
about
Our Mission
We, Michael Porterfield and Tina Doley Carlson, are the founders of Aware Oasis. Our relationship was forged through years of extensive mindfulness mediation together at UCLA's Mindful Awareness Research Center, partner of the Norman Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology within the Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior.
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We feel strongly about the benefits of mindfulness, the cultivation of love, resilience, gratitude, compassion, and joy, and how these qualities are the essential building blocks that combine to make a better world.
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We recognized that what we found so beneficial was not readily available to a wide range of people, groups and populations, thus we were inspired to create a space for all people to enjoy an inclusive community, where they can learn and practice together, relaxing in awareness and celebrating the present moment.