Heal Thyself, Heal The World
A Transformative Initiation for People Racialized as White (Heal Thyself XVIII February 14 - May 21) Curriculum for Diversity Consciousness and Cultural Competence
“I've noticed a sense of relief. I know that racism is really, really real & a huge problem & with that relief comes more open, honest communication and sharing from my clients which enables me to be the best coach I can be for them.”
– Graduate Testimonial
This is not a DEI Course
DEI courses are great for making structured shifts in corporate environments, but sustainable, masterful change happensaat the level of the individual’s personal relationship with these topics. To move the collective in the direction of inclusivity, you and I have to heal ourselves of the conditioning and programming that has us operate in ways that perpetuate disconnection, unconsciousness, dissociation, fear, and adversarial thinking in our everyday lives.
“I am thriving in my professional role as a result of the reputation I now have with our clients.”
– Graduate Testimonial
Have you taken a DEI course and come away feeling unsatisfied? DEI courses will NOT cut it if you’re truly committed to lasting and sustainable cultural competency! DEI programs tend to be very corporate and focus on rules and systems of etiquette and social guidelines to create the rudimentary, but often awkward and presumptuous, semblance of diversity consciousness to compensate for a lack of connection. You don’t need to be told how to behave. You need more understanding of the people you interact with, as well as better self-awareness regarding your own social and cultural conditioning.
“Financially, my business was mostly attracting white middle-class women. Relationships were challenging because I was in a role and lost myself. I was feeling limited and lost. I didn’t know who I was.”
– Graduate Testimonial
But anyone who is marginalized can see right through this. Consider, for example, American “Southern Hospitality” and all of its rules vs. the South’s horrific history around human rights and exclusivity. Learning how to be more polite without learning how to connect more deeply with people who are marginalized is superficial and fairly useless if your intentions are sincere.
Heal Thyself is an invitation to initiate yourself into a commitment to disrupting and dismantling oppressive conditioning in your personal perspectives in order to create the experience of sustainable and dynamic transformation in your personal and professional life.
We propose that there is nothing else out there like ReMember Institute’s Curriculum for Diversity Consciousness, and we invite you to have the life-changing experience of our premiere intensive offering:
Heal Thyself is for white people who have a SINCERE and HEARTFELT desire to BE the change they want to see in the world.
This course is one of the most SUSTAINABLE paths to replace cultural hopelessness and helplessness with proactive and generative thinking, to gain cultural confidence, earn trust equity in your relationships with marginalized peoples, release shame and guilt, access more truth, create connection, swap out performative behavior for genuine advocacy and intimacy, increase your capacity for sensation, and reMember who you are. Free yourself from the social fears and anxieties you experience around intimacy with people who do not look like you. Gain more sensitivity, empathy, and awareness of the needs of people who you care about. Become more emotionally and culturally intelligent. Learn how to be a more holistic and integrated presence in the world for the benefit of yourself and all of humanity.
This course was created for YOU if you are passionate about your growth as an agent for change, and are racialized as white (identify as white, are considered white, and live in a society where you are afforded white privilege), and were born into a society with a history of ableism, sexism, lgbtqia+ phobia and antagonism, racism, classism and other forms of marginalization.
This course is for you if you are sick and tired of feeling awkward, uninformed, or uncultured when it comes to relating to people who don’t look like you.
This course is for you if you are frustrated by the fact that all of your friends, coworkers/employees, customers/clients, and/or communities are predominantly white, able-bodied, cis-hetero, and you desire to live your life with more connection and empathy for other cultures and dynamics.
“The course and its teaching staff impart an indelible amount of wisdom to knowledge, which is the basis of healing to understand where we are today as a society and giving us the tools to trust our necessary role in shifting toward a more just and equitable world. No small task, yet the shift is deftly accomplished — and there is opportunity for further lifetime learning through the private alumni group.”
– Graduate Testimonial
“Reverend Brig has a deep and abiding patience for this work, a unique willingness to engage in its messy realities, a wellspring of compassion and a vision for bringing it to white communities. In teaching us about power, racism, and spirituality, she does not foster shame, but rather cures us of it, empowering us to liberate ourselves, to grow and to thrive.”
