I'm the guy in the blue sweatshirt on the right. Picture was taken at a Play in the Wild Trek
The Comienzos program is an ever growing and evolving program that serves men and woman incarcerated at the Bernalillo Metropolitan Detention Center. One of the core principle of the Comienzos Programing is grounded in ancient indigenous tradition of the Hopi Medicine Wheel.
The Medicine Wheel dates back 4,500 years. Many of the North American indigenous populations use this wheel for various rituals, healing, and teaching purposes. I respectfully uses this symbol as a teaching tool that honors the four bodies of a human. We are Spiritual, Mental, Emotional and Physical beings and exercising practices in each of these areas are crucial part of our well being.
This is probably the most common image I use when sharing Nonviolent Communication. It helps me demonstrate a few core principles and key distinctions. I also share a personal theory on relativism and the human experience. In short, we suffer less if we know that what we experience is merely our experience rather than a perception of absolute truth. In other words i have access to my observations, feelings, needs and thinking. I don't necessarily have access to the whole picture but to the part of the picture that I experience. It seems to me that when people express with this kind of mindfulness there tends to be less suffering.
