Join the caravan!

Week One of The Presence Process starts Sept. 10, 2025

Whether your heart was blown open at one of our innovative workshops or you’re new to the Awareness Institute, we warmly invite you to join us for a 10-week journey into your inner world!

Using Michael Brown’s book, The Presence Process, as our guide, we will meet Wednesday evenings to explore living in the present moment and reuniting with our inherent innocence, joy, and creativity. Each chapter offers simple but profound ways to notice, feel, and integrate the patterns that shape our day-to-day experience and pain points. This material also makes a great companion piece to our experiential workshops, which delve into the sacred feminine and masculine, self-expression, and personal potency.

If you’d like, you can pair our weekly classes with reading the book and a gentle breathwork practice (just 15 minutes twice a day) to deepen your own process. But you do NOT need to read the book or do the breathwork to join the Wednesday classes! Everyone is welcome.

Not only will our Wednesday gatherings prime the pump for the deeper openings provided by our weekend-long workshops, they will also help you stay open and in the flow afterwards by providing a new set of tools and life-enhancing practices that help everyone to breathe your way through the internal barriers between you and your most expanded self.

Schedule:

  • Now: At your own pace, read the through the introductory chapters (Part I and Part II)

  • Sept. 10: Begin Week 1 (“This Moment Matters”)

  • Sept. 17: Begin Week 2 (“I recognize my reflections and projections“)

  • Sept. 24: Begin Week 3 (“I choose to respond“)

  • Oct. 1: Begin Week 4 (“I feel unconditionally“)

  • Bring friends, family, and co-workers to Wednesday class this week (10/1) or next (10/8) for a FREE introduction to the Awareness Institute and our experiential retreats!

  • Oct. 8: Begin Week 5 (“I am innocent“) Bring friends, family, and co-workers to Wednesday class this week (10/8) for a FREE introduction to the Awareness Institute and our experiential retreats!

  • Oct. 15: Begin Week 6 (“I integrate charged emotion“)

  • Oct. 22: Begin Week 7 (“I feel safe now“)

  • Join us for Level One: Integrity — October 25-26, 2025

  • Oct. 29: Begin Week 8 (“I forgive myself“)

  • Nov. 5: Begin Week 9 (“I love myself unconditionally“)

  • Nov. 12: Begin Week 10 (“I appreciate what I am“)

  • Join us for Level Two: Inspiration — November 15-16, 2025

Class Details

Price: There is no cost to participate in this offering. Our Wednesday classes are available by donation — your first is free, and no one is turned away for lack of funds. We appreciate any amount you are able to donate to help us sustain and support our work with the community. Please donate in advance using this link or pay at the door with cash/paypal/credit card.

Dates: Wednesdays, starting September 10th

Time: 7:00-9:00 pm PT

Location: In-person and Online:

Materials list: The Presence Process book is available in a variety of formats including Paperback, Audible, Kindle, and free e-text.

Why join the caravan?

  • Move through life feeling more grounded and comfortable feeling your feelings.

  • Weekly support for practicing inviting awareness in everyday situations, including connection with others walking a similar path.

  • Gain tools for integration after our summer workshops and build momentum leading into our fall workshops.

Join us!

This journey is going to be lots of fun, and might even be a little bit profound. And there is no need to have any particular training or goal in mind in order to benefit from the many pleasurable and ever-unfolding gifts of The Presence Process.