Recorded Offering | Available Now until June 15, 2026
Deep Listening and Personal Reactivity
With Iya Rev. DeShannon Barnes-Bowens and Rev. Eileen Fisher
One of the most profound gifts we can offer each other in spiritual care is to create spaces where people feel fully heard. Discover the sacred act of deep listening and tools for how to address the barriers of our own personal activation.
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In this recorded offering…
You will explore the sacred art of deep listening. One of the most profound gifts we can offer each other in spiritual care is to create spaces where people feel fully heard. Thich Nhat Hahn said, “Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.” Listening is a sacred act that when done well, supports us in feeling valued and accepted.
Personal reactivity can show up as a barrier to deep listening and impedes our ability to be present in our service to others. In this recorded offering we will:
Define components of deep listening
Learn how activation happens and its impact on our bodies
Develop skills to work with our activation
Discover tools to listen more deeply.
This recorded offering is for…
Anyone who wants to improve their skills of managing personal reactivity and improving deep listening. This workshop is particularly suited for spiritual counselors, ministers, social workers, therapists, and those of helping and holding professions.
Attendees can look forward to leaving this workshop with a spiritual practice of deep listening to carry far into the future.
What you’ll Explore
Deep Listening as a Spiritual Practice
Personal Reactivity as a barrier to listening
What you’ll Integrate
How to identify and address the presence Personal Reactivity in interactions
How to listen deeply as a spiritual practice
What you’ll Experience
2 Hours of beloved Recorded Offering including Presentations and Reflection Questions
What you’ll Receive
A handout to support your practice ongoing
Access to the Course Hylo Board where you can chat with other viewers, share resources, and connect in community
About the Presenters,
Iya Rev. DeShannon Barnes-Bowens &
Rev. Eileen Fisher
Iya Rev. DeShannon Barnes-Bowens, MS is the founder of ILERA Counseling & Education Services, where she works as a psychotherapist, professional development trainer, and spiritual counselor. Through ILERA, she offers national & international workshops and programs focusing on sexuality and spirituality, sexual abuse and healing, and vicarious trauma and wellness. She is the author of Hush Hush: An African American Family Breaks their Silence on Sexuality and Sexual Abuse (2007, 2015). Iya DeShannon has practiced Ifa-Orisa spirituality since 2001 and is an initiated priestess. She was ordained as an Interfaith Minister through One Spirit’s seminary in 2010 and served as a first-year dean, Assistant Director, and Co-Director of the program. Find out more about Iya DeShannon and her work at https://www.ilera.com
Rev. Eileen Fisher is an ordained minister, an initiated Sufi dervish and the former Co-Director of One Spirit Interfaith Seminary. She holds a master’s degree in education and has experience developing educational programs while working with young children, families and adult learners. As a Middle School teacher, she developed and implemented a school-wide Mindfulness program for students. When she can, Eileen volunteers both locally and abroad.
Where can I access the recorded offering?
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