Academy for Peace Costa Rica - Rasur Foundation

The Rasur Foundation is a legal entity founded by Rita Marie Johnson in 1997. It is the sponsor of the Academy for Peace of Costa Rica, and has made a permanent commitment to use its facilities and resources to advance the aims of the Academy for Peace. The foundation is committed to financial transparency and Academy for Peace supporters may receive financial reports on request.

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Passing the skills of “feeling peace” and “speaking peace”
from generation to generation.

In a ten-year search for the best social and emotional methodology for acquiring these skills, Rita Marie Johnson found that the most effective were HeartMath, for “feeling peace” and Nonviolent Communication (NVC), for “speaking peace.” In practicing these methods together, she discovered a profound synergy between them. Eventually she named this combination BePeace and started the Academy for Peace as a way to teach it to others. read more