Becoming an Ally of Life

Oct 7, 2025

Explore the tension between escaping and fully engaging with life. Discover how cultivating inner spaciousness fosters creativity and presence. Reflect on the importance of being an ally to others as we navigate societal detox processes. Learn how stillness can spark innovation and transform personal challenges into collective healing. Examine the relationship between individual practices and global change, illustrating the power of community in processing trauma. Dive deep into how engaging with our past can lead to future healing and innovation.

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ADVICE

Choose To Be An Ally Of Life

Do ask yourself if you want to be an ally of life and choose to be present in this time.
Practice cultivating inner spaciousness and commit to being here despite discomfort.

ADVICE

Make Space Through Practice

Do install a regular practice to create inner space, like meditation or daily presence.
Use that practice to deepen commitment and become a living, walking answer to your life questions.

INSIGHT

Enter Life Rather Than Escape

The deeper question is whether you want to leave life or fully enter and become magnetic to it.
Deep space intelligence is democratic and accessible; it fuels presence and future creativity.

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Are you truly existing in the world, or are you trying to escape it?

This week, Thomas shares an exploration into personal and societal evolution. It all begins with creating an inner spaciousness from which we can engage with the world with embodied presence, even when it’s difficult and uncomfortable.

This teaching invites you to see challenges as gateways for transformation where innovation can emerge. Thomas shares how this principle applies on a small scale in our personal lives and on a larger scale as our societies undergo a detox process to digest the wounds of the past.

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This free, online event will help you deepen your understanding of trauma, learn practices for deeper presence, regulation, and compassion, and connect with a supportive global community.

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Thomas Hübl, PhD, is a renowned teacher, author, and international facilitator who works within the complexity of systems and cultural change, integrating the core insights of the great wisdom traditions and mysticism with the discoveries of science. Since the early 2000s, he has led large-scale events and courses on the healing of collective trauma.

In addition to Attuned, he is the author of Healing Collective Trauma: A Process for Integrating Our Intergenerational and Cultural Wounds. He has served as an advisor and guest faculty for universities and organizations, as a coach for CEOs and organizational leaders, and is currently a visiting scholar at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University.

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Collective Trauma Summit 2025

✨ Join us at the 7th annual Collective Trauma Summit, a FREE 7-day online gathering with embodied practices, guided reflection, powerful interviews, and live events, guided by Thomas and over 40 expert leaders in trauma-healing, embodiment, somatics, and social change. Speakers include Dr. Richard Schwartz, Prentis Hemphill, Cheryl Strayed, Francis Weller, Gabby Bernstein, Rick Hanson, Sonya Renee Taylor, and many more. This year, we’ve partnered with mission-driven organizations, including the Internal Family Systems Institute, the Embodiment Institute, Poetry Unbound, and more, to help you deepen your understanding of trauma and see how healing can become a force for transformation in your life, your community, and the world. We hope to see you there!

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