As hordes of people with failed New Years resolutions can attest to, “good intentions” by themselves do not lead to transformation. Our will power alone is no match for the powerful emotional impulses which drive most of our behaviour.

Like a fisherman in a rubber dinghy yelling at an oil-tanker to change course, our cries go unheeded. The oil-tanker of deeply ingrained habit plows straight through us, and we are pulled down into the dark depths of the sea of failure. The oil tanker of habit simply keeps on cruising towards its pre-programmed course.

Trying to change like this is hard if not impossible.

But what if personal transformation could be simple?

You might say: “Personal transformation is never easy”, or “you can’t get anywhere without effort”. And you would be right, since simple doesn’t necessarily equal easy. But once you possess the right tools for the job it will be possible for you. You can actually do it. Once you learn the right orientation, the effort you put in will feel natural instead of effortful and you’ll have the clear sense you are on your path.

Intrinsic Pleasure is your secret tool and it belongs to you. Once you learn how to recognise it and return to it, it will resume its rightful place as your ever-present companion in life. Revealing to you the Way through its presence or absence.

A Winter of Intrinsic Pleasure is a course which will hold your hand through the choppy waters of this transformational stage, and provide a training ground to practice the skill of embodying intrinsic pleasure.

Imagine coming out of these six weeks feeling like you’ve reconnected with yourself. You’re now able to sustain presence, and channel aliveness and creativity in a way that feels effortless. You have moments of losing touch with that feeling of aliveness, but you’ve had so much practice at returning to that space that you reorient without much effort.

In this 6-week course you will be immersed in the practice of listening for and attuning to Intrinsic Pleasure. During the two-hour online meeting, you will have the opportunity to engage in practices and learn distinctions that point the way to experiencing Intrinsic Pleasure consistently.

There will be acting, but without rush. There will be creativity, but without judgment. And vision, but without expectation.

Together we’ll hold a space of curiosity and wonder, discovering who we are when we soften the ideas we have of who we think we should be. 

• Six weekly calls of two hours each.
• A container to hold you as you drop into following what feels amazing and right to you.
• Group practices, pair practices, and hot-seat coaching in the session itself.
• Learning self-practices ranging from breath-work and silent meditation, to yawning (I know, sounds weird) and inspiring movement practices for you to use in your own practice of being with intrinsic pleasure.
• [Bonus: The first eight people to sign up will get a free one-on-one coaching session (45 minutes) with course leader Bjarte Hiley]

Any questions about the course can be directed to bjarte@daomove.com and are warmly welcomed