Social Presencing Series
USA/Europe Lab
Navigating Conflict with Our Extended Minds:
A Systemic Embodied Approach
A Systemic Embodied Approach
Do you ever find yourself either making a mess in conflict or avoiding it altogether? In this 6 week Lab learn tools to increase your conflict competence.
12 hours — 6 weekly 2 hour Zoom sessions
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Times are based on Portland, Oregon USA.
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In this Lab you:
- develop your extended mind by drawing on the intelligence that exists in your body, and
- learn ways to use this intelligence when navigating conflict.
- develop your extended mind by drawing on the intelligence that exists in your body, and
- learn ways to use this intelligence when navigating conflict.
You will learn social arts practices from Theory U which give you:
- practical information about a conflict,
- options for interventions, and
- an inner sense of grounded openness to approach difficult situations.
- practical information about a conflict,
- options for interventions, and
- an inner sense of grounded openness to approach difficult situations.
For more in depth learning and practical application we suggest you choose a specific conflict to study throughout the Lab.
Lab content
Social Arts Practices from Theory U
Stuck Practice
We allow our bodies to physically shape and express the tensions within a conflict. This is done both individually and in groups
Generative Movement Conversation
While practicing open mind and not knowing, we allow fresh interactions to emerge through our movements. We develop our ability for co-creation in one to one conversation.
Generative Group Interaction
Expanding the previous practice, we develop our ability for co-creation in group conversations. We notice how much can be communicated by embodiment and the spatial relationships
Three Dimensional System Sculpting
Three Dimensional System Sculpting: Using simple objects, we create a three dimensional mock-up of a conflict. Looking at it from different perspectives we gain a deeper understanding of relationships and see new options for interventions.
Four Dimensional System Mapping
To create a map of the current reality individuals will physically take on roles and their location in the system. By stepping into the system each player finds their spatial orientation to the whole and to others. Pausing, players sense into the system and then allow a new configuration to emerge - creating a second map. From this shared experience players and observers discuss leverage points and future actions.
Fundamental Embodied Awareness
In each session we will practice developing our capacity to be aware of embodied connection to self, the space around us, people and the earth.
Who is it for?
This work is for those interested in using what science writer Annie Murphy Paul calls our “extended mind”. We can tap the intelligence that exists beyond our brains—in our bodies, our surroundings, and our relationships.
“Thinking outside the brain means skillfully engaging … – the feelings and movements of our bodies, the physical spaces in which we learn and work, and the minds of other people around us… By reaching beyond the brain ….. we are able to focus more intently, comprehend more deeply, and create more imaginatively – to entertain ideas that would be literally unthinkable by the brain alone. ……”The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain by Annie Murphy Paul
The Extended Mind:
The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain by Annie Murphy Paul
Theory U and Social Presencing
Fundamental to this Lab is Presencing, an open mind state of not knowing to allow fresh information to emerge.
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Everyone is Welcome
No previous experience with Social Presencing or Processwork is necessary
From a Processwork approach this Lab will:
Lab Fee: $360
Financial Equity Rates:Rate 2 - $252 checkout code: FinEQRate 3 - $144 checkout code: FinEQ3
Rate 2 - $252 checkout code: FinEQ
Rate 3 - $144 checkout code: FinEQ3
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