STUDENT TESTIMONIALS AND REFLECTIONS
At the conclusion of each year the students in the Awakened Heart School are invited to share their reflections on the experience of the past year.
Path Group Class 2010-2011
"The Awakened Heart School is more than a school. It’s a refuge where I can focus on me and feel the trust and guidance of John, Mimi, and others on their path. It’s a place where I am away from the everyday world yet am forced to confront the issues that make living life a challenge. It’s a home for spirituality, where I can discover who I am and who I’m really not. As someone who needs spirituality but never found organized religion satisfying enough, I am grateful to have found this school and the people associated with it."
Foundations I Class 2010-2011
"Prior to joining the Awakened Heart School, I felt that I was a person divided---that while hurrying through the day, I was not fully present much of the time and was operating on “automatic pilot.” While I had been aware of this disconnection for many years, my efforts alone did not bring about permanent change.
Since joining the group, I now feel that body and mind are more integrated and that I am more authentic in relationships. My feelings are more accessible and I have a sense of aliveness that comes only from being in the present moment.
"In the Awakened Heart School, there is a didactic component and interactive exercises in which defensive patterns are explored in a relational context. There is a sharing of what is real for each individual. I have made meditation a daily practice. Very importantly, there is the support of a community of men and women who honor the individuality and path of each person. I have gained more than I had ever imagined and greatly anticipate the year to come."
Reflections on Course I from 2009-2010
Reflections on Course I from 2007-2008