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"Personal development that goes well beyond the college experience," this is what you can expect from Naropa University programs.

In this online class the successful bidder will take part in Transitions and Rites of Passage taught by John Davis PhD. The course begins in mid-January 2013.

Course Description:

This course explores life transitions, both predictable and unexpected, and the role of rites of passage in giving them meaning and support. Developmental psychology, transpersonal psychology, anthropology, and ecopsychology provide foundations as the course helps students integrate theoretical and experiential perspectives.

Course Outline

• Intro to course. Your transitions.
• The nature of transitions. Organic vs mechanical. 3-stage model and alternatives.
• Jung, Campbell, and the question of universality. Cultural appropriation.
• Self-generated ceremonies and rites of passage. Your ancestors’ rites of passage.
• Severance, part 1 Red and the energy of separation
• Severance, part 2 Green and compassion.
• Threshold, part 1 Space. Paper on Severance.
• Threshold, part 2 Black and peace.
• Threshold rituals. Paper on Threshold
• Reincorporation, part 1 Yellow and joy.
• Reincorporation, part 2 White and will.
• Self-generated rites of passage. Complete a self-designed 24-hour rite of passage.
• Initiation, Individuation, and Maturity. Paper on self-designed rite of passage and Reincorporation.
• Group collaborative project: Working with others in transition. Presentations.
• Group collaborative project: Working with others in transition. Presentations.
• Reflections, Closing.

Founded in 1974 by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, a lineage holder in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, Naropa University integrates academic, artistic and traditional training practices to help students cultivate an understanding of themselves, their field of study, and the world. Through disciplines such as sitting meditation, yoga, and t'ai-chi ch'uan, students develop mindfulness and awareness, learning directly from experience, moment by moment. This process creates precision, openess and compassion, teaching students how to integrate intellect and intuition and encouraging the deepening of confidence, wisdom and desire to work for the benefit of others.

Item Special Note

Prerequisite: by permission of the Instructor. Please send an e-mail detailing your previous experience with meditation practice to prereqs@ecampus.naropa.edu.

Non-credit.

$75 technology fee payable to Naropa University not included in bid price.

All prices $USD