capacitar in scotland
equipping - connecting - supporting
Celebrating 15 years of Capacitar Scotland with Pat in 2024
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Fàilte! Over the past 17 years, over 300 people across Scotland have done the training with founder Dr Pat Cane or local Trainers. We use this training regularly for our own personal well-being and spiritual nourishment. But in the spirit of 'healing ourselves - healing our world' many of us also offer well-being sessions or workshops in our local communities: in special schools for children; with nurses; in universities; with survivors of domestic abuse; with refugees and people seeking asylum; with people living with mental health challenges; in hospices and with people living with cancer and other life-threatening diseases; with midwives and pregnant mums; with carers; in spiritual direction and on spiritual retreats. We send out a regular newsletter (sign up if you would like to receive it) which provides information of local sessions, taster days and training. Capacitar International has a dedicated YouTube Channel with Pat Cane (and others) demonstrating many of the practices.
QNIS and Capacitar nurtured a collaborative relationship that led to 40 Community Nurses receiving the 4-module Trauma Healing and Transformation Training. Among them have been Nurse Educators, Care Home Managers, Health Visitors, District Nurses, Prison Nurses, Community Mental Health Nurses, and Nurses who hold executive positions in the community. We worked together to source funding for the nurses which included the Royal College of Nurses “COVID-19 Health Care Support Appeal” and the Scottish Government’s “Workforce Wellbeing Fund for Adult Social Work and Social Care”. We worked together to produce several videos of Queen’s Nurses demonstrating the Capacitar practices to show how easy they are to do before, during or after work (see the images below).
But perhaps most importantly for Health and Social Care professionals in the UK is that Capacitar International and QNIS/Capacitar Scotland collaborated to provide a new Capacitar manual that will support this sector in the UK in a way that is accessible and sensitive to their specific needs. "Holistic Tools for Heath & Social Care Professionals: Healing Practices for Ourselves, Our Teams & Our Communities" is another invaluable tool for promoting wellness in the Health and Social Care Sector in the same way that the other Capacitar manuals have provided support and empowerment for Refugees, Climate Activists, Children and Families, People living with Cancer and their Carers, etc. Click here if you are interested in obtaining a copy. 
For more information, please get in touch using the Scotland Contact Form below. |
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Capacitar Training and Taster Sessions can be found on the Training Page Towards Health and Well Being Sessions (using Capacitar practices) These 'face to face' sessions are offered across Scotland: Sheila Mae Hamilton (Isle of Skye) Fridays at 11.00 am - one hour Capacitar Wellbeing session in An Crubh for more information, contact Sheila. Glen Cousquer (Edinburgh University) Tuesdays at 1.10 pm - 40 minutes Capacitar Tai Chi at the Chaplaincy Centre - or join on Zoom Meeting ID: 837 5537 1490 Passcode: taichi2122 for more information please email June Bield Capacitar Team The Bield - (Blackruthven) Wednesdays at 1.30 pm - 30 minutes Wellbeing Session with Capacitar Practices for more information please email Valerie Fran Marquis and Linda Nicolson (Arbroath) Thursdays at 10.30 am - one hour Wellness Class at the Old and Abbey Church Hall for more information please email Fran ----- Shona Grimmond (Forfar) Mondays at 10 am Wellness Class at Kingsmuir Village Hall, Lownie Road, DD8 2RT for more information please email Shona ----- Helen Kinloch (Ashfield) - 30 min session Each Sunday at 9.45 am for more information please email Helen ----- Christopher Rowe (Milton) - 40 minute session (in person & on Zoom) Wednesdays at 10 am Tai Chi practices at Colston Milton Parish Church- Milton G22 7QP. for more information and the ZOOM link, email Christopher ----- Claire Young (Connexions Fullarton, Irvine) - one hour session Tuesdays at 11 am This is a class of predominantly Capacitar practices, a bit of general physio-type stretch and strength and small amounts of info re the body mind connection. for more information email Claire Young ----- Claire Young (Girdle Toll Parish Church, Irvine) - one hour session Wednesdays at 10.30 am This is a class of predominantly Capacitar practices, a bit of general physio-type stretch and strength and small amounts of info re the body mind connection. for more information email Claire Young ----- Finn's Place, Wellbeing in Southside Glasgow - 1 hour sessions Wednesdays 2.00 pm with Corrinna Bain Fridays 10.00 am with Sonia Hurel for enquiries please contact Finn's Place or 0141 632 7520 ----- Alison Bunce (Greenock) - one hour session Every 2nd Friday evening at 6.30 pm St John's Episcopal Church Hall, Greenock ----- Linda Nicol (Inverkeillor) weekly Wellness Class with Capacitar Practices for more information please email Linda ----- join a zoom session: Weekly ZOOM with Jane Groombridge - one hour session Monday (2 pm) for those who have completed the 4-module Training; For Anyone: Wednesday (8 pm); Saturday (9.30 am) for more information and the ZOOM link, email Jane --------- Daily ZOOM with Nancy Adams - 30 minute session Daily at 5.30 pm A 'meditative movement' session to bring a gentle close to the day. We do Tai Chi of the Elements, followed by one of the short Capacitar 'dances' for more information and the ZOOM link, email Nancy Adams |
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