About the Course
"I spent so many years looking for external sources for healing internal wounds. It wasn't until I stopped, turned in and worked within to heal internally that I found true peace and real healing."
Previous Participants Testimony
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"I am a 12 year Navy veteran with PTSD. I attended the meditation class
last year that was sponsored by Vir Fortis Foundation. I found that this class was an outlet for stress,
anxiety and depression that I didn’t know existed. It was a chance to relax and get away from my
everyday stressors and found that at times it actually helped more than any medicine subscribed by the
VA. This class also made it possible to connect with other veterans with similar issues that I could talk to that really understand me rather than paid therapists that are on the clock." - C.
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"For myself & others, routine meditation seems more difficult with Post Traumatic Stress (PTS), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and/or the comorbidity of Chronic Pain. Post trauma a person can really feel alone. I’ve struggled for years with traumatic memories, the loss of family & friends, aggravating intrusive thoughts, head aches, sleep, anxiety, isolation, mood control, anger, cognitive challenge & short term memory issues due to PTS & TBI. Managing comorbidity of chronic pain of physical wounds & injuries compounds this challenge My experience today is if you stick with meditation it helps to manage & ease the effects of these symptoms. " - D.
Mon, Aug 01LucedaleAug 01, 2022, 5:30 PM – Aug 02, 2022, 7:30 PMLucedale, 5266 MS-613 suite b, Lucedale, MS 39452, USASee obstacles that are preventing you true peace, and learn how to work with them.
Fri, Sep 03Location is TBDSep 03, 2021, 4:00 PM – Sep 05, 2021, 11:30 AMLocation is TBDAn exclusive 36 acres for wilderness camping designated just for you in this weekend meditation retreat with Nick Kranz. No through traffic, no city life bustle. Just you, unwinding and reconnecting with yourself. Here is where you find peace and relaxation. A gift you can take home with you.
Thu, Sep 02121 Harvest MoonSep 02, 2021, 6:00 PM121 Harvest Moon, Lucedale, MS 39452, USAThe Practice Befriending Ourselves.
Path to Freedom
"Most people wait for crisis, trauma, disease or diagnosis. They wait for loss or some tragedy to make up their mind to change. And my message is, why wait?" - Joe Dispenza
Do you suffer from Anxiety, Stress, Saddness, Trauma or just simply feel bound by the restrictions of emotions?
Do you ever ponder if its possible to set yourself free?
Or how much if any control do you have over your lifes success to be happy?
Do you find the idea of meditation impossible, or have failed attempts to relax and calm the mind?
Do you have a consistent meditative practice but struggle with emotions, thoughts, or old habits that limit your happiness?
This course is a mindfulness-based emotional intelligence training that employes key elements of social-emotional learning and mindfulness-based behavioral training. The program focuses on increasing participants resources, capacities, and skills for self-awareness by developing
mindfulness, presence, focus, and attention stabilization. The program offers tools for developing emotion regulation, resilience, deep listening, empathic communication, problem-solving, forgiveness, and conflict management.
The Path of Freedom curriculum also focuses on increasing participants’ resiliency, self-reflective capacity, confidence, and positive life outlook through mindfulness-awareness meditation and contemplative/reflective practices. This direct contemplative experience encourages a shift away from fear-based, anti-social, or criminal strategies for meeting needs to pro-social strategies grounded in emerging confidence in their own innate goodness, the innate goodness of others, and a greater sense of possibility for their present lives and future. The program is also grounded in a holistic or whole-person, bio-psycho-social-spiritual, integral view of human development.
Course Outline
Weeks 1-5 - Self Awareness / Management.
Weeks 6-11 - Social Awareness / Relationship Management
Specific Learning Goals
Participants will be able to :
1) Practice mindfulness awareness to increase capacity for focus, presence, insight, listening, & compassion. Learn to incorporate a consistent meditation routine.
2) Develop more understanding about how to apply mindfulness-based skills & practices to support self-regulation & stress Management
3) Identify negative habits & limiting core beliefs that hinder positive change
4) Develop an understanding about a) emotional triggers, (b) methods and application for emotion regulation, (c) emotional IQ - the ability to understand your emotions, the ability to listen to others and empathise with their emotions, and the ability to express emotions productively
5) Understanding the Karpman's Drama Triangle and the roles of the Triangle. - Strategies for staying off the Drama Triangle, managing and preventing negative drama
6) Avoid and diffuse conflict with mindfulness and somatic awareness
7) Learn simple tools for empathic and skillful communication and transform power of listening in relationships
8) Realize the value of letting go past grievances and create a path to forgiveness, working with obstacles
9) Integrate mindfulness into daily life activites and taking it off the mat