Dr. Tina Lindhard
I have always been a lover of Nature, inspired by the beauty of South Africa where I grew up. Early personal experiences led me to study different states of Consciousness at the University of Cape Town. However, upon realizing I could not ask anyone questions concerning deeper states unless I had first handedly experienced them for myself, I left university and began an inner quest.
After trying many meditation methods, my journey only started to yield fruits many years later when I met the Yogi and Philosopher Srinivas Arka in 1997. At this time I was fortunate to learn his heart-based method known as the Intuitive Meditation (IM) method or Arka Dhyana.
I have been practicing IM ever since and I am now a certified instructor of both the method and Philosophy behind it. I also completed my PhD thesis on the IM method.
My research included investigating why the heart, throughout the ages, has been utilized as the center of attention in heart-based meditation practices. I also decided to delved into embryology to explore when the soul manifests itself in the body and how myths have not only been used to explain reality, but also to effect the minds and hearts of people when there is a change over in society - like from matriarchy to patriarchy. The role of dreams in bringing unconscious material and insights into conscious awareness also became a focus of my interest both personally and scientifically.
I have also spent many years of my life providing hands on therapy, which combines the sensitivity obtained when using the IM method with the biodynamic cranial sacral approach.
I am currently President of CCASpain, a non-profit association dedicated to raising conscious awareness, Chair of Conscious Research CICA International and also a member of the Council of European Grandmothers. I am a Research Member of EUROTS. Additionally, I provide support through mentorship to students obtaining an MA and PhD at the International University of Professional Studies.
I form part of an international team of certified teachers, who offer workshops in the modern heart-based Intuitive Meditation method and the philosophy behind it. I offer these workshops not only in Spain where I live, but also internationally and on line, as well as presential group workshops on interpreting our dreams. I also attend to people privately who want to work through the emotional layer in a supported way. I find that as people begin to connect with their soul, they become much more conscious and caring about how they live their lives and about Nature. I also give public talks at Universities and private functions. Topics include: Early Embryologic Morphology, Resuscitating the Female Principle, Intuition, Heart-based Meditation Methods, The need for Change in Education, The Search for our Soul...
I am a great believer that we need to find a new way forward which acknowledges and incorporates the Female Principle; a mystical path, which combines the Male and Female way of knowing and where Mother Nature is respected; a way that also includes the individual’s search for his or her deeper Self or soul, regardless of what name we give to IT or how we choose to conceive of IT.