The Common  Awakening Weekly Blog

Dear Common Awakening Community,

We’ve heard from many of you that you want a chance (again) to work directly with Annie and me. So, we’ve decided to offer Spiritual Guidance...

A recent study showed that the average American family spent 37 minutes a day actually connecting with one another. Only 37 minutes! This is such a small fraction of a day to develop the connection...

" Rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul."

-Plato

Vibration and sound are powerful. When we connect to vibration and healing sounds we are transported back to...

It’s so basic that we forget how important it is. It requires no preparation, little effort, no equipment, and you can do it for as long or little as you have time. Take a walk. You may be...

The Ocean has its silent caves,

Deep, quiet, and alone;

Though there be fury on the waves,

Beneath them there is none.

Nathaniel Hawthorne, Voyager’s Companion

Dear Common Awakening...

Unconditional love really exists in each of us. It is part of our deep inner being. It is not so much an active emotion as a state of being. It's not 'I love you' for this or that reason, not 'I...

Life begins the day you start a garden

– Chinese proverb

Ordinary moments may pass us by when we forget to stop and notice. Simple tasks like gardening are opportunities—open windows...

“Just as a candle cannot burn without fire,

humans cannot live without a spiritual life.” -Buddha

Connecting around a campfire is more than just a summer mainstay.

You...

“The Earth has music for those who listen.”

― William Shakespeare

When we connect with nature, we connect to something larger and wiser than our minds. 

We invite you to...

You know when you are in a rut, right? A pattern of pessimism and stuckness had been growing in my life and I wasn’t sure what to do about it. I knew I needed a change and all the usual ways...

You know what it’s like when you feel another person more than yourself? You go through life wondering if everyone else is okay and forget to check in with yourself.  

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You may have dreams that just don’t make sense. For me, it began with my dreams. A few days before the retreat, I began having vivid dreams with powerful symbols that were inviting me into...