What Students Are Saying about ALI“Before coming to this work I felt like I had run out of places to go. I had tried a lot of other things and they had meager results. Here, every time I come to a weekend, small group, or private session things happen that unfold my Being in a consistent way.” – Donald, ALI Student for 5 years “I have found through this work that I
have become more relaxed and accepting of myself, others, and life's unfolding.
Life has become an interesting and adventurous journey.” – Connie,
ALI student for six years “(This work) has created more space and freedom in my life... I am moving through life infused with increasing strength and will...” – Katie, ALI Student for one year “This work saved my life. Trying to create a meaningful life through the mechanical viewpoint of ego was only serving to destroy my career, undermine my health and wreak havoc in my relationships, leaving my deeply disillusioned and unhappy in the process. Through the work, I came to a deep reconnection with the core of my being and found the freedom to create my life in ways I had never dreamed possible.” – Debra, ALI student for seven years “This work takes you on a compelling journey to Being. As a guide, Michael is grounded, skillful, compassionate, part guardian and part trickster. I find these ingredients lend a powerful spark to my inner journey. What I have learned through the Authentic Living Institute touches every aspect of my life from relationships, intimacy, work and parenting through my deepest longing for union with the Divine.” – Danielle, ALI student for seven years “I am grateful to Michael Torresan, former teacher in the Ridhwan School, for first organizing this material (on the superego) and presenting it as a body of teaching in workshop format. He was an inspiring and provocative model for assisting others in confronting their judges.” – Byron Brown, author of Soul without Shame: A Guide to Liberating Yourself from the Judge Within, Ridhwan Teacher and senior student of A. H. Almaas “Being a practitioner of insight meditation, I am delighted to discover how much the ALI work and Vipassana add to each practice's means of dispelling delusion. I am further pleased to see Jack Kornfield write that he could commend the work of Michael’s teacher, A. H. Almaas, ‘to anyone interested in living the life of the spirit’.” – Magrit, ALI student for one year “I am forever grateful to have Michael as my guide in the work. He is extremely skillful at presenting the knowledge in an articulate, sensitive, and lighthearted way.” – Carla, ALI student for six years “The solid support and compassionate nature of the group field feels like a safe place for me to share and explore the places in myself that feel scary.” – Susan, ALI student for one year “The presence and energy of the group field reveal both my ego resistance and my essential nature in a way that would not happen on my own.” – Leslie, ALI Student for five years “After reading where Ken Wilber wrote that he could ‘recommend the Diamond Approach as probably the most balanced of the widely available spiritual psychologies/therapies’ I began searching for a path incorporating that type of work and found my way to one of Michael’s free talks.” – Juan, ALI student for one year |