#ALifeWellLived
Our ways to engage with reality
We will not fix you, but with love, trust, and acceptance will we hold space and growtogether.
What does joining Samaṇa look like?
Most of our time is spent learning about the "outer world": physics, math and biology; a job to develop a new product.
Not a lot of time is spent on Inner Work: Work that brings us in touch with ourselves.
With a weekly time commitment of 3-4 hours you begin to:
Not a lot of time is spent on Inner Work: Work that brings us in touch with ourselves.
With a weekly time commitment of 3-4 hours you begin to:
- Harmonize the relationship you have with yourself and others and to infuse these encounters with magic.
- Allow to integrate your emotional wounds into your being.
- Allow to transcend your being.
- Bring forth your own truth and to live our life in accord with that.
The course outline for the first 8 weeks*:
*can be subject to change
*can be subject to change
Have a 30-minute call with us
Get to know us better and share with us what you seek in a 30-minute call.
Book a free 30-minute discovery callWeek 2: Individual Reflection with your Steward
Have an individual deep dive with your Steward.
Learn moreWeek 3: Authentic Relating - Circling - Interpersonal Meditation
Learn new ways to see yourself and others.
Learn moreWeek 7: Individual Reflection with your Steward
Have an individual deep dive with your Steward.
Learn more... your own contemplative toolkit!
Build your own contemplate toolkit of growth modalities and grow as a human being!
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Week 1: Introduction
Get to know your cohort and the Steward!
In this week you will:
In this week you will:
- Join your 2-hour Group session with your peers and led by a Steward
- Meet your assigned peer for 30-60 minutes for Peer-to-Peer Practice
- Engage individually in Self-Practice for 30-60 minutes
Week 2: Individual reflection with your Steward
The individual check in gives you a space to bring up and reflect on whatever seems most relevant for your growth journey.
In this week you will:
In this week you will:
- Check in with your Steward in your 60-minute 1-on-1 session
- Talk with your peer for 30-60 minutes during Peer-to-Peer practice
- Engage in individual reflection during Self-Practice
Week 3: Circling - Social Meditation
Circling brings Meditation to the interpersonal space and vests you with tools and techniques to hold space and form deep connections. It's also a great tool for insight.
In this week you will:
In this week you will:
- Learn & apply meditation and circling techniques in the 2-hour Group session
- Practice circling with your peer for 30-60 minutes during Peer-to-Peer practice
- Go deeper individually using meditation and circling techniques during Self-Practice
Week 4: Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Internal Family Systems (IFS) is an integrative approach to individual psychotherapy developed in the 1980s. In it, the mind is seen as made up of different parts that often pursue conflicting agendas. IFS brings these parts and their agendas into harmony.
In this week you will:
In this week you will:
- Learn & apply IFS in the 2-hour Group session
- Practice IFS with your peer for 30-60 minutes during Peer-to-Peer practice
- Engage with yourself using the IFS framework during Self-Practice
Week 5: Meditation
Meditation gradually shifts one's essence from existing in "doing" to existing in "being". It also opens up oneself to the highs and lows of life, while vesting oneself with the tools needed to fully dive into the lows without drowning, and simultaneously rejoicing in the highs without clinging.
In this week you will:
In this week you will:
- Learn & apply Meditation in the 2-hour Group session
- Share your experiences and meditate together with your peer for 30-60 minutes during Peer-to-Peer practice
- Meditate during Self-Practice
Week 6: Art Therapy
Art therapeutic methods are great tools to release stress and to gain an insight into our emotional and mental system. They also lay bare resources one has to deal with taxing situations. This reflection also helps with one's communication, emotional affect, and the relationship with oneself and others.
In this week you will:
In this week you will:
- Practice Art Therapy in the 2-hour Group session
- Communicate via art with your peer for 30-60 minutes during Peer-to-Peer practice
- Engage with yourself using art therapeutic exercises during Self-Practice
Week 8: Individual reflection with your Steward
The individual check in gives you a space to bring up and reflect on whatever seems most relevant for your growth journey.
In this week you will:
In this week you will:
- Reflect on the journey in your 60-minute 1-on-1 session with your Steward
- Share your journey with your peer for 30-60 minutes during Peer-to-Peer practice
- Check in with your journal and via other ways of reflection during Self-Practice
Week 7: Emotional Sharing
Share your emotions and stories in a safer space with your group.
In this week you will:
In this week you will:
- Share your emotions & feelings and reflect on the past 8 weeks in the 2-hour Group session
- Connect with your peer for 30–60 minutes during Peer-to-Peer Practice
- Engage with your challenges individually during Self-Practice
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Everyone has two lives. The second starts when they realize they have only one.
