Bonita's Previous Classes and Workshops
"I received the gift of clarity, peace with transition, how to be grounded, how to receive all I need."
"I was reminded to come back to me – my body, my feelings, my thoughts – being a part of a relationship, part of a community, part of Gaia." ~Blessing Kobey
"This was an opening into the awareness that I have been Dancing with Self, instead of enjoying the energy currents of the Dance with Other. I discovered the joy of the connection I felt with each person I danced with. I thank you, Bonita, for enriching my life." ~June Driscoll
"I appreciate her showing compassion, spunk, love and passion to help bring people back to wholeness."
2008 Classes and Workshops
"Nonviolent Communication and Being Alive in the Body" (8 day intensive training)
Co-facilitated with Hava Jonai; Budapest, Hungary
This is a journey of discovering Nonviolent Communication through our bodies. Through movement, we will be invited to experience connection, compassion, clarity, openness and centre, to nourish and give a physical grounding to our practice of NVC with words. We will use gentle exercises, based on the principles of the aikido martial art form whose name means "the way of harmony and unity with the life force," to explore our personal dynamics in relationship and conflict. By bringing more awareness to our senses, we will practice observation, and learn to be more in touch with our feelings and needs. We will also play with dance and free movement to find new ways of expressing ourselves and of being in relationship with one another.
"Deepening the Roots of Social and Environmental Justice - An Experiential Exploration of Self, Community and Earth"
School for International Training, Conference on Social and Ecological Renewal; Brattleboro, Vermont, USA
In this age of change, how do we renew ourselves, our societies and our ecological systems? The world needs everything that we bring as activists, leaders and changemakers, and we are thus called to discover more effective and powerful ways of doing the work we do in the world. By reconnecting with ourselves, our communities and the larger web of life, we tap into a richer source of intelligence, creativity, power and caring that goes beyond the individual. In this workshop, we will play with movement, drama, guided imagery and breath, to broaden and deepen our work for social and environmental justice.
"Forward Movement: Visioning and Communicating for a Post Oil Future" (1 day organisational retreat)
Post Oil Solutions; Brattleboro, Vermont, USA
We will learn the basics of Nonviolent Communication and effective meeting facilitation, to empower our communication in our meetings as well as with others as we pitch the message of post-oil.
"The Joy of Deep-Listening" (1 day workshop)
Prakriti Yoga; Brattleboro, Vermont, USA
Meditation, breath, presence and empathy; noticing our inner voices; communicating for compassion, nonviolence and healing in our lives.
"Being the Change" (1 day workshop)
Prakriti Yoga; Brattleboro, Vermont, USA
Aikido-based embodiment; giving and receiving for peace-making and healing; communicating for compassion and nonviolence; the yin-yang of healing and activism.
"The Dance of Self and Other" (1 day workshop)
Prakriti Yoga; Brattleboro, Vermont, USA
Expressive movement, visualization and the embrace of wholeness; trusting and sensing ourselves and others; connecting to our spirit, the world spirit and the Earth.
"Inner and Outer Nature" (1 day workshop)
Prakriti Yoga; Brattleboro, Vermont, USA
Visualization and mandala ritual for personal, collective and Earth healing; connecting with the four elements; discovering our teachers and allies; learning personal and collective sustainability from nature.
2007 Classes and Workshops
"The Dance of Self and Other: A Creative Workshop for Nonviolent and Empathic Living"
Carp Ridge EcoWellness Centre; Ottawa, Canada
"Personal and Social Permaculture"
Merritt College, Permaculture Design Course; Oakland, USA
"Empowering and Sustaining Ourselves as Changemakers and Leaders"
Soweto Mountain of Hope; Soweto, South Africa
2006 Classes and Workshops
 "Mindfulness Practices in the Garden"
Garden for the Environment; San Francisco, USA
"Voice of Self and Voice of the Earth: Aligning the Personal and Ecological in Our Lives, Communities and the World"
Fellowship of Intentional Communities, Art of Communities Conference; Seattle, USA
"Land, Water, Food and Holism"
JFK University, Health, Environment and Sustainability Class; Pleasant Hill, USA
"Personal Sustainability and Zone 0"
Merritt College, Permaculture Design Course; Oakland, USA
"Experiencing and Addressing our Personal and Collective Stress"
JFK University, Physiology and Psychology of Stress Class; Pleasant Hill, USA
"Personal Permaculture: Zone and Sector through the Body"
Urban Permaculture Design Course, Urban Permaculture Guild and Alameda Point Collaborative; Oakland, USA
2005 Classes and Workshops
"Finding the True Teacher Within"
Journey of the Spirit Conference, University of Toronto, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education; Toronto, Canada
"Zone 0: Starting With Ourselves"
Lama Foundation, Grow Here Now Permaculture Convergence; Taos, USA
"Healing Ourselves and The World"
School for Self-Healing; San Francisco, USA
"Reawakening to Wholeness"
Change Makers Books and Gifts for Women; Oakland, USA
2004 Classes
"Embodying Healing: Being the Healing You Want to See in the World"
Soul in Education International Conference; Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
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