The idea of this event is to provide trainers and/or future trainers with an informal platform to practice and to give a group of potential students a first taste of the Human Systems Curriculum.

Setup : 4 types of explorations taking place in 4 different spaces/rooms

Format: 20 to 30 minutes per exploration – 5 to 10 minutes break between

Stations

  1. LOSS OF MEANING. 1 trainer, 1 – 3 participants Props: prints of the following sheet, pens, dark chocolate. While eating dark chocolate with closed eyes, everybody thinks of a situation where they experienced loss of meaning. Everybody fills out the sheet and shares.
  2. CONFESSION 1 trainer, 1 participant Props: bathtub with pillows, candles (no bright light), lipstick with that you can take notes writing on the bathtub and delete it. They sit opposite of each other. Participant is confessing a situation that still triggers shame/guilt/pain/sadness in them. Can be a situation from every day life like stealing your flatmates last sip of milk. Trainer supports participant in defining feelings, expressed/ supressed values and norms. Often there is a conflict between either norms and values or between two values.
  3. ON MY OWN TERMS 1 trainer, 1 – 3 participants Props: paper and pen. Everybody simultaniously brainstorms on same adjectives and then exchanges. To seem this way to others, I've been... But being this way on my own terms, means being...
  4. VALUEGASM 1 trainer, 1 participant Starting from a participant's practice that is import to him/her, trainer formulates one value of the participant in an adverbial phrase as precisely as possible. The following set of questions is useful. Starting point: a personal practice/ activity e.g waking up early in the morning to have time for oneself, or bouldering, or visiting one's grandma once a week.
  5. What is it that you do (the practice) ?
  6. What is important (most important) for you about this practice?
  7. What do you look forward to when you think about this practice?
  8. How do you feel during the practice?
  9. How do you feel afterwards?
  10. What are other situations when you feel that way? With this information trainer formulates one value in an adverbial phrase and checks in with the person if it is resonating and adjusts it. In our experience, if you can nail it, for the receiver it feels like a gift and can make the person quiet emotional and happy. Examples for such values we had: „living in a way that is mindful of evolving realities“ „in a way that makes space to get in touch with how I am and who I am today“ „living in a manner that seeks to expand the understanding of myself“ Resolution / Closing circle: Each participant is invited to share his highlights.

Invitation text

Dear You, « We're embarking on a journey, and you're invited! A few of the paths we'll adventure down: A safari in search of the elusive values orgasm, Scaling the infamous Perception Mountain (aka, Perception Molehill), Sneaking into to the cave of the meaning of (your) life, and participating in a Magik Tombola, complete with shamanic prizes that we'll dream about for weeks! This evening will change our worlds. Be our guest on [[DATE]] from [[START TIME]] to [[END TIME]]. Confirm your attendance, and we will send you the event location a few days in advance. » Introduction round : Sitting in a circle, we take a look at the person sitting on either side of us, then take time to acknowledge the presence of each person sitting in the circle. Brief explanation of each exploration (one on one or 1 to 3 participants) and invitation to stay in touch with one's limits and emotional safety. Name circle : each person would say his name, how they feel and say who invited them to the event.

NOTES AND FURTHER IDEAS

At the end we wanted to make a TOMBOLA (RAFFEL/LOTTERY) but unfortunately we din't have time for that :-(. Collect all names into a hat. Everybody thinks of something in their life they would like to honor or celebrate. E.g. having taken an important decision, a quality in oneself, a person, a weakness. Some winners names are pulled out, and those people get a personal ritual designed for them. The designing process happens in small groups simultaneously.