Send nish vision and PPT # Next Steps: - Create budget for two scenarios - contact Kading + Sunam about budget items - how much is room and board? - ==Create PPT - Add slide: example curriculum at DMRC - Share - with Connie - with investors, FIND FUNDING - Meet with Diamond Mountain and Project Oasis - lodging and Carter food - liability insurance? - Funding Staff - Production Manager - Mish (paid monthly) - Mentor - Maya (paid at retreat) - Find Students - Find Staff - Mentors: Maya Stack - Assistant/Production Manager: Mish - Counselors: Amber Moon - Complete RACI for logistics and production of Immersion - # Curriculum - how do we help introduce lifestyle changes into a students daily life? And do we keep them accountable? If yes, how? - Example Lesson Plans - Permaculture - Diamond Mountain: garden bed plan, the essentials for building a garden - sun, shade, slope, wind - pests, predators - building a garden bed from lumber - soil composition and water retainment - Site selection - bed options - making compost on tarp - planting, sowing cover crop and production crops - garden planning, square foot gardening, sustainable plan, planning for your family and management - water management, irrigation, water harvesting - Highland Lake - Food Forest - Permaculture Lesson Plans - 12 Principles - SEER Design Process - Yoga - Kading to help with curriculum - visit regenerative farmer, assess compassion of fields - tend to DM garden and swales - Dharma Design Framework - treatment plan - addresses major health concerns with ways to manage, not treat them. - daily schedule - habit tracker to show where progress is made - find an app - food journal - fitness journal - goal setting - worthy vision - 1 year - objectives - 3 months - small steps - weekly - what does post program look like - 1:1 once per month for three months # To Do: * Non-profit * Imagine that money is irrelevant. We make good investments, we are getting free money from donations, sponsors and grants * If we go the non-profit route, there is potential to rely on donors + sponsors rather than relying on students to pay tuition, enabling to choose from a wider pool of students * Dharma should be accessible * These students are our future leaders, they are long term investments. * I have one sponsor already. They agreed to pay for our first student at $1,400-1,600. * Grants with SkyHarvest? * Develop community * yoga * gardening workshops * permaculture workshops * Fundraising * setup donorbox * sell the course to organizations to raise money to send a student from their community * choose a student first * interview student, make sure they are a good fit * create an email and social media campaign to raise money for that student * or * choose organization * create an email/social media campaign to <u>raise mone</u>y and <u>find applicants</u> from within their community * then we can choose from a batch of students and have back-ups, rather than put faith in just one who is selected * **Mentors & Counselors** * Need one more paid Mentor to be with students and me all day * Find apprentice who can attend program for free by helping setup and do chores * Mentors & Counselors are paid as 1099 * **Student Checklist** * Application * Self Assessment * Photo Release * Waiver * Gear Pack * Personal Items - go over personal items brought and verify they have everything they need, this also gives time for mentor to get to know them and check their shit out * **Dharma Design** * Treatment Plans * Lifestyle Plan * Sadhana Schedule * Comp Books * Counselors use SEER therapeutic design tools to work with the client * **Send proposal:** * **To do:** * **Fundraising page demo** * **donorbox** * **Social Media campaign demo** * **Giving Tree in partnership with...(logo)** * **Stewardship School, dates, tagline** * **ORGANIZATION is fundraising to send a student from our community to Stewardship School** * **Provide package of SM post text and images** * **Landing Page** * **Student Application** * **Send Proposal to:** * Mom * YSI - Yogi Corps * **Meg - already said they would send one student** * **YAM** * Wild Lotus * **YMCA** * Karuna * Jeremy - Trails * Kerry * Robyn * **Funding** * Grants * Sponsors * Non-profit donations * Donations Page * Products? * Design and sell Prayer Flags * herbal medicine from plants students grow or wild harvest * **Finding our Students** * aim is not to use social media to find students, but to connect with communities that have young