Where to begin? At the beginning. We came into this world taking a first breath and will leave with our last, so the breath is life and life giving. That will address the body.
Learn all that you can about the circumstances of your birth and early days being alive. That will address the spirit.
Combine these two into one using 20-minute sessions progressing through your life as you lay breathing, in with the good, out with the bad.
This is called Rebirthing, a technique used by the LRT (Loving Relationships Training) founded by Sondra Ray and Bob Mandel. Its purpose is to confront our issues directly and resolve them through breathing (past relationships, sibling rivalries, trauma and drama etc.). This is powerful medicine especially when rapid deep breathing and in the presence of another initiated person to witness your transformation, a good start to wellbeing.
That sounds really interesting and powerful. I take it you've done it yourself. If you have advice on how to go about it, like finding an initiated person, that would be most welcome.
Thanks so much for suggesting it. I've added it to the list.
So, LRT International was a global community that held workshops with thousands in attendance and tens of thousands of practitioners from all walks of life worldwide including professionals from behavioral sciences, pediatricians etc. We delved deeply into the birthing experience and early childhood exploring patterns that arise from those experiences and carry on throughout life, then applied that to the relationships that make up our human experiences. We discovered much about how those patterns affect our relationships and hold us in a cycle of repeating characteristics.
Like attracts like, e.g. if one was abandoned in early childhood, they are likely to attract a partner who has a pattern of leaving. (that's me)
A Rebirther is one who sits in witness as another breaths through the patterns that can hold us hostage, sort of like a guided meditation but with non-intervention so as to allow that person freedom to experience. It can be a very physical exercise since deep breathing brings oxygen into the bloodstream and stimulates the whole body, leading to a release of negative energy. We even did this underwater (snorkel) to isolate from external interference.
All approaches to wellbeing were embraced without prejudice, and much of today's language surrounding the healing and wellbeing practices is a direct result of LRT training.
LRT International was disbanded following a media blitz and lawsuits accusing the community of being a cult, though there are still many practicing under different nomenclature. You can include me in that community, and I am happy to serve you, as there is much, much more.
Sondra Ray and Bob Mandel published dozens of books on the subject, they should be easy to find.
Thanks for explaining more about it and your involvement, and offering to share more.
I've found Sondra Ray's latest book on Kindle, so I'll read that. There is also an online course with her on Udemy.
I'm intrigued because I was involved with an approach called Wavework in the late 90s, developed by Dayashakti (Sandra Scherer) at Kripalu in Lenox, MA, which has some parallels. It was based in deeper breathing and accessing and exploring the source of trauma in the body, with someone trained in the method supporting the process but also not intervening in it. I did numerous sessions with her and trained in it. Quite powerful stuff and I experienced significant benefit from it. So I'll be interested to see how LRT relates to Wavework.
Such approaches and institutions often come under attack for various reasons. Dayashakti was in charge of the personal development programs at Kripalu when the guru who founded and ran it was accused of sleeping with spiritual renunciates. He left and in the wake of the crisis the ashram converted to a nonprofit yoga and meditation center. Daya had just started to spread her approach when she died of cancer, which was a great loss. Stephen Cope talks about a deeper breathing and awareness technique that Daya also developed -- https://kripalu.org/resources/breathe-relax-feel-watch-allow-practice-being-present
I haven't been practicing anything around breathing for a while. Definitely time to revisit that!
As you know, I am the product of severe childhood abuse, because of that my prevailing motive since old enough to leave home has been self-improvement. That led me into a vast chasm of wellness approaches, among those is diaphragmatic breathing through Kundalini yoga and certified Rebirther through the Philadelphia LRT.
I like where you are going with this, here's the thing: after the long list of healing practices, I've come to some conclusions. If a practice doesn't involve moving the body, it's a fantasy: the world is full of charlatans and false claims.
I consider all healing arts to be life skills that we all should know, and I refuse to monetize them. I am in favor of deprogramming and education.
You have a tremendous opportunity to create a community in the wellness category (it's gargantuan).
I have a lot to say about it in total, and much to share.
If you want to discuss further just let me know your preferred method. This is a side of myself I don't broadcast but instead make myself available to.
I'm sorry about your childhood, and admire your success in turning your trauma into learning and self-improvement. Many are unable to do that.
I'd certainly be interested in discussing further once I get on my feet, and hearing your thoughts and conclusions after doing a lot of exploring.
My intention is not to create a community so much as conduct these experiments to do my own exploring, with others joining if it interests them and they see value in it. I want to avoid the selling and score-keeping, and focus on the journey and finding what works and what doesn't.
As you can see from my first experiment on clutter-clearing, I follow Karen Kingston's more spiritual approach and she emphasizes that clutter is stuck energy. So I have to agree, it is indeed about moving energy within one's self and in the environment.
I like your idea that they are life skills that we all should have. I'm wanting to rediscover a lot of the life skills that past generations used to have but current generations have forgotten -- like breathing properly.
