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 Blending the wisdom of Eastern Psychology
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demands of contemporary western lifestyles
A distance learning course on the theme Renewing Your Relationship A course to help you find your purpose and live more purposely each day of your life. Naikan: The Japanese Art of Self-Reflection. A one month practice course on gratitude and grace for the Thanksgiving season.
Taking Action: A distance learning support program to help you move forward on an unfinished project Working with Your Attention Thirty Thousand Days: A Journal for Purposeful Living ToDo Institute Board of Directors General Session
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Starts Wednesday, May 26th
Taking Action:
A distance learning support program to help you move forward on the unfinished or unstarted
May 26 - June 24, 2010
Register Online
Do you have something important that remains unfinished? Here’s a chance to turn your plan into reality. Using methods from Morita Therapy (The Psychology of Action) you’ll have the support, encouragement, and guidance you need to overcome practical and psychological obstacles and accomplish something that becomes part of your life and legacy. Whether you're still in the idea stage, or stuck somewhere along the way, this program can help you to take action and move forward in the real world. This is a chance to grab the reins, and dedicate yourself to something that is important to you and that will add satisfaction, pride, joy and meaning to your life.
What will you accomplish?
Taking Action will give you an opportunity to make progress toward a goal or project that is important to you. It is easy for even our most important dreams to get lost in the shuffle of a busy life. Often they get placed on the backburner because they have no deadline. This program gives you a chance to move the important to the front of the line. By the end of the month you will either have completed or made significant progress on something that is worth doing.
What will you learn?
In addition to this real-life progress, you will have an opportunity to study some very pragmatic and powerful tools related to getting things done. Examples of projects from past courses include, completing licensure requirements, establishing a new business, creating a website, writing a book, finishing delinquent taxes, getting a job, house renovations and diet and exercise. We will study principles and practices from Morita Therapy as well as Kaizen. We’ll draw on methods that will help you overcome procrastination. You’ll learn practical ways to prioritize so you’ll spend more time doing what’s important, not just what’s easy or enjoyable. By the end of the course, you will have exposure to, and experience with, strategies and tools that you can use long after this course is completed.
How does the program work?
You’ll have access to the ToDo Institute’s distance learning course website which is the hub of this program. Through the website, you’ll identify what you want to accomplish and what you need to do. You’ll keep a journal of your daily progress, which can involve small or large steps, depending on your time. You’ll have a peer-support group that will be aware of your goal and your progress. You’ll have an advisor to make suggestions and nudge you along. You’ll receive ideas and suggestions and daily quotes of inspiration and wisdom. You’ll be moving forward as part of a larger community, all of whom are trying to do something important during this time period. You'll learn about valuable resources that can inspire and inform as you go along. And you'll have a chance to overcome your own obstacles as they come up and identify any patterns that will be helpful to you in the future.
Your success in the program ultimately depends on your own willingness to make the time and take action. There is no shortcut to action. And there is no time like the present for finishing the unfinished.
Tuition - $70 (ToDo members)
$85 (non-members)
Alumni who wish to retake this course can register with a 50% discount. |
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Renewing Your Relationship Course - Starts Monday, Feb. 15th
Most relationships suffer from neglect. In our busy lives we squeeze in time for email, paying bills, phone calls, the kids, lots of work, car inspections, pets, coffee and reading the news. But attention to our partner - personal, exclusive, caring, loving attention – all too often gets bumped off the plate.
If your relationship has fallen below your hopes for it, what can you do? Well, you can do nothing and hope that things improve. You can go through marriage counseling, but that can be expensive and, depending on the orientation of the counselor, very helpful or actually harmful. Or you can do some reading and set out on your own to get your relationship on a healthy track.
The Renewing your Relationship program offers another option. It provides guidance, readings, “daily practices”, a course advisor and a community of like-minded people who remain connected throughout an entire month. It does so at a very modest cost (around the price of one counseling session), and gives you control about what you reveal and don’t reveal to others.
