SPECTRA: A 9-Month Journey of Transformation

Spectra is an experiential training program that deeply engages consciousness, personal and collective evolution, and service to the world. Our curriculum draws from ancient Wisdom traditions, cutting edge psychological science and transformational group processes.

Our next cohort will begin August 2025

What is Spectra?

• Do you feel called to live life from a deeper, more authentic place?
• Would you like to be a part of a community that both challenges and supports you, all in service of your evolutionary growth?
• Do you seek a path that honors the gifts of your tradition (or non-tradition) while being open to all truth?
• Are you eager to engage trusted guides, mentors and elders who have walked the path of waking up and growing up?

Spectra guides participants through a dynamic integration of the sacred and the secular. Our curriculum is meant to be complementary to any tradition or belief system you hold. Over many years we have honed an approach to catalyze human potential through cohort learning; communities of practice which are about 25 people in size. Through the cohort experience participants come to express their unique gifts more fully in their lives. Participants also develop skill and leadership in the context of group life—how to listen for the unique voice of a collective and help guide it towards its higher purpose.

Overarching Frameworks & Curriculum

STAGES (A Map of Human Development):

The DNA of human consciousness: Where you have been, where you are, and your future potential.

• Learn about the spectrum of consciousness and the different stages of human development.
• Receive masterful developmental support and coaching.
• Be held in a container and process that adapts to your specific developmental needs, themes, and concerns.
• Extend into your leading developmental edge while developing strength and robustness with your current developmental skills.
• Experience and embody both individual and collective evolution.

STATES (Integral Polarity Practice):

An elegant synthesis of states of consciousness and stages of development. A comprehensive life and awareness practice for cultivating and expressing your unique gifts in the world.

• Develop a healthy integration of body, emotions, mind and Spirit.
• Learn how to work with polarities within the self, others and change initiatives in the world.
• Collapse stress-inducing polarities into nondual “still points”.
• Access lasting flow states of inspiration and compassionate action.
• Cultivate virtue—the capacity for non-egoic action—adding leaven to every situation.

SHADOW WORK (Psychological Healing):

A curriculum and framework for recovering your inherent wholeness, bringing unconditional kindness to your deepest vulnerabilities, and revealing life’s disturbances to be grace absolute.

• Explore individual and collective shadow.
• Learn how shadow work can create a greater space for consciousness to flourish.
• Heal the psychological wounds of the self in a way that meditative approaches struggle to address.
• Experience the power of collective healing.

SOPHIA (Wisdom Traditions):

Discover universal wisdom patterns from the world’s great traditions both sacred and secular. Enter the imaginal field where ancestors past, present and future stand in support of your heart’s deepest longing.

• Realize an integration of ancient wisdom and modern science.
• Discern universal patterns at the roots of the world’s Wisdom traditions.
• Appreciate and integrate the power of your specific root tradition(s).
• Learn to serve and heal the secular-religious divide in your own local community.

Program Outcomes

• Connect to higher purpose and a sense of personal calling by creating the work you love.
• Develop skill at engaging complex change initiatives at the organizational, community and societal level.
• Build skill at thriving in complexity through accessing intuition and inspiration.
• Express leadership through presence and visionary space holding.
• Gain a working knowledge of developmental dynamics in individuals, collectives, and systems.
• Cultivate a genuine appreciation for the full spectrum of humanity: from traditional, to modern, to postmodern and beyond.
• Free up energy that is frozen in psychological shadow and redirect it toward healing in self and others.
• Draw sustenance and guidance by connecting deeply to ancestry, lineage and the wisdom traditions.

“Spectra is like a living laboratory in which to explore relationships and new ways of being. We get to notice our predictable patterns and intentionally experiment with a truer and more honest identity, all the while being supported and challenged by a community. It’s a chance to let go of what we think we are and, from a place of open wonder, allow a new self to emerge.” - Spectra 1 Participant

Who should apply:

Are you someone who:
Is ready to expand your container of consciousness?
Wants to challenge your own worldview and experience significant transformation?
Is ready to commit to difficult inner work?
Seeks to offer courageous service to your community and in the world?
Is looking for a community that can see you and reflect back to you your higher potentials?
Yearns for an evolutionary spiritual path while integrating timeless wisdom?
Seeks to deepen their capacity for meditative awareness and presence in the world?
Wants to help your family, community, or organization take the lid off its own developmental potential?

Whether you are an avid meditator, social justice activist, soul reaching beyond the borders of traditional religions, audacious entrepreneur, or simply a profoundly curious being, we welcome you to join this evolutionary community. At Spectra, we are committed to supporting you in more fully bringing forth your unique gifts as a sacred offering to the world.

Application

Our next cohort begins August 2025
Questions? Email info@lowerlightswisdom.org

Mentors

The mentor positions at Spectra is by invitation only.

Lead Facilitator

Visiting Faculty

Assistant Faculty