What is Radical Wholeness
 The Four Principles

In my SOULution practice, I help clients work toward a state of what I call Radical Wholeness. This is a state of awareness that incorporates the mind, body, Soul and Spirit working in balance. It moves beyond the ego's need to either suppress emotions or impress others towards the souls simple desire to connect and express. It's an experience and awareness, deep in your bones, that you are both profoundly at peace and completely alive. You have both an expanded and intimate relationship with Spirit and an alive and sensual relationship with Life. When you live a life of Radical Wholeness, you are fulfilling your unique purpose in life that only you can do.

My experience of living this life of Radical Wholeness is one of peace passion, purpose, power and presence, accompanied by moments of both bliss and the occasional moments of a broken heart.

There are four principles of Radical Wholeness. The first is to feel every emotion as deeply and fully as you are able. Emotions are energetic messages to our selves that need to be heard or they become stuck in our minds and bodies.

The second principle is that you question everything, particularly the beliefs that you've accepted about yourself, others, history, religion and the world. The ability to question everything we think or do is called self-observation or learning to become your own witness.

Principle number three is to resist nothing and fully accept even the most unacceptable parts of ourselves, others and the world. If we argue with the reality of what IS, reality always wins. When we do this our mental chatter becomes dramatically quieter and we are miraculously able to accept ourselves, others and all of the circumstances of our life.

The final principle is to embrace the reality of uncertainty. When we are able to accept the impermanence of all life, we can then be creatively and fully alive in the present.

What makes this work radical is its counter intuitiveness. Our life will always include a mix of perceived positive and negative. When we are able to accept our negatively perceived emotions and thoughts instead of avoiding them, we allow them to teach us, deepen us and ultimately make us happier people.

 

 This Tuesday's Essence Circle
 Conscious Breathwork

Our monthly Essence Circle will be held on August 4th at the Body Awareness Studio on Roswell Road next to the Phoenix and Dragon Bookstore from 7 to 9 p.m. This month's discussion will be Conscious Breathwork - How to use your own breath to create the state of well being that you desire. You will learn and practice four types of conscious breathing: Relaxing Breath, Energizing Breath, Centering Breath and The Breath of Life. Everyone attending will receive a complimentary CD of the 20-minute Breath Of Life Practice for home use.

www.AwakeningtoWholeness.com 

 Shadow Work Group
 1st and 3rd Wednesday

I just completed a very successful one-day workshop with Embrace Your Shadow. Because shadow work has the most lasting results when working with a facilitator, many have expressed interest in ongoing work. So, I am offering a 6-session series on doing group shadow work. These will be facilitated exercises focused on making the unconscious shadow parts of ourselves conscious. The series will be held on the first and third Wednesday of every month beginning August 5th and continuing through October 21st we will have a two-hour session starting at 7 p.m. The Shadow Session will be held at the Center of Awareness, 1240 Johnsons Ferry Place, Marietta.

I am opening this to alumni of the Embrace Your Shadow workshop and others who are interested in shadow work. An hour interview session is required for anyone who has not participated in Embrace Your Shadow. If you would like to participate, but have not taken the workshop, call me to arrange a private session.

The cost of the extended program is $99 or $25 per session for those who can't make the series but would like to attend when they can. Go to the website and register for the series on-line.

www.EmbraceYourShadow.com 

 FIRE of Wholeness Breakthrough Experience
 September 18-20, 2009

The FIRE of Wholeness workshop has been successful and I have had many positive comments from participants. But I am always working to make these programs better. One thing I have witnessed is that the core wound work breaks people open to many insights. These are often painful and very revealing and healing, but the pace of the workshop is too quick to allow adequate time to heal these deep wounds.

Beginning with the one scheduled September 11th through the 13th, I am going to break the FIRE workshop into two parts. The first part will be dealing with core wounds and motivations. There will be a 30-day follow-up process to allow more focus on healing.

With this September workshop, I am going to introduce FIRE Part Two. This is a completely new 2-day workshop devoted exclusively to Essence work. Connecting to Essence will be held on October 17-18th and will focus on the spirit part of the work that is now being rushed in the current program format.

Essence work is critical to lasting permanent change. While it is important to recognize the root cause of self-destructive reacting behavior, it is equally important to create new, healthy ways of responding from Essence. Both workshops will conclude on November 17th with Celebration Saturday.

The cost for each weekend and 30 day integration process is $395 and can be broken down into three payments of $145. You can register by going to the website.

www.FIREofWholeness.com 

 The Transformational Wisdom of the Enneagram
 August 22nd

Brought to you by popular demand, the first ever, brand new, Enneagram workshop with be August 22nd from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and will be held at the Center for Awareness in Marietta. I am really looking forward to this exciting new opportunity to teach what can be learned from using the Enneagram.

Go to my website and click on the Enneagram on the top navigation bar and take the sample test to learn your personality test. Then come ready to learn more about the way your personality functions than you ever could have imagined. To register, give me a call at 404-246-1036. Cost for the workshop is $99. Click here to preview online flyer.

www.MCSOULutions.com 

 For Men Only
 Become an Intigal Warrior

Gather with a group of like minded/hearted men over Labor Day Weekend, September 4th and 5th In the beautiful Smoky Mountains. Experience the introductory weekend of The Inegral Warrior as we begin to learn how to embody the new masculine, the Divine Masculine, Eros. We will be integrating and calling all perspectives into BEING with fierce awareness, stretching the boundaries of what is possible, bravely holding space for the feminine, nature, body, spirit, mind, integrity, authenticity, wisdom and heart. Foe more information visit www.garystamper.com/integralwarrior.htm

http://www.garystamper.com/integralwarrior.htm 

 Enneagram One Day Workshop
 Learning the Transformational Wisdom of the Enneagram

The Enneagram is one of the most profound transformational tools available to assist us in uncovering our deepest motivations and fears that lie at the core of our ego personality (false self). It's a psycho-spiritual tool that provides much more than a personality profile. It's a way to transcend to Essence (true self). You can read more about the Shadow on Michael's Blog.

Be one of the sixteen participants to uncover the light underneath the darkness within your own Shadow by using this powerful transformational tool. When: Saturday, August 8th from 10:AM to 6:PM. Where: The Center For Awareness. Cost; $99. Click here to see the on line flyer. Contact Michael directly to sign up by replying to this email newsletter or 404-246-1036.

www.michaelCasteel.com