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Council Guide Training
The Council Guide Training comes from a tradition of knowledge that is thousands of years old, called the Delicate Lodge Teachings. Traditionally teachers passed this knowledge on to students in apprenticeships that lasted many years.
About fifteen years ago, however, the Keepers of the Delicate Lodge saw the need to move the teachings out into the world – to families, communities, organizations and businesses. They dreamed a way to offer the teachings in the modern world, a way that still honoured the old path, and the Council Guide Training was born.
The Council Guide Training comes from a tradition of knowledge that is thousands of years old, called the Delicate Lodge Teachings. Traditionally teachers passed this knowledge on to students in apprenticeships that lasted many years.
About fifteen years ago, however, the Keepers of the Delicate Lodge saw the need to move the teachings out into the world – to families, communities, organizations and businesses. They dreamed a way to offer the teachings in the modern world, a way that still honoured the old path, and the Council Guide Training was born.
Individuality within Togetherness
Vital for our fulfilment is also the quality of our relationships with intimate partner, family, community and all our relations.
The Delicate Lodge Teachings evolved in tribes which celebrated individuality within togetherness, so its tools enable us to honour each other's self-authority while promoting peace and harmony.
It is a circular way of self-organising, not a hierarchical one, and leads to vitality. These tools are needed in our world today.
Vital for our fulfilment is also the quality of our relationships with intimate partner, family, community and all our relations.
The Delicate Lodge Teachings evolved in tribes which celebrated individuality within togetherness, so its tools enable us to honour each other's self-authority while promoting peace and harmony.
It is a circular way of self-organising, not a hierarchical one, and leads to vitality. These tools are needed in our world today.
Structure of the Training
The Council Guide Training is a two year program where participants meet four times a year for five days (not including travel) each session. The first year of training involves an intensive study and integration of teachings within the Self. This work is done as individuals and as teams. Participants learn to interact as a self organizing learning circle.
Participants are expected to involve themselves deeply in the study and practice of the earth wisdom and self- knowledge by applying the tools they are taught, with emphasis on self development and deep integration.
Between each session teachers and guides give participants assignments in which they apply the teachings to their personal life with guidance and evaluation by their teacher and guides. They also participate in by-monthly electronic reporting process where the whole group interacts online throughout the training.
After this first year of study and integration, the second year is much like a physicians’ residency program. In addition to attending the four required training sessions, participants create other opportunities where they can demonstrate their ability to deliver the teachings under the supervision. In this way, participants complete their in the field residency training program.
Participants are expected to involve themselves deeply in the study and practice of the earth wisdom and self- knowledge by applying the tools they are taught, with emphasis on self development and deep integration.
Between each session teachers and guides give participants assignments in which they apply the teachings to their personal life with guidance and evaluation by their teacher and guides. They also participate in by-monthly electronic reporting process where the whole group interacts online throughout the training.
After this first year of study and integration, the second year is much like a physicians’ residency program. In addition to attending the four required training sessions, participants create other opportunities where they can demonstrate their ability to deliver the teachings under the supervision. In this way, participants complete their in the field residency training program.