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"Creating a compassionate culture is a revolutionary idea.
Welcome to The Compassionate Revolution."
Ami Ji Schmid
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Building Community
When we humans explore together and with Nature, we understand that we are not alone. We realize that we have similar struggles, are tenants of the same planet, and breathe in and out of the same air and energetic field. We feel a sense of solidarity and connection. We care more authentically for ourselves, each other, Nature, and beyond. We find gratitude for the parts within ourselves, and for ourselves as part of the whole. Exploring this together, we hold space for our individual and shared growth. Together, we build a community of practice that moves us toward understanding and compassion.
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Gathering Tools
We exist as an energetic force in a physical form, with thoughts and emotions. We use tools to loosen, open, and expand stuck places as they show up. We create a toolbox that stores our tools as we gather more and more of them. The psychological and spiritual framework of psychosynthesis is an exceptionally helpful container for holding tools. We take our tools out and use them regularly to maintain a healthy flow and a whole existence.
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Practicing
"There is one tool that works," said the Wise One... "It is the one you use." In community, we are reminded and supported to use our tools. We develop healthy habits and helpful practices. We practice allowing, accepting, feeling gratitude, finding our peace, and tuning in to compassion. We practice coming back to the realization that we have parts of ourselves inside we may avoid or shun and need to embrace and help heal. We remember that we are greater than any one of our parts and that we are part of something larger.
TESTIMONIAL
"During the three-day seminar I did with Ami Ji, I was deeply impressed by the way she held the group. There was a place for all and for everything that came up, yet Ami Ji was also able to reinforce the autonomy of the participants, advocating for radical self-care and thus keeping the space open for the group to evolve and support without being hijacked by one story alone. Amy Ji holds to the principle of 'show, don't tell', which opened the way for me to feel safe in showing my own inner world as well. The material she offered was excellent and shed light on many different aspects of grief. Weeks later, the seminar still simmers through me, allowing further personal development as time flows by."
Yvonne/ the Netherlands
TCR Workshops, Retreats, and Courses for families, groups, and communities support:
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Daily stress- and trauma-release
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Individual and communal healing
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Grief and grieving individual and communal loss
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Self-care, boundary-setting, and communication skill-building
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Finding and implementing solutions
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Storytelling and sharing our stories
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Cultural change toward equity and compassion
TCR Workshops, Retreats, and Courses encompass, embrace, and cultivate compassion:
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Offering accessible and integrative tools, time to practice, and support
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Releasing stress, Healing trauma, Accepting loss
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Normalizing grief - from small to large losses, from personal to the collective
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Expanding our ability to understand, embrace, and integrate compassion
TCR Workshops, Retreats, and Courses are for:
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Individuals, Families, Groups, Businesses, Communities
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Collaborators, Lifelong learners, Creative thinkers, Heart-based empaths, Seekers
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Leaders who want to gain/maintain compassionate, equitable, and ethical practices
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Mediators, Advocates, Artists, Parents, Teachers, Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Counselors, Coaches, Healers, Medics, Palliative Care Workers, End-of-Life Doulas
TCR Workshops, Retreats, and Courses illicit:
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Intimate, cathartic, and transformational experiences and connections
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A personal and shared commitment toward compassion and equitability
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Tools and concepts to use and share
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Inner, familial, and communal peace
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Written material for personal and/or public use
"TCR workshops, retreats, and courses include the point and all its neighbors. They are
Holistic and Comprehensive"
- Daniel K, Vermont
or choose from an established
Menu of Options
Cleansing & Transforming, Understanding Loss & Accepting Grief, and Communicating with Spirit
A soul psychology to help us understand, accept, connect, and expand.
Re-connect the physical, mental, emotional, energetic, and spiritual bodies
Re-aligning with Earth and Spirit through releasing, cleansing, and sacred sharing
Communicating with deceased loved ones, Healing with Ancestors, Guidance from Collective Wisdom
16-week online course with class, lab, and practice time
"Ami is so masterful in creating a container that channels magic and spirit into a space, and allows you to be deeply held in connection with your own process. Her approach creates fertile soil for deep holding and transformation."
