Calendar

2021-2022 Institute offerings
Presented live online and/or in-person

 

December 4 ~ Three Views of Jesus

Join Amy Wright Glenn for an 3-hour workshop focusing on three views of Jesus ~ Trinitarian, Unitarian, and Humanist point of view. Learn more about what scholars know regarding the historical Jesus and what theologians assert regarding the Christ of Faith through an open exploration from a comparative religion/philosophy point of view. Learn more and sign up today.

January 1 2022 ~ Winning name for Guatemala Trip is drawn! 

Join Amy Wright Glenn and Tobie Spears (founder and director of the Guatemalan Humanitarian Tours non profit) for a wonderful moment of celebration. Together we will draw the name of the person who will be joining us in Guatemala, for free. All who participate in the Holiday Gift/Raffle are automatically included in this drawing. One need not be present to win.  Learn more and sign up today.

January 6 ~ Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss 

Join Institute teacher Joanne Zerdy for a 5-hour, online live Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss training. This training is open to all ~ midwives, doulas, lactation consultants, nurses are particularly welcome.  Learn more and sign up today.

January 9 ~ Rituals for Menopause

Join Amy Wright Glenn for an 8-hour workshop focusing on the study, significance, and need for contemporary rituals of meaning to mark menopause. Participants will engage in discussion and study drawing upon the yogic and Christian traditions in particular and conclude the course by crafting their own ritual of meaning. Learn more and sign up today.

January 13 ~ Lundy Bancroft Book Study 

Join Lundy Bancroft ~ the leading author on domestic violence ~ Jenny Ward, and Amy Wright Glenn for a 10-hour workshop focusing on what it means for those of us drawn to holding space for birth/death to encounter painful and difficult stories of abuse as part of our work. Participants will engage in discussion and study with Lundy Bancroft in real time as he answers questions for three 1-hour segments as part of this course. All are welcome. Learn more and sign up today.

January 15 ~ Grief Work Training in Boca Raton, FL

Join Amy Wright Glenn for a 5-hour live Grief Work Training gathering in Boca Raton, Florida. We will gather at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Boca Raton and explore, study, and inquire deeply into 6 dimensions of grief as outlines in the course: mental, emotional, physical, spiritual, social and environmental.  Learn more and sign up today.

January 28 ~ Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss Teacher Training begins

Join Amy Wright Glenn for a 41-hour Teacher Training geared to support birth and mental health care professionals familiar with the Institute’s work to lead 5-hour in-person or online Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss trainings. The January 2022 Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss Teacher Training is 3-months long and features guest teacher Naima Beckles. Learn more and sign up today.

February 9  ~ Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss 

Join Institute teacher Joanne Zerdy for a 5-hour, online live Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss training. This training is open to all ~ midwives, doulas, lactation consultants, nurses are particularly welcome.  Learn more and sign up today.

March 5 ~ Advanced Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss training

Join Naima Beckles, founder of For Your Birth and Amy for an 8-hour, live Advanced Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss training focusing upon the impact of racism and implicit bias on pregnancy loss/trauma and infant death. This course is open to all ~ and will be especially helpful to birth workers and those involved in supporting families ~ particularly families of color ~ through the heartbreaking pain of pregnancy loss. Learn more and sign up today.

June 22-29 2022 ~ Guatemala Trip

Join Amy Wright Glenn and Tobie Spears (founder and director of the Guatemalan Humanitarian Tours non profit) for a week long study/exploration of birth and death practices in the San Andres region of Guatemala. This will be a trip not to miss!  Learn more and sign up today.

 

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