The Art of Facilitation

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.

In the end, what we all need is in every one of us. When you strip it all away, insight and empathy are already on board guiding us. We already have everything we need. By simply acting out of our true nature, we nudge ourselves along the path we are already on.

What if a company did everything within its power to create the conditions for individuals to overcome their own internal barriers to change, to take stock of and transcend their own blind spots, and to see errors and weaknesses as prime opportunities for personal growth? What would it look like to “do work” in a way that enabled organizations and

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.

The essential conditions for transformation in workshops are co-created by the leader and the participants. As an embodied leader, you form an intentional community where people can meet, join, and belong. Your holistic view honors the inherent worth of each person, and you believe that everyone already has what they need to live a purposeful life.

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 part

Self-awareness is the key to transformation. With self-awareness comes self-regulation—an ability to effectively monitor and manage one’s behavior, emotions, and thoughts.

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

This work is deeply personal, and it invites you to do your own transformative work, because who you are is more important than what you teach.