Thoughts on Steve Pavlina’s Conscious Growth Workshop #2
I attended the most recent Conscious Growth Workshop by Steve Pavlina in Las Vegas. I have decided I’d like to share some of my thoughts and experiences from this life changing event.
Why Go?
First of all, do you find yourself in a passionate pursuit of personal growth – yet find it hard to find others who do as well? Well this workshop would be perfect for you, because there’s a huge amount of networking done at this event. All of the people who attend are very conscious and interesting people. I personally found it reignited my desire for social connections.
If you’re thinking of attending, make sure you come a day before the event and stay at least a day after. The networking events that happen outside the workshop are just as important as the workshop itself. I missed the pre-workshop meet up with my visit and have regretted it, but I did stay a day after the event and loved it.
I still connect with the people I met during the event through the Internet, and I have a feeling some of those connections will be maintained for a long time to come.
One of the principles that Steve teaches – Love – is really shown at a workshop like this. When you surround yourself with people who share the same interests and goals as you, your productivity and motivation sky rocket. For me, having connections with people that support my goals was shown to be my weakest link, and I learned this at the workshop. This simple realization alone will make me a more successful person for the rest of my life.
Read the Book
Steve spends the first day going over his universal principles for personal growth that are covered in his book. If you haven’t read the book, please do so. If you’re going to one of his future conferences I think this is a must. People may say that it is not required, but you just simply won’t get as much out of the workshop.
By reading the book beforehand you can get through some initial breakthroughs in your personal growth. After a period of time you may get stuck or need a refresher. This is a great time to go to one of the workshops, as Steve will give you a fresh take on the principles.
New Experiences and Breakthroughs
Days 2 and 3 go through applying the principles of personal growth into practical areas of our lives. This includes:
- Career & Work
- Money & Finances
- Health & Fitness
- Skills & Habits
- Emotions
- Social Life & Relationships
- Spirituality
These days really stretch your comfort zones, as that’s what growth is all about. Fear is a common theme for pretty well everyone, but I found myself becoming more accustomed to it. Much of this was due to my approach anxiety – Steve makes you work one on one with a stranger over and over again for each segment of the workshop.
I had never met so many intuitive (some may say psychic) people in my life as I had at this event. This was truly astounding to a person like me who has previously been very close minded to the whole idea of intuitive development. I even got a free psychic reading by someone who had just discovered his psychic abilities at the event, and his accuracy and insight for a beginner had astounded me.
Many people experience life changing breakthroughs at this workshop. The most common change tends to be a new career path, or at least knowing you should quit your job. This comes up a lot because most people are not happy doing what they’re doing at their jobs, and feel like they could contribute more by doing something else. Other changes include breaking relationships and religious practices so that better ones can form.
Raising Your Vibration
I never really understood what many spiritual people call “vibration”. The concept was made clear to me at the event by having my own vibration raised to levels I’ve never experienced.
By the end of the workshop I felt like I was on a high. My heart actually was actually hurting from all the love I had experienced. I was beaming for days and I noticed that the way people reacted to me was different.
I highly recommend attending this workshop if you are at all interested in personal development.
February 1st, 2010 at 6:56 pm
Excellent review Mike. I had a lot of the same experiences as you, including an introduction to the intuitive side of things. That’s something I’ve never had contact with in the past.
I think the Love aspect of the conference affected me the most. Finding connections with so many people interested in the same kind of conscious growth was very eye opening. It’s been wonderful to keep in contact with so many of them, including yourself, through the Internet.
February 1st, 2010 at 8:23 pm
Thanks for the comment Patrick.
I’ve been taking steps every day to try to improve the Love side of my life. I’ve already seen some positive results with new friendships.
Let’s keep writing and see how this goes!