WORKING WITH DISCOMFORT AND BOUNDARIES

In this second module of the EMBODIED WONDERMENT METHOD™, you will dive deeper into our main form of integration, 4 Invitations of Integration, and work directly with the difficult emotions that arise through the integration process. This main form of integration draws upon the practice of Maitri Five Wisdom Energies as the reference point.

Maitri Five Wisdom Energies practice was first developed for Westerners by Chögyam Trungpa, Rinpoche and is based on the principles of the five buddha families of Tibetan tantra. Anie Boudreau, the lead educator of this training has been trained in these principles through Naropa University and Karuna Training Certification programs. With this completion of certification, Anie has been given permission to share the wisdom of this practice.

Kind does not necessarily mean nice! Walking a kind path means gaining the capacity to work with difficult emotions and setting healthy boundaries.

Go deeper and explore the anatomy of kindness and what it means to be compassion-centered. Resource yourself around all the juicy stuff that comes up on the integration path like anger, jealousy, shame, toxic desire, and by-passing. The goal of module 2 is to become fully skilled in working with discomfort and turbulence and to approach challenging times with a genuine sense of awe and wonder.

MODULE DETAILS

You will work with the energies of boundaries and intimacy and how it relates to KINDNESS.

The ground of KINDNESS

  • Our group intention/ commitment will be to explore healthy relational boundaries and how it relates to KINDNESS. 

  • When our aspiration is one of mutual healing, it must include intimacy. We are offering each other to each other. 

  • For this intimacy to be skillful, we must hold deep reverence for strong healthy relational boundaries.

We will do this by

  • Intensifying the 4 Invitations of Integration; 

  • Discussing and experiencing the 5 Wisdom Energies, including the directions and elements that influence our capacity for integration and healthy boundary setting; and 

  • Developing an honest personal daily practice of integration.

Goals for this module

  • To expand our capacity to connect with our landscape of worthiness in an embodied way so that we may offer Loving Kindness to ourselves and others;  

  • To expand our capacity to recognize and to work with the intermingling unseen energies that constantly influence our process of integration; 

  • To build our intensity capacity for difficult emotions that arise in the process of integration such as anger, shame, possessiveness, jealousy and envy.

  • To cultivate a KIND daily practice that includes both the physical and sacred aspects of integration; 

  • To inspire an embodied understanding of how the 4 Invitations of Integration relate to the preparation, journey, and integration of psychedelic therapy; and 

  • To experience a space where everyone can have the opportunity to be their brilliant, unique, and badass selves—however that may manifest in every present moment you experience!

CURRICULUM

Week 1:  EMBODIED INTENTION
Grounding and integrating WORTHY; setting a physical and energetic container for KIND; commitment to kindness.

Week 2: ATTUNING TO THE ENERGIES
Ritual around boundaries; introduction to the practice of Maitri 5 Wisdom Families; creation of buddy system for integration continuity

Week 3: BE STILL
Intensifying the 1st invitation of integration: BE STILL. Includes exploring the first of 5 Wisdom Energies, VAJRA. This is the energy of clarity, chaos and anger. We will be experiencing the pacifying quality of this energy that allows us to clearly see and name what we are starting with in the process of integration. We will also be exploring and identifying our nervous system’s capacity for stillness and reflection.

Week 4: BE CURIOUS
Intensifying the 2nd invitation of integration: BE CURIOUS. Includes exploring the 2nd of the 5 Wisdom Energies, Ratna. This is the energy of generosity, pride and greed. We will be experiencing the enriching quality of this energy that allows us to access our child like sense of wonder and gather the glimmers and resources in our experiences. We will also be exploring and experiencing the role shame plays in the integration process.

Week 5: BE KIND
Intensifying the 3rd invitation of integration: BE KIND. Includes exploring the 3rd of the 5 Wisdom Energies, Padma. This is the energy of self-appreciation, compassion, passion, possessiveness, loneliness. We will be experiencing the embracing quality of this energy that allows us to develop a friendliness towards ourselves, our emotions and our experiences. We will also be exploring and experiencing the role setting healthy boundaries plays in the landscape of compassionate presence.

Week 6: BE HONEST
Intensifying the 4th invitation of integration: BE HONEST. Includes exploring the 4th of the 5 Wisdom Energies, Karma. This is the energy of efficiency without effort, envy, jealousy, paranoia. We will be experiencing the liberating quality of this energy that allows us to take action in an honest way. Moving through the first 3 invitations allows the 4th invitation to happen organically and promotes a genuine moment of transformation. We will also be exploring and experiencing the texture of acting from a place of insight and dissolving the “fix and change it” mindset.

Week 7: BE
Intensifying the 5th invitation of integration: BE. Includes exploring the 5th of the 5 Wisdom Energies, Buddha. This is the energy of egolessness, both/and, ignorance, absorption, and dissociation. We will be experiencing the all-encompassing quality of this energy that encourages us to welcome in whatever arises without making it a problem so that the wisdom of the experience can be revealed.

Week 8: INTEGRATION AND CELEBRATION
Integrating KIND including presentations.

The next On-line Cohort Begins in February 6th 2024
Total Duration: 8 weekly two-hour lecture sessions, for a total of 16 hours plus 8 weekly, 1-hour experiential lab sessions.

Lectures: Tuesdays 11am-1pm (February 6th- April 9th) PST

Labs: Thursdays 11am-12pm (February 8th-April 11th) PST

Platform: Zoom

Assignments: Simply showing up and participating in class as fully as possible for you is more than enough. Estimated time length of additional, 100% optional homework: 30 seconds to 10 minutes, repeated as often as you need to feel complete.

Tuition: $695 CAD Early-Bird (ends January 6th) // $795 CAD + 5% gst

Here’s what past participants of KIND have to say

My life will never be the same now that I have begun training with The School of Reverence. This course is such a rainbow of knowledge that has impacted my way of being and relating to all life. I appreciate the traditional wisdom, nervous system education, racism education, compassion-centered teachings, and so much more. Anie is a deeply intuitive, heart-centered, and brilliant facilitator. 

–Dayna. T

Anie is a master at holding space and making people feel seen. So much gratitude. What a super training with an amazing mentor, Anie Boudreau. Anie breaks down the barriers and creates an inclusive space for us to show up in and feel safe, heard, and appreciated. KIND opened me up to so many new ways of viewing my life—who I am, how I am, what moves me, and what blocks me from moving in and onward.

I LOVE the format, the check-ins, the content, and the ongoing homework that really allowed it all to come together. Our group became close and felt like a family and a support group too. I am excited to implement Anie's training in my coaching practice and in my life. Highly recommend working with Anie.

–Tisana