Ashe Transformational Model

This model was developed by the Ashe Performing Arts Company, based in Kingston, Jamaica. "Ashe," a Yoruba word used in Western Africa spirituality, literally means "the strength, the power, and the God within."

The Transformational Model that Ashe uses is based on the image of people moving from the stage of a 'caterpillar' to that of a 'butterfly'. It is really about letting go of the old way of being and creating a new way that is healthy and beneficial for all. There are three basic stages of this transformational process:
i. Recognition
ii. Die to the Old
iii. Be Born Anew

In the Recognition stage, participants in the programme come to an awareness of their own spiritual values and principles and look at issues of integrity. They also come to align themselves with a higher concept of life and way of being. They then Die to the Old. This is in keeping with the Afro-Caribbean 'wake' concept of death birth in the cycle/circle of life. Participants give up negative stereotypes about themselves and others, through forgiveness work and other techniques. In so doing, they free up themselves to Be Born Anew and fulfill the mandate that Ashe has as its mission – 'to live a life of integrity and fulfillment, doing what they love and loving what they do.'

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