{"id":3748,"date":"2007-06-16T22:00:07","date_gmt":"2007-06-16T21:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=3748"},"modified":"2007-06-21T07:08:03","modified_gmt":"2007-06-21T06:08:03","slug":"strengthening-the-bonds-that-free-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=3748","title":{"rendered":"Strengthening the Bonds that Free Us"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Mantrini devi dasi<\/strong><\/p>\n

The North American Grihastha Vision Team (GVT) announces the next presentation of the VTE (Vaisnava Training and Education) Grihastha Training Course I to be held in Alachua, Florida, July 13, 14, and 15, 2007, at the Alachua Charter School. This three-day, comprehensive marriage and family training course entitled, \u201cStrengthening the Bonds that Free Us\u201d \u00a9 is aligned with shastra and Srila Prabhupada\u2019s precepts. This course includes in-depth exploration, interactive exercises, role plays, journaling, and practical training in the following areas:<\/p>\n

12 Principles and Values
\nAlignment with Srila Prabhupada and the shastras
\nRoles of Husband and wife
\n\tGender roles and cultural norms
\n\tUnderstanding differences and expectations
\n\tRole definition and character
\nReadiness for marriage, expectations, and compatibility
\n\tPreparation for marriage
\n\tSelf-assessment
\n\tAreas to consider for compatibility
\nCommunication Training and Managing conflict
\nHealthy communication: speaking, listening, negotiating, and conflict resolution
\nSaboteurs of healthy communication
\nThree empowering communication skills
\nMaking win-win decisions
\nFinance
\n\tFinancial responsibility
\nProsperity and poverty
\nIdentifying financial challenges
\n\tA powerful financial strategy
\nAffection and Intimacy
\n\tKrishna conscious perspectives on sex life
\n\tCommunication and loving exchanges
\nSerious conflict, separation and divorce
\n\tDanger signs in marriage
\n\tSigns of abusive relationships
\n\tConflict resolution styles: matrix
\n\tLegitimate reasons for divorce
\n\tThe consequences of divorce
\n\tSustaining family relationships
\nChildren and Parenting
\n\tNotions of parenting
\n\tPatterns and skills of a healthy family
\n\tChildren\u2019s needs
\n\tGood discipline: Teaching versus punishment: clarity, appropriateness and consistency.
\n\tMaking routines and rules
\nParenting Styles
\nResources for Parents
\nBalanced Lifestyle 1: Personal development\/spirituality
\nBalanced Lifestyle 2: Making a social contribution<\/p>\n

The course will be presented by two couples: Tamohara das and Mantrini devi dasi; and Karnamrta das and Arcana Siddhi devi dasi. Tamohara das has a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology, is a trained marriage educator through the PREP program (www.PREPinc.com), and has counseled devotees for the past 15 years along with his wife, Mantrini devi dasi. He is also the Director of the ISKCON Child Protection Office. Mantrini devi dasi has a B.S. in Child and Family Studies, and is a trained marriage educator through the PREP program, and also works with the Child Protection Office. They have been married 37 years. Arcana Siddhi devi dasi has a Master\u2019s degree in Social Work, is a Licensed Certified Social Worker and has Family Therapy and Children and Adolescents Certification. She is a professional therapist and works with her husband Karnamrta das counseling devotees. They have been married 17 years. All presenters are members of the North American Grihastha Vision Team. (www.VaisnavaFamilyResources.org )<\/p>\n

The VTE Grihastha Training Course I, \u201cStrengthening the Bonds that Free us\u201d was authored by members of the North American Grihastha Vision Team with final editing by the VTE. All Grihastha Vision Team Members are either professional, experienced counselors, marriage educators, or therapists. The Grihastha Vision Team is one of the North American Spiritual Strategic Planning Team (SSPT) initiatives and is supported by North American ISKCON leadership.<\/p>\n

In the past, the VTE Grihastha Training Course I has been presented in New York City, New York; Toronto, Winnipeg, and Vancouver, Canada; Washington D.C.; and Durban, Capetown, Johannesburg, and Pretoria, South Africa. Future plans for 2007-2008 include presenting the course in Toronto, Canada; Argentina; Portland, Oregon; and Mayapur, India.<\/p>\n

The course fees are $108 for couples and $75 for singles, which includes a course manual and lunches for the three days. To register for the course , please contact Mantrini devi dasi, mantrinidasi@yahoo.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"HareBy Mantrini devi dasi<\/strong><\/p>\n

The North American Grihastha Vision Team (GVT) announces the next presentation of the VTE (Vaisnava Training and Education) Grihastha Training Course I to be held in Alachua, Florida, July 13, 14, and 15, 2007, at the Alachua Charter School.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announce","category-newsletters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3748\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}