Bringing conscious support to an evolving world through experiential classes, immersive workshops, and transformative contemplative retreats since 1987.

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  • Hello, Myself! FREE Mini Workshop

    Wednesday, January 29, 7:00-9:00 pm
    This free event will be a chance to experience our dynamic workshop format and meet the Awareness Institute community.

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  • FREE Sun Sign Meditation

    Tuesday, January 28, 6:30-8:30 pm
    Discover your core energy and its potential for self-expression, catalyzing positive changes in your life!

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  • Foundations of Astrology Class

    Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30
    Imagine having a personalized “owner’s manual” to help guide you through life… When used as a tool for self-awareness, this is the gift of astrology!

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  • Rekindle Your Creative Passion

    Mondays, 5:30-7:30
    Using Julia Cameron’s acclaimed text, The Artist’s Way, as our guide, we will explore our own creative yearnings and clear away what has, in the past, blocked our ability to manifest our dreams.

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  • Level One: Initiation Weekend Workshop

    February 28-March 2
    Our “Initiation” Level 1 Retreat focuses on the feminine aspect within all of us - our relationship to our own vulnerability, how we learned to love, and the conditioned beliefs blocking our innate receptivity and openness.

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  • Weekly Community Class

    Wednesdays, 7:00-9:00 pm
    Integrate awareness practices into everyday life with the support of our weekly by-donation community gathering.

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  • Astrology Readings

    Thursday evenings, by-appointment
    An individual astrology chart reading offers the rare opportunity to feel truly seen, as our experts provide a personalized exploration of your birth chart.

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  • Summer Workshop Series

    2025 Dates Coming Soon
    Reconnect with your own sacred wisdom through an immersive cleanse, workshop series, and wilderness retreat.

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It’s never too late to experience the change you yearn for. It’s available to anyone and everyone, regardless of how long you’ve felt stuck.

From the Blog

Blogs are written by current and former Awareness Institute team volunteers, and members of the Awareness Institute community.

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Rekindling My Creative Passion: A Personal Journey
Kim
Rekindling My Creative Passion: A Personal Journey
Kim

Over 30 years ago, I took my first yoga class. What began as a simple introduction to poses and Hindu chants unexpectedly set me on a lifelong creative journey.  Chanting opened something profound in me—a connection to my voice, my emotions, and a world of expression I never knew existed. That one spark led me to explore tap dancing, reading beat poets like Ginsberg and Kerouac, writing poetry and short stories, sketching, and painting. For the first time, I found an outlet for all of my feelings, even the darkest ones.

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Kim
Falling Into Freedom: My Journey Through Depression and Anxiety
Anna
Falling Into Freedom: My Journey Through Depression and Anxiety
Anna

For most of my adult life, I’ve battled depression and anxiety—a relentless storm filled with despair, overwhelm, and self-loathing. I tried countless medications and quick fixes—exercise, diet changes, career moves, relationships—believing that each new endeavor might lift the fog. Yet, the initial excitement always faded, and the darkness crept back, a persistent reminder of my struggles.

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Anna
Listen to the whisper within
Kris
Listen to the whisper within
Kris

Ten years ago I signed up for my first Awareness Institute weekend workshop because I’d had enough of myself. I’d had enough of the self-hatred and the self-pitying, enough of the shame and regret. I signed up for the workshop because something deep within me whispered, “There’s more to life than this.” A decade of living and loving later, I couldn’t be more grateful for that whisper.

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Kris

People Are Talking

See what workshop participants have to say

  • If you really want to change your life and do it from a place of total support and love - come to a workshop. Life changing things happen!

    Beverly F.

  • You can’t put a price tag on the experience — it’s worth a thousand times more than what I paid. The openness and freedom I feel are beyond description!

    Nick P.

  • I’ve never felt a space so safe to expose my heart and soul.

    Bryan K.

  • I feel like this weekend was an initiation of sorts. Since the weekend there’s been a lot of stillness in my life, a lot of being, a lot of feeling. That feeling has been very healing. Main takeaway was the message of love – understanding and feeling love in a completely new way, for myself and others.

    Marisol W.

  • There’s no way to describe it – it was amazing, I feel changed afterward. My ego has tried to keep me from trying something like this for a long time and I don’t know how I finally found the courage to just do it. I found the courage to be vulnerable, to love and accept myself… I’m so grateful that I did it.

    Mike B.

  • This work has helped me discover a ground of being that is peaceful, trusting and deeply grateful for EVERY experience in my life. I feel incredibly fortunate to have the conscious support to find and follow my own truth.

    Keleigh F.

  • I learned there are others out there who take the same emotional avoidance paths that seem so normal and natural for me – and that, by becoming conscious of these avoidances, I have the power to change them.

    Dave R.

  • I got to see how I’ve held back love and controlled my natural flow of energy, in the past, and can now feel the incredible freedom of letting go!

    Shannon F.

  • I consider the weekend to be a milestone in the evolution of my consciousness.

    Amy E.