Omega Institute

Established in 1977, the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies is renowned as a leading resource for wellness and personal development in the United States. As a nonprofit organization, Omega provides a variety of innovative educational programs aimed at fostering both personal and societal transformation. Nestled on 250 acres in the scenic Hudson Valley, Omega attracts over 500 instructors and 23,000 participants each year to its workshops, conferences, and retreats held in Rhinebeck, New York, as well as at other locations. Omega is also broadening its reach through online learning, catering to a growing global audience of 2 million unique visitors annually at eOmega.org. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Omega relies on the generous contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations to support its mission. Every donation makes a difference. To find out more, visit eOmega.org/donate.

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Sorting Out Soul’s Signal From the Static

Jan 29, 2025 | eomega.org | Steven Forrest

Omega: Over the course of 19 years, you wrote The Endless Sky, a collection of 72 essays that spans the world of evolutionary astrology. But only three years after its publication, you’ve come out with a new collection of essays. Is this volume two of The Endless Sky? What’s in store for us to read that differs from the first book? Steven: I write lots of short articles for my school, my website, and for various astrological publications around the world.
9 Books to Read for Indigenous Peoples Day

Oct 9, 2024 | eomega.org | Tanya Tagaq |Tyson Yunkaporta |Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz |Nicole Eustace

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall KimmererAs a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers.
9 Books to Read for Native American Heritage Month

Oct 9, 2024 | eomega.org | Tanya Tagaq |Tyson Yunkaporta |Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz |Nicole Eustace

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall KimmererAs a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers.
Three Steps to Mindfulness

Apr 25, 2024 | eomega.org | Dan Harris

Dan Harris, former co-anchor of Good Morning America weekend edition and author of 10% Happier, shares three steps to beginning mindfulness meditation. Sit comfortably and relax. The goal is to notice every time you get distracted and focus back on your breath. “That moment of seeing the distraction is not proof of failure—it’s proof of success,” he says. “The whole goal is to notice when you become distracted and start again. You’re training the brain to wake up.
Be at Home Within Yourself

Apr 23, 2024 | eomega.org | Thema Bryant

Indigenous Wisdom In many Indigenous cultures, when a person is distressed or despairing, the healer will ask them a variation of these questions: When did you stop singing? When did you stop dancing? When did you stop sharing and listening to stories? When did you lose connection? I invite you to consider this truth: Music is healing, movement is healing, speaking and bearing witness are healing, and connection is healing.
The Most Valuable Kind of A.I.

Apr 19, 2024 | eomega.org | Robert Backus

Dear friends,As we celebrate 2024 Earth Day, I am struck by all the controversy concerning Artificial Intelligence. I share many of the concerns, but there are many ways that A.I. could be a positive force for our future. It potentially will offer new ways to understand our environmental challenges and potentially offer solutions not currently seen. But I would like to speak about another type of A.I., nature's Actual Intelligence.
Why You Need to Love You

Mar 28, 2024 | eomega.org | Lorna Byrne

Seasonal Staff and Greeter Positions Are Now Available! Apply Now March 28, 2024 Share Featuring Lorna Byrne Listen as international spiritual teacher Lorna Byrne answers the question, "Why is it so easy to love other people, but so hard to love yourself?"
10 Books for International Women's Day

Feb 23, 2024 | eomega.org | Roxane Gay |Elizabeth Lesser

The Women’s Suffrage Movementedited by Sally Roesch Wagner. This is a one-of-its-kind intersectional anthology of works by known and unknown women who shaped the suffrage movement, published in time for the 2020 centennial of the women’s right to vote, with a foreword by Gloria Steinem. This anthology features the writings of the most well-known suffragists, such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B.
Rebuilding Our Relationship With Food

Jul 7, 2023 | eomega.org | Mark Bittman

Dominant culture would have us believe that a healthier, more just food system—and one that can still feed the world—is a pipe dream. In truth, the delusion is believing that our current system has any hope of success. To survive, we have to reinvent it. Because the United States is the bastion of agricultural innovation, it’s likely to be among the last countries to alter course and create a more just system. But there is reason for hope.
What is Awakened Awareness?

Jun 13, 2023 | eomega.org | Lisa Miller

June 13, 2023 Dr. Lisa Miller describes how we have two modes of awareness available to us at all times and leads us in the "three doors exercise" to show how awakened awareness can appear on the road of life. By Lisa Miller Achieving awareness is the perception that our purpose is to organize and control our lives. When we live through our achieving awareness, our foundational concern is How can I get and keep what I want? This mode of awareness is useful—and often necessary.