Tommy Jiang
"Ami's workshop was a truly life-altering experience. I’m not usually someone who gravitates toward this type of work, and despite my efforts, I often enter these spaces with a closed mind—assuming they won’t have a meaningful impact on me. I was very wrong.
Ami’s workshop unlocked emotions, fears, and feelings I didn’t even know I was carrying. It allowed me to connect deeply with people who were, moments earlier, complete strangers. I released emotions I hadn’t realized I was holding onto, and I didn't know how much I needed that release.
What stood out most was how much control Ami gave each participant over their own experience. As someone who can feel uncomfortable in emotionally vulnerable spaces, this level of autonomy made me feel safe. There was no pressure to share, no expectation to connect—it all happened naturally, built on trust and a shared understanding that no one needed to know your full story to truly see you.
The workshop may have seemed simple on the surface, but every part of the process was incredibly intentional. I’m deeply grateful to Ami for her thoughtful, powerful, and inspiring work."
Talia Moumneh
"Ami has a gift for holding space. Her warmth and experience in guiding people through grief creates a sense of safety that is rare to find. She knows how to bring people together in a a way that feels welcoming and genuine. If you are navigating the loss of a loved one, I highly recommend joining one of her events or retreats--you will feel supported, seen, and less alone."
Andrea de Baat
TCR Workshops, Retreats, and Courses
The Lost Learning of Compassion
Release Stress, Heal Trauma, Accept Loss, Allow Grief
We are at a UNIQUE TIPPING POINT in hystory. Each of us holds WEIGHT and POWER. If you are ready to be a part of the REVOLUTION toward a COMPASSIONATE and EQUITABLE future, TCR Workshops, Retreats, and Courses will help you establish healthier habits, a plan and steps toward the goal of Compassionate cultural change, and the opportunity to collaborate with others in the Movement. Your participation will change you. Your changes will ripple out to those you serve, your community, the world, and beyond.
We all hold within us Trauma as old as the Big Bang. When we learn to recognize our own internalized trauma, learn and use tools to heal it, and commit to this process as an ongoing lifestyle, we are HEALING THE PAST and CHANGING THE FUTURE. We are breaking a pattern - no longer passing trauma on to our descendants. We can restructure our mind and lifestyle to include daily releases of stress, ongoing healing of trauma, a realistic reframing and acceptance of loss, a deep reverence for Grief as Sacred Teacher, and a gentle allowing of the ongoing process of grieving. When we do these things, we are doing our part to help create a compassionate and equitable future for ourselves, our family and friends, those we serve, our community, and the world. We are embodying the change. We are supporting this change in others. We are changing the culture. We are being part of the solution.
TCR workshops, retreats, and courses offer professional, effective, ongoing Educational Training and Compassionate Support for those ready to make this commitment.
About
TCR
The Compassionate Revolution (TCR) is an emerging university, a collaboration, a project, an evolving library, and an experiential learning forum.
TCR was founded by Ami Ji Schmid* and enhanced by friends and colleagues. TCR was born from a shared vision for a supportive educational setting where we can (personally and collectively) evolve compassion. It's a place for:
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learning, listening more deeply and communicating from our loving brain and heart
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strengthening our commitment toward a whole sense of Self, stepping more fully into the present, and following our higher calling
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consistently re-aligning ourselves toward an equitable and sustainable world culture that includes healing and compassion
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becoming a role model, mentor, and contributor within the emerging culture of compassion
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creating compassionate writing, meant to be shared with the world
The realization that the world is broken has become more visible to more people and we are at a tipping point:
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pandemic(s), environmental crisis, political divide, a long-overdue increased awareness of social and racial injustice, gun violence and ongoing wars
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all-time high levels of “diseases of despair” (addiction, depression and suicide) due to loneliness, stress, trauma and loss
LET'S JOIN TOGETHER.
TOGETHER WE CAN DECIDE HOW TO MOVE FORWARD.
There is a solution, and it is housed in compassion. Compassion starts with understanding... understanding that every person has daily and accumulated stress, personal and collective trauma, large and small losses, and much to grieve.
When we allow Grief to be part of our life and to become our sacred teacher, we begin to understand compassion; we begin to find the solution to calming the world's madness.
