Hi. My name is Luke. As a Wellbeing Coach and Somatic Therapist, I integrate my broad personal, academic, and professional experience into a unique approach for helping others. Today, I utilize Compassionate Inquiry, somatic practices, and healthy lifestyle strategies to help clients experience more vitality, authenticity, and inner peace in everyday life. Something that my meditation practice – as well as guidance from my teachers Graham Mead, Gabor Maté, Rupert Spira, and Lenny Parracino – has taught me is that authentic change begins with silence, stillness, and the courage to look inward. We may not like what we find there, but getting into our body is where the real work of change is done. ‘The Inner Work’ transforms the way we relate to our mind, body, & world. While this requires radical self-acceptance, ruthless honesty, and Yoda-like patience, present moment awareness is the greatest gift you bring into relationship.
You’ve finally unearthed the childhood memory that explains your present-day addictions. Or you’ve just returned from a rebirthing holotropic session or transformational psychedelic journey. Maybe you’re leaving a retreat feeling like you’ve rediscovered your long-lost authenticity. In that glow, the mind tends to whisper, “Yes. This is it. Real change […]
Two years ago, I presented a talk on core beliefs at Compassionate Inquiry’s first Conference, Confluence, in Vancouver, Canada. I shared insights on strategies for working with core beliefs, specifically within the context of CI. When I was asked to speak again this year on the same topic, I initially
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By Luke Sniewski Triggers. We all experience them. Like all other things the mind labels as “uncomfortable,” we generally view triggers as bad or as something to be avoided. In other words, when we are triggered the mind perceives that something is wrong. Triggers, however, can serve as catalysts for
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Compassionate Inquiry is a powerful approach to self-inquiry, emotional processing and fostering personal responsibility. It has many qualities that define it as a pioneering healing modality, but our recent Nasc Retreat in the Mourne Mountains of Northern Ireland illuminated an important aspect of this work that can sometimes be overlooked;
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