upcoming events
The Foundation for Nonduality invites you to join these free online workshops and classes that explore the practical impact the nondual view has on our daily lives and relationships. Nonduality is not only a spiritual viewpoint but a way of seeing the world and ourselves that brings more wholeness and sanity to us all and in that way, helps heal the world.
Upon registering you will receive a Zoom link to enable you to join the class.
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SATURDAY
FEBRUARY 3rd 2024
11:00am — 1:00pm EST
facilitated by eloiza jorge
Exploring racial Division from a nondual perspective
This introductory talk is for spiritual seekers who are interested in learning more about the problem of racial division from a nondual lens. How might we increase our capacity to relate to ourselves and others in a racialized world? How can we create space to feel less shame and blame in racially charged spaces? The goal of this gathering is to contribute to our individual and collective awakening and healing, particularly as it relates to racial division. The lecture will also include simple practices to soften our hearts and to meet what's here with more spaciousness and presence.
WEDNESDAYS
FEBRUARY 21st + 28th 2024
6:00pm — 8:00pm EST
facilitated by damon farnum
living from wholeness: an introduction to nonduality
In this two-class series we will journey into the experience of Nonduality beyond the conceptual, where everything, including our human difficulties, can be experienced as part of our greater wholeness. To experience this Wholeness, we learn that our personal selves, including our difficulties and suffering, need a home as well. That home is where our humanness and the Absolute touch and it is where the gift of nonduality is experienced. We will use meditation, lecture, inner reflection, spiritual practice and dyad work to immerse you in the place where our humanity and the divine meet. Class 1 will focus on the personal experience of wholeness, while Class 2 will reinforce what we experience in class 1 as well as bring that experience into relationship with another human being. We will begin as separate beings exploring the interface of our flawed humanness and the Great Oneness, ultimately bringing us into the truth, that we are indeed separate beings, flaws and all, and simultaneously an integral part of the interconnected web of life.
FRIDAYS
MARCH 1st, 15th + 22nd 2024
12:30pm — 1:45pm EST
FACILITATED BY NINA KOREN
Dialogues with Amitabha
We all long to be whole and who we truly are. And we all struggle. We notice we are limited, separate, sometimes foolish beings. We can never be finished. But can we still be whole? Many of us suffer from blaming ourselves and trying to "overcome" our imperfections. Has our idea of wholeness or enlightenment become another form of perfectionism, a spiritual version of it?
This workshop is for all of us foolish beings.
Together, we will explore one of the deepest aspects of nonduality. When oneness and separateness can coexist and depend upon each other, who we truly are arrives.
Come and join us for three online meetings.
Each meeting will deal with a separate concept from the Dialogues with Amitabha. You can register for one or more of the classes, but we suggest taking the entire series. It will be helpful—but not a requirement—to have a copy of Jason’s book: Ecstatic Speech: Expressions of True Nonduality and read the short chapter called “Dialogues with Amitabha.” You can purchase the book by clicking here.
TUESDAY
MARCH 5th 2024
6:00pm — 8:00pm EST
facilitated by eloiza jorge
Exploring racial Division from a nondual perspective
This introductory talk is for spiritual seekers who are interested in learning more about the problem of racial division from a nondual lens. How might we increase our capacity to relate to ourselves and others in a racialized world? How can we create space to feel less shame and blame in racially charged spaces? The goal of this gathering is to contribute to our individual and collective awakening and healing, particularly as it relates to racial division. The lecture will also include simple practices to soften our hearts and to meet what's here with more spaciousness and presence.
FRIDAYS
APRIL 5th, 12th, 19th
MAY 3rd 2024
12:30pm — 1:20pm EST
facilitated by nina koren
THE SILENT BODY
The silent body is without thought, beneath story and beyond conceptualization. Because it is these things, it is the province of the Great Mother, Shakti. -Jason Shulman
Over the past centuries in many spiritual traditions the body was left out or to be transcended or suppressed. This was different in the beginnings of mankind. It’s time for us to return to it: What wholeness could there be that leaves out important aspects of our human nature? In our everyday life we usually experience our body as “Body in history,” carrying the echos of the past. Our historical defenses seek to dissociate us from our body. Yet when we move beneath story and beyond conceptualization, we settle into the “silent body.” This is also a healing state. As we move more fully into feeling our body, we move more fully into feeling our spirituality. This work is deeply seated in the belief that the body and the spirit are a single thing. This does not mean they are identical, but that they are subtly different facets of a unifying condition. In this workshop we will let music, nature sounds and silence guide us towards our own silent body. We will explore wholeness in the body and body as wholeness. There will be short lectures, bodymeditations, sometimes movement. We will sit, sometimes stand and move, often lay down or gently move on the ground, in the comfort of your home. So please prepare mats or blankets and a cushion.
