Welcome

AWAKENING TO PRESENCE

Proceed to the course below. We look forward to supporting you as you learn the Practice of Presence.

Welcome

Awakening to Presence: A Self-Paced Journey into Stillness, Peace, and Spiritual Freedom

Congratulations! You’ve taken an important step toward deepening your spiritual journey and discovering the transformative power of presence. In choosing to embark on this course, you are opening yourself to a new way of living—one rooted in mindfulness and spiritual connection.

This course helps you practice presence at your own pace. You’ll find tools to ease stress, deepen faith, and live a more centered life.

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What to Expect

As you move through the course, you will learn how to:

✅ Quiet your mind and free yourself from inner conflict

✅ Recognize and release negative thought patterns

✅ Deepen your connection to God’s presence

✅ Cultivate lasting peace, confidence & spiritual clarity

Each module builds upon the last, offering practical exercises, meditations, and reflections to help you integrate presence into your daily life.

A Personal Welcome from Jim Heaney

Before beginning, take a moment to watch these videos featuring Choosing Presence author Jim Heaney.

Jim provides an overview of Awakening to Presence and how it can transform the way you experience life. He shares the heart of this journey: learning to live fully in the present moment, manage stress, and develop an unshakable foundation of inner peace.

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New to mindfulness or struggling to quiet your mind? Jim offers simple, practical advice for approaching this journey with openness. He encourages you to take your time, be kind to yourself, and trust the process.

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A Word About God

Throughout Choosing Presence, Jim Heaney refers to God using language from his Catholic tradition. However, this journey is for everyone. Whether you call this divine presence God, the Source, the Divine Mother, or your Higher Power, what matters is your personal connection. Presence is a universal practice open to all spiritual seekers.

Common Questions

  • No. This course is designed for everyone, whether you are new to mindfulness or have an established spiritual practice.

  • This course is flexible. You can move through it at your own pace, but we recommend spending at least a week on each module to fully absorb and apply the practices.

  • That’s completely normal. The mind is naturally active, and presence is a practice—not perfection. Even noticing your distractions is part of the process. Be patient with yourself.

  • Presence isn’t about achieving a goal—it’s about experiencing a shift in awareness. Over time, you’ll notice moments of greater clarity, peace, and a deeper connection with yourself and God.

An Evolving Learning Experience

This is a living, evolving experience, continually refined and enriched to provide the best learning journey possible. While the course is fully developed and ready for you to explore and enjoy, we are always enhancing it based on insights, feedback, and new discoveries. Your participation is part of this ongoing refinement, and we’re excited to have you on this journey!

Awakening to Presence: A Christian Mindfulness Course

Let’s Begin!

Presence is not something you achieve—it’s something you experience. This course is your invitation to let go of past burdens, release worries about the future, and discover the freedom of this moment.

Your journey toward inner peace and spiritual transformation starts now.

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