Painting by Frank Howell, one of the cornerstone artists of the Southwest Native Art Movement
Indigenous Wisdom for Making Wise Choices in Turbulent Times
"How much peace are you willing to work for?"
Paula Underwood, wisdom keeper of 10,000-years-old oral history
You’ll learn how to strengthen three essential powers for amplifying your gifts and talents in the world.
- For spirit, it’s the power to be fully present in any circumstance
- For mind, it’s the power to communicate your intent effectively
- For body, it’s the power to take a stand and ‘embody’ your unique contribution, fully
All three must be woven into a whole. Communication without the power to take a stand disempowers and reinforces the status quo. Taking a stand without the power to communicate well, leads to conflict without progress. Both communication and taking a stand are only successful when we are fully present to ourselves, to others and their surroundings.
Join us as we discover our unique contributions at this unprecedented moment
A 6-week journey to chart your course for creating
a world that works for all beings
April 8 - May 17, 2021
The weekly schedule starts Thursday, April 8th and ends on Monday, May 17, 2021
Thursdays 11:00-1:00 CT: Experiential sharing of practical wisdoms
Mondays 11:00-1:00 CT: Live Office Hours for inquiries and deepening insights
Course Fee is $400.
Around the world we are witnessing a longing to truly understand who we are as individuals and as a people. How to resolve differences that appear to be irreconcilable.
This story is as old as history. Yet prophecy suggests that at this moment in time, we can create a new story. A story where we choose to utilize the gift that makes us unique among all beings – our ability to evolve consciously. We are equipped to learn new ways of being, doing and learning so that peaceful co-existence becomes a way of life.
Fortunately for us, over thousands of years, our ancestors honed a tool specifically designed for this purpose – for gaining clarity in times of chaos.
This practical wisdom is a dance between each individual and the community as a whole
The Four Step Path provides a roadmap for both individual and community clarity – uncovering our true nature and informing decisions about which actions to take for the benefit of our neighbors and ourselves. The Path brings clarity on what’s uniquely yours to do. From an indigenous perspective, discovering who you are and how you learn are essential for staying grounded. Everything else unfolds from that foundation.
By the end of our gathering, you will be equipped to set sail on your personal journey with courage, confidence, competence and creativity.
As part of a supportive learning community, you will learn:
New Ways of Being
- Exploratory Listening: a practice that links you to the power of the Great Mystery
- Living with Uncertainty: a practice for reducing suffering by expanding your view of possibilities
New Ways of Learning
- Ways to benefit from diversity of thinking: a practice to test time-honored assumptions
- How to become a lifelong learner: Medicine wheels as a practice
New Ways of Doing
- Dynamic decision making: practices to bring all voices into the process
- A vision of real community: Three ways to weave community
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We'll create a safe place to bring our gifts alive. You will have the opportunity to experience a sense of:
Grace as you feel yourself surrounded by resources you did not know were available
Gratitude for the learning community's dedication to your success
Ease based on your confidence that you are on your true path
Joy as you master tools supporting your life-long learning journey
Ethical presence that guides the wisdom of your choices
Balance within yourself, others and your environment
Peace, knowing you are clear on what's uniquely yours to be, learn and do
"What is assuring about the Path is that it keeps you real and balanced. This insightful approach brings power, strength and tranquility into focus."
Jane Franke
"I value the work you are all doing to help us find peace and personal power in change."
Leia Francisco
Life and Executive Coach
"The Path helped us understand that life isnโt about being somebody. Itโs all about being yourself."
Mildred Cuffaro
"You established an open and trusting environment for sharing our views and I was astonished at the clarity of our new collective vision."
Barbara Ball
"With new skills, our organization came to a new level of understanding, cooperation and true collaboration."
Karen Connell
How the gathering is designed
We will guide you through every aspect of Walking the Path - creating your own personal laboratory. For each of our six weeks together, we’ll have a two-hour zoom call where we share practical wisdoms and learn through direct experience. You’ll be given the structure you need to apply the wisdoms to your unique situation. Office hours will provide one-on-one support and a space for collective learning.
We all want to make a difference. Yet none of us can do it alone. We’ll experience a dance between individuals and the community that Paula shared from her tradition. The community will hold responsibility for supporting the gifts and talents of each person. And each person will hold responsibility for the strength of our learning community as a whole. In this way, we'll weave new stories for each person and for our learning community - stories that will have powerful ripple effects into our communities across the world.
The world needs you.
No one else can bring your unique gifts and talents.
We hope you’ll join us!
Contact Stephanie if you have any questions.
Meet your Guides
Stephanie Nestlerode is a social worker by training and a strategic planner by trade. She has over 40 years of experience coaching leaders, community coalitions and organizations through change. Her clients have ranged from Boeing and the US Environmental Protection Agency to the City of Austin, Kaiser Permanente and non-profits. Organizations expand their capacity to serve the common good. Individuals expand their ability to shift with changing circumstances. As Chief Synthesizer for 7th Generation Labs, she is joining with kindred spirits to gather a treasure trove of ways to learn what matters. Studying with Paula Underwood was the beginning of her initiation into learning indigenous wisdom for peaceful co-existence. Miss Tu Moonwalker, Apache medicine woman, was her guide to the rights and responsibilities of being a human being and the power of aligning to universal laws and principles.
Hal Robinson is a teacher, author, public speaker, and Gestalt therapist. He shares a very old Medicine Way that looks for our connection with Spirit in all people and events, even those we find most painful, bringing clarity, learning, and harmony back to the relationship. The Medicine Way is aboriginal from the Americas. In practice for over 40 years, Hal is an ordained minister in the Circle of the Sacred Earth Church and is a Sun Dancer. His last Teacher in the physical form was Germaine Sitting Crow. He is in partnership with a Holistic Family Physician at the Healing Arts Center in Kerrville, Texas and is the founder of Dancing Bear Teaching Lodge serving both groups and individuals.
Nadine Binder is a researcher, trainer and coach with a passion for creating virtual learning spaces and enabling joint learning, personal growth, and mutual understanding. Nadine is currently based in Germany. She holds a PhD in psychology and has over 5 years of experience in designing and facilitating face-to-face, blended, and virtual learning programs for a variety of clients such as multinational corporations, SMEs, NGOs, universities, and law enforcement. Her specialty is designing virtual spaces for meaningful dialogue and connection and she is committed to creating and holding space for everyone in the group.
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make wise choices in turbulent times
