Healing Talks with Dr Ryan and meditation teacher Kurt Iwanina

Join us in person for Healing Talks with Kurt Iwanina diving into the Mechanics of the Mind & the True Purpose of Meditation.

The Mechanics of the Mind & the True Purpose of Meditation

with Dr Ryan and meditation teacher Kurt Iwanina

This evening will also be the first of a new series of Healing Talks at Powerhouse.

We will pull back the tables, bring in the lounge and sit together to learn and receive. This is not your sit-down, be-quiet-and-take-notes type of talk. You are a part of the conversation here.

Going forward, we’ll invite guest teachers into the space each month to share their lived experience and expertise.

These guests are chosen because their work genuinely complements the care you receive in the clinic, and because education and direct experience can meaningfully support and amplify the healing process.

Our first Healing Talks guest is Kurt Iwanina. Kurt is a sound healer, meditation teacher, and intuitive facilitator known for his crystalline sound work, energy clearing, and ceremonial guidance. Kurt bridges ancient wisdom with modern awareness, creating resonance and grounding through frequency and vibration.

During this evening, we explore the power of the mind and how it can either help you get the most out of your life and hold a clearer perspective on it, or keep you stuck in patterns that feel hard to move through.

For a long time, I thought meditation was about controlling the mind, directing it, or trying to make it go quiet.

I’ve since come to understand that this is not the point at all. When meditation is approached that way, it often becomes frustrating and unattainable.

What we want to share with you is what meditation is actually for, and how understanding the mechanics of the mind changes the goalposts.

When the goal is realistic, meditation becomes achievable.

You start to relate to yourself differently in the quiet. You begin to hear your inner words and your inner truth in a profoundly informing way.

This way of working can invite you to really look at yourself and your life, and to see the things you might choose differently in the future. Learning to relate to the mind differently can support a greater capacity to stay with yourself, rather than being continuously pulled to the past or the future.

We’ve designed the evening to be an experience where you’re dropped into this state we are going to speak to, so you’re listening from it.

We’ll guide you so you can enter meditation more easily than you may have before.

We’ll also share stories from our own journeys, open up a panel-style conversation, and leave space for questions.

Our intention is for you to not just know, but also feel, see, and observe in real time how your mind actually works, set realistic inner goalposts, and learn to listen to what’s already speaking inside you.

We would love to have you there.

Ryan

This night is free for patients of Ryan and students of Kurt, and for anyone else, it’s pay-what-you-can in cash upon arrival. It's going to be an intimate evening. Max. 20 people. Please register to claim your spot.

Dr Ryan Pope Chiropractor, teacher, and facilitator, whose work centres on alignment and coherence through the nervous system. His adjustments and energetic presence work to realign, revitalise, and re-harmonise the system from the inside out. When the physical and energetic bodies come back into alignment, resistance eases, clarity returns, and life begins to flow with greater connection and ease. Ryan’s approach releases interference in both the body and the mind, allowing the system's innate intelligence to express itself fully.

Kurt Iwanina (The Meditation Mechanic) is the Co-founder of iSoma Meditation, a community-rooted practitioner path that supports modern clinicians and healers in reorienting to the ancient foundations of healing. He is a sound healer, meditation teacher, and intuitive facilitator known for his crystalline sound work, energy clearing, and ceremonial guidance. Kurt bridges ancient wisdom with modern awareness, creating resonance and grounding through frequency and vibration.