NEW! Dynamic Healing and Remedies for Trauma, Phobias and PTSD!

(FORMERLY ENERGY PSYCHOLOGY)

Gopita has expanded her practice to include several areas in which she has certified and studied. She has combined her 600-hour-training in Hypnotherapy with her training in Energy Psychology having been taught by the amazing David Feinstein, PhD.

David has been Gopita’s teacher, along with his wife, Donna Eden, for over twenty years, and brings a vast clinical expertise in research, having been a research fellow in Psychology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Gopita has created a 3-Session Protocol which deals specifically for identified problems, such as PTSD and phobias. These will not interfere in any way if the client is being concurrently treated by another therapist. In fact, there is little or no psychological assessment involved.

   • The first session involves only an intake and history of the problem.

   • The second session gets into the treatment, usually quite cathartic Energy Psychology, a protocol of SCIENTIFIC TAPPING ON VERY SPECIFIC MERIDIANS designed to interfere with neurological signals which have become habitual and dysfunctional.

   • The third, and last session, occurs several weeks later, and is used to reinforce the second. Energy testing is used to guarantee success.

There is a possibility the client may request, or the therapist may suggest, another session of induced relaxation, or hypnotherapy, in place of the tapping. This may also be requested as a fourth session and can be included with some suggested energy interventions.

As Gopita has stated:

“I have had success with this protocol. In my experience, what has limited me the most in my life has been my several years with panic disorder and the resultant agoraphobia it produced. It has been through trial and error that this protocol was developed. It was agony, as was the PTSD I developed later in life because of an abusive marriage. This in no way is to minimize true combat PTSD, although I have seen my protocol work just as successfully on this type of agony as well. Interfering with the brain’s neurology is no small feat, and I can say proudly I know the suffering, large and small, and talk therapy just won’t do the trick. Re-traumatizing over and over without working with de-activating triggers is useless. I don’t say that lightly…”

Call for a price schedule. There is no sliding scale and no exceptions to the 3-session Protocol.

818,248.7258

Spiritual Emergence / Spiritual Mentoring

Gopita offers counseling sessions of 55 minutes per visit.

She endeavors to focus on re-framing her client's personal stories in the context of spiritual awakening. It is her firm belief that each and every person who comes to her office - a phenomenon which occurs never by accident - is a "mystic without a monastery," and she encourages her clients to re-visit their personal lives in this context.

She believes we are on this earth to awaken to our true nature, and there is never one right way. There are as many ways to "awaken" in this world, in this realm, as there are individual souls, and the excitement in exploring this with each unique individual, without rigid concepts, without one right way! or wrong way! is what Gopita uniquely offers.

Gopita studied Family Systems and has great reverence for any stage of exploration in family-of-origin work. She has specialized in ACOA issues (Adult Children of Alcoholics), and particularly in dysfunction and the family system. Again, all of these interpretations are framed within the context of spiritual emergence.

Each session with Gopita is kept at a cost that is about the same as a psychotherapy session. It is essential to pursue this work with dedication, and for this reason, Gopita keeps her rates low, but insists on dedication to weekly sessions.

Telephone sessions are available for a separate cost schedule.

PayPal is accepted (no credit cards please!)

The Work of Byron Katie

The Work of Byron Katie is a deeply transformative process of inquiry that is helping people around the world approach their problems from a perspective of clarity and inner peace. 

Katie's web site, www.TheWork.com, is a rich resource of samples of this brilliant, radical way of questioning the mind and ridding ourselves of the confusion brought on by our self-limiting concepts. And everything is a concept. But only everything. And the only real suffering in this world, according to Katie, comes from confusion.

Trying to change someone is as useless as trying to teach a pig to dance. It is a waste of time, and it really pisses the pig off.

Gopita delights in helping with self-inquiry, and the process of dropping all "story" and asking only Katie's four questions:
• Is it True?
• Can I absolutely know it is True?
• How do I react when I think that Thought?
• Who would I be without the thought?

