Coming alive is an emergent process of returning to a more vibrant, resilient, and self-actualizing version of ourselves. It is a return to a more integrated, holistic, and balanced way of being that can catalyze a sense of purpose and connection to the wider world. It involves a deep exploration and release of the physical, emotional, and psychic pain that has been generated and stored in the body, as well as an exploration and re-integration of the sense of self. It is a process of shedding off layers of armor and conditioning, and facing challenge and trauma without running from it, so that greater peace, aliveness, and joy can be experienced on the other side.

See also: flow state, peak experience, altered state, non-ordinary state