Our Course Offerings
The Seed Pod courses are not designed to simply disseminate information. They are catalysts for transformation—inviting young people into a new relationship with themselves, with humanity, and with the cosmos. Every course is an initiation into deeper seeing, deeper feeling, and deeper participation in this astonishing moment on Earth.
To support students in this sacred and sometimes challenging process, we’ve created The Seed Pod Initiation Program—a four-level sequence that guides learners on a journey of deep orientation, authentic empowerment, and engaged participation in the evolution of life on this planet.
Of course, we recognize that some students may prefer to design their own learning path. So, all Seed Pod courses can also be taken individually as Electives, allowing learners to follow their own thread of curiosity while still being held within our wider learning community.
The Seed Pod Initiation Program
The Initiation Program is a coherent arc of learning and transformation. Each level builds on the last, guiding students from foundational understanding toward personal authorship and active service. The four levels—Orientation, Reckoning, Empowerment, and Engagement—together form a path of awakening that reconnects knowledge with wonder and learning with purpose.
Upon graduation, students are invited to become paid mentors for The Seed Pod. In this way, our initiates become teachers themselves—sharing their gifts and guiding newer students. This financially rewarding work (starting at $50/hour) offers our graduates a chance to become a source of wisdom and support for others.
Level One: Orientation
These introductory courses orient students to the great contexts that shape a human life: the story of the cosmos, the story of our planet, and the story of the self. We explore where we’ve come from, where we are, and what it means to be alive in this era of profound transformation. This orientation is not just intellectual—it gives students a sense of belonging in the unfolding universe and a foundation for everything that follows.
WTFuture?!
How did we get here? Where are we headed? A teen's guide to this planetary moment.
The Human Mind: A User’s Guide
Where do your beliefs, desires, and choices come from? Explore the hidden forces within.
Finding Your Place in the Cosmos
How did a cloud of light turn itself into you and me? Why does this story matter?
Level Two: Reckoning
In the second level, students turn toward the deep structures of human experience—the unseen forces that shape how we think, feel, and act. We study worldviews, the sacred, and the shadow. These are the hidden architectures of civilization, and by bringing them to light, students begin to see how humanity’s collective story has shaped their own. Reckoning with these depths becomes the ground for genuine freedom and wisdom.
The Stories We Live Inside Of
An introduction to worldviews and how they shape the world.
Level Three: Empowerment
Having seen the larger patterns, students begin to craft their own way of being within them. This level cultivates authorship—the ability to think, feel, and act from inner coherence. Students learn to articulate their worldview, discover their purpose, and develop the courage to hold their own truths amidst complexity. Empowerment here means not domination but integrity: the power to bring one’s authentic voice into relationship with the whole.
Finding Your Own Truth
How do you discover what's true (for you) in such a noisy, fragmented world?
What Makes You Come Alive?
Exploring Your Personal Mythos and Purpose in the World
WorldCrafting
Building a Worldview that Works for You - and the Planet
Level Four: Engagement
The final level calls students to bring their wisdom into the world. Through a capstone project and a guided mentorship pathway, students apply what they’ve learned to real challenges—planetary, communal, and personal. Graduates are invited to return as paid mentors within The Seed Pod, earning while guiding others on the path. In this way, our initiates become teachers themselves, planting new seeds in the generations that follow.
Becoming A Leader in Our World
Meeting the Planet's Challenges with Courage, Clarity, and Care
Becoming a Leader In Our Community
Preparing to Become a Mentor for The Seed Pod
The Seed Pod's Elective Courses
For young people who wish to follow the thread of their own fascination, all Seed Pod courses are available as stand-alone electives. Each elective offers a doorway into a unique dimension of the human experience—from cosmology to psychology, ethics to ecology, science to story.
Summer 2026 Elective Offerings:
Learning from Natural Systems
What principles link stars, cells, & societies? Explore the universe's creative patterns.
Protecting Our Precious Attention
How do you stay sane in a world of boundless distraction and algorithmic manipulation?
Fall 2026 Elective Offerings:
The Cutting Edges of Science
Journey to the frontiers of relativity, quantum theory, complexity, and synthetic biology.
What Will AI Mean for You?
What are the deep implications of AI and robots for you, your species, and your planet?
Community Gatherings
Learning in The Seed Pod is not only about ideas—it’s about belonging. Alongside our formal courses, we host ongoing community offerings that weave a living web of connection among our global network of young visionaries. These gatherings invite students, mentors, and parents into spaces of reflection, creativity, and shared practice.
Our current community offerings include:
- Weekly Relational and Mindfulness Practices – from authentic relating circles to embodied awareness sessions.
- Monthly Grief Circles and Open Mics – places to honor loss, joy, and creative expression.
- Drop-In Support Circles – for teens wrestling with technology, politics, and the pressures of modern life.
- Monthly Parent Circles – facilitated by Bree, offering guidance and companionship for the adults walking alongside our students.
Through these rhythms of gathering, The Seed Pod becomes more than a school—it becomes a living ecology of care, imagination, and mutual transformation.