sacred activism

Nina Simons, co-founder of Bioneers, and Deborah Eden Tull

Now, as we face so much accelerated and multi-faceted change, we are each called to serve what we love and want to protect from the deepest parts of our being. Sacred activism speaks to what inspires, guides and resources us to serve life, while integrating deep listening, collaboration and restoration. It goes to the root of cultivating regenerative change. Although our society has long polarized the sacred and activism as binaries, this emergent field may be what is most needed for cultivating personal and collective relational leadership. 


Most of us have grown up with cultural norms that have conditioned us to avoid what’s difficult, challenging or painful. We turn away from or ignore the tough stuff, and often don’t engage with conflict or make space to fully process loss.But if we reorient ourselves, we may recognize that the challenges, traumas, and adversities we face are life’s ways of honing and strengthening us. What if, as Buddhist teachings note, obstacles do not block the way, but are the way?

Read Eden’s blog posts, Ground Zero: When we Have Nothing but Connection to Source, Which is Everything and 4 Vital Principles of Sacred Activism.

Sacred Activism explores: 

  • Redefining both Activism and the Sacred, to identify and clarify our own relationships with each of them, so that they can resource us regeneratively in our service on behalf of what we love.  

  • Practices for cultivating relational mindfulness to strengthen our capacity to meet adversity, conflicts and trauma with compassion, equanimity, and conscious response.

  • Ways in which we are co-evolving leadership itself to become more relationally-attuned and -oriented, shifting from power over to power with and power to.

  • How expanding our capacity for inquiry, deep listening, and embodiment can support and strengthen our ability to see clearly - from the heart - and receive guidance as we meet life’s challenges. 

  • Ways to resource ourselves to better balance self-care with care for the world.

  • Encouragement for embracing the full complexity of despair, hopelessness, faith and hope within a spaciousness that nourishes emotional resilience.      

  • Support for engaging in our work as change agents with love, wholeness, and fierce compassion rather than fear, scarcity or urgency as our foundation.

We invite you to join us for the following programs that explore Sacred Activism.

  • Registration is open now for Eden’s May retreat with Zen Teacher and Climate Scientist Kritee Kanko:

RETURN TO SOURCE: A WORK THAT RECONNECTS RETREAT FOR CHANGEMAKERS

Mon, May 19, 2025 - Sun, May 25, 2025

Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center 

With Kritee Kanko

Register here

  • Registration will open soon for Eden’s workshop on Sacred Activism offered through Bioneers.

Here are some past Sacred Activism offerings:

EMBODIED CHANGE-MAKING AND SACRED JUSTICE ON BEHALF OF LIFE 2025

Stay tuned for future dates.

Guided meditations by Deborah Eden Tull are now available on the Simple Habit App. Click here to download and listen. Use code "meditatewitheden" for a free 2 week trial!

Guided meditations by Deborah Eden Tull are now available on the Simple Habit App. Click here to download and listen. Use code "meditatewitheden" for a free 2 week trial!

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The best way to deepen your practice with the support of Eden’s guidance and inquiry, and the support of conscious community, is to join the Fierce Compassion Sangha, for a monthly sliding scale donation.

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