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Class One: Embracing a daily practice
- Recording link
- Resources:
- Morning Practice worksheet and instructions
- Activism Self Care Plan
- Desiree Adaway
- Julica Hermann De La Fuente
- Dr. Dean Ornish, Undo It
- Long-term stress makes you sick
- Health benefits of gratitude
- Assignment: Complete the Daily Practice Worksheet daily
Class Two: Thinking more thoughtfully
- Recording link
- Resources
- Sharon Welch
- Bobbie Harro
- The Cycle of Socialization (diagram on p. 2)
- The Cycle of Liberation (diagram on p. 620)
- Dismantling Racism: White Supremacy Culture
- Nap Ministry (twitter and instagram)
- Winter Wheat, Libby Roderick (video)
- Thomas Merton: “To allow one self to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender to too many demands, to commit oneself to too many projects, to want to help everyone in everything is to succumb to violence. The frenzy of the activist neutralizes his or her work for peace.”
- Assignment
- Continue completing the Morning Practice Worksheet daily.
- Consciously rest for *at least* 5 minutes each day.
- Optional: Read through The Nap Ministry’s social accounts (twitter and instagram)
- Complete the Core Values Worksheet
- Complete the Class Two Worksheet
Class 3: Resting into your roots
- Recording link
- Assignment
- Complete the Class Three Worksheet: Your three most important people
- Create a sacred space with images or representations of your three most important people (and bonus Nourishing Land).
- Spend time in front of this sacred space daily.
- Continue completing the Morning Practice Worksheet daily.
This was the sacred space I set up on my last retreat: My great-grandmother Hofmann, my favorite Indigo Girls CD, and an icon of Our Lady of Guadalupe (along with assorted finds from my trail walks).
Class 4: The Practice of Communing
- Recording link: Here! Due to the increase in internet (school and work online), many people had trouble calling in. I even got dropped halfway through the call and only half got recorded. I’m sorry for the resulting delay, but took the opportunity to re-record the class this morning (3-19-20).
- Class notes: Tech issues are resolved, but I’m still giving you full access to my Class Four notes here.
- Resources:
- CORK: How healthy groups work together
- Growth communities (ideas, not exhaustive):
- Desiree Adaway’s Freedom School
- Better Angels
- Bridging Our Divide
- Nextdoor: Connect with your neighbors
- Assignment:
- Create (or join) an effort to creatively commune during Covid-19 quarantine
- Take good care of yourself
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