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Mindful Living Teacher, Executive Coach, Vessel Yoga creator, Life Satisfaction Coach, Consciousness Junkie, Earth Sculptress, Speaker, Group Facilitator, World Traveler, Writer, Mystic, GGma, Faith Keeper, ... Diane dhiana sage Barnes M.Ed., eRYT500, YACEP |
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"When you surrender to what is and so become fully present, the past ceases to have any power. You do not need it anymore. Presence is the key. Now is the key." ~ Eckhart Tolle |
"For nearly 25 years as owner and director of Mindful Living Studio, I've designed and taught education & training for groups in academia, corporate wellness, and other settings. I serve Vessel Yoga students and private coaching clients in the Mindful Living Studio, a small private studio in the Midlands of South Carolina USA. Before becoming an entrepreneur, I held executive leadership positions as I simultaneously studied holistic healing arts. I received initiations into numerous mystery paths. Neuroscience and quantum physics nourish my endless curiosity and help explain what I experience in the inner world. The joy of observing people awaken as they get out of pain, find hope & tap the power of faith is my passion. Some say I've walked in the world undercover as a mystic easily perceiving things invisible to others. As a sensitive and intuitive I am able to perceive multidimensionally. We all can. My unique talent is quickly detecting what's out of balance and discerning a skillful way forward for the individual or group that integrates mind, body and being." ~ dhiana
I created Mindful Living Studio to offer an enlightened life perspective and empowered way of life to anyone ready and willing to pursue balance by being curious about and then changing what isn't working. For years, I've had a wait list for groups and private clients. Individuals study with me for many years and corporate assignments have run deep and wide. Through a slow organic attrition process space has opened to begin to bring new outreach through Mindful Living Studio global. I'm being guided to utilize technology to better serve humanity by providing self-paced eCourses along with retreat Immersions to accelerate integrative development. And to realize spiritual awakening for embodiment of Life Satisfaction. Peace in the Individual creates Peace on Earth. Broadening my scope to planetary comes as spiritual direction to go to all the world.
I live what I teach. It is a practice. I get up when circumstances knock me down. I've learned to be steady. Resilience is developed through mindful living. Life is bold, sweet and inspiring as I flow through my 60s. I feel I am stronger, wiser, and exceptionally fit for duty! Vessel Yoga boot camp is seeing to that. I embody what I teach.
I've been unskillful. I dropped out of high school, became a single mom on government assistance, & survived the shock and pain of cancer. Every hard knock made me curious about how people get out of pits they created and change their lives. Soon I redirected my life.
Formal education brought honors followed by a graduate degree. Along the way I discovered Yoga, numerous Holistic Healing Arts, and studied with indigenous medicine teachers. As an executive education and training professional I served in military and civilian settings. In 2012, I retired from an academic career where I designed and taught courses to develop Mindful Living skills (Yoga and Inner Mastery). As an entrepreneur, I serve all willing to learn Mindful Living skills to access inner resources, avoid burnout, create meaningful lives of purpose, thrive with health, vision and enjoyment. I'm an earth sculptress creating teaching gardens, healing space designer, and art of all kinds. I'm a world traveler as the great mystery muse directs my steps to places near and far. I have prophetic dreams and visions. I am married to a brilliant funny man. We share in the delight of two children, three grandchildren, three great grands, along with two spoiled cats and a school of gold fish.
In my life journey, I devoured endless resources on consciousness. Tough before the internet made it easy. My insatiable thirst for knowledge was wet through study of ancient wisdom teachings, comparative religions, and quantum physics. Transformational practices of Yoga and other mystical teachings offer a time-proven path to cultivate life balance and spiritual awakening. Science now can measure how these practices rapidly reshape the brain, rewire the nervous system, awaken the energy body, and more. It's an exciting time as more individuals feel the call of the quantum world to embrace the realm of all possibilities with a noble heart, steady mind, and balanced Vessel. We can transform ourselves and the world. It is a choice we each have been given the opportunity to make when we know it is possible.