Often one enters a realm of peace and truth and laughter, one's true nature, trimming concept after concept after concept, with love, like a kiss. Then, the thought is turned around, and one sees, usually with astonishing clarity, that the opposite is also true, or as true, and the need for further conversation drops away as naturally as a morning breeze just effortlessly appears. The mind rests in its own still nature, until another thought thinks it, waiting, like a sweet, inquisitive child, to be held and questioned.

Facilitations are one hour in length and cost $145.00. Credit cards are accepted. Call 818.248-7258 for a free ten minute consultation.

It is highly recommended that a client read Katie's book, written with Stephen Mitchell, Loving What Is, and download several worksheets from Katie's web page, www.TheWork.com before setting up an appointment. This makes full use of our hour together, as guided inquiry leads us both, facilitator and client, to our freedom again and again and again.

Living Essence

Gopita offers counseling sessions of 55 minutes per visit.

Sessions in the Living Essence work allow a sacred space which honors and encourages your own natural state to reveal itself. As we notice together old habits of identification, you will be guided into a deeply relaxed state where you can easily dissolve old patterns of duality and separation.

These states of deep relaxation, often called trance, are used to resolve phobias, undo habits such as smoking or overeating, but more importantly, each session can give the client a sense of their true Self, their true Spaciousness and Vastness. Often a silence so profound fills the room, I am left in awe and deep reverence for the power of this work. It is truly liberating.

At times a client may experience deep energetic catharsis, and I am not only trained in, but am comfortable in many modalities of somatic release. I find it an honor to facilitate any level of injury or trauma as these may be expressed in these sessions.

I am deeply humbled by the many clients who have done this work with me in my office.

This work is for more advanced clients. It is recommended that one have been a psychotherapy patient for some time in one's life, have done a reasonable amount of family-of-origin work, be reasonably settled in one's life, and not be on any antipsychotic medication when doing this work. If one is in a 12-Step program, at least 90 days of recovery must pass before a session of this type may be employed.

States of mind are sometimes very fragile, and since we go deep into these states together, it is best to be reasonably intact. I therefore reserve the right to do an intake interview before Living Essence Sessions, and reserve the right to refuse service to anyone. I may make referrals to other therapists, or even to medical doctors. I may suggest another form of work with me, or with someone with similar training.

First Session: $305 (Two hours)
Subsequent Sessions: One and one-half hours: $205.00

Stop Smoking Naturally

Our Natural Quit Smoking Program

This program works only with 100% commitment to the three-session program as explained and with complete attention to the required homework.

This program is about releasing the need to try to quit smoking. It is about awareness, or reality, or God.

It is about noticing "what is," and that the story we tell of what is happening is less kind than what is actually happening. So we work with the part of you that wants and needs to smoke, and the part which smoking enhances. As this is questioned and brought to acceptance, we see that smoking falls away, on its own. Any resistance to what is so presents an obstacle to love.

This program entails three sessions of hypnotherapy, spaced over approximately one month. This protocol may not be changed for any reason. I endeavor to work with the client according to a realistic schedule, but under no circumstances will I work within a time frame longer than five weeks.

Client may elect to pay instead; the cost of one year's smoking, in full, which will be greater. Some clients prefer to do this, as the incentive to money already spent makes quitting even easier. The cost for a year's supply is easily over $3,000.00.

In Session 1 the client agrees to all homework requirements which include buying a notebook, journalling each cigarette smoked as will be explained, to buy certain different brands of cigarettes, to drink a specified amount of water daily, to do breathing exercises, and, after Session 3, to use self-hypnosis a minimum of four times daily.

The therapist agrees to be available for phone support during the entire weeks of sessions and agrees to follow-up sessions should there be relapse in the first 90 days.

A tape will be provided during the last session, and it is required that this be utilized, also.

