This One Sacred Life: From Survival to Unity
This One Sacred Life: From Survival to Unity
A Healing Journey From Survival to Presence
An 8 week online course created by Trauma Therapist, Organic Intelligence Certified Coach and experienced Nervous System Practitioner Candace Kirby.
- Separation and the Heartbreak of Childhood Trauma
- Finding our Ground Here: Building Trust in the Present Moment
- Love Surrounds Us: The Practice of Orientation
- This Very Moment Life is Calling Us Home.
- Falling in Love with our Fragmented Self.
- There is Grace in Returning: Over and over again.
- Unity and Embodying the Qualities of Presence
- Reverence for all of Life
Trauma-safe and nervous system-informed practices.
Join Candace and a small group of friends for this 8 week transformative and gently restorative online course as we discover the link between healing childhood trauma and awakening to our true nature, Because so many of us carry the impact of undigested trauma we feel a great disconnect from ourselves; from each other; from nature and the present moment. We long to be here; for peace and simplicity, yet we are somewhere else lost in the reactivity and fragmentation of the past and the future.
“Each symptom was an ingenious solution by the body to create some semblance of safety for the developing child or endangered adult.” ~ Janina Fisher
This online series will provide clear understanding and support for attuning to the needs of the traumatized physiology while gently orienting the nervous system towards safety and alignment with the present moment. This is a path of returning to the direct experience of the present moment while reinforcing these new pathways in the bodies neural systems.
“Meeting Candace has changed my life. She has helped to unlock a sacred place in side of me which I never imagined I could.
Candace invites you into a world of calm, healing, compassion & safety. Her gentle manner allows you to settle; to find your centre and trust the presence of right now.
Her teachings have opened up my own self awareness, my spiritual essence and how to feel true joy.”
~ Participant
The impact of trauma is experienced in our diminished capacity to recognize reality as simply what is without an overlay. In service to survival we forget our nature of simple; authentic; peaceful and alive presence. Through no fault of our own we lost our sense of connection to our own true nature and connection to the present moment. We often feel caught in the survival patterns of fear; anxiety; chaos; defensiveness; intensity and complexity. We are adrift and longing to be anchored here and at rest in our own experience. The momentum of our lives is reduced to managing survival rather than being grounded here in the simple, ordinary and peaceful nature of right now. This is the human condition.
Over the course of eight sessions, you will be learning to listen and tend to what your traumatized system really needs to settle into it’s natural state of ease and receptivity. You will learn to orient your physiology towards safety and provide a reliable anchor into the present moment. This groundwork is essential to your traumatized physiology. You will learn how to dissolve the tension, bracing and contractions by relating to your survival system in a curious, compassionate and respectful manner.
“One of the most subtly profound and gently deep experiences I have ever had has been joining you in this workshop. Thank you so much.” ~ Participant
As your orientation begins to shift away from identifying with the patterns of the survival self and away from the exhausting effort of forcing, fixing, or fighting the momentum of past trauma you may begin to experience a greater sense of connection and alignment with life as it is unfolding right now.
Slowly, the survival system begins to soften out of protection and into presence.
As we provide the proper conditions for our physiology, qualities that may have been dormant can begin to emerge naturally from within. Not through striving, but through safety, calm, care, and deep trust. The traumatized system does not settle through force, but through receiving what it did not get in childhood: gentleness, presence, attunement, patience, slowness, softness, consistency, compassion, protection, love, and devotion.
And as these qualities deepen, many people begin to notice a growing sense of aliveness — a feeling of being more intimately connected with themselves, others, nature, and life itself. What once felt defended or distant can gradually become more open, relational, and alive.
During this course, Candace invites you to:
- Practice arriving here in the present moment
- Learning to honour the protective role of the survival self.
- Practice orienting to the external environment as a source of safety and support.
- Recognize and rest in the quiet aware space of right now.
- Discover the reality where nothing needs to be different.
- The body longs for the qualities of our true nature of Presence.
- We learn to “borrow” safety and regulation and discover that we are not alone in this.
- Coming back to the present moment while reinforcing the neural pathways of returning.
With attuned teachings; slow and gentle repetition and simple neurosensory practices you will learn to:
- Pause and listen.
- Recognize home as right here.
- Discern between past and present.
- Find safety and support in the present moment.
- Recognize the difference between complexity and simplicity.
- Listen to and recognize what your physiology needs.
- Be attuned to the past as it’s still living in your physiology and to the quiet nature of present moment.
- Move with the natural impulses of contraction and expansion instead of against them.
- Learn to trust the present moment as the sacred ground of tending to the past and awakening your devotional heart.
- Embrace tenderness and compassion as messengers of mercy to the body.
What to Expect:
Each session offers a blend of teachings, guided practices, optional sharing and listening exercises, and interactive questions and answers.
Registration includes:
- Access to all 8 live classes.
- All class audio recordings.
- Weekly homework practices and primings for upcoming topics.
To arrange e-transfer payment for Canadian participants email candace@candacekirby.ca.
If cost is a barrier please message me. I am happy to arrange a reduced rate or payment plan that fits within your budget.