Longing for genuine connection with neighbors or coworkers from a community different than your own?

Join an 11-week cohort and learn how to bridge the barrier between Christian and Hindu communities.

Learn in Community

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Cultivate Understanding

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Grow in Relationships

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Learn in Community • Cultivate Understanding • Grow in Relationships •

Embracing neighbors and coworkers from diverse communities is daunting. It can have you feeling guarded, fearing judgment, and hesitant to express oneself. The collision of Hindu and Christian communities heightens this challenge, creating discomfort due to stark cultural and communal differences. Both people who come from Hindu and Christian communities grapple with the fear of judgment and unintended offense. How can we move past guardedness and open our hearts and minds to learn from one another?

Hindu and Christian communities could not be more different.

Create Relational Bridges Through Collaborative Learning

Through an 11-week cohort co-learning experience, learn how to bridge the gap between Christian and Hindu communities.

Our program uses a cohort model of 6-12 individual from Hindu and Christian communities who progress through carefully curated modules and program levels, utilizing collaborative learning methods facilitated by experts.

Learn in a Collaborative Environment

Navigate the intricate cultural landscape, acknowledging that there often isn't a simple answer; with humility expressed through the posture of pranām, fostering an in-depth understanding of the complexities inherent in communal differences.

Understand Communal Differences

Build lasting skills, gain a global perspective, and nurture meaningful connections within diverse communities through humble co-learning, conflict resolution, and bridge-building.

Foster Genuine, Lifelong Relationships

We Understand the Challenge - Relationships are Complex

Our expert facilitators, with over 39 years of collective experience, will guide you through the differences between Hindu and Christian communities. Having cultivated hundreds of lifelong friendships, they understand both the challenges and blessings of learning from diverse connections.

“The cohort is very well thought out and it builds upon itself nicely. It is vastly, vastly superior to anything that I am aware of.”

– T.S. (2020 curriculum consultant)

“Each of the facilitators was very knowledgeable, had lived in India for many years, and clearly had a deep love for Hindu culture and people.”

– P.N. (2019 program alumnus)

Join Pranām's Dual-Level,
Learner-Centered Journey

Pranam Level 1

Explore the rich complexities of Hindu Civilization and North American Christian communities, reflecting on the cultural nuances and biases present in both. You will gain skills to overcome biases, understand deeply subconscious cultural realities, and learn how to foster relational bridges.

30 modules over 10-14 hours of community interaction.

Pranam Level 2

Navigate sensitivities between Hindu and North American Christian communities and their causes. You will gain skills essential for living authentically alongside diverse religio-cultural communities while exploring the topics of avoiding cultural separatism, appreciating the values of various identities, and responding effectively to communal barriers.

12 modules over 10-14 hours of community interaction.

Pranām's Pathway to Authentic Relationships

1. Join a Cohort

Participate in a diverse cohort of individuals from Christian and Hindu communities who have a shared desire to learn from one another.

2. Learn from Each Other

Explore the rich complexities of Hindu Civilization and North American Christian communities through academic exploration, engaging dialogue, and shared experiences, all guided by our expert facilitators.

3. Grow in Relationship

Embrace the gift of making genuine connections with those different from you, fostering trust and respect on this transformative journey of cultural and spiritual exploration.

Engage in a transformative learning process alongside each other's communities.

At Pranam, we know that you want to grow genuine relationships with those who are from different cultures and communities than you. In order to do that, you need to understand the complexities and the diversity of Hindu communities and Christian communities.

The problem is that Christian and Hindu communities are so different from each other. Naturally, this makes you feel guarded, keeping you from genuine connection with others.

Feeling guarded when faced with cultural and religious differences is normal. We believe it's possible to move past these initial feelings if we approach the situation with an open heart and an open mind for learning from each other.

Stop living guarded from those who are different than you and instead, grow in genuine relationships with those from Christian and Hindu communities.