Vessel Yoga is a culmination of my studies and many years of practices that support human awakening to tap fullness of our Divine potential with enjoyment and ease. I have received many initiations to carry these consciousness teachings. I am continually humbled by the bestowal of this honor. Over the years my time on retreat has been essential to deepen and broaden my practice. I've been fortunate to attend more than 20 retreats. Ranging from one month to two nights each time I stepped away I learned to do less with more skill. It is my greatest wish that all experience the freedom and joy of a mindful living retreat.
I am a founding Ambassador for Take Back The Garden (TBTG), a conscious business initiative to reclaim balance in individuals, the human family, and all relations. Funded by MLS Global profits, TBTG is an experiment in conscious business inviting the human family to come together to free us from limiting beliefs and behaviors while cultivating balance. This new endeavor is funded by proceeds from Mindful Living retreats. “TBTG's mission is to provide educational solutions to combat ignorance until all come into the Light of Knowledge that none are separate from Source. When you sign up for a Mindful Living Retreat, not only are you investing in yourself, but you’re funding a stream for positive change across the globe.”
I created Mindful Living Studio to offer an enlightened life perspective and empowered way of life to anyone ready and willing to pursue balance by being curious about and then changing what isn't working. For years, I've had a wait list for groups and private clients. Individuals study with me for many years and corporate assignments have run deep and wide. Through a slow organic attrition process space has opened to begin to bring new outreach through Mindful Living Studio global. I'm being guided to utilize technology to better serve humanity by providing self-paced eCourses along with retreat Immersions to accelerate integrative development. And to realize spiritual awakening for embodiment of Life Satisfaction. Peace in the Individual creates Peace on Earth. Broadening my scope to planetary comes as spiritual direction to go to all the world.
I live what I teach. It is a practice. I get up when circumstances knock me down. I've learned to be steady. Resilience is developed through mindful living. Life is bold, sweet and inspiring as I flow through my 60s. I feel I am stronger, wiser, and exceptionally fit for duty! Vessel Yoga boot camp is seeing to that. I embody what I teach.
I've been unskillful. I dropped out of high school, became a single mom on government assistance, & survived the shock and pain of cancer. Every hard knock made me curious about how people get out of pits they created and change their lives. Soon I redirected my life.
Formal education brought honors followed by a graduate degree. Along the way I discovered Yoga, numerous Holistic Healing Arts, and studied with indigenous medicine teachers. As an executive education and training professional I served in military and civilian settings. In 2012, I retired from an academic career where I designed and taught courses to develop Mindful Living skills (Yoga and Inner Mastery). As an entrepreneur, I serve all willing to learn Mindful Living skills to access inner resources, avoid burnout, create meaningful lives of purpose, thrive with health, vision and enjoyment. I'm an earth sculptress creating teaching gardens, healing space designer, and art of all kinds. I'm a world traveler as the great mystery muse directs my steps to places near and far. I have prophetic dreams and visions. I am married to a brilliant funny man. We share in the delight of two children, three grandchildren, three great grands, along with two spoiled cats and a school of gold fish.
In my life journey, I devoured endless resources on consciousness. Tough before the internet made it easy. My insatiable thirst for knowledge was wet through study of ancient wisdom teachings, comparative religions, and quantum physics. Transformational practices of Yoga and other mystical teachings offer a time-proven path to cultivate life balance and spiritual awakening. Science now can measure how these practices rapidly reshape the brain, rewire the nervous system, awaken the energy body, and more. It's an exciting time as more individuals feel the call of the quantum world to embrace the realm of all possibilities with a noble heart, steady mind, and balanced Vessel. We can transform ourselves and the world. It is a choice we each have been given the opportunity to make when we know it is possible.
Vessel Yoga is a culmination of my studies and many years of practices that support human awakening to tap fullness of our Divine potential with enjoyment and ease. I have received many initiations to carry these consciousness teachings. I am continually humbled by the bestowal of this honor. Over the years my time on retreat has been essential to deepen and broaden my practice. I've been fortunate to attend more than 20 retreats. Ranging from one month to two nights each time I stepped away I learned to do less with more skill. It is my greatest wish that all experience the freedom and joy of a mindful living retreat.
