July 2nd, 2011

My friends,

I’m writing this e-letter in the garden of a dear friend’s country villa in the hills of Umbria, north of Rome, catching my breath and enjoying with Martina a very Italian holiday after an epic Spring season of workshops. Sitting here under the shade of a persimmon tree in the fragrant morning air, nature teasing all my senses, how could I wish to be less than present in every cell of my being? Next week we return to Maui for our summer break. En route, in the busy streets of Prague and London, on trams and trains, and amidst all the flurry and bustle of airports and plane-travel, it will good to be just as present.

I am deeply aware of how much has been touched in me during this 4 months on the road. I am alive with all that is moving in me from the 69 days I have spent in Art of Being circles since we left Hawaii in late February. I wish I could convey in a short e-letter what it is that sustains me through such a schedule, and indeed inspires me to create it in the first place. People do ask me, including other seminar leaders, and all I can ever say is, “It’s the art of being.” Meditation to me means BEING WITH WHAT IS, and this is what I have been practising now for nearly 4 decades. My work and my life are one.

So to all of you who sat and danced and laughed and cried and loved and opened with me in some of these 69 days, a great Thank you! – for all that I learn in being with you. And thank you too that you care as I do to bring more love and awareness into this lost world through becoming ever more of your real being in it, and in your soul more free of it too. My wish and prayer is that you may keep celebrating your own magical being, and let every day be an Art of Being meditation bringing you many golden moments where “All that I am is one with all that is”.

With love and aloha, alan




(you can read the long version of this e-letter on my blog)
 

Art of Being news and notices are brief this time as we go into the summer vacation. Just 2 advance notices:

There are 7 places still available for ALAN’S ART OF BEING TEACHER TRAINING that begins Oct 5 – 9. Some people are coming because they want to bring the art of being into their existing practice as healers, teachers, guides. Others because they feel inspired to lead Art of Being workshops. Ah, here is the new Art of Being generation emerging! I sense among them already the passion and commitment that I imagine will in time forge new paths of learning and self-realization. I’m excited for what this Training will be.

And if the magic of Hawaii calls to you - the whales, the waterfalls and the vibrant, intimate community we create together at our awesome Maui residence – come join us for HIGH ON LIFE IN HAWAII (Jan 28-Feb 10, 2012). It will live in you for ever! The e-brochure you can find here, with all the details.


Shanti-Alegria, Maui

On a personal note, from next Spring until Summer 2013, Martina and I are going to live in Prague. I am renting out our Maui home for 16 months from Feb 24 2012. It would be wonderful to keep it in the Art of Being family, so if you are interested, send me an email: alan@artofbeing.com with MauiMaui! in the Subject header.

Finally, Parimal Seminarhaus, where the Body, Heart & Soul Training takes place, is looking for a new organizer to take over the whole seminar business there. If the idea appeals to you and you think you may have the qualities they need, feel free to contact Neelam. You can email her at neelam@parimal.de.
 

» Download Art of Being brochure 2011 (pdf, 3MB)
 

Forthcoming workshops and events:
 

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