Isaac Shapiro

Unconscious habits of attention happen in most of us that cause discomfort not only to ourselves and the ones closest to us, but also all with whom we are associated. Life is experienced through these unconscious habits, which function as cognitive filters. Due to the fact that life is being perceived through these filters continuously, it makes it almost impossible for us to recognize them. Therefore it can be of enormous value, to have someone who is perceptive at this level, to assist us.

The invitation is to become aware of automatic unconscious mechanisms. Through becoming aware, habits that have caused trouble for generations come to peace.

His approach is to ask questions and make statements. He asks participants in his meetings to question and see if what he says is true in their own knowing. This approach points to what is already known, but obscured in the ways our nervous system and our thinking function.

He brings an understanding of neurophysiology and some of the latest discoveries in Quantum physics and applies this when the occasion requires in a light hearted but direct way.

"All we have is the sensory experience of this moment, NOW. This moment what we call the world, time, space, energy, matter, our own bodies and each other is an experience to us. That’s all we have. "Through noticing how our cells respond in the experience of now, there is a noticing of the production of not only the sense of reality but also the sense of self that usually is identified with."

Through years of working with people, Isaac has cultivated and refined an ability to track what is happening in the nervous system of participants. Bringing this awareness to peoples attention, allows our natural, innate self-regulating mechanism to be re-established.

The beauty of this invitation is that nothing needs to be changed, fixed, or eliminated. It is a non-dualistic, non-judgmental enquiry into our present being. Everything happens through the agency of awareness.

As we bring awareness to these unconscious habits, there is a shift that occurs. In the course of investigation, people spontaneously recognize the true nature of themselves, which many report as the experience of peace, unconditional love, compassion, or simply of being home.

Isaac Shapiro is an internationally known facilitator, fascinated with life lived in alignment with the world's wisdom traditions. He enjoys exploring with and assisting those who share this interest. At nineteen, he had a recognition of unconditional love and peace and became passionately interested in living like that. This interest was the springboard into looking fresh at many of the aspects of life that we take for granted including our thinking, emotions and beliefs, how the body, mind and nervous system function, and the subtleties of the building blocks that show up as a sense of “I”. He explored, communal living, growing food organically, mind clearing using biofeedback, Feldenkrais bodywork, group energy dynamics and awareness and attention work. In 1991, he met the Master of Advaita, HWL Poonja (Papaji). Since being asked by Papaji to be available for those that have this interest in Truth/love, he has been holding meetings worldwide. Over the years, Isaac saw the extent that trauma pervades human functioning, making the felt sense of the Truth of who we are difficult to live. He now includes a somatic approach, to facilitate that this love affair becomes available to all. www.isaacshapiro.org