adults in their network. Each community will help support & sponsor a young adult and get them into the Immersion. * We will send emails inviting communities and organizations to share a sales letter, graphic and presentation to their young adult community. * Tuition is covered by sponors of the Stewardship School program. - Where to find students * Flyers * Homeschool groups * Special and gifted programs * Non-profit organizations * School counselors * Counselors in specialty fields * Yoga Studios * Life Coaches with Clients * Organizations can donate to sponsor a child and receive a tax deductible receipt. Donations go to Happy Tales. Eventually the donations would go through GT as a its own nonprofit * **Staging Garden** * Starts for garden, cover crop and seed for garden * Sheet mulch materials, cardboard * weed whack premise for aesthetics * come up with a design for the garden prior to the program * **Staging Stations** * Hygiene - near bathrooms, running water, sinks, hoses * Cooking - cooking station, running water, basins and dish washing stations * Yoga - yoga, classroom * Fire - store wood and honor circle * Sleepy - tents **\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_** In Progress: **Website** * incentives for students - certificate of completion for Stewardship School Semester 1 * add amber to meet the team page * make donations button live on website * At home curriculum: prerecorded meditation and pranayama and Asana videos for am and pm, live classes each week, at home reading (permaculture principles, designers manual) * Clarity of path and curriculum to stay on it * Purify bad seeds, water good seeds in the inner landscapes. * Do you have a hard time finding your purpose? * Trouble with overcoming bad habits? * Want to learn how to Give and live your purpose? * Tired of self-help and self-development programs that burn out quickky? **Financial & Legal** * DBA - giving tree * setup bank accounts - first citizens * CC for expenses **Promotions** * facebook donation thing * reach out to groups and organizations **Presentation / Proposal** * make videos to share to students and sponsors * flyers - post # Budgeting - $13,314 * still to include in budget: * need more money to cook * gear packs * yoga platforms, which would eliminate need for folding chairs and make life more comfortable * fundraisers, accountants, lawyers * travel expenses * taxes * credit card fees * **Plants & Seeds - $1000** * **Legal & Promotions** * LLC - Legal Zoom $329 + $125 NC filing fees (15 days) * not for profit - <https://www.ncnonprofits.org/sites/default/files/HowToStartA501%28c%29%283%29Nonprofit.pdf> * business cards- $40 * flyers - $40 * canva - $12/mo * seo * online marketing - * IG management - $50/week * **Labor - $2,100 additional help - $6,500 pay to Benji and Amber** * Mentor Lead Pay - $150/day - $450/weekend x 4 = $1800 * Counselor Pay - $80/session - $3200 * Designer - $1500 * Mentor assistant - $100/day - $1200 * Cook - $300 - seven meals for Friday night to Sunday Night * Logistical Manager (Financial Books, Budget, Logistics) Pay * **Venue** * **Happy Tails** * equine therapy - * Land Use Fee - $0 * Liability Insurance useage fee - $0 * Additional Services (Flower Essence, Body Workers) - extra at student discretion **Food - $570/weekend or $2,280/month** * **Breakfast - $40/day - 3 meals/weekend** * Oatmeal with Sugar, Banana, Blueberries - * Spicy Grits with Cheese, faux bacon Bits - * Green drinks - * **Lunch - $75/day - 2 meals/weekend** * pasta * soup; garbanzo * hummus * Homemade bean burgers * **Dinner - $75/day - 3 meals/weekend** * Rice & Beans, hot sauce, salsa * Quinoa & Vegetables * Curry (veggies, rice & spices) * Bread, Torts * **Deserts - $25/day - 3 meals/weekend** * Apply Cumble/Cake * Muffins **Supplies - $1400 w/o yoga boards, gear packs** * **Hygiene - $135** * First Aid Kit * Dr. Bronners - 1 gal - $55 * Bleach - $10 * Hand Sanitizer - $20 * Seasme Oil (cooking, oil pulling) - $50/1 gal organic amazon * **Garden Tools** * shovels - borrow * pitchforks - borrow * hand shovels - borrow * broad fork - have * **Gear Pack (Provided Gear for each Student)** * Toothbrush * Copper Tongue Scrapper * Toothpaste (homemade baking soda) * Water Bottle * Serving Cup * Spoon * Journal Stations: * **Cooking** * Propane stove - $100-150 amazon * Propane tank - have * Pot to cook in - have Suzette's * Lights * folding tables (to cook, prep, serve and to eat at) - suzette * folding