The Spellweaver’s School (Kids Age 6+)

Intent:

This 6-week pilot series hopes to provide participants with a repertoire of skills to harness greater
presence of mind, peace, ease and intimacy in their relationship with themselves, their loved ones and the more than
human world. We want to encourage curiosity for the greater unfolding of our collective hearts and invoke the spirit of play to rediscover the natural rhythms of life, the nature of consciousness, and the interdependence of all things — to achieve a conscious harmony with one’s endeavors.

The program will weave meditation and reflective practices into educational activities that nurture metacognitive abilities in both kids and adults. Emphasis will be placed on the processes of perception, how we come to know through our senses, and how our senses invite us to expand our understanding of ourselves and the world around us through
embodiment, intuition, reasoning and empathy.

Program Structure:

• Frequency: Once a week for 1.5-hour sessions
• Duration: 6 weeks
• Set-up: There will be various groupings for different activities that will look like the
  following:
  • Full Group: All participants (parents and kids)
  • Separate Groups: Parents will form a group and kids will form a group
  • Dyads (for particular activities): Two person pairs
• Ethics: A code of ethics emphasizing harm reduction and respect
• Facilitators/Parents: All participants will be in a full group for the initial day of introductions and
  ethics. Group will split into parents and kids for subsequent weeks with parents who volunteer to facilitate
  an activity leading the kids group as determined by group process

Pricing

Registration can be found at the end of this post.

Introduction

Welcome to the Spellweaver’s School, an afterschool program where magic, intuition, creativity, and
wisdom come together. Here, you will explore self-awareness, learn practical skills, and develop a relationship with the
more than human world.

The Bell

From time to time you’ll hear a bell. This bell is a way for me to communicate with everyone. Here’s the meaning behind
the ringing of the bell:

One bell: Pause, take one full breath while paying attention to what’s happening at this moment in your body
and surroundings.

Three bells: Pause, take one full breath, and then come to circle up around me.

The Ethical Invitations

We invite you to observe these ethical invitations during our time together. We call them ethical invitations because
they are an invitation to pay close attention to examine the experience of one’s heart and mind when thinking, speaking
and acting in accord with them, and likewise when out of accord with them.

1. Do No Harm – Do as little harm as possible by practicing reverence for the world in which we
   find ourselves and cultivating love for all the beings we encounter.
2. Respect All Paths – Honor diverse perspectives and personal journeys.
3. Nature is Sacred – Protect, honor, and learn from the natural world. To practice taking only
   what is offered and reciprocate whatever gifts we receive.
4. Truth in Word & Deed – Speak with integrity and honesty.
   1. Is it timely?
   2. Is it true?
   3. Is it generous and kind?
   4. Is it beneficial?
5. Wield Magic Wisely – Be kind and intentional with attention, thoughts, words and actions.

Course Overview (6 Weeks)

Week 1: The Foundation (Introductions, Ethics, and Ideas)

Overview:

1. Opening Meditation (Mindfulness of the senses)
2. Introductions and Intentions
3. Ethical Invitations
4. Small Group Idea Generation
   1. Prompt: Drawing from the four elemental categories — earth, water, fire, and air — come up with activities that fit under each. Name a
      spokesperson for each activity to be shared with the full group.
5. Whole Group Harvest: All activities are recorded and displayed. Spokespeople provide a short synopsis of each
   activity
6. Ranking: Activities for each category are ranked via vote
7. Closing Loving-kindness

Detail:

The first day will start with parents and kids forming a full circle with parents on one side and kids on the
other. The intention of the course will be shared along with a course overview and the ethical invitations. Personal
introductions will then commence with the following prompts:

1. Your name & pronouns
2. Why are you here?
3. What brings you joy?
4. What do you want to learn?

Each participant will have a variable amount of time to share such that intros conclude in the first 45m.

The four elemental themes will then be introduced alongside example activities and participants will be invited to
circle up in groups of 4+ with at least one adult per group for idea generation. Each group will have 16m, 4m per element,
to generate activity ideas for both cohorts, the adults and the kids. (Example: Group 1 decides that for “air,” they want to fly kites; for “water,” they want to go swimming) Each group will elect a spokesperson, who will be prompted to share the
proposed activities and their intended cohort (adults or kids) with the full group, that will be added to a projected Miro board (digital white board). After all activities have been harvested
we will hold a vote for each element and cohort, for a total of 8 votes that will determine activities for the next four
weeks for each cohort.

Week 2: Earth & Growth (Herbalism, Gardening, Nature Magic)

TBD

Week 3: Water & Shadow Work (Emotion, Dreaming, Self-Discovery)

TBD

Week 4: Fire & Expression (Public Speaking, Creativity, Conflict Alchemy)

TBD

Week 5: Air & Psychic Development (Developing Intuition, Energy Awareness, Thought
Magic)

TBD

Week 6: Field Trip Adventure

1. A field trip
2. Educational presentation
3. Closing Ceremony

Week 7: Informal Follow-up:

1. Feedback survey
2. Sharing photo diary to recollect the journey

General template for Weekly Activities:

Opening Meditation:

Each week will be an invitation to a different modality of awareness, aligned as harmoniously as possible with the
chosen activity for that week.

Key Modalities:

1. Embodiment: Awareness of body as a foundation to build somatic intuition, safe movement
   patterns, spatial and situational awareness:

2. Focused Attention: Sustained focus on one of the five senses to expand the sensory range and volitionally animate one’s attention.

3. Open Awareness: Free-flowing perception to anything that arises, allowing and witnessing all without clinging or judgement.

4. Heartfulness: Engagement with a particular emotion eg love, compassion, joy,
   equanimity

5. Inquiry: Stable investigation into and breaking apart of particular phenomena.

6. Mindfulness: Awareness of the shifts and swings of one’s attention and the sense door from which the phenomena is perceived, eg. feeling,
   seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, thinking

Primary Activity

The activity chosen for that week’s element will be facilitated by a parent or qualified mentor, with an emphasis on each optimized skillset:

1. The participant’s consciousness while learning (metacognition)
2. Retention of details and knowledge (comprehension)
3. Relationship of the learner to the topic and other cohort members (interpersonal)

Reflection & Closing

For the kids group, the last 15m of each session will provide 10-12m to reflect on the three domains of learning:

1. How did you feel while you were learning?
2. What did you discover?
3. What did you learn from others and how will what you learned be a part of your life in the future?

The last three minutes for both kids and parents will conclude with a loving-kindness meditation to cultivate love and
goodwill towards one another.