Aware, Care, Share
Practice for Ethical Caring

About the work

Dear 5Rhythms Teachers
A new workshop for 5Rhythms Teachers - open to all 5Rhythms teachers - whether or not you're a member of 5RTA.

This offering is the result of over 3 years of deep inquiry
It began when Jonathan and Jan came together to reflect on the dramatic changes in the world since Gabrielle’s passing in 2012—changes that call for a renewed understanding of our core values, principles, and ethical foundations. Jason Rowe joined the project in 2022, and the process has since unfolded into a living exploration.

During this time, 5RG experienced both a pandemic and the sudden departure of two key leaders. This exposed vulnerabilities in our organization and invited us to look with new eyes at what we are, how we relate and how we evolve.

What we found was a complex field with unwritten values, silent codes of behavior and unspoken tensions.

"We are like plants and gardeners - we don’t force plants to grow - we remove what’s in the way and nourish the soil"

Our world is facing a convergence of multiple, interconnected global challenges. Environmental collapse threatens the very ecosystems that sustain life. Increasing inequality widens the gap between the privileged and the marginalized. We witness the erosion of trust in institutions, rampant mental health crises, and a pervasive sense of disconnection and meaninglessness. The crises we face today can only be met by recognizing that we are in this together and by letting go of the individualized more or less capitalistic identifications and move towards skills and abilities to be in- and to create community.

We can ask how we as a 5Rhythms practice, business, tradition, community and cosmology could be best practice for a model that would demonstrate true communality

We preach freedom, compassion, diversity, soulful behavior and community, but we can ask if our organization is the best example of a field that works together in coherence with common traditions, interests, purposes and shared beliefs?

Are we collectively stuck in an individualizes paradigm, with competitive behaviors, and territorial issues with the consequence of being in an imagination void - a lack of possibilities that limits our ability to envision and create new and better futures in true community that works for the common good.

We need models of real community with shared responsibility. And we believe 5Rhythms has the potential to be such a model.

Aware, Care, Share. invites us to do just that. To step into collective reflection and ethical practice - not as rules, but as nourishment for our profession, our field and our future. To foster trust and mutual respect in our network of teachers. To deepen integrity in how we show up. To gain clarity and support in complex situations, to reconnect with purpose and to thrive together.

This workshop is not a solution—it’s a beginning of a practice for ethical caring.

A space to move, share, reflect and tend the ground together.

On behalf of the Ethical Caring Initiative With Love Jason and Jan
 

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WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION

Aware, Care, Share

Ethical Caring Workshop open to all 5Rhythms teachers to support individual and collective resourcing and to contribute
to the future of the 5Rhythms Practice, Tradition & Cosmology

‘We are here to heal not harm’
Gabrielle Roth

Ethics lie at the center of competent and effective teaching.

As 5Rhythms teachers, we encounter challenging ethical
dilemmas: boundary issues, collegial conflicts, moral considerations, and complex participant dynamics. Many teachers have found themselves navigating difficult situations that can
feel isolating and unclear.
This workshop creates a supportive space where we can explore these challenges together, building understanding rather than seeking simple answers.

We will be approaching ethical dilemmas through dialogue and reflection rather than rules or dogma.

The focus is on widening our understanding of complex situations rather than
seeking quick solutions.

Behind every behavior lies a feeling or belief, and when we take time to be curious about what drives a person’s actions, the path forward often becomes clear.

Through small group
discussions with fellow teachers, we will explore case studies and practice documented methods that support ongoing learning in holding space for the 5Rhythms practice.

There will be ample room to dance and be moved together - to meet, share, listen, and be with one another.

Whether you graduated in the 90’s or were on the last teacher training you’re truly welcome to come join us!

 
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