The Four Teachers
We string the Wisdom of our Teachers together to complete the Sacred Self.
This is a process for you to discover the Truth of who You are;
scientifically proven by you, through You.
These are the Core Teachings of our Wholistic Curriculum & the methods to cultivate the Inner & Outer Landscapes.
Teachers are archetypes of our own personality, or aspects of who we are. Each of us can embody these Teachers with proper practice and self-realization.
By using the Inner & Outer Methods each Teacher offer us, we begin the process of embodying their qualities ourselves.
These methods are taught in our Homesteading & Mentorship Programs, Dharma Designs and yoga classes. The study and practice of the Four Teachers instills new skills for self regulation, cultivating awareness and achieving our goals.
Students will develop compassion as Beauty and wisdom as Medicine to serve as their foundation for everything they do.
The Scholar & The Map
The Map is drawn from the teachings of Permaculture & Yoga. The study of these ancient & modern lineages take us to our goals.
We study what the great thinkers and master sages have to say about Natural Principals; learning how the Nature of Reality works — to learn how We work.
Stewardship School Teaches:
Permaculture Design by Bill Mollison & David Holmgren
12 Permaculture Principals
Ethics
Applying a Design Process to the garden
Navanga Yoga - the traditional yoga system imbued with Compassionate Wisdom
The Yoga Sutra by Master Patanjali
Five Layers of Being, Three Primary Channels, Karma & Emptiness, the Five Freedoms
Understanding Emotions & Thought
The Seer & The Compass
Just as a Compass points the way to our destination, Seers point us the right way to realize our Sacred Self
By studying the inner workings of Nature, we come to see the world with true eyes. Applying Natural principals, Seers design abundance into the outer landscape. With Yoga philosophy, Seers create Dharma Designs, the Lifestyle plans that help ourselves & others realize their Sacred Self.
Seers observe & interact with mentees & clients using our SEER Therapeutic Process to create tailor made Dharma Designs
Seers disrupt harmful behaviors and encouraging their client’s Sacred Self to emerge.
A Dharma Design is a lifestyle plan that integrates personalized skills & support into your daily life as new habits & lifestyle choices. Dharma Designs contain the keys to embodying the greatness that resides within each student.
In the Outer Landscape, Seers use their insight to work the land, creating efficient and effective workflows for managing homesteads, community gardens and even shape entire landscapes.
The Sovereign & Three Practices
Empowerment, Mindfulness and Connection are the Three Practices that Sovereigns use to cultivate health, awareness & relationship.
Sovereigns are practitioners that have a toolbox of Inner & Outer Methods to self-soothe & self-regulate, cultivate personal power, deepen relationships, establish self care routines and actively serve in their community.
By establishing new routines & habits in our daily life, we develop health, awareness & connection. These three qualities are essential to the Journey of Stewardship and realizing one’s Sacred Self.
Without reconditioning our minds and lifestyle, we succumb to our unhealthy habits and propagate weeds of hardship and disease into our life.
Practices & Ceremonies of the Three Tools
The following exercises are examples of Practices & Ceremonies that are taught through the Wholistic Curriculum and assigned to students in their Dharma Design. Being regular & diligent in these exercises establishes new habits that help us observe our inner workings & create lasting change in behavior.
I. Empowerment
Practices
yoga asana (postures)
breathe work
gardening, agriculture, horticulture, botany
animal care
fire building
food prep and cooking
crafting, jewelry making, candle making
play
wealth building
community service
Ceremonies
Embracing Fear
Share Your Voice
Vision Quest
Forest Bathing
II. Mindfulness
Practices
Meditation
Journaling
Right Here, Right Now
Nature As Me
Feedback
Advocating my Boundaries
If this, than that
Body Scans
Natural & Logical Consequences
Taking Refuge
8 Worldly Thoughts
7 Step Cause & Effect Meditation
Exchanging Self & Others
6 Preliminaries to Meditation
4 Powers
4 Infinite Thoughts
Withdrawing the Senses
Focus, Fixate & Concentrate
Ceremonies
Three Preliminaries for Purifying Karma
Death Meditation
Day of Silence
Timeline/Autobiography
Letter of Accountability
Dream Yoga & Yoga Nidra
III. Connection
Practices
Non-violent Communication
Conflict Resolution
Boundaries
Check-ins with Peers and Mentors
Red, Yellow & Green Friends
Collecting Merit - Volunteering to help others
Active Listening
Positive Affirmation
Ceremonies
Talking Stick / Honor Circle
Water Blessing
Earth Offering
Fire Offering
Tea/Cacao Ceremony
Mandala Art
The Saint & The Wings
Our wings to take us to our goal, avoiding obstacles and challenges all together. They provide the safety & wellness needed to traverse our journey.
Being in right relationship with ourselves & the world is the foundation for all wisdom. Adhering to a practice of Self Control from what is harmful and Committing to what is beneficial, we budget our energy properly to support our journey.
Standards & Virtues are based on the observation of natural process known as the Survival of the Most Cooperative. If we live an ethical way of life, we see how everything we need comes to us, how violence can cease in our presence and how "bad luck" no longer follows us. When we support Life, Life supports us back. What we sow, we will reap.
Standards for Balance - how our Outer Life is a reflection of our Inner Landscape
Standards for Consumption - What I Eat
Standards of Posture - What I Do
Standards for Place - Where I Am
Standards for Being - Who I Am
Standards for Truth - What I Can
Virtues for Wholeness - how we interact with ourselves & others
Virtues of Body - How I Act
Virtues of Speech - How I Speak
Virtues of Mind - How I Think
