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Signature Experiences

Sacred Activism

Can activism be "Sacred?" This powerful new program explores the work of antiracism and social justice as a spiritual practice.

Pride Is More than a Month

Love didn’t always win, but it has always had the power to transform. For Jonathan Kirkendall (MA Counseling Psychology, '94) and Scott Perkins (MA Buddhist Studies, '92), it did just that.

PSYCHEDELIC-ASSISTED THERAPIES CERTIFICATE

Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies Program

The Certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies is a 200-hour non-degree, low residency training program featuring a hybrid delivery of online and retreat-based learning.

Naropa Magazine

A graduate of Naropa’s MA in Transpersonal Art Therapy program, Brazilian-born artist Paula Gasparini-Santos is the cover artist for the 21–22 issue of the magazine.

SWP 2022 // Sanctuary & Apocalypse

At its root apocalypse means “out from the hidden,” thus one enduring English translation of αποκάλυψη has been “revelation.” And because it has also named a genre of prophetic writings, catastrophe and disaster have always shadowed the word, and obscured the real of history with an ideology that holds the catastrophe of this or that war is exceptional

Tonglen:
A Tool of Subtle Activism

How can we meet and engage with the pain we see in our own lives, in those around us, and in our world? What can we do to help?While these are ongoing, living questions, contemplative traditions offer potent methods for cultivating and extending active compassion.