Integral Growth Model
Within the first 8 weeks and - if you continue - over the course of your journey with us, you will grow and develop in these four areas.
Authentic relating
Ethical & cognitive development to relate to self & others harmoniously.
Emotional competence
Releasing emotional pains and being aware of emotions & needs and acting skillfully on them.
Embody responsibility
Become a sovereign agent in perceiving, relating to & sensemaking of the world.
Presencing
Progress via spiritual practice to your deeper truths and gain greater awareness.
Authentic relating
Have you ever met someone new and gotten bored by playing the "get to know each other" game: "What do you do for a living?"?
Relating to ourselves and others deeply is one of the most joyous activities we can engage in, yet not a lot of us are trained in it. As a consequence, we tiptoe around our own and others' emotions, instead of relating authentically.
In this facet, we focus on inter-being: deepening the relationship with ourselves and others.
We share with you ...
Relating to ourselves and others deeply is one of the most joyous activities we can engage in, yet not a lot of us are trained in it. As a consequence, we tiptoe around our own and others' emotions, instead of relating authentically.
In this facet, we focus on inter-being: deepening the relationship with ourselves and others.
We share with you ...
- Authentic relating - Interpersonal meditation - Circling
- Giving & receiving feedback
Emotional competence
We spend a lot of time either running away from our emotions or towards them. Our emotional patterns are often the invisible conductor, steering our lives from the backseat yet having full control.
In this facet, we focus on increasing awareness of our emotional landscape and finding ways to deal with emotions more skillfully, including ultimately accepting that understanding emotions takes away the magic they bring with them.
We share with you ...
In this facet, we focus on increasing awareness of our emotional landscape and finding ways to deal with emotions more skillfully, including ultimately accepting that understanding emotions takes away the magic they bring with them.
We share with you ...
- Art therapeutic methods
- Internal family systems, an integrative approach to individual psychotherapy
Presencing
If someone told you, there's something you can do that doubles your life expectancy, most people would give a lot to get it. Expanding one's awareness is a tool that has the same effect: our lives get richer and fuller, and we thus feel more nourished by our experience of being. Ultimately, it allows us to leave the confines of our body and mind.
We share with you ...
We share with you ...
- Meditation
Embody responsibility
Bringing it all together in this facet, you'll learn how to become a sovereign agent in perceiving, relating to & sensemaking of the world. Ultimately, this will allow you to embody your newfound truth and bring it forth in life to live #ALifeWellLived.
We share with you ...
We share with you ...
- Efficiency of heart & mind
- Purpose & vow
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The opposite of objectivity is not subjectivity or solipsism, but responsibility.
Learn more about our growth modalities
Learn more about some of the growth modalities that are part of your Samana program.
Transpersonal Psychology
Transpersonal psychology, or spiritual psychology, is a sub-field or school of psychology that integrates the spiritual and transcendent aspects of the human experience with the framework of modern psychology.
Circling
Circling brings meditation to the interpersonal space and vests you with tools and techniques to hold space and form deep connections. It's also a great tool for insight.
During Circling you practice you stay connected to yourself while also staying in touch with your partner and the group.
During Circling you practice you stay connected to yourself while also staying in touch with your partner and the group.
IFS
Internal Family Systems (IFS) is an integrative approach to individual psychotherapy developed in the 1980s. In it, the mind is seen as made up of different parts that often pursue conflicting agendas. IFS brings these parts and their agendas into harmony.
Art Therapy
Art therapy enables non-verbal expression and conscious access to subconscious content through doing art.
Both the act of creation and the final outcome serve as trailheads into the inner world and a transformation thereof. In this process, creative resources can be rediscovered, self-healing powers can be mobilized, and change can be stimulated.
Both the act of creation and the final outcome serve as trailheads into the inner world and a transformation thereof. In this process, creative resources can be rediscovered, self-healing powers can be mobilized, and change can be stimulated.
Meditation
Meditation gradually shifts one's essence from existing in "doing" to existing in "being". It also opens up oneself to the highs and lows of life, while vesting oneself with the tools needed to fully dive into the lows without drowning, and simultaneously rejoicing in the highs without clinging.
Individual Check-In
During our Individual Check-In you will have time and space to reflect with a Steward individually. This helps to uncover subconscious thought patterns, discuss your path so far as well as going forward, and helps you further with your growth. It's a safe space for whatever you want to bring to the check-in.
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To advance, I retreat.
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