Caravan of No Despair by Mirabai Starr
Learn the key principles and practices for transforming heartbreaking stages of grief into portals for spiritual awakening and transformation.
Walk the path of integration with loving guidance and support from a conscious community.
If you have experienced a heartbreaking loss, you know how difficult it can be to get through the stages of grief. Waves of sadness, anger and depression can sweep over us for months or even years.
Meanwhile, there is often pressure from family, friends, and colleagues to try to get you to “normalize” before you’re ready. They may want to “cheer you up” and help you “get back on your feet” rather than meeting you as companions in the dark and scary places that arise when you have experienced a deep loss.
This can lead to a deeper sense of disconnection and isolation. It may seem like few have the time, wisdom, and patience to help you cope with your loss in a way that truly respects what your soul needs and provides you with a safe haven in which you can turn your grief into healing.
If we try to avoid or interrupt our natural grief process, we will derail what can be a journey of deep healing, spiritual discovery and transformation.
Walking our path, step by step, through tragic loss can play a central role in our spiritual life, as grief tends to open us into the depths of life in a way that nothing else can.
When we deal with grief in a transformational way, we become much more real about what really matters. We make it clear what we believe in. We are committed to loving deeper. And we are more concerned with changing something.
Our heartache can turn into what St. Teresa of Avila called “a beautiful wound,” a kind of pain that actually connects us to the Divine. A wound, even painful, can eventually give rise to the peace, love, and even joy that come from feeling deeply connected to the source of all life.
Thus, grief, viewed through a spiritual lens, represents a deep opportunity for our evolution – both a deeper embodiment of life and a closer connection with spirit.
It is no coincidence that many of the most famous mystics in history have been catapulted onto their path of enlightenment and service through deep loss, tragedy, and broken hearts. Such events tend to humbly bring us to our knees, wanting to meet face to face with any truths and emotions that awaken in us. This, in turn, can open us to real surrender.
The “move on” mentality that permeates our culture can thus rob us of a deeper opportunity to experience more compassion, a sacred connection, and a better understanding of the meaning of life.
This is not to minimize the very loss of, for example, a loved one. But our grief can be a portal to deeper, wiser and richer life experiences when we consciously engage in spiritual practice. Thus, the journey of loss becomes a journey of redemption and healing.
In fact, each of the five traditional phases of grief popularized by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross can be experienced as a spiritual initiation. For example, feeling completely burned with anger may eventually open us up to our inner fire to create change and feel the passion for life again. By allowing ourselves to withdraw for a while, we can get rid of false images and goals.
Ultimately, grief and loss open up the potential for an alchemical journey in which the darkness and suffering we face can be transformed into the gold of a deeper life and connection with God.
But we need guidance and support to create a container in which our painful emotions can be internalized and we can safely enter the heart of fire to be reborn.
And this is where this 12-unit virtual program comes in, a profound opportunity in which you will be guided to navigate your own losses as an alchemical path of transformation.
The title of the course “Caravan without Despair” is taken from a poem by Rumi, in which he writes: “Our caravan is not despair. Come, come again. ”This refers to the attitude of greeting, which is ultimately a way of surrendering what is.
Despair comes when we lose all hope, which is all too common on the journey of sorrow. Instead, we offer a sanctuary where you will be compassionately guided through the natural stages of grief and loss so that you can open up to redemption, healing, and the promise of a richer life without feeling rushed through each stage.
Indeed, it is vital that we absorb the dedication that each stage of grief offers. Each wave clears us for new opportunities to arise.
The importance of an experienced guide
Your teacher and guide on this spiritual journey through Mount Mirabai Starr, a beloved spiritual teacher and person who has faced grief on a deep, heartbreaking level, including the sudden loss of his daughter in a car accident.
For Mirabay, this loss was both a crucifixion and a journey to deeper spiritual awareness. Thus, Mirabai has gone through a full path of grief and is closely aware of its true, alchemical potential.
Mirabai has also written many famous books on female mystics, including Saint Teresa of Avila, and she has traveled a path that includes Christian, Jewish, Hindu and Buddhist practices – all woven together in a deeply revered path.
This course is her offering to your heart. Mirabai will guide you to a powerful return to the path of sorrow as a way to harvest the “soul lessons” that loss unlocks, allowing you to live your life more deeply.
On a 12-module journey with her, you will:
Learn how to create a sacred space and walk naked into the glowing fire available to you when your world was destroyed.
Distinguish between comfort and transformation.
