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Michael Brown
Until 1989, South African-born Michael Brown was living what he calls "a blissfully unconscious life" working as a roadie, music journalist, music television scriptwriter, newspaper columnist, and magazine editor. He persevered in this field despite the fact that in 1987 he had developed an acutely painful neurological condition called Horton's Syndrome.
In 1993, after years of suffering through conventional medical approaches, medications, and experimentation with alternative therapies, he embarked on a quest to heal his condition. This intention initiated an odyssey that took him beyond the borders of his home country and beyond the confines of his cultural upbringing and conditioning. In San Francisco, he studied Swedish massage and Reiki therapy. In the Arizona Desert, he studied breathwork, rebirthing, shamanism, and participated as a Fire Chief in the Native American Peyote Church over a period of four years. He also crossed the border into Mexico and experienced ceremonies with the Huichol Indians.
As Brown's quest to find relief unfolded, he began entering what he calls "present moment awareness," a paradigm of heightened consciousness that runs parallel to the conventional and mundane world experience. He discovered that his repeated entry into this enlivened state of being, which he accomplished through ceremonial practice, the use of plant medicines, perceptual tools, and conscious breathing, resulted in a decrease of his own painful condition to the point that it subsided completely.
In the late 1990s, Brown began to chart a completely natural, methodical pathway into present moment awareness with intent to develop a practical procedure that anyone anywhere could follow to initiate this experience for themselves. This procedure is now called The Presence Process.
To make this journey accessible to everyone, Brown wrote The Presence Process: A Healing Journey Into Present Moment Awareness. He is also author of Alchemy of the Heart. Brown currently teaches workshops around the world to awaken people to the wisdom of the heart and the present moment. |
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