Awaken to the LIGHT WITHIN

The Institute of Loving is here to support you in remembering the power and wisdom of who you truly are.

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The Institute of Loving is a school of wellness that provides programs, meditations, medicinal aromatherapy education and essential oil sales and consultations for the purpose of accessing radiant health and well-being.

You are being called to wake up and remember the Light within. The Institute of Loving is here to help you do this. All of our programs provide real life principles and practices that immediately assist you in feeling more alive, grateful and connected!

Please enjoy perusing our website and reach out with any questions. We are truly honored you have found us and are here in service to your health and well-being .

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Flagship Program: Emerging as the Light - Principles & Practices for Liberation

The time has come to rise up & address the areas of our minds and bodies that are not in alignment with our Soul's Purpose for being alive! Emerging as the Light is a progressive, 7-month intensive that gives students a life-enhancing opportunity to explore their inner terrain using Spiritual Psychology, Meditation, Medicinal Aromatherapy and Intuitive-Wisdom practices. Participants gain valuable, real- life tools to transform pain into comfort, upset into joy and fear into trust. Students learn how to: forgive themselves and others; release upset; unhook from judgments; communicate more effectively; trust their intuition; resolve inner & outer conflict; come into loving resonance with who they are; and recognize the Light within. And most importantly, our students begin the process of living from their Soul Knowing and actively feeling the Love that they are. ENROLLING NOW FOR 2022!

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Aromatherapy: Wisdom of the Earth Essential Oil Training

Join Siddiqa Salter, a Medicinal Aromatherapist and Plant Medicine Teacher since 2000, for a 3 day aromatherapy training like no other! For over 2 decades, Siddiqa has intimately worked with 250 plant oils, guiding people towards miraculous healings through essential oil classes, anointings, meditations and private healing sessions. Students say that Siddiqa is the "real deal when it comes to aromatherapy!" Her deep respect for essential oil medicine and profound intuitive abilities have assisted thousands of people in making beneficial changes for their bodies, minds and feelings.

Essential oils hold the Soul codes of Mother Nature and are true wisdom teachers. Siddiqa will guide you into a deeply satisfying and expansive relationship with the Plant and Tree Kingdom and Mother Earth! If you want to access the true healing magic of essential oils and learn how to most effectively work with their energetic signatures, Siddiqa Salter is your ticket into the mystical world of plant potential and Wholeness.

This course is a wonderful opportunity to deepen your knowledge and applications of medicinal aromatherapy. Whether you are new to essential oils or an advanced practitioner, this workshop will provide you with profound experiences and information that you can only receive from an experienced aromatherapist who has literally worked with thousands of people over more than 2 decades.

A Note from the Institute of Loving's Founder, Siddiqa Salter: I am deeply grateful to all of my teachers heartfelt guidance and tutelage - enormous thanksgiving goes out to: Drs. Ron and Mary Hulnick of the University of Santa Monica; Barry Kapp, Audre Guitierrez and Cyntihia Olivera of Wisdom of the Earth Essential Oils; Reverend Michael Beckwith of Agape International Spiritual Center; Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan and Telema Hess of the Sufi Order; Bobbi Tighe of Main Line Yoga; Maureen Malone and Toni Lo Mastro of the Philadelphia Rebirthing Center; Greg Lynn of the Peace Weavers; Michael and Deven Padgett; my partner and co-founder of the Emerging as the Light Program, Maria Ashirah; John Roger and the teachings of MSIA; all of the students and clients who have supported me through the years; and this precious planet we call home - Mother Earth.

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Spiritual Psychology Counseling Sessions: for those who desire one-on-one support, 75 minute professional and transformational

sessions are available. For more information please click on Classes above and then Spiritual Psychology Counseling Sessions.

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Program Facilitators

Siddiqa Salter

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Maria I. Ashirah

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Cynthia Olivera

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Marianne Mitchell

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If you are thinking about doing this program, just do it! I found what I was looking for in this class - my Self!

Mike Padgett

Because of this program, I have softened and learned to surrender - to allow others to find their own way without needing to tell them how to do it. I have learned to trust that everyone, including myself, has all the necessary answers inside of themselves.This program and all of its instructors are a 10 out of 10!

Heidi Gonzalez

Learning the foundations of Spiritual Psychology has changed my life! This course has had a profound and positive impact on my life. I wish everyone that I love would do this course. So much benefit has come from it! I am now able to see my True Self. I now love myself. I look forward to my future. I never anticipated that I would be able to truly say these things. This program changed the direction of my entire life! I am forever grateful to the Institute of Loving.

Jill Christy Kroll

The experiences, readings and assignments helped me to remember my Essence. This program has helped me to continue on my path of spiritual awakening and to claim my own wisdom and mastery. I highly recommend this program and any of Siddiqa's trainings, workshops and classes. Her Love , insight and wisdom leads the way.

Nicole Levin

This program and school has been a game-changer - an absolute reset of my life! I had been sleep walking without even realizing where I was heading. I still don't have all the answers but now, I have all the tools I need to find them! This program wasn't easy, but the rewards and friendships I received were world shattering. If you are considering enrolling, don't pass this opportunity by - you deserve this!

Barbara Smith

Through this program, I have fallen in love with myself and gained the freedom to pursue my dreams with a whole heart. I have embraced my vulnerability and authenticity and am ready to shine my Light into the world.

Lindsay Jackson

All of the instructors were 10's! The knowledge, fun, sensitivity and caring each one of them brought to the program was so supportive and helpful. This program helped me to remember who I actually am! I feel love in my heart. I feel so much more fun and laughter inside of myself. And, I am now open to bringing more adventure and love into my life!

Sandra Muir

I love everyone in this class! I have made incredible friends who will be in my life forever! I feel so loved and supported. The deep heart-based connections I made at the Institute of Loving are unparalleled.

Emily Gable

This program has allowed me to move through barriers of illusion and pain and live more in lightness, joy and love. I now connect with the Divine and others from a loving space. This is a program of Self-Love and Self-Compassion.

Karen Nussbaum

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