The Way We BE Together

The The Way We BE Together© will be a multiple class series that seeks to cultivate and embody the abilities of resilience to support a flourishing life both individually and communally.

“Resilience
is the innate
AND
learned
ability to
do and be
your best.”

The 9 Abilities of Resilience are

  • believing in one’s strengths, one’s capacity to meet, manage, and adapt in the face of difficulty
  • identifying & filling needs through self-awareness
  • self-soothing
  • asking for and accepting (or receiving) assistance or resources
  • reframing the story to acknowledge both what’s difficult and what’s supportive; shifting perspective to include the positive, and identifying larger meaning
  • identifying and sensing common humanity, or, seeing and sensing the individual self interconnected with other individuals within community
  • finding humor and laughing
  • finding and embracing purpose and meaning
  • creating and engaging in community

These abilities are nurtured through mutual regard, play, meditation, mindfulness, creative & somatic movement, as well as creative expression using any combination of playfulness, intra and inter personal regard, written language or image/craft creation (e.g. journal entries, poetry, prose poems, essays, drawing, sketching, painting, collage, found object sculpting, etc.)

The Vision

Compassion | Resilience | Hope

The VISION for how the The Way We BE Together© will support individuals, small groups, families, schools, communities, and corporations is to create a culture of compassion, resilience, & hope  throughout your community through a philosophical perspective  of wholeness & connection. It focuses on existing strengths (Asset-based Approach ABA), cultural and spiritual norms (Culturally Responsive Teaching), and people-first language (PFL).   

The Mission

Trust | Support | Connection | Empowerment | Affirmation

The MISSION of the The Way We Be Together© is to help manifest a community that trusts, supports, connects, empowers and affirms each individual, thereby creating a virtuous cycle of continued growth and flourishing.  

The Intention

CARE Teams | Trusting Relationships
Supportive Practices | Shared Language

The INTENTION of the The Way We Be Together© is to fulfill this mission & vision by

  • creating or designating CARE Teams that embody Compassion, Acceptance, Resilience, & Empathy (this applies to you even when you take this course as an individual).
  • Building trust between individuals in facilitated one-on-one and small group settings.
  • Creating a foundation of support for yourself, teachers/leaders or parents/caregivers by offering trauma and resilience training through embodied meditation/yoga/somatic movement and mindful/creative movement and expression first for your self, then techniques that will be shared with others/students/colleagues/children.
  • Defining a shared language and self-awareness & regulation plan unique to your setting by guiding short sessions in your own space, classrooms, cohort or family.  The co-created common language and practices would connect any existing programs, such as mindfulness programming, “student/teacher/employee of the month,” or “student/teacher/employee spotlight,” (Virtues/Character Building/PBIS/SEL) by using words of embodied resilience that make sense in your unique context.  These words of embodied resilience would be uplifting, generative/life-giving/life-supporting behavior choices for self and others that span school, work, home, and broader community.
  • Classes, sessions, and/or workshops will be tailored to your unique intentions and goals.