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Luminous Darkness: A Path for Seeing Clearly from the Heart

With Deborah Eden Tull recorded on October 2, 2022.

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One of the gifts of global uncertainty is that it requires us to recognize and release unconscious biases that have been passed down for generations. These include the perception that splits into opposites and values light over dark, speed over slowing down, productivity over attunement, and conclusion over not knowing. Awakening requires that we soften the habit of binary perception and restore our capacity for clear seeing.  Join us for an embodied exploration of luminous darkness, our greatest ally in seeing clearly — from the heart.

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