Integration & leadership on a whole other level
the embodied wonderment method
Divergent: a leadership training for the non- typical kind
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Originally known as the Embodied Wonderment Method, Divergent: Leadership Training of a Non-Typical Kind is for anyone who wants to become a more skillful leader.
Whether that is in your job or your personal life or simply how you walk with yourself through this world. Divergent gives us the skills and permission to truly find our own authenticity.
You will develop skills such as knowing your own innate worth, understanding true kindness and honesty, learning a framework to understand both yourself and others and having the skills to truly step into your own authentic power.
School of Reverence is an inclusive environment. This training is for all people from all walks of life.
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The Embodied Wonderment Method (EWM), DIVERGENT’s training methodology, is grounded in integration practices that weave together elements of science, ritual, community, nature, and playfulness. EWM, is cyclical in nature. The training cycle consists of 4 phases, addresses ing the compassion-centered and trauma-informed support and confidence that is often missing when working with people with pain, trauma, addiction, and all the really tough stuff that comes with this human experience.
This training methodology is for anyone who wishes to explore intrinsic health, trauma-informed compassionate exchange, and your own innate worthiness.
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Here's what we know for sure: HEALING IS NOT A LINEAR PROCESS, but a cyclical one. We revisit similar experiences time and time again, HOPEFULLY GAINING A BIT MORE WISDOM WITH EACH CYCLE.
Given this understanding, it seemed fitting to structure our training in A CYCLICAL MANNER as well. This way, like the individuals you will be supporting, you can engage in learning and apply it in a CYCLICAL FASHION.
All phases of the DIVERGENT training cycle are crafted to allow for REVISITING THEM MULTIPLE TIMES, GAINING NEW WISDOM WITH EACH ENCOUNTER.
As an affirming program for neurodivergent individuals, we recognize that each of us has our own unique way and pace of INTEGRATING LEARNING EXPERIENCES. That's why we have tailored the program to ACCOMMODATE YOUR PREFERRED PACE, whether that means COMPLETING ALL PHASES CONSECUTIVELY WITH THE SAME COHORT or TAKING MORE TIME TO ABSORB EACH PHASE BEFORE JOINING A NEW COVEN WHEN YOU FEEL READY.
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The feedback that we receive most from trainees about our program is how NOURISHING and IMPACTFUL it has been to be part of a COMPASSIONATE cohort.
While we are teaching new skills, ABOVE ALL, we are building a STRONG community. We are creating a mutual healing space where we can be authentic and learn from each other in a SUPPORTIVE environment.
In the TOUGH world we live in, it is CRUCIAL to have communities that truly SEE and LOVE us for all that we are, both the GLORIOUS and the WRETCHED.
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DIVERGENT is designed so that you can directly work with what is happening in your world, on a personal and professional level.
At the start of each phase, we ask you to NAME something that is feeling CHALLENGING for you and directly APPLY the teachings to whatever is challenging you.
This helps you INTEGRATE the teachings in a way that is relatable and also VERY resourcing.
As you work with these aspects with a SUPPORTIVE coven, you become more and more RESOURCED to show up to challenging times AUTHENTICALLY.
“One of the many aspects I deeply appreciate about Anie’s teachings is the strong social justice lens they incorporate—it feels so essential these days. I often describe this work as a space that dismantles and names the oppressive structures that get in the way of us being able to show up authentically—which also feels essential these days. ”
the training cycle’s phases
worthY: starting with ourselves
6 week program - In WORTHY, we will get into what it means to be a WORTHY leader. You will learn the fundamentals of the Embodied Wonderment Method (EWM) and integration practices that weave together elements of science, ritual, community, nature, and playfulness. We will also explore our needs as leaders and how naming them can be so damn challenging.
Kind: befriending what is uncomfortable
In KIND, you will dive deeper into the EWM framework- The Cycle of Integration- and work directly with the difficult emotions that arise within leadership roles.
You will be introduced to a contemplative psychology system (Buddha Family Mandala) for exploring what is uncomfortable, so that your capacity for discomfort increases. (6 week program)
Appropriation accountability: Anie received training from Naropa, a Buddhist University founded by Tibetan Rimpoche, Chogyun Trungpa, and has permission from the University to share the teachings of the Buddha Family Mandala.
honest: OWNING OUR PROJECTIONS
In Honest, you will be introduced to a contemplative psychology practice (Body Speech and Mind) where you’ll learn how to recognize and directly work with the projections that arise in positions of leadership and how to integrate them. (6 week program)
Appropriation accountability: Anie received training from Karuna Training, a Contemplative Psychology Certification Program, and has permission to share the practice of BSM.
Powerful: STANDING IN OUR BRILLIANT POWER
In POWERFUL, we’ll integrate all that we have learned so that can explore and practice your own authentic style of leadership, which can be applied in both professional and personal settings.
Powerful is 24 weeks long followed by a 6-month peer-supported practicum.
Level up your integration skills
Through authentic LEADERSHIP
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Whatever INTEGRATION SKILLS you currently have, DIVERGENT will ENHANCE their POWER.
We said it before and we'll say it again: INTEGRATION IS VERY IMPORTANT. Especially when we want to skillfully show up for ourselves and others.
Here’s why: one of the key roles that integration plays is bringing our nervous system back to a healthy and resilient state.
An unhealthy and under-resourced nervous system has low capacity for challenging times, and times they are challenging! This low capacity can result in SUBSTANCE MISUSE, PERSISTENT PAIN and MENTAL DISTRESS.
When we build our integration skills, we build our resilience for turbulent times in a long-lasting way. That feels important.
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If you are someone who KNOWS THEY WANT TO WORK ON THEMSELVES to HELP others WITHOUT causing harm, WE ARE SO GLAD you are here. WE NEED YOU.
Experience has shown us that OUR POWER LIES IN OUR AUTHENTICITY. SHOWING UP as YOURSELF is the MOST POWERFUL thing you can do, both for YOURSELF and for others AROUND YOU.
That is why OUR PROGRAM is not about becoming a BETTER VERSION of YOURSELF, but about becoming MORE OF WHO YOU ALREADY ARE.
Being TRULY YOURSELF, we are all for it.
IT IS IMPORTANT.
YOUR PURPOSE, YOUR ULTIMATE PURPOSE IN LIFE, is to be YOURSELF.
This matters because WHEN YOU SHOW UP in this way, it gives PERMISSION to those witnessing this authenticity to do the same.
“Experience has shown us that OUR POWER LIES IN OUR AUTHENTICITY. SHOWING UP as YOURSELF is the MOST POWERFUL thing you can do, both for YOURSELF and for others AROUND YOU.”
“I got so much out of this program.”
It helped me to integrate some really big changes happening in my life and gave me some amazing tools for working through a challenging time without losing access to my joy and wonder. I also really appreciated how Anie creates a safe and supportive space for group sharing. It really felt like a strong community and the group itself provided me with so much insight, support and kindness.”
— Emily
“I was inspired to discover my inner parts more deeply”
and my connection to myself and people around me. It allowed me to feel attune to the world with no judgement and embrace my gifts, and because of that I was able see more clearly that everyone have something unique to offer. I am very grateful for this class and recommend to take it.”
— N.P.
“Our souls innately know our worth—Bringing my human body to WORTHY was just the reminder I needed! ”
Meeting weekly provided a community of like-minded AND very unique Beings—which became a real highlight, boosting my happiness hormones! The mix of science & spirit opens-up new discussions and opportunities to move forward/heal... Addressing the nervous system and practicing integration throughout this module has been transformational and continues to help along my journey living with chronic physical health symptoms and dissociation. All of me is welcome; WORTHY.”
- H. Chapman