Approach each of the five stages of grief as a spiritual initiation, taking the time you need at each stage and coming back as needed.
Rewrite the scenario of what happened and create the ending that you prefer.
Reimagine “denial” as a state of grace and use your anger as a spiritual warrior.
Cultivate self-compassion even as you replay the story of what happened over and over.
Stop trying to mend your broken heart and instead allow yourself to dwell and rest in secret.
Accept “what is” without minimizing your losses.
Expand your ability to befriend your heartache, pain and anguish as allies on the path of ecstatic surrender.
Explore teachings from various spiritual traditions that embrace the destructive power of love.
Identify the positive traits that loss draws from you (such as dignity, fearlessness, even humor).
Mirabai will take you on a deep, gentle and sacred journey designed to help you go through the phases of grief with greater grace.
What will you find in these 12 modules
Each contemplation and learning session will build harmoniously on the next, so that you develop a complete, holistic understanding of the practices, tools, and principles you will need to navigate the stages of grief in a way that will open up true spiritual transformation for you.
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Module 1: sitting on fire
Grief is a natural reaction to the destruction of the foundation of your life. One of the most powerful forces for radical inner transformation is the death of a loved one, yet loss takes many forms, and each of them can be a catalyst for awakening: the end of relationships and the circle of friends and family that you shared, the loss of a job or career and society. which is associated with this, financial security, a serious health diagnosis that changes your image of yourself, infertility, innocence. Our culture has taught us to avoid painful things, but the traditions of world wisdom offer us a deeper path, one that invites us to sit in the fire and allow it to transform us.
In this session, you will:
Learn somatic practices to be with the strong feelings that arise when we explore our losses.
Distinguish between comfort and transformation.
Explore teachings from various spiritual traditions that embrace the destructive power of love.
Learn about “disenfranchised grief” and how to give yourself (and others) permission to mourn your hidden losses.
Start building an altar for your loved one (s) who are gone.
Module 2: longing for a loved one
The mystical genius of the 16th century, Saint John of the Cross, coined the term “dark night of the soul” and developed a teaching that shows us how to surrender to radical ignorance and allow ourselves to be deprived of everything that stands between our souls and the Divine. These and other mystics view deep sadness as a great spiritual blessing, not a problem to be solved. solution.In this session, you will:
Explore the numinous quality that fills your loss and access it as a portal for your connection to the Divine.
Practice contemplative reading of mystical poetry as a spiritual practice.
Learn the language of love from Song of Songs (Judaism) and Gita Govinda (Hinduism).
Give up the impulse to correct your brokenness.
Module 3: landscape of losses
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, a pioneer of the conscious dying movement, has come to the conclusion that everyone grieves in different ways and that science is crumbling in the face of the mysteries of the heart. No loss terrain map, no set route, no space checklist where every ticked item brings you closer to success. You cannot succeed in mourning your loved ones. You cannot fail. Still, there are some similarities, and knowing the signposts can help you navigate this wilderness.
In this session, you will:
Explore the classic stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance.
Reimagine these stages as spiritual stations.
Create a graph of your losses and look for new patterns.
Learn about how Saint Francis of Assisi went through the path of loss and transformation.
Module 4: denial as grace
Denial is not inherently negative. This is, in fact, what saves us from exploding when tragedy strikes. It is a biochemical process that runs through our brains and envelops us in a protective cocoon. It can also be seen as a grace that descends when something terrible happens, angels who rush to support us as we race into the abyss. The power of loss can pull back the veil that separates us from the sacred and provide us with fleeting but transformative access to it. Reality.In in this session you will learn:
Give in to the altered state of consciousness that accompanies deep loss, accepting it as an opportunity to detach from the everyday world and be in a wider field of awareness.
Reaffirm the community’s ability to respond to loss and weave a network of support for those who have lost loved ones.
Identify the positive traits that loss draws from you (such as dignity, fearlessness, even humor).
Find out what current research can tell us about the effects of trauma on the brain.
Module 5: isolation as wisdom
When we lose someone or something we love, we have a tendency to withdraw from the world to protect our broken hearts. We need time and space to turn inward and appreciate what has happened. We can also accept that there is something sacred going on under the surface of shock and pain, and we don’t want to be distracted by other people and their opinions about our loss. While the pursuit of loneliness can turn into harmful isolation, it can also be an expression of self-care and a way of honoring the sanctity of the individual. experience.In this session you will:
Make a plan to spend your day in complete solitude and silence.
If you have a tendency to be overly isolated, make a plan to sit down with a trusted companion and tell them the full story of your loss.
