Course Content
Module 1 - What is the Connection Practice?
- View a demonstration of a real-life example of using the Connection Practice (CP) with digital CP Boards.
- Become familiar with the terms we will use in the course.
- Learn the science behind each step of the Connection Practice.
- Explore how the CP reduces the reactions of the amygdala of the brain, which is essentially asking “Am I safe, do I matter” 12-100 times per second.
- Celebrate how the CP uses the brain’s neuroplasticity to support personal growth.
- Understand how the CP maximizes the benefit of a pause between stimulus and response.
Module 2 - Empathy
- Get acquainted with the language of feelings and needs (as taught in Nonviolent Communication)
- Explore the nature of universal needs.
- Redefine power as a beautiful, human need.
- Open to the three kinds of empathy.
- Gain clarity on what empathy is – and what it isn’t.
- Discover how to give the gift of an empathetic guess.
- Discern the difference between judgmental thoughts and feelings.
Module 3 - Insight
- Learn the science of heart-brain coherence (as taught by the HeartMath Institute)
- Memorize the 3 easy steps of the Quick Coherence Technique.
- Watch a demonstration of Inner Balance, phone software that measures coherence and motivates regular practice
- Experience coherence and determine which of your feelings of appreciation takes you efficiently into high coherence.
- Explore the impact of coherence on performance in organizations and in schools.
- Learn the steps to accessing a heart-brain insight.
- Listen to real-life stories of people’s lives being changed by insights.
- Access an insight to a current challenge you are facing.
- Fully realize why heart-brain insights are of value.
Module 4 - The Synergy Between Empathy & Insight
- Observe a role-play of a coach supporting a client regarding a conflict between her and her boyfriend.
- Hear Rita Marie’s story of how she resolved an inner conflict while recovering from cancer.
- View a role play of a mother using the CP to help her teen move through layers of fear to experience deep healing.
- Become aware of how empathy and insight help soft hearts create firm boundaries.
- Understand why compassion needs wisdom and vice versa.
- Enjoy the story of Rasur or Week of Splendor, the poem that is the inspiration behind the CP.
- Take in the beauty of the CP global headquarters, named “Quizur” after the Costa Rican village in the poem.
- Contemplate the CP vision: a world where people discover positive solutions to challenges, connect peacefully with each other and celebrate life.
- Choose the option to be coached so you gain an authentic CP experience and become a Connection Practice Novice.
- After finishing Module 4, we encourage you to connect with a Self-Study Coach (2 hours) to experience the course breakoutactivities. The coach rate is $100 USD per hour, or email the coach for a sliding scale.
https://connectionpractice.org/find-a-coach/. Search on “Self Study.” Taking this step will result in you becoming a Connection Practice Novice.
Module 5 - Creating Emotionally-Safe Relationships & Deepening Connections
- Consider how emotional safety, within yourself and with others, impacts the amygdala.
- Listen as Rita Marie shares what she learned from divorce and how she found her way to a marriage that is grounded in emotional safety.
- Experiment with using coherence to create emotional safety within yourself, in your relationships and in the world.
- Delight in a fun way to learn coherence through games on an emWave.
- Hear an amazing real-life story of how a child used coherence in the face of extreme abuse.
- Learn the facts about the relational energetics of coherence and how this impacts interpersonal dynamics.
- Marvel at Rita Marie’s example of using coherence when a man tried to illegally seize her property.
- Be inspired by the Global Coherence Initiative and Monitoring System.
- Answer multiple-choice questions to determine your progress in learning about coherence and insight.
- Take in the story of how Rita Marie’s team regrouped when faced with a mindboggling task.
- Watch a demonstration on how to create emotional safety in a small group.
- Observe how the CP is used when someone is in a conflict and is stuck in their judgments of the other person. This CP version is called, When the Going Gets Tough, the Connection Practice Gets More Tender.
- Find joy in using the CP to get more juice out of celebrations and watch a role play of a real-life situation as an example.
- Learn how to express honesty that deepens connection and hear Rita Marie share a real-life example of how it works.
- Choose the option to be coached and become a Connection Practitioner.
- Prepare to share the CP with your family members and friends with these guidelines.
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After finishing Module 5, you can connect with the same or a different Self-Study Coach (2 hours) to experience the breakout activities associated with it. The coach rate is $100 USD per hour, or email the coach for a sliding scale.
https://connectionpractice.org/find-a-coach/. Search on “Self-Study.” Taking this step will result in you becoming a Connection Practitioner, eligible to take the Connection Practice Coach Certification Course.
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