Open Awareness

What is open awareness (OA)

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OA is an expanded mode of perception accompanied by a calm and resourceful state. Other inherent characteristics of OA include:

  • Introspection & interoception – metacognitive awareness in which we can mindfully observe mental activities, emotions and somatic experience
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  • Outrospection – heightened awareness of others and the ways that we relate to them, which cultivates empathy and compassion
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  • Envirospection – broad awareness of the space around us which connects us to everything in the environment and the cosmos

Embodied OA is naturally eco-logical – good for you – good for others – good for the environment and the world (win-win-win).

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How can OA help you?

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When we are distressed or fearful, we are in tunnel awareness. This is typical of the fight & flight (survival) mode. Problems arise when this mode is triggered unnecessarily, causing us to react negatively or destructively. If unresolved, high levels of stress may result in serious health or relationship issues. By activating OA, we gain access to a range of more positive, resourceful, and health-promoting responses.
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How can OA help groups & organizations?

Open Awareness Integral Process video.

The OA Integral Process enables groups to harness their collective consciousness and combined creativity for the purpose of achieving win-win-win outcomes. Such outcomes are beneficial for all individuals in the group, and the group as a whole, as well as the broader organisation or population.

The OA for Change Project applies the OA Integral Process with the aim to address health or safety concerns, social problems, or environmental issues in one’s community or globally.

The video below includes Jevon Dangeli’s OA Research Poster presentation at the International Transpersonal Conference in Prague 2017. The poster is displayed below the video and following that are free OA resources and information about OA training.

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Open Awareness poster - presented at the International Transpersonal Conference, Prague 2017

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Correction: In the research referred to above, it states that applied open awareness helped people to reduce their stress & burnout levels by 26% after 24 days of practicing the skill. Since then, the research statistics have been reviewed, showing that it was in fact a 59% decrease in stress & burnout levels. The new data was published in a peer review journal (Dangeli, 2020).

Dängeli, J. (2020). Exploring the phenomenon of open awareness and its effects on stress and burnout. Consciousness, Spirituality & Transpersonal Psychology, 1, 76-91. https://www.journal.aleftrust.org/index.php/cstp/article/view/9

 

Realizing how deeply interconnected we all are, is the answer!

According to the Psychiatry and Pediatric Specialist, Dr Dan Siegel:
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“Joy, creativity, awe, gratitude, compassion, kindness—the qualities we cherish the most will naturally emerge when we drop beneath the illusion of separateness and realize our profound interconnection.”
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Open Awareness dissolves the illusion of separateness and promotes a sense of interconnection.


Free OA resources:
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OA training:

There are 4 levels/modules of OA training – read here 
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The trainers: 

Jevon Dangeli is a certified NLP Trainer, Transpersonal Coach and Hypnotherapy Practitioner/Trainer who has provided live training in these areas since 2004. He gained his MSc in Consciousness, Spirituality and Transpersonal Psychology from Middlesex University. He has written 9 training manuals and recorded over 30 audio-programmes, as well as a comprehensive video series where he teaches psychological methods for personal and professional development. He is the developer of the Authentic Self-Empowerment (ASE) approach that combines the holistic aspects of NLP with mindfulness and transpersonal psychology. Applied OA is at the core of the ASE approach.

Hennie Geldenhuys is medical doctor, certified ASE and Transpersonal Coach, Hypnotherapist and trainer. He integrates his medical, scientific and clinical research skills with the ASE and OA approach. He applies this unique blend of disciplines in his work with individual clients and in dynamic group training courses. He has a passion for change work, for the link between the evidence, practice and experience in coaching, and the link between the biological, the psychology, the spiritual and the transpersonal.

For OA inquiries and training, contact us

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