Spring Into Life
Two-Day Workshop
April 5-6, 2025
Co-Facilitated by John Ruskell, Founder of the Awareness Institute
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.
“The workshop equivalent of a cold plunge – it will blow your mind and wake you up.” -Mirko
There’s no denying that powerful shifts are underway. The past few years have reshaped the way we live and connect, leaving many feeling isolated, anxious and overwhelmed. Against a backdrop of intensifying and accelerating global changes, we are all being called to show up with more courage, authenticity, and awareness to forge a path that prioritizes love over fear, and connection over isolation.
What we’re talking about is nothing short of transformation. And as we see in nature’s examples of the tadpole and the caterpillar, at the heart of every transformation lies a pivotal act: letting go of one stage to make way for the next. Indeed, our individual and collective evolution requires letting go of our “training wheels” to fully embrace the gift and the responsibility of growing up.
Our Spring Into Life workshop provides the tools and support to catalyze this process and release fearful, self-protective beliefs, so we can meet life’s challenges (and opportunities!) with passion and inspiration. Through astrology, breathwork, movement, music, and guided sharing, we’ll explore what it means to break out of old patterns and let joy guide the way.
What You’ll Gain:
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Over 20 hours of self-awareness exercises to break free from limiting beliefs and behaviors.
Practical tools for lasting personal transformation.
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Deep emotional processing through breathwork, movement, and honest reflection.
A supportive community to foster real connections.
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Pre- and post-workshop guidance to integrate your experience.
Greater self-confidence and clarity in navigating life’s transitions.
Who This Workshop is For:
Anyone drawn to symbolic languages like astrology, myth, or dream interpretation.
Those looking to deepen their meditation, yoga, or spiritual practices.
Individuals navigating loss or major life transitions.
Anyone feeling overwhelmed or disconnected in today’s fast-paced world.
Parents, caregivers, aunts/uncles, grandparents, friends, and educators looking to break generational patterns.
Anyone ready for more depth in your relationships.
Pricing
Email info@awarenessinstitute.org for pricing details and early registration discount (available through March 21).
Location
This is an in-person workshop in the Sacramento, California area.
Schedule
Saturday: 9:30 am arrival time
Sunday: we will aim to conclude the workshop around 9:00 pm
FAQ’s
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Each weekend is different, so we encourage you to come in with an open mind. Our workshops are experiential, which means that we provide a platform where organic reactions and responses can arise, so you see yourself more clearly. We will be going beyond a conceptual discourse into an experience where ideas are blended with feeling and emotion, providing a more holistic experience. The workshop uses a variety of modalities: one-on-one and group sharing, movement, breathing, music, release work, etc. Strong emotions may surface and that could look like crying, anger, grief, etc. People will be coming to the workshop who are ready to change old patterns and begin trusting in the flow of life. This requires an objective look at why and how we shut down. For many of us, coping has become so normalized, that we don’t see it until we’re in this kind of workshop setting.
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We have found that participants benefit most when they stop using recreational drugs and alcohol a few days prior to (and of course during) the workshop.
We also encourage daily journaling and provide a list of optional supplemental reading after you register for the workshop. This isn’t required reading, but the book list provides a good primer for better understanding your personal makeup and what it takes to break free from your conditioning. These books are also helpful to read after the retreat to help integrate what you learned.
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Although workshop registration payments are non-refundable, under certain circumstances the funds may be transferable to the next scheduled retreat or workshop, minus an administrative fee of at least 10%.
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If you have any questions, please contact us at info@awarenessinstitute.org.