Services Price List

Schedule of Services and Fees

• Psychotherapy: Spiritual Mentoring:

  Individuals, 55 Minutes: $195.00
  Couples, 55 Minutes: $225.00, 1.5 hours: $250.00
  

• Living Essence Sessions/Hypnotherapy:

  First Session: $390 (Two Hours)
  Subsequent Sessions: One and one-half hours: $205.00
  

• Complete Nutritional Workup:

  Two Hours: $450.00 (includes one-month follow-up, email and phone)

• Private Cooking Class:

  (Up to three people only – four hours): $450.00 plus cost of food (includes one month follow-up)
  

• Energy Work:

  First Session: $265.00 (One and one-half hours+, including diagnosis)
  Subsequent Sessions: One hour - $185.00
  One and one-half hours - $225.00
  Two hours – $275.00
  

• Study Groups (Not Currently Available):
  

  $125.00 per Six–Week Session 
  

• Self-Inquiry Facilitation (The Work of Byron Katie):

  One Hour: $145.00

• Ear Candling with Foot Reflexology:

  One Hour: $165.00

• Gua-Sha with Energy Balance:

  One Hour: $175.00

• Travel:

  All travel beyond 50 miles: $500 fee + sessions
  (Non-negotiable – Please see separate schedule for Workshop Fees. Local travel negotiable)
  

  Weekend and Overtime Hours: Billed at $250 per hour unless otherwise negotiated.

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Policies

Office Policies and Procedures

Office Policies and Procedures
Gopita Katharine Manning, M.A., M.S.W.

EIN # 01-0671399

Updated and revised January 2020

WELCOME! I am delighted to be your Psychotherapist/ Spiritual Mentor/Energy Medicine
Practitioner/Nutritionist/Kinesiologist/Pastor/Life Coach/Hypnotherapist. My hope is that this
document will answer any questions you may have about my professional services.
The following are some very general guidelines to my work with you. Please read this document
carefully.

Your weekly appointment time is yours to keep. Your fee for my services is $__190.00 (fees
revised January 2023)__________.
Should you cancel or postpone without a minimum of 24 hours- notice, you will be
charged the usual fee. If possible, an alternate appointment may be scheduled at a mutually
convenient day and time. The fee for canceled appointments is due and payable at the beginning
of your next scheduled appointment.
Therapy may be terminated after two consecutive cancellations at my discretion.
Should you require additional sessions, or longer sessions than the usual 55 minute counseling
sessions, I will do my best to schedule the time with you.

Fees

PAYMENT IS REQUIRED AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH THERAPY SESSION. That means I
require that you hand me a check in advance. If you use Venmo or Zelle, please do so
before the session begins. The reasons for this are numerous. Please ask. I do not generally
use a sliding scale, so please inquire about fees before we begin, so that there is no
misunderstanding or disappointment. I raise my fees $5 per hour at the beginning of each new
calendar year. Please see a price list of my services, if you have any questions. A $25 fee will
be charged for any returned check.

Insurance

If you have health insurance, your visits may be partially reimbursed by your insurance company,
although I generally do not qualify as a provider. Please request a SUPERBILL from me and you
may submit the paperwork directly to your insurance company. Your insurance company
requires diagnostic and treatment information before reimbursing you. I will release information
to the insurance company WITH YOUR PERMISSION ONLY.

Confidentiality

Information disclosed in a session is confidential, except when related to physical or sexual
abuse of a minor or an elder; or when there is a possibility of physical or sexual danger to the self
or others. In the case of family or adolescent counseling, I will share information with other family
members with permission only, providing a breach of confidentiality is not indicated for legal
reasons. Should there be true threat of suicide, I am a mandated reporter.

Terminations

I have an ethical responsibility to continue our relationship as long as it is reasonably clear that
you are benefitting from the relationship. We will need to discuss termination if you are unwilling
to comply with my therapeutic recommendations or if you do not maintain your agreed financial
payment. While I normally request that you schedule a minimum of six and a maximum of eight
sessions with me after formally announcing a plan to stop treatment, at the very least please do
not announce a plan to terminate over the phone; and be willing to participate in at least one to
two sessions in person to bring closure to our relationship. Termination can be a constructive
and useful process and I request that you consider carefully this request before signing
this contract.

Telephone

I do not charge for calls and encourage my patients and clients to call me and make use of our
relationship in this way. Should calls become too numerous and lengthy, we will discuss the
appropriate protocol and need for reimbursing for this service.

