Awaken the Mystic Within:

Reclaim Your Life as Sacred Ground

A 7-Week Transformational Course with Mirabai Starr

August 5 - September 16, 2025
Tuesdays, 5:00-6:30pm Pacific

What if the wild and scrappy landscape of your own life turns out to be holy ground?

There may have been a time when you were pretty sure you’d be enlightened by now, or at least way more centered and serene. But that dream boat probably sank long ago. In its place, you may find yourself bewildered by the unvarnished everydayness of it all. Where did the magic go?

This isn't just another course about mysticism—it's an invitation to take the wisdom of ORDINARY MYSTICISM into your own hands, through your own eyes, and apply it directly to the beautiful mess of your actual life. Together, we'll discover how your personal awakening becomes a gift to our collective healing.

People of all genders and every religious background are thirsting for authentic spiritual experience—not despite but rather through the doorway of the ordinary and the everyday. What if all that religious institutions conditioned you to perceive as shameful or distracting is instead an invitation to direct connection with spirit?

This Course Is For You If:

You are more interested in direct spiritual connection than an organized religious belief system
You're longing for intimacy with the divine in the midst of your messy life
You believe your regular duties get in the way of spiritual practice
You fear for the state of the world and want to be of service but feel overwhelmed
You crave community with like-minded souls who celebrate embodied spirituality
Poetry and music open your heart more than theology does

AWAKEN THE MYSTIC WITHIN

"Do you crave a community of like-minded souls who celebrate a more embodied spirituality than traditional religions offer? You are not alone. The fastest growing faith community on the planet considers itself to be 'spiritual but not religious.'"

Taking Mysticism Into Your Own Hands

This isn't passive learning—it's active practice. Each week, you'll take Mirabai's teachings and apply them directly to your own life circumstances. Whether you're navigating parenthood, running a business, caring for aging parents, or managing your own health challenges, you'll discover how these ancient practices become completely relevant to your modern reality.

Your personal awakening becomes medicine for our wounded world. As you reclaim your own life as sacred ground, you contribute to the collective healing our planet desperately needs.

Your 7-Week Journey of Sacred Awakening

Week 1:

INTENTION - Deciding to be the Mystic You Already Are

August 5

We open with an exploration of what it means to be a mystic, and why YOU ARE ONE. Thread by thread, we unravel myths about spiritual perfection and reweave a net of sacred belonging.

Week 2:

ATTENTION - A Fearless Gaze

August 12

Now that we've set our intention, we tune our faculties to perceive beauty and wonder at the heart of everyday life. This is a contemplative stance, a gaze of love, requiring fearlessness and fortitude.

Week 3:

SURRENDER - Radical Amazement

August 19

We cultivate renewed access to childlike wonderment. We become more willing to not know, coming back to beginner's mind, dropping our preconceptions like pebbles.

Week 4:

TRANSMISSION - At the Feet of the Masters

August 26

Time to turn our attention to the wise ones who have walked before us. Which books, poems, songs and artworks have been maps for your journey? Turn toward the arts as sacred transmission.

Week 5:

CONNECTION - Beloved Community

September 2

We remember that we belong to each other. We let go of individual awakening and private salvation in favor of collective liberation rooted in love.

Week 6:

FEELING - Broken Open

September 9

We offer ourselves to the alchemical fire of grief. Rather than forsaking our feelings as "unspiritual," we harness them as vehicles to connect us to the divine.

Week 7:

UNFOLDING - The Restless Butterfly

September 16

Release any illusions about ultimate enlightenment. Your soul is a work in progress. The spiritual path is an ever-unfolding adventure. Embrace the journey!

CLAIM YOUR PLACE IN THE CIRCLE

What to Expect in Each Live Session:

Teaching
Mirabai shares essential wisdom on the nexus of spirituality and ordinary life

Meditation
Guided and silent practices to deepen your connection to the sacred

Writing
Contemplative writing practices woven with sacred reading and poetry

Small Groups
Intimate sharing with writing companions

Q&A
Live dialogue with Mirabai

Your Sacred Toolkit Includes:

7 Live Weekly Gatherings - Tuesdays, 5:00-6:30pm Pacific
Lifetime Access to All Recordings - Revisit the wisdom whenever you need it
Private Community Group - Connect with fellow mystics (no social media required)
Weekly Focus - Dive deep into each chapter of ORDINARY MYSTICISM
Guided Writing Practices - Generate vibrant writing you can later revise for publication

Exclusive Bonuses:

Week of Wonder - 7 days of mystical treasure hunting in your own life, with evocative prompts that turn the mundane miraculous
Ordinary Mysticism Scavenger Hunt - Recordings of two live gatherings with Mirabai Starr
Unpublished Excerpt - "Blessing for the Ordinary Mystic" from ORDINARY MYSTICISM
Audio Recording - Mirabai reading "Blessing for the Ordinary Mystic"
Special Video - Mirabai and Natalie Goldberg on mentorship in Ordinary Mysticism
Food Blessing Prayer - Written by Mirabai for sacred meals

"I did not write a book about the mystics. I wrote a book beckoning you to step into the fullness of your birthright as a mystic. This gathering will show you how." - Mirabai Starr

By the End of Our 7 Weeks Together, You Will:

Apply mystical wisdom directly to your own life circumstances — taking these teachings from theory into lived experience
See the sacred through your own eyes in the most mundane aspects of your everyday reality
Transform personal awakening into collective service — understanding how your individual healing benefits the whole
Generate a collection of vibrant writing documenting your own mystical journey that you can later revise for publication
Embody contemplative practices that infuse your actual life with deeper meaning, equanimity and energy
Connect with a community of fellow mystics who understand that personal transformation and collective liberation are inseparable

Our Sacred Guide for This Journey

Mirabai Starr

Mirabai Starr is an award-winning author of creative non-fiction and contemporary translations of sacred literature. She taught Philosophy and World Religions at the University of New Mexico-Taos for 20 years and now teaches and speaks internationally on contemplative practice and inter-spiritual dialogue.

A certified bereavement guide, Mirabai helps mourners harness the transformational power of loss. Her acclaimed translations include John of the Cross, Teresa of Avila, Julian of Norwich, and Hildegard of Bingen. She is also the author of Ordinary Mysticism: Your Life as Sacred Ground, Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce & Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics, and Caravan of No Despair: A Memoir of Loss and Transformation.

Mirabai's interspiritual approach honors the world's diverse wisdom traditions while celebrating direct, unmediated connection with the divine. She lives with her extended family in the mountains of northern New Mexico.

What Others Say About Learning with Mirabai:

"Loved hearing about reclaiming our desire and our longing even for chocolate or sensuality. It's 'not a distraction from God, but an invitation to find the Holy in the body.' YES!"

- Angelina K.

"To be brought to the table, sat down and ready to listen, to share and to write, is very powerful medicine."

- Julie W.

"This is a space filled with the healing feminine face of the holy. It is so needed and such a balm."

- Sarah P.

Course Details:

Dates: August 5 - September 16, 2025

Time: Tuesdays, 5:00-6:30pm Pacific

Format: Live Online Gatherings via Zoom

Investment:

Investment:

$499

registration closes August 5th!

All sessions are recorded with lifetime access