GZC – Past Resources, Videos and Broadcasts
| Module 1 | Week 1: Bringing You Into Our Community |
This module is designed to allow newcomers and experienced students to join in and get oriented to our online community. | |
| Unit 1 | We're so glad you've joined us |
| Unit 2 | Let Us Know Which Day/Time Works for You |
| Unit 3 | Let Us All Know Who You Are - Founding Member Forums |
| Unit 4 | Wednesday: a Short Contemplation on Mindful Presence in Quarantine |
| Unit 5 | A very personal message from Susan |
| Unit 6 | Friday Live Broadcast: 9AM Pacific time |
| Unit 7 | Susan - Green Zone Support for our Tender Heartedness |
| Module 2 | Week 2 - Protecting Our Conversations |
What is the view of protecting our conversations? What agreements can we make together? How does this affect where we can go in our communication? | |
| Unit 1 | Greg - How to Communicate in This Community (The Three Lights) |
| Unit 2 | Susan - Protecting Our Conversations |
| Unit 3 | Susan - What Impermanence Means for Communication |
| Unit 4 | Greg - Following The Three Guidelines (for the Three Lights) |
| Unit 5 | Greg - 7 minute sound meditation |
| Module 3 | Week 3 - Caring for the Yellow Light |
How do we care for our tenderness and vulnerability? | |
| Unit 1 | Greg - Live Broadcast - Caring for Our Yellow Light (40min) |
| Unit 2 | Is Taking Care of Ourselves Self-Indulgent? |
| Unit 3 | How to "Take Care" - Personal and Social Green Zones |
| Unit 4 | Susan - Preventing the Spread of the Contagion |
| Unit 5 | Greg - Resting in Beauty with Body, Heart and Mind |
| Module 4 | Week 4 - Looking More Deeply at Our Experience |
Open Mind is where we can ask our deepest questions and look deeply into our expectations. | |
| Unit 1 | Greg - Our Expectations and Disappointment About "The Relationship" |
| Unit 2 | Tuesday Broadcast (Greg) - The Diving Board exercise/Checking in About the Community |
| Unit 3 | Susan - The Natural World as the Gateway to Our National Communication system |
| Unit 4 | Susan - How to Protect Ourselves From "Emotional Flooding" |
| Unit 5 | Susan - Tenderness in the Midst of Uncertainty, Health in the Midst of Illness |
| Unit 6 | Live Broadcast - The Three Lights in Relationship |
| Module 5 | Fundamental Healthiness of the Green Light/The Illness of the Yellow and Red |
What is our fundamental "healthy" (mindful) state? How do we lose track of that and fall into mindlessness? | |
| Unit 1 | Live Broadcast (Greg) - Meditating with Susan/Fundamental Health/How to Prevent the Infection from Spreading |
| Unit 2 | VIDEO (Greg) - Are Emotions a Kind of "Immune System?" (7:20) |
| Unit 3 | (36min AUDIO) Susan - "Relational Tonglen: Creating Space for Hard Conversations" |
| Module 6 | Week 6 - Feeling our We First Motivation |
What does our We-First Principle really mean? | |
| Unit 1 | VIDEO: Greg (7:43) - We-First Goes Beyond a Transaction |
| Unit 2 | Live Broadcast - We-First in Our Awake Bodies and in Our Conversations (even in the midst of COVID) |
| Unit 3 | VIDEO (Susan): On Holding Pain Like a Child |
| Unit 4 | VIDEO Susan (4min) - The We-First View of Sending Heart Flashes During the Pandemic |
| Unit 5 | VIDEO (12:40) Greg - the Choicelessness of the We First View |
| Module 7 | Week 7 (July 27-Aug 2): The Green Zone Principle |
How do Green Zones function in our lives and with each other? | |
| Unit 1 | Live Broadcast (Greg 25min) - Introducing the Social Green Zone |
| Unit 2 | Coming soon... |
| Unit 3 | VIDEO (Greg 7min) - Cultivating Your Personal Green Zone |
| Unit 4 | VIDEO (Greg - 8min) Social Green Zones are Circles of Care |
| Unit 5 | DIAGRAM - Personal and Social Green Zone |
| Module 8 | Week 8 (August 3-9) - The Green Light is Mindful of Stress |
