In Bikram Yoga, (my blog links, one with a video) the poses are held for 30 or 60 seconds. As you feel your body tense and you are struggling to hold the pose (in the 104 degree room). The teacher will say “change”. As smoothly as possible, you move to the next position or the pause [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Practitioner Skills’
November 8, 2009
The purpose of ‘kooky’ in Restorative Justice Circles.
People that participate in Circles with me, become really honest about what they thought at first. This honest testimony about what people thought about a Circle at first, and what they think now is an endorsement for the process.
The most recent description like this used the term ” kooky“. It’s been mentioned that they seemed wierd. One advocate [...]
October 30, 2009
Restorative Justice for Victims and increased victim participation.
A few recent events pulled this post together.
1.) At the IIRP Conference, I teased the Prosecuter in attendance, asking him if he was lost. It was just a little sarcasm about the different philosophies sometimes held by ‘prosecution’ and ‘restorative justice’. I then shared with him how I appreciated prosecutors that took initiative in using [...]
October 13, 2009
Developing belonging as a life skill and a restorative justice skill.
Lets put value on ‘belonging’.
Look at all the books on LOVE. The efforts at PEACE. Not to minimize the importance of either of these but what if we learned to make people feel like they BELONG.
What about embracing our own selves, and our own place in our community.
How do we nuture our own belonging. How [...]
October 5, 2009
Circlespace – Restorative Justice Classroom Circle training
Upcoming Trainings available.
CESA 7 in Green Bay – Nov 18 & 19, Course description and more courses on the CESA webpage.
Trainings for 2010 that will be held at the Restorative Justice Center – January 21 & 22 and April 15 & 16. Limited seating, and the workshop investment is $200.00, which includes lunch, snacks, handouts and [...]
October 2, 2009
“no one person owns the truth” an aspect of restorative philosophy.
When facilitating a Circle, I try to always point out the Center. I explain that we all see the same items, but we each have a different ‘perspective’.
Depending on the purpose of the Circle, I get more into explaining how no one person owns the truth. When people sit around in Circle, in the round [...]
October 1, 2009
The individual relationships to restorative justice, a relationship that needs consideration.
I have blogged about relationships. A lot. Right now I have 87 posts in the Relationships category. I’ve shared about my personal relationships and all the relationships restored by restorative justice. I hope I’ve given you tools in seeing people in the context of their relationships.
Today’s blog is about being mindful of the relationship to [...]
September 13, 2009
Linking to a great blog, Zen Habits
I was drifting around the internet searching out successful bloggers. I ran into Zen Habits, featured on a list. Only a few minutes on the site and I joined the 100,000 others that are subscribed to this blog.
As I read the post The World Needs You to Do What You Love, I thought about how to [...]
September 1, 2009
Restorative Justice in school settings – promotes learning by engagement.
Do you pay much attention to issues you feel are not relevant? Some people find world politics relevant. For some people cancer research is relevant. It all has to do with your unique views of yourself and where you belong.
Using restorative justice in schools, helps every student find the classroom community relevant.
Let me clarify I [...]
August 18, 2009
Carefully consider, will you re-act or re-spond. One is more restorative.
No matter who we are someone in life is going to hurt our feelings, make us mad or frustrated. Someone will push a button that pushes an emotion.
I was telling my friend/old boyfriend that I wanted to be like Mother Theresa and that no one would make me mad. He asked “How do you know, [...]
