Awareness Coach Certification Healing Arts, Counseling and Life Coaching, even traditional Meditation techniques, operate at the level of thought, feelings, energy, beliefs and sensations. However, the most powerful approach to healing and transformation deals directly with Awareness and Attention.
This is what our students have to say about this workshop with certification:
"It brought me to Awareness. I was able to depersonalize this Awareness for the first time. I felt very relaxed, and let me stay in Awareness a greater part of the day. You do some awesome job -- I can't think of anything that could make it better than it is." MF
"What I liked the most was the practical experiences with Gian, the lovely food made with love, the beautiful healing energy you both shared, and your lovely garden" NP-F
"The format and all the subjects presented were perfectly designed and delivered" AB
"I found this experience very helpful and I can't think of anything to add or take away. I truly enjoyed this workshop. " AG
"The fact that I have been shown how to relax and bring the attention back to the source and just be awareness is magnificent" PAJ
"It was simple but profound. It is the first time that I have experienced that meditation is within my reach -- Thank you" GG
"Gian and Viviana provide a very nurturing environment and easy yet powerful instructions to learn to relax as Awareness. I also loved the food!" LC
"Clear content and useful practice, great food and overall atmosphere" ME
For those interested in terminating suffering, by realizing that we are that which watches suffering undisturbed. For those interested in the Mystery that is beyond the mind and watches the screen of the mind, but has no judgement about it. For those interested in that which sees the self but is our true Self. For those tired of believing in the existence of a "me" that suffers, and interested in finding out what they truly are. Consider signing up to this one day Awareness Coach Certification.
He who Masters this one thing, becomes the Master of all things. Why?
The most powerful force in the Universe is not thought, as the metaphysician believes. It is That which watches our thoughts. The most powerful force in the Universe is not energy or "prana" as the energy healer believes. It is That which notices our internal energy. The most powerful force in the Universe is not belief as the religious person thinks. It is that which registers our beliefs. The most powerful force in the Universe is not feelings, but that which is aware of our feelings. The most powerful Force is Awareness.
Healing arts, counseling and life coaching, even traditional meditation techniques, usually operate at the level of thought, feelings, energy, beliefs, sensation, the mind. However, the most powerful approach to healing and transformation deals directly with Awareness and attention.
Attention is Awareness directed. The source of attention is Awareness and Awareness is Consciousness, or in the old language "God within."
In this short, focused and unique certification you will learn how to help self and others through the most powerful healing force in the Universe; instead of wasting time with lesser approaches.
Thoughts, feelings, sensations, desires, beliefs and so on, are objects. Awareness is subject. Thoughts, feelings, desires, beliefs, and so on, are the unreal. Awareness is the Real. There is nothing more powerful for healing and transformation than the Real.
Waste no time, learn and facilitate going to the Source.
In this one day intensive Awareness Coach Certification you will learn the following:
Note: This workshop requires work in dyads.To participate on the internet you need to sign up with a partner. Find the right friend and have fun participating from home.
1- The Highest Definition of Meditation:Meditation is to shift the attention from mind to Consciousness. Other useful definitions. Definitions that create confusion and need to be avoided. Why the term "meditation" is unnecessary.
2- Mind vs. Consciousness: Differentiating between what is mind from what is Consciousness. Without a clear understanding of the difference between mind and Consciousness is almost impossible to meditate or "rest as Consciousness."
3- Preparing the body for meditation: During this part of the training the student learns the use of guided relaxation to facilitate the client's shifting of the attention from mind to Consciousness. Students break in pairs to practice.
4-Preparing the mind for meditation: The "yes" technique -- from resisting to embracing. The student learns to facilitate mind relaxation using the "yes technique. Students break in dyads to practice.
5- Preparing the Attention for Meditation: Our happiness, and our spiritual, mental and physical health depend on how we pay attention. Depression, anxiety, stress and many other diseases go hand by hand with paying attention the wrong way. You may have heard these words: ".... your name here..... pay attention! Strangely, our teachers didn't tell as how to pay attention -- because they didn't know either.
Attention is awareness directed and is the most powerful force we have at our disposal -- more than the mind! How we pay attention to our thoughts and feelings (the mind) is more significant to our happiness and health than the thoughts and feelings we entertain. However, very, very few have ever paid attention to how they pay attention. This all pervasive unconsciousness, is the source of untold suffering in this planet. At a spiritual level, becoming aware of how we pay attention is one of the most significant steps we can take on our journey towards awakening. The student learns how to facilitate flexible attention -- from open focus to narrow focus and viceversa. They break in pairs to practice.
6- Pointers:You will learn the use of the most powerful pointers to facilitate the final shift from mind to Consciousness and "abide as the Self." Students break in dyads to practice.
