OPEN SITTINGS

Postponed to Saturday, June 21, on Zoom

10-11:30 am & 4-5:30 pm, Pacific time

Hosted by Saniel Bonder & Linda Groves-Bonder

There's some sweet, bright history to these events we call "OPEN SITTINGS."

For eight months back in 1996, Saniel hosted two 3-hr. Open Sittings every day at his apartment in Marin County, California. What made them "open" was that, for a small fee, people could come at any time and depart whenever they wished.

And, there was no pre-set agenda other than some initial gazing and meditation. People were welcome to bring up just about anything that was important to them. 

More than once, only one person or maybe a couple showed up and wound up getting a very long private coaching session from Saniel.  

This daily practice for more than half a year was quite a departure from the typical weekly gatherings for gazing, meditation, and conversation that Saniel and Linda had been generally making available, along with occasional in-person workshops and retreats as well as personal coaching sessions.

The Open Sittings proved to be highly appealing and transformative formats for people interested in our work. 1996 became a banner year for "Second Birth" awakenings and other openings and transformations. 

Our explorations of the "Down" and "Mutuality" aspects of the work were developed as never before, on a par with the "Waking" process.

Having all that time together in the Open Sitting format certainly contributed to all those shifts. 

This year we brought that format back for two shorter sessions on the Saturday of Saniel's 75th birthday weekend in late April. Then we held a couple of Open Sitting sessions again on a Saturday in late May.

As had happened during those months nearly three decades ago, a lot of us felt a wonderful, fresh, enlivening energy emerging in these recent gatherings.

Among both longtime and newer participants, there was a palpable hunger for and enjoyment of communion with kindred spirits. 

So, we're delighted to welcome you to one or both of another two Open Sitting sessions, now postponed two weeks from Saturday, June 7, to Saturday, June 21. Saniel will host the morning session, and Linda will join him to co-host the session in our afternoon. Please do come join us!

> All are welcome! No previous exposure to our teachings or events is necessary. This is a good occasion to warmly invite friends to attend. (Please don’t pressure anyone to come; everyone should really want to be here.)

> Please register with your payment — see below. You'll then receive a thank-you letter that includes the link to join either or both of the June 21 Open Sittings, 10-11:30 and 4-5:30 Pacific time. Please don't share the link with anyone else, thank you. 

> Join us any time during each sitting and leave whenever you wish.

> We'll start each session with a short period of gazing and closed-eyes meditation. If anyone's new, we will give an intro to the gazing practice, which is optional. 

> We'll then open the general conversation time with a 5-10 minute introduction to our Human Sun HEART Work™ and its flagship offerings, Maximizing Joy™ and Waking Down in Mutuality®.

* The intro will focus on what this approach has meant for many people over the decades and can mean now for you: your personal and relational development, embodied awakening, expression of your unique genius and gifts, and your ongoing transformation.

* We suggest that newcomers arrive at the beginning of each session so you can hear this introduction.

> In the conversation time that follows, your questions and sharings are welcome.

> We'll record each Open Sitting. If you don't want to be recorded, please say so and we'll put the recording on pause for you. 

> Please be respectful and appreciative of other participants.

> Kindly keep your questions and sharings concise, and refrain from offering unsolicited advice and promoting other events and teachings.

> Again, Saniel will host the first Open Sitting on June 21, and Linda will join him to co-host the later session.

> We ask everyone to pay $15 USD, and more if you like, for each 1.5 hr. Open Sitting session you plan to attend on June 21, for however long you'll stay. Back in the 1996 sittings people sometimes attended just for very short periods. Feel free to do that if it works for you!

* Click below to register. On the checkout page, you can choose the amount you wish to pay.

 * If you need another payment option, email us at [email protected] and we’ll help you with that.

Sending you love and Heart-blessings from us both,

Saniel and Linda

Saniel Bonder & Linda Groves-Bonder
Human Sun Institute