Dr Louise Livingstone is co-founder of the Centre for Myth, Cosmology and the Sacred, and Director of the Heart Sense Research Institute. You can view her bio here

Jay Livingstone is a teacher/trainer. He is also an internationally qualified crystal therapist and Reiki Master and has been working with earth energies for over two decades. In the mid 2000s he was Training Director of DiscoverSerenity Holistic Solutions where he developed and delivered a 12 month crystal therapy diploma, successfully gaining accreditation for the diploma through NOCN (National Open College Network). Jay is a megalithomaniac, dream keeper and earth guardian. He is Keeper of the Flame of Aodhagan – a sacred fire which he was asked to tend by his guides (the Elders of Aodhagan) many years ago. Currently Jay is working to bring the sacred flame, and the teachings of the Elders, out into the world.

For more information and to book, visit: https://www.heartsenseresearch.co.uk/conversations-with-gaia

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Conversations with Gaia

with Dr Louise Livingstone & Jay Livingstone

6 x Wednesday evenings:

11th, 18th, 25th October, 1st, 8th, 15th November 2023

6.30pm – 9pm (UK time) via Zoom

Cost £120

This course is inspired by Louise & Jay’s three decades of deep communication with the Earth – both individually and together. Louise approaches the world through her heart, which she understands as an organ of imaginal perception that receives the calls of the world through images and subtle messages. Connecting with the world through our heart offers the possibility for us to appreciate that we are always in relationship, and at the heart of relationship lies openness, love, understanding, give and take, and, conversation.

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Conversation, in this course, is framed as a dynamic dialogue with the world, opening up through the heart (the organ of the imagination) towards the world as it speaks to us through images, leading to sensory, feeling, emotional responses. In this sense, we require a different order of perception – the imagination. An imaginal mode of consciousness is a way of knowing that honours inner intuitions and sensory experience, made possible through imaginal approaches. By opening up to these approaches, it becomes possible for us to develop a relationship with the world, and open the possibility for the world to come alive – to be ensouled. In this framing, the world is no longer a dead collection of objects, but a “communion of subjects” (Wendell Berry). In turn, the world expands into the possibility of becoming the living, breathing Goddess Gaia.

Husband and wife, Jay and Louise Livingstone, have been consciously communicating with Gaia for well over three decades – in particular through stone, crystals, and plants. Listening deeply to Gaia through their hearts, they have been guided on journeys that have taken them all across the UK, and onwards to the mysterious islands of Malta. Over 6 weeks, Jay and Louise will open the possibility for participants to develop their own conversations with Gaia through imaginal methodologies including Goethean enquiry, Heart Sense, and other imaginal approaches including guided meditation/contemplation and drumming.

Week one – Context and background

Week two – Communing with Stone

Week three – Communing with Plant

Week four – Communing with Water

Week five – Communing with Animal

Week six – Re-turning; reviewing our journey

Attendance/Recording:

For those who cannot attend live, there will be a recording available after the session has taken place. The recording will be of all contemplation exercises and theory. Please note that this course is deeply experiential, and as such, it can lead to personal transformation. In this sense, personal sharing spaces will not be recorded. To gain the most from this course, it is advisable to attend each session as it happens in real time; this is because a great deal of the learning takes place in the sharing spaces.

Booking/registration:

This course is very popular, so it is advisable to book early following the links provided (below and above).

Included within this course:

15 hours of direct class time; including theory, reflections, contemplations – as well as home-‘play’ exercises and reflections
All class materials
Support from Louise and Jay throughout the journey as needed
Benefit of Louise and Jay’s many decades of working with the Earth, individuals and groups