You are invited to be part of the solution. You are invited to join The Compassionate Revolution.
Participants of TCR workshops, retreats, and courses will be authentically and compassionately supported while deep diving into self-care and healing practices, and expanding our Spiritual Allyship.
TCR workshops, retreats, and courses offer personal journeys, educational training, and are a hotbed for collaboration toward change.
TCR Workshops, Retreats, and Courses include:
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time to personalize and metabolize new material and (re)build healthy habits
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an introduction to racial and social justice practices and spiritual allyship
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ongoing opportunities to listen for your personal calling, strengths, and areas to (compassionately) heal, transform, and grow
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Mindfulness and meditation practices
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opportunities to understand and practice forgiveness and radical self-acceptance
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learning and practicing clear, compassionate, non-violent, and authentic communication
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ongoing, supported time and space to build trust, connections, and collaboration
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the opportunity to meet Grief as Sacred Teacher
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time to document your journey
The curriculums are designed to cultivate intimate, cathartic and transformational experiences and connections, and to establish a personal and shared commitment toward creating a compassionate and equitable world for all to live in. TCR Workshops, Retreats, and Courses are designed for personal and professional growth.
*Ami Ji Schmid
Ami Ji created and facilitates Five Body Integration® and Compassionate Community Retreats®
For more information about Ami Ji, please visit TLC Coaching and Consulting Services HERE.
TESTIMONIAL
Alli Lubin | Musician/Teacher | Chester, Vermont
"This course provides a safe space to take a deep breath, look inside,
speak from the heart and listen with the soul."
Nancy Blickenstaff | Retired Administrator | Massachusetts
"CRGG Course 1 has been instrumental in changing my life.
It helped me work through grief when I didn’t believe I had any.
Releasing stress and having a safe place with wonderful caring facilitators helped me
work through past trauma, dramatically reducing PTSD symptoms.
My experience with the 2021 CRGG Course 1 was such an incredible experience, I will take it again in 2022."
Kathylee Hazel | Peer Advocate | Virginia
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TESTIMONIALS
"When I took my first TCR Course in 2021, my partner had just died and I lost my job.
I felt isolated from everyone and everything I had known for the past 27 years, was in shock, and felt tremendous sadness.
The TCR group rapidly became a strong network of friends and a needed sounding board.
Connection like this was the key for me to enable calm and consistent healing.
Throughout the course, we cultivated compassion and learned tools to heal both personal and collective trauma.
Developing healthy personal habits, sharing in the group, listening to others, and learning together
added to the richness of the curriculum
which included a multitude of embedded links for further exploration.
I am really looking forward to revisiting this material and participating again."
Alli Lubin | Musician/Teacher | Vermont, USA
"The course provided a safe space to take a deep breath, look inside,
speak from the heart and listen with the soul."
Nancy Blickenstaff | Vermont, USA
"TCR Course 1 was instrumental in changing my life.
It helped me work through grief when I didn’t believe I had any.
Releasing stress and having a safe place with wonderful caring facilitators helped me
work through past trauma, dramatically reducing PTSD symptoms.
My experience with TCR Course 1 was such an incredible experience, I will take it again."
Kathylee "Kat" Hazell | Peer Advocate | Maryland, USA
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"When I took my first TCR course, it was early in my recovery from addiction.
This course gave me even more tools to navigate the early recovery ups and downs.
I appreciate that the course was 16 weeks because it gave me
time to sit with the material and bring it into my regular practice.
I better understand the many ways loss and grief show up,
and that stress and trauma can be held and stuck in my body.
This course gave me tools for myself and tools that help me show up for other people.
TCR was vital for my growth and I look forward to further courses to deepen my practice.
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RF | Vermont, USA
TCR Workshops, Retreats, and Courses now available online and in person!
You can participate in TCR workshops , retreats, and courses no matter where you are. These online or in person experiential and intimate gatherings range from 2-4-hour workshops to weekend or month-long retreats to 16-week courses to long-term trainings. All TCR workshops, retreats, and courses move through and beyond personal and intellectual learning, toward a Collective Conscious lifestyle of Universal Friendship and ongoing collaborations.
