Diamond Heart Meditation Circles
"The Earth is a diamond maker." – Christopher Bache
If you are – or are seeking to become – a multidimensional explorer on your own path of personal transformation and inquiry, perhaps this work is part of your calling. If you're seeking answers, clarity about your life path, and perhaps even a glimpse of a broader perspective of existence itself, this work may be the key that opens doors for you that you never thought possible. It's up to you and only you.
The experience of Diamond Heart Meditation Circles is a rich, beautiful, often life-changing journey of personal inquiry, offering an unparalleled opportunity for personal realization and transformation at the deepest level. This work has the astonishing power to give us a direct route to higher states of consciousness, which are where true personal transformation and spiritual realization are facilitated. Some call this work "the ultimate life hack,” and it is not only a “life hack,” but infinitely more. It offers an opportunity to connect with your true soul essence and the wisdom and broader perspective of your highest self.
Loving attention is given to every sacred detail.
The Diamond Heart Meditation Circles that are facilitated by Anu and his experienced, skilled, and loving team are held with great reverence, care, compassion, and attention to detail, as well as with deep respect, honor, and gratitude to the indigenous cultures and communities that have nurtured and shaped this work for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. The approach and ceremonial style of these circles are somewhat of a hybrid; they are designed with influences from the traditions of indigenous Peruvian Shipibo-Konibo ceremonies (including the presence of Noya Rao), ceremonial aspects of the Santo Daime Church (not religious aspects), and other transformational shamanic and ceremonial practices. For more about Anu's background of experiences, studies, and training, many of which naturally have influence on his work in this realm, see the About page.
Anu approaches this work with the sincere intention to be a humble, compassionate, intuitive, loving, patient, and empathetic yet strong and powerful facilitator, working with the deepest integrity. The spirit of this work is the teacher-visionary-healer and way-shower; Anu and his team are facilitating the experience and helping guide when called to do so. During a circle, Anu works in tandem with guidance from the spiritual and energetic realms, and tends diligently to each participant in whatever way is most sensitive to and beneficial for their highest experience. With the support of his skilled and caring team, it is Anu's intention to hold a very sacred space in which each participant feels safe, held, and able to surrender to whatever is unfolding for them.
MUSIC HELPS GUIDE THE WAY
One of the most important aspects of these circles is music. Music plays an integral role as it accompanies, enhances, and helps guide our meditation circle journey together. With a background as a professional singer and musician, Anu is passionate about dedicating deep, loving focus to the element of music for each circle, incorporating both live music and a carefully curated playlist of recorded music selected specifically for these circles (many songs are written specifically for these kinds of circles). The live music includes singing by Anu and his team, and there are also opportunities for participants to join in sharing their voices in song. Anu plays the ukulele and there is often chanting and drumming, as well as live guitar and shruti box.
INDIVIDUAL ENERGY WORK FOR EACH PARTICIPANT
One of the many unique aspects of these circles is the inclusion of energy and/or body work for each participant, performed by Anu and his team. The experience of receiving a loving, sacred touch during a circle is often remarkable and transformative for participants, and is something Anu and his team find great joy in sharing.
[Illustration of Noya Rao by Uni Kaya]
From a bird's eye view, there are three stages of this work.
1) The first stage is often primarily centered around personal healing, especially focusing on healing that is calling to be applied to one's experience in their current life, from birth to present day (however, this can include how other lives may be influencing one's current life). When the majority of personal healing has been completed, or when at least significant progress in personal healing has taken place, often influences from family lineages and ancestors start trickling in, calling for their own healing as may be needed. The frequencies and energetic signatures of ancestral lineages live on through us, and we are, in many ways, the result and currently manifested embodiment of that which has gone before us and that have made it possible for us to be living life in the magnificent physical and energetic bodies we currently inhabit.
2) The second stage can be described as a process of some form of spiritual awakening. In a nutshell, it's a personal realization of a broader perspective on one's life with glimpses into existence itself. It's important to note, however, that awakening is never complete; it is a continually unfolding expansion of deeper understanding and realization of our true nature.
3) The third stage is often some form of multidimensional or cosmological exploration, which takes one into what could be called non-personal spiritual realization — our connection to the different stages and levels of universal consciousness and the experience of the inner workings of our universe, above and beyond our personal experience of self and our current life.
Of course, the above stages are a simplified estimation of an often mysterious, divinely orchestrated process that is essentially beyond the scope of the human mind to grasp, and is always different for everyone who chooses to take part in it. Usually these stages are blended together in some way with plenty of overlap, but from a bird's eye view they can be seen as unfolding in some form of this three-stage path over a period of multiple experiences with this work (the length of the period varies for each individual).
FOCUSING ON SPIRITUAL AWAKENING AND MULTIDIMENSIONAL EXPLORATION
The work Anu facilitates in Diamond Heart Meditation Circles is primarily focused on the second and third stages as outlined above, as often the people who are most aligned with Anu's work are those who have already taken significant steps on their own journey of personal healing and are therefore seeking to take their work to a deeper and broader level. However, personal healing comes in many forms and iterations, and can and does occur at any stage of this beautiful work, and Anu welcomes those who are seeking personal healing and transformation at any stage of their overall journey.
