The Age of Separation, the Age of Reunion, and the convergence of crises that is birthing the transition

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Upcoming Events

The Gaian Mind Festival, June 18-21
South-cenral Pennsylvania: I'll be participating on a panel and presenting two workshops, one on The Yoga of Eating and one on The Ascent of Humanity. Also I'll be just hanging out and meeting people.

2008 AERO (Alternative Education Resource Organization) Conference, June 27
Troy, NY
Deschooling Yourself

Many revolutions have failed when they have torn down one system only to replace it with another embodying the same unconscious habits and beliefs. Horror and injustice are sure to follow when a revolution doesn't touch deeply-held habits of thinking, doing, and being. An education revolution is no different. How to avoid recreating the old within the new? Ideological vigilance is not enough (in fact it harks to the old system). A better way is to uncover and release unconscious habits of schooling that may lurk within ourselves.

Some common examples include wanting to be recognized as right; constant self-evaluation; laziness (a covert form of rebellion); seeking "motivation"; denial of the body for the sake of the mind; seeking to please authority; reflexive antagonism toward authority, and many more. In this two-part seminar, we will uncover habits of schooling in ourselves that may be invisible to us. We all have our blind spots! Through discussion and practical exercises, we will explore ways to develop new habits, so that we might avoid passing on the habits of school to our children and the institutions we create for them.