The School of the Examined Life

The School of the Examined Life Marla Estes, M.A., teacher, workshop facilitator and writer, is the founder of The School of the Examined Life.

Marla has studied at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. Her use of film as an avenue to understanding ourselves has made her classes a popular event that students return to again and again. Her overarching mission is to help students allow the unconscious to become conscious. This includes working with the Shadow, “the long black bag we drag behind us,” those dark aspects of ourselves that we hide, repress or disown. Until we integrate all parts of ourselves we will never be authentically whole. Marla’s classes take place primarily in small groups in an intimate setting, offering a safe place for inner exploration. Through film, inquiry exercises, relevant readings and group discussion, students begin the journey inward, inviting all parts of themselves to be seen and heard. Eventually the satisfaction of living more and more from one’s depths becomes its own reward. Students’ feelings about themselves tend to improve as well as their relationships with others. At The School of the Examined Life, this life changing passage is taken seriously, yet humor and laughter inevitably become a part of the process. Attentively and with empathy, Marla invites students to experience their own unfolding at their own pace. The close network of the group provides an additional web of support for this process. With her experience and expertise, by providing a safe space for others to explore what is true for them and by modeling her own vulnerability, Marla allows her students the freedom to truly become themselves.

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