About
Our People
Co-Founder and Director
Louise Livingstone PhD
Louise is co-founder and director of The Centre for Myth, Cosmology and the Sacred and founder and director of the Heart Sense Research Institute – www.heartsenseresearch.co.uk. Louise taught on the MA Myth, Cosmology and the Sacred at Canterbury Christ Church University and completed her PhD there. The title of her thesis is: How can the thought of the heart offer effective ways of engaging with conflict? An imaginal and reflexive study. The project draws on the discourses of transformational learning, depth psychology, holistic science, cultural history, esoteric wisdom and religious philosophy. Louise offers talks, courses, events and contemplative journeys founded upon Heart Sense – the approach that she developed as part of her PhD research.
“I notice that I am changing, which means – encouraged by Louise, and deepened by the course I have just completed – tuning ever more emphatically to my heart’s bountiful guidance. It was there all along, but I didn’t fully recognise the gold that glowed at the centre of me.”
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Louise’s work aims to re-imagine the long-forgotten wise and intelligent heart for contemporary times; illuminating through research, contemplative action and nourishing dialogue how the heart as a focal point of compassion, love and kindness, and as an organ of perception and wisdom, is a valuable and vital ally in our world of increasing global challenges, injustice and inequality. Her research has wide applicability in terms of social justice, sustainability, and the development of eco-consciousness. She also holds an MSc in Holistic Science, with distinction, from the Schumacher College, Devon, UK.
Louise is a founding member of the Awakening Heart Collective, and also uses the Heart Sense methodology to support young people/students as part of the New Paradigm Navigators project at the Scientific and Medical Network. In addition, Louise is a thought-leader for IRewild; an institute working to engage with complex challenges to help restore a viable world for humanity and all life on Earth. Through IRewild, Louise has co-authored a book titled – Even the Caterpillar Sings – Bringing Our Souls Back Into A Deeper Relationship With Nature. Louise is widely published, and you can view all her publications here. She is currently working on a trilogy of workbooks exploring the Heart Sense approach and the possible implications of this framework in relation to personal, collective and global transformation.