SOCIAL PRESENCING SERIES

Unlocking Embodied Intelligence for Innovation and Discovery - Fall 2021

An Introduction to the Social Presencing of Arawana Hayashi, Co-Founder of the Presencing Institute

With Annie Blair & Carol Zahner

Course Dates:
October 12, 19 & 26, 2021

4pm PDT, 7pm EDT, 9am AEDT (next day)

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course overview

Our Feeling, Moving, and Aware Bodies are Full of Wisdom!

Fundamental to Arawana Hayashi’s teachings of Social Presencing is the concept of body-mind synchronization, an invitation to rest our attention (mind) on the feeling of the body. When mind and body are synchronized, awareness is naturally present. This gives access to a holistic intelligence, enlivening our connection to the earth body and the social body (our group, community and social environment).

In this series, you will experience Social Presencing methods to develop body-mind synchronization, individually and collectively.

These skills help you clarify current interactional dynamics and tap into spontaneous, fresh ideas for emerging directions.
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This social technology is fundamental to the Presencing Institute’s Theory U, an innovative method for social change. It has been developed by Arawana Hayashi in conjunction with Otto Scharmer, MIT Economist.

Watch this 6 minute video about Social Presencing


What You Can Expect

You will gain a deeper understanding of Social Presencing practices and:

  • Access your deeper sense of knowing as a creator and a leader.
  • Get valuable information about your social system at a nonverbal level.
  • Enhance the feeling awareness of your social interconnectedness.
  • Sense what wants to emerge from the social field.
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 Instructors

Carol Zahner
MS, Dipl PW

A co-founder of Processwork Latin America, adjunct faculty at the Process Work Institute and La Escuela de Trabajo de Procesos in Barcelona. Her current research explores the combination of Processwork and Social Presencing in individual and group work; and teaching in ways which honor cultural differences.

Both Annie and Carol are authorized by Arawana Hayashi as teachers of

 Social Presencing
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Annie Blair
MA, Dipl PW, RSME

Annie uses Processwork, Social Presencing and Authentic Movement to support and accompany individuals and groups who are curious about the ways they move through the world.
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Explore How Social Presencing Can Benefit You

  • Cultivate listening to the language of your body.
  • Invite your body to take the lead. 
  • Allow your thinking mind to step back and your body’s feeling intelligence to come forward.
  • Develop your body sense of the social environment and discover what is emerging in a group.
  • Gain more options to navigate challenging situations such as conflict or unexpected change.
  • Cultivate more comfort in not knowing and open to what might be trying to emerge.

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Course Dates and Times

FOUNDATIONAL DAILY PRACTICES

Tuesday October 12, 
3 Hours
4 PM (PDT)
7 PM (EDT)
10 AM (AEDT) (Oct. 13)

Today, we focus on two individual practices that form the basis of all other practices. 

Mindfulness of Body: Turning our attention inward, we attend to our bodies as sensing organs with friendly interest and without judgment. We feel more grounded and present which cultivates natural openness and interest in the world around us.

Stuck - From the Present to the Emerging Future: Believing that there is wisdom within a sticky situation, this practice is a “process that transforms a present challenge into a future possibility.”

FOCUS ON SOCIAL INTERACTION

Tuesday October 19, 
3 Hours
4 PM (PDT)
7 PM (EDT)
10 AM (AEDT) (Oct. 20)

We will do practices to cultivate awareness of:-the social body, a physical group of people-the social field or the interiority of a social group, the feeling quality of relationships with ourselves, each other, and the unfolding situation in a group.We start with non-verbal duet conversations and expand to groups of 4-5. Moments of stillness and resonance deepen the experiences.

CREATIVE POTENTIAL IN OBSTACLES

Tuesday October 26, 
3 Hours
4 PM (PDT)
7 PM (EDT)
10 AM (AEDT) (Oct. 27)

The Stuck Practice from session 1 is expanded by adding the forces that affect the sticky situation. A small group embodies the feeling of being stuck as well as the internal or external elements that block, pull in two directions, push down, etc. To discover the wisdom in this system we first clarify it and then let the it move and show the emerging future.

Everyone is Welcome

No previous experience with Social Presencing or Processwork is necessary to attend. 

For Those With Processwork Backgrounds:

  • Increase awareness in proprioceptive and movement channels.
  • Offer formats that could be applied to edge work and group dynamics
  • Give practice accessing a nonlinear state of mind.
Photo: Ricardo Dutra Presencing Institute

Course
Fee:
$240

Includes All Sessions
and Materials

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