Course Content

In this course, we begin healing ourselves and our relationships with an exploration of ourselves as fields of possibility, inquiring into who we are as individuals and partners. We will build a theoretical foundation for this inner work through exploration of models of consciousness from Sri Aurobindo, concepts of the Divine Feminine and Divine Masculine from the Mahābhārata and Tantra, the Navarasas from Nāṭyaśāstra, and aspects of the mind from the Yoga Sūtras.
We will become conscious of what percolates in the subtle layers of our consciousness, including emotions, thoughts, and behaviors that keep us stuck in unhealthy patterns. We will learn how to shift through what we wish to carry forward in our lives and what we wish to release. From a place of centeredness within ourselves, we will connect with our partners, enhancing the languages of emotional and mental intimacy to build more understanding and trust in our relationships. We will discuss dharmic concepts that allow for the full honoring and expression of ourselves within relationships.
Throughout the ages, humans have looked to the concepts of marriage, relationship, and family to create stability, reaffirm their identities, and find belonging. As an ideal, family is portrayed as an incubator for a couple’s love and common interests, a foundation for the raising of children, and a way to merge resources for the benefit of all. It is a pathway for acceptance and respect within one’s community and society.
Yet, marriage, relationships, and family are often battlegrounds of the ego and heart, spaces of discord and disconnection where our partners are no longer our allies but combatants in the daily grind of trying to get everything done. Frequently, it is within our families where we feel most misunderstood and alone.
In our modern lives, many of us are caught up in ego-based relationships, where our deepest wounds are triggered, leading to feelings of disconnection, isolation, and unhappiness.
For ten weeks, students will be guided through a Hindu yogic psychological lens and psychospiritual framework, lecture, experiential meditations, small-group interactions, personal reflection, and community sharing to become more whole and resilient in themselves, as partners, and as parents. They will discover ways to understand themselves and their partners, and come together in greater harmony and unity, opening possibilities for their highest qualities of love, generosity, resilience, and compassion to emerge.

Disclaimer/ What the course is not:
The program is not planned as a couple’s therapy. While enhanced understanding and enriching communication and intimacy are aimed as outcomes, the program is not aimed at working with violence or recovery processes in relationships.