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Ajaya Sommers ~ Being Here: From Emotional Reactivity to Embodied Intimacy
We are living in an extraordinary moment. The pace and intensity of modern life often exceed our nervous system’s capacity to metabolize experience. When the nervous system perceives overwhelm, it naturally organizes around protection. Attention narrows. Reactivity increases. Even the most sincere spiritual insight can become difficult to embody, because the organism itself is working simply to maintain stability. When we learn how to support the body’s natural capacity for safety and coherence, emotional activation no longer needs to overwhelm us. Instead, it can become workable material — living energy that deepens presence, vitality, and our capacity for authentic relationship. Ajaya Sommers is a somatic practitioner, teacher, and speaker, whose work lives at the intersection of somatic embodiment, relational intimacy, and non-dual inquiry, helping people reclaim presence, coherence, and deeper connection to themselves and others.
Saturday, April 4, 2026 @ 10:00am-12:00pm (Pacific Time) at Online Video Meeting (phone access also available)Dorothy Hunt ~ Honoring the Life and Teachings of Ramana Maharshi ~ Retreat Day (In-Person)
Ramana Maharshi has been a light shining in the darkness for countless seekers of Truth. In this silent retreat day honoring his life and teachings, we will also consider ways that his method of Self-Inquiry has been misunderstood, and ways in which some seekers make “Silence” an object rather than realizing its continual presence in everyday life. Included in this day will be video clips of his life and darshan. Dorothy Hunt is the spiritual director of Moon Mountain Sangha, and a teacher in the spiritual lineage of Adyashanti. Dorothy has a long and deep connection with the teachings of Ramana Maharshi and offers this day to any who are interested in coming to sit in silence and listen with the Heart.
Saturday, April 25, 2026 @ 10:00am-4:30pm (Pacific Time) at Community Congregational Church of Tiburon
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