The Gaiasphere Event Center Brings Together A Conscious Community
In 2011 we set out on a rather lofty mission: to empower an evolution in consciousness by creating a platform for like-minded seekers to explore some of the deeper questions of our existence.
Since then, we’ve watched as our community has rapidly expanded from tens of thousands, to now hundreds of thousands. And while the wonders of modern technology have allowed us to reach so many of you, the digital sphere adds a layer of separation between us. That’s why we decided to launch GaiaSphere.
And now we’ve done it – we’re excited to announce the completion of the GaiaSphere at our campus in Boulder, Colorado, where we’ll be featuring some of our favorite luminaries beginning June 14, 2019.
Over the course of the coming year, we’ve invited speakers including Gregg Braden, Caroline Myss, Dr. Joe Dispenza, Bruce Lipton, Nassim Haramein, and Graham Hancock for deeply engaging, multi-day seminars that are sure to be life-changing.
The goal of GaiaSphere was to create an immersive atmosphere for our community to connect with each other, with us, and with the thought leaders we all know and love on Gaia. And though these thought leaders will be leading the events, we want the biggest headliner to be you.
That’s what we had in mind when we built GaiaSphere; to take our mission and make it into a tangible, substantive experience where we can meet you and you can get to know us — the real-life personalities and faces who have made it their work to create a conscious media platform.
Our newly built, state-of-the-art facility will bring together seekers from across the globe to connect in a truly transformative environment, facilitated by the brilliant minds who are inspiring paradigm shifts in modern philosophy, health, and spirituality.
So, what can you expect when attending an event at GaiaSphere?
We’ve set the number of attendees for each event at around 250 people – large enough to make connections within our community, but not so big that you’ll feel overwhelmed. We hope that over the course of these multi-day sessions, you’ll forge relationships that could last a lifetime.
During breaks, you can strengthen those newly formed friendships by grabbing a bite to eat at our all-organic cafe with fresh, locally-grown nourishment that will cater to any diet.
Take a stroll around the various pathways that encircle Gaia’s campus, or meditatively meander through one of our stone labyrinths. Then make your way to the Gaia Garden where honeybees from our apiary pleasantly buzz around, pollinating the flowers and trees, while you contemplate some of the day’s learnings.
For those visiting the area for the first time, Boulder and the Colorado front range have endless offerings including gorgeous scenery, outdoor activities, and exceptional dining. You may never want to leave.
If you’re unable to attend in person, don’t fret! Each of our events will be live-streamed in HD and uploaded to Gaia’s archives, always remaining available to Gaia+ members.
And just like our mission of co-creating an evolution in consciousness, we want you to help us co-create what GaiaSphere could become. These initial events we’ve announced are just the start — we need your help figuring out the rest. If there’s an event or use for the space we haven’t seen, please, let us know. We’re all ears.
Let’s create our own atmosphere here at Gaia and continue the audacious undertaking of creating an evolution in consciousness. Together we can connect, transform, and belong at GaiaSphere.
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New Tool May Help Solve the Teen Mental Health Crisis
As rates of mental health issues in teens reach epidemic proportions, a new intervention that reframes the way they view stressors shows great promise in improving both psychological and physiological health.
Given the exponentially growing mental health crisis among teens, the American Academy of Pediatrics, along with several other medical organizations, recently declared a national emergency in children’s mental health.
While many societal factors are being implicated, researchers at the University of Rochester recently conducted a study that focused on the ordinary, day-to-day stresses that teens face, such as how they’re perceived by others.
Psychologist Jeremy Jamieson, who headed up the study, told the University of Rochester News Center, “For adolescents, social hierarchy, social comparisons, and peer evaluations have always been important, but now it’s there all the time… people are receiving a daily stream of likes, dislikes, and comments via social media, which makes for a constant state of social evaluation. it’s one of the most damaging things we’ve seen for adolescents.”
While these “social-evaluative stressors” can lead directly to depression and anxiety, it is how teens deal with them, experts say, that determines the psychological outcome.
While conventional thinking equates stress with something “bad,” Jamieson says, “stress is a normal and even defining feature of adolescence… for those of us who study processes and psychophysiology, stress is just any demand for change — it’s neither good nor bad.”
