Spiritual Awakening Sharing Circle & Peer Support Group

Have you ever had a strong experience of a profound spiritual nature in which you felt in contact, communion or union with something that you consider to be an ultimate reality, cosmic consciousness, or the divine? Have you ever felt that your ego suddenly transcended beyond an ordinary and finite personal identity, limited by the constraints of time and space, to encompass a boundless sense of self, interconnected, or at One, with the universe?

Whether your experience was blissful or challenging; life-changing or curiosity-inducing; whether you were misunderstood/shamed or embraced; whether you were able to find support or are still searching for validation; whether you were medicalised, were able to ground through other means, or never felt the need to be; whether you are still navigating/trying to make sense of the experience, or have managed to successfully integrate it into your everyday life; whether you are in the midst of your experience or whether it happened to you many years ago; and whether you've told your story before, or not - you are welcome to come and share your experience with a sympathetic and understanding community of likeminded experiencers.

The aim of this Spiritual Awakening Sharing Circle is to offer a safe, neutral and judgement-free zone, where individuals who have or are currently undergoing varying forms of self-realisation - whether that be gradual or sudden, induced or spontaneous forms of spiritual emergence/emergency, or other related spiritually transformative experiences - are able to freely express themselves in a loving, understanding and accepting environment, whilst offering support and space-holding to others. 

• Note: This is not a therapy session, but a peer-support group meant for integration and community-building. In other words, it is intended as a safe space for free expression around topics typically tabooed in today's Western society. Medical advice will not be offered. We strongly encourage each individual to participate in this co-creative space, though sharing is not obligatory. 
   
• We kindly ask that you please respect the subjective interpretation of each individual's experience by refraining from offering unsolicited cultural interpretations/projections of personal belief systems onto other peoples' experience. 
   
• What to expect: We will open the circle with a brief introduction and meditation, there will be sharing and listening, and I will lead a grounding meditation at the end of the session.

*This is a monthly in-person event*

NB: We aim to start sharp on the hour. Please arrive at least 5 minutes before the start time. 

For any questions, please contact the facilitator, Jessica Corneille at jessicacorneille@gmail.com

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Your facilitators: 

Jessica Corneille, MSc

Following her own sudden non-dual experience one morning in February 2016, Jessica Corneille decided to change the course of her life by quitting her career in the arts/cultural heritage preservation (and as an aspiring art curator), to play her part, instead, in helping to de-stigmatise, de-pathologise and raise awareness around spiritual awakening, enlightenment, and non-dual experiences within mainstream psychology. 

She is currently undertaking a PhD in Psychology at the University of Cambridge, attempting to uncover the Neurophenomenological underpinnings of endogenous, peak spiritual experiences at the Consciousness and Cognition Lab. She previously graduated from a Master's Degree in Psychology  with Distinction from the University of Greenwich, where she focused her studies on the Psychology of Exceptional Human Experiences (Transpersonal, Anomalistic and Parapsychology), under the guidance of Dr David Luke. As a Research Psychologist with a special interest in spontaneous spiritual awakenings and how such experiences inform our understanding on the nature of consciousness, Jessica has presented her work at a number of academic conferences, including with the British Psychological Society, and has had her published work featured in media outlets such as Forbes and Psychology Today. As part of her desire to bridge the worlds of science, philosophy and spirituality, she has worked for the renowned Scientific and Medical Network, and as a researcher for Emergence Benefactors. She is also a Member of the Galileo Commission steering committee, as well as a collaborator with the Emergent Phenomenology Research Consortium and Spiritual Crisis Network. Jessica is also certified Kundalini Yoga teacher and leadership and empowerment coach.

Her greatest missions in life are to challenge the default pathologisation of awakening experiences by helping to inform and encourage mainstream psychology to look beyond the current designated spectrum of ‘normality’, to encompass the transpersonal as something that is intrinsic to the human experience, and in helping individuals come to the realisation of their highest human potential. 

Amir Giles

Amir has spent the last 7 years curating Adventures in Awareness as a space dedicated to exploring meditation, nonduality and consciousness science using the tools of introspection, dialogue, reason and science.

Amir co-directed the Psychedelic Society from 2019 to 2025, is trained as a practitioner of Internal Family System’s Therapy, and runs Bernardo Kastrup’s weekly membership programme With Reality in Mind. He was a facilitator on The Finders Course, and has completed 2 years of an MA in Chiropractic. 

He has a background in theatre and performance, having performed, danced, choreographed and directed on stage, television and cinema with Paramount Pictures, MARVEL, the BBC, the Royal Court, Royal Opera House, Royal Academy of Music, Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, the Royal Ballet and the Royal Albert Hall.

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REFUNDS: Please note that we do not arrange refunds or exchanges. We welcome swapping or reselling your tickets with people you know.