Find out what TCR can do for your group...
Examples
Workshop Overview and Outline
"Grief as Sacred Teacher: Deepening Compassion through the Dark Night of the Soul" is a 3-day workshop designed to be housed in a 5-day Retreat Center - the first and last days allowing for a gentle arrival and departure, and in-between workshop times inviting participants to process workshop material, explore budding friendships, rest, and rejuvinate. Rooted in both psychotherapeutic training and long-term relationships with Spirit, this three-day intensive workshop offers participants a safe and sacred space to release what they carry, remember who they love, and reconnect with the deeper sources of wisdom that support them.
The grief work in this course unfolds in three layers, (1) holding space for grief to be exactly what it is, with no agenda to fix or change it, (2) recognizing Grief as a sacred teacher, an expression of love that reveals wisdom when met with presence, and (3) integrating grief with life so participants can carry their loss in a way that is meaningful, embodied, and alive.
Throughout the three days, participants are guided or invited into movement, meditation, sound, energy practices, creative art, writing, and sharing. Each day creates opportunities for remembrance, release, renewal, and profound connection. The work is accessible, gentle, and grounded in compassion, inviting participants into a relationship with themselves, their loved ones, and Spirit, that feels both transformative and deeply supported.
Day One: Releasing Ceremony - A sacred circle for collective release, transformation, and enlightening
On Day One, participants are invited to let go of stress and trauma, known or unknown. Stress may come from family lineage, inherited patterns, or sources far beyond our understanding. With support from sound and movement, energy medicine, Collective Wisdom Spirit, and cleansing materials, participants experience releasing and transforming excess burdens and blocks into clean, light-filled and expansive energy. This ceremony is trauma-sensitive, somatic, and energetically grounded.
We begin with a grounding guided meditation. We invite support from the ancestors, the six directions, and the Spirit of Collective Wisdom. Engaging ongoing Self-care throughout Day One, we loosen and move out stagnant, sticky, or blocked energy using practices such as Qigong shaking, drumming, intuitive sound, movement, drawing, and writing. [Participants may also bring (small) objects (or pictures of objects) to be cleansed]. We notice when the Winds of Change appear and invite this spirit of the east to deliver energy into cleansing and transforming elements. We ourselves focus the released energy directly into the cleansing materials of fire, water, and earth that are present in our space. We write onto paper what wishes to be released, cleansed, and transformed. The group engages in a cleansing ceremony, burning our papers by fire into a shared container. [Participants may add cremains they’ve brought to the ashes]. We spread the ashes, making the earth we walk on, the water we drink, and the air we breathe more sacred. We come together in a sacred sharing circle with symbolic nourishment of bitter-sweet food (such as bitter chocolate and oranges). The ceremony closes with releasing Spirit, followed by the question, “What have you discovered that you can bring into the rest of your day,” and invite participants to meditate, journal, and/or share sacredly further with each other.
Day Two: Loss and Grief - Deepening into the material of personal and collective loss and grief
Day Two holds sacred space in the Dark Night of the Soul for Grief to move into the open, where we can begin to accept, allow, and integrate compassion into our daily lives.
We begin with a grounding, guided meditation and invite support from the ancestors, the six Directions, and the Spirit of Collective Wisdom. Actively engaging (more) ongoing Self-care throughout Day Two, we deeply learn about, and come to better understand and accept personal and planetary loss and our own grieving of these losses. This is done through an interactive PowerPoint presentation and readings, inviting spontaneous writing, drawing, and movement, and offering time-spacious (small) sharing groups. We come together in a final sacred sharing circle with ritual nourishment, followed by a ceremonial release of Spirits (who were invited earlier). We close the day’s workshop with the question, “What have you discovered that you can bring into the rest of your day,” and invite participants to meditate, journal, and/or share sacredly further with each other.
Day 3: Communicating Through the Veil and Sitting with Spirit: Opening communication with Spirit
The power of Grief can inspire direct contact with Spirit. Day Three offers guidance into communicating with the dead and Spirit through three pathways of connection: (1) continued relationships with deceased loved ones, (2) opening channels with Ancestors to support lineage repair and mutual transformation, and (3) receiving guidance from Collective Wisdom Spirit to access intuitive direction in daily life.
