A life devoted to finding peace regardless of circumstance, external or internal: sitting in a cancer center, her heart fills with gratitude; at the bedsides of the dying, her heart swells with love; even in a season of failing health, arriving at a training by wheelchair, she found wholeness and oneness; and in the depths of meditation, she settles into an infinite love beyond time and space. Geralyn Russell's journey began with the certitude of God's existence, and has carried her into deep study of the teachings of yoga, contemplative Christianity, Dr. David R. Hawkins, Attitudinal Healing, and A Course in Miracles. In this conversation, she discusses the practices of listening without judgment or advice-giving, "letting go," forgiveness, returning to coherence, and facing illness, loss, anxiety, and death with an open heart.Geralyn Russell is the founder of The Sense8 Studio, an Attitudinal Healing Facilitator and Trainer, Certified Somatic Yoga Educator, and Certified Forgiveness Facilitator. She is the co-developer of Path2Green, an award-winning emotional resilience program that has trained more than 3,000 healthcare professionals, medical students, and community members in practices for cultivating resilience and well-being.
Learn more:
Geralyn Russell's work: https://www.thesense8studio.com/
Dr. David R. Hawkins: https://veritaspub.com/
Attitudinal Healing International: https://www.ahinternational.org/
A Course in Miracles: https://acim.org/
Fred Luskin's work on forgiveness: https://learningtoforgive.com/about/
Timestamps
00:10 Attending the First Attitudinal Healing Group in a Wheelchair
05:19 "I just knew there was a God"
09:30 Centering Prayer, Yoga, and Dr. David R. Hawkins
13:41 Beyond Linear Causality
15:29 A Course in Miracles
17:53 Letting Go of Blocks to Love: Love is Listening
24:47 Attitudinal Healing Groups: Listening for Feeling,Meaning, and Value
32:45 Heart-Centered Communication: The Practice of DeepListening in Daily Life
36:54 Healing is Wholeness, Oneness, and Love
44:09 Gratitude and Wholeness at a Cancer Center
48:02 Choosing Inner Peace Amidst External Chaos
56:25 The Power of Loving Intention & Living the Life IHave
01:01:17 Giving and Receiving are the Same
01:04:56 Learning from Each Other and Forgiving Each Other
01:14:23 Geralyn's Studio and Emotional Resilience Training
01:20:09 Ways to Return to Coherence
01:22:15 Dissolving the Ego & Growing in Awareness of Our True Nature
01:27:34 My Marriage is a Prayer, My Home is a Temple
01:29:05 How You Live Is How You Die
01:36:37 Experiences Beyond Time, Space, and Duality
01:39:32 To See Through Christ's Eyes
01:43:45 Letting Go and Staying on the Crest of the Passing Moment
01:45:11 We Heal Together: One Life's Contribution to the Whole
Music for this episode by Benjamin Bigelow
