Radical Aliveness Institute

Radical Aliveness Institute When you can engage powerful feelings without the need to control or tame them, that's Radical Aliveness.

Come alive to your authentic self and awaken the radically alive leader within. Radical Aliveness is a transformative process that works with the body's energy and uncensored emotions. In a safe but highly charged group setting, participants achieve cathartic healing and raw, honest connection with each other. Developed by Ann Bradney, this work is a further evolution of Core Energetics. Drawing on Core's body-based techniques, Radical Aliveness creates a space where individuals are encouraged to step into their own authority and become influential leaders who are present and involved in the world. We offer professional training, workshops, and community events:

• 2-Year Radical Aliveness Core Energetics Leadership Training Program, led by Ann Bradney and Resident and International Visiting Faculty; meets in Malibu, CA for five modules each year

• 4-Year Radical Aliveness Core Energetics Professional Certification Training Program, led by Ann Bradney and Resident and International Visiting Faculty; meets in Malibu, CA for five modules each year

• Weekend Workshops, led by Ann Bradney in Santa Monica (and occasionally in other cities); those in Santa Monica are offered five times throughout the year with different themes

• Advanced Weekend Workshops, led by Ann Bradney in Santa Monica; offered once or twice a year; open to those who have attended at least two Weekend or Esalen workshops with Ann

• Weekly Process Groups led by Ann Bradney in Santa Monica; meets weekday evenings 7-9pm; ongoing groups with minimum consecutive 12-week time commitment

• Workshop Retreats led by Ann Bradney at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California, at Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY, and at Hollyhock in Cortes Island, British Columbia; offered several times throughout the year; (registration is made through Esalen, Omega and Hollyhock; overnight stay included)

• Introductory Evenings / “Mini-workshops” led by Ann Bradney, Friday nights before Weekend Workshops (formerly at the Bodhi Tree Bookstore in West Hollywood; new times and location TBD)

• Introductory Evenings / “Mini-workshops” led by Faculty member Patricia Haman at Mystic Journey Bookstore in Venice, California; offered throughout the year

• Free Community Evenings led by trained members of the Radical Aliveness Community in Santa Monica; offered once a month

• International Radical Aliveness Trainings, led by Ann Bradney in Israel, Mexico, and the Netherlands; throughout the year

Thank you to all who have given in all the ways you have.And Thank you to all who donated to the fundraiser.A new year b...
01/06/2026

Thank you to all who have given in all the ways you have.

And Thank you to all who donated to the fundraiser.

A new year begins for those of us who follow the Gregorian calendar. Here in the middle of winter in California (yes, we have winter!) the days have been dark and rainy. But my head knows we are already heading into the light.
Another year has passed.

For those of you who have followed my particular Radical Aliveness journey this year (because there are many happening in lots of places), you know it was a big one. We are coming right up to the finish line in Israel and Palestine. January is the graduation! I am so excited. We will have a shortened module with a big graduation at the end. The participants are planning it. It is going to be such a celebration and a recognition of the hard work, the willingness, the courage, the yes, the YES to life. I feel so grateful for this work. When really embodied it is a yes to life. It is an expansion, an ongoing expansion into wider and deeper knowing. It is a leveling, not on the external where so many hierarchies exist, but on the inner level. Yes. We are here on this journey together. Each of us in the life we have been given. Each of us with an opportunity to be part of this laboratory called life. Each of us has our own work to do, to do our part in this world, each of us is doing our best.

As my dear colleague has said over and over- when we know better, we do better. The goal of Radical Aliveness is to teach people to know better. Because we need a world where we can do our best and give our best. Even when our hearts are breaking. Even when life is so unfair, even when it all feels beyond us. We take our place in the great web and do the best we know.

May this year be one where you recognize the sacred in every moment. May this year be one where you find joy and aliveness. May this year be one where you learn from others because you have learned how to use what is outside of you to come back and find out more about yourself. And as you learn more about who you are- may you walk this world with mercy for all living beings.