7- The Automatic Deep Breathing Response and other physiological indicators of successful meditation.
8- The Non-dual Path: The end of the seeking. From complexity to simplicity. The value of spending time as Awareness.
9- The End of the Seeker is the End of Suffering: From abiding as Consciousness to Awakening. A radical identity shift.
10- From Awakening to Liberation: How to begin moving in meditation from being Nothing to being Everything. The Ultimate "Yoga." Students break in dyads to practice facilitating Oneness.
11- The Self-enquiry Approach to Awakening. Who am I, or what am I? Love for the Truth leads to awakening. An irriversable process?
12- Awareness Training and its impact on health, relationships, abundance and more.
13- The History of the Non-dual Path: you will be introduced to the fascinating history of the Non-dual path, from Shankara, to Ramana Maharshi, Ramesh, to Adyashanti and the radical non-dualists.
14- The Dualistic Devotional Approach to Awakening: How to "balance" the Non-dual path with the Bhakti approach.
15- Where to get more information. The value of continuing your education in this field -- the ultimate healing art.
16- Business Model: The student is introduced to a practical business model to succeed in the healing professions. How healers, counselors and coaches can create a private practice, make a living, and live an authentic life.
If you have questions regarding this program please
call us at 818-508-1720
Participation on the Internet: Through our webinar technology -- extremely simple and easy to use -- students living far away from Los Angeles, can participate and become certified on the internet. Note: This workshop requires work in dyads.To participate on the internet you need to sign up with a partner. Find the right friend and have fun participating from home.
Hours: Class starts sharp at 9 AM, US, Pacific Time. Please plan to stay until 7:30 PM.
Personalized attention: class size in person limited to seven students each day. Internet participation is also available anywhere in the world through effective and friendly, easy to use webinar technology.
Cost: $200 Plus $15 for Lunch and snacks throughout the day.
Curriculum: Please read below.
Certificate of Completion: Upon completion of any of our workshops you will receive a certificate of completion. To see the certificate's format, please click here.
Teacher: Gian Paolo Girardi, MS, MA, Founder of the Brain Optimization Institute and the University of Healing Arts. For more information please read below.
Reserve Your Space: Deposit: $50 non-refundable. Participation in person limited to 7 students per day, please reserve your seat early.
For more information please call us to 818-508-1720
Gian Paolo Girardi, MS, MA, Founder of the Brain Optimization Institute and the University of Healing Arts
In his early twenties Gian Paolo pursued studies in engineering in the most prestigious university of Chile at that time — the Catholic University of Santiago. At age of twenty three, he became interested in yoga and the pursuit of happiness and enlightenment - a pursuit that continued for more than 30 years. At 32 he enrolled in post-graduate studies in psychology. After completing 3,000 hours of supervised psychotherapy, and passing required tests for licensing, he obtained the Marriage Family Therapist (MFT) license.
Gian Paolo practiced psychotherapy full-time for over fifteen years. Eventually, he stopped renewing his license and is presently dedicated full-time to the field of education. He has taught, or is presently teaching, Spiritual Psychology, Psychology of Consciousness, Brain Nutrition Therapy, Life Coaching, Vocational Coaching, Biofeedback and Awareness Coaching. Awareness training is his highest passion.
In January, 2005, Gian Paolo and his wife Viviana founded the Brain Optimization Institute and subsequently The University of Healing Arts. As a teacher, he and his associates are intent on communicating what they have learned through a lifetime dedicated to clinical and healing work, personal development and spirituality. During later years, Gian Paolo has used the techniques and concepts taught in this certification to help his clients and students reconnect with their true nature. In the practice of the counseling and teaching profession, it has been his greatest joy to facilitate this reconnecting with Consciousness, as this is the ultimate healing the Soul is looking for.
Studies at UHA can be pursued in person in Santa Monica, or anywhere in the world on Skype or phone. Students from adjacent cities and locations, like Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, Pacific Palisades, West L.A., West Los Angeles, Brentwood and Bel Air, can also take our courses in person. Students living in cities and locations located further away in the Los Angeles area, like Laguna Beach, Studio City, Glendale, Pasadena, San Fernando Valley, Irvine and Orange County, may choose to take some classes in person and some on Skype or phone. Students living in distant places like San Francisco, San Diego, New York, North/South Carolina, London, Paris, Spain, Madrid, Barcelona, Santiago Chile, Buenos Aires, Montreal and so on, most often take our courses on Skype or on the phone, unless they choose to come to Santa Mónica for the lenght of the course (Note: intensive courses are also available for students living far away who want to come to Santa Monica and participate in person. Please contact us.)
