Are you an inspired guide, companion, teacher or facilitator open to developing, deepening or learning new skills in how to guide or invite others skillfully in their inner experiential landscape?  

Would you like to breathe new life into your approach, or perhaps want to review your practice?  

Are you new or on the path to being a guide or a teacher in supporting others in their inner journey?

Guiding others in the complexity of their inner emotional and experiential landscape is an exquisite art, often challenging us to come from our deepest source of authenticity and creativity. There are however many pitfalls, such as being over prescriptive and mechanistic - hostage to guiding by rote, or leading purely from 'the Cartesian thought based mind' or simply having a shortfall in helpful linguistic distinctions, or even elements of anxiety within us that can get in the way, to mention but a few.

The emphasis of the course will be on what it means to come from an embodied quality of Presence which is able to rest deeply, naturally expressing itself creatively and compassionately. You can integrate the skills offered into your particular discipline.

On this course we will explore and offer depth learning in; 

• How to offer exquisitely skilfull and subtle guidance creating a rewarding and empowering experience for the participant. 
• How to lead and come from a living, embodied-intuitive fresh edge sense rather than leading from the head by rote.
  
• How to connect with your authentic, grounded, stable and centred sense of yourself.  
• Offering creative and inspiring guidance even from challenging states of mind.
• Gaining helpful linguistic distinctions allowing you to guide with finer choice and more precision.
  
• Experience a joyful sense of creativity and empowerment, inviting a flexibility in approach. 

For Guides, companions or Teachers in Therapy, Mindfulness, Meditation, Dharma, NVC, Focusing, Personal Development, Educational Teachers, Group facilitators, Team leaders etc.

Level Seasoned guides and companions who are open to new skills or want to refresh and deepen, also relevant for those with some experience of teaching or in the process of training up.

How does the Guiding work?

Fun, play, safety, experiential, small group meetups, plenaries, interactive, emergent, exciting, community together-orientated and totally live is my style. There is plenty of room to process - there will be conscious pauses to breathe and settle, to savour the experience and deepen connection - and enjoy connecting and learning in an easy and relaxed way.

A unique hallmark of my approach: Unshakable Presence

This approach is a distillation of the three paradigms of Mindfulness, Focusing and Nonviolent Communication creating a powerful synergy that facilitates an exquisite inner relationship and an ability to come from a grounded awareness for deep, resilient and creative connection for an unshakable Presence. 

Your Guide Simon McKibbin aka Sinhaketu

I am a member of the Triratna Buddhist Order and have been teaching and training professionally in Mindfulness and other Presence related skills for 30 years. I have taught extensively throughout the Buddhist Order and I am currently a teacher for the University of Cambridge, as well as in many other corporate and educational bodies.

I am also affiliated to the Mindfulness in Schools Project, Breathworks (Mindfulness and Pain Management), the Centre for Nonviolent Communication, and the British Focusing Association and associate Mindfulness teacher at the University of Cambridge.

Dates September 7, 14, 21, 28. October 19, 26. 2023

Day Thursday. Time 12.15 - 1.45 pm BST. 6 sessions over 8 weeks.

Cost: £150

Concession £120

Members of Triratna Order (OM's, Friends and Mitras) recommended donation £60 (or otherwise)

(Please, if finances is going to prevent you from coming along please chat to me, we can work something out, I would love for you to be there).

ALL COURSES: Presence, NVC and Focusing: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/livingpresence

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