School for Compassionate Action: Yoga & Meditation for Communities in Need

" It's easier to meditate than to actually do something for others. I feel that merely to meditate on compassion is to take the passive option. Our meditation should form the basis for action, for seizing the opportunity to do something." ~H.H. Dalai Lama

School for Compassionate Action (SCA) 300 Hour Advanced Training

The School for Compassionate Action: Yoga & Meditation for Communities in Need is a non profit group of highly skilled yoga and meditation teachers, clinical psychologists, social workers and contemplative Buddhist psychotherapists. We provide trainings to those interested in teaching and classes for those who might directly benefit from the awareness practices of yoga and mindfulness meditation.

The SCA advanced teacher training is a collection of independent workshops, classes, mentoring, required study and reading, community gatherings, and hands-on internships working with the population of your choice. Our focus is on providing practical information and usefultools as they may apply to specific in-need/at-risk populations. Additionally, some of the weekends address the needs of the healthcare provider, or those who work in these given populations.
We are honored to be partnering with the Tibet House in presenting this leading edge program and are grateful for their support and backing of these new ideas and ways of bringing compassionate action into our local communities.

The Heart of the Program (Total hours: 108):
Each core weekend is comprised of a combination of or focus on the following areas:

Yoga postures
Meditation practices
Contemplative practices
Functional Anatomy and Kinesiology
Contemporary and Buddhist psychology
Teaching skills, communication skills, sequencing, tools for assisting and assessing the needs of others
Practices that help you to help yourself, so that you are actually able to continue helping others

Additional workshops, classes, mentoring, required study and reading, community gatherings, internet community gatherings and internships with the population of your choice offer additional ways to add hours towards certification – all at your own pace and with your choice of concentration.

The core program dates:

2010
September 18-19
October 16-17
November 13-14
December 4-5

2011
January 22-23
February 26-27
March 26-27
April 23-24
May 21-22

Many weekend workshops will be open to the public and we welcome any one to join us. If you choose to participate in just a daylong or a full weekend workshop, please note that you are not eligible for a SCA 300 – Hour Advanced Certificate and attendance does not qualify you for participation in the full training. Only students who are accepted and registered in the full program will be able to participate in the internship and mentoring aspects of the training.

The core program workshops will be held at: The Tibet House, 22 West 15th Street (5th and 6th Avenues) NYC, 10011. 10 – 5 with a one-hour lunch break. All weekends must be attended to receive the 300 – hour certificate. If you are unable to attend a given weekend, you may put this in writing in advance, and we will give you alternatives if they are available.

for more information, please visit:
www.schoolforcompassionateaction.org

Phil Holden