Frequently Asked Questions

Students unfamiliar with online classes often have questions. Here are some of the most frequently asked ones we've encountered.

Online Classes

  • Lorian Education’s interactive classes and programs offer important benefits. Discussions in the classes expand one’s individual understanding as students share questions, experiences, perceptions and interpretations. And the encouragement, feedback and sense of community that inevitably grow out of the online conversations widen one’s confidence in exploring and working with incarnational ideas in one’s daily life.

  • Lorian classes are conducted through our online Lorian Education classroom website. Upon signing up for your first class, you will be invited to set up an account with your email and a password. Once registered, you will have access to all the classes you have taken in your Learning Library where your class archives are stored. All course materials are available 24/7 and will remain accessible after the course ends. The day your class begins, you will receive an email reminding you to join the class by clicking on the provided link.

    Classes may include downloadable books or other written essays and experiential exercises presented by the faculty, recorded audio exercises, and/or live webinars. You can work with the material at your own pace over the week. You will be able to fit reading and reflection time into your schedule. When live webinars are offered as part of a class, you are sent a direct link to join the session via Zoom technology. These webinars are then recorded and posted for you to access if the original timing conflicts with your schedule.

             To engage with the class, simply click on the available topics and enter your response to course questions, communicate with the instructor, or engage in discussion with other students by typing in your comments.

  • We simply encourage you to participate with interest, discernment, and openness to the degree that your comfort level and time allow. 

    We also expect you to keep anything that is shared in the class confidential. This provides a safe place for people to share and explore.

    You can read our Confidentiality Agreement here.

  • Yes, there is usually an active dialogue that is established between participants despite time and distance and quite a friendly feel to the exchange. We strive to support a learning community atmosphere that includes humor and humanness where often there is an unexpected sense of connection even when some participants live across the globe.

  • Each module includes extensive study materials in the form of PDF books and/or audio files of lectures or past workshops on the subject. Audio recordings of guided incarnational meditations are also included.

    Each module has a slightly different configuration of materials but each is a full-bodied learning experience. For those who have studied one or more of the modules, there is the opportunity to go more deeply with our live classes to deepen your integration with the material.

  • Yes, we occasionally offer programs around the United States and Canada. Sign up for our Newsletter for any events that may happen near you.

    When there is sufficient interest in Incarnational Spirituality we also encourage individuals, such as yourself, to sponsor a Lorian workshop or study group in your area.

    Contact Us to learn more about how to coordinate an event in your area.

Choosing Classes

  • There are many paths to discover more about Incarnational Spirituality. There are free Introductory Webinars; Core Classes that present core Incarnational Spirituality teachings, and Presence Classes that focus on specific application or exploration areas. There are also self-study courses and excellent books in our bookstore.

    We recommend starting your explorations with Journey into Fire, either by reading the book, taking the self-study course, or engaging in the live classes Journey into Fire 1 and 2. The Journey Into Fire content will provide you with a solid background as you begin exploring Incarnational Spirituality.

    After Journey into Fire, we recommend exploring Working with Subtle Energies I and II (or the book by the same name). Then Practical Magic, the Art of Manifestation. From there, you will be prepared to explore our Natural Alliances class.

  • There are no expertise levels in our class work. A "beginner's mind" allows one to engage the material with the benefit of whatever depth you want to explore. Our class, Journey Into Fire, offers an overview of incarnational principles and orients you to several essential practices such as “sovereignty,” “holding” and “Grail Space.”

    This work gives you a foundation to explore and deepen into other Incarnational Spirituality topic areas such as “Subtle Activism” or “Manifestation” with more ease.

    Our programs orient one specifically to incarnational work and add to your background and experience in more traditional spiritual practices.

  • As a worldview, Incarnational Spirituality reflects in our identity and our actions. We see that it helps people to better honor the essential sacredness within themselves and to bring their unique light more fully into expression in ways that are co-creative and collaborative with the sacred in the world around them.

Class Policies

  • In our classes and forums, we seek to create an online learning community that is of mutual benefit to all of us and that supports our learning process.

    Individuals who participate in a class, including instructors, are asked to abide by the following Covenant of Confidentiality to support the privacy of each class session. This contributes to a safe sharing space that allows all to trust that their thoughts and experiences will be respectfully held. We ask that no material be shared outside of the class group without first obtaining the writer’s permission.

    We take seriously our responsibility to honor all of our participants as well as the integrity of our spiritual work. Your participation in a Lorian Education class site confirms your agreement with the following Covenant of Confidentiality.

    Covenant of Confidentiality

    1. I agree to support and treat fellow learners with honor and respect in all communications and empower trust and sharing between all participants.

    2. I agree to participate and respond in lively and timely ways to class discussions to sustain the momentum and energy of the class.

    3. I agree to build an atmosphere of safety, trust, and security by keeping all material shared within this online site strictly confidential. (Please ask permission to share any material posted by faculty or other participants before sharing it with anyone outside the class.)

    4. I will not use this forum to post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually-oriented, threatening, invasive of a person’s privacy, or otherwise violates any law.

    5. I agree to respect copyright laws.

    Any breach of this covenant is grounds for removal from the site.

  • We know that people sometimes realize that they have forgotten to sign up for one of our classes and wonder if it is too late to do so. At the discretion of the faculty, you may register for a class after the start date of the class.

  • Core and Presence Classes: If, for any reason after signing up, you decide not to take a Core or Presence Class before its start date, or within the first three (3) days of the class, you can receive a full refund of the class fee. After three days from the start date of classes, we will not issue a refund. If, for any reason, we must cancel a class, you will receive a full refund.

    Lorian Gaian Commons Community: The Gaian Commons Community is paid on a subscription basis. You may join at any time during the year. If you wish to withdraw, you will be responsible for your subscription fees up to and including the month in which we receive your withdrawal request.

    Year-Long Programs: Year Long Programs are paid on a month-by-month basis. You may join only at the beginning of a program. If you wish to withdraw, you will be responsible for your monthly fee up to and including the month in which we receive your withdrawal request, as well as an additional $25 administrative fee. If, for any reason after signing up, you decide not to take a Year-Long Program before its start date, you can receive a full refund of the first month’s fee. 

  • No one will be turned away from participating in any of the classes in our educational program due to financial need. Scholarships are available for all classes and educational programs.

    More information is available on the class registration page.

  • We will always respect your privacy. You can view our Privacy Policy here.

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