This is a one-year part-time course, offered in 3 modules. The foundation of this course is what it … Learn More about True Friend Immersion

Serve the World as a True Friend
Courses and personal mentoring for awakening, and the skills to assist and guide others
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Our training is heart based, so whether you are interested in certification or not, you may find immense personal value in the insights into your true nature and the nature of suffering that these courses reveal.

Enneagram for Awakening
Being or ego is the question facing all of us as we reflect on ourselves and awaken to our true … Learn More about Enneagram for Awakening

Mentor and Teacher Program
Become a certified mentor and teacher. We encourage those looking for deepening self-realization, … Learn More about Mentor and Teacher Program

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Through the 1980’s Eli led the Clinical Hypnosis Certification Program at Esalen Institute and at the Insitute Dr. Schmida in Vienna, Austria. This month-long certification program was a synthesis of the Enneagram with Neurolinguistics and Ericksonian Hypnosis.
The Awakening of Love
Hi friends, as I’m writing this report, my wife Traudy and I are on a ferry to New York City to consult with the first of three top aortic heart surgeons. Over the next few weeks we will try and come up with a solution for a deteriorating heart problem that can not be easily resolved. I have tears in my eyes as I travel to NYC, but not from fear or dread. Rather I am filled with immense gratitude for the freedom I enjoy. Life appears so beautiful that it is touching my very soul. There is a complete lack of suffering, anxiety, or negative thoughts keeping my attention. Instead, I embrace it all and am filled with an ever growing love that bubbles deep within me. I am in awe of the beauty of everything that is unfolding. After my first week at Leela in Ashland, just nine months ago, I knew I had changed forever… [Read Full Story]