– Graduate Testimonial
Do you care about your impact on the world regarding this topic? Do you have relatives, friends, co-workers, neighbors, employees who are people of color, disabled friends, or members of other marginalized groups? Do you want to BE an active part of the change that needs to happen in order for Humanity to advance itself in a healthy way? Do you desire more awareness of the experiences of people who don’t look like you? Would you like to improve your capacity for intimacy with a more diverse spectrum of human beings? Would you like to be free of anxiety and awkwardness when talking about race, disability, and gender antagonism? Is your business, community, or organization catering inadvertently to mostly white or able-bodied people, and very few, if any, marginalized people are represented? Do you wish to counter, disrupt, or deprogram your oppressive biases so that you can be a better ally, a better friend, a better employer, a better person of service, etc…?
In a white supremacist, capitalist, European settler colonial, cis heteropatriarchal, ableist, christo-fascist society...
...all people racialized as white are racist, have white privilege, and perpetuate white supremacy.
...all able-bodied people are ableist, have ableist privilege, and perpetuate ableism.
...all people gendered as men are cis heteropatriarchal, misogynist, homeo/bi/trans/queer phobic, have male privilege, and perpetuate cis heteropatriarchy.
How do the statements above make you feel? Do you know what they mean? Do you reject these notions? Can you understand that because all people in these types of societies experience some form of oppression, it is challenging to accept that you also experience privilege AND that the way you think/perceive, live, and interact with others is profoundly impacted by societal engineering and conditioning, whether you are conscious of it or not? This is true. It is also true that not understanding this is a condition of your own oppression, and causes you, at the very least, discomfort, and at most, causes you to do harm to yourself and others. Do you want to understand better? Would you like to increase your mastery of conflict resolution and collaborative skills around these topics?
Racism, from the perspective of marginalized “people of color” (POC) is a form of explicit OR implicit bias, which is based on ethnicity/skin color, and is activated to create oppressive hegemony (social hierarchy). It’s not just a feeling or perspective demonstrated as hatred. On the surface, racism can even superficially appear to be complimentary when practiced as fetishism and/or objectification, for example. If you’re white and you think you’re not racist, it’s because, in a white supremacist society, people racialized as white are taught to think about such things within the dissociative framework of the Karpman Drama Triangle. A racist is, therefore, caricatured as a villain based on our conditioning. Like a Nazi sympathizer, for example.
This is how we are taught. And then, when we add shame, guilt, and punitive conditioning to the mix, people fear being labeled in such a way because no one wants to be ostracized or otherwise punished. So naturally, out, your response would be, “I’m not racist. All lives matter.” Unfortunately, that is NOT how racism works. Racism is a tool of oppression, as is ableism, sexism, classism, and homo/bi/trans/queer antagonism, etc. Resistance to this truth does not free you from experiencing the impact of this truth.
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“The confidence I gained through the course has paid huge dividends.”
– Graduate Testimonial
What You Get
14 week intensive (including one onboarding week and a one week grace period for completion).
6 units of semi-self-paced content (video and essays to complete between live sessions).
Literacy, competency, and bias self-assessments at the beginning, middle, and end of the course so that you can witness your own growth.
Attentive support from the Curriculum for Diversity Consciousness Sau Team (Sau means “protectors” in the Kemetic language), our exquisitely trained care and integrity team who are all Heal Thyself alumni and who are racialized as white.
Access to ReMember Institute Network and all of its dynamic open spaces.
Access to your private Heal Thyself 2.0 cohort space on ReMember Institute’s Network for the duration of the course.
6 live lecture and Q&A interactive Zoom sessions led by ReMember Institute Master Teachers (who are distinguished spiritual teachers, sociologists, historians, DEI experts, activists, all identified as members of marginalized groups) and viewing access to the live lecture recordings throughout the duration of the course.
“Tears of gratitude. This program is genuinely life-changing. I don't even recognize myself. My commitment to integrity is unwavering and impacting all areas of my life.”
– Graduate Testimonial
By the end of the program, you will achieve:
Profound transformation in your awareness of a wide variety of complex social and systemic forms of marginalization.
Measurable personal and professional growth in the area of cultural competence, enabling you to achieve more nurturing relationships.
Empowered and easeful ability to actively contribute to dismantling systemic oppression, through an increased capacity to serve your marginalized clients by creating tailored solutions specific to overcoming obstacles unique to marginalized people.
Learning what it takes for me to remain emotionally sober, curious and inquisitive without collapsing into defensiveness, in the midst of subject matter of an intense nature is a life skill that makes this course worth it’s weight in gold.”
– Graduate Testimonial
INTENTIONS
Fostering Trustworthiness: The evidence of your personal investment in providing services optimized to include solutions for marginalized clients will pay off by reducing the amount of vigilance they feel when establishing rapport with you, making it easier to serve them.
