Psychoactive meditation (group)

Experimental

In contrast to calming or perhaps even repressive forms of meditation, here we consciously focus our attention on our diverse and multi-layered inner life. In psychoactive meditation, we alternate in our own rhythm between bare awareness, in which we follow the flow of the breath or body sensations in a relaxed manner, and active exploration of our feelings, thoughts, memories or inner parts.

We meditate creatively and in loving confrontation with ourselves, asking our moral or spiritual superego to step aside for a while. We are free to experiment as we wish. We are not committed to any doctrine or tradition – although many spiritual, therapeutic and philosophical influences are recognizable.

Emotionally activating

Feelings such as tension, fear, envy, pride or anger are allowed to be with us – they are part of our emotional make-up and of our vitality. In meditation, we consciously seek to come in contact with our feelings or emotions. We don’t want to overcome them, but rather understand them, experience them anew or see them in a different light. Perhaps they want to show us something important about ourselves or our relationship to the world – perhaps they point out things that we would otherwise avoid.

We work with emerging feelings in different ways and learn to welcome them unconditionally.

Consciousness expanding

The more that happens in meditation, the better! Many things can happen at the same time. In fact, we are able to perceive different things, levels or dimensions at the same time if we practise it. Instead of using substances, we expand our consciousness through agile, sometimes provocative meditation.

Between the meditation phases, we share our experiences and thoughts, which is as important as the meditation.

The aim of all of this is to gain spontaneous, intuitive insights and new, surprising perspectives on ourselves and the world. Perhaps at some point we will end up, to quote Ram Dass, as “connoisseurs of our neurosis” or, to put it more positively, as connoisseurs of all facets of our existence.

Compassionate Parts Focusing – New Program Starting in October at Aquariana

This October, our Aquariana program begins again!
This time, the focus is on our inner parts.
I call it Compassionate Parts Focusing – an invitation to meet our parts with more understanding, kindness, and curiosity.

We’ll be drawing from three powerful approaches:

• IFS (Internal Family Systems) – working with our inner voices and subpersonalities

• Focusing – the subtle practice of sensing the Felt Sense

• Buddhist (self-)compassion meditation

Evenings at Aquariana

In our in-person evenings, we will dive more deeply into the world of our parts:
How can we understand them better?
How can we make use of them as resources in our lives?

The first two evenings focus on the more outward-oriented “manager” parts, while the following ones turn toward the more hidden and vulnerable parts.

🕗 Tuesdays, 8:00 – 10:00 pm

• Oct 14 – Drivers and Rebels

• Nov 4 – Anger-ji (Befriending our Anger Parts)

• Nov 18 – Sadness and Vulnerability

• Dec 2 – Shame

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Online via Zoom

We will also meet online – in a safe and supportive space.
These evenings are less explicitly about parts and more about connecting with our inner life in different ways.
The gentle practice of sensing – in the belly, in the heart, or as a vague body sense (Felt Sense) – is at the center of this.

🕢 Tuesdays, 7:30 – 9:30 pm

• Sept 23 – Self-images, Self-worth, Self-compassion

• Oct 7 – Playful Lightness and Serious Depth

• Oct 28 – Meaning and the Felt Sense (Focusing)

✨ Please note: it is not yet clear whether the group will be held in German, in English, or in German with translation.

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Please register by email

The evenings cost 15€ to 20€ (according to self-assessment), participation in individual evenings is possible.

Examples of guided meditations:

1. Psychoactive Meditation
   
2. With hypnosis out of trance – awaken the inner Buddha
   
3. Overcoming polarization with the help of the inner family
   

Meine Preise




Vorgespräche (60 Minuten)
80€


Einzelgespräche (60 Minuten)
80€ bis 120€ je nach Selbsteinschätzung


Paargespräche (90 Minuten)
130€ 


Abendtermine in der Gruppe
15€ bis 20€ je nach Selbsteinschätzung