'ESSENTIAL WOMEN'

(Supporting the Essential Man intensives)

Information for those women who have been invited as participant supporters in the Essential Man workshops

Some of the Essential Man intensive weekends include a day that hinges around a variety of exercises where men connect & communicate with women in experiential 'Conscious Relating' and 'Authenticity' exercises. We do this in order to take advantage of the opportunities to 'be in' the charge & reflection (and magic) that occurs when conscious men & woman hold space together. For many men one of the most challenging aspects of life is how to relate to women, and exploring that in a solid framework of exercises is immensely powerful.

We invite women we know who are already immersed in their own personal development journeys to support this journey. If this sounds like something you'd be very interested in being involved feel free to contact us. If we don't know you well, most likely we would need to experience you in workshop settings (not necessarily ours) before we could consider you as a supporter. These days also provide valuable experiences for the women participants.

Essential Women - What You Will Gain:

These exercises are designed around the men as active/directional participants, and women as the receptive/responsive participants. However women participants will equally benefit.

You will engage with some very real & open men, who are courageously stepping into self-discovery. Also the exercises will reveal as much to you about your feeling-self & response patterns as the men will discover about themselves.

The exercises in essence are typically fun (and sometimes a little on the edge) exploration of conscious communication. However, each women decides the depth to which she will engage in any practice. You are empowered to decide on your own edges of experience.

The 'Essential Women' are also part of an evolving new workshop format, which could move into professional work for suitable women, as the events continue and your experience of conscious relating evolves.

Essential Women - Workshop Specifics:

Exercises women are involved in include:
Transformational 'Circling' (feeling-based conscious group feedback),
Sitting in Presence (engaging without words, and experiencing whatever arises),
Energetic Response (showing your degree of comfort in a man’s presence),
Somatic Connection (feeling, movement & simple interactions),
Raw Feedback (voicing how you perceive a man in various expressive/communication exercises),
Sharing Circles (offerings of what all participants experienced – the human journey of relating).  

You don't need to 'perform', or be anything other than human. What we ask is for you to just authentically be yourself, expressing your experience just exactly as you are able to. The men are coached to own & process their own responses. Women will also hold sharing circle together, apart from the men, with a female facilitator. We cannot detail the specifics of the exercises here because that would give any male participants reading this too much information (removing the valuable and potent element of surprise). The exercises vary every workshop in any case.

Essential Women - Workshop Practicalities:

You are required to attend the full final day of the Essential Man intensive. Plus -prior to that- there is usually a whole Women's Day where you go through the key exercises with the male facilitators and assistants. And also supported by women assistants who are experienced at working with us. Occasionally there is also a women's evening required. And sometimes we combine the preparation work with Conscious Relating events. Women who are already very familiar with our work may exceptionally be allowed to miss these, but that would be unusual: preparation is important.

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