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      • Dying into Life: An Experiment in Renewal, Compassion, and Courage (6 months)
      • CDP Evolving (6 months)
      • Finding Your Place in the Circle of Care (3-week workshop)
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Dying into Life: Registration

May 12 – Oct. 27, 2023

Three Fridays per month
*This is a live course and is not intended as a drop-in experience. Please be sure you can commit to the class dates before registering.

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Choose your price (USD):
$1070 (Lend a hand) / $890 (Base) / $715 (Need a hand)

Course fee is payable monthly or at one time. If you opt for monthly payments, a $250 deposit will be required upon application.

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  • MSC In Your Life

  • Please provide the dates of your MSC course completion and your teacher names. Short courses, intro workshops, Core Skills, reading the MSC Workbook, etc. are not pre-requisites for attending Dying into LIfe.
  • Please provide your cohort number if you know it and/or teacher names.
  • Please note that Dying into Life is designed for personal growth and development; it is not a replacement for therapy or legal advice.
  • If you wish, please share a bit about that here. (Optional)
  • You may wish to speak to experience with hospice, intensive caregiving, or other first-hand experience with life-limiting illness. If you don't often think of death, or it's very new territory for you, that's helpful for us to know as well.
  • For example, how often do you meditate, both formally and informally? What are some of your strengths with your MSC practice, and what are some of the challenges?
  • This can be professional and/or personal support.
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  • Personal Health Background

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  • Agreements

  • I understand that my participation in this program is entirely voluntary and I am free to withdraw at any time without penalty or prejudice, except for the non-refundable course fee. At the present time, however, I am planning to participate in the entire course and to practice Mindful Self-Compassion at least 20 min/day (formally or informally).
  • I understand that if I miss three or more classes in a row and have not communicated my intentions for continued participation with a course teacher, it will be assumed that I have withdrawn, and I forfeit my spot in the course. My access to the private Mighty Network will be removed. I also understand that I am still responsible for the full course fee, even if I choose to withdraw early.
  • Participants in all Community For Deepening Practice activities agree to maintain the confidentiality of the other participants. To that end, participants should not discuss the personal material shared by anyone in a session or on any area of the website with individuals outside the group, or divulge the names or other details of participants that could lead to someone identifying a particular individual.
  • Community for Deepening Practice courses and participation on the CDP website are an opportunity to practice embodied, compassionate listening and speaking/messaging. That means that the general guidelines familiar from an MSC group are carried over to these sessions, such as non-judgment, non-fixing, respecting differences, and taking personal responsibility for one’s own well-being.
  • While we understand that technical issues will sometimes arise, your completion of the course will be dependent on regular attendance at online meetings. If a reliable internet connection will not be available to you, we request that you reconsider your attendance at this time.
  • Work done in Community for Deepening Practice courses can be activating, and so we require each participant to have ongoing support available for the duration of the course. This could include a therapist, a trusted mentor or coach, etc.
  • We will video record each online CDP meeting to support and reinforce participant learning and to provide material to those who who need to miss a class. I herby give permission that the CDP sessions can be video recorded and shared with the members of this CDP group. I agree that all information in audio or video recordings is confidential and not to be shared with anyone. To protect confidentiality, I will refrain from downloading any recordings. I understand that if I download any recording or share with anyone, I will be asked to leave the group. Class recordings will be retained only until 6 weeks after class ends.
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  • Waiver of Liability

  • I, , understand that Community for Deepening Practice classes are online educational programs designed to support personal practice after I have completed the complete MSC course.

    The CDP is a group compassion skills training program, not group therapy, and it is designed to teach participants the tools needed to develop and cultivate a mindfulness and self-compassion practice. I understand that the CDP does not take the place of personal therapy. The Community for Deepening Practice assumes the same guidelines.

    I voluntarily agree to participate in Community for Deepening Practice classes. I can choose to withdraw from the Community for Deepening Practice without any penalty and I am aware that the course fee is non-refundable. If I am paying by installments, then I am still liable to finish paying these.

    If I wish to no longer receive notifications from the Community for Deepening Practice, I will request that my details will be removed.

    I understand that I am required to provide details of my support system, and it is my responsibility to contact them if I feel the need should backdraft or difficult emotions arise.

    I understand that the teachers are not expected or able to provide medical and/or psychological care.

    I understand that if I am intoxicated with alcohol and/or non prescribed/prescribed drugs then I am not permitted to take part in Community for Deepening Practice.

    I further understand that participation in the Community for Deepening Practice is at the discretion of the teachers at all times. If, in the opinion of the teachers, I am unable to continue to participate productively in Community for Deepening Practice, I may be asked to leave.

    Any costs incurred for health services are my responsibility and not the responsibility of the teachers. I hereby assume all responsibility for my own equipment required to attend the online sessions.

    I understand that Community for Deepening Practice is not aimed at providing any requirements for MSC Teacher Training or to be a replacement for MSC.

  • By signing below, I confirm that I have read and agree with all sections of the preceding Waiver of Liability. I also agree that I am of legal age.
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  • For maximum accessibility, Dying into Life is offered on a choose-your-price basis:
    $1070 USD (lend a hand)
    $890 USD (base price)
    $715 USD (need a hand)
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Note: This course is contingent on a minimum enrollment. In the event that the course is cancelled, you’ll receive a full refund of your registration fee. We will contact you prior to the start of the course if it is cancelled due to insufficient enrollment. Otherwise assume the class is going forward.

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