Hello, Folks,
Greetings from Oxford. I am on the last few days of what has been a very interesting teaching trip. On Saturday I'll return to NYC, and on Sunday we'll begin our October month of classes at Sky Ting with a led class at 8am, and then have Mysore classes until Friday, October 18th. You can register for classes here.
Jocelyne will be continuing her classes at The Shala, on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 6:15am-8:15am.
Some stuff I've been up to the past three weeks...
At the end of September I took part in the Compassionate Mental Health Gathering in Wales. The creators of the gathering are part of a global movement that has faith in the potential and possibility to begin to heal oneself and others through the power of community, connection, self care and solidarity. The gathering was amazing, emotionally painful, and healing. There were
talks, therapeutic circles, and a little yoga. Their website has several informative videos and articles if you'd like to learn more about what they do.
Last weekend in Amsterdam was the 4th annual Inner Peace Conference, which is a tremendous gathering of spiritual teachers, therapists, yoga teachers, meditation teachers, doctors and musicians. The conference will come to NYC next May 9th, 2020. At the conference the Dutch edition of One Simple Thing was launched, which was fun, and it
was exciting to see a new cover for the Dutch version.
At one of the talks I gave, I interviewed the Dutch cardiologist Pim van Lommel, who has been studying and performing research on near death experiences since 1986 (he's been a doctor since 1969). The discussion was fascinating, and covered everything from what an NDE is to the continuity of consciousness that extends beyond the body.
Pim wrote a book in 2007 called Consciousness Beyond Life, which is well worth reading for its discussion on both NDE's and non-local consciousness. There are also beautiful accounts of the memories that people carry back with them from their experiences.
To sign off, I'd like to leave you with one of my favorite quotes from his book, from an NDE recounted by a woman named Pamela Reynolds, who found herself surrounded by an all encompassing light that held her friends and family in it:
"I asked if God was the light, and the answer was: "No, God is not the light, the light is what happens when God breathes." And I distinctly remember thinking: I'm standing in
the breath of God."
That's all for now! I look forward to seeing you in class, or somewhere else along the road, and Jocelyne looks forward to seeing you at The Shala!
With love,
Eddie
PS Workshops for the remainder of October and November include LA, San Antonio, Mexico City and Sages and Scientists in Albuquerque.
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