Course Objectives

• To take our place in the world and to form gen­uine con­nec­tions with oth­ers
• To devel­op our inter­per­son­al skills and cre­ate ful­fill­ing rela­tion­ships
• Become aware of where and how we pre­vent or block con­nect­ed­ness.
• Explor­ing and expe­ri­enc­ing the con­nec­tion with one’s inner­most self and unlock­ing our poten­tial, there­by find­ing new pos­si­bil­i­ties for devel­op­ment.
• Fur­ther devel­op­ment of one’s capac­i­ty for dia­logue.
• Devel­op­ment of new pos­si­bil­i­ties to live, cre­ate, and coop­er­ate with oth­ers.
• Cul­ti­vat­ing a respect­ful atti­tude towards all parts of our being.
• Allow­ing and grow­ing con­nect­ed­ness with what is in our shad­ow or split off.
• To explore the dif­fer­ent aspects of con­nect­ed­ness not only men­tal­ly but also as a phys­i­cal, emo­tion­al, and spir­i­tu­al expe­ri­ence.
• Devel­op and deep­en aware­ness of our feel­ings and body as a felt sense.
• Devel­op and deep­en a prac­tice of con­tem­pla­tion.

Topics and structure of the course

This sem­i­nar series com­pris­es of six mod­ules. In each mod­ule, we focus on spe­cif­ic aspects of con­nect­ed­ness, rela­tion­ships, and com­mu­ni­ca­tion. The sem­i­nars have a var­ied struc­ture and are based on prac­ti­cal exer­cis­es and the­o­ret­i­cal con­cepts. Every­day rel­e­vance is very impor­tant to us.

Each mod­ule starts on Thurs­day evening and ends on Sun­day after­noon. The fourth sem­i­nar, which focus­es on the group, begins on Tues­day evening and ends on Sun­day after­noon.

Module 1: My space and  grounding

In the first mod­ule, we deal with the ques­tion of our own space and ground­ing. Var­i­ous mod­els of con­nec­tion and con­nec­tiv­i­ty will be intro­duced. Some of the top­ics explored will be:

• How do I inhab­it my per­son­al space and what does this space feel like for me?
• Who am I in my self-per­cep­tion?
• How do I per­ceive myself and how does the envi­ron­ment per­ceive me?
• How do I stand in life — am I involved or do I stay out of it?
• How am I con­nect­ed with myself and my envi­ron­ment?
• What do I long for?

Module 2: Being with myself

The sec­ond mod­ule is ded­i­cat­ed to the top­ic of  “being with myself”. The basis of every liv­ing rela­tion­ship and every sin­cere com­mu­ni­ca­tion is that I am in con­tact with myself and under­stand myself on a deep­er lev­el. Since we are spir­i­tu­al, phys­i­cal, and emo­tion­al beings, being in con­tact with our­selves means not only know­ing our thoughts, but expe­ri­enc­ing and feel­ing all lev­els of our being. In this sem­i­nar we work on self-per­cep­tion.

• Do I inhab­it my body? How can my sen­sa­tions guide and sup­port me towards deep­er con­nec­tion with myself?
• When do I feel alive?
• What does it take for me to expe­ri­ence con­tact and com­mu­ni­ca­tion as real and alive?
• How do I expe­ri­ence my con­nec­tion to myself and how can I deep­en it?

Module 3: Being with myself and the other

In the third mod­ule, we explore the numer­ous dynam­ics that arise when we are present and in con­tact with some­one else. We speak here of the qual­i­ty of relat­ing to one anoth­er that goes far beyond dia­logue. This pres­ence also includes the sen­sate expe­ri­ence of the moment (“felt sense” as bod­i­ly aware­ness, Gendlin 1978) and the spir­i­tu­al aspects of our being. Cen­tral themes that we look at from dif­fer­ent per­spec­tives (ener­gy dynam­ics, effects on the body, emo­tion­al reac­tions, effects on one’s own vital­i­ty):

• Do I real­ly get involved with the “oth­er”? How does the dynam­ic change if I can­not or do not want to get involved?
• How does con­tact change my self-expe­ri­ence?
• How does the con­tact change the oth­er?
• What devel­ops from this shared space?

