Spiritual Awakening Classes Online at Dharma College
Explore Our Spiritual Awakening Classes
Deepen Your Awareness and Bring Ancient Wisdom Into Everyday Life
Dharma College offers spiritual awakening classes designed to help you better understand your mind, emotions, and experience of the world. Through mindfulness practices and wisdom drawn from Tibetan traditions, our courses provide practical ways to cultivate greater awareness, presence, compassion, and meaning in your daily life. Explore our upcoming online and in-person classes below and find a course that speaks to where you are on your journey.
Start your journey of spiritual growth.
Begin with our six week Level 100 courses, offered year round, where you establish a foundation in awareness and presence. From there, deepen into our one year Level 200 programs, where insight becomes lived experience. Our Level 300 seminars invite a more complete engagement with the fullness of being.
Begin where you are. Let the path unfold.
Transform your daily experiences into opportunities for growth.
Video Recordings available for Six Months in a private community portal with a free weekly Body Movement Class.
*Full refund if the first class isn’t your cup of tea!
Starts August 22nd
Bringing Peace into Everyday Life
Instructor – Wangmo Dixey
In a world shaped by constant acceleration, uncertainty, and division, many people long for peace yet struggle to know how to live it. Awakening the Balanced Mind offers a grounded and practical approach…..
Starts September 8th
Free Movement
Class
Instructor – Fran Burns
This weekly 45 minute session will offer the opportunity to release stress, drop out of the thinking mind and come to your senses. With movement, relaxation, and awareness, practices, we will invite the mind…..
Starts September 9th
Mind Space - Finding the Groundless Ground
Instructor – Ron Purser
In a world of constant stimulation, many of us feel trapped in an endless cycle of thinking, planning, worrying, and striving. We work hard to improve ourselves, solve problems, and gain control over our lives….
Starts October 1st
The Mind, Suffering, and Freedom
Instructor – Kathleen Lyon
Why do we suffer?
What shapes our thoughts, emotions, fears, desires, relationships, and sense of self?
And is it possible to discover a deeper freedom through understanding…
Starts November 14th
Feeling Fully Alive
Instructor – Bruce Alderman
What if your body holds a wisdom that the thinking mind alone cannot access?
Many of us move through life disconnected from the body’s natural intelligence….
Starts January 14th
Science, Experience, and Interdependence
Instructor – Dr. Carl Pilcher
Modern science and Buddhist philosophy both suggest that our ordinary perception of reality is shaped by illusion. This course explores how insights from science and contemplative wisdom….
Starts January 16th
Becoming Embodied - Fully Alive
Instructor – Bruce Alderman
Many of us spend our lives living primarily in our thoughts. We move from one responsibility to the next, caught in planning, remembering, worrying, and problem solving. Even during moments of rest, the mind often remains busy, carrying us away from the immediacy….
Starts January 27th
The Undreamed Self
Instructor – Robin Caton
Most of us spend far more time than we realize living inside stories about ourselves.
Stories about who we should be. Stories about what we lack. Stories about what went wrong in the past or what might go wrong in the future. We become so immersed….
Starts April 7th
Mind Space: Openness and Being
Instructor – Ronald E. Purser
In a world of constant stimulation, many of us feel trapped in an endless cycle of thinking, planning, worrying, and striving. We work hard to improve ourselves, solve problems, and gain control over our lives, yet often find ourselves feeling overwhelmed, distracted, or disconnected from….
Self Paced Course
Welcome to a Calm Place
Feel less overwhelmed and more in control of how you respond to life. This self-paced course offers short, practical meditation exercises that help you recognize and shift habitual reactivity. Over time, you build a steady, usable calm you can carry into everyday moments—work, relationships, and uncertainty.
Transform your daily experiences into opportunities for growth.
Video Recordings available for Six Months in a private community portal with a free weekly Body Movement Class.
*Full refund if the first class isn’t your cup of tea!
Starts September 8th
Beyond Conceptuality : Entering Nonduality
Instructor – Dr. Kathleen Lyon
Do you ever feel as though life is happening to you rather than being lived from a place of genuine freedom and participation? Have you wondered why we continually repeat familiar patterns, even when they lead to dissatisfaction or suffering?
Starts September 10th
Gesture of Great Love
(Term 1)
Instructors – Dr. Bob Dozor &
Dr. Richard Kingsland
Love is often understood as an emotion, a feeling that comes and goes depending on circumstances. Yet the great contemplative traditions teach that love can become something much deeper a way of being, a living expression of…
Starts March 13th
Time Space and Knowledge (Term 1)
Instructor – Bruce Alderman
We are living at a remarkable moment in human history. As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly capable of performing tasks once thought uniquely human retrieving information, generating ideas, and processing knowledge…
Transform your daily experiences into opportunities for growth.
Video Recordings available for Six Months in a private community portal with a free weekly Body Movement Class.
*Full refund if the first class isn’t your cup of tea!
Starts August 17th
Ways of Knowing (Term 1)
Instructor – Dr. Richard Dixey
Dharma College introduces revolutionary insights into the structure of perception, how the ‘here and now’ is actually constructed, and reveals pathways toward integrating the creative freedom and luminosity of preconscious awareness into the very heart of everyday life. Once understood,…..
Starts September 5th
Natural Awakening: Dancing in Totality
Instructor – Dr. Peter Fenner
This six week course explores natural, nondual awareness that is free of concepts, structure and reference points yet coextensive and unified with empirical and conceptual universes.
