Join the Facebook group for peer practice of the basics.

Feel free to join the Facebook group for peer practice of the basics, in a tightly held structure. It’s not free-form, free-flow for a reason. Think of it as a bike with training wheels on…

Heres’ the blurb:

Unpleasant feelings - and the sense of separateness one experiences when troubled - often transform of their own accord when you are respected and accepted just as you are, however you are.

Or, as Parker Palmer puts it: “The human soul doesn’t want to be advised or fixed or saved. It simply wants to be witnessed — to be seen, heard and companioned exactly as it is.”

Now - as simple as this might sound - it is an extremely rare experience in ordinary circumstances, as the types of habitual reactions Parker mentions are so deeply ingrained in us they happen automatically.

However, this kind of ‘respectful witnessing companionship’ with oneself or others just as we are is the bedrock of mindful communication. Once this type of connection is made solutions to problems often emerge effortlessly, or the problems themselves can diminish or even vanish.

Powerful stuff eh?

In this group, you can receive NVC* structured empathy comments that redirect your attention from your normal thinking mind to the here and now aliveness of your feelings and needs, and the deeper longings of your fuller self.

If you fancy giving it a go, click the ‘View / Join Group’ button, answer the safety questions and read the first pinned announcement post for guidance on how to be in the space, and what do/expect.

*NVC = Nonviolent Communication