I am a founding Ambassador for Take Back The Garden (TBTG), a conscious business initiative to reclaim balance in individuals, the human family, and all relations. Funded by MLS Global profits, TBTG is an experiment in conscious business inviting the human family to come together to free us from limiting beliefs and behaviors while cultivating balance. This new endeavor is funded by proceeds from Mindful Living retreats. “TBTG's mission is to provide educational solutions to combat ignorance until all come into the Light of Knowledge that none are separate from Source. When you sign up for a Mindful Living Retreat, not only are you investing in yourself, but you’re funding a stream for positive change across the globe.”
Vessel Yoga
My study of yoga is wide and deep. Vessel Yoga is a new approach to yoga that is being revealed. I am unaware of an existing program like Vessel Yoga. As Sri Aurobindo taught, and many others, Yoga is a living practice with ancient roots. This innovative practice is well suited for today's needs. It is rooted in the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program that I've offer since the mid 1990s. Vessel Yoga developed as the mindful movement practice of the MBSR. Vessel Yoga embraces the fullness of Yoga as a path of awakening.
MBSR research indicates development occurs within 8 weeks with 45 minutes of practice six days a week. My work in academia and elsewhere indicates this development can occur in less time but practice is essential. Immersion during retreat accelerates development. A retreat is not an escape or vacation. It is focused practice in a quiet setting with minimal distractions. Readiness and willingness for retreat indicates we have reached a stage of development that allows a new level of learning to accelerate. Development that could take years can occur within days during an immersion when we are ready.
Vessel Yoga is a 5-stage Mind Body Being Integration process: Aspiration, Befriending & Clearing, Aligning & Strengthening, Stillness Flow, Oneness. It is rooted in Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo, Richard Miller's work on healing trauma, and other mindbody practices ancient and modern. Yoga is a comprehensive self evaluation process that allows us to perceive what binds or limits us and what leads to Knowledge, Wisdom, and Understanding. Vessel Yoga heals our relationship with ourselves as the body, our history, and conditioning so we become a "house" for the Wisdom Nature to live through us on earth.
MBSR research indicates development occurs within 8 weeks with 45 minutes of practice six days a week. My work in academia and elsewhere indicates this development can occur in less time but practice is essential. Immersion during retreat accelerates development. A retreat is not an escape or vacation. It is focused practice in a quiet setting with minimal distractions. Readiness and willingness for retreat indicates we have reached a stage of development that allows a new level of learning to accelerate. Development that could take years can occur within days during an immersion when we are ready.
Vessel Yoga is a 5-stage Mind Body Being Integration process: Aspiration, Befriending & Clearing, Aligning & Strengthening, Stillness Flow, Oneness. It is rooted in Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo, Richard Miller's work on healing trauma, and other mindbody practices ancient and modern. Yoga is a comprehensive self evaluation process that allows us to perceive what binds or limits us and what leads to Knowledge, Wisdom, and Understanding. Vessel Yoga heals our relationship with ourselves as the body, our history, and conditioning so we become a "house" for the Wisdom Nature to live through us on earth.
Diane dhiana sage Barnes
I am an educator. I am not a psychotherapist or other mental health practitioner although I have taught this population in medical school and served them as private clients. For more than 40 years, I have passionately studied human development and spiritual awakening. For 25 years, I have been in private practice as an executive coach, group facilitator, and teacher of mindful living practices that create integration or wholeness of body, mind, and spirit. I, along with a small group of visionaries, was inspired to create a global platform, Take Back The Garden to reclaim balance for the individual, our human family, and our earth. My service through mindful living and dhiana sage programs funds Take Back The Garden initiatives. I anticipate others will come to serve in The Garden as Ambassadors of Peace and Goodwill and to create and teach programs.
My credentials include Masters of Education, MEd, BA Psychology (honors) and Registered Yoga Teacher as eRYT500 and YACEP with The Yoga Alliance. I have many other credentials reflecting study in a broad range of holistic services including study with indigenous medicine people. I am the founder, owner and director of Mindful Living Studio.