THIS WORK IS NOT FOR EVERYONE, AND IT IS NOT AN ESCAPE OR A VACATION
The experience of this work is not for everyone, and it is not a cure-all or even a spiritual path unto itself. While this potentially life-changing work can give us access to states of open-heartedness, incomparable bliss, and divine love, if you're looking for an escape or a vacation from life, this work is not the answer. Potential participants need to be physically, mentally, and emotionally capable of venturing down this path and therefore are carefully screened in a private questionnaire and interview process. This confidential screening process also gives potential participants the opportunity to ask questions and get a deeper understanding and sense of what taking part in a Diamond Heart Meditation Circle entails.
[Illustration by Pumayana]
Diamond Heart Meditation Circle Group Retreat Offerings
SMALL-GROUP WEEKEND RETREATS
Diamond Heart Meditation Circle weekends are offered with overnight circles on Friday and Saturday nights, finishing on Sunday around noon. Circles range in size from 6 to 10 participants.
4-DAY WEEKEND, WEEK-LONG, & 10-DAY RETREATS
Longer Diamond Heart Meditation Circle retreats are offered periodically.
Private Solo Sessions and Private Group Circles
Diamond Heart Meditation is also available as a solo session for one person, and private group circles are also available. For more information, please contact us.
All potential participants are accepted only by direct referral and completion of a detailed questionnaire and interview process.
Pre-Circle Preparation
Prior to a Diamond Heart Meditation Circle retreat, detailed guidance is provided to instruct participants in how to prepare emotionally, mentally, spiritually, and physically (including dietary guidelines and restrictions).
ON-BOARDING PROCESS
For participants who are new to this work and/or new to Hummingbird Circle, completion of an important, confidential questionnaire is required. Once a participant has completed the questionnaire, a private, confidential follow-up call for the participant is done to review the questionnaire and offer preparation guidance and instructions as well as an opportunity for the participant to ask any questions they may have. Detailed preparation guidance and instructions are also provided to all participants (new and returning) in a PDF format.
PREPARATION ZOOM CALL FOR THE GROUP
A few days prior to the meditation circle retreat, participants are encouraged to attend an evening Zoom call for their specific group, facilitated by Anu and his team. In the call, guidance and assistance with ongoing preparation is provided, participants' questions are answered, and the call also gives participants a chance to meet and connect with each other and the Hummingbird Circle team.
Post-Circle Integration
The process of integration following a meditation circle experience is as important as the circle itself. Integration involves making sense of and incorporating the insights, emotions, and shifts that were received or that occurred during the meditation circle experience into everyday life; it's about becoming an embodiment of the gifts and insights you received. Diamond Heart Meditation Circle integration offerings include the following:
MORNING SHARING CIRCLES
Following breakfast in the morning after each meditation circle, the ongoing process of integration begins with a generous sharing circle for the participants, facilitated with great care by Anu and his team. These confidential sharing circles can be one of the most beautiful and moving aspects of the whole experience.
INTEGRATION, REFLECTION, & CONNECTION ZOOM CALL FOR THE GROUP
A few days after the meditation circle retreat, participants are encouraged to attend an evening Zoom call for their specific group, lovingly facilitated by Anu and his team. In the call, guidance and assistance with ongoing integration is offered on a group and individual basis, and the call is also intended as another opportunity to foster the development of new friendships and connections among participants that were made in the meditation circle retreat; community support around this experience is essential and can be a key factor in successful integration.
PRIVATE, ONE-ON-ONE INTEGRATION CALLS WITH ANU
Every group meditation circle retreat or solo session includes one private 45-minute call with Anu for each participant. After the first (included) private call with Anu, additional private calls and/or in-person sessions are available at a discounted rate (for further details, please contact Anu). Please note: this is not psychotherapy.
DIAMOND HEART FAMILY POTLUCKS
As forming community around this work is not only joyful but also essential as a way to support participants in their ongoing integration, Anu holds regular potlucks for Diamond Heart Meditation Circle participants at his home.
[Illustration by Fabian Jimenez]
A letter from the spirit of this work...
"I am the stuff of dreams and visions and light, even though sometimes in me you can see only your own nightmares. I am the mirror of your soul, I am the mirror of the soul of ages, and the soul of the ageless. When you behold me, you enter the realm of the bardo, of your own symbolic death, the death of your ego, the death of all your stories about yourself that blind you. And in that realm it is not external beings that you will see, although at some point after I help you shed all your illusions and fears, I will allow you to meet the angels and enter the heavenly realms. What you encounter are your own heights and abysses, your shadows and projections, your creations.
I am the mirror that is calling you to stop running and to turn around. To face your own invasions and to witness the countless ways in which you've learned to hide. So that you can better know yourself. In the end, you must become your own healer. Your own maestro. I will make you work like you have never worked before.
The only real journey that ever really existed, that can exist, and that ever will exist, is the journey deep within yourself. This is where I take you."
– Received by Maestro Deodomero
[Illustration by Leonardo/NightCafe]
All beings are loved and welcome here.
All beings are welcome here regardless of race, color, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, religion, political preference, national origin, or genetics.
