What are the core values in your life?
How often do we feel overwhelmed by the choices we have to make?
How often do we find ourselves saying “I just don’t know”?
What if knowledge and opinion were less important and instead we could find a way to respond from a heartfelt understanding of values that really matter to us?
The 16 Guidelines for Life are a set of universal human values which have stood the test of time since their creation more than 1,000 years ago in ancient Tibet.
Our courses offer the opportunity to explore these values using contemporary tools and resources. The aim is to empower participants to create positive change in their lives and those around them.
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”
16 Guidelines - Four Wisdom Themes
The 16 Guidelines are presented in four wisdom themes. They offer a simple, robust framework to explore and develop emotional resilience and transformative change.
How we think – the way we use our mind determines the way we live
How we act – every skilful action makes a better world
How we relate – to take care of others is to take care of ourselves
How we find meaning–if everything is changing, many things are possible
“The powerful simplicity of 16 Guidelines is unnerving in the beginning. I very quickly put what I had learned that weekend into practice and found that it was extremely versatile.”
The 16 Guidelines programme offers a learning path to transformative change
There are three components to the programme. Check our events calendar for upcoming online and in-person courses.
Are you interested in becoming an accredited 16 Guidelines Facilitator? Get in touch with us to find out more.
For a deeper dive into the 16 Guidelines check out 16 Guidelines for Life - The Basics by Alison Murdoch and Dekyi-Lee Oldershaw (ebook)
Level 1 - Discovering the 16 Guidelines for Life
Learning outcomes:
Exploring the 16 Guidelines for Life and the Four Wisdom Themes
Becoming familiar with practical tools to support change in daily life
Level 2 - Applying the 16 Guidelines for Life
Learning outcomes:
Exploring the 16 Guidelines for Life from different perspectives
Understanding and working with the shadow side of the Guidelines
Building on the Basics (BoB) - Deepening Your Practice
Learning outcomes:
Deepening and broadening your understanding of the 16 Guidelines for Life and the Four Wisdom themes
Developing a project to put your learning into practical effect in your area
Level 3 - Facilitator Training
Learning outcomes:
gaining a better understanding of the 16G tools and
valuable practice in facilitating the tools and the level 1 course to groups