My credentials include Masters of Education, MEd, BA Psychology (honors) and Registered Yoga Teacher as eRYT500 and YACEP with The Yoga Alliance. I have many other credentials reflecting study in a broad range of holistic services including study with indigenous medicine people. I am the founder, owner and director of Mindful Living Studio.
Why dhiana sage?
dhiana sage is a state of being. An example might be "Buddha" who is not a person but rather a state of awareness. A prince who left the palace on a mission to understand the cause of suffering and how humans can be free from suffering. Buddha means "Awake One". It is a state of awareness. A level of human development and spiritual awakening. About 500 years later, in the Christ Consciousness we see a similar renaming of the man Jesus. Renaming occurs in many traditions when we are given a mantle of a spiritual mission. The man Jesus became the Christ when his cousin John baptised him in the river Jordan. When he rose from the water his crown opened to the descending dove representing the Holy Spirit. This potential the Holy Spirit to reside in him is in everyone. We create right conditions to seek this Union. Jesus knew who he was and what he was on earth to fulfil before the power descended and took residence in him. When the inner compass, guide and comforter, the Holy Spirit, settled into the man Jesus immediately he went into the desert for 40 nights.
The desert represents the dry times in our lives. The challenges, disappointments, heartache, pain, despair, worry. We all have desert experiences. The desert tempts and tempers us. It's how we grow and learn how to transform. Rather than being a victim we rise. We become resilient, strong in mind and body. We live boldly and buoyantly as we rise to our highest expression as humans. In our weak moment we call upon this higher power. Our righteousness is this. Not our own limited, self-righteous power. In the desert we learn to go deeper and climb higher into our essence. We are made in the image of Love. We learn the inner landscape removing the spell of conditioning to reveal the Buddha nature as awake and The Christ here now offering a bridge connecting heaven and earth. Like Plato taught, there is a world of energetic forms that make up the world of form. Heaven, to me at this point in my journey, is this energetic grid that is the realm of all possibilities. When mind, body and being interface to create a coherent field of integration we are an authentic human aspiring to be a consciousness instrument of The Divine. This is Vessel Yoga.
The name dhiana was given in the late 1990s. Dhyana is the Sanskrit word for meditation. Meditation is the 7th limb of Yoga. The 8 Limbs of Yoga offers a complete system for every aspect of human life and all relations to Unite with The Divine as Pure Consciousness. The "i" in dhiana represents the importance of the "i" as the self. This is the unenlightened ignorant human who leaves this state of not knowing in search of The Light and the fulfillment of the prophecy. This search, or hero's journey begins, as we are no longer completely under the veil of ignorance. Something is calling us to look behind the outer expression of life. The Divine Seed germinating. We sense something wants to change and grow. Ignoring this call is no longer an option as it cause pain. In the practice of Yoga each individual is either perceiving as the self (limited human disconnected from Source perceiving through the veil of ignorance) or The Self (the one who is awakening, cultivating wisdom through mindful practices that remember and reveal Source as the The Truth, The Way, and The Life.
We all begin the journey of awakening with the "i", the small self, beginning to look for the "I", the One Consciousness of Love that exists, is all pervasive, and is bliss. We long to reunite with Source. And awaken. We seek the nectar of life because we are designed to live in balance. Vessel Yoga practices show the way inside through the desert, integrating all dimensions with the bliss body.
When I created my first video in 2000, I was dhiana. The second name, sage, was given a few years later. The name "dhiana sage" means: when we are present with Presence, Wisdom, our True Nature, presides. Presence is meditation. Life has been given to us. We can react and be tossed around by outer circumstances, or we can choose to become skillful in how we execute thoughts and actions.
It is common to receive a new name when we are embodying a new level of service. A new sound, a new name, is either chosen or bestowed. Mine was bestowed as a spiritual name of service. Examples we may recognize are Pope Francis, Mark Twain, Abraham of the Old Testament, and many others. My name, dhiana sage (all lower case), reflects my commitment to serve all of humanity to alleviate suffering and invite expression of the highest potential. The name is an outer form of an inner relationship with Christ as the Presence of Infinite Grace. It is all lower case, dhiana sage, to represent humility in service to the Divine as Infinite Consciousness.
