Seva, Sadhana & Satsang

A bursary is a financial award provided by an educational organisation to help individuals with the costs of continued learning. Like a grant, the funds are not a loan and do not need to be paid back. Unlike a scholarship they are not awarded on merit, but allow accessibility, diversity & inclusion.

Honouring Divinity and Humanity

The exchange of money is what allows our business to function, develop and continue to offer an impeccable standard of embodied learning. However as a spiritual, heuristic, educational arts organisation we value synarchy and desire to operate in a way that supports whole organism sustainability.

Therefore our bursary is funded by our community and awarded by application dependant on what is in the pot and how much assistance is required.

Funds are not intended to cover the full cost of a course or program
However, there are instances where we might
Funds are awarded + allocated by application on a case by case basis.

Community Bursary as Cultural Devotional

In the West we have mostly moved away from being a devotional culture, since the middle ages we've favoured science and the head brain intellect, over beauty, love, nature and contemplation or remembering.

Islam, Hinduism, Sufism, and some of the more Mystical strands of Christianity, and Judaism demonstrate paths of devotional practice.

Bhakti Yoga shows us the Path of Devotion.

The Navajo's show us the Beauty Way.

In Buddhism the Eight Fold Path is one of devotional practice and ritual.

Maybe you think of devotion as being 'blind' but often when we take away sight, we engage our other senses more fully. Which allows us to see what is truly important.

As a company and community the values of liberation and belonging run through the heart of every thing we create, and our bursary is a way of making sure that the community can meet and support each others needs as a collective.

The Embodiment Humility & Valour

While I have wanted to give back to my community since the inception of my business, I only recently conceived a model that truly encompasses all my my values. This is new and we are still working out exactly how the application and allocation process will work. The idea is that when you participate in 45 Soft you are contributing to our community and its bursary fund.

You may also contribute in other ways:

Donate a specific amount to the fund
'Pay it forward' by buying any of our online courses, guides, reports or physical products as gift
Offer to pay in full for someone while they pay you back in instalments.

I'd like to contribute to the fund