Gregory Burdulis
Meditation/Mindfulness Trainer
What I believe: I believe there’s something I can’t name but is more beautiful and loving than I can imagine. I believe it emanates Love which is the basis for everything else. I believe we all have access to this.
I believe Life hurts and pain happens. I believe that healing engages Love.
At a physical level it looks like scrapes scabbing over and cuts mending. At a personal level, it looks like a broken heart reknitting itself. At a psychic level it looks like acceptance, standing up for oneself, and integration. At a social level it looks like couples being more honest and kind with each other, and communities putting themselves back together with greater justice. At a global level it looks like our species acknowledging our negative impact on our world and adopting behaviors that support the biosphere while developing more loving, grateful, and connected responses to our home.
I believe we can heal from trauma—and that this an ongoing process of awareness, courage, acceptance, integration, experimentation, kindness and faith that learning love is the lesson. These beliefs arise from my personal life experience, my education/training and working with clients.
My education: I have a B.S. in counseling, education and dance. I have a M.A. in spirituality. I trained in meditation for 7 years as a monk in Burma. I am a certified yoga and meditation instructor, mindfulness teacher and professional coach. I have extended training in The Artist’s Way, storytelling, mountaineering, body awareness, TaeKwonDo, improvisational theater, contact improvisation, and interpersonal communication.
My professional roles: I teach mindfulness and meditation for the largest yoga teacher training company in the world (East+West) and was a popular senior teacher for eMindful, the largest online mindfulness training company in the world. I have taught throughout North, South and Central America, Europe and Asia.
What I hope for you in this course: I hope you gain friends. I hope you feel respect for yourself for the healing you have done in the course and confidence in your ability to be skillful with others who have suffered trauma. I hope you feel awe for the courage and grace you witnessed in your peers. I hope you feel connected to the ineffable kindness that allows for our existence and empowers our healing.