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The Hoffman staff, teachers, and teacher candidates send our best wishes to our Hoffman community for a loving and kind Thanksgiving holiday. Though this year will be different than years past [...]

By Shawn McAndrew I recently sat down (virtually) with Dr. Michelle Robin, chiropractor, Chief Wellness Officer, and founder of Your Wellness Connection located in Shawnee, Kansas. I have known [...]

From the Nov. 9-15, 2019 Process class, aka the “Atomic Love Bomb” class When we heard of the devastating fire at our beloved Hoffman Process site, White Sulphur Springs, our class (Nov. 9-15, [...]

By Julie Daley The Process is Back Just this past Friday, the first Process held at our new temporary home, IONS Earthrise Retreat Center, completed. We are overjoyed to be back in action, [...]

By Shawn McAndrew This year, 2020, has been an emotional rollercoaster for most everyone I know. It seems many days bring unwanted news of tragedies, higher COVID-19 cases, hurricanes and fires, [...]

By Gary Shunk A great many times in life, I find that it’s the simple things I enjoy the most. Being present. Being content. Enjoying what life presents to me. Paying attention to what is going [...]

By Dan Hoffe Like gentle morning dew, So magical and clear, Your smile tends to greet me, Before you even appear. For I know now, That you truly see, And accept me, Just as I am, For I know now, [...]

By Shawn McAndrew April 18, 1997. I was making my way to St. Helena, uncertain what I’d find when I reached the site of the Process. I was feeling dread, insecurity, excitement, fear. These [...]

By Jasin Deegan The Hoffman Process is a powerful journey from the head into the heart. This experiential, week-long process allows participants to undergo a hero’s journey where they are able to [...]

By Shawn McAndrew In the mid-1990s, someone gave me a journal. Maybe they gave it to me because I am a writer, and they thought I could do something with it. Feeling stumped, I soon thought about [...]

By Shawn McAndrew You may have heard or read the famous quote by Mary Oliver, “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” This is a key question. And how do we [...]

By Andy Milberg Teaching the Hoffman Process online? How are we going to do that? And if we can’t, how can we serve people who are either interested in or already signed up for the Process? As [...]

By Dan Hoffe After hearing nothing but glowing reviews from my Hoffman friends, I recently signed up and completed the Virtual Graduate Q2 course. And I must say it truly exceeded all of my [...]

By Julie Daley 20/20 HINDSIGHT As a Process graduate, I have 20/20 Hindsight – about the Process. I now see what I couldn’t see before I did the Process. Here on the other side of that amazing [...]

By Gary Shunk I am always, always thrilled with the resonance and wisdom that takes place when I participate in Hoffman gatherings. I learn something each time. I find this very inspiring and it [...]

By Jace Bandalin Once I’ve made my way across the winding backroads of Saint Helena, through the twisting forest trees and past the shops on Main Street, I park my car in the lot, having arrived [...]

“I need help.” By Andy Milberg I’ve really hated admitting that to myself in the past. It meant there was something wrong with me. I should be able to figure out how to resolve [...]

My heart opened my mind and my mind opened to the universe… By Roxanne Joffe I was floating in the COVID bubble for several months, insisting that I was a poster child of isolation. There were [...]

By Tami Tack Like most everyone, I have found it challenging to maintain a sense of well-being during this extended time of COVID-19. With the added global awakening to the systemic racism that [...]

By Dan Hoffe I realize now, That I’ve lived most of my life, Trying my best, To cover up, And hide my inner light, To never let anyone see inside, To never let anyone find out, How truly [...]