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EPISODE 2: An Appointment with yourself

Please join us in exploring the breath and its power. This 20 minute Breath Class: "An Appointment With Yourself" features Pernilla Burke, the founder of Awakening 101, and Abdi Assadi, an acupuncturist, healer, and spiritual counselor.

This class is part of the "Tools of Awakening" series and focuses on simple, everyday practices to increase awareness and reduce reactive behavior. They discuss the importance of using simple breathing exercises to bring calm and presence to everyday situations. ...

EPISODE 1: UNDERSTANDING THE POWER OF BREATH

Please join us in exploring the breath and its power. This 20 minute Breath Class: "Understanding the Power of Breath" features Pernilla Burke, the founder of Awakening 101, and Abdi Assadi, an acupuncturist, healer, and spiritual counselor.

This class is part of the "Tools of Awakening" series and focuses on simple, everyday practices to increase awareness and reduce reactive behavior. They discuss the importance of using simple breathing exercises to bring calm and presence to everyday situati...

NEW 5-PART PODCAST SERIES: UNDERSTANDING THE POWER OF BREATH WITH PERNILLA BURKE

EPISODE 1: UNDERSTANDING THE POWER OF BREATH

Please join us in exploring the breath and its power. This 20 minute Breath Class: "Understanding the Power of Breath" feat...

EPISODE 8: ADDICTION

This is the eighth episode in a series of conversations between Abdi and Ian Ritter in Italy. Ian is a Brennan Counselor and healer with 18 years of experience. Ian has been on the spiritual path for the past 35 years.

Join us as we discuss addiction as being the inability to tolerate the moment as a survival response to trauma. The nuances of addiction as well as its cultural and personal manifestation are investigated. Lastly we explore the definition of sobriety as being present in the moment....

EPISODE 7: LIVING LIFE WITH DEATH AS YOUR ADVISOR

This is the seventh episode in a series of conversations between Abdi and Ian Ritter in Italy. Ian is a Brennan Counselor and healer with 18 years experience and has been on a spiritual path for the last 35 years.

Join us as we discuss facing our mortality as a path to enriching our daily lives. The powerful cultural and hence personal denial of this fact has many unexamined consequences. This podcast was recorded days after Ian had heart surgery. Freshly baked for your nourishment from the othe...

EPISODE 6: THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CARETAKING AND CAREGIVING

This is the sixth episode in a series of conversations between Abdi and Ian Ritter in Italy. Ian is a Brennan Counselor and healer with 18 years experience and has been on a spiritual path for the last 35 years.

Join us in our follow up session as we discuss the difference between the unhealthy pattern of caretaking, its healthy counter part, caregiving and the nuances between the two.

EPISODE 5: TAKING ON OTHER PEOPLE’S EMOTIONAL BAGGAGE

This is the fifth episode in a series of conversations between Abdi and Ian Ritter in Italy. Ian is a Brennan Counselor and healer with 18 years experience and has been on a spiritual path for the last 35 years.

Join us as we discuss the roots of unhealthy emotional entanglements, feeling responsible for the emotional welfare of others, its destructive patterns in our lives and how to keep healthy boundaries.

EPISODE 4: HEALING OUR ANCESTRAL LINEAGE

This is the fourth episode in a series of conversations between Abdi and Ian Ritter in Italy. Ian is a Brennan Counselor and healer with 18 years experience and has been on a spiritual path for the last 35 years.

Join us as we discuss the etheric topic of ancestral lineage healing and its effects in our daily lives. We investigate ways to interact with this mysterious invisible force that courses through our veins and informs our bones.

EPISODE 3: SUPEREGO: THE INNER CRITIC

This is the third episode in a series of conversations between Abdi and Ian Ritter in Italy. Ian is a Brennan Counselor and healer with 18 years experience and has been on a spiritual path for the last 35 years.

Join us as we discuss the concept of the Superego and how this inner critic can run aspects of our lives. The awareness of this phenomenon can free us from its shackles and give us the room to lead a more honest, truthful and joyous life.

EPISODE 2: HOW TO GET YOUR NEEDS MET IN RELATIONSHIP

This is the first episode in a series of conversations between Abdi and Ian Ritter, a Brennan Counselor and healer based in Italy.

Join us as we discuss the nuances of what our needs are and how they can be met in intimate relationships. Among the topics discussed are the nuances of needs, caretaking as a defense mechanism, behaviors when needs are not met and self care.