Working with stress by viewing it as part of our Green Light experience. | |
| Unit 1 | VIDEO (Greg 10min) - Beach Meditation on Letting Go |
| Unit 2 | Live Broadcast (40min) - Flowing with Impermanence is Letting Go |
| Unit 3 | VIDEO (Susan 3:45) - Unmasking Vulnerability During the Pandemic |
| Unit 4 | VIDEO (Greg 6min): Going Beyond Good Advice: Unshakable Mindfulness as a Survival Skill |
| Unit 5 | VIDEO (Greg 10min): "Letting Go and Activism" |
| Module 9 | Week 9: August 10-16 - The Green Light is So Simple |
Looking at the power of simplicity in our understanding of the Green Light. | |
| Unit 1 | VIDEO (Greg 3min) - In Appreciation of Basic Beauty |
| Unit 2 | Live Broadcast (Greg) - Practicing the Simplicity of the Green Light |
| Unit 3 | VIDEO (Greg 9min): The Simplicity of the Green Light in our Conversations |
| Unit 4 | VIDEO (Greg - 5min): "The Green Light Grows from the Ground Up" |
| Module 10 | Week 10 - Mindful Relationship |
How do we connect to the Green Light in relationship? | |
| Unit 1 | Live Broadcast - The Three Lights in Relationship |
| Unit 2 | VIDEO (Greg 7min) Relationship IS Taking Care of the Yellow Light |
| Unit 3 | VIDEO (Greg 6min) - We First Isn't to Get What We Want (Or is it?) |
| Unit 4 | VIDEO (Susan 4min) - Having a Conversation with Our Homes |
| Module 11 | Week 11 - Personal Green Zone |
Exploring how we cultivate our personal green zone. | |
| Unit 1 | (VIDEO 50min) Green Zone Connection Live Broadcast: "Cultivating Our Personal Green Zone" |
| Unit 2 | VIDEO (Greg 8min) "Nature as a Personal Green Zone" |
| Unit 3 | VIDEO (Greg 5min) - "Living in a Red Zone" |
| Unit 4 | VIDEO (Greg 11min) "A We-First View of My Personal Green Zone" |
| Unit 5 | VIDEO (Greg 6min) "A Personal Green Zone Asks Us to Keep Paying Attention" |
| Module 12 | Conversations that matter: Social Green Zones |
This week is about Social Green Zones: formal and informal. | |
| Unit 1 | Live Broadcast - Social Green Zones Create Protection for Our Vulnerability |
| Unit 2 | VIDEO (Greg 7min) "Restorative Conversations Can Happen Spontaneously" (Informal Social Green Zones) |
| Unit 3 | VIDEO (Greg 6min): "Are We Always in the Green Light in a Green Zone?" |
| Module 13 | Ultimate Green Zone - Going Beyond Coping Strategies and Connecting with Reality |
How do we see beyond each situation and connect with reality in a full-hearted way? | |
| Unit 1 | VIDEO (Greg 11min) Ultimate Green Zone: "Learning When and How to Lift the Piano." |
| Unit 2 | VIDEO (Greg 7min) Ultimate Green Zone Part 2: "The Basic Teachings ARE a Green Zone" |
| Unit 3 | VIDEO (Greg 8min) - Ultimate Green Zone Part 3: "There are No More Problems" |
| Module 14 | Week 14 - The Green Light is Fluid |
Living is a verb, not a noun. | |
| Unit 1 | VIDEO (Susan 6min) - Our Nature is Fluid |
| Unit 2 | Live Broadcast - "The Green Light is Fluid" |
| Unit 3 | VIDEO (Greg 12min): "The Changing Tides of the Fluid Green Light" |
| Module 15 | The Red Light is Not Bad |
Exploring the essence of the Red Light. | |
| Unit 1 | VIDEO (Greg 14min) "Exploring the Paradox of the Red Light" |
| Unit 2 | VIDEO (Greg 7min) - "Meditation on Acceptance" |
| Unit 3 | VIDEO (Greg 6min) - Witnessing the Red Light in Transition |
| Module 16 | The Four Seasons of Relationship |
For every season, turn, turn, turn... | |
| Unit 1 | Live Broadcast (Esther Hasselman 50min) - "Introduction to The Four Seasons" |
| Unit 2 | VIDEO (Greg 10min) - "Trying to Stop the Earth from Spinning: The Red Light in the Four Seasons" |
| Unit 3 | VIDEO (Greg 8min) - How NOT to Get Unstuck Within the Four Seasons |
| Unit 4 | VIDEO (Greg 9min) - "The Beauty of the Four Seasons" |
| Module 17 | Community Forum Week |
Let's hear from the community and see what questions and topics are coming up. | |
