WHO: Alixa Garcia
WHEN: Saturday, January 24th – Sunday, May 31st
WHERE: Online everywhere (in-person option upon completion)

It begins with the body – the first territory we can liberate. Imaginal is a six-month journey including communion with the body, supporting the remembrance of nature as the ultimate creative force, and the cultivation of a liberatory imaginal praxis. Imaginal supports disidentification from the inherited colonial language that has captured thoughts and imagination using decolonial and creative somatics to bring bodily awareness to our imagination praxis. After completing the online course, participants may join an in-person gathering in the sacred landscapes of Peru for an additional cost.

WHO: The Garrison Institute, Báyò Akómoláfé and Laura Peña Zanatta
WHEN: Online: Wednesday, March 4th; Tuesday, March 10th; Saturday, March 21st | 11:30am EDT | In-Person: Friday, March 27th – Tuesday, March 31st
WHERE: Online Everywhere & In-Person: 14 Mary’s Way | Garrison | NY | U.S.A.

With rising fires and blood-orange skies inflamed by loss, genocide, and the drift of authoritarian winds, the weather forecast for the futures we hope for doesn’t look too good. In the middle of multidimensional storms, a singular question – emerging from the anxieties of our days – pierces the spin of things: what do we do? How do we become responsible to these moments of ruin and rule? This course explores the idea that societal systems and certainties have inherent fissures (cracks) that serve as potent sites for unexpected transformation and new ways of being.

Learn more and register here. 

WHO: Lama Rod Owens
WHEN: March 2026 – March 2027
WHERE: Online Everywhere

In the tradition of spiritual abolition, grief is understood to be a teacher and partner, helping us to recognize that grief is the tension we feel as something changes, forcing us to figure out who we are in this shifting. And grief is the uncomfortable experience of not getting what we want. Mourning is how we tend to grief – through expressing the experience of discomfort, ambiguity, somatic embodiment, and ritual. Join Lama Rod for this spiritual abolitionist journey where they will rely on the wisdom of Tantric Buddhism, African spirituality, the Black Prophetic tradition, American Indigenous traditions, & sacred herbalism to understand and experience why our full embodiment of freedom must center tending to our broken hearts while invoking real joy to hold the labor of liberation.

Learn more and register here.

WHO: Clown Spirit
WHEN: Thursday, April 9th – Sunday, April 12th
WHERE: Online Everywhere

What is our responsibility as humans, and as clowns, to each other, to Earth, to the more-than-human, and to the vast beyond? In a world on fire with hubris and collapse, yet brimming with beauty and paradox, CLOWNVERGENCE invites us to remember that clowns have the skills we need to thrive in adversity: illuminating what isn’t working, revealing the absurdity of our systems, bringing joy, and helping us laugh at our futile attempts to control life.

This 4-day online gathering offers 39 sessions — workshops, panels, Clown Cafés, a carnival, open spaces, and more! It’s a space for clowns of all levels – from complete beginners to seasoned teachers – to come together in curiosity, to learn, share, connect, and unlearn

Learn more and register here.

WHO: Circle Generation
WHEN: Tuesday, April 21st – Tuesday, June 9th
WHERE: Online Everywhere

Life organizes in networks, and change happens through relationships. At this time, we need leaders who can unleash the collective creativity necessary to address complex challenges. Circle Generation’s Network Leadership Series (NLS) fosters capacities and capabilities to facilitate collaboration for collective flourishing.

NLS is a participatory learning journey designed to build your confidence and capability as a relational leader. It is intended for leaders, consultants, and conveners who actively support a network, systems change initiative, cross-sector collaborative, community of practice, or coalition. If your success hinges on people connecting, coordinating, and co-creating, join NLS! 

       
WHO: Emergence Magazine
WHEN: Wednesday, May 6th – Wednesday, September 23rd, 2026 (online) | Tuesday, June 16th – Saturday, June 20, 2026 (in-person)
WHERE: Online everywhere & In-person: Devon | UK

The Seeds of Radical Renewal Fellowship will create an incubator of emerging leadership and creativity with an approach based on integrating the ontology of spiritual ecology, the adaptive leadership framework, and the power of art and story to create alchemical spaces of regeneration and renewal. With the guidance of guest teachers — acclaimed writer, artist, and thinker James Bridle; adaptive leadership teacher Dana Karout; and filmmaker, author, Sufi teacher, and Emergence Magazine executive editor Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee —participants will take part in five online sessions, leading up to a five-day in-person retreat at Sharpham Trust in Devon, England.

WHO: Centre for Social Innovation
WHEN: Wednesday, May 13, 7:00 – 9:00 PM EDT
WHERE: Centre for Social Innovation, 192 Spadina Ave., Toronto, ON, M5T 2C2

Rather than urging us to move faster or work harder to fix the world, Báyò asks a more unsettling and generative question: What if the transformations we seek require us to ‘slow down’, and learn anew from a world migrating from the conveniences of systemic legibility? On May 13th, you’re invited to gather at the Centre for Social Innovation for an evening of reflection and conversation with Báyò as we explore what it might mean to navigate this moment of planetary transition with humility, imagination, and care. 

Learn more about the fireside chat, as well as an opportunity to attend a private dinner with Báyò Báyò here.

WHO: Culture Hack Labs
WHEN: Thursday, May 28th – Thursday, December 17th (online); Thursday, October 22 – Wednesday, October 28th (in-person)

WHERE: Online & Costa Rica

Are you a narrative practitioner, artist, journalist, storyteller, or activist working at the intersection of culture change & regenerative solutions? The Rhizome Fellowship is a nine-month journey designed to equip you with tools for narrative-led systems change. This fellowship provides a structured yet experimental space to develop and prototype narrative interventions that disrupt extractive models and seed regenerative futures. Selected fellows will receive access to resources, mentorship, and a global support network. One representative per project will travel to Costa Rica to join the in-person gathering.

Those ready to challenge colonial worldviews and cultivate regenerative narratives are welcome to apply here. Deadline: April 16.

WHO: Nose to Nose
WHEN: Sunday, July 26th – Friday, July 31st
WHERE: Peredur Centre | West Hoathly Road | West Sussex | East Grinstead | UK

In a world that often demands certainty, how can we embrace the unknown with openness, curiosity, and playfulness? How can we hold space for deep inquiry, creative exploration, and embodied wisdom? Celebrating Not Knowing is an immersive retreat that invites participants to explore personal, social, and systemic transformation through three unique but interconnected modalities: Social Presencing Theater (SPT), Clowning, and Courage & Renewal Practices. It is a rare opportunity to engage with three internationally recognized facilitators — Arawana Hayashi, Vivian Gladwell, and Penny Williamson — each bringing a distinct yet complementary approach to accessing insight and resilience through embodied practice, deep listening, and clowning improvisation.

Learn more here.