Access details

These instructions are essential for you to be able to participate fully. 
Please take time to read them carefully.

To watch the sessions:

All of the sessions, both those with speakers and the interactive meditation / sharing sessions, will be broadcast live via YouTube. I will post the link to each broadcast on the webpage for the day, about 5-10 minutes before the start of each session. You will get the link to the webpage for the day by e-mail at the beginning of each day.

To listen to the interactive sessions (meditation / sharing sessions only):

You can listen in via InstantTeleSeminar either online or by phone. The call-in numbers and links to online listening are posted on the webpage for the day. Instructions for using the InstantTeleSeminar features, see below.

To participate:

There are many ways you can participate:
  • You can comment on the YouTube page during a live session: on live YouTube pages, there is a comment column to the right of the video (after the session, when you’re watching the recording, it will be below). In order to comment, you need to create a YouTube account.. I If you need instructions, click www.wikihow.com/Make-a-YouTube-Account. If you already have a g-mail or Google+ account, the YouTube account is created automatically. Please add a photo, so that people can see you.
    If you want to ask a question on the YouTube comment page, please put the word QUESTION in capitals, so it’s easily visible. You can repeat it to make sure it’s noticed.
  • You can come into the live Google hangout, in order to ask a question live, or share something you want to share. In order to do so, you need to be familiar with Google hangouts. You’ll find instructions for this in the last section below, and you will need to take time to prepare everything a few hours BEFORE you ask to be on a hangout.
  • During the interactive sessions only, you can call into one of the InstantTeleSeminar numbers and raise your hand (press *2 on your telephone keypad). You can also call in via Skype, and there are local call-in numbers for the US, Canada, UK, and Australia. Again, all the information is on the webpage for the day.
  • You can join the Facebook group, Healing and Awakening Community, that serves as a forum for sharing. It’s a closed group, so what you share in it is only visible to members of the group. CLICK HERE, and ask to join. I will look at comments at the end of each day.
  • You can send an e-mail to [email protected]. I will look at e-mails at the end of each day and respond if necessary.

To join a Google hangout live during a session:

You can come onto a live session with or without a video. If you prefer, you can come on just on audio. Please indicate your preference. 

Take these preparatory steps a few hours before the start of a session. 
If you're a 'low tech' person, maybe you could ask a friend to help you? 
  • Create a Google+ account if you don’t have one yet. The link for doing so is: www.plus.google.com. If you’re not permanently signed in, please keep a record of your password!
  • Add Grace Bubeck to one of your circles. Make sure you do this ahead of time, as it can take a few hours for the notification to arrive in my account. I will then add you back to one of my circles so that I can easily identify you when you ask to come onto a hangout.
  • Also ahead of time, do a trial Hangout on Air by yourself: On your Google+ homepage, click on the home page symbol at the top left of the screen, and on the drop down menu, click Hangout on Air. If you’re doing one for the first time, Google will ask to download a hangouts plug in. Download, and then start your hangout. Get familiar with the screen. Know that it’s only when you click on the Broadcast button at the bottom of the screen that you will go ‘on air’. You don’t have to, you can end the hangout without going public.
ONLY NOW are you ready to ask to come onto a hangout during a retreat session.

If you want to come onto a live hangout,
  • Ask to come on by posting a YouTube comment, and confirm that you’re ready to come on.
  • Open your Google+ account in a new window. I will announce the fact that I'm inviting you to join the hangout. Once you heard the announcement, check whether there is an invitation. 
  • In order to join, you have to agree to the terms and conditions, and then you click the join button. You will come into the hangout with your microphone and image muted, and I will unmute you when I bring you on.
  • Once you’re on the hangout, close your YouTube broadcast, as staying on it will create an echo. You can reopen the YouTube broadcast once you’re off the hangout.

InstantTeleSeminar instructions (for listening online or by phone, AND for calling in):

  • To listen via the web, click the link given for the particular session.
  • To call in, to listen or ask a question: Use the conference ID that's given for the particular session, then call in by phone or skype:
  • Dial-in numbers: (206) 402-0100 or (415) 671-4335, or find a number local to you if you live in the US, Canada, UK, Australia at www.instantteleseminar.com/Local/
  • by SKYPE: follow the instructions here: http://www.instantteleseminar.com/Skype
  • Whether you use phone OR skype, you'll always need the Conference ID.
  • If you want to ask a question live, "raise your hand" by pressing *2 on your phone's keypad.