Using Telephone/Skype/Zoom Counseling in Lieu of In-Person Office Visits**

Sometimes clients live a great distance and cannot make it in for a weekly counseling session. I
am willing to schedule a session by telephone for 45 -55 minutes to avoid travel time. This has
been of great benefit to my clients and I encourage you to take advantage of this option if we are
in weekly sessions and work or illnesses intervene in our relationship.

Skype

Since 2012 I have utilized SKYPE as a means to work with clients and patients who are not local.
This is also an excellent service for people who become ill or who cannot make a regularly
scheduled appointment due to illness. Please inquire. These services are priced accordingly and
are listed on my PRICE LIST. I utilize PAYPAL and invoice directly via email unless other
arrangements have been made.
**Obviously, since 2020, Zoom is the preferred way to do virtual sessions.

E-Mails

Please, under no circumstances, communicate with me through email. I see dozens of clients
weekly, and I am unable to read, open, or respond to personal emails. Please do not
schedule, cancel, or change an appointment with me through email, (or in the rare case
you have been given my cell phone number, by text. Any changes MUST be done by
telephone. Sometimes you will receive a flyer or advertisement from “me”, because you are on
my mailing list. These “Email blasts” are sometimes executed by an assistant. PLEASE DO
NOT REPLY TO THEM.

My Services

As I now have many “dual” relationships due to the different types of services I offer and the type
of practice I now maintain (and since I am not strictly bound by the protocols of my LCSW), I
remain bound by the protocols and ethics of my Pastoral License. It is important that my clients
know this and understand that many of my clients see me professionally in many venues – as
private patients and clients, as students, and/or as group members. I also consider anyone who
sees me a friend. While I do my best to maintain strict levels of confidentiality and decorum,
certain things may be revealed in this type of pastoral- type care, and it is important for new
clients to realize that this may be different from other types of psychotherapy or treatment they
may have had in the past.

Furthermore, anyone who signs a disclaimer, even and if they do not specifically enlist me at the
time for Energy Work, allows me to touch their bodies, unless they specifically state otherwise in
a written disclosure.

In Closing

My services to you may include nutritional advice, spiritual counseling, and other advice, but I in
no way intend to provide medical or psychological counseling, and my services do not relate to,
and are not offered or intended to provide these forms of treatment. My primary objective for you
includes having you receive my support in the AWAKENING OF CONSCIOUSNESS.
Hypnotherapy clients may receive clinical support for issues such as weight-loss, phobias, or the
cessation of cigarette smoking, but these are goal-oriented sessions, and my desire remains
primarily to frame all sessions in the light of spiritual counseling and spiritual awakening.

I acknowledge and agree with all the terms and conditions set forth in the above contract. For
good and valuable consideration received, I do hereby release and discharge “Gopita” Katharine
Manning from any and all claims and demands of whatever nature which I now have or may have
in the future, relating to the counseling, advice or other services provided by Gopita Katharine
Manning.


Client Signature______________________________________________
Print Name__________________________________________________
Date________________________________________________________

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Therapist______________________________________________________
Print Name______________________________________________________
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Thank you!

Policies and Procedures Updated June 2023

© Gopita Katharine Manning, M.A., M.S.W. DBA Southern Fried Spirituality
818.248.7258

Pasadena Office: 444 South Marengo Avenue, Pasadena, CA 9441

La Crescenta Office: 2361 Chapman Road, La Crescenta CA 91214

All Counseling and Psychotherapy Sessions are 55 Minutes and cost $165.00.

All Energy Medicine Sessions are constructed as follows:

One Hour Sessions ($165): The initial 15-20 minutes are spent in dialogue. The final 40-45 minutes are on the table, in silence. It is essential to note, for all EM sessions, that, during the dialoguing part of the session, I am actively observing hand gestures, meridians, and taking note (sometimes literally writing) of all facial observations. The lips, nose, eyebrows, eyes, tongue and especially the ears reveal more about the individual than most anything. My first observations are the most valuable. I am not only using my mind to engage, I am using my body as an alchemical tool. Once you are on my table, kinesiology and muscle testing are used to validate what I have already seen and intuited, for the most part.

