Have you ever felt like something’s missing, even when life seems pretty good? Perhaps there’s an underlying unease. Michael Brown’s Presence Process addresses this feeling. It’s not about positive thinking; it’s about befriending your emotions. This connection fuels personal growth by ceasing manipulation.
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Understanding the Presence Process
This method suggests unresolved childhood emotions affect adult life. These past hurts linger as emotional charges. By releasing these, life becomes calmer.
Animals offer a helpful analogy. Observe how polar bears shake off excess energy and trauma. They instinctively release tension. Animals, like us, process internal and external experiences. Pat Evert’s influence also shines through in this concept.
The 10-Week Journey of the Presence Process
Michael Brown’s Presence Process is a 10-week program. It combines practices with lifestyle adjustments to cultivate present moment awareness.
The process begins by examining inner emotional charges. As Michael Brown writes in The Presence Process: “When we live in time, we spend our days seeking the meaning of life. In contrast, when we are present, we enjoy a life saturated with meaning.”
- Week 1: This Moment Matters – Acknowledge the importance of the present. Repeating “I am here now in this” during consciously connected breathing (CCB) reinforces this. Ask yourself: “Do I act to please, or do I live authentically?”
- Week 2: Recognizing Reflections and Projections – Observe reactive patterns rooted in fear, anger, or sadness. Do certain things trigger deeper childhood issues, perhaps from ages 1-7?
- Week 3: Choosing to Respond – Instead of reacting emotionally, choose intentional actions. Consider: “What triggers me? When did I first feel this way?”
- Week 4: Feeling Unconditionally – Accept uncomfortable feelings without judgment. This allows you to embrace all parts of yourself, preventing blame towards others. Gradually enter a state of acceptance.
- Week 5: I Am Innocent – Reconnect with your inner child who carries outdated guilt. Offer unconditional support for healing. Although inherently innocent, the imprints from those early years shape our core traumas.
- Week 6: Integrating Charged Emotion – View challenging emotions as energy needing attention. Embrace your emotional state, avoiding artificial fixes or numbing. These “undiscovered parts” are critical for balance.
- Week 7: I Feel Safe Now – Explore physical safety as a lived experience. Leaning into old wounds, rather than ignoring them, can ease lingering pain.
- Week 8: I Forgive Myself – Foster internal peace by acknowledging past baggage and offering self-forgiveness. Unresolved parental issues can become self-sabotaging. Perhaps our perception of the past perpetuates our trauma.
- Week 9: Loving Myself Unconditionally – Seek love from within, not from external sources. Are expectations a mental construct that hinders true unconditional love? Perhaps presence itself understands this love.
- Week 10: Appreciating What I Am – Let go of feelings of lacking something external. Consistent presence fosters self-healing and unconditional self-acceptance. Does recognizing past traumas prevent victimization and animosity?
Practical Tips for the Presence Process
| Element | Description |
|---|---|
| Conscious Connected Breathing (CCB) | Practice 15-minute CCB sessions twice daily, especially during weeks 1-6. Any sincere, consistent effort with stillness is beneficial. |
| Weekly Practices | Review the weekly focus and engage in the practices throughout the day to uncover deeper insights. |
| Be Consistent | Consistency builds presence through persistent dedication. This is especially important for those seeking to understand their internal needs stemming from childhood trauma. |
Diving Deeper into Presence Process Principles
Beyond the weekly structure lie core principles. This work involves understanding past experiences. Unresolved trauma creates harmful patterns that we can resolve through presence. Embrace feelings as guides.
These feelings illuminate areas needing resolution. Repressed feelings resurface, seeking healing through presence awareness, not just intellectual understanding.
This isn’t about superficial self-love affirmations. It’s about embracing all aspects of yourself. True progress requires deep awareness. The Presence Process offers a deeper approach to long-term resolution. Doubts are valid, but embrace the present moment to find presence, not just knowledge.
Conclusion
The Presence Process isn’t a quick fix; it’s a journey of self-discovery. It’s a holistic approach that addresses past traumas to improve the present. Michael Brown says, “A reliable indicator we have entered present moment awareness is if our experience, no matter how comfortable or uncomfortable it may feel at any given moment, is infused with gratefulness.”.
Gratitude is the indicator of living presently. True presence awareness comes from working through feelings without control. It clicks with sincere participation, not superficial knowledge. You already possess this connection; the process helps you realize it. This involves embracing all aspects of yourself.
You can find The Presence Process on Amazon, but true transformation requires active participation. Are you ready to meet all sides of yourself? True presence connects everything perfectly. It’s a powerful process of self-healing and unconditional self-love through conscious effort. The external changes reflect internal balance.
THE PRESENCE PROCESS, Alchemy Of The Heart & Cat Tales For Mariette are published by NAMASTE PUBLISHING.