Designing the Life We Want

About Designing the Life We Want:

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You have never been where you are today. Have you created the impact you want? Do you show up the way you desire? Are you moving in the right direction? Rarely do we allow ourselves time to stop and examine what is changing in our lives and what we need to feel fulfilled. Drawing on psychological principles, movement practice, and ancient wisdom traditions, students in this course will create a unique environment for self-renewal in which peers convene for a rare opportunity of intense personal learning, interaction, and exploration.

Through this experiential course, we will create a courageous community that is challenging and nurturing. Our goal is to step back from our lives, listen to our inner voice, and discover what is really important to us. Students will develop insights about what brings them joy and purpose and a vision to serve as a foundation for both the next year and next phase of life. As we engage in a progression of individual and group exercises focused on communication, reflection, and movement, we will understand how to navigate the stages of major life transitions, practice the skills to access our intuition, and reveal which of our behaviors either support or unconsciously undermine our overall success. The experience will be especially valuable for those who are passionate about having a more powerful and authentic impact on the world around them.

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Students should come ready to move, share openly, actively participate, and learn collectively.

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Itinerary:​

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Week 1:​

Stay at the Edge of Our Courage
Be in community.  Shift our perspective from individual to group.  Break taboo.  Risk sharing what we might not have shared before.  Show up with vulnerability.  Feel new ways of being emerging.  Create new patterns for ourselves and for our culture.

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Week 2:

Dare to Know Our Heart’s Desire
We all know deep down what we are called to do. We can learn how to listen to, and be guided by, that voice. We practice trusting our inner compass, our intuition, our inner knowing.

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Week 3:

Transform Our Limiting Voices
Respond to self-doubt and criticism and welcome a new way of being, a new vision. Transform what prevents us from leading the life we want – be it grief, resentment, anxiety, shame, upper limits, attachments.

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Week 4:

Express Our Desire (in public)

In the old paradigm, learning is 1-1 or one to many.  Here, we learn from each other by daring to show all parts of ourselves: what we are not proud of, and all that we deserve to be proud of.

 

Week 5:

Dance Our Future into Being
Literally.  Let’s dance.  Let’s be in our bodies. Let’s play. Let’s be outside. Let’s be in the ecstasy of life. When we are ecstatic, we see ourselves as part of something greater.

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Week 6:

Find Next Steps and New Supports

We need the right people to help us make our dreams come true. More connection.  More of what brings us joy. Stop doing what we do not love. Risk asking for the support we need. Create a plan we believe in.