Events

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Below is a list of key events that we plan to host in the upcoming year. Join our email list and stay tuned for event details. Online registration and payment for each event will be available soon. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. The Artist’s Way A 6-week series with Janna Benge (part 2) Time: Monday evenings from 6 – 8 [...]

Community Blog

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Read Our Community Blog “I hope you will go out and let stories happen to you, and that you will work them, water them with your blood and tears and your laughter till they bloom, till you yourself burst into bloom.” ~ Clarissa Pinkola Estés Sharing stories of personal transformation is an important guiding principle for [...]

Membership

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Please donate what you can and support our efforts in providing rich programs of self-discovery. Donation levels of $40 and more will provide you with a membership to the Minerva Institute. Minerva members receive 20% off all programming fees, e-news, scholarship opportunities and unique benefits presented by our community partners. Signing up for annual membership [...]

Bookstore

We’ve compiled a great list of books relating to poetry, meditation, writing, yoga, creativity and more. These recommendations came from our core set of instructors and serve as great resources of inspiration. Please note that the Minerva Institute earns a small percentage of all purchases from our Amazon Bookstore. Thank you for your support!


Founder's Blog Posts

  • Photo by Chintana Ahlund

    The Joy of Quiet

    Post by Chintana Ahlund “When things come at you very fast, naturally you lose touch with yourself.” ~ Marshall McLuhan I was immediately drawn to a recent NY Times article titled, “The Joy of Quiet” that was published over the holidays. The author points out something that we all know and feel: We have more [...]

  • photo by Paul Worthington

    10 scribbled meditations

    As you might expect, starting a nonprofit and living your dreams has its ups and downs. To stay grounded, I make the time to read, write, meditate and walk almost everyday. I find that these things help me to keep an open heart when balancing between hope and fear, success and failure, clarity and confusion, [...]