chairs * large tent - Happy Tails * **Hygiene** * Shower options * 4 portable tents for showers - $500 * 3-4 shower stalls - $40-100/tent, DIY wood and tin roof (windproof, no tie downs, can come apart for transport, easy shower hookup installed * pallets (to stand on in shower) - free * 3-4 shower heads - $18 (hose end nozzle style) - $60 ($20/ea normal head style) * fittings - $50 * small table to place personal items on - borrow * portable sink for hand/face wash * large tarp - $165/ 16'x16'DD Hammock Tarp or $130/10x10' pop-up canopy tent with legs * **Dish Wash - $40** * _near Hygiene  with its own tarp/tent_ * Three Basins - $24 amazon * Folding Table - borrow * Soap - dr. bronners * Sponges - $15 amazon * Hose * **Bathroom** * _near Cooking & Dish Wash to plug into water supply_ * portapotty rental - $200ish * Lights (solar) - $40 * **Sleepy - $180** * large tarp - $165/ 16'x16'DD Hammock Tarp * cordage - $15 * **Packy - $15** * small tarp - have * cordage - $15 * **Yoga - needs to be flat, preferably in the grass - $180** * large tarp - $165/ 16'x16'DD Hammock Tarp * cordage - $15 * individual yoga platforms? 14 of them? - * **Teach Table** * audio recording? * video recording? * phone charging? **Personal Items for Student Responsibility** * **give recommendations and an idea for their budget for personal items** * **organize list from most appropriate to have to "can do without"** * laptop or journal for note taking * tent * sleeping bag * day pack to carry personal items * Sitting Blanket (will go over your yoga mat, can be rolled up for sitting) * Camping seat (nice but not necessary) * Yoga mat * Water Bottle x2 * Personal hygiene products * Coconut Oil Squeezable (oil pulling, moisiturizing) - $6 * Bug spray - Spalding laborities- bye bye insects * Sun screen - resting beach face * Sun hat * Work Gloves * Rain jackets and pants * Boots (farm & animal service, hiking) * Crocs/slip on shoes/tennis shoe/closed toe sandals (leisure, meal times, between sessions) * Work pants and shirt * Yoga pants and shirt * Leisure pants and shirt (for meals, fire) * Sleep pants and shirt * Change of underwear and socks \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Completed: Website add interview/application process to website I. Program Details * Where & when * This Spring semester's Weekend Workshop will be held at Happy Tales Animal Sanctuary * April-May Weekends * \[Details about Happy Tales\] * Throughout the week, students will be given homework to review the concepts learned at the Weekend Workshop. Every Wednesday, students will meet in the AM for a Zoom Yoga class and in the PM for a Study Group. Each student will have a scheduled appointment each week to meet with their Counselor via Zoom. * Who is this for? * Young Adults 18-24 * Nobody will discriminated based on gender, race, class * Tuition Costs for program are covered by our Scholarship Donations. Thank you to all of our donors and sponsors to support our students. * If you want to donate, please use this link to support our students or make a contribution for the benefits you received while at our program * What am I to become? and Why do I need to become anything? * **Become a Steward** * Stewards are Gardeners of the Inner & Outer Landscapes, equipped with the sciences of Permaculture & Yoga to create beauty & medicine for themselves & their community. They learn to expand their capacity to empower community, benefit wildlife & feed our families. A Stewards work brings abundance into the landscape, inside and out. * They are the few who take personal responsibility to create a new world and embody their Natural Self. Just as we tend to young fruit trees to one day produce fruit, we tend to our Inner self to one day realize the fruits of Natural Self. These fruits ripen into the world as our Uniqueness, the one-of-a-kind way we were born to contribute to the world. Each of us has inclinations unique to us, when we follow these innate desires with proper guidance, they lead us to embody & express the essence of our Natural Self. * **Embody the Sacred Self** * This is a realization our highest potential. Hidden under the weeds of cultural identifications, bad habits & illusionary personality, is the true You. Eventually, we learn how to garden our inner & outer worlds, going beyond all limitations to express our Uniqueness. Seers train through Inner Work Practices while in active Stewardship to the Earth and our Communities. The combination