One and a Half-Hour Sessions ($175): The initial 30-45 minutes are spent in dialogue. (Please see the explanation of the importance of this, above.) Often, clients discharge energy in speaking. It is a highly individual phenomenon. But I will not allow anyone to talk more than 45 minutes, and I insist on silence for the final ½ hour, as the contract you are requested to sign, explains.

Please understand, I am not necessarily giving you a psychotherapy session if I respond and counsel you during our initial dialogue. You are perfectly entitled to request "no feedback." But I find that most of you do not want silence, and most of you want a spiritual analysis of what you are saying to me, whether you have recognized this, or not.

Calendar of Events

Events for 2023

• POSTPONED

  June 25, FIVE ELEMENTS ON ZOOM PART I
  

  WORKSHOP ON THE FIVE ELEMENTS: PART 1, JUNE 25, 2023, ON ZOOM
  Are you organized? Are you scattered and chaotic? (Wood, Fire)
  Do you panic easily? Or are you just passionate and misunderstood? (Fire)
  Do you like green? Do you like salt (Wood, Water)
  
  Are you inclined to get cold sores? Red, runny eyes? (Wood)
  Do you get rashes easily? (Metal)
  Do you get panic attacks? Heart palpitations? (Fire)
  Are you worried about your blood sugar? (Earth)
  
  WELL: ALL OF THE ABOVE ARE EASILY UNDERSTOOD, DIAGNOSED AND BALANCED FROM A FIVE ELEMENT PERSPECTIVE.
  
  THE FIVE ELEMENTS, OR FIVE RYTHMS, IS THOUSANDS OF YEARS OLD. IT IS THE BASIS OF EUCLIDIAN GEOMETRY. IT IS THE FOUNDATION OF PLATO’S SOLIDS. IT IS THE BASIS OF QUANTUM MECHANICS.
  
  WHICH PERSONALITY ARE YOU? FIRE, EARTH, METAL, WATER, WOOD?
  WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SEASON? TIME OF DAY? COLOR? SOUND?
  
  We will explore the fundamental understanding of this beautiful study in our first session
  ON JUNE 25, 2023, ON ZOOM. Time, TBA.
  More information coming.
  
  QUESTIONNAIRE ON YOUR PERSONALITY TYPE COMING
  IN A FEW WEEKS!!
  
  SUBSEQUENT WORKSHOPS TBA.
  

  August TBA FIVE ELEMENTS ON ZOOM PART II
  

Events for 2022

• SHIATSU FOR YOUR IMMUNITY:
  

  How To Keep Your Health Humming Workshop – January 2022
  

  Shiatsu is a system of massage using acupuncture points. These points are held firmly for approximately three minutes. The results can be quite impressive!
  
  Did you know there is a specific point on your back (BL 36 in Touch for Health Kinesiology) which Chinese Medicine says keeps wind and flu away? Stimulating this point on the back is essential to guard against climactic pernicious evils (wind, hot, dry). Keeping certain points open on the back and feet can keep you well, no matter what nastiness we encounter in the weather.
  
  Other vital points, such as L3 and LI4, both major detoxification points, are used in Traditional Chinese Medicine as a beginning acupuncture treatment called “Opening the Gates.”
  
  We will learn vital NEUROLYMPHATIC MASSAGE POINTS on the back and the front of the body to use daily for immunity.
  
  There are certain alkaline teas to drink to keep our internal milieu (blood quality) balanced with the chaotic external milieu (weather). Another way of saying this is: how do we avoid illness with so much going around; with the temperature going from extreme hot to extreme cold; how do we eat to balance ourselves with the seasons when the seasons change rapidly, to say the least? It’s possible, but very specific.
  
  This class will be offered on ZOOM only. Please include email address when registering and the ZOOM ID, ALONG WITH COURSE HANDOUTS, will be sent a few days before the event, along with any updates.
  
  Up to 2 participants for $50.00. A recording will be made available a week after the event and is free to all paid participants
  
  Venmo and Zelle payments only. Please pay by January 3, 2022
  Scholarship places available. Please inquire.
  
