About Oren and the Unity approach
My path began as a boy. My parents were not always able to see me, and I experienced those moments as moments of existential danger.
Over time I have realized that when a person is not connected to their own heart – they are also not able to connect to others’ hearts, and indeed this is the preliminary state that allows all violence to occur.
Along my path I learned how to connect with my heart in the face of conflict and uncertainty, to anchor my awareness in the present moment, and to have a serene sense of being home wherever I am.
Come join me on this path of heart!
Oren Knaan
Learning and teaching how to live within a dualistic existence - in a mindset of unity
Unity
In this world of separateness, oneness is a state of being we only faintly remember from the place we came from before entering this world, and from our mother’s womb. From the moment we emerged into the world, we began to experience what separateness is. Since birth, we have spent our lives striving to taste again the wholeness of unity, and at times we manage to touch it—perhaps during a sweeping act of creation, an extreme sport, making love, or using consciousness-altering substances.
The purpose of this website
This website is meant to help us increase the extent to which our consciousness is in a state of unity. And the more our consciousness is connected to unity, the more we allow ourselves—our body and mind—to surrender to the world of duality and live a fuller life.
Duality
Oren's Qualifications
Everything I’ve learned allowed me to give birth to who I currently am.
Anthroposophy Foundation Year
It’s hard to summarize such an intense, varied year that was so different from anything I knew before. Anthroposophical spiritual science is first and foremost an approach that I really love and value, which says that through conscious, directed thinking, one can shed light even on the depths of the spirit. The anthroposophical body of knowledge is deep and rich; it fascinates me and has given me not only insights but also a different way of thinking—one I’d completely forgotten was even possible. Visit the Sofia website.
Honesty and Listening To The Heart
A yearlong course of 96 hours that delved into the approaches taught by Amichai Zalinkovsky (״Listening To The Heart״) and Roie Ben-Yosef Kanaf (״Honesty״), which helped me take a big step toward ongoing presence and moving from a place of ease. One of the tools I learned in the course is the “Gift Conversation”—the main tool I use for healing relationships.
Rebirthing
I studied Rebirthing at a wonderful retreat in Brazil, with Tom Cau—a student of Leonard Orr. Since then, I’ve been breathing, accompanying, and guiding breathing sessions. This tool bypasses the mind and allows the body to bring up whatever is inside it, so it can receive expression and acknowledgment. It’s an unpredictable yet powerful tool, and not to worry—it’s also safe when used with sensitivity.
Human Design
I delved into “The 9 Centers Therapy” with Pavaka Halel Katzir (twice), and at the same time did the foundations course (LYD) and the focused courses on channels and circuits, and on lines and profiles. Human Design helped me—and still helps me—surrender to my inner authority and free myself from the control of thoughts and fears.
Focusing
Focusing helps us pay attention to what exists within us and to process it. It’s very useful in situations of stress/excitement, or any situation where you want to process something that asks for attention. I took the basic course with Prem Disha (Lena Salman), and it was a fun and healing experience in itself.
Osho Meditations Facilitator
Osho developed dynamic (active and changing) meditations for Westerners who can’t remain in inner silence for very long. By using them, one can release blockages and restore a great deal of vitality. The course was led by the wonderful Sudheer P. Niet.
Reiki
I completed Reiki 1 studies with Fanny Bar’am. I found it mostly interesting to learn how to feel a patient’s energy through the palms of my hands.
Chanelling
Even when I registered for Shachar Ben-Porath’s course, I already knew that channeling isn’t something you have to learn but rather something that already happens—and you can increase how much you surrender to it. What I didn’t know was that I would discover how my logic dismisses illogical messages and erases them from my awareness so quickly that in everyday life, I don’t even realize there was a message I could have received. There, I learned a method that bypasses logic and allows more information to flow through. It was fascinating.
Changing Subconscious Beliefs
This course by Ilana Goldstein is based on Rob Williams’s Psych-K method. The goal of the method is to release beliefs that don’t serve us so that we can return to authenticity and ease. The method uses kinesiology to bypass thinking and go directly into the subconscious.
The Wim Hof Method 10-Week Course
This interesting and challenging course was packed with breathing techniques and cold-based challenges, showing us how much our state of mind affects the body. By the end of the course, I experienced the same ice bath—which had been painful and intimidating—as something fun and refreshing, and I also realized that extreme cold improves health and concentration. The course was led by Francis Kravchuk, who was certified by Wim Hof.
ידיים ללא גבולות MSF
דרך פשוטה ואפקטיבית לריפוי אנרגטי (הילינג) בעזרת הידיים, שמתבססת על 7 הצ׳אקרות המרכזיות ומערכות הגוף שקשורות באופן ישיר לכל צ׳אקרה. הגעתי ללמוד את הטכניקה בעקבות המלצה של חבר בברזיל, והיא פתחה בפניי את עולם ההילינג - מאז יצא לי לטפל ולהעמיק, מקרוב וממרחק, ואף לקבל מסרים מתוך החיבור האנרגטי - דבר שהפתיע אותי אך היום אני מקבל את זה כמו שזה.
Honor Window
A powerful healing process I learned from its creator, Michael Skye. It’s a long, 8-hour session that requires coming with readiness and courage, since letting go of control is crucial for the process to succeed. The focus of this tool is creating peace in our primary relationships (usually with our parents), through which we approach all our other relationships.