List both obvious and subtler ways in which you test your experience when feelings are intense.
Learn about Kuan Yin and Tara and seek refuge with them.
Module 6: anger as a protest
Anger is a natural reaction when something of value is taken away from us. Our whole being is rising in protest. Desperate to find a place to put out the fire, we may lash out and do harm. Yet, when we approach this powerful emotion with loving awareness, we can claim the power of a spiritual warrior to break through illusion and reveal truth. Grief may be the first time we experience the ability to set healthy boundaries!
In this session, you will:
Make a list of everyone you are angry with about your loss (s).
Write a letter of protest to God (or divine, the Universe, whatever Higher Power you belong to).
Explore the archetype of the spiritual warrior across the spectrum of faith.
Module 7: bargaining as a problem solving
Bargaining can be one of the most unpleasant aspects of grief. This is the phase where the monkey mind takes over and you endlessly play a tape of what happened, in the vain hope that you can make things come out differently. But we cannot think our way through the problem of loss. No amount of righteous resentment, self-flagellation, or dreary “if for” will cancel reality. A ruthless inner monologue can make us feel like we are going crazy, but if we are patient with ourselves and remember not to believe everything we think, this process will go its natural course.
In this session, you will:
Rewrite the scenario of what happened and create the ending that you prefer.
Practice self-soothing phrases that you may say to yourself when you catch yourself kicking your ass.
Learn about the beloved saints and mystics who have lost their focus, just like you.
Understand that even knowing that this is a natural stage of grief prevents it from magically disappearing.
Learn to be compassionate with yourself.
Module 8: depression as surrender
When all our attempts to make a deal with the universe fail, we eventually fail, become exhausted, and surrender to what is. And “what is” can be really hard to bear. But at this point we have nowhere else to turn and we finally sink into our feelings. We just become sad, without a storyline obscuring the experience. We go from head to heart and rest there.
In this session, you will:
Find out what the 16th century mystic Saint John of the Cross meant when he coined the term “dark night of the soul.”
Determine when you feel like you’ve experienced a “night of feelings.”
Free yourself from the need to know and understand. Accept this secret.
Practice meditation on groundlessness from Pema Chodren.
Module 9: Stripped, Broken, and Blessed
Rumi says: “The grief from which you scream pulls you towards unity.” And that’s not all! “Your pure sorrow that needs help,” he continues, “is a secret cup.” Do we dare to believe it? Many mystical traditions claim that the moment we turn to the Holy One, there is an instant – almost quantum – response. The beloved longs for us as much as we long for the beloved. The relationship between man and God is mutual. The fire of separation burns the boundaries between our souls and our source so that we can reclaim the power of separation. desire.In this session you will:
Read key passages from the Gospel of John the Baptist about the blessing of the dark night.
Determine when you feel like you have experienced a “night of the Spirit.”
Explore the connection between personal loss and striving for the Divine.
Learn about other mystical traditions that claim to overcome the limitations of the intellect.
Module 10: acceptance as integration
Acceptance is not a light at the end of the tunnel that signals that your journey in grief is over. It’s not about glossing over the power of your experience. What happened may never be good with you, and that’s okay! It’s all about facing your loss face to face. It includes embracing yourself and forgiving yourself for not being able to make things different from what they are. Loss can be amputation and this limb will never grow back, but we are learning to find a new center of gravity.
In this session, you will:
Determine how you integrated the incident into the fullness of your life.
Notice where you still feel fragmented and splintered, and set your intention to regain your wholeness.
Learn about the saints and mystics who lived in deep loss.
Module 11: Moving
Once we accept that those whom and what we loved in physical form have truly disappeared, we are free to cultivate new, metaphysical relationships. It doesn’t happen all at once, and it doesn’t obey our ideas about it. Our bond develops organically, often quietly, and our job is to grow calmly enough to recognize the fruits of this love as they ripen and fall into our hands.
In this session, you will:
Participate in guided meditation to gain access to your loved one (s) outside of physical form.
Write a love letter to the one you lost from the place of your renewed connection.
Use the power of your loss to come more fully into life.
Learn about Juliana of Norwich and her vision of Christ the Mother.
Module 12: This Beautiful Wound
Teresa of Avila spoke of her desire for unity with her beloved as a “beautiful wound” that scorched her soul and from which she would never want to recover. This burning longing blessed her life. In this age of spiritual cynicism, we are forced to suppress the devotional impulse and deny the truth of ecstatic experiences. As we integrate our losses and embrace our lives, let us bring back the power of ecstasy as a path home to our true being. From this place of devotion to the source of all love, we can find heart energy to help relieve suffering in this world.
