Session 1. Wild Heart - Cultivating Wholeness for the Self You Always Wanted

Would you like to:

* find inner peace, mental clarity and autonomy thru Self-Healing?
* become more grounded in yourself, reawakening dormant capacities?
* re-wild yourself while accessing natural compassion?

This is the first session of the 10 week series, where we'll start with an exploration of Needs, the Window of Knowing of the Deep Imagination, and the archetypes of the West.

Join us for a connected immersion experience of cultivating wholeness and the self-healing of our subpersonalities. This 10-week series extends Nonviolent Communication with nature-based depth psychology by Bill Plotkin (Wild Mind - Field Guide to the Human Psyche) - so you can find the connected self you've always wanted.

Wild Heart extends the internal practice of Nonviolent Communication through archetypal depth psychology by Bill Plotkin's Wild Mind. Each of the NVC components (Observations, Feelings, Needs, Requests) are mapped to the 4 cardinal directions of the Wild Mind Map, exploding the potential for self-connection and self-healing through cultivating wholeness practices. We'll explore the four facets of the self for expanded experiences of who we are and the resources available to us in every moment. We will also identify and befriend our subpersonalities -- the fragmented parts of our selves -- as a means of integrating them into our wholeness.

Series Desired Outcomes

• more aliveness
• knowledge of the four facets of wholeness and associated subpersonalities
• reinvigorate your wildness and connection to nature
• identify a path toward freedom from destructive patterns of subpersonalities
• inner-peace and harmony that is grounded in self-connection
• enhanced awareness of the self (through the four facets of the self)
• development of strategies for acknowledging and integrating sub-personalities
• development of practices for cultivating wholeness

Series Prerequisites

• During the session, you will be guided to identify and connect with different facets of yourself, and then engage with other participants from these facets.
• You will need access to a wild or semi-wild area for nature-based practices each week, which happen outside of our group time.
• Participation in the series requires a commitment to also engage in the outdoor practices (min. 1 hour each week).

The emphasis of the series will be on Wild Mind. This is NOT an introduction to NVC!

Required Skills
* take responsibility for your inner experience

Desired Skills
* reliably distinguish between observations and evaluations
* familiarity with feelings/needs
* know how to give yourself empathy, identifying feelings and needs (self-attunement)
* are comfortable and skilled at giving empathy to others
* are able to express yourself authentically with compassion
* have the ability to make clear/doable positive action requests

Weekly Session Agenda

1. Council check-in circle around nature practices and experiences (from previous outings)
2. Overview of NVC Component
3. Wild Mind facet of wholeness or corresponding sub-personalities
4. Online Practice: Engaging our facets of wholeness or sub-personalities
5. Define and Discuss nature based outdoor wholeness practices
6. Outdoor Practice: Solo practices in nature (1 - 2 hours per week)

SERIES AGENDA
Cultivating Wholeness - Conscious Self (first 5 weeks)

1. Deep Imagination/Needs - West: Dark Beloved Muse — creativity, imagination, identity
2. Embodied Feeling - South: Wild Indigenous One -- embodiment, aliveness, movement
3. Present-Centered Sensing/Observation - East: Innocent/Sage/Trickster — presence, knowing, understanding, play
4. Heart-Centered Thinking/Requests - North: Nurturing Generative Adult — compassion, contribution, growth
5. Four-direction Circle for Cultivating Wholeness

Befriending Subpersonalities/Fragments - Unconscious Self (second 5 weeks)

6. North: Loyal Soldier
7. South: Wounded Child
8. East: Addict, Escapist
9. West: Shadow, Shadow Selves
10. Four-direction Circle for Self-Healing

Closed/Drop-In Group: We'll close the group if at least 8 people register for the 10-week series -- otherwise, it will remain a drop-in group. Benefits of Closed Group:

• Receive slides PDF before the session
• Consistency creates community
• "opt-in" to a sliding empathy buddy schedule outside of class

Series Tuition: if interested in the full 10-wk series, please send money through Venmo @Jaime-L-Prieto-Jr, or Zelle through your bank "james.prieto@gmail.com" (phone ends in 2026) or least favorite because 3.5% fee PayPal @jamesprieto. Discounts available. No one turned away due to lack of funds.

Requested Tuition: $200
Comfortable Tuition: $300
Corporate Tuition: $500