Cultivating Spiritual Resilience
A 3-Month Journey to Navigate Uncertain Times
April-June 2025
“Spirituality can help us strengthen ourselves during tough times, and evidence indicates spirituality is a critical component of resilience and overcoming struggle.”
— Brené Brown
Many people are struggling to make sense of the world and questioning their ability to affect real change. Humanity is facing significant and intersecting crises that seem beyond our control.
In times like these, it's natural to feel helpless, angry, scared, and overwhelmed, all of which can lead us to shut down to protect ourselves from pain. Unfortunately, when we close off, we also lose access to the very inner resources that help us cope and navigate through life's difficulties. However, there is a powerful medicine that can help us heal and course-correct—Spiritual Resilience.
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A Medicine for This Moment
Spiritual Resilience is the ability to find meaning, purpose, belonging, and connection to something larger than ourselves in the face of adversity. Spiritual Resilience helps us to reconnect with the clarity, strength, compassion, wisdom, and skillful collaborative action that come from our open heart. This allows us to adapt and bounce back from life's hardships and tragedies, and to transform our suffering into a powerful opportunity of growth and meaning for ourselves, each other, and the world.
This experiential program blends spiritual practices, evidence-based methods, community wisdom, and actionable tools designed to empower participants to act from their deepest heart's wisdom.
Join us together in a global community as we work towards creating a kinder, more compassionate world in service of all beings!
Program Components & Content
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Here are the program components and content designed to support a deep inquiry, access, and increased stabilization in Spiritual Resilience:​
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Two monthly sessions on Zoom (April-June)
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A customized practice to deepen the learning from each session
- Downloadable guided meditations
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A monthly email with inspiration, resources, and tips for going deeper
- Video recordings of all sessions
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A privateWhatsAPP group to share your journey with Neelama and the community
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Optional: A spiritual buddy or mini-pod for additional sharing and practice each month (upon request)
Session 1: Recognizing & Strengthening Spiritual Resilience
In this module, we'll explore what Spiritual Resilience means for us personally and discover ways to deepen our access to this dimension of ourselves.
As a community, we'll learn how to build greater spiritual resilience in times of crisis. We'll engage together as we identify resilience in the context of our personal and collective challenges.
Finally, we'll practice embodied ways to strengthen spiritual resilience in order to meet the specific challenges we're facing personally and collectively
Session 2: Responding with Spiritual Resilience to Life's Challenges
"Freedom is the space between stimulus and response." - Viktor Frankl
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At times, we don't have control over the outer circumstances of life. This module focuses on what we can control: how we choose to respond to life, rather than react.
We'll explore how to create a safe space to navigate challenging emotions with greater resilience. Through mindfulness, reflection, and experiential practices, participants will cultivate a resilient heart that can help navigate adversity.​
Session 3: Deepening Our Spiritual Connection | Cultivating Purpose & Inner Peace
In this module, we will discover and deepen our spirituality and explore how it manifests in our lives. We'll uncover our core spiritual values and examine how these values align with our purpose.
We'll explore how different spiritual practices (e.g., meditation, connection to nature, prayer/intention, community connection, and cultivating a sense of inner meaning and purpose) are powerful tools to help us stay centered and connected to something larger than ourselves while providing strength and meaning during life's difficult moments.
Session 4: The Power of Compassion | Fostering Belonging in a Divided World
In this module, we'll experience the power of compassion to create connection, belonging, and a sense of shared humanity, even in our polarized world.
Together we'll explore how belonging is essential for resilience, and how community can help us overcome adversity and navigate the overwhelm and helplessness we can feel at times.
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We'll experience how compassion practices strengthen belonging and resilience for us personally and together.
Session 5: Cultivating Hope: Finding Light in the Midst of Darkness
In this module, we'll explore a deeper meaning of hope and discover how hope can be cultivated, even in difficult times, offering perseverance during adversity.
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We'll examine the role of hope in strengthening resilience, and recognize how hope acts as a protective mechanism which can have a positive influence on helping us set realistic actions to attain our goals.​
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We will engage in practices designed to evoke creative collaborative action from a place of holding hope for self, others, and the world.
Session 6: Skillful Action | Making an Impact in a Complex World
In this module, we'll align our spiritual values and purpose with wise action in our lives and in the world. We'll explore how taking action toward meaningful goals enhances both personal and collective resilience.
We'll cultivate discernment of action, recognizing how acting out of reaction, even in the service of a good cause, can have unintended negative effects.
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We'll engage in practices that combine inner wisdom and resilience in order to take purposeful action with compassion and integrity. We'll discuss how even seemingly 'small' acts of service can create significant change.​
Program Schedule | April - June 2025
Two Monthly Sessions via Zoom | Wednesdays 5pm-7pm Pacific Time
*Due to the interactive nature of this program, participants are highly encouraged to attend each session live, however all sessions will be recorded and shared throughout the program.
Sessions take place twice monthly on the following Wednesdays:
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Session 1: April 16th
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Session 2: April 30th
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Session 3: May 14th
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Session 4: May 28th
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Session 5: June 4th
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Session 6: June 18th​​​​
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Program Sliding Scale Fee: $425 - $595 USD
This program is offered on a self-selected sliding scale to facilitate being able to offer lower rates to those who might otherwise not be able to attend. Please choose the highest level of tuition that you are able to afford as your generosity makes the program possible for others. Thank you!