  Date: Sunday, January 16, 2022
  Time: 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. PST
  Fee: $50.00
  
  Gopita Katharine Manning
  gopipsyche@gmail.com (for Zelle)
  Venmo: @Katharine-Manning-5
  818.248.7258
  
  To register: email gopipsyche@gmail.com and send payment as instructed above. Acknowledgement and confirmation will be sent via e-mail within 48 hours.
  
  

Events for 2020

• NEW WORKSHOPS FOR 2020: Meditation! Meditation! Meditation!

  Introduction to Meditation – Half-Day Workshop Offered In June
  

  • How to Set Up your Practice
  • How to Sit; Proper Alignment and Posture
  • How Long do I Practice Each Day – What is Realistic?
  • Following the Breath
  • Mantra as Practice
  • Times of Day – When Should I Meditate?
  • How to Build a Simple Puja (Altar)
  • To Chant or not to Chant
  • What Do I Do if My Experiences Dry Up?
  • How Do I Stretch to encourage Tolerance in My Body?
  • The Key to Not Giving Up
  
  This Workshop will include at least two practice periods of 15-20- minute meditations
  
  Sunday, June 28 2020
  9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (Light Lunch Included)
  Cost: $95.00
  WEAR COMFORTABLE CLOTHING 
  

• The Realms of the Subtle Body
  

  • We Will Explore A Traditional Understanding of the Kundalini/Tantra
  • The Muladhara, or Root Chakra – Why this Chakra is So Important
  • The Sushumna Nadi
  • Piercing the 72,000 Nadis
  • The Auric Fields
  • The Ida and Pingala
  • Traveling into the Causal Field
  • The Chakras
  • Samskaras
  
  This Workshop is for more advanced practitioners. Pre-requisite: INTRODUCTION TO MEDITATION WORKSHOP
  
  Sunday, October 18 2020
  9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
  Cost $85.00
  La Crescenta Location
  

Events for 2019

• Donna Eden’s Daily Energy Routine: Why We Do it; Why it Works; Why it is Just So Damned Brilliant!
  

  I have taught this Workshop over one dozen times, and it never fails to impress me how brilliant Donna has been in her choices of exercises in the 5-minute DAILY ENERGY ROUTINE. The clients who have committed to doing this routine over the years have established a new habit of energy which has transformed them, often more than the on- table work we have employed in their healing. It is the best maintenance plan on the planet.
  
  Donna has taken exercises from a wide template of sources: acupuncture tapping points, auric balancing, chakras, Tibetan rituals and mandalas, and neurological field balancing techniques, to name a few. None of her exercises are original, yet Donna’s brilliance in how she has employed these exercises and used them in a certain order reflects her own amazing healing capacities and understanding of the body’s innate healing capacity.
  
  In my experience, the exercises wake up and “un-clog” (my words!) every system in your body, most especially the sluggish lymphatic system, which needs a manual jumpstart, having no internal pump of its own.
  
  “Doing the Daily Energy Routine will teach your body to create new habits of energy as your default, rather than going into old patterns and habits of stress.” ~Donna Eden
  
  Then the HOMOLATERAL RE-PATTERNING CROSS-CRAWL, which I have made myself hoarse in teaching my clients over the last 15 years, is a brilliant neurological re-patterning for successful people just like us, who have a hard time maintaining this fix, driving on freeways, living with stress-stress-stress. When we can correct this pattern throughout the day, we think more clearly, lose weight or maintain our blood sugars more consistently, have more of our natural vitality available throughout the day, and just plain feel better and better and better. I will break this neurological phenomenon down completely, and give several testimonials which are truly impressive.
  
  So, let’s go for it. Let’s take it all apart and dissect the why’s and how’s, learning it all again slowly and consistently. Even if you have done it for a while, allow Beginner’s Mind access and be willing to learn again. I am amazed at how little people really understand what they may have been doing for years. It is important to align mind with body - no matter what.
  
