The Alchemical Resilience Collective (ARC) is Lumos’ community of practice for people committed to the ongoing work of trauma healing and transformation. Through responsive embodied practice, skilled facilitation, and shared learning, ARC provides a place to deepen your relationship with your bodymind through The Resilience Toolkit and integrate the practice into everyday life.
ARC also serves as an ongoing practice community for individuals pursuing The Resilience Toolkit Facilitator Certification Program.
“A grounded and grounding bright light in a time of chaos. A soft guided space of inquiry. A necessary space of healing in a time of chaos, disruption, and transformation.”
– Anonymous
Transformation doesn’t happen all at once. It develops through practice.
The Alchemical Resilience Collective is a community of practice where you can continue growing your capacity for trauma healing and transformation through regular embodied practice. Each session is responsive to the people in the room, creating opportunities to practice stabilization, strengthen your relationship with your bodymind, and discover new possibilities for responding to yourself and the world.
Over time, regular practice strengthens your capacity to stabilize in everyday life. As your relationship with your bodymind deepens, it becomes easier to accompany yourself with curiosity and compassion, recognize when survival patterns are shaping your experience, access greater internal safety and choice, set boundaries that honor your capacity, and respond with increasing intention rather than habit.
Where are you on your journey?
To be eligible to join ARC, first take From Survival to Stability or work privately with a Certified Facilitator of The Resilience Toolkit.
“I have much more choice. I continue to grow and to be able to choose responses rather than react. There is more and more space in me.”
– Raggi Kotak
Find the Right Practice Environment
As your capacity for stabilization grows, your bodymind becomes ready for different kinds of practice. ARC offers two distinct practice environments, each designed to to support different phases of trauma healing.
Whichever practice environment you choose, you can practice with the same facilitator or attend different sessions as your schedule and needs change. Each facilitator brings their own perspective and presence while sharing the same commitment to responsive, embodied practice.
Foundational ARC
- For: Deepening stabilization through ongoing embodied practice
- What to expect: A live 45-minute online practice session that meets your bodymind where it is that day. Through responsive Toolkit practice, facilitated therapeutic vibration, shared reflection, and discussion, you’ll strengthen stabilization while developing greater awareness, discernment, and capacity in recognizing and responding to stress and trauma activation.
- Prerequisite: From Survival to Stability or private sessions with a Certified Facilitator
- Includes: Unlimited weekly sessions and access to the Foundational ARC Peer Space and Lumos Community
Intermediate ARC
- For: Working with established stabilization to support deeper trauma repatterning
- What to expect: A live 60-minute online practice session designed for early second-stage trauma healing and repatterning. Through extended therapeutic vibration practice, generous integration, and guided reflection, you’ll strengthen your capacity for self-accompaniment, deepen your ability to remain present with intensity, and support trauma repatterning through embodied experience.
- Prerequisite: Score of 25+ on Self-Assessment.
- Includes: Two extended monthly practice sessions and access to the Intermediate ARC Peer Space and Lumos Community
Schedules
All times are in Pacific Time (PT). Click here for a time zone converter.
Mondays, 12:00-12:45 PM PT with Kiara Lee
Tuesdays 9:00-9:45 AM PT with Gia Hasan
Wednesdays 6:00-6:45 PM PT with Nkem Ndefo
Thursdays 10:00-10:45 AM PT with Mikaela Lynn
Saturdays 9:00-9:45 AM PT – Facilitator rotates. Check the schedule on the Mighty Networks calendar.
1st Sundays, 9:00-10:00 AM with Nkem Ndefo
3rd Wednesdays, 9:00-10:00 AM, Facilitator rotates between Devika Shankar, Gia Hasan, and Kiara Lee. Check the schedule on the Mighty Networks calendar.
Pricing
Choose the sliding scale rate that best reflects your current financial circumstances, then select Foundational ARC or Intermediate ARC.
How Our Sliding Scale Works
Lumos’ sliding-scale pricing model is class solidarity in practice, a commitment to redistributing resources based on ability and need.
We all exist within shared conditions of instability, inequity, and possibility, and our wellbeing depends on collective participation and mutual care.
