'Conscious Relating' workshops
Next Melbourne Events:
"Reflections" Playshop" on Fri 24th Feb 2012 (6.45pm-9.45pm)
Conscious Relating: "Silent Speed Dating" on Fri 30 March
Do you ever wonder: How can I relate to others more? Or How can I express myself better? Do you know your boundaries and how to communicate them so you feel safe to connect? How often do you really 'see' someone, and feel that others really 'see' & 'get' you?
Arven of Evolving Man & Kimberley from Spiritual Speed Dating have created a series of new fun experiential events about learning to be more present & connected.
[Although intersecting strongly with Evolving Man work, this is a 'Your Peace Within' event.]
Introduction:
Conscious Relating is a phrase that can mean many things across a broad spectrum.
So here are our simple definitions:
- A Beginner/Intermediate workshop in learning to connect more authentically through simple & fun practices.
- Activities based on the more straightforward and enjoyably challenging Authentic Communication and Expressive Therapies games & practices.
- Exploring communicating more openly & honestly, without dumping or projecting.
- Practicing owning our own space and being less concerned about what others think of us.
- Enjoying the opportunities to be more human, open & real in a safe, facilitated environment.
Arven is a transformational coach trained in transpersonal & expressive therapies, and since 2009 has designed & facilitated experiential menswork and also conscious relating groups.
Kimberley is a yoga teacher and also co-facilitates Spiritual Speed Dating (SSD) events (a series of short dates & ice-breaker exercises). And is an assistant facilitator of the Essential Man weekends.
If you have come to this page via the Spiritual Speed Dating site/list, please note that whilst people might indeed make social connections at Conscious Relating, most are NOT specifically dating events, but something quite different.
Only our 'Silent Speed Dating' event is a Dating environment'. 'Connections' and 'Reflections' are NOT.
We cannot distribute contact details between participants after 'Connections' or 'Reflections'. If you would like to connect further with someone you meet at one of those workshops please ask them after the event has closed before they leave, or give them your card before you leave.
Core Details on the Playshops:
These events provide opportunities for people interested in relating consciously & respectfully - both singles and those in committed relationships - to explore connection exercises with each other in a safe & fun environment. (Recommended min. age: 25+.)
In our high-paced society opportunities to evolve somatic (feeling-based) connection skills have been mostly lost. This often leaves people feeling dissatisfied. That is because these ways of relating are foundationally more important than what we say, or what we wear, etc, when it comes to how people feel about us.
They all firmly into the categories of personal development and building more solid relational skills. It also falls firmly into the categories of fun, connection, sharing, and meeting interesting new people. Come along with the aim of gaining new perspectives & awarenesses that you can then take out into your everyday world.
The facilitators take part in many exercises because we want to promote an environment of mutual empowerment, not a hierarchy. Plus we enjoy the learning & sharing of this lovely work.
The Different Conscious Relating Events:
The "Connections" Playshop
Our standard event. Learning to be more fluent & comfortable in relating to others, through enjoyable connection games and practices. Exercises include simple impro games, presence-sharing practices, exploring personal energy, and revealing a bit of who we are behind the social masks. A little on the edge of the comfort zone for some, but firmly designed as an enjoyable evening out
For further information & to book for the next Connections Playshop event: www.trybooking.com/SCP
The "Reflections" Playshop
Very similar to the 'Connections' playshop. The most significant differences are more of an emphasis on verbal sharing practices about who we really are, and feedback exercises in how we perceive others. (It can be very evolutionary to allow ourselves to communicate these things.) It's still designed as more of a fun night out rather than an 'intensive' workshop, and participants _never_ have to say anything they would rather not.
For further information & to book for the next Reflections playshop: www.trybooking.com/SCP
"Silent Speed Dating"
This is not the same as the Eye-Gazing Parties popular in the UK and the US, though there are some similarities. In those overseas events people gaze into different partners eyes, then all go to the pub.
This event is Concious Relating & Silent Dating combined. It is a series of different fun and gently challenging non-verbal connection practices (including, but not limited to, eye-gazing). Plus we don't go to a bar afterwards. Rather we intersperse the evening with short opportunities to give each other feedback in the same pairs or in small groups. (As well as a couple of whole-group practices.)
For further information and to book for Silent Speed Dating: www.trybooking.com/BDOB
Practicalities:
Please arrive by ten minutes before the advertised start time, and leave enough time to park your car if you are not familiar with the venue. Also, please do not arrange to have to rush off at exactly the advertised finish time. You may wish to wind down or chat to people you have been sharing practices with, and occasionally the final exercises might run slightly over.
Conscious Relating events are life-practice, NOT focused therapy. All participants MUST be able to hold basic everyday respectful space for themselves and others, and as part of their attendance are acknowledging their commitment to that responsibility.
Bookings are essential, as we closely balance the ratio of M/F participants at these events.
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