5-Day Pathway
Awaken to Awe
Learn how to intentionally expand and deepen your experience of awe on a daily basis.
The impromptu standing ovation at the concert’s closing notes, cradling a newborn, even our brief astonishment at the morning light through a window — such peak experiences often arrive unexpectedly and shake us out of the daily and into a kind of momentary transcendence.
Grateful living offers guidance for the intentional cultivation of awe. It invites us to slow down, to appreciate the extraordinary in both the everyday and the cosmic, and to be open to being surprised — all practices that enhance our experience of awe.
According to current research by Dacher Keltner at the Greater Good Science Center, the benefits of awe extend far beyond the experience itself, including reduced stress, a greater sense of belonging, increased generosity, and even a boost to our immune systems.
Join us to discover how your daily life can be enriched by more moments of awe.
This 5-day, self-paced journey offers:
Daily practices to experience awe through things like nature, appreciating the ordinary, art, and music
Guidance and prompts for nourishing awe through curiosity and openness
Benefits including a deepened sense of belonging and feeling less alone
Supporting resources and research to enhance learning
Connection with others around the world who are also exploring this topic
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Pathway Overview
Delivered as a 5-day series of emails, our Pathways provide guidance, inspiration, and practices to help you cultivate a more grateful life. They are self-paced and yours to keep. Each day includes an introduction, inspiring resources, daily practice, reflection prompts, and supporting research.
Awe is something you can choose. Living gratefully invites an open and receptive perspective on the world that increases your experiences of awe. Today’s practice focuses on awakening to awe in the natural world.
Awe is available in the daily and the ordinary. Through attention, an expansive lens, historic perspective, and reflection, you can experience awe in everyday life.
Awe is nourished by curiosity and a willingness to be surprised. When you relinquish certainty and lean into the possibilities of any given day, you will be surprised by the delights available to you and your ability to be more present to the challenges.
Awe is accessible through the magnificence of art, music, dance, architecture, and literature. When you say yes to enjoying the splendors of human creation, you increase opportunities for individual and collective awe.
Awe is activated when you remember that you are not alone. When you bring your awareness to all the ways you are connected to others and to the larger universe in which you exist, awe is abundant.