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“There’s no liberation without actually leaning forward and looking at the things that we habitually run away from, in order to see things as they really are, not as we have imagined them.”

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Healing, Resiliency, and the New Free World 

Saturday, May 30th, 2026 from 9am-5pm ET

The world is unsteady and chaotic. Many of us are being confronted with the reality of death and change in a way we thought we never would. In the face of all this, it is hard to maintain our physical and emotional balance. In this daylong in Atlanta, we will explore healing and resiliency through meditation, breath practice, gentle movement, visualizations, and group discussions.

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Werk with Lama Rod Spring '26 Offering

Mindfulness as Spiritual Abolition: Healing Our Confusion About the Truth of Freedom

Saturday, June 6th, 2026 from 11am-3pm ET

Immerse yourself in a half-day virtual retreat devoted to deep and embodied exploration of mindfulness as a radical force for spiritual abolition and joy. Drawing inspiration from our beloved community of Free Radicals, practitioners of all backgrounds from around the world are invited to deepen their direct relationship with the werk of mindfulness as a timeless capacity for freedom and healing beyond conceptual theory or critique.

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“Our era calls for saints who are from this time and place, who speak the language of this moment, and who integrate both social and spiritual liberation. I believe we all can and must become New Saints.”

Discover insights and techniques to ignite your inner fierceness and compassion; create a sustainable spiritual practice that serves others and the planet; and embody the virtues of a New Saint.

Here is a clarion call for becoming a spiritual warrior—a human refreshed, serving a vision of a world shaped by love.

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“The New Saints is breathtakingly honest. From grief and loneliness to radical acceptance, Lama Rod Owens beautifully weaves in the complexities of being human and truly getting free. It is a gift to be on this Earth in the same space and time as Lama Rod Owens.”

—Nova Reid, author of The Good Ally

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“The New Saints will challenge your current understanding and offer fresh inspiration about ways, together, we can bring healing to our beautiful and broken world. This is a bold and powerful offering—one that attunes to our times with great lucidity, wisdom, and heart.”

—Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance and Radical Compassion

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