Middle Way Institute

Our philosophy and vision are about bringing people together because something happens when people get together; something that facilitates a level of self-exploration and expression that can't be done alone. Personal growth is not solely about the individual. We have to consider the whole and grasp the totality of existence in order to improve our personal experiences with it.

The contact point between two different things - where seemingly incompatible things meet - is the Middle Way. It is where male and female meet, stillness and movement fuse, opposite things together become greater than their parts. And it is within this Middle Way in which we learn to experience the totality of existence that we are on the way to freedom and happiness.

How we integrate these opposing energies is through our personal stories (the way we live our lives). And yet we all need not only a personal story, but a shared story. This shared story is what connects us to other people and their stories. We can make choices in life for ourselves, to steer the direction of our lives, but we have to recognize that there are other forces at work as well. Having too much personal focus without recognizing the interdependence of life, or the contrary, having too much archetypal, big picture focus lacking personal responsibility causes an imbalanced life. And the imbalance causes discomfort, confusion and suffering. Middle Way Institute is about bringing these together. For when we are right in the middle - in that space where everything comes together - we suddenly get it. We experience the harmony that was meant to be. And it all becomes… so blissfully obvious.

What does the Middle Way Institute Offer?

The Institute sponsors guest speakers, conferences and workshops,including a special series of workshops called the Middle Way Training. The series is inspired by the five wisdom families, or energies. We will examine how energy manifests itself in our lives and how we can enliven and stabilize these energies. These workshops are unique because they represent our personal and shared journeys and are based on the archetypal adventure novel Something So Obvious.