Module 4: The We — How do I experience belonging?

At the cen­tre of the fourth mod­ule is the group, the we. In a play­ful way, we feel and expe­ri­ence the dynam­ics of the group. In addi­tion to prac­ti­cal exer­cis­es, we are guid­ed by the ener­gy with­in in the group.

Top­ics that we deal with are:

• How do I expe­ri­ence belong­ing? How do I expe­ri­ence sep­a­ra­tion and move towards con­nec­tion again?
• How do I cre­ate and deep­en con­nec­tion with oth­ers?
• How do I expe­ri­ence myself and how do oth­ers expe­ri­ence me in the group?
• How does a shared space or com­mu­nion devel­op and how does it affect me?
• How do I deal with free­dom, auton­o­my, con­straints, and fears in a group?
• Do I want to expe­ri­ence a deep­er sense of belong­ing?

Module 5: Me and the world

The fifth mod­ule deals with the top­ic of “me and the world”. We explore how we see and expe­ri­ence our place in the world and our rela­tion­ship to it.

Amongst oth­ers, the ques­tions are:

• Am I an inte­gral part of my envi­ron­ment (soci­ety, nature, …) or do I expe­ri­ence myself as sep­a­rate from it?
• Do I expe­ri­ence myself as con­tem­plat­ing or shap­ing? Do I stand aside and observe? Do I engage?
• How could I get more deeply involved?

Module 6: The I in a larger context

In the last mod­ule, we deal more deeply with the spir­i­tu­al dimen­sion of our exis­tence. Amongst oth­er things, we will deal with the fol­low­ing top­ics:

• How do I deal with aspects of life that I can nei­ther under­stand nor expe­ri­ence nor influ­ence — e.g. the infin­i­ty of the uni­verse, life & death, the forces of nature?
• Do I expe­ri­ence myself as being held in a big­ger whole? Is the idea of a larg­er real­i­ty strange or threat­en­ing to me?  What effect does this have on my being?
• How do I deal with the lim­i­ta­tions of being human?
• What does tran­scen­dence mean to me?
• Who am I in the face of the incom­pre­hen­si­ble?

In our work we refer to the following concepts:

• Non-dual approach­es in com­mu­ni­ca­tion, change process­es and ther­a­py
• Con­nect­ed­ness con­cepts and cur­rent research in the field of spir­i­tu­al­i­ty
• Human­is­tic and somat­ic psy­chol­o­gy
• Deep democ­ra­cy, inte­gral organ­i­sa­tions
• Depth-psy­cho­log­i­cal char­ac­ter-struc­ture mod­els
• Attach­ment the­o­ry
• The group as a resource and micro­cosm
• Mul­ti­di­men­sion­al self-con­cepts
• Pres­ence and inter-sub­jec­tiv­i­ty
• Ana­ha­ta approach — Vedic con­cepts
• Inclu­sion of cur­rent and rel­e­vant research and the­o­ries in the fields men­tioned

In addi­tion to the con­tent we use, we also inte­grate top­ics that arise in the group and from the group process.

For the time between the sem­i­nars, we pro­vide online mod­ule-relat­ed food for thought and fur­ther mate­r­i­al. This can be com­plet­ed on a vol­un­tary basis. In addi­tion, per­son­al reflec­tions can be sent to us on which the par­tic­i­pants receive feed­back.

