"When you say ‘yes’ to what is, you become aligned with the power and intelligence of Life itself."

The Wisdom of Eckhart Tolle has reverberated around the world – his teachings have deeply impacted many people's lives with its compassionate detachment.

Eckhart’s words seem imbued with something extra – reading his books with an open mind helps transform our stuck thoughts and suddenly we see clearly. From a diverse range of spiritual and religious studies, Tolle’s work echoes his deep compassion for the human condition. He offers direct applications to come into harmony with the present moment. Often we have seen people’s faces light up in understanding, leaving behind any previous confusion.
Similar to Byron Katie’s Work, acceptance of what is, of every moment, and simple observation of what goes on for us, in moments of confusion without engaging in a story, are keys to the freedom we seek.

At Living in Balance, we use Tolle’s work wherever people are open to it. The depth of the teachings offers profound soothing at one end and outbursts of laughter and insights on the other.

Spiritual work for our times requires contemporary application that speaks directly to our situation and our lifestyle. Tolle is a contemporary teacher, someone whose own life reached rock bottom when he was 30. Out of this have come his invaluable insights, an irrepressible sense of humor, a humility and a deep steady knowing that has no doubt. www.EckhartTolle.com

Personally, working with Tolle’s material has been a turning point in my development. Reading his books The Power of Now and A New Earth several times, being part of a weekly Tolle group for a year, and developing a series of workshops “Totally Tolle", I am in awe and gratitude for the shifts that take place in my own and my clients' lives.

It is in the space of incessant thinking that we find it hard to discern current reality from a story - let us help you figure out how your own story is wired up to events from the past and to help release you from the burdens of repetitive patterns.

Tolle: "The voice in the head has a life of its own. Most people are at the mercy of that voice; they are possessed by thought, by the mind. And since the mind is conditioned by the past, you are then forced to reenact the past again and again." Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth.

"Discover inner space by creating gaps in the stream of thinking. Without those gaps, your thinking becomes repetitive, uninspired, devoid of any creative spark, which is how it still is for most people on the planet. You don't need to be concerned with the duration of those gaps. More important than their length is to bring them in frequently so that your daily activities and your stream of thinking become interspersed with space." Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth.

“Don't believe everything your thoughts tell you.