and open\, empty and alert. \nCome explore how time limits us in past and future and discover reality free of time. We leave the tunnel vision of old\, constricting ideas as we expand into our true home of unbounded consciousness. \nTogether\, we lovingly embrace our humanness as we expand into appreciation\, vibrant joy\, and deep connection with all of Life. \nCome with your fears\, doubts\, shame\, and questions—and simply to share sacred space together in community with like-minded friends. \nQuestions? Please contact Gail here. \nDetails \nWednesday\, June 3\, 2026 9:00am – 10:30am Pacific \nStarts at noon Eastern\, 5pm BST\, 6pm CET \nRecording will be sent to everyone who registers. \nPlease register here. Once you register\, you will be directed to the zoom link—and you will receive it by email one hour prior to our meeting. Please pay what you can afford. A sliding scale is offered for those with financial challenges. \nPay $15.00\nPay $9.00\nPay $4.00\nFriends are saying: \n\n“I am now experiencing longer moments of pure awareness and joy. No longer a slave to external circumstances and inner chatter. Loving life the way it is.” ~Susan R. \n“I liked the sense of trust\, profound acceptance\, safety\, unconditional love and support that Gail brought to us. The course made me realize the importance of being involved in a community of people dedicated to the most important thing to me\, Healing and Awakening. I just cannot do it alone!” ~Aline B. \n“Your work is a bridge between practical daily life and Supreme Reality.” ~Henrique N. \n“You radiate such warmth\, kindness\, beauty and wisdom. I had been stuck for so long and by listening to your sage advice\, am finally starting to see and feel the light. Your light helps us to shine our own.” ~Julie Desmarais \n\n“At any moment\, within the field of your own experience\, there is an inner sanctuary of presence and stillness. You access this space by shifting your attention away from the jumble of thoughts\, feelings\, stories\, fears\, and external input such as others’ opinions. You simply turn inward—beyond all mind movement—and be. \nIn no time at all\, you find the ground of being\, the light of living vibration that’s here in every moment. It’s timeless\, which means it’s eternally present\, and all-embracing as the unity of all. Don’t be afraid of this vast love. Fall into its arms…”\n~Gail \nGail Brenner\, Ph.D. is your guide on this journey. She is a clinical psychologist and lover of truth with a fire that burns brightly. She brings to this work years of experience with individuals and groups and is known for creating the safety and trust needed for this deeper exploration.
URL:https://gailbrenner.com/event/coming-home-together-timeless/
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SUMMARY:In-Person Satsang in Sebastopol\, CA
DESCRIPTION:Coming Home Together:\nWho Are You? The Essential Question for Trauma Healing and Awakening\n \nIn-Person Satsang Gathering in Sebastopol\, CA \nSunday June 7\, 2-4 pm\, with refreshments until 5.   \nLocation:  8476 Sonoma Ave\, Sebastopol\, CA\, the home of Tomas Phillips.\nAddress sign says 8474/8476. \nPark on street\, walk down short driveway to house with carport.  $10-20 donation requested\, no one turned away\, no reservation needed.  Please dress mindfully\, doors & windows will be open!  If you have any Covid like symptoms\, please stay home. \n~~~~~~~ \nThe essential question in nondual inquiry is: “Who am I?” At the root of personal suffering lies the belief that who we are is a person with a history\, story\, preferences\, fears\, and a sense of lack. As long as we identify as this core belief\, we will view ourselves\, others\, and situations through the lens of these limited filters. \nSuffering subsides when our identity disconnects from the contents of our minds. We lose interest in our habits of thinking. We stop going to our familiar stories to know who we are or how to act. And we can feel the emotions in our bodies so they begin to soften their grip. \nThis is a radical shift into freedom\, infinite spaciousness\, and trust—and into the pure aliveness that has always been here and available. \nWe come together in the sacred space of loving community to explore the nature of identity and the freedom that’s possible when you know who you are—and who you’re not. Our gathering includes guided exploration\, insights and dialogue\, and heartfelt conversation. Come with your fears\, doubts\, shame\, and questions—and simply to be together with like-minded friends. All is welcome! I look forward to being with you… \nDetails\nSunday\, June 7\, 2-4 pm\, with refreshments until 5\nSponsored by Open Circle Center \n8476 Sonoma Ave\, Sebastopol\, CA. Address sign says 8474/8476. \nPark on street\, walk down short driveway to house with carport. \nThe satsang includes guided exploration\, insights and dialogue\, and Q&A and discussion. \nDonations accepted. \nQuestions? Please contact Gail here.  \nGail Brenner\, Ph.D. is a psychologist and author\, who is devoted to the nondual spiritual teaching and embodied conscious living. For over 25 years\, she has worked with individuals and groups on healing from early trauma. She is known for creating safe space for inner exploration and loves witnessing people grow into their full aliveness. She is the author of The End of Self-Help and Suffering Is Optional. Over the years\, her capacity for presence and intimacy in all aspects of life has transformed\, and she loves bringing this possibility to others. \nimage
URL:https://gailbrenner.com/event/in-person-satsang-who-am-i/
LOCATION:Sebastopol CA\, 8476 Sonoma Avenue\, Sebastopol\, CA\, United States
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