| Unit 1 | Live Broadcast - Questions and Comments from our Community |
| Unit 2 | VIDEO (Greg 12min) - "Trauma and the Lights" |
| Unit 3 | VIDEO (Greg 9min) "The Lights vs. The Zones" |
| Module 18 | Green Zone in Ordinary Life |
How can we apply this in everyday life? | |
| Unit 1 | VIDEO (Greg 11min) - Green Zone in Ordinary Moments |
| Unit 2 | VIDEO (Greg 7min) "A Social Green Zone at Dinner" |
| Module 19 | Five Communication Superpowers |
Featuring the videos from this week's webinar series. | |
| Unit 1 | VIDEO (Greg, 1hr 11min) Session 1: "The Five Communication Superpowers for the Helping Professions" |
| Unit 2 | VIDEO (Greg 1:07) Session 2 - "Five Mindful Communication Superpowers" seminars |
| Unit 3 | VIDEO (Greg 1:15) Session 3 - "Five Communication Superpowers for Helping Professionals" |
| Module 20 | The Dangers of Divisiveness |
Clarifying our focus, our purpose, our intention... | |
| Unit 1 | VIDEO (Greg 8min) "We Are Doing This Work For the World" |
| Unit 2 | Video (Greg 5min) - "Division is Not Our Natural State" |
| Unit 3 | VIDEO (Greg 6min) - "The Dangers of Inner Divisiveness" |
| Module 21 | Healing Divisiveness |
How to bring what has been torn back together. | |
| Unit 1 | VIDEO (Susan 5min) - "'We-First' is Something We Feel We When Reach Outside Ourselves" |
| Unit 2 | VIDEO (Greg, 1hr) Live Broadcast - Healing Divisiveness Begins With Ourselves - Nov 9, 2020 |
| Unit 3 | VIDEO (Greg 6min) - Bridging Divisiveness by Acknowledging Sameness |
| Unit 4 | VIDEO (Greg 4min) - "Finding Real Connections Not Manufacturing Fake Connection" |
| Module 22 | No Words |
What happens when we just listen? | |
| Unit 1 | VIDEO (Greg 6min) No Words - On the Roof |
| Unit 2 | VIDEO (Greg 6min) San Francisco No Words Walk |
| Unit 3 | VIDEO (Greg, 5min) - No Words: Birds, Buildings and Fountain |
| Module 23 | When Life Feels Groundless |
Working with uncertainty, confusion, surprise — and caring for the self-aggression that too-often arises in the midst of this. | |
| Unit 1 | VIDEO (LIVE BROADCAST, 1hr 5min): "The Green Light of Groundlessness" |
| Unit 2 | VIDEO (Greg 5min) - Ambiguous Communication: Every Conversation is a First Date |
| Unit 3 | VIDEO (Greg 11min) Contemplating the Grey |
| Module 24 | Listening Us Into Our Green Light |
What does it take to listen us into our Green Light? | |
| Unit 1 | VIDEO (Greg 44min) Live Broadcast - "Listening Us Into Our Natural State" |
| Unit 2 | VIDEO (Susan 5min) - On Interrupting Aggression in Our Own Direct Experience |
| Unit 3 | VIDEO (Greg 6min) - The Story of a Green Zone Friendship |
| Unit 4 | VIDEO (Greg 5min)- Friendship Without Solutions |
| Module 25 | Connection is Dynamic |
Connection isn't something that is or isn't happening. It's changing, moment by moment. | |
| Unit 1 | VIDEO (Chris Trani 50min) Live Broadcast - Connection is Dynamic |
| Unit 2 | VIDEO (Greg 46min) - The Three Lights as a Dynamic System |
| Unit 3 | Should We Not Use Should? Could We Use Could? |
| Module 26 | Keeping an Open Mind |
How can we do this? | |
| Unit 1 | VIDEO (Greg 43min): What Expectations Shut Down Our Open Mind? |
| Unit 2 | VIDEO (Greg 8min) - Is it a Red Light Just Because I Disagree With It? |
| Module 27 | What is The Green Zone Connection |
Who are we? Why are we? | |
| Unit 1 | VIDEO (62min) Live Broadcast - What is the Green Zone Connection? |
| Unit 2 | VIDEO (Greg 9min) - The Green Zone Connection is a We-First Community |
| Module 28 | Discovering Unconditional Meaning in Life |
Inside and outside | |
| Unit 1 | LIVE BROADCAST (Greg 37min) Meaning Comes from Balancing Inner and Outer Awareness |
| Unit 2 | VIDEO (Susan 20min) Three Ways to Practice With Our Communication |
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