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Living Wisdom School of Seattle
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Imagine a school which prepares children for life itself, and starts them on a lifelong learning adventure...
Living Wisdom Schools know that a child who is given appropriate and self-expansive opportunities to express positive emotions, to exercise the body, and to experience calm, inner awareness, is prepared and eager to explore the world around us: intellectually, scientifically, socially, and artistically.
The Education For Life system is based on the premise that life itself is a school of learning. It is an approach which balances mind and heart, and body and spirit. It is not a dogmatic system, but expansive and focused on the students’ own inner joy and peace.
Education for Life
- Connects information to real life experiences
- Encourages collaboration between students
- Fosters divergent thinking and creativity
- Engages students’ feelings along with their intellects
- Incorporates strategies which make learning easier
- Is both individualized and in groups
- Uses movement to improve brain function
- Involves students in creating a rich learning environment
We encourage each child, as appropriate, to strive for academic excellence.
We seek to nurture and equip each child with the tools of maturity that every human needs to learn and grow: strength of will, compassion and respect for others, knowledge and reason, idealism, and a sensitive appreciation for the indwelling Spirit that unites all life.
Education for Life acknowledges that only by learning to expand our sympathies to include the realities of others with one's own, can a child, of any age, hope to find a measure of fulfillment and happiness in this school of life.
Living Wisdom School has created a Spirit-centered learning environment expressing universal values with an emphasis on respect for all religions and spiritual traditions. The seeds of Living Wisdom School's approach to spirituality have sprouted from the soil of yoga and meditation, with its emphasis on personal growth, proven holistic techniques for body, mind, and spirit, and universality of understanding and application.
Living Wisdom Schools emphasize practical, not only theoretical, realities. Its studies are experiential, not dogmatic. The unitive teachings of the great religions of the world are studied not eclectically but empirically with emphasis on the experiences of true saints and ones in all religions, as well as from the point of view of the impact of spiritual experience on daily life.
The landmark book, Education for Life, by J. Donald Walters, describes the precepts and techniques of education used for over thirty years in the Living Wisdom Schools of California (Palo Alto and Nevada City), Oregon, and now, in Washington.
Living Wisdom School
An Education For Life School
