Dec 13th, 10-11am Pacific
An introduction to facilitating Joanna Macy’s
Work that Reconnects
with Lydia Violet Harutoonian and Adrian Villasenor-Galarza
Come get your questions answered!
Seasoned facilitators Lydia Violet Harutoonian and Adrián Villaseñor Galarza are excited to offer a beginning orientation to becoming facilitators of the “Work that Reconnects (WTR),” Joanna Macy’s experiential group work that has helped thousands find clarity of vision and emotional sanctuary while living through this precious and precarious moment on our planet.
Inside the one-hour orientation you’ll get to:
Meet us both and learn more about our teaching styles
Explore what it means to hold space for the WTR framework
Ask questions and hear about our 6-month facilitator training
Receive support and clarity about your next step
What is the Work That Reconnects?
Developed by Joanna Macy, the "Work That Reconnects" (WTR) is a transformative practice that uses group therapeutic exercises and an accessible synthesis of teachings from Macy’s scholarship in systems theory, community organizing, spiritual ecology, and experiential learning to help us reconnect with ourselves, our communities, and the Earth. It’s about finding clarity, courage, and connection during life’s challenges—and discovering tools to inspire others to do the same. This Work maps ways into our innate vitality and determination to take part in the self-healing of our world.
School for The Great Turning’s 6-month WTR Facilitator Development Program, designed to give students the tools to guide others through the WTR framework while also deepening their own orientation to the times. Whether you’re an experienced space-holder or just beginning, we welcome to for this accessible introduction to faciltiating Macy’s work.
Sign up at no cost for this introductory hour:
Meet the Facilitators
Lydia Violet Harutoonian
Lydia Violet is always joyously committed to sharing this work with others, conjuring integrity and deep emotional resources for our time. Lydia serves as a dedicated keeper and steward of the lineage of deep ecology elder and wisdom keeper Joanna Macy.
After fourteen years of sustained study and mentorship with Macy, as well as immersion in anti-oppression education and adrienne maree brown’s Emergent Strategy, Lydia is excited to empower the next generation of WTR facilitators.
Adrián Villaseñor Galarza
Adrián is an integral ecopsychologist, international facilitator, contemplative teacher, author, and ritualist whose work interweaves the psychospiritual study of the human-Earth relation, animistic principles, and contemplative wisdom.
He is an associate professor in the Department of East-West Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies, an adjunct professor at Naropa University and Antioch University, and founder of the Bioalchemy Institute and The Work That Reconnects Latin America. For close to 20 years, Adrián has been sharing the reconnective knowledge of the planetary grandmother, Joanna Macy, by integrating it with his own experience and that of his collaborators.
Root Teacher Joanna Macy
Joanna Macy, Ph.D., is a scholar of Buddhism, general systems theory, and deep ecology. A respected voice in the movements for peace, justice, and ecology, she interweaves her scholarship with five decades of activism. The author of more than twelve books, her wide-ranging work addresses psychological and spiritual issues of the nuclear age, the cultivation of ecological awareness, and the fruitful resonance between Buddhist thought and contemporary science.