In this session, you will:
Learn about Theresa of Avila’s “Transverberation”
Accept the fire of grief as your connection to your loved one (s), not as a disease that needs to be cured.
Make a plan of action for one of the ways you intend to be helpful.
Make a list of sad poetry, music, and movies to use as a resource for yourself and others.
Complete your altar for your loved one (s).
Caravan Without Despair Bonus Collection
In addition to Mirabai’s transformative 12-unit online training session, you will receive these powerful programming sessions with some of the world’s leading visionaries and teachers. These bonus sessions are offered to further complement what you learn over the course and to take your understanding and practice to an even deeper level.
Broken Open
Audio dialogue with Mirabay and Elizabeth Lesser
Mirabai talks to renowned author and inspiring speaker Elizabeth Lesser (a frequent visitor to Oprah and author of Broken Open and Bone Marrow) about Elizabeth’s experience as a donor for her sister’s bone marrow transplant and how she accompanied her sister when she died one year later. Elizabeth is a talented storyteller.
Elizabeth Lesser is a co-founder and senior advisor to the Omega Institute, the largest adult education center in the United States specializing in health, wellness, spirituality, and creativity. She is the author of Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow and a Seeker’s Guide: Making Your Life a Spiritual Adventure.
For over 30 years, Elizabeth has studied and worked with leading figures in the fields of healing, spiritual development and cultural change. Her work at Omega has included co-leading the organization, researching curricula, holding conferences, teaching and writing the annual Omega catalog, a handbook that describes the work of some of the most prominent thinkers and practitioners of our time.
The many faces of loss
Audio Dialogue with Mirabai & Rev. Ted Wiard
Mirabai talks to his close friend, the Reverend Ted Wiard, founder of the Golden Willow Retreat for Emotional Healing, about Ted’s transformational experience of losing his entire family and how it prompted him to create a grief retreat in the New Mexico mountains where he is. and Mirabai grew up. Ted will also discuss ending a relationship as a deep loss and guide us on how to honor it.
Ted Wiard, LPCC, CGC, is the author, founder and CEO of Golden Willow Retreat. Together with his wife Marcella, he created the Golden Willow from a combined vision of compassion and healing for all life. Ted is a Licensed Clinical Therapist, Certified Grief Counselor, Ordained Priest, Certified New Mexico School Teacher, and Certified Tennis Pro. Ted’s passion for dealing with grief, in many of its forms, arose out of his own personal losses, in which he realized that there were very few places that offered support and healing from grief. His book Ted’s Witnesses: A Journey to Potential Through Grief and Loss is a subtle guide to the six aspects of grief and the path to a wiser, more authentic life.
Trauma & Transformation
Audio dialogue with Mirabai & Dr. Joan in Hunting
Mirabai talks to psychologist Dr. Joanna Cacciatore about the consequences of traumatic loss. Using a presence and mindfulness approach, Joanna (founder of the Miss Foundation) has helped thousands of families who have lost their children to honor their memory and support each other through unbearable pain and in a life of gratitude and connection.
Dr. Joanna Cacciatore is the founder of the Miss Foundation and currently a professor at Arizona State University. Her specialty is traumatic death, especially in children, and she is an established speaker on the topic. Dr. Cacciatore also specializes in counseling traumatic deaths and is a diplomat for the American Psychotherapy Association. Her work has been featured in major media outlets such as People and Newsweek magazines, The New York Times, Boston Globe, CNN, National Public Radio, and the Los Angeles Times.
Yoga for grief and loss
Audio dialogue with Mirabay and Karla Helbert
Mirabai talks to compassionate bereavement care provider Carla Helbert, whose new book Yoga for Grief and Loss helps us use yoga tools to integrate and heal through our losses. Karla uses the full spectrum of yoga practice, from physical to spiritual, as a tool for emotional well-being and spiritual growth.
Karla Helbert is a Licensed Professional Consultant (LPC) with a therapeutic practice in Richmond, Virginia. Karla has been working as a psychotherapist since 2000 and has experience as a psychotherapist, counselor, behavioral therapist and group facilitator, working with different groups of people of all ages, from a wide variety of backgrounds. Her focus is on loss, grief and bereavement, anxiety management, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, and working with people on the autism spectrum. She is a certified yoga instructor and award-winning author of two books Find Your Own Path to Grief and Yoga for Grief and Loss.
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