Our wonderful MAPOF 2 cohort will be celebrating their graduation on Wednesday, May 31st, 2017.
The Masters in Process-Oriented Facilitation and Conflict Studies (MAPOF) is our integrative, foundation training program in the process oriented approach to the facilitation and study of inner and outer conflicts. The program is distinct because, while each class presents a cross-disciplinary comparison of various theories and approaches to facilitating internal conflict (psychology) and external conflict (conflict studies), the program teaches the cohesive theory and practice of Processwork. Our graduates learn this cohesive theory and focus on intense practical skill training during their studies at PWI, so when they graduate they have a practical set of skills and are ready to apply these skills with expertise.
This wonderful cohort will be celebrating their graduation on Saturday, February 4th, 2017.
Saturday, February 4th, 2017 5:00 pm-7:30 pm
Reception to Follow 7:30 pm
Please contact meghan.green@processwork.org with any questions.
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TIME
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TITLE
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PRESENTER
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Monday,
Jan 30th
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6-6:35pm
(distance access)
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THE DREAMING POWER OF AN INTERCONNECTED WORLD:
A Mixed Methods Study Measuring the Effects of Group Process on the Quantum Field
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Helene V. Ramos
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6:45-7:20pm
(distance access)
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THE DO WHAT YOU LOVE PROJECT:
A Workshop Series Applying Life Myth to Career Transitions
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Amy Palatnick
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7:30-8:05pm
(distance access)
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BODY SYMPTOM AS COLLECTIVE DREAMING
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Teng-Nging Tan
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8:15-8:50pm
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DEEP CHOREOGRAPHY OF SEXUALITY:
A Process-Oriented Approach to Sex, Trauma, and Magnetism
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Alexey Razumov
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Wednesday,
Feb 1st
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6:45-7:20pm
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QUANTUM MIND AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF MATHEMATICS:
A Metamathematical Exploration of the Psycho-Physical Universe
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Alex Aris
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7:30-8:05pm
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PEAK EXPERIENCE AS AN ACCESS TO INNER DIRECTION:
The Ultimate Guiding Principle
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Elsa Henderson
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Thursday,
Feb 2nd
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6:45-7:20pm
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SAFETY AND COUPLES WORK
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Annie Chen
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7:30-8:05pm
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Enriching the Learning, Teaching and Research of Processwork
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Paola Vidu
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8:15-8:50pm
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(details coming)
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Dina Ostrovsky
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Deep Democracy in a World of Divides:
Shifting Consciousness in Politics, Economics, Ecology and Relationships
April 23 – 28, 2017
Porto Heli, Argolida, Peloponese, Greece
Join Emetchi for her second Processwork and Trauma training seminar: “In each class there will be succinct theoretical background, discussion time and focus upon the experiential development of one relevant processwork skill. These classes are tailored for PW students, trauma practitioners and those new to the paradigm i.e. different levels of learning needs are both welcome and catered for. Any questions please email the instructorEmetchi at emetchi@mindspring.com.”
Marissa is a second year student in our Master of Arts in Process-Oriented Facilitation and Conflict Studies program. We are thrilled to have been given permission to share some of her poetry which sheds light on a part of her experience growing up as a mixed-race person in the U.S.
swimming lessons
it’s strange to learn a language secondhand
a language that lives in me
lives in my childhood
lives in my blood
yet shame so often holds it hostage to the tip of my tongue
it could “never be good enough”
a language that lives in the steam of dumpling baskets
the clanging of dim sum carts
and my mother’s beckoning hands
and too–
her scolding
passed down from mother to mother
“mei mei, don’t go to bed with your hair wet or you’ll wake up with a headache”
the language that lives in the food i’ve craved
as a 6 year old to 26 year old
but could never
and still cant ever
muster up the courage to order from a waiter
and claim the language as my own
my shame is my mother’s shame
and my clumsy american tongue could never be my mother’s native one
light and agile
carved around tones and ancestry
my ears can’t hear her accent
to me
her voice is just her own
to me
it has always been her own
but to her
her english was only ever
“never good enough.”
to others
her accent was a hassle
a dismissal
another reason to close an office door
to lay her off
to turn their head
to shut their eyes like blinds
she asked me at age 4 how to pronounce “zoo”
she still asks me sometimes, “shzoo”
i hear the hint of home in her accent
the hint of home
when spoken here
outcasts her
the hint of home
causing people to try to
translate her
TO TALK TO YOU LIKE THEY ARE ARE SHOUTING AT YOU FROM ANOTHER CONTINENT ACROSS THE OCEAN
but you swam here at 26
and you continue to swim
even though no one ever taught you how
at age 7
you reminded me everyday before YMCA swimming lessons
how lucky i was to learn to swim
because you were never so lucky
we would go to the pool
and you would stand at the shallow end
waving at me
standing alone
smiling
in your single
black
swimsuit
in the dressing room
i watched you gaze at your reflection in the mirror
turned sideways
head cocked
your hands cupping your belly
this swimsuit you bought specifically
to stand
not swim in
you float at the shallow end
avoiding the water so your hair doesn’t get wet
No results.
Starting Friday, September 23rd, join Dr. Arny Mindell for afternoon and evening courses at PWI. In his upcoming 3-day afternoon course Arny recommends two central group process “eldering” methods characterized by their rapid intervention ability. These methods can be keys to momentary resolutions that allow solutions to follow. Small and large Worldwork processes often require time for change. However, recent Processwork developments allow facilitators to help conflicts within minutes.
Join Dr. Amy Mindell in exploring the unpredictable creativity of your “childmind”, that is, the beginner’s mind inside of all of us! Using basic materials, we’ll enjoy simple art experiments and new puppet + mask making techniques.
Vanessa says one of the things making her excited these days is applying her Processwork learning in the diverse projects she is involved in. Recently Vanessa has been working in various places that are in transition. This includes in Greece, where systems are collapsing or dying, as well as working in Canada helping to facilitate an ongoing truth and reconciliation process with indigenous and non-indigenous peoples. She shared a recent story of working with a young woman indigenous leader who is building new partnerships between youth and mainstream institutions and government. One of the big tensions is around different concepts of “time” and the different cultures around time: how to honor both the “funding deadlines” as well as the deeper historical arcs of time, and to bring into these partnerships that things need to take their own time. Vanessa worked with her on “in-sourced” power and “outsourced” power to remind her that she has more power in any situation than she thinks she does, especially when she goes into these meetings.No results.