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Release & Renew: Free Breathwork-Focused Community Class (In-Person and Online)
Are you ready to release stress, recharge your energy, and reconnect with yourself?

Real Work, Real Change: Hands-on Tools for Integration and Release One-Day Workshop (In-Person)
This one-day experiential retreat offers grounded tools for navigating personal and collective upheaval. Through breathwork, movement, sound, astrology, and shared presence, we’ll explore how to release stuck energy, reconnect, and return to clarity. Rather than bypassing discomfort, we’ll meet it with compassion, allowing transformation to unfold from within.

Wednesday Night Community Class (In-Person and Online)
Our weekly Community Class is about cultivating direct access to who and what you are - beyond what you think - and learning to integrate this deeper awareness into your everyday life, relationships, and work.

Wednesday Night Community Class (In-Person and Online)
Our weekly Community Class is about cultivating direct access to who and what you are - beyond what you think - and learning to integrate this deeper awareness into your everyday life, relationships, and work.

Wednesday Night Community Class (In-Person and Online)
Our weekly Community Class is about cultivating direct access to who and what you are - beyond what you think - and learning to integrate this deeper awareness into your everyday life, relationships, and work.

Wednesday Night Community Class (In-Person and Online)
Our weekly Community Class is about cultivating direct access to who and what you are - beyond what you think - and learning to integrate this deeper awareness into your everyday life, relationships, and work.

Touching What’s Real: Presence Begins in the Body Free Introductory Class (In-Person and Online)
These are times of great upheaval and unraveling – and also profound potential. Join us April 23rd for a free, accessible introduction to the Awareness Institute’s offerings. We’ll explore tools for reconnecting with presence, breath, and deeper truth. There will be space to reflect, to connect with others, and to begin engaging your inner experience in a new way.

Celebrating Self Expression: Free Creativity-Focused Community Class (In-Person and Online)
Are you ready to nurture your creativity, rekindle your passion, and explore your artistic potential? This free community class is an opportunity to tap into creative play while connecting with the Awareness Institute community and previewing our upcoming workshop.

Wednesday Night Community Class: Celebration Evening (In-Person and Online)
We want to celebrate the completion of our April 12-14 workshop with you! Bring friends and loved ones to hear firsthand accounts of the workshop experience, share in the insights and impacts of a life-changing weekend, and learn more about what we offer.

Spring Into Life Weekend Workshop (In-Person)
Awaken your spirit and embrace the season of renewal! Spring Into Life is a transformative two-day workshop designed to help you reconnect with passion and invite inspiration to bloom. Just as spring awakens seeds from their winter slumber, this workshop will nurture joy and help you reconnect with the flow of life.

Release & Renew: Free Breathwork-Focused Community Class (In-Person and Online)
Are you ready to release stress, recharge your energy, and reconnect with yourself?

Rekindling Your Creative Passion: Do What You Love with The Artist's Way, Class 8 (Online, 13-weeks or Drop-In)
Using Julia Cameron’s acclaimed text, The Artist’s Way, as our guide, we will meet Monday evenings to explore our own creative yearnings, connect, and clear away what has, in the past, blocked our ability to manifest our dreams.

Wednesday Night Community Class (In-Person and Online)
Our weekly Community Class is about cultivating direct access to who and what you are - beyond what you think - and learning to integrate this deeper awareness into your everyday life, relationships, and work.

Rekindling Your Creative Passion: Do What You Love with The Artist's Way, Class 8 (Online, 13-weeks or Drop-In)
Using Julia Cameron’s acclaimed text, The Artist’s Way, as our guide, we will meet Monday evenings to explore our own creative yearnings, connect, and clear away what has, in the past, blocked our ability to manifest our dreams.

Hello, Myself! Free Mini Workshop (In-person and Online)
If your world is your mirror...what do you see looking back at you? This free event will be a chance to experience our dynamic workshop format and meet the Awareness Institute community - the longest running, volunteer-based awareness organization in NorCal.

Summer Workshop Series & Wilderness Retreat Info Session (In-Person and Online)
Have you ever wanted to experience a silent, contemplative wilderness retreat?

Rekindling Your Creative Passion: Do What You Love with The Artist's Way, Class 8 (Online, 13-weeks or Drop-In)
Using Julia Cameron’s acclaimed text, The Artist’s Way, as our guide, we will meet Monday evenings to explore our own creative yearnings, connect, and clear away what has, in the past, blocked our ability to manifest our dreams.

Wednesday Night Community Class (In-Person and Online)
Our weekly Community Class is about cultivating direct access to who and what you are - beyond what you think - and learning to integrate this deeper awareness into your everyday life, relationships, and work.

