As social divides deepen and collective stress rises, the skills needed to foster connection, trust, and belonging have never been more essential.
This course offers a grounded, relational framework for navigating complexity and change. Rooted in East Asian philosophy and modern organizational science, the Five Elements provide practical tools for building individual resilience, strengthening relationships, and cultivating communities of care.
Polarization, conflict, and rapid change can leave individuals, teams, and communities feeling unmoored, reactive, and disconnected. This course offers a grounded, relational framework for navigating complexity while cultivating connection, trust, and belonging. Rooted in the Five Elements system from East Asian philosophy and informed by modern organizational science, it introduces a practical way of understanding patterns of balance and imbalance within ourselves, our relationships, and the systems we inhabit.
Across four interactive sessions, participants will explore how the Five Elements โ Water, Wood, Fire, Earth, and Metal โ shape behavior, communication, conflict, and collaboration. Youโll learn to recognize underlying relational dynamics, work skillfully with difference, and design conditions that support trust, resilience, and collective wellbeing. Each session blends accessible teaching, reflection, and experiential practice, offering tools you can immediately apply in communities, organizations, classrooms, and movements for change.
This course is designed for anyone longing for a more humane, connected way of leading and living. Whether youโre working in community spaces, organizational settings, education, or social and environmental movements โ or simply seeking deeper self-understanding and more meaningful relationships โ youโll gain practical skills and a fresh perspective for fostering belonging in turbulent times.
This course runs from June 2โ23, 2026, with live classes held on Tuesdays from 11:00 a.m.โ12:30 p.m. (PT) via Zoom. Recordings will be available for registrants who miss a session.
Bioneers Learning offers a limited amount of scholarships for individuals to attend this course. These scholarships are meant to ensure diverse participation and representation, prioritizing financial support for persons from under-resourced communities. Bioneers values bringing together people from a multiplicity of identities and backgrounds. We encourage persons from ALL backgrounds/identities/communities to apply! You are welcome here, apply now:
