Spacious Mind
Coaching
Coaching
Welcoming Life As-it-is:
Coaching, Conferences and Courses
Contemplative Dialogue based on Non-dual Buddhism and Advaita
Coaching, Conferences and Courses
Contemplative Dialogue based on Non-dual Buddhism and Advaita
Welcome to
The Spacious Mind
The Spacious Mind is a unique psycho-spiritual approach that integrates the timeless wisdom of non-dual Buddhism and Hinduism with contemporary western psychotherapy. Spacious Mind coaching reflects forty years of yogic and contemplative training and practice, and my extensive experience as a life-coach, psychotherapist, and organization development consultant.
I'm Michael Shandler. My intention in hosting this site is to let visitors know about the psycho-spiritual coaching and courses and workshops that I offer.
The Spacious Mind approach is both simple and profound - arising out of the moment-to-moment shared awareness of coach and client. The work is done primarily by phone - an unexpectedly useful vehicle for mind-to-mind meditative communication and contemplation. Relaxed and aware in the here-and-now - not-knowing what will arise next - non-dual awareness spontaneously arises. In this open and aware space true healing occurs - “incompletions”, fixations, projections, anticipations and stories become portals for deconstruction and dissolution of long-held conditioning . Fixations and troubling emotions are no longer suppressed but become fertile ground for experiencing and transmuting 'stuck energy. From here the heart opens and an intelligent acceptance arises .Now everything is allowed to be and everything is included. The client gains genuine insight into conditioned responses and mind-made constructions that skew attitude and action. Clients experience directly how suffering is created in-the-moment and how this further conditions the next moment. Learning to BE is both an art and perfectly natural.
Anyone with a sincere desire to take responsibility for their lives will benefit from the Spacious Mind approach. Although some experience in meditation can be helpful, it is not a prerequisite; what is important is a sincere desire to live in freedom. Any life experience or life transition is fertile ground to begin this work. The result is a deeper sense of peace and relaxation, truly what Buddhists call “ultimate medicine.”
To see the results of this work from the client's perspective please go to testimonials.
