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The Diamond Approach is a nondogmatic spiritual path that arose in our times. It brings insight and zest to the exploration and development of our personal lives while also guiding us into our deepest inner nature. The teachings hold a vast map of both spiritual reality and the psychological (egoic) dilemmas that obscure it. Our methodologies include meditations that awaken presence and awareness, open-ended inquiry that invites personal exploration of the truth of your experience, tools and understanding that defang the inner critic, and practices that invite our spiritual nature into embodied experience. Walking the path leads to inner freedom and greater aliveness.
For the past 50 years, individuals have traveled the Diamond Approach path through inner work groups reminiscent of the old mystery schools. From time to time a new group forms, just as a camel caravan would gather before beginning the journey across a desert. We are at one of those junctures. A new Diamond Approach group for the US Pacific Northwest and Western Canada is now forming and will be open for a limited time. This group, Cascadia 5, is the first open group in the region since Cascadia 4 launched in 2014.
The Cascadia 5 teaching team includes lead teachers Anne Hoff and Jamie Baldwin, as well as Candace Harris, Jane Hill-Daigle, and Renie Hope. We’ve walked – and worked – this path ourselves: our cumulative time as students is around 150 years, and together we share around 60 years of experience teaching and guiding students.
With the wisdom of the teaching, the support of teachers, and a community of fellow students, there is the potential for a deeply transformative journey.
Please email Jamie Baldwin or Anne Hoff to express interest, receive updates on the group, and subscribe to announcements of introductory events around the region.
Anne has been a student of the Diamond Approach since 1995. She has also worked as a psychotherapist and as a bodyworker. She lives in Seattle, Washington.
"This path engages our minds, our hearts, and our embodied reality so that we can know our deepest nature and also live full and rich lives in the world."
Jamie has been a student of the Diamond Approach since 2006. Previously, he worked as a psychodynamic psychotherapist for 25 years. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
"I feel the Diamond Path skillfully supports one’s spiritual realization and its actualization in the world as a human being."
Cascadia region senior teacher John Davis speaks about the Diamond Approach as a path of human development using his own story as an example.
Joining Cascadia 5 means attending regularly scheduled retreats that include teachings and experiential practices; attending small group inquiry meetings; and engaging in one-on-one sessions with a private teacher. Our retreats will be primarily in person, with an option for online attendance when travel is not possible. Our retreat location(s) and schedule will be determined as we engage more with interested students at upcoming introductory events..