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Bringing WTR to the Welsh Government: Supporting Shambhala Warriors in the Corridors of Power

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Evolving Edge, Featured, Multilingual, Uncategorized

During a beautiful summer’s week in 2013, on the banks of the Isis (River Thames) in Oxfordshire, I heard Joanna Macy telling the Shambhala Warrior Prophecy, quoted above.

In this twelve centuries old prophecy from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, it is foretold that in our time the Shambhala warriors will take their tools of compassion and insight into the corridors of power, to dismantle the mind-made weapons that humans have created, during a time when great barbarian powers have arisen and are threatening all life on Earth. Read more

Featured Facilitator: Yuka Saito

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Facilitators, Featured

I met Joanna’s work not long after the triple catastrophe of March 11th in 2011. Sean Kelly, a colleague of Joanna as well as professor at California Institute of Integral Studies, came to teach at Ritsumeikan university in Kyoto. He introduced the concepts of Joanna’s work and facilitated some powerful exercises from the WTR. I was struck by the contents (and him. That’s why he is now my husband). I moved to Berkeley in 2013 and since then, I have taken her workshops, participated in some classes Joanna and Sean co-taught at CIIS, and I also was part of the facilitator training program Joanna had for people of color in 2014. Read more

Featured Facilitator: Jen Myzel

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Audio, Books, Facilitators, Featured, Front Page, Joanna Macy, Multimedia, Newsletter, Uncategorized

There are not many bodies of work with such a creative yet simple format to move people through their most difficult emotions and free up their energies to be more active in creating a better world. I am grateful for Joanna’s genius and dedication to this work, and for all the people working to evolve the practices to meet these times. Read more

Seeking Trauma-Informed Work That Reconnects Facilitators

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Deep Times Journal, Facilitators, Featured, Front Page, Newsletter, Practices, Uncategorized

The state of the world today–climate disruption, racism, mass extinctions, politics and oppression of all kinds–is creating ongoing extreme stress and traumatizing millions of people. We, as WTR Facilitators, want to develop tools to work effectively with people living in a traumatized world.   A group of WTR Facilitators is designing a webinar series for… Read more

Featured Facilitator: Jolie Elan

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Article, Deep Time, Facilitators, Featured, Front Page, Going Forth, Gratitude, Honoring Our Pain for the World, New Practices, Newsletter, Practices, Seeing with New/Ancient Eyes, Uncategorized

How many workshops and/or events WTR focused do you run a year?  I typically hold about 8 – 10 workshops a year. Are other facilitators in your area? Who are they?  Yes, Molly Brown. Do you have any upcoming events you’d like to share?  Yes, a WTR Network Webinar: How to See with Gaian Eyes… Read more

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