This is my prayer; and this is my thank you to all who have supported us over the years. You have supported us by reading these writings, by being engaged in Radical Aliveness in all the places that people are bringing it, by bringing this work out yourself, by embodying the principles, by donating time and money and ideas to keep us going.

Today, at the beginning of this year, I am filled with hope. It is hard not to be filled with hope when I am surrounded by human beings who embrace these teachings and use them to make a difference in life.

THANK YOU is how I want to begin this year. I THANK YOU. love ann

12/31/2025

“I was telling people that if Palesitinans and Israelis and people from the different sides can do work over there, if they can do Radical Aliveness and somatic work, and, you know, connection - if they are able to make it happen there then anybody in the world can do it. Because I think that maybe it is one of the hardest places.”

[Najah, program participant] “You stayed with the group of Palestinians and Israelis together for three days - if you had another chance to return back…”

“Yes! I would love to. All our group, yesterday we had our first call together, and so many people said the same thing - for so many reasons I want to come back.”

Josee, workshop participant
Canadian
Radical Aliveness Leadership Program

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-next-cohort-of-the-peace-leadership-program

12/30/2025

“There was no Arab school. My family was the only Arab family in my city. I remember standing in the Jewish school holding my skirt in my hand and having to sing an Arab song.

I felt such a shame to sing in Arabic. I realize now that I wasn’t just shy. I froze because now everyone knew that I am Arab not Jewish. I am the Other. Not like them

I had no one to hold my hand. I had no one. So I held my skirt.”

Silvia, Program Co-Director
Israeli Palestinian
Radical Aliveness Leadership Program

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-next-cohort-of-the-peace-leadership-program (link in bio)

Yesterday I met with many of the group that had come to Israel and Palestine. I heard how hard it was for all of us to h...
12/23/2025

Yesterday I met with many of the group that had come to Israel and Palestine. I heard how hard it was for all of us to have been so close and connected, sharing in such a deep and profound experience, and then to be suddenly away from each other. It was good to see them, to feel them, to hear all the different voices and experiences they brought to this call a few weeks out.

Silvia, one of my co-leaders, was with us. She could speak with an authority I didn’t have, of what it felt like to have all these people come and share the experience of life in that region. Her voice was powerful and full of emotion and so needed. She spoke of how much it meant for her and the group.

You know, It is really something being human. Our hearts are able to feel so much, our eyes are able to see so much, our ears are able to hear so much. Our brains grasp for solutions, and we are so small in the face of it all. Many people on the call were grappling with that. And this is where Silvia’s voice came in. We heard her say with such authority how much it had helped to have this group there.

As humans we are capable of human sized impact. That is how it is meant to be. And human sized impact is so much more powerful than we think. We must be fallen angels to imagine we could do more than humanly possible. But I want to shout to the heavens- we can do so much with this precious life! The possibilities are all around.
I had said it many times to this group, your presence was so meaningful! But to hear it from Silvia, a person who has been in the eye of the storm all this time, it landed. Thank you, powerful visitors. Thank you.

Our new leaders are on fire with their own creations. In a very communal land, they are creating a new community. It will be an Israeli and Palestinian flavored creation. And it will have as its foundation the Radical Aliveness Principles. It will be the beginnings of a community where hearts and minds can be changed. It will be the result of human sized impact that ripples and ripples until a whole new reality is born.

This morning, I am feeling gratitude. We will close our fundraiser on the 31st. Thank you to all who have given. We plan to start our next program in September. With your support and with the enthusiasm we are gaining, we will do it. Inshallah! If you have thought of giving but haven't yet, our fundraiser is still open. All funds go to support the program and our leaders as they step out and bring this work to their communities.

