Play in the Wild! 2015 Animator Trainings for Anyone Working with Youth
 
One of the things that inspires us in our work is that each year, we meet educators and people who want to work with youth in a way that supports them to thrive, physically, intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually - despite a public education system and a society that continues to fail just about everyone. 

Today, we're excited to announce some new opportunities for learning and support for those of you who are working with youth, or wanting to work with youth, in an environment of empathy, compassionate understanding, self-responsibility, and life serving connection: 
More details about these Animator Trainings can be found below and on playinthewild.org.  Please share this info with anyone you know who works with youth, or wants to work with youth, and who you think would enjoy hearing about these trainings.

Blessings and Peace All Ways,

Catherine Cadden and Jesse Wiens, CNVC Certified Trainers
and The Play in the Wild! Animator Team

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elementsWild! Elements - Online Animator Training
February 8th, 2015 to May 2nd, 2015
Circle of hands

"This Animator Training community allowed me to learn, to integrate, to forgive, to be heard, to be seen, to receive empathy and to love.  And to experience it ourselves allows us to offer it to others."  
- Marie-�laine, educator, Canada

"For the first time I am able to deeply empathise with and understand someone in my school, and hear that we all share the same longings. Each and every one of us. Thank you ... I'm touched and warmed, leaving feeling alive, connected and inspired"
- Lauren, educator, Australia 
Wild! Elements, will specifically cover (and not be limited to):
  • An introduction to Nonviolence - philosophy, history and practices
  • An introduction to Interdependence - philosophy and practices
  • What it takes to support a learning community to have a culture of empathy
  • Living the "undivided life": acting on the outside in a way that reflects our authentic self and integrates the principles of nonviolence into our lives
  • Mindfulness and the Five Principles that bring alive a life of Being Nonviolence
  • Listening, Observing, Validating, and Empathizing with ourselves and others to create the quality of connection that builds long-lasting alliances in learning
  • Creating a learning community founded in trust, mutual respect, and understanding - without suppressing differences
  • Empowerment of our students and ourselves to receive difficult messages without taking them personally, giving in, or losing self-esteem, while simultaneously opening a gateway to collaborative solutions that meet the needs of all concerned
  • Mindful Heart, Heart-Full Mind: assessing strategies from a living connection to Universal Human Needs, so we can make choices which effectively access the endless possibilities of learning 
leadershipWild! Leadership - Online Animator Training
September 6th, 2015 to November 28th, 2015 

Trust walk

"I am in awe about the effect this training had on me: If I was a bird taking a course in flying, then I would definitely feel ready to fly and fly even where I haven't been before." 
- Adela, teacher, Germany

"I learned... to fully be myself, to own my experiences ... It gave me the confidence to actually wear my vision of a world that walks the path of peace, to live with the youth and the people around me and dare to propose new ways of being together."
- Arielle, outdoor educator, Canada
Wild! Leadership, will specifically cover (and not be limited to): 
  • Further understanding of Nonviolent philosophy, history and practices
  • Further understanding of Interdependence - philosophy and practices
  • Conflict Transformation including the art of Third-siding through seeking mutual understanding (with room for disagreement) and solutions that contribute to the needs of all involved
  • Protective use of force: understanding and using protective use of force in a way that creates life-serving boundaries
  • Connection in marketing and fundraising: how to create a culture of connection when gathering resources, building community support, and promoting your programs
  • Integrating Mindfulness Principles into our lives and in our work with youth: strengthening our ability to look at experiences as if for the first time, aware of oneself and one's impact on others
  • Cultivating our personal passions and talents with Being Nonviolence and how to bring that forward in what we want to offer youth
  • Strengthening our ability to identify and express needs in a way that creates connection rather than conflict
  • Deepening our capacity to hear and understand the needs of others no matter how they express themselves
  • Empowerment of our students and ourselves to receive difficult messages without taking them personally, giving in, or losing self-esteem, while simultaneously opening a gateway to collaborative solutions that meet the needs of all concerned
mentorship
Wild! Mentorship - Online Animator Training
March 8th, 2015 to May 30th, 2015

Mentoring
Wild! Mentorship offers an opportunity for returning Animator Training participants to get the quality of support they need to bring their work with youth fully into the world.

Wild! Mentorship, will specifically cover (and not be limited to):

  • What you most want to deepen in your practices of Mindfulness, Nonviolent Communication, and Being Nonviolence
  • Supporting your real world applications of bringing this work to youth
  • Creating your "dream job" with youth
  • How to design your own program with youth
  • Writing your own personal educational philosophy to be your foundation for leading
  • Leading a Team who is working with youth
 
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