Introductory Practice Sessions
Purpose
The purpose of these offerings is:
- to get a taste of the project
- to solidify a basic practice toolkit
- to be able to be attended both by people who have never done AR before, and old hands
- to practice, practice, practice
Description
What can you expect from the introductory practices? The sessions are typically 3 to 10 people, and the facilitator is one of the project's participants, and who has already had a fair bit of practice. Our style of offering these groups typically have these features:
- these are not seminars, the facilitator's primary role is to make a space for people to practice
- we typically start with a short grounding or breathwork exercise, followed by introducing a theme
- in the bulk of the call, the group is split into dyads typically, to practice, using sentence stems as a structure.
- the essence of dyad work is deep listening without fixing or explaining, and gently and progressively leaning into sharing whats really alive for you.
- after the breakout pair work, there is typically a group harvest, and where we get to celebrate our progress, and the facilitator models reflection and validation.
This kind of practice, works very subtly on our emotional experience. It might actually be the first time we've been really truly heard all week, and the experience tends to be somatically satisfying in a magical kind of way. It seems, ever so quietly, to start to restructure and integrate all those previous times when we were not heard. That's why the structure is so important. It's a bit like a plaster cast on a fractured arm.
When and where
The one hour long intro practices are free of charge, and run on a rotating basis, at varying times. Our invitation to you is to attend each of the 5 sessions, in which ever order suits you.
The sessions are held using zoom. Time can be a challenging master. As the project grows we aspire to offer the sessions at a broader range of times. It's very early days for us, and hope you will bear with us in the mean time.
Important
- Getting your user account created well in advance of your first session makes things go smoothly.
- After that the zoomlinks are found on the 'Schedule' events in the main nav above.
- You are required to read the practice guidelines before attending.
