Capacitar Healing | Interbeing Wellness

Capacitar Overview

We all encounter stress in our daily lives that at times can be difficult to manage – affecting the health of our body, mind, emotions and spirit. In addition, many people have experienced traumatic stress due to circumstances such as: , school/workplace pressure, prolonged illness/injuries, mental/physical abuse, bullying, conflicts, environmental disasters, poverty, racism. Professional mental health care has limits because it is accessible to only a few. Practical approaches are needed that can help people, communities and even whole populations deal with managing stress and health challenges.

This Stress Busting series builds on the foundational work of Dr. Patricia Cane. We will introduce Capacitar exercises (www.capacitar.org) that lead to healing, wholeness and peace in the individual, their families, their social networks and the larger community. Through skill-based learning, participants will see how simple techniques can empower us to care for others and our own wellbeing despite what is occurring around us.

What is Capacitar?

In Spanish, Capacitar means to empower, to encourage, to bring one another to life. Capacitar’s mission is to teach body-mind-spirit practices to enable healing, wholeness and peace in individuals, communities and the world. For more information see: www.capacitar.org

Content

Participants will learn, experience and develop practices for use with themselves, others and their communities to release stress and nourish the energy system. Some examples include:

Finger holds and other holds for managing emotions
Emotional Freedom Technique
Acupressure and Body Holds
Pal Dan Gum (a practice from
Meditation and mindfulness
Tai Chi

How the Body, Mind, Spirit Practices of Capacitar Work

The program of wellness practices was designed to give people skills to heal and transform stress and pain resulting from illness, trauma, violence and the stress of daily life. These practices have been used effectively with a variety of people and cultures including seniors, young people and students, women and families at risk, refugees, prisoners, people with disability, faith leaders, psychologists, social workers, educators and medical professionals. Capacitar has been taught in over 40 countries around the world.

Intended Audience

Capacitar practices are relevant for anyone interested in fostering their wellness dealing with stress. Also, this training is for people whose professional and/or volunteer work is in service to those who are affected by stress, poverty, physical or mental illness, abuse, trauma or violence. Using a grass roots, popular education approach (inspired by Paulo Freire), the training enables those working in health, psychology, education, ministry, social work, healing and spirituality to apply the lessons of the training immediately with the people and communities with whom they work.

Capacitar Videos and Web Resources

Capacitar (www.capacitar.org) is an international NGO network working in over 35 countries in the Americas, Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Capacitar teaches simple wellness practices, team building and self-development to awaken people to their own wisdom, strength and resources.

Capacitar Emergency Kit in more than 20 Languages used in countries after tsunamis, earthquakes, floods, pandemics and areas of ongoing conflict.

https://capacitar.org/capacitar-emergency-kits-to-download/

Videos of Dr. Patricia Cane demonstrating various Capacitar practices: www.youtube.com/user/MiniHannahBanana