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Course Objectives

• To cul­ti­vate an appre­cia­tive atti­tude towards all parts of our being and the way they express them­selves at all lev­els (body, psy­che, soul) in our lives.
• To expe­ri­ence what it means to keep a safe space for some­one or for a group to go through the nec­es­sary process­es for an inner trans­for­ma­tion.
• The abil­i­ty to be open to what aris­es in the dynam­ics of the rela­tion­ship, how the client or group has evolved and become ready for change, and to sup­port them in the result­ing  process of trans­for­ma­tion (i.e. to act with­out an agen­da).
• The abil­i­ty to self-reflect in the present moment and the abil­i­ty to deal with what­ev­er the client or group trig­gers or touch­es in the facil­i­ta­tor in a way that respects, sup­ports and allows space for the client’s process.
• To devel­op and deep­en body aware­ness (embod­i­ment) in order to be present, real, and alive.
• To devel­op and deep­en body-mind-spir­it-con­nec­tion as an inner space, resource, pre­req­ui­site and medi­um for sus­tain­able change and growth process­es, both for indi­vid­ual and group facil­i­ta­tion.
• Explor­ing the body’s abil­i­ty to both hold and trans­form frozen pat­terns from inside. Learn­ing to sup­port these process­es through our pres­ence and embod­i­ment.
• Explore the dif­fer­ent aspects of con­nect­ed­ness not only men­tal­ly, but also as a phys­i­cal, emo­tion­al, and spir­i­tu­al expe­ri­ence.
• To per­ceive and inter­pret the dynam­ics — inter­per­son­al and intrap­er­son­al — in order to use this infor­ma­tion for the ben­e­fit of the client.
• Deep­en­ing a prac­tice of con­tem­pla­tion.
• Explor­ing, prac­tic­ing and apply­ing an ever-deep­er iden­ti­fi­ca­tion with the under­ly­ing inner core self.

Topics and Structure of the Course

The course com­pris­es six mod­ules. Stu­dents prac­tice their role as facil­i­ta­tors by focus­ing on spe­cif­ic aspects of con­nect­ed­ness, rela­tion­ship, and com­mu­ni­ca­tion in each mod­ule. We focus on the fol­low­ing top­ics and their role and impact in work­ing with clients or as group facil­i­ta­tors:

• The ques­tion of our own space — what is my place and my rela­tion to it?
• How do we expe­ri­ence our­selves as phys­i­cal, emo­tion­al, men­tal and spir­i­tu­al beings?
• Rela­tion­ship dynam­ics involv­ing the body, sen­so­ry aware­ness and ener­getic dynam­ics.
• The group as a liv­ing organ­ism and the role as a mem­ber of it as well as the role of a group facil­i­ta­tor or team leader
• The top­ics of belong­ing and con­nect­ed­ness and how to hold and sup­port a group process
• How is my con­nec­tion with the world?
• How do I expe­ri­ence the spir­i­tu­al dimen­sion of my exis­tence?

In our work we refer to the following concepts:

• Non-dual approach­es in com­mu­ni­ca­tion, change process­es and ther­a­py
• Con­nect­ed­ness con­cepts and cur­rent research in the field of spir­i­tu­al­i­ty
• Human­is­tic and somat­ic psy­chol­o­gy
• Deep democ­ra­cy, inte­gral organ­i­sa­tions
• Depth-psy­cho­log­i­cal char­ac­ter-struc­ture mod­els
• Attach­ment the­o­ry
• The group as a resource and micro­cosm
• Mul­ti­di­men­sion­al self-con­cepts
• Pres­ence and inter-sub­jec­tiv­i­ty
• Ana­ha­ta approach — Vedic con­cepts
• Inclu­sion of cur­rent and rel­e­vant research and the­o­ries in the fields men­tioned

In addi­tion to the con­tent we  use, we also inte­grate top­ics that arise in the group and from the group process.

For the time between the sem­i­nars, we pro­vide online mod­ule-relat­ed food for thought and fur­ther mate­r­i­al. This can be com­plet­ed on a vol­un­tary basis.  In addi­tion, reflec­tions on intern­ship ses­sions can be sent to us. We will give you feed­back on the reflec­tions.

Who is this course aimed at?

The course is aimed at any­one who wants to learn or deep­en indi­vid­ual or group process facil­i­ta­tion involv­ing body aware­ness in order to sup­port indi­vid­u­als, groups and teams on their way. Appli­cants should have the fol­low­ing skills and expe­ri­ences:

• Inner sta­bil­i­ty
• Expe­ri­ence with self-explo­ration and super­vi­sion
• Good abil­i­ty for self-reflec­tion
• Curios­i­ty to learn and devel­op new skills
• Will­ing­ness to ques­tion them­selves and what one thinks one knows again and again in a con­struc­tive way
• Will­ing­ness and inter­est to engage in group process­es

A short writ­ten let­ter of moti­va­tion and a per­son­al inter­view with the course lead­ers are part of the admis­sion process.

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