On My Path to Letting Go
A 6-week course
(in-person and on Zoom)

Pre Registration is required please. Contact Brenda at register@unityspiritualcentre.com to receive your workbook, zoom link if applicable and your spot.

This course “On My Path to Letting Go” explores your unique path to awakening to your spiritual truth. As we know, letting go of old beliefs, feelings and patterns of behavior is an ongoing process. Join in this safe space to explore, discuss and grow. This is an opportunity to authentically share your journey, with its challenges and triumphs in a safe space. You will come to understand that we are all much more alike than you may have thought!

• This course is about letting go – shedding anything that no longer fits who you are today.
• It is fitting that we begin with “Letting Go of the Past,” because who you are today can’t fully shine if you’re dragging around the old, worn-out version of who you thought you were.
• Letting go is a process! This class honors whatever comes up for you – whether it is insightful or painful, as you honour your own and each other’s journeys.
• It’s important that everyone feels comfortable as we learn and grow together.

Dates and times:

Wednesdays at noon till 2pm
September 11, 18, 25. October 2, 9, 16.

$20 for printed workbook …Class Offered on a love offering basis.

Class Agreements

Attendance and Active Participation

The main topic of this course is Letting Go, and the main subject is you. Your willingness to broaden and deepen your personal understanding of who you are, along with your personal process of letting go, has directed your attention to this particular class. Each step of the journey brings heightened awareness of your own dance with Life itself. Everything that comes up in this class is an opening for healing and celebration. Therefore, your timely arrival, attendance and active participation is the foundation of the journey, crucial for the experience that lies ahead.

Workbook Writing

The best way to move through your workbook is to first read the title page and then all the articles for that week. This gives you an idea of the overall concepts being presented. You can bet that ideas and insights will start percolating! Then go back and do the written work, setting aside quiet time each day, giving it your undivided attention. Spend quality time writing down your thoughts and feelings about each article in the workbook. Don’t just answer in phrases – write down full sentences that convey your thoughts. Not only does this deepen your personal unfolding experience, it also helps you express your perspective during class dialog. You will get as much out of this class as you put into it, so bring yourself wholly into the experience. You are the star of the show; you are worth your caring attention.

Final Class: “My Path to Letting Go”

The final class is a recap of what you have learned about yourself and any insights gained in the last 6 weeks. After thoughtfully exploring your opinions and insights throughout the course of this class, this is your opportunity to pull it all together. Consider some specific, real life examples, consider any of the following questions (or come up with your own questions) to summarize your learning and growth, insights from these weeks of exploration and discussion:

– What have I learned about myself?
– In what areas is letting go still a challenge? Why?
– In what areas have I moved past fear and resistance to start the process of letting go?    What has been the result?
– How am I choosing to get involved in my life today?
– What do I most appreciate about my life? What do I most appreciate about me?
– Where is the God of my understanding in all of it?

You may also include drawings, photos, poems or any other visual representation of your experience of letting go.

The Importance of Sharing

You are encouraged to make “I” statements. You are encouraged to refrain from “fixing”, “making suggestions”, or “interrupting” another’s sharing. This is an opportunity to share, to be heard and also deeply listen to each other without judgement or interruption. You will find that sharing your insights and experiences and learning from others is an important part of the class. The purpose of sharing is multifaceted. It provides an opportunity to share from your own experience, as well as develop the ability to listen and really hear other people, and to benefit from their sharing.

Guidelines for Sharing

Confidentiality

What is said in class stays in class. What is said in this class stays within the group. When you share with the whole group, share your insights only instead of the revelation of someone else in the group.

Sharing with respect

Speak about your own feelings and experiences and not about what someone else has shared as their feelings or experiences.
Actively listen while another person is sharing and then refrain from commenting or giving advice (no “fixing”).
Once a person has shared, the response of the others in the group is, “Thank you,” and then the next person shares. This helps keep the tendency to comment (pulling the attention back to the person speaking) and “fixing” at bay.
Respect the rights of others and share one time only in each sharing opportunity.
If you later remember something wonderful you intended to share wait until everyone else has had a turn to share.
Be sensitive to the amount of class time you spend in sharing.
If sharing is easy for you hold back to allow time for others.
If sharing is more difficult for you, learn to speak up and share yourself.