Via Negativa 2025: Finding Balance in Complex Times

September 21-December 14, 2025

The Via Negativa is a gift – essential and grounding in our journey of living fully. The fact that it invites us into the depths of darkness, mystery, release and pain does not lessen its value to us. As much as we’d love to sidestep all of that and jump to the bright, hopeful and uplifting, we know that falling leaves and broken branches create the compost in which the magic of new life emerges. Only by walking with integrity through the dark can we come into the light.

Our losses and grief are real. Our path through the Via Negativa calls us to face head-on our tangible losses; to embrace the fear and pain of not knowing how threats to our planet, our nation, and our security are going to impact us.

And the Via Negativa invites us to stronger community. We are not made for facing the darkness alone. We need each other. Togetherness is what alchemizes our pain and fear, and allows hope to be rekindled. Welcome to the Via Negativa!

• September 21: Adapting to Change with Michael Smith
• September 28: Seeking Forgiveness with Billy Jonas
• October 5: Honoring all Creatures with Lin Orndorf
• October 12: Fostering Self-determination with Yona FrenchHawk
• October 19: Finding the Light Within with Laura Collins
• October 26: Living with Uncertainty with Candace Chellew
• November 2: Reverence for the Ancestors with Yona FrenchHawk
• November 9: Cultivating Justice with Scott Hardin-Nieri
• November 16: Dancing with Intolerance Porscha Orndorf
• November 23: Receiving Life's Bounty with Byron Ballard
• November 30: Searching for Hope with Candace Chellew
• December 7: Praying for Peace with Rose Bator
• December 14: Holding on to Joy with Matt Farris