The Human Awareness Institute (HAI), is an organization based in Northern California

Northern California

Northern California is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The San Francisco Bay Area , and Sacramento as well as its metropolitan area are the main population centers...

 which offers participatory workshops on love, intimacy and sexuality. The primary workshops are a series of eight, each lasting a weekend, which are taken in a linear sequence. The workshops are given worldwide, but the central location for its workshops is at Harbin Hot Springs

Harbin Hot Springs

Harbin Hot Springs is a non-profit hot spring retreat and workshop center in Harbin Springs, Lake County, in Northern California, about two hours northeast of the San Francisco Bay Area.-History:...

, California. Most HAI workshops are clothing optional, a fact never mentioned on the HIA website but which can be confirmed through workshop postings on the web as well as through conversation with past participants.

History/Founder

Stan Dale

Stan Dale

Stan Dale was a radio broadcaster, writer, teacher, and founder of the Human Awareness Institute. He was the author of books in the area of relationships and sexuality, including Fantasies Can Set You Free and My Child My Self....

 began teaching workshops in Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

 in 1968. He moved to the San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas...

in 1972, and incorporated HAI in 1986.

Mission Statement

The goals of the Human Awareness Institute are described in its mission statement:

The Human Awareness Institute empowers individuals to be potent, loving, contributing human beings. HAI promotes personal growth and social evolution by replacing ignorance and fear with awareness and love.

HAI aims to create a world where people live together in dignity, respect, understanding, trust, kindness, compassion, reverence, honesty and love. The Human Awareness Institute is committed to creating a world where everyone wins.