The Sunflower
Community
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Doors re-open 15 October 2026.
“A community for the spiritual seekers who are exhausted by spaces that ignore power – and the politically engaged who are starving for soul. We solve the fragmentation, burnout, and isolation that comes from trying to hold both alone.”
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Connect to a global community of spiritual activists, working to show up and build a better world – in big ways and small.
I created the Sunflower Community to solve the fragmentation, burnout, and isolation that comes from trying to hold both a spiritual practice and the fight against oppression – alone.
This is a place where you can:
Recover from burnout through ritual, rest, and collective care - allowing you to stay aligned and in action with your work.
Bring incisive clarity to your prefigurative actions by integrating spiritual depth with a critical awareness of patriarchy, white supremacy, and capitalism.
Practice co‑creating spaces that foster accountability, solidarity, and deep transformation – of ourselves, our communities, and the world.
Why does this matter?
Because spirituality without politics becomes escape. Politics without spirituality becomes burnout. Integration is how we have faith in each other and a better world; how we practice stillness of mind, to meet oppression with clarity; how we transmute rage and grief into the strength that we need to midwife a better world.
Our Regular Rythym
All times are CET (Central European Time).
Monday, 8pm CET (rotating weekly)
Check-in Circle
A space to speak emotionally with one another and practice Non‑violent Communication. Simple check‑in: your name, how you’re feeling, what’s been up for you. Then we follow where the group needs to go. The check-ins are emotionally oriented spaces.
SCRUM + Peer Coaching
Bring a real problem. Peers ask clarifying questions, then discuss it among themselves. You take notes and debrief the insights you gleaned. This event is the only ones which is recorded. Two interventions per session. The SCRUMS are solution-oriented spaces.
Thursday, 8pm CET (rotating weekly)
Collective Journaling + Sketching
We begin with a guided meditation, journaling a dialogue with our dominant hand, then sketching with your non‑dominant. No art skills needed. This is a private exploration held in collective space – we close with optional sharing.
Qi Gong + Ecstatic Dance
(Cameras Optional)
We settle in, check-in with our feelings, and begin a slow qi-gong warm-up. Then, we slip into rhythm, allowing the body to move and shake. Finally, we rest and settle into a grounded check-out with our feelings once more.
Sunday, 10am CET
Sangha (Meditation + Wisdom Sharing)
We share a passage, then lead a meditation. Afterwards we discuss what came up for you – around the text, the practice, or your life.
Plus seasonal special events, guest speakers, new moon rituals, and more.
Interactive Community Onboarding
A special onboarding course is made available to new members of The Sunflower Community to ensure that we share similar norms, and know how to be in right relationships with one another, and that we get a chance to connect to one another in small and human spaces.
All sessions are 3 hours long with two 10 minute breaks, so that we are not seated in front of the PC for more than an hour at a time. Sessions are held live on Zoom and recordings are provided if you cannot attend live.
Session 1: Spiritual Activism and Liberated Community
Date: 17 October, 10am CET to 1pm CET
In this opening workshop, we:
Meet one another and learn about the community’s purpose and values.
Co‑create shared norms that will guide our time together.
Explore what it means to be a spiritual activist – integrating inner practice with outer justice.
Examine the patterns of cults and abusive relationships, and contrast them with liberated community based on consent, mutual aid, and radical honesty.
Session 2: Dialogue and Non-Violent Communication
Date: 31 October, 10am CET to 1pm CET
We dive into the art of speaking and listening across difference:
Distinguish between debate, dialogue, and discussion.
Recognise the facets of violent communication (judgment, blame, etc.).
Practice non‑violent self‑expression and “elephant ears” listening – hearing what’s underneath the words.
Learn to turn contradictions into clarified action.
Session 3: Transformative Justice and Being an Accomplice
Date: 14 November, 10am CET to 1pm CET
The final workshop prepares us to act with accountability:
Reflect on intimacy, identity, and how they shape our relationships.
Understand transformative justice – repairing harm without relying on punishment, shame or exile.