Where to begin? At the beginning. We came into this world taking a first breath and will leave with our last, so the breath is life and life giving. That will address the body.
Learn all that you can about the circumstances of your birth and early days being alive. That will address the spirit.
Combine these two into one using 20-minute sessions progressing through your life as you lay breathing, in with the good, out with the bad.
This is called Rebirthing, a technique used by the LRT (Loving Relationships Training) founded by Sondra Ray and Bob Mandel. Its purpose is to confront our issues directly and resolve them through breathing (past relationships, sibling rivalries, trauma and drama etc.). This is powerful medicine especially when rapid deep breathing and in the presence of another initiated person to witness your transformation, a good start to wellbeing.
That sounds really interesting and powerful. I take it you've done it yourself. If you have advice on how to go about it, like finding an initiated person, that would be most welcome.
Thanks so much for suggesting it. I've added it to the list.
So, LRT International was a global community that held workshops with thousands in attendance and tens of thousands of practitioners from all walks of life worldwide including professionals from behavioral sciences, pediatricians etc. We delved deeply into the birthing experience and early childhood exploring patterns that arise from those experiences and carry on throughout life, then applied that to the relationships that make up our human experiences. We discovered much about how those patterns affect our relationships and hold us in a cycle of repeating characteristics.
Like attracts like, e.g. if one was abandoned in early childhood, they are likely to attract a partner who has a pattern of leaving. (that's me)
A Rebirther is one who sits in witness as another breaths through the patterns that can hold us hostage, sort of like a guided meditation but with non-intervention so as to allow that person freedom to experience. It can be a very physical exercise since deep breathing brings oxygen into the bloodstream and stimulates the whole body, leading to a release of negative energy. We even did this underwater (snorkel) to isolate from external interference.
All approaches to wellbeing were embraced without prejudice, and much of today's language surrounding the healing and wellbeing practices is a direct result of LRT training.
LRT International was disbanded following a media blitz and lawsuits accusing the community of being a cult, though there are still many practicing under different nomenclature. You can include me in that community, and I am happy to serve you, as there is much, much more.
Sondra Ray and Bob Mandel published dozens of books on the subject, they should be easy to find.
Thanks for explaining more about it and your involvement, and offering to share more.
I've found Sondra Ray's latest book on Kindle, so I'll read that. There is also an online course with her on Udemy.
I'm intrigued because I was involved with an approach called Wavework in the late 90s, developed by Dayashakti (Sandra Scherer) at Kripalu in Lenox, MA, which has some parallels. It was based in deeper breathing and accessing and exploring the source of trauma in the body, with someone trained in the method supporting the process but also not intervening in it. I did numerous sessions with her and trained in it. Quite powerful stuff and I experienced significant benefit from it. So I'll be interested to see how LRT relates to Wavework.
Such approaches and institutions often come under attack for various reasons. Dayashakti was in charge of the personal development programs at Kripalu when the guru who founded and ran it was accused of sleeping with spiritual renunciates. He left and in the wake of the crisis the ashram converted to a nonprofit yoga and meditation center. Daya had just started to spread her approach when she died of cancer, which was a great loss. Stephen Cope talks about a deeper breathing and awareness technique that Daya also developed -- https://kripalu.org/resources/breathe-relax-feel-watch-allow-practice-being-present
I haven't been practicing anything around breathing for a while. Definitely time to revisit that!
As you know, I am the product of severe childhood abuse, because of that my prevailing motive since old enough to leave home has been self-improvement. That led me into a vast chasm of wellness approaches, among those is diaphragmatic breathing through Kundalini yoga and certified Rebirther through the Philadelphia LRT.
I like where you are going with this, here's the thing: after the long list of healing practices, I've come to some conclusions. If a practice doesn't involve moving the body, it's a fantasy: the world is full of charlatans and false claims.
I consider all healing arts to be life skills that we all should know, and I refuse to monetize them. I am in favor of deprogramming and education.
You have a tremendous opportunity to create a community in the wellness category (it's gargantuan).
I have a lot to say about it in total, and much to share.
If you want to discuss further just let me know your preferred method. This is a side of myself I don't broadcast but instead make myself available to.
I'm sorry about your childhood, and admire your success in turning your trauma into learning and self-improvement. Many are unable to do that.
I'd certainly be interested in discussing further once I get on my feet, and hearing your thoughts and conclusions after doing a lot of exploring.
My intention is not to create a community so much as conduct these experiments to do my own exploring, with others joining if it interests them and they see value in it. I want to avoid the selling and score-keeping, and focus on the journey and finding what works and what doesn't.
As you can see from my first experiment on clutter-clearing, I follow Karen Kingston's more spiritual approach and she emphasizes that clutter is stuck energy. So I have to agree, it is indeed about moving energy within one's self and in the environment.
I like your idea that they are life skills that we all should have. I'm wanting to rediscover a lot of the life skills that past generations used to have but current generations have forgotten -- like breathing properly.