The seminar is a powerful experiential gathering where Palestinian, Israeli and oversea guests meet and work together. Today, more than ever it is important we create, develop, study and practice new models for safe conflict resolution. Worldwork - based on principles of Process-oriented psychology allows groups to address the historic, political, emotional and spiritual aspects of the conflict and provides hands-on training in cutting edge conflict work which can be applied on many group, organizational and personal levels. "
The Peaceful Warrior--Israel Palestinian Worldwork 2009
Times and Locations
March 26-30, 2009
Beit Jallah
Many of us feel that we can’t do much to change the world, that it is up to our leaders, and the most we can do is elect good leaders. However, each of us has within us incredible abilities and powers to facilitate world change, individually, and together. If we are in touch with our deepest powers and gifts, we can use these for healing, creativity, and peacemaking as well as war and destructiveness. In this seminar, we will utilize Process Oriented Psychology techniques to explore our powers to facilitate change. We will discover our own unique gifts we bring to this work, and practice as either identified facilitators, participants, or participant facilitators. In groups we participate in, we have been taught to give our powers away to the identified leader. In this seminar, we will explore how we can at any moment, anywhere, pick up our role as participant facilitator, and move towards the position that we are, each and every one of us acting alone and especially together, capable of changing the world. We will explore our inner direction and outer world changer using the arts as a path of conflict facilitation. The seminar will consist of Israelis; Palestinians, Process work students from around the world, and interested others from many different countries, coming to support and be part of the process. Each day will consist of training and theory time, facilitated large groups, art and conflict work sessions, and facilitated small groups. Advanced students of Process Work will also be giving daily tutorials on basic Process Work and Worldwork theory and practice.
This seminar will focus on:
Art, creativity, and conflict resolution
Religion, Spirituality, War and Peacemaking
The basics of Worldwork methods of conflict facilitation
Earth based, indigenous, shamanistic methods of Facilitation
Tools to break cycles of revenge
Working with trauma in ourselves, our loved ones, our clients, our community
The power of the participant facilitator
The conscious use of rank and power
Creation of conflict facilitation teams
Facilitators
Dr. Najah Mansara, from the Palestinian Authority Territories. She is a facilitator, social activist, and trainer; has presented workshops in many different topics of her expertise, including the effects of the Israeli Palestinian conflict on children and families, and other aspects of working with trauma.
Gary Reiss LCSW, PhD, certified trainer in Process oriented Psychology. He is the author of Beyond War and Peace in the Arab Israeli Conflict, and four other books. Gary has three new books coming out in 2009. Dr. Reiss has led conflict work groups in Israel with Israelis and Palestinians. Dr. Reiss has also worked with conflict between Orthodox and Secular Jews, and between different factions in the Druse community. He has worked in the Middle East for twelve years, and teaches Process oriented Psychology worldwide.
Facilitation Team—will consist of Diplomates in Process Work, Process work students, and others.
