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Self-awareness isn’t always easy. We can be sidelined by fear, a reluctance to look within and a culture which keeps us distracted and unaware. This class guides us to take key steps towards self-knowledge. Through exercises and conversation we reach insights in a remarkably short space of time – excited by the task of understanding the person we may be a stranger to; ourselves.

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