Introduction to Insight Pride

Insight Pride is the brainchild of Steve Small & Alan Ross, who first attended an Insight I Seminar in the late 1970’s.  Together over 25 years, Steve and Alan were married in Victoria, BC, Canada in August, 2003 and again in San Francisco in February, 2004.  Enjoying an enduring, loving relationship, and attributing much of its success to what they learned in Insight, they wanted to share with friends and members of the Gay & Lesbian Community the tools they learned in these seminars.

They approached the President of Insight Seminars Worldwide who supported the idea of creating an Insight I Seminar targeted to members of our community. Insight Pride was launched with the goal of creating a safe and loving space so that there would be maximum opportunity for growth and unfoldment without judgment or fear.

The first Insight I Pride Seminar was held in June, 2004.

In response to the overwhelming success of the first Insight Pride Seminar, Insight Seminars is now offering the next Insight I: The Awakening Heart Seminar with participation of the Gay and Lesbian Community. 

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Here’s what some of our graduates of Insight Pride have to say about their experience:

I grew up thinking life was all about how to do things properly.I thought following protocol and being polite was the most important thing. Through participating in Insight, I realized that life is so much more than the "rules" I had made up for myself. I discovered a connection inside myself that has guided me ever since.

Mike Polek, Computer Systems Administrator

Insight made me aware of the fact that I am the creator (not the victim) of own Life and Destiny...my relationships, my finances, my body, my Spirituality.  This is by far the best gift I have ever given myself. 

Terry Snyman, President, San Vicente Inn-Resort.

My experience with the Insight Seminars has been phenomenal!  The environment in which the Seminar was facilitated allowed me to feel safe and be open to the experience of awakening my heart.  The processes assisted me with learning to communicate my true self, to move through situations instead of trying to avoid them, to use feedback from my universe and make positive choices in my life and to love and be loved.  Most of all, I've learned how to resource my heart and the loving that is already present. I will always be grateful to Insight for helping me help myself.  I choose to talk about Insight in the hopes that others will experience such great joy.  The personal growth that I've experienced has continued to benefit me throughout all that I choose to do in my life! 

Denise B., Realtor

This was a very inspirational Seminar filled with loving and forgiveness.  I forgave myself for my weaknesses and the way they made me feel.  I set some intentions and stopped blocking them through my commitment to myself.  I knew I was strong and that I was a winner.  I worked on giving and receiving, and I learned how to accept receiving. 

Charles T. Duncan, Photographer

I took Insight when I was 24 years old (I'm 43 now) and it changed my life.  It gave me the strength and firm foundation to 'come out' to my family, and instilled a sense of self-worth and personal value far beyond identifying myself only by my sexuality.  I discovered the incredible power of accepting, loving and honoring myself, just as I am.  

Kevin McMillian, Seminary Administrator

I've taken Insight many times since it was first created 25 years ago.  I use so many of the exercises, practices & techniques from these Seminars regularly and continually gain so much from them as I use them.  I audit the Seminar every few years to refresh my reason for living and loving.  It's not who you love ... It's not how you love ... It's do you Love at all. 

Jeffrey Bunting, Property Management

I can say, without any doubt, that the experiences I had during and after the Insight Seminars have far exceeded my expectations for personal growth.  Not only have I learned to be more loving and understanding towards others, I've learned to love and accept myself in place of being my own worst enemy.  Having more loving in my life is a big key for me in having a happier and more fulfilled existence.  Since the late 1970's, I've taken Insight I and Insight II periodically, and assisted at many other Insight Seminars with the intention of continuing to "grow" my loving and expand my awareness.  Insight has certainly assisted me in consciously choosing to do the things that are right for me and to contribute to my sense of well-being. 

Ann C., Computer Business Owner

Insight enabled me to focus on what I want, to ignore the things I didn’t want, and the ability to tell the difference. 

Fred Borenstein, Hellerwork Practitioner

Insight has been a really powerful, life-changing experience for me.  Over the past two years, I have had the privilege of participating in an amazing process.  Through the Seminars, I have gained greater insights into myself, discovered practical tools for getting more out of life, and I have found that all of my existing relationships (even some of the most challenging, i.e.: family members, and co-workers) have been enhanced. 

