Have you found yourself wishing people treated each other with compassion?
...self-compassion, compassion for another, compassion for humanity, compassion for nature and the planet, compassion for individual and collective stress, trauma, loss, and grief…
TCR Course 1: The Lost Learning of Compassion
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Encompasses and embraces this missing learning
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Offers a wide span of accessible and integrative tools, time to practice, and support
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Explores that when we release stress, heal trauma, and accept loss, what's left is Grief
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Normalizes that we all have much to grieve everyday, from small to large losses, from personal to the collective
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Expands our ability to embrace and integrate grieving as part of living
Who is TCR Course 1 for?
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Collaborators: lifelong learners, creative thinkers, heart-based empaths, seekers
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Leaders, wanting to gain/maintain compassionate, equitable, and ethical practices
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Mediators, Advocates
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Artists, Professors, Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Counselors, Coaches, Healers
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Medics, Palliative Care Workers, End-of-Life Doulas
What may I get from TCR Course 1?
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Intimate, cathartic, and transformational experiences and connections
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Personal and shared commitment toward compassion and equitability
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Tools and concepts to use and share
"This course includes the point and all its neighbors
...Holistic and Comprehensive..."
- Daniel Kasnitz, Vermont


TCR Course 1
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 Course 1 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.
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, and those we serve. We are embodying the change. We are being part of the solution.
TCR offers professional, effective, ongoing Educational Training and Compassionate Support for those ready to make this commitment.

About
TCR
The Compassionate Revolution (TCR) is an emerging online university, a collaboration, a project, and an experiential learning forum.
TCR was born from a collective vision and need for a supportive educational setting where we can (personally and collectively) evolve compassion - a place where each of us can learn to listen more deeply and to communicate from our loving brain and heart - a place where we can continually strengthen our commitment to moving toward a whole sense of Self, step more fully into the present and up to our higher calling, and - together - consistently re-align ourselves toward an equitable and sustainable world culture that includes healing and compassion. TCR is a place to become a role model, mentor and contributor within the emerging culture of compassion.
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
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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, and allow it 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 Course 1 The Lost Learning of Compassion will be authentically and compassionately supported while deep diving into self-care and healing practices, expanding into Spiritual Allyship, and together, creating a conscious lifestyle. TCR Course 1 is a personal journey, educational training, and hotbed for collaboration toward change.
Course 1 includes:
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extensive 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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an introduction to Mindfulness practices
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opportunities to understand and practice Forgiveness and radical Self-Acceptance
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learning and practicing clear, compassionate 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
The curriculum is 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 Course 1 is designed for personal and professional growth.


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

TESTIMONIALS
"When I took TCR Course 1 in 2021, my partner had just died (in August) and I lost my job (because of the Pandemic).
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 with the new group."
Alli Lubin | Musician/Teacher | Vermont, USA
"This course provides 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 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 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
The next Course 1 will begin when enough participants sign up so, RESERVE YOUR SEAT NOW!
In this experiential and intimate online course, we’ll move through and beyond personal and intellectual learning, acquiring tools, experience and support necessary to release stress, heal trauma, accept loss, and allow grief. We will come to understand that Grief is a sacred and compassionate realm for not only those who have experienced loss from death. There are so many losses to grieve, and in this realm, we are all united. We will learn to navigate grief together - with authenticity and compassion, stepping (maybe for the first time) into a Collective Conscious lifestyle of Universal Friendship.
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16 consecutive weekly classes and labs
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live on Zoom
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recordings available after each session
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Between Groups, Supporting Assignments (BGSA)
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minimum of 1 facilitator per 6 class participants. Past facilitators include: Ami Ji Schmid, Jonas Cain, Richard Lamb
Course 1 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
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the Five "I"s: Immerse, Identify, Imagine, Involve, Invest
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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 Vagus 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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Entheogenetic 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" (Vagus 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
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Survey
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What’s next?

Tuition for TCR Course 1

Individual Tuition
$895
Make a commitment to an extraordinary lifelong learning course.
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Support System
Two for $1200
($600 each)
Sign up together, support each other throughout the course,
and save $295 each!
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Spread the Love
(for returning participants)
$447.50 each
Take TCR Course 1 again, invite a friend,
and both pay half price!
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Small Group Rates
Variable Pricing
For your group of:
a minimum of 6
participants
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