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COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND WORKSHOPS

Healing is not only something that happens in a therapist's office.

JiVA runs community programs, support groups, workshops, and cultural events throughout the year. These are not just feel-good events. They are clinically informed, culturally grounded spaces where South Asians can speak honestly, be witnessed, and start moving out of silence. Many are free or donation-based. All of them are built around the reality that healing happens in community.

7 sold-out events in 2025. Programs are active throughout 2026.

Our programs

Some programs run year-round. Some are seasonal. All of them are built specifically for South Asian communities.

UPCOMING EVENT
A Little Space to Breathe
October 4, 2026 · 3–4 PM · Veterans Memorial Park, Culver City
JiVA Mental Health and Compassion Unites invite the community to a 60-minute pranayama, breathwork, and meditation practice in the park. No yoga or meditation experience is needed. Suggested donation: $20. No one will be turned away, and all proceeds support the challenges in Nepal.
Boldly Brown
STATUS: Interest list open · Los Angeles · In-person and virtual
California's first South Asian men's mental health group. This is a clinically informed community space, not a therapy presentation. South Asian men can speak honestly about what they carry without performing strength, code-switching, or leaving their culture at the door. Facilitated by a supervised MFT clinician using the Council Listening Model.
Interest list open. Email JiVA to join.
Ramadan Together
STATUS: Seasonal · Returns Ramadan 2027 · Virtual · Donation-based
A four-week open support group for Muslims navigating the emotional, spiritual, and mental health complexities of Ramadan. Whether you are fasting, cannot fast, feel disconnected from the tradition, or are carrying grief into the month, this space holds all of it. Clinically facilitated and donation-based.
Matriarchs in Bloom
STATUS: Availability varies · Virtual and in person
A community program for South Asian mothers in the postpartum period who are suffering in silence. Combines clinical care with ancestral wisdom, peer support, and culturally grounded community healing.
Desi Affinity Space
STATUS: Ongoing quarterly school partnership · Crossroads School, Los Angeles
A mental health program for South Asian high school students at Crossroads School in Los Angeles. Uses Council Listening practices and near-peer mentorship to explore identity, family pressure, belonging, and growing up between two cultures.
Older Adult Community Talks
STATUS: Annual · 2026 event completed
An annual mental health and wellness education program co-hosted with the Valley Indian Seniors Association for South Asian older adults. The May 2, 2026 event focused on Women's Health and the Mother Wound and was presented by Ektha Aggarwal, LCSW.

JiVA in community

These are not staged photos. These are our people.

Students participating in JiVA's Desi Affinity Space at Crossroads School in Los Angeles
Desi Affinity Space
Crossroads School · Los Angeles
Participants at JiVA's Boldly Brown South Asian men's mental health gathering
Boldly Brown
South Asian Men's Mental Health Group

Never miss a program

JiVA programs fill quickly. Many are free or donation-based. The best way to hear about new groups, workshops, and events before they are announced publicly is to be on our list.

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Community is part of the healing.

Whether you are looking for therapy, a group, a workshop, or just a room where someone finally gets it, JiVA has a place for you.

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