3 Hour COURSE
From Defensiveness to Racial Resilience: An Introduction
with Lane Arye, PhD
Included with Membership
If you desire a better world and want to grow your heart, this class is for you.
You WILL Learn how to:
- Identify kinds of defensiveness and their causes
- Notice somatic (body) manifestations of your own defensiveness
- Practice somatic- and compassion-based resilience tools
- Live and practice according to your deepest values
- Grow your heart
Discussion
What supports well-meaning, open hearted people, like me and you, to live according to our values and be constructive partners in racial dialogue? There are many answers, including clear understanding of the privileges of whiteness and the racial socialization that affects the way we think, feel, and interact.
Even when our thinking minds are on board, we often get defensive in tough racial conversations (or even normal conversations between white folks and People of Colour).
This experiential workshop is a chance to notice our visceral and emotional defensiveness, and to learn & try simple and powerful practices to help us move toward racial resilience. You will learn to stay grounded and present, to hold the experience and the full expression of People of Colour. These skills enable us to live our values and help create a more just and equitable world.
The workshop is a combination of theory and practice – inner work and demonstrations.
If you who want to stay connected, accountable and compassionate in cross racial situations, you will learn valuable skills, and grow your heart. If you’re a therapist, trainer, or supervisor who wants to work in a more racially sensitive way, this class is for you.
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About Your Teacher
Lane Arye
PhD, Dip PW
FACILITATOR, TRAINER, AUTHOR
Lane Arye, Ph.D. is a senior trainer and facilitator of Processwork (developed by Arnold Mindell). He has facilitated conflicts between Aboriginal and European Australians, and between Dalits (so-called untouchables) and high-caste Hindus in India.
In Oakland, CA, Lane facilitated and helped resolve a long-standing conflict between then-mayor (later governor) Jerry Brown and an African American cultural center.
Lane co-led a six-year UN-funded project in the Balkans that brought together Serbs, Croats, and Muslims to work on ethnic tension, post-war trauma, and building sustainable community.
He is an active member of the Racial Justice Collaborative, a dynamic, Black-led organization deeply inspired by Processwork.
Lane is the author of the chapter “The Vicious Cycle of White Centrality” in Dr. Kenneth V. Hardy’s latest book, The Enduring, Invisible, and Ubiquitous Centrality of Whiteness.
areas of expertise
- Advanced Facilitation Training
- Racial Justice and Reconciliation
- Advanced Therapist Training
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