All she had to do was put on her Shoes…
All she had to do was put on her Shoes… by Tim December 1, 2015 It happened so quickly. One minute my eight year old daughter and I were preparing to go on a bike ride, leaving her grandfather to watch the football game. The next minute, I’m screaming at my daughter for not being ready, then in my father-in-law’s face because he got involved in the situation. All she had to do was put her shoes on and we would have been on our way. Then the first awareness came: Responsibility. I started this drama, and I was responsible for it. As...
read moreA Whisper from Deep Within: “There’s more to Life than this.”
A Whisper from deep within: “There’s more to Life than this.” by Kris November 23, 2015 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.” Today, I couldn’t be more grateful for that whisper. Roughly 10 years earlier I had experienced a significant turning point in my life, and it looked...
read moreHow Boulders became an Open door to Opportunity
How Boulders became an Open door to Opportunity by Kim November 16, 2015 My journey began when I noticed a new spark of light in a friend, and some energy that was pure and truthful beckoned me to find out if I could unlock this same light in myself. From the moment I made the leap into my first Awareness Institute workshop, I felt myself trusting something larger than myself. As I plunged into this unknown space, all of the parts of “me” that seemed to have been hidden since my childhood: beliefs that I was not...
read moreHidden Treasures Found Within
Hidden Treasures Found Within by Dave November 2, 2015 I was introduced to the Awareness Institute by a loving and caring family friend. I jumped right in with a weekend workshop and experienced a profound opening. It truly blew my mind and rocked my world. I embraced the Wednesday meetings, more weekend workshops, and both the astrology and dream classes. All have been incredible opportunities to open my heart and explore my habits, patterns, conditioning and other shackles I have placed on my life. For me, the crown jewel has been the...
read moreBreaking patterns of Insanity and seeing with Brand New Eyes
Breaking patterns of Insanity and seeing with Brand New Eyes by Helen October 26, 2015 You could say I was a mature kid for my age. As a child, I was self-sufficient and could function independently — no parental supervision required. One could say I was never a “troubled” individual, but still somewhere deep inside there was a struggle. I was unclear about the feelings I was having or why they were there, but I could see clearly some patterns that repeated throughout my life and felt emotionally depleting. These repeating patterns made...
read moreStress-Nothing more than Fear in Disguise
Stress-Nothing more than Fear in Disguise by Meghan October 18, 2015 I have lived the majority of my life feeling a constant anxiety that I had labeled just a necessary “stress” of living. Even in the simple everyday tasks of waking up, getting ready for work, and showing up on time, my mind continually found ways to fear the outcome of how I may somehow mess up or do something wrong: I might take too long, be late, give a wrong answer, or there could be traffic. And for as long as I can remember, I believed that stress was just a...
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Welcoming the Opportunity to Feel by Erin October 11, 2015 For most of my life, I had a constant recording in my head: “If you could just stop feeling, you could live a normal life!” From the moment I walked into my first hug at an Awareness Institute workshop I knew I had found the place to do my feeling (healing) work. It was not the traditional “peace, love, happiness, rainbows and unicorns – let’s all be happy and pretend everything is fine” range of feelings that I had grown up with. No, it was something much more...
read moreDon’t Stare at the Rock
Don’t Stare at the Rock by Rebekah October 7, 2015 I had dinner not too long ago with a friend who gave me the following advice: don’t stare at the rock. See, she’s friends with a mountain biker who shared that advice with her, and it stuck. In mountain biking you encounter many rocks and other obstacles on the trail, but here’s the thing: if you stare at the rock, you will hit it. Like magic, every. single. time. And hitting that rock is bound to hurt. You’re In Charge The thing I’m coming to understand is that staring at the rock is a...
read moreFreedom to Love Unconditionally
Freedom to Love Unconditionally by Joanne Sept 28, 2015 In the past I thought love was based on certain conditions. Conditions that I learned from my parents. As these learned conditions were not met, I blamed my parents. It was their fault that my relationships fell apart. I felt that these patterns I had learned were set in stone, unchangeable, permanent, and true. Through my work with the Awareness Institute and in being part of the volunteer team assisting others to do their work of discovering what is really true, it became clear to me...
read moreYou Are What You Believe You Are
You Are What You Believe You Are by Annie Sept 21, 2015 “You are what you believe you are. Your thoughts create your reality.” We’ve all heard or read this by now. But it takes a certain willingness or environment for me to honestly examine what this mind of mine is producing. The looking part is essential or phrases like those can quickly become cliche. What DO I believe about myself, about my world, about other people, about God? Why am I here? Who am I? Have you ever stopped long enough to ask yourself “Who am I?” It’s so easy to assume I...
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