Restorative Justice Bootcamp is a 4-week, practice-based experience for people navigating harm, conflict, and transition who want tools to address conflict with clarity & confidence. Grounded in restorative and transformative justice, trauma-informed facilitation, and lived experience, this bootcamp helps participants stabilize high-emotion situations, rebuild trust, and design clear, accountable next st
We help organizations and communities who are dealing with harm, conflict, and transition to stabilize, rebuild trust, and move forward with clear, accountable next steps in 4 weeks. Upon registering you'll receive the Zoom Link for weekly virtual bootcamp sessions March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 from 6-7:30pm MST & your playbook to use as a companion for your first month of restoration.
What’s the Goal?
Freedom. Ease. Transparency. Integrity. Presence. Surprise. Play. Release. Real Talk. Comfort, yes with discomfort too.
In Waking the Tiger, Peter Levine uses the image of a threatened tiger cub (and other animals) to show what happens after danger passes. There’s often a wave of spontaneous discharge: shaking, trembling, stretching, small movements, sometimes even play. Not because it’s “cute,” (although it is) but because the body is finishing what it started, releasing the leftover fight/flight/freeze energy so the nervous system can come back into balance.
Levine’s point is that trauma isn’t just the scary event. It’s what happens when that physiological process gets interrupted or stuck. Animals in the wild complete the cycle. Humans often don’t because we override the body with shame, social rules, dissociation, “keep it together,” or we’re simply not supported to let the body do what it needs to do. And then that mobilized survival energy can stay trapped in the body, showing up as symptoms over time. (Levine, Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma) Our goal is to be able to live in sync with the natural rhythms and flow of our body-mind complex so that we can experience more harmony and balance. The goal is not to teach you what to think during conflict but how. Our goal is to suspend our pretences about how we think things should be for us to do it right & enhance our capacity to be with what is. From there, we can make our best decisions together.
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What if there is no problem? What if what is happening is neutral & only gets assigned meaning based on our value judgements? There are terrible things that happen, horrific atrocities. Right now, I am not talking about those. Let's start with what we can imagine. Is it possible that what the conflict is about has just as much to do with the eyes we are seeing through as what we are looking at? The problem is that we fundamentally believe we have a problem. Getting to the root entails getting so with ourselves that we can see everything that is happening around us as for our ultimate good, our highest unfolding. Imagine circling up to build relational skills has become as common place as brushing our teeth, drinking water or going to the gym. Some might say, "people don't need to be taught to handle relationships or emotions. Those skills just come naturally." Unfortunately, many of us are not only taught toxic relationship dynamics, we are taught that toxic dynamics are normal. In a society that prizes hyper-individualism and perfectionism, emotions and intimate relationships can inflame our defensiveness. The good news is that anything we learn, we can unlearn. It takes practice and time to unlearn and learn something new. When harm, conflict, or rupture occurs, most systems (personal, interpersonal, family, community, institutional) default to one of three responses:
Ignore it and hope it resolves on its own
Punish someone without addressing root causes
Rely solely on legal interventions, top-down power moves, or bureaucratic processes that leave relationships fractured
In these moments, people often feel frozen, afraid of “doing the wrong thing,” or are pressured to act quickly without clarity.
Leaders, practitioners, and community members are left asking:
Why can’t people just act like adults?
What is wrong with people?
We’re already overwhelmed! How do we do all of this restorative stuff and get our day to day work done?
This space exists because conflict has potent insights and learnings that we only get when we face it. Community helps do just that.
WHAT THIS SPACE OFFERS
This space provides a restorative justice–informed framework for responding to harm, conflict, and transition in real-world settings. But that is not all! We are multidisciplinary, holistic practitioners who offer teachings from a variety of modalities to support conflict transformation.
You will learn how to:
Discharge high-emotions without stuffing or spewing them
Respond to harm with clarity rather than panic or avoidance
Distinguish between harm, conflict, accountability & punishment
Design structured, ethical accountability processes
Navigate power, trauma, and relationship dynamics with care
“When a young tree is injured it grows around that injury. As the tree continues to develop, the wound becomes relatively small in proportion to the size of the tree. Gnarly burls and misshapen limbs speak of injuries and obstacles encountered through time and overcome. The way a tree grows around its past contributes to its exquisite individuality, character, and beauty. I certainly don't advocate for traumatization to build character, but since trauma is almost a given at some point in our lives, the image of the tree can be a valuable mirror.” ―Peter A. Levine,Waking the Tiger
WHO THIS COURSE IS FOR
This course is for:
Lifelong, curious learners
Organizational leaders and managers
People willing to take responsibility for their part in dynamics
Folks willing to put in the time & effort for long term gains
HR, DEI, and people & culture professionals
Community organizers and facilitators
People interested in learning and experimenting with new tools
This course may not be for you if:
You are looking for scripts or quick fixes
You want to avoid accountability or complexity
You believe harm can be resolved through policy alone
You already know how to handle conflict well
WHAT YOU WILL ACCOMPLISH
Depth of compassion and understanding so they’re not just crazy
Muscle memory to get in touch with needs underlying conflict
Understanding when restorative processes are appropriate—and when they are not
Design of a conflict transformation plan with practice with peers
Practice holding complexity in difficult conversations
Develop clear metrics for setting and negotiating boundaries
You will leave with language, structure, and practical tools you can apply immediately.
The current approach to conflict often divides rather than heals. Conversations get stuck in blame, and solutions feel transactional rather than relational. We know you’re smart, capable people doing great work—but there’s something missing: a deeper connection to the how.
You may have heard of restorative justice through theoretical workshops and discussions. While helpful, these approaches often lack the interactive depth, real-world application and accountability so that you can actually experience RJ principles by practicing in community.
Why work with Us?
We understand that restorative justice is not just a process—it’s a mindset, a community effort, and a lifestyle. Our team brings years of experience as facilitators, community organizers, and justice practitioners who have navigated these principles in real-world settings. We’ve seen the transformation firsthand, and we’re here to guide you through it with empathy and a whole lot of creativity!
WHAT PARTICIPANTS OFTEN EXPERIENCE
Participants have reported:
Greater confidence during moments of conflict
Increased clarity about safety and accountability
Reduced fear of “getting it wrong”
Stronger capacity to stay present during difficult conversations
A clearer sense of next steps when trust has been broke
“We have never been this connected. I thought this was impossible.”
HOW THIS COURSE IS GROUNDED
This course is grounded in:
Restorative and transformative justice principles
Trauma-informed facilitation
Power-aware and systems-oriented analysis
Real experience supporting organizations and communities through harm, conflict, and crisis. The material is shaped by lived practice—not abstract theory—and reflects the realities of working inside imperfect systems.
We help organizations and communities who are dealing with harm, conflict, and transition to stabilize, rebuild trust, and move forward with clear, accountable next steps in 4 weeks. Upon registering you'll receive the Zoom Link for weekly virtual bootcamp sessions March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 from 6-7:30pm MST & your playbook to use as a companion for your first month of restoration.