Awakening

Awakening is at the center of the teaching of spiritual masters from all traditions. Jesus said that we have eyes but do not see, and ears but do not hear. We go through life in a spiritual stupor and, even when we awaken in moments of intense emotional arousal, we quickly fall back again to sleep again. 

This year-long series of videos is for people who long to truly awaken and learn to stay awake. It offers a year of practicing mindfulness, heartfulness, sensory awareness, and embodied presence. 

Each day I will join you in a short video when I will offer a few thoughts about some aspect of the awakening process and suggest a specific practice for that day. Some days I will guide you through such things as body scans, breath meditations or explorations of the body’s energy systems. Other days I will suggest practices you will do on your own after the video is finished. This will include such things as being fully present to music, eating meals mindfully, avoiding multitasking, and taking a walk of sensory awakening. Other recommended exercises will involve painting, drawing, and taking pictures in creative ways that I will describe. In addition to the  3 - 5 minutes it will take to watch most of the daily videos, my hope is that you commit another 10 - 15 minutes every day to do the practices I suggest, and be prepared for occasional days when you can spend a bit longer on several more extended practices I will offer. 

To give you a better sense of what these daily videos involve please take a few minutes to watch the Sample Daily Awakening Videos that we have prepared - and a fuller introduction to this Awakening program that I offer in the video entitled "Why a Year of Awakening?" where I will say more about what our journey together will involve and how it is structured.

If you still have questions after watching these videos, please get in touch with us at info@cascadialivingwisdom.com