The Work of Byron Katie

What The Work has done for Jen Deraspe, Facilitator of The Work:

"I was living the life of my dreams. I had the perfect partner, work that I adored, a home like a sanctuary. From the outside, I looked free and happy. Mentally, I was a prisoner, filled with self-criticism, and I projected that onto, those closest to my heart. I became alienated and didn't enjoy my work like I once did. There was no lasting sense of peace.

The Work found me when I was at the brink of burnout. It has given me my mind back, and, therefore my heart. I am enjoying the company I keep in the empty moments, and the sweetness found in silence. I am experiencing a Presence I never thought possible, and what it feels like to truly be with the one in front of me~ without hesitation or separation."

Testimonial from clients:
"Jen, Tender work today, thank you... So exciting to imagine a world where our deepest shame can be beheld by another, mirrored back, and in that moment of inquiry be delivered into a sweet, sacred, experience of unconditional love...for ourselves! Grace as oxygen."   MLB, Michigan

"The Work is amazing. I was ready to not talk to my sister for a very long time. I had a lot of thoughts that were separating me from her. Jen took me through one session and it just turned everything around IN ME. My sister didn't change, but it doesn't make any difference because the thoughts and emotions of pain and hurt are gone. "   SJW, Kansas City

"The weekend was very powerful and I feel renewed and ready to do The Work consistently, and meditate more. I meditated this morning with your meditation CD and it was very peaceful. I think I will carry it through the day." Lynn, Cape Elizabeth, Maine

What is The Work?
The Work is a simple yet powerful process of inquiry that teaches you to identify and question the stressful thoughts that cause all the suffering in your life. It's a way to understand what's hurting you, a way to end all your stress and suffering.

  How to do The Work

More about Byron Katie

People who do The Work faithfully report life-changing results.

• Decreased stress: Learn how to live with less anxiety or fear.
• Improve relationships: Experience a deeper connection and intimacy with your partner, your parents, your children,  your friends, and yourself.
• Reduced anger: Understand what makes you angry and resentful, and become less reactive, less often, with less intensity.
• Alleviation of depression: Find resolution, and even happiness, in situations that were once debilitating.
• Increased mental clarity: Live and work more intelligently and effectively, with integrity.
• More energy: Experience a new sense of ongoing vigor and well-being.
• More peace: Discover how to become "a lover of what is."

"The Work is called self-help, but it is far more than that: it is self-realization, and it leads to the end of suffering. As we investigate a stressful thought, we see for ourselves that it's untrue; we get to look at the cause-and-effect of it, to observe in sobering detail exactly what modes of pain and confusion result from believing it; then we get a glimpse into the empty mirror, the world beyond our story of the world, & see what our life would be like without the thought; and finally we get to experience the opposite of what we have so firmly believed. Once we deeply question a thought, it loses its power to cause us pain, & eventually it ceases even to arise."

"I don't let go of my thoughts," Katie says. "I meet them with understanding. Then they let go of me." 
                                                   A Thousand Names for Joy

Go to the source: www.thework.com for free downloads, information and video clips.

Samples of video and audio clips of Katie:
Your Kind Nature: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7axzeexxgT8

Over 50 youtube videos at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s78jm5PIUDI 

Audio clips available here http://www.thework.com/newsroom/audio.asp

You are invited to make an appointment with Jen for a free phone facilitation of The Work.
Contact Jen to set up a time: ntnretreat@yahoo.com or 207.452.2929

Jen is a 2 time graduate and 3 time staff of Byron Katie's 9 Day School for The Work.  Jen is an Apprentice Mentor in the Certification Program for The Work and has completed her 800 hour immersion in The Work, including 55 days with Byron Katie, to be a Certified Facilitator––a 2 year intensive where she has been invited to work fearlessly on herself, teaching herself how to end her own suffering through embodying inquiry in her own life. Jen's heart's desire is to help others find peace, clarity and true freedom as she continues to deepen her own practice of The Work.

About The School: "The School for The Work is unlike any other school on earth - instead of focusing on learning, students unlearn the fearful stories we have innocently attached to. Graduates are prepared to facilitate this transformative and simple method in unleashing stressful thoughts and beliefs that cause internal pain and suffering. Being free doesn’t come from learning new concepts. It is who you already are once your limiting beliefs have been met with understanding."   Byron Katie

Join Jen in a private facilitation session of The Work

Rate: One hour session: $60, payable by check or secure online PAYPAL credit card payment.
 

Jen is available by phone, in person, or to come to your home, office, church, to work with small or large circles. Contact for group rates and possibilities to experience a customized workshop or retreat in your space or mine incorporating mindfulness, meditation, time in nature and The Work of Byron Katie as a direct, simple, profound and powerful means to experience more peace, fearlessness, and freedom in your life.