Don't forget how a single drop can change the face of the world. Add your drop wherever you can. With love, Ann

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-next-cohort-of-the-peace-leadership-program

Here are some of us trying to stop our visitors from leaving- DON'T GO!!So, we are about to finish our fall drive, and t...
12/17/2025

Here are some of us trying to stop our visitors from leaving- DON'T GO!!
So, we are about to finish our fall drive, and time has passed and already the trip is feeling far away. Right now, I am working on the diplomas and plans for graduation. But I keep watching the videos that the group made with each other- and reliving that special time.
I never really told you about our 3 days together in the tent. God that trip was epic. But that together time, after all the tours they had been on, well that was the moment that it all made sense. The visiting group had seen a lot, they came in more informed. We were together. There was a feeling that our group in Israel and Palestine were not alone. It was incredible to feel the connection, the trust, the melding.
Our leaders from the program brought such beauty in the ways they opened the time, in the ways they celebrated at night, in the ways they showed themselves fearlessly to the new people. There wasn't a hesitation, there was vulnerability and truth telling. They brought themselves fully. And the new people did the same. It was such an honor to be part of. Really, it's so clear that we can do this, this way of coming together in courage and awareness and feeling and truth.
One of the things that happened was that the people from North America seemed to lift a burden from the shoulders of the ongoing group. If only we could all understand that anyplace we are able to help shoulder the burden of others, by seeing, by feeling, by opening our hearts, that burden can be transformed. We are all a part of everything. Of course, the way the world is set up- it is so easy for us to distance ourselves, to say- that is them- that is happening far away- that has nothing to do with me. But on closer examination, we are all connected. So, where we can- helping to shoulder the burden simply makes sense.
When the North Americans held the pain of all the different experiences, suddenly it felt that people had the space to see and feel things that had been hard to see and feel before. I will never forget the Jewish members in the center expressing their pain and seeing the circle that included the Palestinians surrounding them- arms open, eyes open- willing to feel. A moment. And there were many more that happened in all directions.
Finally on the last day that the new people were going to be with us- they were invited to come in the center and have a place for all of their feelings. The group wanted to give back to them, to hold them, to let them express what had happened for them. A huge fight broke out- misunderstandings, pent up feelings, grief and rage and anger at each other. And our leaders suddenly were facilitating a group that needed their help. They brought all their wisdom to help this group move through conflict. What a joy to witness. And what a revelation for them. Wow, we are not alone in conflict and pain. Pain and conflict belong to the human experience.
I know we are all still reverberating with all we felt, learned, witnessed, and came together around. Souls are connected. People here are finding ways to be part of the graduation. My heart feels so full.
And our fall drive is almost over. We matched our $5,000 grant (thank you!) and got a surprise $10,000 donation from an anonymous donor who melted my heart with his message. Thank you to one and all.
Our drive ends the 31st of December. If you have year-end giving left to send out, consider giving to us. Though we exceeded the modest goal we set, we are still grateful for any contributions. There is so much that needs to be supported. We want to grow, we want to become sustainable, we want to flourish. We want to keep doing this work that brings not just possibilities of peace, but JOY. Join us in spreading the peace and joy in our radical and completely unique way. Let's help more and more people be able to hold this kind of space. And one human at a time let's create a new world.
With so much love and gratitude. Ann
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-next-cohort-of-the-peace-leadership-program/

12/13/2025

“Who you think should come to this program?“
“It could be the answer is everyone, especially the people who don’t think they need it. Of course you’re not going to get those people to come, but I do think that if all Israelis and all Palestinians did it we might have a different world.”

Hanan, participant
Israeli Jew

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-next-cohort-of-the-peace-leadership-program (link in bio)

12/10/2025

“When I’m asked what is this work that we do, I say that I’m in a program for leading groups in high conflict, a practitioner workshop for leaders who are interested in working with populations in high conflict. I came here to learn this type of work, not because I had a specific interest in solving the Israeli Palestinian conflict, because I felt ‘I live here, I know Palestinians, I know everything about this conflict’. And it was a pleasant surprise to learn that I didn’t know a lot at all, and to find that people can change their opinions and people can change their worldview.”

Chen, participant
Israeli Jew

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-next-cohort-of-the-peace-leadership-program

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