MettaKnowledge for Peace, LLC and Rachel Mann are offering two workshops for professionals working on the front lines of violence. For more information, email rachel@... or call 434-878-3210. Or visit our website at http://www.mettaknowledge.com.
The Art of Surviving Compassion Fatigue:
A Workshop for Professionals Working on the Frontlines of Violence
In this workshop, we will explore the meaning of compassion and its manifestations in our own lives and work. We will explore why we have compassion fatigue and how to address it constructively so we can continue our work with a sense of energy, hope, and optimism.
Date: Friday, February 22, 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Location: Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, 145 Ednam Drive, Charlottesville, VA
Cost: $75 (includes Saturday lunch, snacks and beverages)
Finding Balance in Animal Caregiving and Advocacy:
A Workshop for Professionals and Volunteers
In this workshop, we will explore challenges of working in professions where we deal daily with the pain and suffering of animals due to neglect, abuse, abandonment, and/or illness. Through personal sharing and learning tools to handle the stresses we face and the challenges animals face, we will leave with a greater sense of energy, hope, and optimism.
Date: Friday, March 21, 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Location: Charlottesville, VA
Cost: $75(includes Saturday lunch, snacks and beverages)
Rachel Mann, M.A., Ph.D. founder of MettaKnowledge for Peace, LLC
Rachel taught for 20 years in higher education in the emerging field of violence and peace studies. Her degrees were uniquely interdisciplinary and integrative with an M.A. in Soviet Studies and a Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literatures—the latter with an emphasis in folklore and anthropology. She was interested from the beginning in the connection between the individual, society, expression, and spiritual life. During eleven years as a faculty member at the University of Virginia, she developed innovative methods for exploring the inner and outer dimensions of violence and peace combining Western psychology, Buddhism, and the teachings of indigenous Wisdom Keepers from around the world.
She has been a student and practitioner of Buddhism since childhood and is trained in a variety of complementary and alternative healing modalities. She has developed, facilitated, and sponsored programs enabling people to explore the many dimensions of peace, violence, and transformation in workshops, seminars, and lecture series. These include "The Art of Surviving", funded by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and administered in collaboration with the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Action Alliance, and "Shamanic Perspectives on Violence and Peace".
She is currently involved in a partnership with the Institute on Violence and Community in Charlottesville, Virginia and Trauma Healing and Reconciliation Services in Burundi, Africa on a joint research and experiential project on community healing after violence. Her writings on technology, education, violence, and peace can be found in a variety of journals and linked to her web site at www.mettaknowledge.com . She is an animal lover who lives in Charlottesville, Virginia with her rescue Pug, Wee, and her Great Pyrenees puppy, Tea and Sympathy, "Sym" for short. She honors the lessons and love given to her by many teachers and mentors, from human to non-human.
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