The key to transformation is self-awareness. A transformational leader helps participants bring attention to hidden assumptions, which are often part of our default stories or identities, such as the lost child or hard-hearted person. We do this through the safe witnessing of habitual thinking and judgments.

Mind-body experiences are an invitation to go on a journey of exploration and self-inquiry. The value of experience is that it is engaging. It lets people find answers for themselves, have a stake in what they create, and then share their discoveries with others.

Learning is enriched and deepened when experiences are personally relevant, emotionally stimulating, new and different, reinforced through repetition, and engaged through multiple modalities.16 Mind-body experiences are the vehicle for exponential learning in a transformational workshop. They connect people to themselves, others, and the natural

The Chinese proverb says it this way: “I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.”

Learning endures longer when a leader guides learners to take time to focus on what’s rewarding and meaningful about an experience. When the leader directs awareness to how growth feels in the body, participants can consciously absorb and savor the experience. By letting it really sink in, the learning is internalized and becomes a part of the

In this sense, transformation is a continual process of moving to a new stage that transcends and includes the old.5

Mind-body experiences are the vehicle for delivering the workshop content. The best ones follow a three-step process—safety, experience, and integration. We refer to this as the transformational learning cycle, which is a facilitated process of self-discovery.

Mind-body experiences, such as conscious dialogue and somatic awareness activities, are the vehicles of transformational learning. They move us toward greater insight and empathy and induce liminal states where new possibilities can emerge.

Together, a holistic view, intentional community, self-awareness, embodied leadership, mind-body experiences, and group wisdom create the conditions for transformation, regardless of the workshop topic. Each person gets what they need and leaves the workshop with a renewed sense of purpose in life. The ultimate impact of the transformational