The Omnipresence of Love: How Deep Observation Can Change One’s Self and Surroundings
- RESOURCES
- Jan 29, 2020
- 2 min read
What happens when we slow down long enough to truly see - not just with our eyes, but with our spirit? What might you discover about yourself, and about the spaces you inhabit, if you paid closer attention to the subtle rhythms of life happening all around you?
This webinar steps outside our usual focus on external strategies for civic engagement.
Instead, this offering invites you into the art of deep observation as a practice of love, awareness, and gentle transformation. Dr. Christal Mischelle Omni, founder of the OMNI Institute of Well-Being, guided participants through the transformative power of deep observation - showing how slowing down, noticing more, and engaging with the natural world can shift one’s sense of self, relationships, and surroundings - i.e., the omnipresence of love.
Drawing from her eco-spiritual research, her postdoctoral study Sitting with Trees, her TEDx Talk “Nature: A Site of Radical Self-Restoration,” and her newly released book, “Nature: A Site of Teaching, Learning, Healing, and Well-being,” Dr. Omni illuminates how attention becomes a form of love, and how presence can open pathways to clarity, restoration, and connection.
You’ll learn:
How slowing down changes your inner life: Ways intentional stillness can quiet emotional clutter, restore balance, and open space for insight and healing.
How your surroundings shape your well-being: An exploration of how nature, place, and atmosphere influence your mood, energy, clarity, and sense of belonging.
How to see the sacred in the everyday: Approaches to experiencing the divine woven into ordinary moments — turning presence into prayer and observation into embodiment.
How to use love as a transformative lens: A framework for viewing yourself, others, and the Earth through compassion, reciprocity, and sacred connection.
This webinar is ideal for anyone interested in reconnecting with themselves and making the most of their one wild and precious life.
See the description directly on YouTube for the full list of references and resources.
