Accommodating the Understanding in Trauma Practice

"I recently chose a trauma-sensitive training, but now knowing the non-dual understanding, I’m not sure it truly aligns with what I want to offer. How can I discern what’s coming from the mind and practicality versus what’s really coming from being, from what life wants to express through me? Rupert says: ‘There are two possibilities when you try to take this understanding back into your work. Either your current work can expand to accommodate this new understanding and be informed by it, or your work is too narrow and can’t expand – so it cracks. You have to ascertain whether you can continue in that field and expand it, or whether you’d be restricted and frustrated staying within its confines. If you feel it’s the latter, I’d encourage you to be courageous. The skills you’ve developed won’t be lost. But if you carry on within that modality, you’ll continually come up against walls. You want to build a practice that enables you to bridge the gap between the ultimate non-dual understanding and an individual’s personal suffering – a methodology tailored to their needs without external restrictions.’"

From event 21 - 28 November, 2025 Seven-Day Retreat at The Vedanta, 21–28 November 2025

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