Advancing the Science of Spiritual Yearning

Roam Within began with a question. What are people truly seeking when they speak of presence, wholeness, or inner life? And what happens when these longings unfold outside religious institutions, yet with unmistakable depth?

We call this cultural condition spiritual yearning. A quiet, persistent pull toward the sacred in a secular age.

Our mission is to advance the scientific understanding of spiritual yearning.

As wellness culture rises globally, we see the increasing entanglement of spiritual life with consumer trends, therapeutic paradigms, self-optimisation, and healthy ageing. These shifts raise urgent questions - philosophical, cultural, and empirical.

While existing research into lived religion, secular spirituality, flourishing, and subjective wellbeing touches on these themes, Roam Within contributes new insight through ethnographic research, conceptual innovation, and grounded philosophical inquiry.

Our work engages with ideas such as inner life, eudaimonia, élan vital, divine illumination, process philosophy, nondualism, and contemporary theories of consciousness.