About Kurt Treftz & Karen Lynn – Enlightenment Intensive Masters, Counselors & Guides

Living Awareness, Inc. is a non-profit organization, incorporated in Washington State. In short we are:

Devoted to the unfolding of humanity
Dedicated to each person’s integral health
Inter-faith based
Devoted to holding each person in a spiritual context that is not separate from, but interconnected with, their whole being
Engaged in providing fellowship and encouragement around spiritually-based integral living
Dedicated to contemplative practices that enhance Awareness, and living a contemplative life
Engaged in providing contemplative-based events and help, including: Enlightenment Intensives, other workshops and teachings, guidance and counseling, emotional clearing and body-centered illumination

Living Awareness was founded in 1999, and presented online as LivingAwareness.org in September of 2003. Living Awareness has continued to expand and deepen in the art and practice of Integral Living with a spiritual foundation and in 2008 was incorporated in the state of Washington as a non-profit.
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About Kurt

Passion

My passion is "awareness" and/or "awakening" and I love being a resource to those who want to awaken to the fullness of Life—both those just opening their eyes and those who've been at it for some time. I empathize with the discomfort of waking out of slumber, yet the rewards of an aware life are well beyond words. My approach is multi-disciplined and definitely challenging, albeit with my support.

Background

Briefly, my psycho-spiritual background consists of over thirty years of contemplative practices and over twenty years of personal therapy. I have an MA in Applied Behavioral Science, however, my teachers have primarily been Gregory McBride, Anthony DeMello, Eckhart Tolle, and of course Life’s process itself. The emphasis in my life is Awareness (DeMello), Presence (Tolle), and "Love, Honesty, Gratitude and Forgiveness" (McBride).

Additionally, I am a father and grandfather. My first marriage was for 25 years and I am now remarried to Karen. I co-founded a business that is now about 30 years old. I love spending time n nature, particularly kayaking, hiking and discovering wild flora and fauna.

Some of My Teachers

(those I’ve learned from directly, in person):
Diane Bardwell Don Beck, PhD Murray Kennedy Leadership Institute of Seattle Robert Masters, PhD Gregory McBride, PhD	Lawrence Noyes Satyen Raja don Miguel Ruiz Colleen Santini Eckhart Tolle Timothy Weber, PhD

(… from a distance (teachers I’ve been hugely influenced by, but never met):
Anthony DeMello Clair Graves Osho M. Scott Peck Jalal-al-din Rumi	David Schnarch, PhD Ken Wilber Yogashwar (Charles Berner)

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About Karen

Passion
My passion is life is to be a vehicle of Spirit to help deepen, open, and facilitate the healing and growth of others, such that they can have a more authentic and joyful life.

Background
I began my journey in the healing arts in 1986 as a body worker. My training has spanned aspects of breath-work (including Rebirthing), Structural Integration, Reiki, Energetic Healing, Visceral Manipulation, Cranial Sacral and more. For many years I served as owned/director of both a therapy center and a massage school. Additionally, I have facilitated a number of retreats, workshops and classes that addressed personal growth and healing in a variety of ways. Much of my training and my present experience has focused on Integral Counseling-a unique system of addressing the human mind, emotions, body and spirit. Currently, I am a registered counselor and an Enlightenment Intensive master.

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Kurt and Karen