Ram Dass: The Journey of Awakening

Noah Hoffeld, cellist with Krishna Das and a personal student of Ram Dass, shares the life-changing lessons he learned directly from this beloved teacher. In this experiential afternoon, Noah weaves together music, meditation, and powerful group processes to help participants embody the heart-opening wisdom of Ram Dass—supporting us in living with more joy, navigating difficult times with grace, and transforming our lives from the inside out. 

Learn Ram Dass’s core teachings on awakening and the powerful methods he taught to help us make the journey. 

We hear the word awakening used in so many ways these days—the awakening of our personal power, awakening to the socio-political reality, and so forth. These can all be important points of growth. But in the lexicon of Ram Dass, awakening means the complete surrender of our limited ego into the limitless consciousness of the One, a term he used interchangeably with God, Christ Consciousness, or our inherent Buddha Nature. His use of the word “awakening” originates in ancient Indian philosophy. Bodhi means enlightenment in Sanskrit, and its root budh, as in the name Buddha, means to awaken or know. 

By walking the path, we awaken to our true nature, we come to know who and what we really are.