In-depth Knowledge: You will gain a comprehensive understanding of systemic oppression, including imperialism/classism, racism, ageism, ableism, and cis heteropatriarchy, with a focus on the historical contexts and contemporary manifestations.
Personal Awareness: Through rigorous self-reflection, targeted mindfulness, and somatic exercises in a well-held, brave space, you will develop heightened self-awareness, enabling you to recognize and disrupt your own conscious and/or unconscious oppressive behavioral patterns and beliefs, improving client retention.
Professional Acumen: You will acquire practical tools and strategies for fostering inclusivity and equity in your workplace and personal life, making you a more effective advocate and leader for change.
Lifestyle Transformation: The program will offer you suggestions for long-term, sustainable, decolonizing lifestyle shifts, empowering you to actively contribute to improvements in the quality of your life in every facet of human activity, both personally and within your communities.
Cultural Perspective: All of the above will be offered through a Black American lens, providing a unique cultural perspective and insights into the intersectionality of oppression and its impact on white people AND marginalized communities.
Eradicating Microaggressions: Through targeted training and practice, you will develop the ability to recognize and address microaggressions in both personal and professional settings, creating safer and more inclusive environments for yourself and others.
Measuring Cultural Competency: You’ll learn to assess your own and others' cultural competency and provide constructive feedback and guidance for improvement.
“What have I gained? Being able to navigate in diverse spaces without causing as much harm as I have done in the past. Being aware that I will cause harm and how to restore integrity when I do.”
– Graduate Testimonial
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WE WILL...
Equip you with practices and philosophies from Buddhism, Kemeticism, and Hermetic Metaphysical Psychology, that aid you in improving your ability to manage your anxiety and discomfort around difficult conversations.
Practice conflict resolution skills that can help you to be more impactful in how you relate to people who have diverse experiences in the world.
Provide a roadmap for manifesting the possibility of contribution to peace and harmony for humanity.
Begin the journey of disrupting the conditioning of systemic oppression in your perspective of everything.
Facilitate the release and relinquishment of the shame, guilt, and anxiety that systemic oppression creates in people racialized as white, by lifting the veil of aversion and confusion through a holistic approach to cultural competency in regards to all marginalized peoples.
Empower you with skills for creating deeper connection and nurturing relationships.
Help you define your own personal iteration of social activism.
Help you defeat hidden biases and cognitive disconnects regarding diverse peoples.
Liberate your capacity for empathy, therefore, behavioral changes.
Enable your ability to possibly change the lives of marginalized friends, employees, and others you are in relationships with.
Increase your self-confidence and boost your personal and professional growth potential.
Better your judgment regarding matters of diversity.
Empower you to thrive in personal and professional communication methods with diverse people.
Improve employee motivation and quality of experience in order to lower turnover and increase employee retention.
Provide a wealth of information and other forms of resources to support you when the course is finished.
Transform your perspective in ways that will allow you to feel hopeful and empowered.
Offer a framework for establishing a reputation for integrity and empathy for diverse peoples in your business, communities and personal relationships.
Broaden your cultural literacy, competency, sensitivity, and capacity for providing tailored solutions, through understanding the complexities of cultural history and experiences.
BONUSES
Morning Transmissions - complimentary access to our 45-minute weekday morning, live streamed transmissions on the ReMember Network, including inspirational music, guided meditation, group ThetaHealing, readings (*for the duration of the course).
Curriculum for Diversity Consciousness Alumni Lifetime Membership - private group on the ReMember Institute Network with video archives, civic activation prompts, discussion threads, current news, and so much more!
Purchase Holistic Business Practices add-on at a reduced price (*discount valid through the end of Heal Thyself)
“I took the Heal Thyself course because I wanted to learn more about being anti-racist. And what I got is a lifestyle change and an awareness you can't shut off. What I also got from this course is the inspiration to learn more about my own country's culture and heritage before the British invasion. It has made me want to address my family’s inherent trauma and so much more. All that and more I've gained from Rev. Brig Feltus and the other amazing instructors.”
– Graduate Testimonial
Course Outline
Dates: February 14 - May 21
Live Session Schedule:
7 Lively Lecture and Discussion Sessions, via Zoom
**Course content to be completed between our live sessions**
Every 2 Weeks on Wednesdays , 11:30am-3pm PST
February 21
March 6, 20
April 3, 17
May 1, 15
February 14 - February 20 | Onboarding: The Groundwork
Meet your teachers, your Sa Team (Guardians of Learning), setting the container with rules of engagement and intentions, introduction to recommended practices, preliminary self-assessment, a semantics compass, and our first live session w/Rev. Brig.
