The Importance of Working on Identity

Watch this short video where Yuan Tze helps us to experience what, when we’re working on patterns, we should identify with and why it is so important to work on identity and identification when working on patterns.  Join Yuan Tze for his two-part workshop on Identity & Identification in March and September 2023 – read more here.

This is an excerpt from Yuan Tze’s Transforming Patterns for Unconditional Trust workshop.  If you would like to access the replay of this online event you can find details here, or if you would like to learn more from Yuan Tze check out his upcoming events on our Learn REN XUE website.

 

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