Rekindling Your Creative Passion: Do What You Love with The Artist's Way, Class 8 (Online, 13-weeks or Drop-In)
Using Julia Cameron’s acclaimed text, The Artist’s Way, as our guide, we will meet Monday evenings to explore our own creative yearnings, connect, and clear away what has, in the past, blocked our ability to manifest our dreams.

Wednesday Night Community Class (In-Person and Online)
Our weekly Community Class is about cultivating direct access to who and what you are - beyond what you think - and learning to integrate this deeper awareness into your everyday life, relationships, and work.

Rekindling Your Creative Passion: Do What You Love with The Artist's Way, Class 8 (Online, 13-weeks or Drop-In)
Using Julia Cameron’s acclaimed text, The Artist’s Way, as our guide, we will meet Monday evenings to explore our own creative yearnings, connect, and clear away what has, in the past, blocked our ability to manifest our dreams.

What's Going On? Finding Your Center in Turbulent Times | One-Day Workshop Co-Facilitated by John Ruskell (In-Person)
Life is inviting us to open up, to grow up, and to show up in ways that best align with who and what we are.

Release & Renew: Free Breathwork-Focused Community Class (In-Person and Online)
Are you ready to release stress, recharge your energy, and reconnect with yourself?

Rekindling Your Creative Passion: Do What You Love with The Artist's Way, Class 8 (Online, 13-weeks or Drop-In)
Using Julia Cameron’s acclaimed text, The Artist’s Way, as our guide, we will meet Monday evenings to explore our own creative yearnings, connect, and clear away what has, in the past, blocked our ability to manifest our dreams.

Hello, Myself! Free Mini Workshop (In-person and Online)
If your world is your mirror...what do you see looking back at you? This free event will be a chance to experience our dynamic workshop format and meet the Awareness Institute community - the longest running, volunteer-based awareness organization in NorCal.

Rekindling Your Creative Passion: Do What You Love with The Artist's Way, Class 7 (Online, 13-weeks or Drop-In)
Using Julia Cameron’s acclaimed text, The Artist’s Way, as our guide, we will meet Monday evenings to explore our own creative yearnings, connect, and clear away what has, in the past, blocked our ability to manifest our dreams.

A "Share the Love" Evening of Connection & Community (In-Person and Online)
Join us for an evening filled with warmth and connection before Valentine’s Day – an opportunity to celebrate love in all its forms!

Astrology I: Foundations of Astrology Class (online, 8-weeks)
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! In our eight-week introductory course, you’ll learn the basics of a rich symbolic language that has been used for centuries to explore and understand human nature.

Rekindling Your Creative Passion: Do What You Love with The Artist's Way, Class 6 (Online, 13-weeks or Drop-In)
Using Julia Cameron’s acclaimed text, The Artist’s Way, as our guide, we will meet Monday evenings to explore our own creative yearnings, connect, and clear away what has, in the past, blocked our ability to manifest our dreams.

Wednesday Night Community Class (In-Person and Online)
Our weekly Community Class is about cultivating direct access to who and what you are - beyond what you think - and learning to integrate this deeper awareness into your everyday life, relationships, and work.

Rekindling Your Creative Passion: Do What You Love with The Artist's Way, Class 5 (Online, 13-weeks or Drop-In)
Using Julia Cameron’s acclaimed text, The Artist’s Way, as our guide, we will meet Monday evenings to explore our own creative yearnings, connect, and clear away what has, in the past, blocked our ability to manifest our dreams.

Hello, Myself! Free Mini Workshop (In-person and Online)
If your world is your mirror...what do you see looking back at you? This free event will be a chance to experience our dynamic workshop format and meet the Awareness Institute community - the longest running, volunteer-based awareness organization in NorCal.

Sun Sign Meditation (online)
Come join us for an experiential exploration of YOUR sun sign. Discover your core energy and its potential for self-expression, catalyzing positive changes in your life!

Rekindling Your Creative Passion: Do What You Love with The Artist's Way, Class 4 (Online, 13-weeks or Drop-In)
Using Julia Cameron’s acclaimed text, The Artist’s Way, as our guide, we will meet Monday evenings to explore our own creative yearnings, connect, and clear away what has, in the past, blocked our ability to manifest our dreams.

Wednesday Night Community Class (In-Person and Online)
Our weekly Community Class is about cultivating direct access to who and what you are - beyond what you think - and learning to integrate this deeper awareness into your everyday life, relationships, and work.

Rekindling Your Creative Passion: Do What You Love with The Artist's Way, Class 3 (Online, 13-weeks or Drop-In)
Using Julia Cameron’s acclaimed text, The Artist’s Way, as our guide, we will meet Monday evenings to explore our own creative yearnings, connect, and clear away what has, in the past, blocked our ability to manifest our dreams.