SUNA Liminal Journey
What does it mean to become an adult in this moment of human history?
A double threshold
A species in transition
The passage from adolescence to adulthood has always been a profound rite. Today it happens within a wider transition: that of a humanity moving, or able to move, toward more conscious participation in the web of life.
This journey connects inner exploration with relationships, territory, community and responsibility. It makes room to explore identity, emotions, purpose, belonging and one’s distinctive contribution. What is learned can become a practice, a commitment, a creative expression or a form of service carried into everyday life.
The emotions many young people feel about the world are not personal failures: they are intelligent responses to a difficult moment.
Methodological approach
Spiral of Reconnection
- 01
Gratitude
Appreciation, presence and connection with what sustains life.
- 02
Feeling the World
Making space for the joy, pain and emotional experience of belonging to a shared world.
- 03
Seeing with New Eyes
Opening perspectives, imagination and a renewed sense of possibility.
- 04
Going Forth
Carrying insight into practice, responsibility and shared creation.
The spiral is this journey’s approach. It informs SUNA’s wider outlook but is not a mandatory curriculum for every Barichara workshop or SUNA Global practitioner.
Dimensions of the experience
- Inner inquiry
- Collective dialogue and sense-making
- Embodied awareness
- Artistic and symbolic expression
- Connection with community and territory
- Regenerative action
Practices and methodologies
- Encounter and voice
- Council circles, storytelling and myth, Nonviolent Communication, Art of Hosting.
- Body and expression
- Expressive arts and symbolic creation, music, singing and dance, psychodrama and Theatre of the Oppressed.
- Earth and territory
- Nature immersion and pilgrimages, regenerative work.
- Roots
- Ancestral practices, shared with respect for those who hold them.
Practices vary with each edition’s design and facilitators. Naming a method does not imply a confirmed certification or cultural authorization.
The territory
Barichara, Colombia
In the Andean tropical dry forest, Barichara is a living fabric of stone, water and memory: shifting water cycles, ancestral knowledge and a community reimagining its relationship with the land. Here the territory is a classroom without walls, and personal reconnection and contribution to the living world are part of the same process.
Who is it for?
- — Young people crossing into adulthood
- — Those questioning meaning, purpose or direction
- — Those seeking deeper connection with self, others and life
- — Those ready to explore both beauty and challenge
- — Those interested in regeneration, community and collective futures
This focus on the passage to adulthood belongs to this journey; SUNA as a whole welcomes many life stages and transitions.
Who holds the space
- Felipe Medina Poch
- Colombian educator and socio-ecological innovator trained in conflict transformation, deep ecology and the design of complex systems for peace and regeneration. Founder of Origen Circular and co-creator of Work That Reconnects Colombia.
- Sebastián Plata
- Artist, traveller and facilitator whose path bridges art, psychology and spirituality, accompanying individuals and groups through art and ritual.
Depending on each edition’s design, the journey may involve Barichara mentors and guides.
Reconnect with life. Remember who you are. Discover your gift.
Upcoming dates, length and conditions are being defined. If something stirred in you while reading this, write to us and let’s talk.
Begin a conversationPrinciples guiding the journey: Integrity of Life · Unity in Diversity · Love as a Generative Force · Self-Authorship and Co-Creation of Shared Futures · Interdependence and Care for Life