Colleen Santini
Colleen Santini
the real deal, slayer of obstacles, queen of intention, and upholder of sacred space for hundreds of retreats all over North America.
Every serious goal brings with it a barrier. Sometimes the barriers multiply. And sometimes the barrier itself changes the goal.
Let me give you an example:
Back in the '70s when I was traveling home from university during Christmas break, my bus dropped me off in my hometown of Ottawa in the middle of the night.
My goal was to get home.
My barriers: cell phones didn't exist so I couldn't call anyone; busses weren't coming because they didn't run late, and I was a broke college student. The walk home was long - about 90 minutes.
When a car passed me on the road, thinking I could speed things up a bit, I stuck out my thumb and hitched a ride.
Then the driver pulled a gun on me.
There I was, thinking the barriers were handled, but instead the barriers had just multiplied AND my immediate goal had changed.
My new goal was to stay alive.
I was not yet the dedicated meditator I was to become, but fear can drive you instantly into the realness of the here and now.
The threat to my life dumped me into the presence of the moment and I just started talking, building a relationship with my attacker. I had to keep facing the situation, accepting the gun in my face as real, while never giving up on what I wanted. In the end, I emerged physically unharmed and much less naive.
But using the now - the realness of the situation we're in - applies to everything, not just gunpoint.
You know how hard early life can be when growing up with a parent who is unstable or mentally ill. You never know what you're coming home to love and peace on a good day or pain and terror on a bad one.
I had some serious self-criticalness and other harsh mental habits.
It was a dyad meditation retreat that saved me, healed my mind, and improved my ability to communicate. It held me in a strongly structured sacred space while teaching me about barriers, intention, communication, and openness.
Which is why I plunged in with both feet. I digested everything I could about these retreats. Now I'm a master trainer and I've been teaching for decades. I've traveled North America facilitating retreats and giving thousands of private consultations.
Dyad Meditation focuses on enlightenment, or to put it in business terms, It gets your ego out of the way so you can meet your goals sanely.
Dyad Meditation is special, not solo, not silent, not still; it clears the mind fast and teaches how to meditate in action while communicating. It broadens the perspective and opens us up to greater acceptance and more effective right action without being prompted by violence and regardless of whether or not you're going insane.
Dyad Meditation works for business by creating deliberate environments so people can focus on what matters.
It works when your soulmate dies of cancer and leaves you as a single mother. (been there)
It works again later when your narcissistic husband betrays you and destroys your friendship, your marriage, and your business. (been there too)
There's an art to holding an intentional sacred space which involves knowing its destroyers: violence, gossip, intrigue, backbiting, drama, and inappropriate relationships. (perhaps you've heard of them?)
If you want to survive, if you want to be mentally sound, if you want to heal, you have to be very deliberate. You have to get uncomfortable. You have to get into the realness. And you cannot allow the great distractions to take you off your mission or away from what's true
My mission is to help businesses and individuals create an inspiring, productive, happy environment for an inspired, productive, happy life or business.
Let's start with a conversation.
Colleen Santini
the real deal, slayer of obstacles, queen of intention, and upholder of sacred space for hundreds of retreats all over North America.
Every serious goal brings with it a barrier. Sometimes the barriers multiply. And sometimes the barrier itself changes the goal.
Let me give you an example:
Back in the '70s when I was traveling home from university during Christmas break, my bus dropped me off in my hometown of Ottawa in the middle of the night.
My goal was to get home.
My barriers: cell phones didn't exist so I couldn't call anyone; busses weren't coming because they didn't run late, and I was a broke college student. The walk home was long - about 90 minutes.
When a car passed me on the road, thinking I could speed things up a bit, I stuck out my thumb and hitched a ride.
Then the driver pulled a gun on me.
There I was, thinking the barriers were handled, but instead the barriers had just multiplied AND my immediate goal had changed.
My new goal was to stay alive.
I was not yet the dedicated meditator I was to become, but fear can drive you instantly into the realness of the here and now.
The threat to my life dumped me into the presence of the moment and I just started talking, building a relationship with my attacker. I had to keep facing the situation, accepting the gun in my face as real, while never giving up on what I wanted. In the end, I emerged physically unharmed and much less naive.
But using the now - the realness of the situation we're in - applies to everything, not just gunpoint.
You know how hard early life can be when growing up with a parent who is unstable or mentally ill. You never know what you're coming home to love and peace on a good day or pain and terror on a bad one.
I had some serious self-criticalness and other harsh mental habits.
It was a dyad meditation retreat that saved me, healed my mind, and improved my ability to communicate. It held me in a strongly structured sacred space while teaching me about barriers, intention, communication, and openness.
Which is why I plunged in with both feet. I digested everything I could about these retreats. Now I'm a master trainer and I've been teaching for decades. I've traveled North America facilitating retreats and giving thousands of private consultations.
Dyad Meditation focuses on enlightenment, or to put it in business terms, It gets your ego out of the way so you can meet your goals sanely.
Dyad Meditation is special, not solo, not silent, not still; it clears the mind fast and teaches how to meditate in action while communicating. It broadens the perspective and opens us up to greater acceptance and more effective right action without being prompted by violence and regardless of whether or not you're going insane.
Dyad Meditation works for business by creating deliberate environments so people can focus on what matters.
It works when your soulmate dies of cancer and leaves you as a single mother. (been there)
It works again later when your narcissistic husband betrays you and destroys your friendship, your marriage, and your business. (been there too)
There's an art to holding an intentional sacred space which involves knowing its destroyers: violence, gossip, intrigue, backbiting, drama, and inappropriate relationships. (perhaps you've heard of them?)
If you want to survive, if you want to be mentally sound, if you want to heal, you have to be very deliberate. You have to get uncomfortable. You have to get into the realness. And you cannot allow the great distractions to take you off your mission or away from what's true
My mission is to help businesses and individuals create an inspiring, productive, happy environment for an inspired, productive, happy life or business.
Let's start with a conversation.
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