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FOX HEALING
"Holding Space" is a training village designed to prepare healing professionals, facilitators, therapists, death doulas, and compassionate individuals with the skills and experience for offering 1-on-1 emotional support. Whether you are an established practitioner or simply know that holding space is your soul’s calling, you’ll leave with a variety of tools and approaches to hold compassionate, effective, and empathetic space for others.
This training will didactically and experientially impart tools and teachings on how to emotionally and energetically support other humans. This two-month cohort consists of live demonstration, small-group practice, and diverse, creative classes designed to support participants in becoming more effective space-holders, and help others release Grief.
Participants can expect to gain: proficiency in empathetic listening, tools for role-playing, and techniques (as well as songs!) for emotional discharge. Because we will be working with each other, participants will also receive abundant space for their own healing, release, and transformation.
The course will be taught primarily by Josh Fox (he/him) in Weaverville, NC. Special guest teachers will include Suzannah Park (she/her) and Steve Torma (he/him). The course will take place every Wednesday evening in February and March from 6:30-9pm. This is a total of eight classes for 20 hours of in-person training.
For the sake of intimacy, focus, and safety, the training is limited to 20 participants and will likely sell out quickly. A few need-based scholarships are currently available; message us for more info.
All interested participants must complete an application and interview to be considered for a spot in this training. Application Link: https://forms.gle/5T24tvtbULJLD1fGA
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Ticket Tiers
Ticket sales are available in three tiers. Each tier has limited tickets and will disappear when they sell out. We strive to keep this program accessible while tending to the long-term sustainability of this work. Please help us strike this balance by contributing the highest ticket tier you can afford, and leaving less-expensive tickets for others who might need them more.
"Strained Finances" Tier 1: $495
"Stable Finances" Tier 2: $595
"Abundant Finances" Tier 3: $695
If you own the home you live in, have investments or inherited money, or travel recreationally, consider opting for Tier 3. You may also consider selecting Tier 3 if you benefit from a higher degree of earning power (due to your education, race, gender, etc.). Your generosity helps this work reach a greater diversity of individuals.
Refund Policy
50% of your ticket price can be refunded if a written request is made at least 30 days before the first class. Your ticket can be transfered to another individual if a written request is made at least 3 days before the first class. Otherwise, tickets are nonrefundable.
About the Space
We will be meeting in downtown Weaverville, on Main St., 12 minutes from Asheville.
Josh Fox is a seasoned facilitator, acupuncturist, teacher, herbalist, and song-carrier. For over a decade, he has held space as a grief-, shadow-, and trauma-tender in his private practice and regularly offers community healing circles throughout the Southeast. A graduate and long-time faculty of Daoist Traditions College of Oriental Medicine, he is a lifelong student of Chinese Medicine, somatic therapies, and Non-Violent Communication. His village-building work with Grief has been greatly inspired by Sobonfu Somé, Frances Weller, Joanna Macy, and Martin Prechtel; and he has received ceremonial training with Laurence Cole and Kedar Brown.
Suzannah Park is a singer, activist, teacher and coach. She is a playful and gifted teacher that can coax complex healing and harmony from her students. She has developed a vocal life coaching program where she weaves together speaking/singing, counseling, physical empowerment and healing practices. Her infectious love for liberation and belief in our ability to heal, creates a welcoming and vibrant space in her workshops and safety and ease in her one on one sessions. Suzannah is the founder and director of the Wild Asheville Community Chorus, a counselor, teacher and organizer within the framework of an international peer-based counseling community, music faculty and choir director at Warren Wilson College and a director and teacher with the Vermont based international music organization Village Harmony.
Steve Torma
For over thirty years, Steve Torma has gently guided our culture toward cooperation and regeneration. He is the former President of Earthaven Ecovillage where he continues to live his passion for community and sustainability. He co-founded The REAL Center in 2007 where he teaches Non-Violent Communication and other beautiful forms of compassionate communication. Through his heart-centered presence and guidance, Steve has helped countless people find healing, direction, and meaning in their lives.
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