  The exercises are clearly delineated on my website: www.SouthernFriedSpirituality.com as well as on my YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/SouthernFriedSpirit, but here they are to refresh your memory:
  
  The 3-4 Thumps
  
  Homolateral Re-Patterning Cross Crawl
  
  The Wayne Cook Posture
  
  Crown Pull
  
  Lymphatic Massage
  
  Separating Heaven and Earth
  
  The Celtic Weave
  
  The Zip Up
  
  The Hook Up
  
  Workshop: Sunday, June 23, 2019
  Where: La Crescenta, CA
  Time: 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
  Cost: $75
  
  Early Bird Special: Enroll and pay in full by May 15 and pay only $65.00. Pay online with PayPal (www.southernfriedspirituality.com) or send a check to Katharine Manning. More details 818.248.7258.
  

• Subduing the Ego and Listening to the Voice of Spirit
  

  As most of you know, I make my living as a psychotherapist and energy medicine healer. I also have certifications and training in The Work of Byron Katie, nutrition, macrobiotics, kinesiology and as a spiritual teacher. I have spent the last 28 years doing what I love.
  
  What I love most is trusting my skills in each practice; combining what I intuit with what I have been taught; combining theory with spirit, technique with God. Practicing this takes a brave mind, and an even braver heart.
  
  This ability to move past the small self, allowing the large Self to work, is something very difficult to teach. It is something which requires a certain integrity and humility, yet once identified as such, can become arrogant and seemingly egotistical.
  
  I have worked with and taught advanced practitioners and psychotherapists along these lines, calling this ability “Subduing the Ego and listening to the Voice of Spirit.” Identifying the technique in this way allows it to be talked about in a somewhat objective way.
  
  When I was considering teaching another workshop in 2019, this idea of trusting the voice of God in one’s work kept coming up in my consciousness.
  
  (You don’t have to be a healer. A good way to check your spiritual understanding is this: Notice your understanding around money. Do you worry? Do you think you need more? Compared to what? Truly go inside and answer that. Have you ever stopped to really consider your employer? Where does your paycheck come from? If you answered anything other than God, you may want to work on your understanding…And if you said to yourself, “yeah, I know, I know...I get all that. Everything is fine. I understand that “God is my paycheck,” you may want to work on pretending yourself past your own evolution😊
  
  Let’s explore this wonderful way of looking at the world in a 3-hour Workshop. It will be pragmatic,
  spiritual, serious and fun!
  
  When: Sunday, September 22, 2019
  Where: La Crescenta, CA
  Cost: $75
  Time: 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
  
  Early Bird Special: Pay in full by August 15 and pay only $65.00. Pay through PayPal on www.southernfriedspirituality.com or by check to Katharine Manning (details on website).
  

• The Work of Byron Katie
  

  Three evenings throughout the calendar year, offered free of charge, introducing the Work.
  
  Byron Katie woke up to reality thirty years ago and has not stopped teaching her method of self-inquiry since. In the midst of a normal American life, Byron Katie became increasingly depressed, and over a 10-year period sank deeper and deeper into a despair which almost led to suicide. Then one morning in 1986, she woke up in a state of pure and absolute joy, filled with the fact that her own suffering had ended.
  
  The freedom of Katie’s realization has never left her. The direct result of that realization, called THE WORK, has helped millions around the world.
  
  The Worksheet, considered an essential tool for doing the Work, is available free online at www.thework.com.
  
  Wednesdays, 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
  
  February 20, 2019
  June 12, 2019
  October 16, 2019
  
  Reservations (required): 818.248.7258
  
  Meditation Instruction
  
  I offer meditation instruction free-of-charge as a service to those truly interested in learning this essential practice. Once 3-4 people are interested and can be gathered at the same time, I am willing to offer a one-hour class with a meditation following the instruction. A group forms from these Satsangs, so it is of benefit to those interested to find others to join them in their instruction.
  
  The meditation I offer is a simple, eclectic way of sitting and breathing culled over the years of many practices I have learned.
  

Payment

All events must be paid in full ten days before event. Payment automatically confirms that you have read and agree with the Cancellation Policy below.

Cancellation Policy
Amount of refund at 100% if cancellation is in writing and received seven days before event for which a participant is registered. If the request is issued up to six days before the event, a partial refund may be offered at the discretion of the Instructor. Absolutely no refunds for no-shows or cancellations 72 hours prior to any workshop.

Introduction to Meditation

The Realms of the Subtle Body