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The Sammasati Project– providing support for anyone wanting to consciously maintain or regain their health, in all its dimensions, and for those who wish to pass through the process of dying consciously.The Sammasati Transition-Guide TrainingTraining Modules | Practical Details | Course Bookings Articles by Maneesha about conscious dying 1) Doing Dying Differently 2) The Greatest Gift: 3) Midwifing the Other Transition 4) The Vertical Reality ( Maneesha's experience of being at the deathbed of Anna Freud) Related Videos Click "play" below to see a small video clip (6 minutes) of Maneesha working with a client... ...and to watch a 45-minute documentary on the Bardo Thodo: Who is the Training For?Those who want to use it as…– Part of their self-work, to identify their own issues around illness, dying and death as part of their ongoing personal growth – A source of skills, knowledge and experience that can help them better support friends and/or family members in their illness and dying. – An adjunct to their existing skills, knowledge and experience as a hospice volunteer – The foundation for working with paying clients Pre-Requisites:– A comprehensive familiarity and accord with Osho’s vision of living and dying– An interview (in person, by skype or telephone) with Maneesha. -- A degree of self-work, in the form of meditation and inner growth workshops Who is facilitating the training?With the exception of the Hypnosis & NLP workshop in September, with Sudheer, Maneesha will be the facilitator throughout.What will I gain from the training?Psychological and meditative skills in and knowledge about the many components involved in supporting someone – a client, a family member or a friend – through the process of illness and dying. (We are working towards having the training accredited. Regulations in the UK are becoming tighter around setting oneself up as any kind of therapist and charging for one’s services. To have the work officially recognised will be a great benefit to you, as a practitioner.)Beyond the year’s training, support for your work will be available through mentoring. In addition, there will be ongoing ‘Professional Development’ days. What subjects will be covered in the training?See below for a description of each component.Please note that there is some homework in the form of Diary-keeping, Required and Recommended Reading, and 2-3 assignments. Not only is this work valuable as a way to augment and embed your learning, but it is also needed for accreditation.Allow for 2-3 hours for the required reading that will precede some workshops; how much time you devote to your diary and to the Recommended Reading is up to you. Assignments may take up to a total of 12 hours each. Training Modules* Experiential EnquiryWhen: March Fri 2nd 6:00 pm – Tues 6th 5:00 pmVenue: (residential) Blagdon Manor, Collaton St Mary, South Devon TQ4 7PU (http://www.thebigdomain.com/large-houses/blagdon-manor) The introductory workshop is pivotal to the training. It provides a unique opportunity to confront our own death and the issues that brings up. Not only will this impact how we face our own dying but how we live, post-workshop, too. And, of course, the experience will mean that the support we offer someone who is seriously ill-dying is that much deeper. Doctor and author Michael Murphy suggests, ‘If there is no training, and [support people] have not taken conscious heed of their own loneliness and disconnection, no wonder that there is bluster and fear [about dying]. Since dying involves body, soul, and spirit… lectures or instruction manuals are inadequate since feelings are very much involved. In order to be a truly competent guide, [the support person’s] training needs to be very personal, helping him to imagine his own dying and the dying of those he loves. Only then will he be in a more comfortable position to help others, since he himself will be able to become a more witness and guide…(The Wisdom of Dying: Practices for Living). * Client issuesWhen: April Fri 6th 6:00 pm to Sun 8th 5:00 pmVenue: (non-residential) Space Upstairs, Ashburton, South Devon (http://www.spaceupstairs.co.uk/find) We will identify the issues or themes present for those who are seriously ill and having to face the likelihood of their dying – for example, a sense of isolation; dealing with the change in how their body functions and looks; having to be with so many ‘unknowns,’ and so on. * Responding to client issuesWhen: May Wed 16th 6:00 pm to Sun 20th 5:00pmVenue: (residential) Fairfield, 51 Long St, Williton, Somerset TA44QY Having identified the feelings and challenges that being ill and/or dying evokes, we will then turn to means by which we can address these – through psychological support and meditation methods. * Basic Counselling 1When: June Wed 13th 6:00 pm to Sun 17th 5:00 pmVenue: (residential) Fairfield, 51 Long St, Williton, Somerset TA44QY We will discuss those factors which make for effective communication generally – including developing an effective relationship; the therapist’s function and role; skills such as listening; minimal responses; non-verbal behaviour; the significance and use of silence – along with the use of the ‘here and now’, the client’s need for meaning, anxiety as a condition of living, and awareness of death and non being. Pivotal to the learning will be our experimenting in dyads and triads, each participant having an opportunity to be a ‘client,’ as well as the support person, and the witness to the interaction between the two. * Basic Counselling 2; Hypnotherapy & NLPWhen: Sept Wed 12th 6:00 pm to Sun 16th 5: pmVenue: (residential) Fairfield, 51 Long St, Williton, Somerset TA44QY The second workshop on counselling will be followed by two days on Hypnotherapy and Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP). We will look at body language; mirroring; how to use language as a bridge rather than a barrier; reframing; how to induce a state of deep relaxation (and bring one out of it again, of course!) and related material. * Pain management; Self care; Support system; Working with families; EthicsWhen: Oct Fri 12th 6:00 pm to Sun 14th 5:00 pmVenue: (non-residential) Space Upstairs, 31A East St, Ashburton, South Devon (http://www.spaceupstairs.co.uk/find) Though you may not (necessarily) need to know how to offer pain relief, it is helpful to be aware of the various forms of non-medical pain relief that are available, and to understand how pain can impact the ill person’s ability or desire to communicate. We’ll also look at the various factors involved in a support person or carer maintaining their own wellbeing and avoiding burnout. Being one of a team and working within the context of your client being part of a family brings its own challenges, which we will discuss. Some time will be spent on understanding the ethics involved in work with the ill and dying – very important, especially when we are working alone with a client. * Revision and Setting up as a PractitionerWhen: Nov Fri 16th 6:00 pm to Sun 18th 5:00 pm (followed by a Party 7:00 - 9:00 pm) __________________________________________________top Practical DetailsCost: £1700, which is inclusive of the training itself, accomodation & food for those workshops which are residential. For the three non-residential workshops (at Space Upstairs) we need to ask you take care of your own accomodation and food. We are happy to provide information regarding local accomodation and cafes, etc. in order to make this all as easy as possible for you.
Travel: You take care of your own travel arrangements to and from the venues. More precise details will be made available to you once you are enrolled for the training. |
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