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Center For Spiritual Awakening

LXCL:For those who would benefit from a reduced rate. This option helps keep the retreat accessible to all.

Community Access (Early Bird Registration)

LXCL:Reflects the true cost of offering the retreat and supports our facilitators and ongoing CSA programming.

Sustaining Access (Early Bird Registration)

LXCL:For those who are able to give a little more to support CSA’s mission and help make retreats accessible to others.

Benefactor Access (Early Bird Registration)

Community Access

Sustaining Access

Benefactor Access

*PLEASE READ: We use Zeffy as our ticketing platform. Zeffy charges us no fees, helping us stay sustainable as a nonprofit. A tip to Zeffy is optional (the system defaults to 17%, which you can adjust or remove).* What happens when we stop trying to change what we feel and begin to truly meet it? Many of us have learned to move quickly away from uncomfortable emotions. We analyze them, judge them, suppress them, or try to make ourselves feel differently. Yet our feelings can become an invitation into a deeper relationship with ourselves. In this experiential workshop, we will explore the spiritual practice of meeting our inner experience with presence and curiosity. Drawing from contemplative practice, somatic awareness, and the principles of Nonviolent Communication, we will learn to listen beneath our reactions and become more intimate with what is actually happening within us. Through meditation, guided inquiry, partner exercises, and group exploration, participants will have opportunities to:<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Recognize and name feelings as they arise</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Experience emotions more directly in the body</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Listen for the deeper needs and longings beneath our reactions</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Notice the judgments and stories that can obscure what we are actually feeling</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Practice staying present with ourselves without immediately trying to fix or change our experience</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Discover how compassionate inner listening can deepen our relationships with ourselves and others</li></ul>Rather than treating emotions as problems to overcome, this workshop invites us to encounter them as part of the living movement of our experience. As we learn to meet what we feel with greater presence, we may discover that even difficult emotions can become doorways into greater self-understanding, connection, and spiritual depth.

Hi <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style="" style="color: rgb(42, 42, 196); overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255); border-radius: 4px; margin: 0px; padding: 1px 8px; font-size: 11px; display: inline-block; box-sizing: inherit;">First name, Thank you for registering for Meeting What We Feel: A Spiritual Practice of Presence, Feeling, and Inner Listening. We&rsquo;re glad you&rsquo;ll be joining us for this experiential workshop at the Center for Spiritual Awakening. Together, we&rsquo;ll explore what it means to meet our feelings with greater presence and curiosity, listen more deeply to what is happening within us, and discover the needs and longings beneath our reactions. Workshop Details<span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{date-variable-899d09af-da3a-4a8b-a3ea-d54131475c14}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style="" style="color: rgb(42, 42, 196); overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255); border-radius: 4px; margin: 0px; padding: 1px 8px; font-size: 11px; display: inline-block; box-sizing: inherit;">Date&nbsp;<span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{location-variable-d2c4d3be-bd15-435d-886b-8468dc6ba197}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style="" style="color: rgb(42, 42, 196); overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255); border-radius: 4px; margin: 0px; padding: 1px 8px; font-size: 11px; display: inline-block; box-sizing: inherit;">Location No special preparation is needed. Simply come as you are, with a willingness to be curious about your experience.We look forward to exploring together. Warmly, Rev. Timothy Lin Spiritual Director Center for Spiritual Awakening

*PLEASE READ: We use Zeffy as our ticketing platform. Zeffy charges us no fees, helping us stay sustainable as a nonprofit. A tip to Zeffy is optional (the system defaults to 17%, which you can adjust or remove).* What happens when we stop trying to change what we feel and begin to truly meet it? Many of us have learned to move quickly away from uncomfortable emotions. We analyze them, judge them, suppress them, or try to make ourselves feel differently. Yet our feelings can become an invitation into a deeper relationship with ourselves. In this experiential workshop, we will explore the spiritual practice of meeting our inner experience with presence and curiosity. Drawing from contemplative practice, somatic awareness, and the principles of Nonviolent Communication, we will learn to listen beneath our reactions and become more intimate with what is actually happening within us. Through meditation, guided inquiry, partner exercises, and group exploration, participants will have opportunities to:<ul><li>Recognize and name feelings as they arise</li><li>Experience emotions more directly in the body</li><li>Listen for the deeper needs and longings beneath our reactions</li><li>Notice the judgments and stories that can obscure what we are actually feeling</li><li>Practice staying present with ourselves without immediately trying to fix or change our experience</li><li>Discover how compassionate inner listening can deepen our relationships with ourselves and others</li></ul>Rather than treating emotions as problems to overcome, this workshop invites us to encounter them as part of the living movement of our experience. As we learn to meet what we feel with greater presence, we may discover that even difficult emotions can become doorways into greater self-understanding, connection, and spiritual depth.

Center For Spiritual Awakening

"Meeting What We Feel" Workshop

522 Central Ave