Contemplative End of Life Care Certificate Program
A Seventeen-Week Certificate Program for Health Care Professionals
Naropa University’s Center for Contemplative End of Life Care, in partnership with Rigpa’s Spiritual Care Program, presents a professional certificate program for health care professionals providing in-depth training in spiritually-grounded and compassionate approaches to the full spectrum of end of life care practice, and offering the opportunity to fully integrate spirituality and caregiving. The program is presented in a unique seventeen-week, low-residency format that includes two, week-long residential training intensives and fifteen weeks of online instruction.
The 5th Annual Integrating Spirit & Caregiving Conference Integral and Transpersonal Approaches to Elder Care, Catastrophic Illness and End of Life Care
The Integrating Spirit & Caregiving Conference brings together leading clinicians, thought leaders and teachers of contemplative, transpersonal and integral approaches to catastrophic illness and the full spectrum of end of life and elder care, from healing interventions to pain and symptom management, to spiritual care and bereavement counseling. This year’s conference also offers a special focus on integral and transpersonal approaches to the practices of medicine and nursing with plenary presentations by leading palliative care physicians Porter Storey, MD, and James Duffy, MD, critical care expert Mitchell Levy, MD, and author, clinician and educator, Barbie Dossey, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN.
Friday night keynote: Joan Halifax
Saturday night keynote: Frank Ostaseski
Other leading experts in elder care, catastrophic illness and end of life care, including Marcia Latanzi-Licht, RN, will offer a rich selection of concurrent session workshops.
Fleet Maull, MA, PhD Cand., is a senior student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and an ordained priest in the Zen Peacemaker Order. He is the founder of both Prison Dharma Network and National Prison Hospice Association. He is also director the Colorado Peacemaker Circle and Peacemake Institute and directs Contemplative End of Life & elder care programming for the Naropa University School of Extended Studies. Fleet has been teaching meditation for more than twenty years.
May 18–20, 2007
Conference Price: $350
($295 if registered by April 18)
Participants in this workshop will gain a new understanding of the relevance of animals to our inner and outer lives, and the ways in which animals can show us how to heal ourselves and the Earth. Guided by author, scholar and science editor Valerie Harms, we will first explore rich cultural histories that reveal the ecological and psychological importance of animal archetypes, and then explore our own dreams, visions, thoughts and actions to interpret the meaning, message and importance of animals in our inner landscape. This knowledge can greatly enhance personal power and understanding of the world we live in, as we increase our appreciation for the unity of all beings.
An Intensive Journal consultant and former science editor at the National Audubon Society, Valerie Harms is also the author of nine books including Dreaming of Animals: Dialogue Between Self and World, The Inner Lover: Using Passion as a Way to Self-Empowerment and The National Audubon Society Almanac of the Environment. Trained by Ira Progoff, Valerie has presented workshops at C.G. Jung centers, the New York Open Center, Rowe Conference Center (MA), Wainwright House (NY), Skyros Centre ( Greece), and Fairfield & Drew Universities. She was named One of the Most Remarkable Women in Connecticut by the United Nations for her work in depth psychology, writing, and the Intensive Journal. Her articles have appeared in the New York Times, Harper's Magazine, and Ms. Magazine, among many others. www.valerieharms.com
February 23–25
Fri 7–9 p.m. • Sat 10 a.m.–5 p.m. • Sun 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
Non-credit: $265, $225.25 by February 3
Friday night only: $15 ($10 students/seniors) CANCELLED
Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is sometimes referred to as compassionate communication. Its purpose is to strengthen our ability to inspire compassion from others and to respond compassionately to others and to ourselves. NVC guides us to reframe how we express ourselves and hear others by focusing our consciousness on what we are observing, feeling, needing, and requesting.
In this workshop, participants are trained to make careful observations free of evaluation, and to specify behaviors and conditions that are affecting us. We learn to hear our own deeper needs and those of others, and to identify and clearly articulate what we are wanting in a given moment. When we focus on clarifying what is being observed, felt, and needed, rather than on diagnosing and judging, we discover the depth of our own compassion. Through its emphasis on deep listening—to ourselves as well as others —NVC fosters respect, attentiveness and empathy, and engenders a mutual desire to give from the heart. The form is simple, yet powerfully transformative.
While it is taught through the use of a concrete model, and is referred to as a process of communication or a language of compassion, Nonviolent Communication is more than a process or a language. As our cultural conditioning often leads our attention in directions unlikely to get us what we want, NVC serves as an ongoing reminder to focus our attention on places that have the potential to yield what we are seeking—a flow between ourselves and others based on a mutual giving from the heart.
