Onside Biography Gathering – Pondicherry, India

Faith, Love and Hope
Building Resilience for Challenging Times

We gather in Pondicherry from Wed 3 to Sun 7 Sept 2025. Our venue is the RKN Beachside Resort on the beautiful Bay of Bengal. Auroville and other places of interest are close by and we have designed an adjunct optional excursion.

Theme

♦   Deepening our work and building resilience by exploring the theme Faith, Love and Hope,
♦   Recognising and transforming adversarial influences like Fear, Hate and Doubt.
♦   The Gathering includes daily lectures and group sharing on this theme in the mornings.
♦   During the afternoons there are two time-slots of 1.5 hours each for collegial sharings, presentations & workshops.
♦   Please send us proposals for contributions to these 1.5 or 3 hour time slots.

Aims

♦   A warm gathering for those who apply aspects of biographical work in their life and work and wish to share their experiences and questions with colleagues.
♦   A possibility to explore and connect with Biography Work for those engaged in other holistic coaching and healing modalities.
♦   A chance to connect with participants of online gatherings and trainings, and previous onsite trainings.
♦   An opportunity to explore the beauty and spiritual environment of India, both during the Gathering, and in the optional Excursion.

Optional Excursion

from Sun 7 to Thu 11 Sep 2025 includes:
♦   Pondicherry and the Sri Aurobindo Ashram
♦   A Day in Auroville including –
the Matrimandir, Savitri Bhavan, Unity Pavillion, Solitude Farm and Sadhana Forest.
♦   Gingee Fort
♦   Two days in Tiruvannamalai including –
–    Arunachala Temple – Sri Ramana Ashram – plus a chance for doing the Girivalam, for those ready to walk 14km.
♦   Drop off will be late Thursday afternoon at Chennai/Madras airport.