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About Greg
About Greg
Greg Marian is a Presence based Counselor and Certifed Life Coach, and a Non-dual Satsang Facilitator who shares the direct path to Spiritual Awakening, and its Integration and Embodiment into our lives. He's trained as a Strategic Interventionist (SI) Life Coach from the Robbins-Madanes RMT Core 100 professional life coach training program. Greg has a bachelor degree from the University of Alberta, having majored in both Psychology & Biological Sciences. He's worked professionally as a family counselor for over 5 years, and has been offering Awakening Counseling and Coaching Sessions since 2008. He also has a professional massage therapy diploma, and has worked as a deep tissue massage therapist and Level 2 Reiki practitioner since 2002.
After a series of profound and ever deepening spiritual openings, Greg began offering meditation and inquiry events, and has been offering non-dual Satsang and Private Awakening and Integration sessions since 2008. His invitations and direct pointings are offered as invitations to awaken to our True Nature, and to abide and live as this non-dual Consciousness and Presence. From this Space, he meets each person where they're at, supporting their unique challenges, difficulties, as well as their Deepening and Embodiment Process. He helps people find more of what they truly want in all dimensions of the Awakened Life. This spans from the realm of life values/goals, Soul Purpose, and intimate relationships, to people's desire for freedom, Spiritual Awakening, and its eventual Integration & Embodiment into one's life and relationships.
As a Non-Dual Satsang teacher, Greg shares the timeless wisdom of Non-Duality and the direct approach to Awakening and freedom in a simple and straightforward way. His intention is to help people directly experience their True Nature in the deepest way that they can in this moment. He support people to find more peace and contentment in their lives, within whatever psycho-spiritual framework they find meaningful. He has a vast openness and availability to be with whatever arises within people's deep psyche, intuitively engaging each person with his varied experience and knowledge as needed.
One of Greg's unique gifts is his ability to bring a seamless integration of the Non-dual spiritual wisdom with contemporary insights from psychology, mind-body medicine, and the trauma healing field. He uses simple language to express a deep synthesis of direct spiritual insight while embracing gritty life experience, combining a Clarity of the Awakening process with a compassionate 'lived experience' understanding of the psychological trauma healing process. A major aspect of Greg's work is supporting people who have already had deep spiritual Awakenings, supporting them in Integrating and Embodying their deepest Realizations into their everyday lives and relationships. If appropriate, this can include Presence teacher or facilitator support and mentorship.
"The only prerequisite for Spiritual Awakening is an innocent curiosity, and the openness to recognize that what we're seeking for is always already here."
-Greg Marian
Greg's spiritual path and exploration was broad in scope, always being guided by what was most deeply alive for him in the moment. He learned several meditation techniques, including both major Buddhist Vipassanas meditation techniques, TM, Kriya Yoga, and Zen flavored zazen, and has had a committed daily meditation practice since 2001. He's studied several spiritual teachings and traditions, and has over 15 years of deep emotional work within various psychotherapy frameworks. Major resting places in his spiritual journey included Zen & various other schools of Buddhism, various schools of Raja Yoga, and the Non-dual teachings of Advaita Vedanta. His search also included spending time in several ashrams and retreat centers, and two life changing trips to India in 2002 and 2005-6.
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The most profound influence in his spiritual unfoldment however was the teachings and time spent in the Presence of several contemporary spiritual teachers. A deep Gratitude and Love is especially felt for the spiritual teacher Adyashanti and his wife Mukti, whose clarity and insight continues to be a guiding light and inspiration for him. Greg has also been profoundly influenced by the teachings of Ramana Maharishi, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Eckhart Tolle, the Buddha, & Christ. Most recently he's been enjoying connecting with the Finders Course research and POK Communities, exploring the landscape of the later stages of Awakening.
Greg offers Individual Sessions, Online Programs, and Non-dual Satsang events & retreats across Canada, the USA, and online.
He currently lives near Vancouver, Canada.