Your contribution disrupts narratives of scarcity and grounds us in abundance and the knowledge that there are enough resources for healing when we redistribute them intentionally in service of collective liberation.
- Sustainer – Choose this solidarity rate if you have abundant resources or institutional support and want to help anchor this work for the long term. Paying at this level redistributes wealth in practice, allowing Lumos to expand scholarship access, pay facilitators equitably, and grow our capacity to serve. Sustainers make it possible for healing and liberation work to remain accessible, responsive, and community-held.
- Actual Cost – This reflects the actual cost of offering this program, including fair wages for facilitators and staff. Choose this rate if you have stable income, access to savings or family wealth, or if your registration is covered by your employer, organization, or personal network. Paying the community cost sustains Lumos and makes supported and scholarship spots possible.
- Partially Supported – Choose this solidarity rate if paying the full cost would cause financial strain or if you have limited disposable income, irregular work, or are not sponsored by an employer. Paying at this level allows partial cost recovery while maintaining access for others.
Reflect as You Choose Your Contribution
In addition to your current income, please consider the broader picture of your social and economic positioning:
- Your race and the generational impacts of racialized wealth and exclusion
- Your immigration status and work authorization
- Your sexuality and gender identities
- Your physical ability and access to healthcare
- Your education level and inherited or family wealth
- Your economic and caregiving responsibilities
- Your influence or power within your workplace or sector
- Whether you are located in the Global North or South
FAQ
Who can sign up for ARC?
ARC is open to anyone who has completed Survival to Stability or worked privately with a Certified Facilitator of The Resilience Toolkit. It is designed for people who want to continue their trauma healing and transformation through ongoing embodied practice in community, including individuals pursuing The Resilience Toolkit Facilitator Certification Program.
How do I know if I'm ready for Intermediate ARC?
Your readiness for Intermediate ARC is determined by our Self-Assessment. A score of 25 or higher indicates that you have the level of stabilization needed to begin early second-stage trauma healing and repatterning through the Intermediate practice environment.
Do I have to move from Foundational ARC to Intermediate ARC?
No. Foundational ARC is designed as an ongoing practice environment, not simply a starting point. Many people continue deepening their stabilization practice in Foundational ARC for months or years. Intermediate ARC is available for people whose stabilization has developed to the point where early second-stage trauma healing and repatterning are appropriate. Many members participate in both practice environments, using Foundational ARC to strengthen ongoing stabilization while engaging in deeper repatterning through Intermediate ARC.
Can I change my membership later?
Yes. We encourage you to move at the pace that best supports your healing. All memberships are month-to-month, and you can change or cancel at any time. If you decide you’re ready for Intermediate ARC, you’ll first need to meet the readiness criteria on the Self-Assessment.
What happens in the "Peer Space"?
The Peer Space is Lumos’ private online community for ARC members, hosted on Mighty Networks. It’s where conversations continue between live sessions, members ask questions, share reflections and resources, celebrate insights, and support one another’s ongoing practice. Together, we continue learning, practicing, and building community. We get free together.
Do I need to attend live, or are there recordings?
ARC sessions are not recorded. Unlike Survival to Stability, which is designed to support learning through a structured curriculum, ARC is a responsive community of practice. Each session is unique, shaped by the participants, the facilitator, and what emerges in the room. The value of ARC comes from practicing together in real time.
How much ARC participation is required before I can apply for Resilience Toolkit Facilitator Certification?
Applicants to The Resilience Toolkit Facilitator Certification Program are required to complete 8 weeks of Foundational ARC before applying. This ongoing practice helps participants deepen their embodied understanding of the Toolkit while developing the discernment and stabilization that support facilitation.
Many participants continue attending Foundational ARC throughout the certification program. Regular facilitated practice complements the peer practice groups within certification, providing ongoing opportunities to strengthen stabilization and continue embodied learning in community.
“The clarity around what does and does not work for me is happening daily as opposed to random and sparse. I’m more able to make informed choices that serve the community AND me. I’m able to step beyond the drama and find other ways to manage other people’s upsets.”
– Emma J Coddington Brown
Have a question or need help?
We welcome questions about ARC. If you need help choosing a practice environment, signing up, managing your membership, or accessing ARC, send us a message.
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