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Pure Presence Practitioner Training (PPP) is a comprehensive, personalized training program which results in formal certification for use in one's profession or calling. The program takes 6 months to complete. Pure Presence certification is ideal for social workers & counselors; spiritual companions & caregivers; ministry professionals; healthcare professionals & hospice workers; holistic healers; educators; any individual who wishes to deepen and expand her/his/their ability to listen carefully and to hold compassionate space for others for the purpose of healing and wholeness. Pure Presence Practitioner Training offers a new paradigm of listening and presence rooted in both the Eastern and Western traditions of body-mind science and contemplative spirituality. |
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Is Pure Presence Training for You?
How the Training Works
• 5 mos. of long-distance education (online) with personalized training for your unique profession
• 10 learning modules, one every two weeks (using texts, audio and video recordings)
• 10 60-min, private coaching sessions with Jan on Zoom
• Praxis based; students are expected to apply principles and practices to actual conversations
• Use of the Pure Presence Workbook & Journal, plus 2 additional texts
• Demonstration of mastery results in Certification as a Pure Presence Practitioner
• 10 learning modules, one every two weeks (using texts, audio and video recordings)
• 10 60-min, private coaching sessions with Jan on Zoom
• Praxis based; students are expected to apply principles and practices to actual conversations
• Use of the Pure Presence Workbook & Journal, plus 2 additional texts
• Demonstration of mastery results in Certification as a Pure Presence Practitioner
Curriculum ~ 2 comprehensive areas of focus & mastery
Pure Presence contains these foundational teachings, beginning with learning how to cultivate presence for oneself. Without this element, deep empathetic (non-judgmental) listening is nearly impossible. Without it, we will continue to listen through the filter of perceptions that keep us distanced from one another physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
Modules 1-5: Pure Presence with Oneself
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• Establishing and holding attention in the body; mindfulness of body and Sacred Breath
• Cultivating inner space, developing the compassionate witness to transparently notice thoughts and feelings, especially those that create separation • Applying self-compassion principles and practices (rather than guilt or shame) to what is discovered • Ongoing and consistent contemplative practice of choice to deepen self-awareness • Fostering a deeper understanding of self and "the sacred"; deepening one’s relationship to ultimate reality as you uniquely understand and experience it |
Modules 6-10: Pure Presence with Others
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• Understanding who “the other” is to you and who you are to them
• How to be a welcoming presence; preparing sacred space; holding peace • Compassionate witnessing of self and other simultaneously • Expanding the “heart-mind” for deeper listening • Asking the right questions for clarification and self-awareness; choosing the compassionate response • Witnessing the movement of the sacred in the other; cultivating gratitude and appreciation for the seeker’s journey; finding the gifts and invitations within the companioning relationship • Accessing "the Third Heart" • Moving beyond “other”, beyond duality, to celebrate the oneness of experience |
Presence dwells in the ‘spiritual heart’, as yogic sage Ram Dass calls it; within the ‘true self’ as Thomas Merton explained it. Indeed, it is the journey of a lifetime to empty oneself, to eliminate one’s own small idea of what someone should believe or how they should live; to bear loving witness to the wonder and mystery of an individual’s formation and unfoldment.
Testimonials
Jan Lundy’s Pure Presence Training, along with guided recordings and my time with Jan in live, private video sessions, has been a guiding force. While soft and nurturing, it has also provided the structure and direction I have most needed. I’ve been deeply grateful for the encouragement to put myself first, attend to my own deep self-care in order to repair and restore, so that I could again be truly present for others in a way that allows for the “Third Heart” to be present in the room. I’ve returned to clinical practice and the nature of my work has been transformed.
~ Lynn Louise Wonders, LPC, CPCS, RPT-S
~ Lynn Louise Wonders, LPC, CPCS, RPT-S
"As a person who has had a lifetime career where listening has been a critical element, it's been fascinating to learn to listen in a whole new way. I love that I am learning to listen with my mind, heart and body. I am grateful to be listening with no agenda except to companion the speaker, to take in and hold their stories as deeply as possible so they may feel more deeply connected to themselves, to Source, to the world."
~ B.B., Spiritual Director & Retired Social Worker, California
"I have a deep gratitude for the Pure Presence program and the mentorship of Jan Lundy. I found the program to be gentle and the mentorship calming. The program helped to deepen my compassion, willingness, and eagerness to listen with respect to the still small voice, the presence, as the Presence revealed itself in every conversation I encountered."
~ Reverend Cathy Estey
"I am happy for the commitment and the experience of the training. I feel I'm seeing people at a deeper level due to this process. My awareness of myself in relationship to others has grown. Remaining in the present moment in conversation during discussion of difficult matters has become easier. I believe others feel more heard and I feel more empathy for myself and others as I focus on needs and feelings. As i hold presence, I am connecting more deeply with myself. I am looking forward to continuing to grow in this."
~ N. H., Therapist, Michigan
~ B.B., Spiritual Director & Retired Social Worker, California
"I have a deep gratitude for the Pure Presence program and the mentorship of Jan Lundy. I found the program to be gentle and the mentorship calming. The program helped to deepen my compassion, willingness, and eagerness to listen with respect to the still small voice, the presence, as the Presence revealed itself in every conversation I encountered."
~ Reverend Cathy Estey
"I am happy for the commitment and the experience of the training. I feel I'm seeing people at a deeper level due to this process. My awareness of myself in relationship to others has grown. Remaining in the present moment in conversation during discussion of difficult matters has become easier. I believe others feel more heard and I feel more empathy for myself and others as I focus on needs and feelings. As i hold presence, I am connecting more deeply with myself. I am looking forward to continuing to grow in this."
~ N. H., Therapist, Michigan