of Inner and Outer practices cultivates a deep sense of wholeness and balance necessary on the journey to self discovery. * Before we realize this Natural Self, we must find optimal well being, able to supply all our needs in an efficient & sustainable manner. First we learn to identify & go beyond the limitations of negative emotions and disease. Then, we walk the paths of Practice to actively relieve the limitations of ourselves & our communities. Here we take on the Four Tools in order to bring about a Lifestyle conducive for Health & Well Being, enabling us to become the Steward and the Seer. * **How? With a Holistic Curriculum:** * Outline * The Stewardship School's Holistic Curriculum is a <u>parallel process</u>, teaching students how to tend to the outer garden while cultivating their inner landscape. Mentors guide students through Yoga & Permaculture classes, workshops in the garden, meals and breaks for leisure and hygiene. Throughout the day, students learn to integrate the objectives of their Dharma Design to meet their therapeutic goals. * Mentors & Counselors observe & interact with students using **Relative Supervision** & our **SEER Therapeutic Process** to create a Dharma Design for each student. With every Dharma Design comes personalized habits & practices that students will use to weed out their **Weeds & Thorns** and cultivate their **Fruits** of their **Sacred Self.** * This is a scientific process for you to discover the Truth for yourself. We are not here to convince you of any particular thing. All truths should be scientifically proven by you, through you. We simply give the guidance and tools to truly perceive yourself and the world. * Learning the Curriculum - Our Core Concepts * The Sacred Self - Ishvara Pranidhana * Giver's Heart * Gardener's Spirit * The Four Teachers & The Four Tools * 1\. Scholar & Map - Permaculture & Yoga (Lineage; Principals & Philosophy) * Permaculture Design & Ethics * Navanga * Niguma Yoga * 2\. Seer & Compass - Mentors & Counselors * Seer Process * Dharma Design * Weeds, Thorns and Fruits * 3\. Sovereign & Three Arts - Inner & Outer Methods * Empowerment * Mindfulness * Connection * 4\. Saint & Wings - Codes of Conduct (Yama, Niyamas, Ethics) * Yama – pulls weeds * Niyama – plants seeds * The Ethics of Permaculture; Care for Earth, Care for People, Obtain a Yield, Distribution of Surplus * The Three Principal Paths to Stewardship * Renunication - Activation * Bodhichitta - Sovereignity * Correct World View - Compassionate Wisdom * **The Four Teachers & The Four Tools** * The **Four Tools** offer the knowledge and skills needed for students to develop the capacity to serve their family & community and transform their inner landscape. These are sharpened through daily practices, classes and service. These trainings and practices instill new coping skills for self regulation, cultivating awareness and achieving student's goals/intentions. Students will learn to benefit themselves & others while establishing a foundation for a new career, selfcare and being a valuable asset to any community. * **Four Tools (to Not be a Fool)** - these are the tools used by the four teachers to teach us how to live in this world to benefit ourselves & all living beings * **1\. Map - Permaculture & Yoga (Lineage; Principals & Philosophy)** * **2\. Compass - Mentors & Counselors** * **3\. Three Arts - Inner & Outer Methods** * **4\. Wings - Codes of Conduct (Yama, Niyamas, Ethics)** * **1\. Map - Permaculture & Yoga (Lineage; Principals & Philosophy)** * Permaculture Principals & Yoga Philosophy * observe how nature works to learn how we work * Permaculture as taught by Bill Millison, Geoff Lawton and David Holmgren * Ethics & Principals * Yoga Philosophy as taught by Master Patanjali & Geshe Michael Roach * Staircase of Yoga, Lineage, Philosophy * Tristhana - how to breath, move and use the mind * Navanga Yoga - the traditional Eight Limb system imbued with Compassionate Wisdom * Five Layers of Being * Three Primary Channels * Seeds & Emptiness * Parallel Process * **Our** program utilizes a **Parallel Process**, weaving the transformation of the individual and of the garden into a Stewardship Program for Young Adults to see the outer world as a reflection of their inner world, bringing them to confront their Misunderstandings and ultimately become their Natural Self * **2\. Compass - Mentors & Counselors Therapeutic Support** * Work one-on-one with Mentors & Counselors to