Practical peace for me
Online training courses:
Self care and personal resilience in difficult situations
Outline:
In this course I will introduce you to mental and physical tools for nourishing your well-being in difficult circumstances, and support you to build a do-able plan for making self-care a habit, wherever you are.
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Objectives of the training: To
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Practice and explore the benefits of breath-techniques, meditation and gentle physical stretches for mental, emotional and physical well-being;
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Using mindfulness tools, re-connect with the body as a place of sanctuary and a key part of yourself that we often become disconnected from in times of stress or worry;
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Explore your current coping-mechanisms and recognise what you might want to do even more of;
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Practice 'unsticking' yourself from your emotions by naming and exploring the full range of emotions and noticing their impact on your behaviour, body and thoughts;
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Explore and practice taking action to meet more of your needs, including saying 'No' to what is depleting you;
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Develop a plan for how to take care of yourself going forwards and practice this plan between sessions to explore what is realistic for you.
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Training format and time commitment:
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A mix of practice, individual reflection through drawing, pair-sharing and group discussion
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Small groups of 2-5 people
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2 hour live-sessions on Zoom over 4 weeks
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Individual reflection activities and group work between the live sessions (you will need to allocate 1 hour per week)
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Register to hear about when this course is next running
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What you'll need to take part:
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A yoga mat or non-slip rug; a cushion and a blanket;
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Blank paper & some different colour pens;
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A strong-enough internet connection to participate in the workshop on Zoom with the camera and audio on;
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A quiet, private space in which you can focus.
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Price
$200
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Skills for interpersonal ease
*Next running: May 2022:
May 3rd, May 10th, May 17th and May 24th
10h30-12h30 Central European Time; 9.30am-11.30am UK Time; 3pm-5pm Myanmar Time
Outline:
In this training you will learn simple but powerful tools based in non-violent communication for
interacting with yourself and others with compassion.
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Objectives of the training: To
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Recognise behaviours that you find challenging in others;
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Explore the feelings that come up for you in difficult situations and notice the behaviours
you usually have in response;
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Practice noticing the stories you have built up around a situation and distinguishing these from the facts;
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Practice using empathetic listening as a tool to hear others differently, in a way that causes yourself less anger, stress, sadness;
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Practice expressing yourself in a non-violent, assertive way to enable you to meet more of your own needs at the same time as strengthening compassionate relationships with other people.
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What will you be able to do after this training:
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Understand yourself better: your emotions, needs, triggers and habitual behaviours;
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Communicate with more clarity and therefore with more chance of meeting your needs with colleagues, partner organisations, funders, family and friends;
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Find more ease in your relationships, at work and outside.
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Training format and time commitment
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Interactive live-sessions: 4 x 2 hour sessions on Zoom on May 3rd, May 10th, May 17th and May 24th at 10h30 Central European Time; 9.30am UK Time; 3pm Myanmar Time
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Small groups of 2-5 people to enable a safe space, interaction and relationship building;
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Individual reflection activities and group work between the live sessions (you will need to allocate 1 hour per week)
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What you'll need for the live sessions:
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Blank paper & some different colour pens or crayons;
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A strong-enough internet connection to participate in the workshop on Zoom with the camera and audio on;
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A quiet, private space in which you can focus.
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Price
$200
Understanding where I am
Outline:
In this training you will learn the basics of applied anthropology to enable you to live in another culture and work with people from many cultures with more ease and satisfaction from better undersanding their world-view.
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Objectives of the training: To
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Explore and understand how norms, gender, time, communication rules and almost everything else that makes up human belief, behaviour and interaction are culturally contextual;
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Become more aware of your own cultural values and rules and notice where they match or clash with the culture of the place you are working in;
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Devise a list of questions to enable you to better understand and have more ease in the place you are working, your colleagues or the people who you serve in your work;
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Explore the power systems at play in your work-place and develop some ideas for how to constructively and creatively challenge situations in which external cultural values are being imposed on local people with different value systems.
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Training format and time commitment
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A mix of individual reflection through writing and drawing, pair-sharing and whole group discussion and role-play
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Small groups of 2-5 people
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2 hour live-sessions on Zoom over 4 weeks
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Individual reflection activities and group work between the live sessions (you will need to allocate 1 hour per week)
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Register to hear about when this course is next running
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What you'll need to take part:
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Blank paper & some different colour pens or crayons;
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A strong-enough internet connection to participate in the workshop on Zoom with the camera and audio on;
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A quiet, private space in which you can focus.
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Price
$200
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