We begin Day Three with grounding, guided meditation and invite support from the ancestors, the six Directions, and the Spirit of Collective Wisdom. We utilize ongoing Self-care throughout our day. Participants are guided through meditation four different times. Three are followed by engaging clarity, deep listening, and dialogue writing to communicate with our dead and Spirit. The first guided mediation leads participants through the door to deceased loved ones. Here, we open to what is present, and a possible ongoing relationship. We use two guided mediations toward inviting healing with Ancestors. The first is preparatory. Participants are guided to notice (not engage with) who shows up, become aware of reactions, and set clear boundaries for general safety. The second guided meditation invites one ancestor (as spokesperson) into a written dialogue, the goal being lineage repair, healing, and transformation. We end this pathway of communication by releasing the Ancestors. The final guided meditation brings participants to the Future Compassionate Council of Collective Wisdom. We document their words as they trace the steps backwards from where they are to where we currently are. We ask for their guidance, breaking down our first doable step into a SMART goal, and their support to follow it through. We ask for their continued support as, step by step, we move toward a world guided by compassion and wisdom. We commit to communicating with this Council at the beginning of each step, for continued guidance and support. We close Day Three by first releasing the six Directions, Ancestors still hanging around, and Spirit. We end our final day with the question, “What have you discovered that you can bring into your life, starting today,” and encourage participants to continue to meditate, journal, share sacredly, and connect with Spirit.
16-week Course Curriculum
Module 1
week 1: Understanding + Releasing Stress (part 1)
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Building a cohesive group: Meet and greet; agreeing on Group Guidelines
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Understanding Stress: Healthy stress, Cumulative stress, Stress > Trauma
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Releasing stress by moving the Physical Body
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Tuning in to the Psychological Function of "Sensation"
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Touch: Self-Massage, Reflexology, Acupressure Points
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Breathing and Breath work, Humming, Qigong Shaking
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Walking and Dance: Ecstatic Dance, Contact Improv, Gaga
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Tai Chi, Yoga, Pilates
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Alexander Technique: Lengthening, Widening, Undoing
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Tuning in to the Psychological Function of "Need, Impulse, Desire"
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Play and Sleep
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Rest, Be, Grieve
week 2: Releasing Stress (part 2)
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Releasing stress by moving the Mental Body
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Journaling, Talking, Sharing
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Mindfulness and Meditation
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Reset your mind through Reframing
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CBT tool: ABCD method
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Intro to Psychosynthesis
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Egg Diagram, Subpersonalities, Both/And
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Forgiving, Compassion, Gratitude (exercises)
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Rest, Be, Grieve
week 3: Releasing Stress (part 3)
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Releasing stress by moving the Emotional, Spiritual, and Energetic Bodies
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Tuning in to the Psychological Function of "Feeling, Emotion"
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Accessing Emotions and Increasing Emotional Intelligence
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Moving Emotions and "Whimper Cry"
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Tuning in to the Psychological Functions of "Intuition" and "Imagination"
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Accessing Transpersonal Qualities
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Ecotherapy in 3 Cultures. Nature and Negative Ions
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Chakras and Chakra Meditation
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Qigong, Energy Medicine, Aura Clearing
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Rest, Be, Grieve
week 4: Pouring out stress for all: Moving toward Systemic Change
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Extending Self-Care Tools
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Systemic Degrees of Stress, Marginalized peoples, Oppression, Privilege
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the Privilege Walk
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Allyship and Becoming a strong Social Justice Ally
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the Triangle of Social Justice Allyship
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Interrupting Bias: Calling In and Calling Out
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DO's and DON'Ts of Allyship
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Changing Culture
Module 2
week 5: Understanding Personal + Racialized Trauma
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Defining Trauma
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Understanding Somatic Experiencing of Psychological Trauma
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The Nervous System
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The Vagal Nerve
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Micro Aggressions
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Trauma Retention, Responses, and Re-enactment
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Soul Wounds
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PTSD
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Intergenerational, Historical Trauma
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How Trauma Affects Culture
- Racialized Trauma
week 6: Spiritual Allyship: Moving toward Systemic Change (part 2)
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Review Stress Management and Trauma
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The Collective Unconscious and Engaging the Will
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Communication Skills
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Non-Violent Communication (NVC)
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Guidelines to Listening and Active Listening
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Communication Enhancers and Blockers
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"I" Statements
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Clean Pain vs Dirty Pain
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Calling In and Calling Out