My outlook on life which used to be a bit on the cynical and negative side, has begun a profound shift and I find myself looking for what is working well and what I can do to improve the things that I would like to change.  I find there is more joy, love, and freedom in my life than ever before.  This feels really good to me!  I am forever grateful to those who shared the Insight experience with me. 

Karen C., Teacher

Insight I was a huge turning point in my life.  I learned about loving myself and unconditional acceptance of myself and others.  These are not just empty ideas.  These were discoveries that I found simply by participating in the Seminar.  I did not, for a minute, lose my skepticism or my ability for critical thinking, but by suspending my disbelief and my judgments and by participating one-hundred-percent, I found a connection with my own loving heart that I had never consciously known before. 

Once my heart was open and I discovered the awesome power and strength in my vulnerability and openness, was able to grow in my awareness, to forgive myself and others, to learn to meditate and to accept myself and the spiritual component of my consciousness that I had previously denied.

Alan Ross, Publisher

I have been taking the Insight Seminars since they began in 1978.  My entire adult life has been sculpted into one of joy and upliftment as a result of what I have gleaned from these magnificent Seminars..

I highly encourage everyone who is wanting to life the life they have been dreaming of... and not quite getting that life... to jump off the high dive and live it!  It's easier than you know. 

Nan Sexton, Promotions & Marketing

Participating in the Insight Seminars profoundly changed my life.  I took Insight I in 1984, and I found out why they call it the Awakening Heart Seminar.  My heart had hardened after years of feeling "different" and thinking I eeded to protect myself, against people, my family and society.  After experiencing Insight Seminars, and applying the principles, almost magically my heart was reawakened to my true, loving self.  I found out that I was not so different, and that I am part of a higher oneness of human hearts.  I let go of the rules and beliefs that kept me bound, and began living a new freedom of expression and creativity.  

My relationship with myself and others became meaningful, authentic, and loving.  I took responsibility for creating the life I had always dreamed of, including great jobs, homes, relationships, and money.  I discovered the passion in my and the courage to follow that.  Insight was indeed a life altering experience.  My life is full today largely because of my work through the Insight seminars.  I encourage you to go for it, begin creating what you want and living your dreams even more fully and more effectively, take Insight. 

Cheryl Mathieu, PhD, Social Worker

Some of my most favorite growth experiences have been in these Seminars!  Each Seminar builds upon the last showing me there is always more loving, expansion and fun available.

I have found that the Insight Seminars don't actually ever end.  They are an amazing gift that keeps on giving. 

Lisa R., Regional Sales Director

My experience from attending Insight Pride I was liberating. Now, I am living my life free from the judgments that I had in about myself in the past.

I am also aware that a pretty face is not a matter of fine features or a great make up. It's a matter of revealing the true beauty residing in our hearts expressed through our eyes and face.

Alejadro Ayon, Hairdresser and Housekeeper

Participation in the Insight Pride I seminar has truly been a life saving event for me.  Before it, I had spent so much of my life in depression.  Insight has brought such light into my world that I can't even imagine where I would be today if I hadn't taken this opportunity.  The confidence, awareness, loving and acceptance of others, and, most importantly, of myself, that I have gained has given me a life that I finally enjoy! 

Russell A. Green, Performer and Entrepreneur 

The Insight Pride I seminar helped me realize that I still have a heart and that it still beats beneath the walls I have built around it through a lifetime of disappointments, hard luck and heartache.  It offered a safe place for me to access and explore my inner workings, openly and honestly, surrounded by supportive and loving gay people.   For me, the seminar put into motion a process of self-forgiveness that has awakened the love I feel in my heart for myself and others.  It has helped me to see myself more clearly and has opened my spirit to accepting love and guidance from the Universe.  My personal growth continues to this day.

Blake Bunting, Photographer

By taking Insight Pride I, I found the courage to tell myself the absolute truth about my life.  Insight helped me to take the journey from my head knowledge to my feet knowledge.  Instead of just ‘knowing’, I started doing and being. 

Insight has made a tremendous difference by allowing me to become the man that I wished to be.

Damian, Damian Entertainment

As an actor and a bottomed-out, veteran seminar participant, I found the Insight Pride I Seminar a joy to take.  Not only was it profoundly insightful, personal and precise, but it was presented with minimal but clear lecture content.  It was completely experiential and above all, it was a hell of a lot of fun!

Carl Moebus, Actor