"My goal is to share what I have learned in this lifetime. What I have come to understand about myself is that all of the different things that I have been doing can be known through this lens: community building through personal support and group guidance. It is time for me to teach, to share and to mentor those who are called to this work. I work to inspire creativity, free thinking, community connection, personal sovereignty, and leadership."
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– River Sauvageau
TWO-WEEK RESIDENCY PROGRAM: TRAINING THE MMM METHOD
River is dedicated to sharing, teaching and mentoring the Mandala Medicine Movement in towns and cities all over the world. Her intent is to inspire creativity, free-thinking, and community connection. River and her assistant will guide you in co-creation for two weeks of outreach, design, painting and completion. The Mandala Medicine Movement’s residency program is designed as a communal experience from the center out.
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River and her assistant will guide you in co-creation for two weeks of outreach, design, painting, and completion. The Mandala Medicine Movement’s residency program is designed as a communal experience from the center out. They will be housed by members of your community, share meals together, sit, talk and get to know each other. This intimacy is a reflection of the reciprocal care with your community as the mandala is being co-created.
The Mandala is a circle that brings different parts together symmetrically, in orderly alignment and makes them one. That is the nature of what is included within the Circle. Getting to know each other is a part of manifesting that wholeness - together, as organizers, being the central point from which the community is drawn together. This is a relational paradigm and is the fractal expression of the circle’s sacred geometry which is the symbolic representation of elemental wholeness.
We foster these core principles defined through our 30+ years of creation and guiding community mandala making. These principles are an essential unifying foundation for this method:
Inclusivity, Honesty, Friendship (Love), Humility, Creativity, Generosity, Spirit of Place, Cohesiveness, Freedom and improvisation, Respect, Peace, Wisdom and Legacy.
In Advance:
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Gather Core Team of 2-6
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Explore the Mandala site in the community, permissions
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Funding
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Work with MMM on grants & public and private donations
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Hosts for MMM leader & assistant
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Workshop space
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Marketing Team:
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Social Media
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Flyers
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Newspaper articles, interviews, event section, call out for team building
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Sign-up sheets
Core Team Building:
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1-3 Two-hour presentations to groups in the community, slideshow, talk and discuss and mandala-making exercise.
Background and Design Workshops:​
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Community Design Workshops:​
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Preparation, 2-3 workshops:​
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Layout strategy
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Preparing for event
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Paint prep Workshop
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MMM Painting Event
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Completion Circle
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Passing of the Method
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