Marshall B. Rosenberg, PhD, is the founder and director of educational services for the Center for Nonviolent Communication, an international peacemaking and training organization. He is the author of Speak Peace in a World of Conflict, and the bestselling Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life. Dr. Rosenberg is the 2006 recipient of the Global Village Foundation's Bridge of Peace Award, and the Association of Unity Churches International 2006 Light of God Expressing Award. He is also the recipient of the 2004 International Peace Prayer Day Man of Peace Award and the 2004 Religious Science International Golden Works Award. Dr. Rosenberg first used the NVC process in federally funded school integration projects to provide mediation and communication skills training during the 1960s. He founded the Center for Nonviolent Communication in 1984, an international nonprofit peacemaking organization, which is now affiliated with more than 200 certified NVC trainers in thirty-five countries around the globe. Rosenberg spends more than 250 days each year traveling the globe, teaching Nonviolent Communication in hundreds of local communities, at national conferences, and in some of the most impoverished, war-torn states of the world.
Natural Highs: The Highlights
Avani Dilger MEd, MA, DTR
Join us for a weekend of the most popular experientials, rituals, and practices from Avani's Natural Highs class, the holistic approach to developing healthy alternatives to addictive behaviors of every type—from food and spending issues to substance abuse. This weekend workshop will include the yerba mate ritual, body-mind experiments, the Bazaar for the Senses, and trance dancing to unravel the mysterious forces of craving and longing in our lives. While we will touch on theoretical aspects of this innovative approach to addictive behaviors, participants can primarily expect immersion in its practical, creative applications. Natural Highs alumni and aficionados will enjoy a chance to reconnect with their sense of exploration, creativity, and play, while those curious about the Natural Highs class will get a taste of the fall 2007 offering.
Avani G. Dilger, MEd, MA, DTR, CACIII, is a somatic psychotherapist, a registered dance/movement therapist, and a certified addiction counselor supervisor. She currently works as a substance abuse counselor with adults, teens and their families, and as adjunct faculty and staff in the MA Somatic Psychology Program at Naropa University. Avani has done extensive research and training in traditional and alternative approaches to substance abuse treatment, and founded the The Pure Trance Project, a recognized addiction prevention program for German public schools, using trance dancing and meditation as an alternative to substance abuse.
March 16–18
Fri 7–9 p.m. • Sat 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Sun 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
Non-credit: $250, $212.50 by February 23
Friday night only: $15 ($10 students/seniors)
A $10 materials fee is payable to the instructor.
Couple Power: Building Couple Commitment, Cooperation, Communication and Community in Relationships
Peter Sheras and Phyllis Koch Sheras
This workshop presents an innovative approach to understanding how to support and create healthy relationships, by defining a new paradigm that views the couple as an entity with its own unique personality and dynamics. With a focus on the power of language—the act of acknow-ledging commitment to the relationship—Peter and Phyllis teach the simple, efficient model of the Four C's of Couple Power. After committing in the present to a shared goal or vision of the future, couples will then learn to combine three other crucial tasks—cooperation, communication, and the establishment of community—to create and support positive, enduring relationships. This unique workshop is for individuals or couples seeking to strengthen their relationships, as well as therapists who counsel couples.
Peter Sheras, PhD, ABPP, and Phyllis Koch-Sheras, PhD, have worked with couples for more than thirty years and have been married as long. They are clinical psychologists trained in both Eastern and Western philosophies, and are members of the faculty of the University of Virginia’s Curry Programs in Clinical and School Psychology.
March 30–April 1
Fri 7–9 p.m. • Sat 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Sun 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
Non-credit: $250, $212.50 by February 27
$400 for couples registering together
Friday night only: $15 ($10 students/seniors)
A $20 materials fee is payable to the instructor.
Life Transitions: Re-Visioning Your Future
Lois Munson
Periods of transition, whether initiated by changes in career, relationships or life stages, offer us the rare opportunity to recreate our worlds; a chance to realize our dreams that is both exciting and challenging. Eastern and western spiritual traditions have much wisdom to offer us about the path through times of change, as the structures of our world first collapse and then reformulate themselves into new patterns. Drawing from these traditions, this class will focus on the development of a set of skills that will make the process more productive, less scary and perhaps even fun, as you learn these skills from a professional life coach; support and receive support from other participants in community; and set and attain a measurable goal that will be accomplished over the course of this six-week course.
