LENSES THAT LIBERATE

The 12 Week Embodiment Program | Course Origins

THE ORIGINS OF THE 12 WEEK PROGRAM

Over the many years on my own path of healing and embodied awakening, my exploration of many different spiritual and healing traditions often left me with feelings of confusion around which teaching or form of practice was the “right” one. While I could often RECOGNIZE and experience the benefits of a particular teaching tradition or practice, I would, simultaneously, OFTEN feel at an intuitive level that the particular tradition’s view of wholeness was somehow too narrowly defined or limited in some way. For example, during my trainings in psychotherapy, having already developed a solid meditation practice, I HAD TO discover experientially how this process of emotional and psychological healing could be greatly enhanced if it could be RECOGNIZED as occurring within the ground of our being (the deepest aspect of us that never changes). Similarly, during my many years of exploring meditative traditions, I came to RECOGNIZE that when the wisdom and nuance of my subtle body’s energy was included as an aspect of my meditation practice, it could lead to a much more embodied and richer experience of healing and integration.

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In other words, rather than seeing the many different traditions and teaching practices as ‘separate’ and distinct paths of healing and awakening, I had always been intuitively drawn towards discovering their parallels and to understanding how these different approaches could be interwoven to serve as a integrative map to allow for the deepest TRANSFORMATION TO OCCUR, an integrative map that would fully HONOR both our humanity and divinity. It was out of this intuitive and experiential exploration that the Lenses that Liberate Model And this program was born.

THIS 12 WEEK PROGRAM WILL HELP YOU discover for yourself THE VALUE OF MANY DIFFERENT HEALING AND AWAKENING PERSPECTIVES AND HOW YOU CAN INTEGRATE TOGETHER IN A SEAMLESS WAY.


 
“I highly recommend working with Derek, some of my most profound realizations have come through our work together. ”
— B.K. ~ Nutritionist
“Derek, I want to write you and tell you how grateful I am to have had the opportunity to share this course with you. It was an amazing experience, full of facets and feelings, and in the end I feel stronger. thank you!!! ”
— S.W. Photographer
“Derek posseses a rare and inspiring capacity to swiftly locate core afflictions that disturb the psyche and the growth it craves. ”
— ~ K.F. Student
 
 

 DEREK SHEAHAN



MY NAME IS DEREK SHEAHAN AND I AM THE FOUNDER OF “THE LENSES THAT LIBERATE” MODEL. OVER THE LAST 23 YEARS I HAVE PRACTICED THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF MEDITATION AND HAVE STUDIED WITH AND LEARNED FROM MANY EXCELLENT MEDITATION TEACHERS AND HEALERS, INCLUDING REGGIE RAY, ADYASHANTI, PETER FENNER, AND ECKHART TOLLE. I HAVE ALSO TRAINED IN INTEGRATIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY, GESTALT THERAPY AND A SOMATIC THERAPY (HAKOMI FOUNDED BY RON KURTZ). THE HOLOTROPIC BREATHWORK OF STAN GROF HAS ALSO BEEN VERY IMPACTFUL ON MY LIFE AND I'VE SPENT MUCH OF THE LAST FEW YEARS ON RETREAT RESEARCHING AND EXPLORING OTHER BREATHING TECHNIQUES AND TAOIST PRACTICES. I INCORPORATE ALL OF THIS AND MUCH MORE INTO MY WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS.