About Karen

Karen had a series of spontaneous awakenings over a period of years that led to a deep longing to realize the true nature of life and self. This precipitated a period of intense searching.

"Some teachings and teachers came along that were very helpful. Still there was no lasting peace, no sense of being able to rest or abide in this peace that would come and go as it pleased.

I could experience the most profound peace, ease, joy, and bliss in meditation. Then, sometimes moments later, I would experience some form of contraction from resistance or reaction to the people or situations in my life.

A type of intensity built up such that the  contrast between the deep peace experienced in meditation and the pain of contracting led to a kind of breakdown. I reached a point where I would not go on unless and until I could find a way to stabilize the peace, to bring the peace into my daily life. The intention and energy were quite fierce; I stopped all meditation and felt a determination inside. It was a living force, like fire, uncompromising, unwavering.

Soon after, someone brought a copy of the book The Power of Now to my place. As soon as I touched the book, I knew I had found what I was longing for."

Karen met Eckhart Tolle after reading the book. The day they met, there was a profound shift.

"The day we met, I sat beside Eckhart in silence. In that moment, it was as if the entire universe revealed itself. Not as something outside of me, but as my own self.

There was a dropping away of all boundaries, all sense of separateness, and an expansion into an indescribable joy and lightness. Its not that 'I' expanded; the expansiveness of being was experienced directly."

Karen dedicated herself full heartedly to living in presence. Eventually, Life moved her into a teaching role. After a number of years of teaching, a new energy began to emerge. Karen left the teaching role for an extended period in order to create space to explore this new direction. It was a time of integrating the awakeness more fully into the human experience.

Karen's work with people now combines the deeply spiritual with the practical. She supports people in awakening and deepening the reality of one's true nature as consciousness and aligning their outer reality with this inner realization. To fully embody the divine means to be fully human.