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• Renewed and Revisioned WeirMerrill Program
SAVE THE DATES! For our new Percept and Self Differentiation Programs, Background: Our training community: As far as John and Joyce were concerned, these practitioners would carry their work forward, as they had committed to the formal study of their model from the inside.. Of course, John always said that there would be no such thing as a WEIRLAB after he was gone. Joyce agreed with him. We would not presume to copy their work although we do recognize that all learning derives from and stands on the shoulders of the ideas, philosophies and teachers who come before. We do not propose to offer an exact replica of a Weirlab. The New Chapter: This new team will be presenting an updated perspective on the SelfDifferentiation work and the Percept Theory, viewpoint and language. The world we all live in now has to be less self-referential, more relational and more fully embodying the diversities and intersections between race, class, gender, caste, nationality and politics of our current world. We bring this position to the learning event. The first revisioned Self-Differentiation Lab at Hope Springs Institute will be a great experience for new and old students of this form. Hope Springs has the flavor of Old Bethel and the advantage of being near the Cincinnati hub airport. It has a 5-star organic food chef and staff, beautiful facilities for doing this kind of work and land which holds and contains the intense history of Appalachia. SAVE THE DATES: August 2-8, 2008 Embodying Female Authority This training seminar is for women with some experience of working in leadership positions with women’s groups AND for women whose interest in this idea is growing. It is an opportunity to take a critical look at the field of woman-identified group dynamics theory, to look at new thinking and to explore the deeper diversities in a residential learning community of women. This is an occasion to strengthen your sense of agency and political activism as a woman who works on behalf of social justice in Maine. We will follow a dynamic relational process theory through a full cycle in order to have a deeper understanding of how we can all live in accordance with laws of nature, the moon, the tides and the life of the dreams.We will be about sustainability, class and money consciousness, peace-making and transparency of power dynamics. By creating a temporary residential community, it’s possible to turn up the heat underneath our practice. By leaving the ordinary structure, we create a threshold into the less ordinary, non-dominant states of awareness and understanding. By contracting to work over a 3 phase cycle, we can watch our development through a particular lens. By opening up the money issues among and between us, we create a real-time context for exploring our economic diversity and related class issues. The 6-day 2 phase program structure will include: small group time,theory presentation and discussion, intervention discussion, peer support and self-assessment of skills. There will be pre-program work and 3 half day in-between-sessions at Alexandra’s home in St George. This added work will deepen and strengthen your understanding of your skill and practice levels. Readings, journal work and writing will be part of the curriculum. Come look at the state of your practice, review your competencies and identify areas where you need to strengthen your skills. Come and be in a peer community of women who are devoted to supporting women in Maine emerge in leadership positions wherever they emerge. Have time to deepen your relationship to the female archetypes,dreams and images. Learn more about working with the intersections of levels in women’s group life. Nebo Lodge: room, board and overhead costs- $300.per session |
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