Yes" and “No"... with these skills we develop clarity on how to express our needs and wants in ways that can feel good to both us, and those with whom we are sharing them.

Session 5 :: Monday August 17th :: Noticing, Impact & Resonance

The development of attuning skills opens up the “we” space, the intersubjective field that lies between us as humans. Stepping into this field with others, even for a moment, can feel profoundly nourishing, expansive and transformative.

Session 6 :: Monday August 24th :: Closing & Celebration Circle

The nature of this course creates a deeply intimate group space between the participants. This last session is an opportunity to consciously and safely step out of this shared field while reflecting on the learnings, insights and experiences that have occurred and celebrating and appreciating the journey we took together.

Course Inclusions and Expectations

6 x 2 hour online sessions using the Zoom platform
Access to a community of like-minded participants eager to grow and learn, through social media group platforms
15-45 minutes practice ‘homework’ per week within the community
Practice manual describing each of the practices shared during the course
Edited recording of each session (personal shares are omitted from the recordings to maintain group safety)

About the Facilitator

I’ve been studying and facilitating relational practice for 10 years now.

What is being presented in this course, however, is my own set of distinctions based on my experiences and experimentation. I have a variety of teachers, many from the US that I have learnt from and a number of different ‘schools’ I’ve learnt in. I draw from learnings in Authentic Relating (Authentic World, Authentic Man Program), Circling (Integral Centre - now closed, Circling Europe), Facilitation (Diane Hamilton from 10 Directions), Integral Theory (Ken Wilber) plus much much more including study in martial arts and embodiment.

I also have a small background in psychotherapy (postgraduate certificate) and the teachings are grounded in psychology understanding, particularly Attachment Theory (which is only mentioned but not explicitly worked with in this course), developmental psychology (Robert Kegan, Clare Graves, Suzanne Cook-Greuter, Terri O’Fallon - which informs the practice through understanding development however not mentioned at all in this course, will be topic of later courses) and interpersonal psychotherapy (Karl Rogers, Eugene Gendlin: however we are definitely not doing therapy, even though many of the practices and techniques come from there).

There is a lot more behind the scenes, and if you want to know more please feel free to reach out.

- Damien Bohler