In this course a group of about 50 of us will be working to put some time, energy and attention back into our relationship with our partner. It is a practice course, which means we don't just study the ideas but actually put them into practice. Relationships are an extraordinary vehicle for personal training. As Charlotte Joko Beck says, “intimate relationships provide the clearest mirror we can find.”
Linda Anderson Krech, MSW, will be conducting the program. She has more than 20 years experience in Japanese Psychology and is the author of numerous articles on family, parenting and relationships. Please take this opportunity to join us for a course that can help you re-devote your attention and energy towards the person you are building your life with.
The course begins on February 15, 2010. For more information and registration, go to
http://www.todoinstitute.org/ldlp_renew.html
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Living on Purpose course -- Starts Today (Monday, Jan. 11, 2010)
Many of us desire to live a more purposeful life. We want to use our time well, to put our energy towards that which truly matters, to leave behind a positive legacy. But when we step back and take an honest look at how we're living . . . we're not satisfied.
Maybe we're spending too much time doing things that feel urgent, but aren't particularly important. Maybe we find ourselves frequently being pulled off course by our feelings – feelings of fear, anxiety, or depression. Maybe we just procrastinate on doing what we know we need to do, or maybe we're just confused about what our purpose should really be. This course is designed to help you get on the path to a more purposeful life.
We'll draw on exercises of self-reflection (Naikan) and methods from Morita therapy (known as the Psychology of Action). We'll incorporate ideas from Viktor Frankl, Stephen Covey, Albert Schweitzer and Richard Leider. This is a course about direction – about finding direction, setting direction, and staying on course.
The Living on Purpose course is a great way to start the new year. The course also offers 16 credits towards the ToDo Institute's Certification program. Best wishes to you for a wonderful year filled with good health and new adventures. (5 spaces remaining)
Register Here
Gregg Krech
ToDo Institute
todo@todoinstitute.com
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“Expressing gratitude is transformative, just as transformative as expressing complaint. Imagine an experiment involving two people. One is asked to spend ten minutes each morning and evening expressing gratitude (there is always something to be grateful for), while the other is asked to spend the same amount of time practicing complaining (there is, after all, always something to complain about). . . Guaranteed, at the end of that year the person practicing complaining will have deeply reaffirmed all his negative stuff rather than having let it go, while the one practicing gratitude will be a very grateful person. What you practice is what you are; practice and the goal of practice are identical, cause and effect are one reality. Expressing gratitude can, indeed, change our way of seeing ourselves and the world.”
- John Daido Loori Roshi
On Monday, November 9, we will begin the 14th annual Month of Self-Reflection distance learning program. This year's program is conducted by Gregg Krech, a leading expert in Japanese Psychology and author of the award-winning book, Naikan: Gratitude, Grace and the Japanese Art of Self-reflection. Gregg will lead participants through a month of daily practice that will help us reflect on our lives and cultivate an authentic Thanksgiving spirit as we approach the holidays.
Many of us believe that it is important to take time for quiet reflection, but we don't do it because our lives are so busy. This program requires an
average commitment of about 30 minutes per day, yet even such a limited amount of time can have a profound impact on our attitude, relationships and
understanding of our life. You'll receive a journal, with a month of daily exercises, a copy of Gregg's Naikan book (or alternate selection), as well as access to a course advisor who you can contact during the month for feedback, consultation or questions. You'll be part of a global community of more than 75 people with whom you can share your experiences, ideas and comments related to the theme of self-reflection. A course website is set up which allows particpants access to resource materials, including audio and video.
The practice of self-reflection is profound. It is life changing. This course offers powerful opportunities for personal growth, psychological health and spiritual awareness.
You can register by phone (802) 453-4440 or online through the ToDo Institute bookstore.
Register online
(a limited amount of space is available as of 11/5)
Have a thankful Thanksgiving!
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“Give up on yourself.
Begin taking action now, while being neurotic or imperfect, or a procrastinator or unhealthy or lazy or any other label by which you inaccurately describe yourself. Go ahead and be the best imperfect person you can be and get started on those things you want to accomplish before you die.”
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