“Conversations on Course”:
A Fireside Chat Series Exploring A Course in Miracles
“Two voices raised together call to the hearts of everyone, to let them beat as one. And in that single heartbeat is the unity of love proclaimed and given welcome”.
(ACIM, T-20.V.2:3-4)
I Am Not a Body. …So Now What?
Thursday, June 25th, 2026
2 pm PT / 5 pm ET / 11 pm CET
(convert the time to your time zone)
Simultaneous Spanish Translation is Available for This Webinar! ¡Webinar con traducción simultánea al español!
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Registration closes at 2:00 pm PT, so register early. The webinar access link is emailed to registrants from Zoom.
In this Conversations on Course fireside chat, Celina Granato sits down with Jeff Bailey, longtime yoga teacher, author, and devoted student of A Course in Miracles, for a conversation that’s as grounded as it is illuminating.
Because if you’ve spent even five minutes with the Course, you’ve probably had this moment:
“I am not a body.” (ACIM, W-84.1:4)
Okay… now what?
How do we meet pain, healing, practice, and the actual texture of daily life without putting the body back at the center of everything?
That’s the living question at the heart of this dialogue.
And no, this isn’t just for yoga people.
With warmth, humility, and a kind of disarming honesty, Jeff gives voice to the questions many students carry (and don’t always say out loud):
- How do we talk about healing without making the body too real?
- What does it actually mean that “health is inner peace”?
- And how do we stay true to the Course’s radical metaphysics… while still having a very human day?
At one point, Jeff drops this line, simple, sharp, and just a little dismantling:
“If yoga means to join, then why did we just spend an hour pulling ourselves apart?”
And suddenly, the whole conversation turns.
What is practice for? What are we actually reinforcing? And what, exactly, are we trying to heal?
In this 75-minute, pre-recorded conversation, Celina and Jeff explore the body as a means of communication, the mind as the true place of healing, and the quiet discipline of not drifting away from the Course’s foundation–even when the world (and the body) makes a very convincing case. And beneath it all, one steady reminder:
“The goal of the Course is inner peace.”
No spiritual bypassing.
No metaphysical backpedaling.
Just an honest, spacious, deeply lived conversation, for anyone willing to meet the question and stay with it a little longer.
NOTE: The Foundation for Inner Peace does not endorse any individual interpretation of A Course in Miracles. Our goal is to provide a space for open discussion and exploration of its teachings.
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Thursday, June 25th, 2026
2 pm PT / 5 pm ET / 11 pm CET
(convert the time to your time zone)
Simultaneous Spanish Translation is Available for This Webinar! ¡Webinar con traducción simultánea al español!
Haga clic en el botón registrarse para inscribirse en este webinar. Recibirá un correo electrónico en inglés con el enlace que debe usar para el webinar.
Register without donation
Registration closes at 2:00 pm PT, so register early. The webinar access link is emailed to registrants from Zoom.
All registrants will receive a recording 24 hours after the event. Closed captions are available.
Meet Our Speakers
Jeff Bailey has devoted his life to yoga since 1985, guided by a deep inquiry into what it truly means “to join.” In his early twenties, that search led him to A Course in Miracles, which profoundly transformed his understanding of yoga—not as a physical discipline alone, but as a path of inner healing, forgiveness, and true union. This shift became the foundation for Avita Yoga. Over decades of teaching, Jeff has helped thousands move beyond pain by restoring both mobility and awareness, recognizing the body as a communication device to heal the mind. A trained Rolfer and author of The Yoga Mind and Mobility For Life, he continues to share a practice devoted to healing, wholeness, and lasting peace.
Celina Granato has long been drawn to questions about the nature of reality and the possibility of genuine peace. In her mid-twenties, after exploring a variety of spiritual paths, she was introduced to A Course in Miracles, which became her primary spiritual practice and has guided her through life’s challenges ever since. Originally from the American Midwest, Celina sees relationships as one of our greatest classrooms for healing and inner work. She understands the Course as a self-study practice of the mind and believes that a sincere, uncompromising devotion to its principles opens the way to real spiritual growth. Celina serves as Chief Communications Officer at the Foundation for Inner Peace.
Meet Our Spanish Translator
Veronica Mejia Barney was introduced to A Course in Miracles by her mother at age seven. As a child, she recognized the deep ancestral call that the book’s pages transmitted. At 14, she began practicing the Course and embarked on a journey to study and integrate its principles, which continue to guide her daily life. Veronica is now a committed student, teacher, and translator of A Course in Miracles and travels to share the Course’s message. She shares, “Since I was 16 years old, I have been translating events and workshops into Spanish, and I feel honored to share such a powerful message with the Spanish-speaking world. The Course inspires and changes my life, giving me a north star to guide my thoughts. I am humbled to be of service so that others can hear the message through my voice.” Veronica is the director of her Interior Design firm, a sports lover, and a vegan gastronomy enthusiast. She has been married to her husband, Luis, for ten years, and they have a beautiful Pit Bull named “Timoteo.” You can learn more about Veronica’s offerings on her Instagram Page, “ Choice is Power ,” her Facebook page, “ Elige de Nuevo UCDM-Verónica , “ her Spotify podcasts, “ Despertando a la Realidad ” and “ Awakening to Truth,” and her YouTube channel, Choose Again with Veronica.