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Understanding and Interrupting Unconscious Bias
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Understanding "Culture"
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Whiteness and White Culture
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Essential Aspects of Creating/Changing Culture
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8 Steps for Moving Toward Systemic Change
week 7: Healing Trauma
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The Do's and Don'ts of Healing Trauma
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Slow down, Focus on Comfort, Ability, and Connection in the Present Moment
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Strengthening the Unifying Center
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Reframing and Building New Pathways
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Tools to Heal Psychological Trauma
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"Parts" work
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Psychosynthesis, Psycho Drama, Shadow Self, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Integral Life Practice
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Sharing | Giving Back | Symbiotic Healing
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EMDR
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Tapping
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Bilateral Stimulation, Butterfly Hug
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Entheogenic Medicine and Holotropic Breath Work
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Recommended Books
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week 8: Healing Trauma (part 2)
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Shaking out Trauma
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Qigong Shaking, TRE (Tension stress Trauma Release), Somatic Experiencing
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"Release and Replace"
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Healing Affirmations
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Restorative Yoga and Alexander Technique
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More on the "Soul Nerve" (Vagal Nerve)
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Healing Personal and Intergenerational Trauma
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more on Clean Pain, The 5 Anchors, "Stop, Drop, and Roll"
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Settling and Activation
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Harmonizing with Other Bodies
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Module 3
week 9: Understanding + Accepting Loss
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The Universality of Loss and Lack of...
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Understanding Equality. Equity, and Liberation
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Death, Cumulative Loss, Expressing Loss
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Building Tolerance, Presence, and Acceptance
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Loss and Found
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Striving for a Resilient Mindset
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"Loving ourselves while not being OK is enough"
week 10: Understanding + Allowing Grief
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The many reasons to grieve
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Uncovering Hidden Grief
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Collective Grief, Redemption, and Reciprocity
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What is Grief and Grieving?
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The Spectrum of Grief and Secondary Losses
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Circular Stages, Phases, and Characteristics of Grief
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Do's and Don'ts when Supporting the Bereaved
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Gifts of Grief and Grieving
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Normalizing and Allowing Grief and Grieving
week 11: Synthesizing Grief and Life
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Both/And Exercise
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The Four Questions (with regards to Grief)
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Adapting to a Changed Reality
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Grieving in our Daily Lives
week 12: Creating Avenues for Grieving
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Opening to Grief through Deep Journaling
Module 4
week 13: Creating Avenues for Grieving (part 2)
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Review: Stress, Trauma, Loss, Grief
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Looking back: the Ancestors and the Big Bang
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Looking forward: Trauma is Passed Forward; Trauma becomes Culture
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Healing and Grieving: Looking back, forward, and Present
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Guided Meditation and Writing to your Ancestor
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Completing the Action that was thwarted
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Using the 5 Anchors while doing Trauma Healing work
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Guided Meditation and Healing in the Present
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Harmonizing with Others
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Guided Meditation and Writing from your Descendant
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week 14: Creating Avenues for Grieving (part 3)
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Creating Space for Wisdom to Enter: "Mistakes", Shamanic Healing and Polyrhythms
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Understanding and Creating Rituals
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Cultural Rituals
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Creating a Personally Meaningful Ritual
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week 15: Creating Avenues for Grieving (part 4)
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Review: How trauma becomes culture and Building a culture of resilience and flow
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Essential aspects of Creating Culture
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Moving toward systemic change through cultural change
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Creating a compassionate culture for healing + grief
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Guided Meditation and Writing with the Future Compassionate Council
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Creating a Strategic Plan with Steps
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Collaboration
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week 16: Implementing our Compassionate Action Plan
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Review TCR Course 1 material
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Action plan: forming collaborations
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Survey
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