The Sunflower
Community
The Sunflower Community helps radical spiritual activists develop the spiritual and relational tools that liberation demands through ritual, accountability, and community practice.
We are currently closed.
Doors re-open 15 October 2026.
Have you ever felt like the only one in the room who sees the full picture – who knows that spiritual practice and political struggle are not separate, but one?
You are not alone.
Join us as we practice:
Liberation
Learn and practice the spiritual and relational tools that liberation demands.
Discuss strategy, and discern when and how to to apply tools that enable us to build a better world, while resisting oppression in this one.
Alchemy
Transmute rage and grief into sustained, strategic action.
Transform burnout into renewed energy and purpose.
Shift hearts and minds… with clarity and compassion
Solidarity
Develop a network of solidarity and understanding with other radical spiritual activists.
Find your accomplices – those who will stand beside you, and hold you accountable.
About Namora
I am a grandchild of empire.
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 Buddhist monastic, I sat with the liberatory lessons of Buddhism, but grew frustrated at how little the institution did to embody our precepts as real-world change.
I’ve worked as an organiser, therapist, and facilitator for years, bridging political liberation with spiritual wisdom in a way that centres accountability, justice, and our shared-humanity.
As I crossed paths with others seeking the saw the full picture, The Sunflower Community was born to support us in our work.
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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 real interpersonal or organising problems and debrief them with your peers. This event is the only ones which is recorded. Two deep dives per sesson. The SCRUMS are solution-oriented spaces.
Thursday, 8pm CET
Deep Dive Sessions
Every Thursday, we practice something different, responding to the flow of our community needs. Thursday is when we have guest speakers, when we take part in apology labs, when we practice Qi Gong, or when we test entirely new formats to support our growth.
Sunday, 10am CET
We share a passage, then lead a meditation. Afterwards we discuss what came up for you – around the text, the practice, or your life.
Sangha (Meditation + Wisdom Sharing)
Plus seasonal special events, guest speakers, new moon rituals, and more.
Interactive Community Onboarding
The Sunflower Community bridges people of different backgrounds, faiths, and campaigns.
It is essential that we know how to be in right relationship with one another, so that the community can be a space of solidarity, and support. All new members are enrolled in this special onboarding course to get to know their peers, and practice the relational tools we need for collective liberation.
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: Cults and Relational Dynamics
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
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, as well as powerful relational and spiritual tools for liberation.
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 event 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 indigenous peoples of the global majority.
The Sunflower Community is primarily attended by black and brown women of colour, and those working to re-indigenise themselves. Hence, their safety and inclusion within the space remains a guiding principle of our organisation.
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No. There is no single correct faith – and that is intentional.
Faith is required. To be a spiritual activist, you need faith: faith that a better world is possible, and faith in the transformative capacity of human beings. Without that, the work becomes despair.
But faith is not our foundation. Our foundational values are diversity, action, and accountability. For many religious communities, a specific brand of faith becomes the foundational value because they are more attached to doctrine than to the actual message of justice in their faith. When that happens, other qualities – virtue, love, humility, action – become secondary. We take a different approach.
In The Sunflower Community, we stand for liberation, and we stand with The People of The Global Majority. We recognise our differences while also seeing the places where we are the same. We take the perspective that God, the Cosmos, the Universe, or whatever you wish to name it, is expansive enough to appear to people in different forms.
Who is not at home here? People who subscribe to a purely material view of the world – who hold no space for the mystical, the intangible, or the more‑than‑human – will not feel at home here. We dwell in mystery as much as we dwell in action. That is part of what makes us a spiritual activist community, not just a political one.
You are welcome exactly as you are – as long as you are willing to act, to be accountable, and to hold space for others who may meet the divine differently than you do.