Navigate the difference between shame and accountability, and how to stay engaged.
Learn what it really means to be an accomplice, not just an ally.
The onboarding sessions are crucial for us to be able to flock together as a truly decentralized community. If you are unable to make it to a given session, recordings will be available to you, and you will be asked to write a short essay on the themes of that session.
Joining The Sunflower Community is a quarterly commitment and we only open our doors every 3 months.
Join The Waitlist
€90 for a quarterly subscription
includes access to:
A 9-hour structured onboarding that equips your cohort with shared language and tools.
3 weekly live events.
A mobile community platform (WhatsApp).
A peer-to-peer community.
A global network of spiritual activists who integrate inner and outer work.
The knowledge that your membership helps fund solidarity slots for marginalised members.
We legacy members at the price they joined. Even if our rates go up, your subscription stays at the rate you first paid – for as long as you remain a member.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Most spiritual spaces ignore power; most political spaces ignore the soul.
We do neither.
We actively recognise and address privilege, supremacy, and systemic harm – without spiritual bypass (using spiritual concepts or practice to avoid difficult realities).
And we actively tune into the bigger picture, our beliefs, and personal development – without material bypass (ignoring the inner world in favour of external action).
We are a peer‑to‑peer community, not a top‑down cult of personality.
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Deep integration takes time. A single workshop won’t undo a lifetime of fragmentation.
The 3‑month cycle gives you space to build relationships, practice new skills (non-violent communication, accountability, etc.), and experience the rhythm of collective care. You’re never locked in – but you are encouraged to stay long enough to feel things shift.
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A structured onboarding that equips your cohort with shared language and norms, and which equips you with tools to be clear with your spiritual and political practices.
Weekly live events.
A private, encrypted platform (Slack) without ads.
A global network of spiritual activists who integrate inner and outer work.
The knowledge that your membership helps fund solidarity slots for marginalised members.
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Yes. For every cycle, we offer one free solidarity slot to a person from a highly marginalised background (e.g., from the Global South, asylum seeker, or disabled with no income).
The slot is funded by the Supporter Option (€120/quarter). To apply, write me an email at namora@marigoldunfoldment.com with a short note about your situation.
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The onboarding course is 9 hours total (live or recorded). Weekly events total about 3 hours per week, but there is no strict attendance requirement.
Most members attend the onboarding sessions, then 1–2 events per week.
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This is an ideal space to explore.
You’ll be exposed to a range of spiritual traditions (shamanic practice, meditation, etc.) and political frameworks (pre-figurative politics, anti‑capitalism, transformative justice) in a supportive, low‑pressure environment.
You don’t need to have everything figured out – just an open mind, willingness to learn, and the courage to discern what is and isn’t true for you.
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The Sunflower Community is explicitly anti‑colonial and aligned with Palestinian liberation. We do not platform or include:
Advocates of Zionism understood as a political ideology that supports Jewish supremacy, white supremacy, settler colonialism, or the ongoing military occupation of Palestine.
Former members of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) who have not publicly and credibly recanted their service and committed to transformative accountability for their role in the occupation.
As part of our commitment to decoloniality and anti-racism, The Sunflower Community also does not centre the experiences of whiteness. That is not to say that white people may not join or attend, but that we deliberately choose to centre the experiences and ways of being of the people of the global majority.
The Sunflower Community is primarily attended by black and brown women of colour, and their safety and inclusion within the space remains a guiding principle of our organisation.
About Namora
I’ve been a spiritual activist for nearly 20 years.
As a young Malaysian, I advocated against race‑based discrimination at home, and the subtle reach of white supremacy into our culture and institutions. Later, as a novice Buddhist monk, I loved the spiritual discipline – but grew frustrated that we did so little to embody and realise our precepts as real‑world change.
So I searched. I spent years, savings, and more than a few heartbreaks looking for a space that could hold both the spiritual and the material – a community where no one had to choose between inner practice and outer justice.
I knew others who were searching too, and The Sunflower Community is what I wished had existed for all of us.