Each meeting of the Silent Body class will deepen the exploration of the text by Jason Shulman. You can register for any number of these sessions, but we suggest taking the entire series. It will be helpful—but not a requirement—to have a copy of Jason’s book: Ecstatic Speech: Expressions of True Nonduality and read the short chapter called “The Silent Body.” You can click here to purchase the book.
WEDNESDAY
MAY 8th 2024
6:00pm — 8:00pm EST
FACILITATED BY DAMON FARNUM
I thought i was done with that!
You’ve done the work, attended the classes, discovered your belief systems and explored your history - yet old familiar pains resurface as you step more fully into your life.
“I thought I was done with that” is a workshop to help individuals approach their old familiar pains through the consciousness of Nonduality, integrating and alchemizing inner challenges to open life to the next level of growth. Through a combination of group discussion, guided exercises, and individual reflection, through the lens of nonduality, participants will learn how to transform stuck places and create a more fulfilling future. This workshop is perfect for anyone who has done inner work, yet experiences the frustration of old patterns and beliefs that get in the way of the life they feel is possible.
WEDNESDAYS
MAY 22nd + 29th 2024
10:00am — 12:00pm EST
facilitated by Damon Farnum
living from wholeness: an introduction to nonduality
In this 2-class series we will journey into the experience of Nonduality beyond the conceptual, where everything, including our human difficulties, can be experienced as part of our greater wholeness. To experience this Wholeness, we learn that our personal selves, including our difficulties and suffering, need a home as well. That home is where our humanness and the Absolute touch and it is where the gift of nonduality is experienced. We will use meditation, lecture, inner reflection, spiritual practice and dyad work to immerse you in the place where our humanity and the divine meet. Class 1 will focus on the personal experience of wholeness, while Class 2 will reinforce what we experience in class 1 as well as bring that experience into relationship with another human being. We will begin as separate beings exploring the interface of our flawed humanness and the Great Oneness, ultimately bringing us into the truth, that we are indeed separate beings, flaws and all, and simultaneously an integral part of the interconnected web of life.
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Eloiza Jorge
Eloiza is a therapist and intuitive counselor living and working in NJ. She has been exploring the subject of racial division for over half of her life. She has an MA from UC Berkeley and an MSW from Rutgers. She has been studying with A Society of Souls since 2008.
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Damon Farnum
Damon is a life-long seeker of healing and self-transformation, a Nondual Kabbalistic and Shamanic Healer, spiritual teacher, business professional and intuitive. His devotion to healing and awakening is the guiding force in his life. He helps individuals do the personal work needed to heal and integrate the sources of their suffering and embody an authentic connection to their truest selves.
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Nina Koren
Nina loves guiding and supporting explorations into our wholeness. As a healer and teacher she has been supporting people from many different countries on their inner journeys for nearly twenty years. Her work is grounded in deep love and compassion for life, for this beautiful planes and its inhabitants from the human, animal and plant worlds.
The Nondual roundtable
a livestream event: Every second saturday of the month
at 11am est on facebook and youtube live
Past broadcasts:
If you decide to attend these free courses, please consider donating to The Foundation for Nonduality, a 501c(3) not-for-profit. (Suggested amount: $25). Your money will help the Foundation continue to make free programs available. Thank you!
The Nondual Circle of support
The world and many of us are currently going through very difficult times. The Foundation for Nonduality invites you to take a seat in this nondual circle of support. The nondual perspective returns us to wholeness because it is a life-affirming way of understanding the human condition. It recognizes the whole spectrum of our thoughts and the full range of our emotions without denying them, pushing them away, or being ruled by them. This group will be facilitated by Nina Koren. Nina Koren has worked internationally as a healer and journalist. She has led in-person support groups with participants from all over the world and online support groups during the pandemic. She has trained directly with Jason Shulman in Nondual Shamanism and also studied Nondual Kabbalistic Healing at A Society of Souls.
Thursdays at 2:00 pm eastern time : January 4th, January 11th, January 18th, February 8th, February 15 2024
The Nondual Circle of Support will initially have five sessions, each limited to ten people.
Once you register, you will receive a Zoom link.
You do not have to sign up for all five sessions—though you can.
If one session is filled, please choose another session.
The class is free, but a donation of $25.00 is suggested which will help support the outreach of the Foundation for Nonduality. However, the Foundation is grateful for donations of any amount and will not turn away any person who cannot afford a donation.