Foundations of Restorative Process

Foundations of Restorative Process:

A Training for the Hohm Community

As we deepen our embrace of restorative approaches to conflict transformation and community building, we invite you to join us for this experiential dive into the restorative mindset and resilience at all levels – personal, interpersonal, and collective.

Foundations of Restorative Process Online Training
for the Hohm Community

Five Saturdays / July 9, 23, 30, August 6, 13, 2022

9:00 to 11:00 am Pacific / 16:00 – 18:00 UTC

Offered on a sliding scale: $120 – $300. A suggested contribution of $219 helps to make this work sustainable.

Questions? Contact Scott at scott@4activepeace.com

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Session outlines:

Session #1: Context and Holding the Big Picture

Insanity = not whole; Original Trauma, and the Truth of Interbeing
Basic Goodness
Holding Paradox
Spiritual Bypassing

Session #2: The Inner Frame of Restoration

Intention Setting
Self Empathy and the Beauty of Needs
Resourcing
Experiential practices

Session #3: Touching Ground (Healing the Human-Nature Relationship)

Participation and Reciprocity
Felt Sense of Interbeing
Nature-based practices

Session #4: Harm Happens, Repair is Optional

Framing Harm as Unmet Universal Needs
The 5 Rs of Restorative Justice
Experiential practices

Session #5: Putting it all Together

Four Capacities
Transformational Nonviolence
Integration and Coming Full Circle back to Intention

Takeaways from the series include:

Learning and practicing core principles and capacities that support personal, interpersonal, and collective healing; community justice; and societal transformation;
Integrating the 5 foundations of restorative justice, the four capacities for Active Peacemaking, and the two core values of nonviolence;
More fluency in compassionate communication and the game-changing framing of harm as unmet universal human needs;
Deeper, more conscious connection to the Earth and the stability that brings;
Greater ability to see the Big Picture, hold paradox, and stay grounded; and
A heartful, interactive community building experience.

Facilitated by G. Scott Brown

Scott Brown is a peacemaker, transpersonal psychologist, and life and relationship coach who guides individuals and groups into the deepest levels of personal and collective healing and resilience. His integrated approach brings together psychology, spirituality, nature-based healing, and transformational activism. He is a leading advocate for bringing the principles and practices of restorative justice to bear on the full range of social issues and is the author of Active Peace: A Mindful Path to a Nonviolent World.

Scott has worked as a restorative justice program coordinator, a mediator, a wilderness rites of passage guide, a workshop leader, and as a mentor to youth both in and out of the criminal justice system. He holds a master’s degree from Naropa University in transpersonal psychology and ecopsychology and has comprehensive training in nonviolent communication and body-centered psychotherapy.