New Paradigm Skills Set
How often do we say we wish to do more volunteer teaching out of the yoga studio but don’t feel equipped to tackle the challenges of cultural differences and intersectional inequality? This diversity and inclusion training will delve into basic cultural competencies for engaging yoga in community settings. Beginning with one’s own foundation practice, the workshop will explore communication, conflict resolution and listening skills that enable yoga facilitators to be effective leaders. We will align ourselves with a New Paradigm Skills Set- a toolkit for self-discovery and community building in a time of volatile change. Join us for an immersion in transformational learning!
Activities will include:
- Community Ritual for Processing
- Introduction to Language of Feelings and Deep Listening
- Experience Peace Circle/Community Conflict Resolution Format
- Self-Care for Activists
- Exploration of Engagement Learning
- Defining Personal Ethics/Moral Compass
- Developing Cultural Awareness and Demystifying Cultural Appropriation
- Discussion of Intersection of Yogic Theory and Current Cultural Paradigm Shift
This course is for certified yoga and meditation teachers and anyone who uses or wishes to use yoga/meditation/mindfulness as a tool for community building or activism.
Prerequisites:
None
You will learn:
- Introduction to Non-Violent Communication: Feelings Literacy
- Personal Development Practices for Community Activism
- Ethics of How to Hold Space for Community Processing
- Understanding Non-Linear Forms of Communication: Ritual, Activities and Experiential Learning
- How to Explore Your Interests, Agreements and Moral Grounding
- Yogic Theory of Transformation and Evolution of Self
- Cross-Cultural Competencies
- Leadership Development- Power & Privilege, Who Owns the Space & Community Planning
Learning Objectives:
- Add to your teaching tools to be able to effectively lead yoga and meditation in community settings
- Be able to support community building through facilitated transformational and reflective yogic practice
- Engage systems of intersectional inequality individually and hold space for others to engage individually
- Effectively self-analyze for cultural appropriation and cultural effectiveness in teaching in community settings
- Awareness of current cultural shifts in local and national spheres
Subjects:
Ethics, Yogic Theory, Social Systems, Experiential Education, Personal Development