Tuesdays, April 10-May 15
6-8 p.m.
Non-credit: $160
The laying on of hands for peace and healing is common to all spiritual traditions and is more relevant now than ever. The art of Reiki is available for everyone to learn and to share, and this course will teach participants how to use energetic healing for themselves, loved ones, pets and the planet. Students will practice healing hand positions and attune with universal Reiki energy, while learning more about the movement of spirit through us as healers. Classes will include light touch with a partner. Please dress comfortably.
Amy Haddon is the owner of Five Points, an integrated healing and wellness coaching practice that specializes in empowering clients to transform their health through education, lifestyle changes, and therapeutic modalities including Reiki, reflexology, aromatherapy and more. As a priestess in the Goddess tradition, Amy draws upon her connection to universal life spirit to guide her as a healer, teacher, author, and coach. A long-time student of health and healing, Amy is currently seeking a doctoral degree in traditional naturopathy from Clayton College of Natural Health.
Wednesdays • April 11–May 16
6–8 p.m.
Non-credit: $212, $180 by March 21
Opening Pandora’s Box: The Myth of Women's Appetites
Martha Peacock, PhD
This workshop is for women and men who are interested in broadening their understanding of women's unconscious patterns related to food, compulsive dieting and exercise, and sexuality, and those who want to make a difference in the world for their daughters and for other women. Grounded in the theory of archetypal psychology, this workshop unmasks the ways the myth of Pandora reveals itself through influences in popular culture that emphasize women as objects of male desire, ultimately encouraging disordered eating, obstructing women's sexuality, and devaluing women's bodies. Participants will explore ways we unconsciously perpetuate this age-old paradigm, and will focus on developing the understanding and strategies to support a strong sense of self and a deep inner life.
Martha Peacock, PhD, is a mythologist, teacher, writer, and public speaker who has studied the archetype of Pandora for the past fifty years. Her workshop is based upon her doctoral dissertation and has been presented to audiences including students, women business leaders, and religious congregations.
April 13–15
Fri 7–9 p.m. • Sat 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Sun 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
Non-credit: $250, $212.50 by March 23
CEUs available
Friday night only: $15 ($10 students/seniors)
Integrative Psychiatry: A Ten-Step Approach to Overcoming Anxiety, Distress and Depression
Eve Wood, MD
We all accept the necessity of treating body, mind and spirit as one, but what does that really mean? This workshop presents a whole-person methodological approach to treating anxiety, distress and depression by drawing on traditional psychiatric medicine, complementary and alternative interventions, psychoneuroimmun-ology, mind-body medicine and spiritual traditions. In this personally and professionally empowering workshop, you will discover how to partner with your patients and clients in an amazing healing journey to wholeness. Some of the techniques we will cover are guided imagery, affirmations, thought-stopping tools, working with body-language fingerprints, including medications and complementary/alternative interventions and nurturing the spiritual dimension for wholeness.
Eve A. Wood, MD, is a professor at the University of Arizona and a practicing psychiatrist. She's the award-winning author of There's Always Help; There’s Always Hope, and 10 Steps to Take Charge of Your Emotional Life (released January 2007). Dr. Wood hosts a call-in radio show, Healing Your Body, Mind and Spirit, on www.HayHouseRadio.com, and is a columnist for Massage Therapy Journal. Teaching workshops nationwide, she helps individuals take charge of their lives.
April 20–22
Fri 7–9 p.m. • Sat 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Sun 10 a.m.–3 p.m.
Barbara Brennan’s Hands of Light Healing
Carolyn Eberle
Brennan Healing Science™ is an enlightening system of energy work that combines hands-on techniques with spiritual and psychological processes—touching every aspect of your life.
Based on the living dynamics of our human energy consciousness system and its relationship to the greater world of which we all are intimately a part, Brennan Healing Science can help transform your life into the balanced, enlightening experience of mastery that you've always wanted it to be.
This workshop is designed to give you a thorough and experiential introduction to the transformative work of Brennan Healing Science. The format will include lectures, healing demonstrations, guided exercises and meditations, hands-on healing techniques, practices healings and self-healing exercises. You will be introduced to your ability to give hands-on healing to others as well as starting to open your latent ability to perceive the human energy field. This is a rare opportunity to step into an expanded view of life, where we see that we are more than just our physical bodies.
