Radiant Reflection Series

Renewal is the first course in a series of teachings on Radiant Reflection. As a graduate of Renewal you are eligible to continue training in the series, and to become an active member practicing Renewal in the Renewal Network of Gauden University.

Renewal: 24 hours—To renew means “to restore to freshness, vigor, or perfection; to make new spiritually; to regenerate; to begin again.” When you begin on the path of service, you embark on a journey of wonder and joy at the idea of being able to make a difference in the lives of others and in the world. You are manifesting your destiny, your higher purpose, imprinted in your body by the light of your Soul as it comes through your heart. To keep your flame of joy burning bright and to stay connected with the flow of your higher life purpose, it is essential that you tend to yourself as an individual at the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual levels. It is sometimes easy or tempting to “drop out” self-care, through busyness, a fear of being selfish, a tendency to focus more on others’ needs, and so forth, but this kind of lack of attention, over time, can result in depletion. It is when you are fresh, vital, aware of your own needs and caring for them that you are most available to fulfill your purpose, to be in touch with your authentic self and destiny, and to most enjoy the life you are living, here and now. Even seasoned veterans of self-care can find new energies in this seminar, and beginners can receive a loving, clear induction into personal energy management and energy hygiene that can form an essential basis of your service work for years to come.

Fundamentals of Radiant Reflection: 18 hours—Using the Golden Body energy base to stabilize, deepen, and sustain your luminous and creative awareness, explore: boundaries, clear agreements, contracting, foci of reflective practice, the difference between reflective practice and therapy, mapping support systems, different levels of listening, open versus closed questioning, six category intervention analysis, linguistic clarity, self-disclosure, projection, transference, counter-transference, beginning awareness of cultural differences and antidiscrimination/oppression, and reflecting on how the here-and-now contains all that is needed in a session. Prerequisites: the Renewal seminar. Recommended for healers and helpers, teachers, and leaders.

Multi-Perspective Radiant Reflection: 18 hours—Using the Golden Body energy base to stabilize, deepen, and sustain your luminous and creative awareness, explore: how to skillfully focus, for transformative shifts, from seven modes or perspectives—client content/phenomena, supervisee’s interventions, supervisee/client relationship, supervisee’s reactions and assumptions, supervision relationship and parallel process, supervisor’s reactions and assumptions, and the wider systemic context. Prerequisites: the Renewal and Fundamentals of Radiant Reflection seminars. Recommended for healers and helpers, teachers, and leaders.

Group Radiant Reflection: 18 hours—Using the Golden Body energy base to stabilize, deepen, and sustain your luminous and creative awareness, explore: listening and hearing at different levels in a group while interacting at the personality level; sensing projective identification and working consciously with it in the group; increasing awareness of the shared unconscious material in relationships and groups; discerning and articulating group themes; ability to get straight at themes, rather than stories; clarifying roles and responsibilities; creating warmth and inclusiveness; being responsive and appropriate to group situations; confidentiality in group settings; the seven modes in group settings; holding time and structures for a group; multi-tracking individuals and the group as a whole; and listening for growth and development on behalf of individuals and the group body. Prerequisites: the Renewal, Fundamentals of Radiant Reflection, and Multi-Perspective Radiant Reflection seminars. Recommended for healers and helpers, teachers, and leaders.

Diversity & Radiant Reflection: To be offered 2009: 18 hours—Using the Golden Body energy base to stabilize, deepen, and sustain your luminous and creative awareness, explore: differences of culture, learning style, abilities, rank, and purpose; increasing awareness of and respect for differences and their implications; discerning how to respond to differences with peace and acceptance; and utilizing appropriate bridging. Prerequisites: the Renewal, Fundamentals of Radiant Reflection, and Multi-Perspective Radiant Reflection seminars. Recommended for healers and helpers, teachers, and leaders.

Teams & Organizations Radiant Reflection: To be offered 2009: 18 hours—Using the Golden Body energy base to stabilize, deepen, and sustain your luminous and creative awareness, explore: systems thinking; intentionally and consciously fostering team and organization development; stages of organizational development; ‘the useful questions’; the differences between purpose, values, vision, strategy, standards, and behavior; group dynamics as an asset; systemic issues and empowerment; hierarchy of conflict and conflict management cycle; and culture in the organization. Prerequisites: the Renewal, Fundamentals of Radiant Reflection, and Multi-Perspective Radiant Reflection seminars. Recommended for teachers and leaders, and any healers and helpers who interface with teams or organizations.

Advanced Radiant Reflection: To be offered 2009: 18 hours—Using the Golden Body energy base to stabilize, deepen, and sustain your luminous and creative awareness, examine more closely the reflections of your unconscious patterns and how they are impacting the delivery of your service; refine your skills and abilities, including your ability to verbally discuss what you perceive about your own process and key it into your growth and service. This is a very personal “looking again” or re-visioning into your own places of flow and not-flow. Prerequisites: the Renewal, Fundamentals of Radiant Reflection, and Multi-Perspective Radiant Reflection seminars. Recommended for healers and helpers, teachers, and leaders.