Professional Development from Body Therapy Institute and the Center for Embodied Education
In this topic, review the Course Syllabus Example 1 below from Section 1 – Lesson 5 and Zoom Class 5. If you have any questions, write these down as we will look again at the work we have done before to make sure that you are clear here. Then look at Course Syllabus COURSE OBJECTIVES … Read more
Creating a Mindful Learning Environment Mindfulness is a state of being in which we are aware of the present moment while also engaged in the process of acknowledging our feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations with openness and compassion. As educators, we have the responsibility to create learning environments that increase our own and our students’ … Read more
PREPARATION Complete the Journaling Exercise – Being with Sky; answer questions #1-6 as preparation class. Complete the Journaling Exercise – Creating a Mindful Learning Environment; answer questions #1-6 as preparation for class. Complete the Journaling Exercise – Tending the Flower of Compassion; answer questions #1-5 as preparation for class. Required reading: The Four-Fold Way: The … Read more
Over the coming months, we will explore four cross-cultural archetypes and 12 universal themes that promote the development of greater self-awareness, skill and competency – as well as insight into and respect for the diversity of others: The WARRIORCourage – Compassion – Leadership The HEALERFaith – Doubt – Determination The VISIONARYForm – Creativity – Discipline … Read more
On Presenceby Peter Senge, PhD We’ve come to believe that the core capacity needed to access the field of the future is presence. We first thought of presence as being fully conscious and aware in the present moment. Then we began to appreciate presence as deep listening, of being open beyond one’s preconceptions and historical … Read more
Culture and the Universe Two nights agoin the canyon darkness,only the half-moon and stars,only mere men.Prayer, faith, love,existence. We are measuredby vastness beyond ourselves.Dark is light.Stone is rising. I don’t knowif humankind understandsculture: the actof being humanis not easy knowledge. With painted wooden sticksand feathers, we journeyinto the canyon toward stone,a massive presencein midwinter. We … Read more
Definitions of Sky: Noun– the region of the atmosphere and outer space seen from the earth– great vault or arch over the earth– in astronomy: the heavens; home of the celestial bodies – sun, moon, stars, planets, galaxies– the space surrounding us and above us that is filled with air Verb– to throw or toss … Read more
Welcome to Section 2 as we continue to deepen in the previous Lessons while exploring new territory. We will meet the first of the four archetypes in Angeles Arrien’s The Four-Fold Way. The teachings of the Warrior will permeate all five Lessons and Zoom classes. We will partner Embodied Presence: the Self with practices for … Read more
Your written assignments may appear in one or more Topics in each Lesson. This work must be submitted as a Microsoft Word document, with a [.doc] or [.docx] at the end of the file name, or a PDF document [.pdf]. There is a maximum file size of 5 MB. If you compose in another word … Read more