Carolyn Eberle is an advocate of integrative healing and an educator in spiritual teaching, energy psychotherapy and somatic bodywork. She is the founder of the Mind Energy Body Institute whose mission it is to expand the vision of therapy and healing to include an integrated approach working mind, energy and body, together. Carolyn has a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology and is a graduate of advanced studies of the Barbara Brennan School of Healing as well as a certified massage therapist and reiki and chi kung practioner.
April 27–29
Fri 7–9 p.m. • Sat 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Sun 9 a.m.–2 p.m.
Non-credit: $250, $212.50 by April 6
Friday night only: $15 ($10 students/seniors)
Physical Transformation through Nutrition CANCELLED
Scott Ohlgren
Nutrition and digestion are two of the fundamental keys to good health. Join author Scott Ohlgren in this lively workshop, as he presents the essential overview and skills of nutrition and internal cleansing for achieving and maintaining optimum digestive health. Participants will learn what internal terrain is and the role it plays in health, how to stop the toxic load of a modern diet, seven physical transformers for your health, how to reorganize your kitchen for a healthy lifestyle, secret keys to breaking bad food habits, and recipes for simple and easy meals to begin building a foundation of health that can last a lifetime. Participants will receive two books, Cellular Cleansing Made Easy and The 28-Day Cleansing Program, as well as three audio CDs.
Scott Ohlgren is a teacher and speaker whose passion is to show others the skills of repairing skin and digestive problems often thought of as incurable. His work has been featured in Success Magazine and on Denver's Channel 7 news, and his books and CDs on the diet/symptom connection have sold more than 90,000 copies.
April 27-29
Fri 7–9 p.m. • Sat 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Sun 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
Non-credit: $265, $225.25 by April 27
Friday night only: $15 ($10 students/seniors)
A $5 materials fee is payable to the instructor. CANCELLED
Sacred Balance: Nature as Guide and HealerCANCELLED
Sherry Ellms
Human beings destroy their ecology at the same time that they destroy one another…healing our society goes hand in hand with healing our personal, elemental connection with the phenomenal world. —Chögyam Trungpa, Rinpoche
When we lose touch with our interdependence, the elements and the natural world, we lose touch with our true nature and our ability to engage effectively with our lives. In these challenging times, it is important for us to reconnect with our inherent abilities to experience the potency of the unseen realm, the spirit of the rocks, trees and the elements, and allow ourselves to be seen, to be open to the messages and wisdom from the elemental world. In this workshop, we will enter Sacred Time together, doing preparatory exercises and contemplative practices, and learning something about the ecology of the land. We will then make a pilgrimage to a nearby mountain where you will have the opportunity for solo time to wander, to sit, and to communicate with sacred Other. Our closing will include how to integrate your experience in a way that can bring grounding and clarity to your day-to-day life.
What to bring: Small day pack with lunch and water for Saturday’s easy walk (less than a mile).
Sherry Ellms, MA, brings a unique blend of contemplative practice and passion for the outdoors to her work in guiding people to more deeply connect with the power and insight that is available in the natural world. Sherry has led nature-based programs, including wilderness solos and contemplative mountaineering, for fifteen years and has taught meditation in secular and Buddhist settings throughout the country for twenty-five years. She is core faculty in the Environmental Studies Department at Naropa University, has studied with Joanna Macy and at the School of Lost Borders, and is a volunteer naturalist for Boulder County Open Parks and Space.
May 18–19
Fri 6–8 p.m. • Sat 9 a.m.–4 p.m.
There is no public talk for this program.
Non-credit: $120, $102 by April 27
No public talk. CANCELLED
By their very nature, horses have much to teach us about ourselves. They exist in present time and are always congruent in their actions and behavior. In this class, we will work closely with a variety of horses ranging in color, temperament and breed, accessing our issues of trust, intimacy, boundaries and self-esteem. Through hands-on horse play, contemplative practices of meditation, journaling and group process, we will explore how these states manifest in our personal and professional lives. This course is appropriate for those seeking deeper self-exploration and knowledge, and for anyone interested in the field of Equine Assisted Learning/Psychotherapy. Class size is limited.
Diane Kennedy, MA, earned her master’s degree in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology from Naropa University, and is certified in Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP) through the Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association (EAGALA). She is a registered riding instructor through NARHA, and an avid believer in and practitioner of natural horsemanship. Founder of the Medicine Horse Program, Diane has recently returned to private practice to combine her love of horses with her therapeutic skills in EAP, Gestalt, dreamwork, and Jungian philosophy. Diane brings a crazy wisdom to all her teachings.
Thursdays • June 7–July 12; 5–7 p.m.
Non-credit: $225, $191.25 by May 17
CEUs available