“I'd love to recommend this course for people racialized as white, who have a desire to not only know the history of racism, but (in many ways even more importantly) also lean into the emotional, spiritual, and energetic ways it can show up in our psychology and somatic awareness.”
– Graduate Testimonial
February 7- 20 | UNIT 1: To Feel, Hear, See, and Understand Racism
The psychology of dehumanization, understanding Black pride, tone policing, virtue signaling, other microaggressions, racism/colorism/ anti-Blackness amongst people of color, 2nd live session featuring Seba Inpu Ka Mut and 20,000 year flyover of the history of racism and colonization.
“Thank you so much, Brig Feltus! This course has been transformational and I am so grateful to have had the privilege to participate during such a crucial time in history. This course has given me so much to think about and I am excited to see where I can continue to learn and grow as well as dismantle racism and white supremacy in myself and the world. Xoxo”
– Graduate Testimonial
February 21- March 5 | UNIT 2: Economics, Crime, and Reparations
The prison industrial complex, policing in America, economic hegemony, the reparations argument, spirituality, religion, and liberation, christo-fascism, live session 3 featuring Rev. Brig.
“I expected this course would help me dismantle subconscious limitations and pathologies I had yet to discover through my own integrative healing work and processes; what I didn’t know is that this course would restore integrity and my ability to navigate the world through the lens of integrity. This course shifted my perception of myself, my relationships with the world and everyone/everything in it, as well as restored right-relationship with myself.”
– Graduate Testimonial
March 6 - 19 | UNIT 3: Cis Heteropatriarchy, Genderism, Feminism and Womanism
Cis heteropatriarchy, understanding the Hermetic principle of Gender, feminism vs. womanism, intersectionality, and the 4th live lecture featuring sociologist and womanist Nikki Blak.
I can create more safety for the women I support now that my blind spots have been more fully revealed to me. I can speak to the reality of the impacts of racism and its ongoing prevalence in a way that I have literally seen them exhale and then open up more about whatever business issue I'm helping them navigate because they don't have to explain that part to me. It helps us get focused & achieve more in our time together.“
– Graduate Testimonial
March 20 - April 2 | UNIT 4: Body/Soma Politics, Ableism, Sexuality
Ableism, looksism, body oppression, ageism, fetishization of black and brown bodies, sexual imperialism, homo/bi/trans/queer-phobia/antagonism, and live lecture 5 with sexology professor, artist, activist, author Dr. Heru Khuti.
“One of the things that has been so deeply liberating about my own anti-racism work is that it has supplied me with the ability to actually stay present in my body amidst deeply uncomfortable conversations about the truth of our society's history and present, without dissociating and contracting in shame.”
– Graduate Testimonial
“My desire is to stay in my body in humility of my unconscious compliance to an oppressive system, while simultaneously being compassionate to my inherent innocence. My desire is to be available for the conversations that need to be had, with other white people, with black people, and other marginalized peoples so that the unspoken but deeply felt aggressions that have run our culture for so long can be systematically and devotionally dismantled.”
– Graduate Testimonial
April 3 - April 16 | UNIT 5: White Supremacy Harms Everyone
Inherited trauma, epigenetics, second hand trauma, intergenerational trauma, and how white supremacy is harmful to white people, 6th live session discussion with Rev. Brig.
“This course has renewed my faith and given me concrete tools I can use with confidence. I know I can be part of the change we so desperately need as a species. Heal Thyself has given me the courage to look truth straight in the eye and make the necessary adjustments in my life with humility and ease.”
– Graduate Testimonial
April 17 - 30 | UNIT 6: Putting Your Awareness to Work
Lifestyle adjustments and social shifts, amplifying marginalized voices, crafting relationships that disrupt oppression, using your voice, introduction to holistic business practices, final assessment and Rev. Brig’ closing talk.
May 1 - 7 | Grace Period for Completion
“It’s incredibly deep, powerful work to dismantle the deeply repressed inner workings of white supremacy and systemic racism, and Rev. Brig has my unwavering gratitude for her willingness to show up compassionately to each group through such deep emotional waters. I am still integrating the teachings into how I show up for myself, my loved ones, my community, and the world at large… I will forever be changed by this experience, and I am committed to the ongoing challenge of applying what I have learned.”
– Graduate Testimonial