"Most of us have barely glimpsed our full potential.

Within each of us lies the wisdom and the power necessary to achieve our dreams.

Only when we are fully present can we access this potential."

Nicholas de Castella

What is Presence?

The experience of being fully alive, free and living each moment in the here and now is what we call presence. When you are in tune with your body, aware of your thoughts, in touch with your feelings and living from your essence you have 'presence'.

 

Why Is Presence Important?

The quality of your presence is possibly the single most important factor determining your level of happiness, health and success in life. Your presence affects everything you do: how you think, talk, listen, feel, relate to others and perform.

 

Have You lost Presence?

Signs of a loss of presence include: low energy, unhappiness, pessimism, feeling detached, numb, flat, anxious, stressed, depressed, confused, lonely, isolated, having relationship difficulties, poor concentration and ill health.

 

How do we lose Presence?

As we grow up we learn to suppress our feelings, splitting off from our authentic selves. Also, we live in a culture that teaches the idea 'we will be happy when we get something'. However, the more we focus on external gains the more we lose touch with our true inner nature.

 

How does Presence Feel?

Learning to be more present opens a gateway to the experience of your true nature. The experience of our true nature or 'essence' is often described as peaceful, spacious, loving or contented, though in reality it is an experience beyond words.

When we live with presence we have lots of energy and mental clarity. We perform at our peak, feel freer, more in control and move forward in life with ease. Our relationships become more fulfilling. We feel more gratitude and increasingly experience life as a rich and wonderful blessing. Presence is also a powerful force for the healing of ourselves and others.

As we live more in the present we discover energy that was previously expended in playing out old dramas. We can then channel this energy into having fun and towards achieving what we want in life.

 

 

What are the Benefits of Enhancing Presence?

Gain Skills to Live a Richer and More Fulfilling Life!

Though each person will experience different benfits from enhancing their level of presence these are some of the common types of experiences people have reported from increasing 'Presence':

Raise Your Heart Intelligence

• Discover essential keys to opening your heart and reconnecting with your feelings.
• Learn about the healthy roles of emotions in your life.
• Take command of your life by mastering your emotions such as anxiety, fear, stress and anger.

Gain Energy and Enthusiasm for Life

• Connect with and embrace your joy, passion and enthusiasm for life.
• Transform fear into enthusiasm. Transform anger and frustration into positive power.
• Put more colour in your life, break free from limitation, depressive cycles and unleash your passion.

Find Inner Peace

• Learn simple, practical meditation techniques to deepen your level of inner peace.
• Resolve issues that cause stress and anxiety. Release grief come home to peace and love .

Reclaim Your Innocence and Playfulness

• Understand the difference between Healthy and Toxic Shame.
• Gain understandings of the origins of toxic shame and see how it could be running your life.
• Learn to validate yourself. Heal old shame based wounds and release shame based thinking.

Develop Success Consciousness

• Release old patterns that are controlling and limiting you. Understand the roots of self sabotage .
• Gain clarity, direction and purpose. Develop self confidence. Manage Change more effectively.
• Step out of restrictive 'victim' patterns of behaviour.

Love Yourself More Fully

• Learn how to love yourself, heal guilt and resentment.
• Connect with and free more of the real you.
• Discover your essential beauty and wonder and embrace your true magnificence.

Become More Self Assertive

• Gain confidence to stand up for what you think and feel to live the truth of who you are.
• Express your feelings more clearly and effectively. Transform self consciousness into self expression.
• Learn conflict resolution skills. Overcome fear and master your anger.

Enhance Health and Well-being

• Identify and resolve underlying issues that are causing you stress and poor health.
• Learn ways to manage and heal pain. Learn how to breathe for better Health.
• Learn practical skills to maintain better emotional health.

Deepen and Strengthen Relationships

• Bring more of yourself in to your relationships.
• Develop your communication and honouring skills.
• Recognise and release fears that limit more fulfilling relationships.
• Heal old relationship wounds and release fear of intimacy.

Develop Your Spiritual Connection

• Experience profound connections with your spiritual essence.
• Gain insights and understandings about the perfection of your life.
• Transcend your false identification with your ego conditioning.
• Recognise that there is more to you than what you see and think.

About The facilitator: Nicholas de Castella

Nicholas has assisted thousands of people to live richer and more fulfilling lives. He uses cutting edge technology, presented in fun and easy to understand ways. He draws on over fourteen years experience working as a Breathworks Practitioner and Trainer, Relationships Counsellor and Group Facilitator. Author of 'Keys To Emotional Mastery', he is a certified Quantum Process Practitioner and trained in John Bradshaw's 'Non-shaming' / Gestalt Therapy.

Nicholas is president of The Australian Breathworks Foundation, has a successful practice in Melbourne conducting private sessions, weekly group meetings and regular seminars. He has presented his work throughout Australia and in New Zealand, USA, Canada, South Africa and England.