Resilience in the Anthropocene

This course invites you to be an active participant and not a passive learner! Mix and match the modules, contemplative and embodied exercises, and writing prompts as it works best for you. We hope you will use the journaling prompts, embodied exercises and discussion board to engage with fellow participants, and, as new ideas and inspiration come up, with your family, friends and community. Our goal is that the program lessons and exercises will engender and strengthen interconnectedness from the beginning. For learners completing the Psychology of Deep Resilience certificate program, this course is both an introduction and a capstone; you may start here or start with one of the other courses and return to this course at the end.

• Understand some of the current ecological and climate contexts and systems through an intersectional and justice lens
• Be introduced to the impact these crises have on our emotional and psychological well-being as well as that of our society
• Explore ways to strengthen your inner resilience through embodied exercises, writing prompts, and five contemplative practices from various wisdom traditions
• Begin examining the science of emotional regulation and contemplative psychology
• Engage in a basic understanding of the Loka Initiative’s Resilience Framework, which guides this course and the other three courses within the Psychology of Deep Resilience program and emphasizes the interdependence between inner, community and planetary resilience