Seeds of Peace: Peacemaking with Children
What?
An Arts, Nature, and Story-based course designed for adults
to help cultivate, nurture and support peaceful relationships with and between
children.
Why?
What if we could teach our children a new way to
experience their emotions and express themselves fully and authentically,
without causing harm to themselves or others? What if we could cultivate in our
children the capacities to navigate life in a powerful, open, joyful, regenerative,
thoughtful, peaceful way? Can we help them develop individually, to find and
follow their own personal vision, AS WELL as to become conscious, respectful,
and caring members of a community? Can we teach them to respond to and resolve
conflicts in a peaceful way? Yes, we can, and it comes down to two points:
- If we want a peaceful world, we have to teach our children peace.
- “What we are, teaches the child far more than what we say, so we must be what we want our children to become” Joseph Chilton Pearce.
This means that cultivating peaceful relationships with and between children begins with each and every one of us. Through arts, nature and stories, we will examine our own habits, patterns, and practices and gather new tools to both embody and share with our children in an effort to sow seeds of peace through our thoughts, feelings, words and actions.
Who?
Generally, this course is for people who believe that peace is not only possible but essential and who hold a
vision of peaceful human cultures in harmony with nature. Specifically, Teachers, Administrators,
Grandparents, Parents, Camp Staff, Aunties, Uncles or anyone else in a position
to influence the lives and development of children.
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Ways to Participate:
Online Self-Study Track includes
recommended option of participation in facilitated online group experience
($150)
a.
8 months (October to May, 2018)
b.
Email materials for month, including readings,
activities and resources
c.
Optional: participation in online group
reflection and sharing (highly recommended)
d.
Details will be provided in the orientation
package.
2.
Online Personally Facilitated Track ($300)
a. 8 months (October to May, 2018)
b. Email materials for month, including readings,
activities and resources and optional participation in facilitated online group forum. Plus....
c. Monthly personal correspondence with Tamara through
phone, email, Skype, mail, or other preferred method of communication to share
and reflect on insights.
3.
In-Person Full Course ($150)
a.
Meets 1 evening per month (October to May)
b.
Locations: TBA
c.
Dates: TBA
d. Contact Tamara to discuss organizing a course in your area.
4. In-Person Workshops
d. Contact Tamara to discuss organizing a course in your area.
4. In-Person Workshops
a.
Full or Partial Weekends
b.
Tailored to meet the needs of your
community.
c.
Dates and locations flexible.
d. Contact Tamara to discuss bringing a PWC workshop to your community.
d. Contact Tamara to discuss bringing a PWC workshop to your community.
Course Outline:
Upon
Registration, you will receive a Welcome/Orientation package, which will
include: Introduction, Orientation,
Overview, Specific Instructions and Things to consider.
·
Session 1: The Big Picture: The
Ecosystem Paradigm (Vision, Beliefs and Cosmology)
·
Session 2: The Container: Values, Rights
and Responsibilities
·
Session 3: The Heart-Mind-Body
Connection
·
Session 4: Sensual Intelligence:
Integrating the Language of Nature
·
Session 5: Peace with Self
·
Session 6: Peace with Others
·
Session 7: Peace with Life (Resiliency)
·
Session 8: Restoring Peace and Conflict Resolution
·
Session 9: Final Thoughts, Harvest and
Celebration of the journey
How?
For more information please contact pilustudies@gmail.com
To register in Canada please e-transfer to pilustudies@gmail.com
To register from outside Canada please use paypal to send payment to: pilustudies@gmail.com
Thank you!
To register from outside Canada please use paypal to send payment to: pilustudies@gmail.com
Thank you!
