The Essence of The Child
The essence of the child is the sacred center of the Core Healing program. In order to educate a child, one must understand the essence of that child and how to inspire them and guide them to their purpose for being on the planet.
The goal is to create and foster individuals who self-regulate thru an inner discipline, who understand the nature of cause and effect in all areas of their life, who value high performance while maintaining high health.
In order to help kids know themselves and build resiliency during the highs and the lows, loving, patient, adults model inner strength to help kids discover who they are and what they are made of allowing them to face their fears, boundaries, strengths, and inner discipline. The child learns to be comfortable and know themselves and how to function in the world.
Change begins at the level of the individual from within. As one person heals it affects the entire field and family constellation. The vision of core healing is to instill these qualities in individuals who complete the program of study: Self-empowerment, self-regulation, self-healing, critical thinking, problem solving, virtuous values, radical responsibility, and self-love.
Below is a list of teaching methods that work, positive loving messaging, and questions to ponder and discuss to nurture the essence of the child within each of us:
Teaching Methods:
1. Ownership of ideas and visions happens when individuals have choice, can exercise free will, are respected, loved, nourished, and are involved in creative solutions where their talents, voice, expertise, and opinions are valued as an important part of the whole.
2. Guidelines, structures, accountability, and communication are vital aspects in the shaping of individuals.
3. Open Circles used regularly foster voice and choice giving everyone a place at the table.
4. Messages:
a.You have everything you need inside of you, nothing broken, nothing missing
b. The Universe is perfectly balanced
c. Humans have four bodies, get to know the complexities of how all of them work
d. You are here for a very special purpose, your job is to find it and fulfill it
e. You are responsible for yourself
f. You are a creator with your thoughts and emotions
g. You can have, be, or do anything you set your intention upon
h. Everyone has a place at the table (E. Shakes)
i. Peer support perfects people and processes
j. Social-emotional work is vital
k. Learning labs leave legacies
l. Understand need based actions
5. Schools are a microcosm of the macrocosm and reflect the values in the larger society and culture.
6. Mobilize and restructure schools from within
7. Use safety language
8. Use Nonviolent Communication
9. Empower people
10. There is always a starting point, one can jump in at any time from anywhere
11. Meet individuals where they are at and work with them from that place
12. No assumptions, no judgements, no expectations
13. Education is key
14. Teach the ethics needed to handle the technology we have unleashed
15. Sustainability in all areas of life
16 Children are looking for meaning, connection, love, discipline, guidance, belonging, and higher purpose.
Questions:
1. What is my cause/contribution?
2. What works? How can we teach self-responsibility?
3. Does the structure support optimal health and growth and meet the needs of the people
4. What results do we want?
5. What kind of human are we creating?
6. How do we evolve the ethics and values of humanity to handle the technology that we are creating and using daily?
7. What does it take to call yourself an expert?
8. How can we bring the exploration and teaching of morality, ethics, values, and honor into educational settings?
9. If murder is against the law, why is it overlooked in times of war, genocide, and justice?
10. If stealing is illegal, why is it disguised under the auspices of the law, tax loop holes, etc.
11. How can economics take into account the hidden costs?
12. How can human dignity and honor be respected and honored?
13. Who profits? Where does the money trail lead?
14. What profits? Who is benefitting?
15. What is possible?
16. What story are we choosing to tell ourselves about any situation?
17. What is growing economically and what effects is it having on sentient life and the planet?
18. Does this build and contribute to illth or health?
19. What are the benefits and drawbacks of this invention/choice/thought/deed?
20. When you make/manufacture a product, where does it end up? What is its life expectancy? What effects does it have on living things , human health, the quality of the water, air, economics, other species, and the environment?
21. What is winning and the role of competition and its consequences?
22. What does the human spirit respond to?
23. How is it that the energies of our whole lives go into serving interests other than our own and other than those of our communities?
24. What is it to live a life of significance and what has to go right?
23. How do we create places where conversations occur?
24. What divides people? How can we learn to respect others even if we disagree?
25. How can everyone feel valued? How does lack of value create addictions?
26. How can we fit in and feel connected? Where do we go and what do we do to feel loved?
27. How can individuals belong to a social group w/o giving up their own being ness?
Please feel free to add and comment to round out our “hidden curriculum” adding to the body of work to benefit the highest good of all. Explore services at the Center for Core Healing: www.centerforcorehealing.com