As a human I am not the perfect embodiment of wisdom. However, I aspire to embody Wisdom and be of service to those seeking Mind Body Being Integration. Wisdom is essential to skillfully address our personal, interpersonal, and global challenges.
I am in the last third of this life. Instead of retiring I choose instead to remain fully dedicated to serving humanity and our earth in ways that foster higher human development and spiritual awakening.
The desert represents the dry times in our lives. The challenges, disappointments, heartache, pain, despair, worry. We all have desert experiences. The desert tempts and tempers us. It's how we grow and learn how to transform. Rather than being a victim we rise. We become resilient, strong in mind and body. We live boldly and buoyantly as we rise to our highest expression as humans. In our weak moment we call upon this higher power. Our righteousness is this. Not our own limited, self-righteous power. In the desert we learn to go deeper and climb higher into our essence. We are made in the image of Love. We learn the inner landscape removing the spell of conditioning to reveal the Buddha nature as awake and The Christ here now offering a bridge connecting heaven and earth. Like Plato taught, there is a world of energetic forms that make up the world of form. Heaven, to me at this point in my journey, is this energetic grid that is the realm of all possibilities. When mind, body and being interface to create a coherent field of integration we are an authentic human aspiring to be a consciousness instrument of The Divine. This is Vessel Yoga.
The name dhiana was given in the late 1990s. Dhyana is the Sanskrit word for meditation. Meditation is the 7th limb of Yoga. The 8 Limbs of Yoga offers a complete system for every aspect of human life and all relations to Unite with The Divine as Pure Consciousness. The "i" in dhiana represents the importance of the "i" as the self. This is the unenlightened ignorant human who leaves this state of not knowing in search of The Light and the fulfillment of the prophecy. This search, or hero's journey begins, as we are no longer completely under the veil of ignorance. Something is calling us to look behind the outer expression of life. The Divine Seed germinating. We sense something wants to change and grow. Ignoring this call is no longer an option as it cause pain. In the practice of Yoga each individual is either perceiving as the self (limited human disconnected from Source perceiving through the veil of ignorance) or The Self (the one who is awakening, cultivating wisdom through mindful practices that remember and reveal Source as the The Truth, The Way, and The Life.
We all begin the journey of awakening with the "i", the small self, beginning to look for the "I", the One Consciousness of Love that exists, is all pervasive, and is bliss. We long to reunite with Source. And awaken. We seek the nectar of life because we are designed to live in balance. Vessel Yoga practices show the way inside through the desert, integrating all dimensions with the bliss body.
When I created my first video in 2000, I was dhiana. The second name, sage, was given a few years later. The name "dhiana sage" means: when we are present with Presence, Wisdom, our True Nature, presides. Presence is meditation. Life has been given to us. We can react and be tossed around by outer circumstances, or we can choose to become skillful in how we execute thoughts and actions.
It is common to receive a new name when we are embodying a new level of service. A new sound, a new name, is either chosen or bestowed. Mine was bestowed as a spiritual name of service. Examples we may recognize are Pope Francis, Mark Twain, Abraham of the Old Testament, and many others. My name, dhiana sage (all lower case), reflects my commitment to serve all of humanity to alleviate suffering and invite expression of the highest potential. The name is an outer form of an inner relationship with Christ as the Presence of Infinite Grace. It is all lower case, dhiana sage, to represent humility in service to the Divine as Infinite Consciousness.
As a human I am not the perfect embodiment of wisdom. However, I aspire to embody Wisdom and be of service to those seeking Mind Body Being Integration. Wisdom is essential to skillfully address our personal, interpersonal, and global challenges.
I am in the last third of this life. Instead of retiring I choose instead to remain fully dedicated to serving humanity and our earth in ways that foster higher human development and spiritual awakening.
Services
Online eCourses including Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, mind body being integration retreat immersions, corporate consulting, organizational employee resilience programs, speaking engagements, individual executive coaching, Vessel Yoga training. Services may be available world wide through technology and/or on site.
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dhiana@MindfulLivingStudio.com