Our Educational Principles

Every situation and every being has something to offer and something to teach. We strive to have open and honest conversations, and challenge our views and opinions.

We are all students, and work to help each other learn and grow.

Each person is recognized as a whole human being. Our thinking, feeling, and willing are engaged fully through our heads, hearts, and hands.

Dialogue and direct experience are primary learning tools.

A diversity of questions, perspectives, and abilities are welcomed. Our complex individual lives are honored and respected. We work to harness the potential of diversity and integrate it into a cohesive whole.

The human being has a rich inner life as well as an outer life, and the health of this inner life is intimately connected to the progression and health of our communities, culture, and societal systems.

Active engagement, self-awareness, and the respect of the freedom of each individual are core responsibilities of all participants.