9 July – 14 July 2023 in Germany, organised by Seminarhaus Engl.
Overview of the training
The seminar was a mix of and alternance between theoretical input to set the framework for the practice and the practice itself. The theoretical input included:
- 4 core directions of heart based action
- 5 key difficulties arising in the cultivation of the heart qualities
- 5 inner qualities and practices to sustain the qualities of the heart
- Attitudes for handling difficulties arising from a heart-centered life (mirroring and equanimity)
- Difference between self-optimization (outer stimulus) and self-acceptance (inner cultivation)
The practice included:
- Assessment of the heart qualities in my current life situation
- Identification of heart qualities that I need most in this moment of my life
- Inner cultivation of each quality of the heart
- How to extend the heart qualities to other people
Competences acquired
As result of the participation in this training experience, Paola Bortini gained the following competences:
- Ability to identify inner resistances to the opening of the heart qualities
- The power of repetition and its use for inner motivation and transformation
- The power of intention for opening up to transformation and being more apt in seeing reality as it is and receiving
- Process of cultivating the qualities of the heart
- Difference between persistence and attachment to result
- How to overcome tiredness and lack of motivation