We will explore how language and inquiry can be used as refined tools for revealing nonconceptual…..
What Is a Spiritual Awakening Course?
A spiritual awakening course is a space to reconnect with your inner self and gain insight into how your mind and emotions shape your experience, and teaches you how to observe your own patterns with added clarity. Instead of emphasizing religious doctrine, spiritual awakening focuses on awareness, presence, and cultivating a more grounded approach to living. Using mindfulness practices, our courses support personal growth, helping you access deeper meaning within your own life.
Spiritual Awakening Classes Online and In Person
Our in-person spiritual awakening classes are held in renovated classrooms in a unique historical building right in the heart of downtown Berkeley CA. We encourage you to connect with other students in our live classes, including people of every age and background. Our online spiritual classes are held virtually at various times of the day with guided practices, and many of our classes allow you to access our private community portal, where you can revisit video recordings of classes and join discussions about the topics for 6 months afterwards.
Our Approach to Spiritual Awareness and Awakening
Our approach to spiritual awareness and awakening draws from ancient traditions that encourage you to slow down, listen inwardly, and discover what it means to live with authenticity. At Dharma College, we guide you through practices that will reveal how your mind interprets the world and how awareness can shift your perceptions. Drawing from Tibetan perspectives, this path encourages lasting growth, while supporting a deeper sense of presence in your life and connecting you with what matters.
What You’ll Learn in Our Spiritual Awareness Classes
When you join our spiritual awareness classes, you’ll learn to apply practical tools and traditional Tibetan wisdom to help you navigate emotions and grow in ways that feel authentic and sustainable. Our instructors will share new perspectives that support lasting transformation. When you take our classes, you’ll reconnect with your values and learn to relate to others in a more compassionate way.
Who Our Spiritual Classes Are For (Including Beginners)
Dharma College’s spiritual classes are for people from all backgrounds, from beginners taking their first steps to those who want to go more in-depth about their spiritual development. If you’re ready to explore your thoughts and emotions and access your inner wisdom, our spiritual classes are ideal for you. Our spiritual classes for beginners and experienced practitioners are held in a welcoming space so you can grow and develop genuine insights.
Benefits of Spiritual Awakening Courses
Spiritual awakening courses provide you with the opportunity to explore your inner world with more intention and clarity so you can evaluate the way you feel about your patterns and perceptions with greater awareness. Using intentional practices, you can reconnect with your authentic self and gain personal insights. Some of the benefits people experience through this process include:
- Increased self‑awareness and a deeper understanding of your inner patterns
- Greater emotional clarity and the ability to respond instead of react
- A stronger sense of inner peace and stability
- Improved mindfulness and presence in your thoughts, actions, and relationships
- Release of limiting beliefs that keep you stuck in old habits
- More compassion for yourself and others
- A clearer sense of purpose and direction
- Tools for navigating stress, uncertainty, and personal transitions
- A more grounded connection to your authentic self
- Support for long‑term personal growth and inner transformation
Why Choose Dharma College for Spiritual Classes Near You
We invite you to join our Dharma College community from the comfort of your own home or in person at our facility, where our spiritual classes are dedicated to inner growth. We combine timeless teachings with practical tools that help you navigate your thoughts, emotions, and challenges in significant ways. Our instructors present ancient teachings in clear, accessible ways, showing you how to make them relevant in your life today. Whether you’re beginning your journey or deepening an existing practice, Dharma College offers an insightful path toward meaningful inner change.
Spiritual Awakening Class FAQs
Do I need to be Buddhist to take a spiritual awakening class at Dharma College?
No. You do not need to be Buddhist or follow any particular spiritual tradition to take a class at Dharma College. Our courses draw from Tibetan wisdom and contemplative traditions, but the teachings are presented in practical, accessible ways that you can apply to your own life. Students of all backgrounds are welcome to explore greater awareness, mindfulness, compassion, and personal growth with us.
Are Dharma College’s spiritual awakening classes suitable for beginners?
Yes. Dharma College welcomes beginners as well as people with an established meditation or spiritual practice. You do not need previous experience with Tibetan Buddhism, mindfulness, or meditation to get started. Our instructors make ancient teachings approachable and relevant to modern life while providing opportunities to deepen your understanding as your practice develops.
Can I take Dharma College’s spiritual awakening classes online?
Yes. Dharma College offers spiritual awakening classes online, allowing you to participate from home. Our virtual classes include live instruction and guided practices, and many courses provide access to our private community portal for six months. There, you can revisit class recordings and continue discussions about course topics with other members of the Dharma College community.
What can I expect from a spiritual awakening class at Dharma College?
You can expect a combination of ancient Tibetan wisdom, mindfulness practices, guided reflection, and practical teachings for everyday life. Dharma College classes explore how your mind, emotions, and perceptions shape your experience. Rather than simply learning concepts, you’ll be encouraged to apply what you learn to develop greater awareness, emotional clarity, compassion, and a deeper connection with what matters to you.
How do I choose the right Dharma College spiritual awakening course for me?
Start by considering what you would most like to explore or develop in your life. Dharma College offers courses that address different aspects of awareness, mindfulness, emotions, inner growth, and contemplative practice. Review our current class offerings to find a topic that speaks to your interests and experience level. Beginners and experienced practitioners alike can find opportunities to learn, practice, and deepen their understanding.
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