The Nature of Being Human

ONLINE

“The SoULL experience revealed to me an inner rhythm that connects my soul, body, spirit with all the energy around and even beyond me. Life, breath, the pulsation of my beating heart and the blooming of a flower are one and the same force. It’s exhilarating!”

- Pilgrim SoULL Student 2020

The Nature of Being Human is Unit 1 of Pilgrim SoULL - Year 1.

We are proud to share this introductory SoULL program, which substantially improves the quality of people’s ordinary lives and expands pracitioners breadth of practice and stamina.

What do we do? In this course, students are introduced to a somatically-oriented overview of human development, and a language of human life that includes growth, aging and dying. Students learn to see spiritual, energetic and physical experience as deeply connected through the human life span and even beyond. On its own, this course helps people reorient their ideas of life and death and know themselves as part of nature, not opposed to it, which radically reduces existential anxiety. This course also offers a way for students to step into SoULL material without a full year committment.

The Nature of Being Human is taught in small classes and, like all SoULL material, is both didactic, interactive and highly experiential. However we teach it, we support students in linking insights from this class to existing theories within somatic psychology, especially mindfulness based practices and Neo-Reichian ideas. However do not think that this course is only for professionals. This material is powerful and completely accessible for people who are not therapists. It is for any curious, open-minded adult.

Students are often interested in continuing to complete Units 2 and 3 of Pilgrim SoULL after taking this course. We hope you do this, and we will accomodate as space allows in the class. However, we encourage people to commit to the full program from the start if they are able.

WHo is this for?

Therapists and other professionals who want to better support their clients through their existential anxiety
Regular folks who struggle to feel connected to their purpose
People who want to free themselves from the fear of death and dying so they can live more fully

The Nature of Being Human ONLINE

Curriculum includes 24 hours of learning about life:

8 recorded lectures - Approximately 6 hours
18 hours of unique and provocative in-class experiences, process and
discussion.
Moderated class platform discussions on Mighty Networks between
classes.

Live sessions will take place on Saturday or Sunday mornings (U.S.). Exact times and lengths will be published closer to the start of the program. Most classes will be 1.5 to 4 hour sessions depending on content.

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Interested in joining us, but need to talk to someone? Book a free call with a past student so that you can understand the profound impact our programming has on people!

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INFORMATION ABOUT The ONLINE PROGRAM

Until 2022 our online programs have been live, and taught in two- 3 day weekends (rather than an intensive 4 day retreat). Last year we tried something different. Jeanne taped her lectures so that students can watch them during their own time during the week. Students then met online to discuss, do the experiential work for the course, and process with experienced facilitators. It worked beautifully! So we are going to offer it in this format again. Jeanne will still be in some classes and some lectures will be live.

Why the change? This format allows students from all over the world to explore our curriculum and join in. Exact times for programs are determined after we know where students are coming from in the world.

Of course, we highly recommend that students do this work in person if it is possible for them. For information on our in-person teaching, read about Year 1 Pilgrim SoULL.