Take the opportunity to be heard and held.
According to A. H. Almaas, founder of the Diamond Approach, real transformation comes from equal parts experience and understanding: you won’t get the key to the treasure inside you with either one by itself.
In the Diamond Approach, the practice of Diamond Inquiry™ taps into your own feelings and intuitions, honoring your experience, so that you recognize the truth as it lives in you—in your own precious depths.
Without this process of deeply recognizing and understanding what’s true for you—at each step of your path—you may find that once-potent practices only lead to plateaus; that despite the many workshops you’ve taken, real transformation remains elusive; that at the end of the day, you just don’t feel like a different person.
If you long for something more real and dynamic, our Online Diamond Inquiry Groups can provide the guidance and practice you need to integrate the power and love of the truth into your life, which allows true transformation to happen.
These practice groups give you the opportunity to take teachings you’ve received in the intellectual realm, to “work” them, and to see if they are true for you. With a trained Diamond Approach teacher and the support of a small group of fellow explorers, what’s true can ignite in you and touch you at your core.
In your group, you will:
- Take turns with other students working one-on-one with an expert Diamond Approach teacher to explore your life’s challenges, opportunities, and questions
- Come to know yourself more deeply and begin to build an intimate relationship with who you are at the core
- See that the key to greater spiritual transformation is right there, in your in-the-moment experience, and learn how to tap into that at any time
- Build community with other spiritual seekers and practitioners to create a supportive container for mutual sharing and growth
Group Details
Groups meet every 2-3 weeks for a series of eight 2-hour sessions.
Capped at 14 participants and with opportunities to continue with your practice group beyond the first series of sessions, your group will become a supportive “landing pad” for growing your community and integrating spiritual understanding with practice at the deepest level.
All of our Diamond Approach teachers receive a minimum of 7 years of intensive training and give masterful guidance to help you explore your inner landscape. Choose your group here.
What past participants have to say…
“Inquiry offers the opportunity to develop an intimate relationship with yourself. Our culture teaches us how to turn away and distract ourselves from uncomfortable emotions with all sorts of doing: working, drinking, cleaning, shopping, gaming, etc. Inquiry leads us to Truth and strangely enough, when you’re in touch with the truth, no matter what it is, there’s a profound joy and peace to be discovered in the realness. It’s a deeply invaluable gift we can give to ourselves.” — Meg Miller
“How often do we have an opportunity to be heard and held? That alone puts me into a state of deep presence. I never know what will appear because it’s so different than what my thoughts were just mere moments beforehand. There’s a gift that appears and it is about what actually matters…not what I was thinking mattered. And it gets to unfold as it will without my personality interrupting. It brings a lump to my throat just talking about this process. The love I feel and the love I experience from the Universe have collided to support my being. And it happens every time…never fails. How often does that happen in life.” — Rebecca B.
Audience
Diamond Inquiry™ Groups are open to people of all experience levels.
Learn More About Diamond Inquiry
Curious about what inquiry is, how it works, and what impact it has? Watch these videos with Diamond Approach teacher Jane Hill-Daigle and Diamond Approach Online participant Susan Brown as they explore together.
How inquiry benefits spiritual practice
The experience of inquiry in daily spiritual practice
Choose an Online Inquiry Group for Winter 2025
Groups are open until the second meeting so don’t worry if you miss the first one
Padma’s Group • Sundays at 10am PT • Starts January 12th (IG1-WI25)
Teacher: Padma Roy (learn more about Padma here)
This group meets on eight Sundays from 10:00am – 12:00pm Pacific Time
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Dates:
- January 12th
- January 26th
- February 9th
- February 23rd
- March 9th
- March 16th
- April 6th
- April 13th
Caroline’s Group • Wednesdays at 10am PT • Starts January 15th (IG2-WI25)
Teacher: Caroline Pietrangelo-Owens (learn more about Caroline here)
This group meets on eight Wednesdays from 10:00am – 12:00pm Pacific Time
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Dates:
- January 15th
- January 29th
- February 12th
- February 26th
- March 5th
- March 19th
- April 2nd
- April 16th
John’s Group • Tuesdays at 9am PT • Starts January 7th (IG3-WI25)
Teacher: John Smalenskas (learn more about John here)
This group meets on eight Tuesdays from 9:00am – 11:00am Pacific Time
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Dates:
- January 7th
- January 21st
- February 11th
- February 18th
- March 11th
- March 25th
- April 8th
- April 22nd
Grant’s Group • Saturdays at 3pm PT • Starts January 11th (IG4-WI25)
Teacher: Grant Trewenack (learn more about Grant here)
The group meets on Sundays from 9:00am – 11:00am Brisbane / Sydney, Australia time which is Saturdays at 3:00pm – 5:00pm Pacific time.
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Dates:
United States
* The clocks change in parts of the United States on March 9th. If your time changes, these sessions (*) will start an hour later.
- Saturday, January 11
- Saturday, January 25
- Saturday, February 8
- Saturday, February 22
- Saturday, March 8
- Saturday, March 22*
- Saturday, April 5*
- Saturday, April 12*
Australia
** The clocks change in New Zealand and in parts of Australia on April 6th. If your time changes these (**) sessions will start an hour earlier.
- Sunday, January 12
- Sunday, January 26
- Sunday, February 9
- Sunday, February 23
- Sunday, March 9
- Sunday, March 23
- Sunday, April 6**
- Sunday, April 13**
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