create your Dharma Design; a therapeutic plan to meet your personal goals and overcome your debilitations * **Mentors & Counselors (Dharma Designers)**, who have undergone the same process, guide students to integrate the Practices & Habits of their Dharma Design to bring their inner garden to flourish. * **Mentors**, as expert guides, train students in the **Four Tools** each day. Mentors are the core to the program, as they observe and interact with students each day, getting to know them personally, and behaviorally. Mentors document evaluations & strategies that are used to enrich the Student's **Dharma Design**. * Dharma Design Process applies natural principals and ethics to guide humans to realize our highest potential - our Natural Self. * A **Dharma Design** is an evolving therapeutic plan that sheds light on the **Fruits & Flowers** and the **Thistles & Thorns** of one's Inner Landscape. It helps us to answer, "What do I think, say and do and how does this affect my relationship with family & friends, the world and myself?" * **Fruits & Flowers** support our growth; these are our strengths & **Uniqueness** that help us reach our goals & our **Natural Self** * **Uniqueness** is our one-of-a-kind inclination to contribute to the world, through the personal gifts and qualities that distinguish us from all others. * **Thistles & Thorns** perpetuate our hardships; these are our debilitations & negative emotions that hold us back from our highest potential. * Counselors use the SEER Permaculture Design Process to set goals for each student. Mentors help student achieve these goals. * **SEER** is a holistic therapeutic design process to **Know, Heal & Be our Essential Self. Counselors & Mentors** gather information about students, and cohesively assemble beneficial practices, tools, resources & information into a **Dharma Design**. With this personal plan, students have the roadmap to create a new Lifestyle that enables them to achieve their therapeutic goals. * Survey who you are, where you come from, what has happened, who are you today? * Evaluate your life, where are you at, what are your goals, how are you progressing? * Envision a future self, what does it look like, how can it be manifested in my daily life? Create your Dharma Design * Realize this future self by living it, practicing in the three arts & entering the ceremonies that build you up. * Bodywork - adjustments & corrections to realign your whole being * Equine Therapy - develop awareness of your inner self through companionship * **3\. Three Arts (Inner & Outer Methods)** * Each Weekend, we gather together to learn the tools and knowledge necessary to achieve our goal. Walking the path of Stewardship, we must apply the sciences of Life into our moment-to-moment experiences. Daily activities are provided for each day to stay on track with their Dharma Design, creating new habits and gradually shifting one's Lifestyle. * **Training in the Three Arts** - students will implement new skills in Empowerment, Mindfulness & Connection into their daily life * Applying techniques & tools to self-regulate * Identifying healthy and unhealthy behavior patterns, coping skills, mindsets * **Art 1: Empowerment:** hard skills for fortifying & cultivating energy; work in the garden, service to animals, fire tending, adapting to the wilderness * Learn to establish a Garden by Permaculture Design - start to finish * Design, building and maintaining a Floral and Herbal Tea garden with the Permaculture Design process * Breathwork & Movement Exercises - yoga for all levels, learning to move the layers of the body to transform thoughts & feelings * Navigating the inner landscape with Yoga philosophy and Meditation practices * **Art 2: Mindfulness**: soft skills for mental & emotional self-care; harnessing the power of negative emotions, learn to meditate, harvesting joy * Equine and Animal Therapy - discovering the power of connection to the animal kingdom. Engaging with animals in a mindful and caring way and maintain their safety & needs * Nutrition, self care habits, exercises needed for supporting a healthy lifestyle * **Art 3: Connection**: communication skills to better relationships & work in a group; advocations, collecting merit, conflict resolution, connecting to your self through proper living * Ayurveda treatments and meal plan - kitchiri diet, AM and PM hygiene protocols * How to give & receive feedback * **4\. Wings - Codes of Conduct (Yama, Niyamas, Ethics)** * Students have the support of their group, mentors and counselors in-person during Weekend Workshops and during the week via live gatherings on Zoom. * Counseling - have a one-on-one guide on your personal journey of self-discovery * Group Culture - grow as an individual in a group setting * Telegram Accountability Community * Students will leave the program with **Therapeutic Goals** to work towards on their personal journey with their family and post-program counseling. * * * **Itinerary/Schedule** * Weekend Workshop 1 * Do we sleep over Sunday to have that time, sending everyone home after breakfast on Monday. Option to make arrangements to leave sunday night if needed **Arrival - Day 0** **Plan to Arrive between 1 & 3pm** 1:00-3:00 Setup: Tents, Turn in Personal Items, Paperwork 3:30 Settle In: Refreshments 4:00 - 5:30 Tour of Camp, Intro Circle 6:00 - 7:30 Long Class 1 7:30 - 8:45 Dinner 9:00 - 10:00 Hygiene 10:00 Honor circle 10:30 Bed **Orientation - Day 1** Rise 'n Shine - 6:00am Hygiene & Chores - 6:00-6:45am Tea Time - 6:45am Yoga Practice: Lady Niguma Yoga Part 1 Permaculture Principals & Yoga Philosophy: Observe & Interact Breakfast: Oatmeal Garden Work: Service, Client & Self Interview Lunch: Kitchiri Rest & Digest: Mentor Check-in and Siesta - 2:00-2:30 Inner Work: * Struggle and triumph; My story, Your Story, Our story * Why are we doing this? * How can we create more happiness and end pain for ourselves and others? * Two forms of Happiness: Hedontic Happiness (pleasures from the world) & Euphoric Happiness Garden Work: Chores & Equine Therapy Hygiene (showers, first aid, mentor check-in) 5:30-6:30 Dinner: Kitchiri Honor circle 8:30-9:30 Hygiene 9:30 Bedtime (reading) 10:00 **Orientation - Day 2** Rise 'n Shine - 6:00am Hygiene & Chores - 6:00-6:45am Tea Time - 6:45am Yoga Practice: Lady Niguma Yoga Part 2 Permaculture Principals & Yoga Philosophy: Catch & Store Energy Breakfast: Grits Garden Work: Land Service, SEER process, Client & Self Interview Lunch: Kitchiri Rest & Digest: Mentor Check-in and Siesta - 2:00-2:30 Inner Work:  What is Mindfulness & Right Living Sanctuary Work: Chores & Equine Therapy Hygiene (showers, first aid, foot check) 5:30-6:30 Dinner: Kitchiri Intro Circle 8:30-9:30 Hygiene 9:30 Bedtime (reading) 10:00 * Incorporate: * Add chores/clean-up of stations into day * **Initiation rites? Ceremonies?** * **6X a day book? Check off?** * This gives the ability to teach these things indirectly and without having to write their own check off? * Mentors can review with students each day in a check-in * Ethics, Morals & Vows * Waters * Brush Teeth & Oil Pulling * Volunteering * Three Arts - mindfulness & connection needs more emphasis in schedule * Routine, Sleeping, food Arrangements * why routine? structure * water, fresh air, clean food, beauty, medicine * Meet the Team * **Standards and Boundaries** * **Application Process** * Car pooling / Transportation from Asheville / Hendersonville * Dates for program * Fees, how much, how to collect * Meal plan, catering costs - will ask mama suzette * Qualities of our students: open minded, future leaders, ready for challenge * How do we find them and how do they find us? * Application - Online * Did you read and agree to our Boundaries and Standards? * Interview - Zoom Call * are you okay with these particular boundaries or standards? \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Notes: Taking up the path of self-discovery Remember that All is Self Mindful Walking, Sowing Seeds, Learning about Emptiness with each step We maintain challenge to assist in strengthening awareness and focus Structure - How many kids can our students help when they leave? Our students need to realize why they are doing this work. To stop watching their family suffer, to stop the cycles of pain and suffering for as many living beigns as possible. Needs Outpatient Weekend, afterschool program [ic.org](http://ic.org) Hummingbird community - interfaith initation rites, wilderness program, put in bus and sent them to colleges to teach what they learn. Earth Haven - Useful Plants Disciplinary action? Licensed Therapist - needed to be legal Camp program Get a Board together to raise money Steiner's book on education - Hands, Head, Heart Program - Waldorf Sai Baba's Book for Kids Eco-Psychology - Nature for Healing and Therapy Carol Required to work the land for monthly fee to live & eat. Creativity in the garden - Designing from Idea to Flower