The Art of Listening: Resonance

This weekend immersion is focused on getting in touch and being touched. Resonance means being in connection with and impacted by something outside of ourselves and implies staying open in an exploration of the relationships we are in.

...a kind of relationship to the world, formed through affect and emotion, intrinsic interest, and perceived self-efficacy, in which subject and world are mutually affected and transformed. Resonance is not an echo, but a responsive relationship, requiring that both sides speak with their own voice…

Resonant relationships require that both subject and world be sufficiently “closed” or self-consistent so as to each speak in their own voice, while also remaining open enough to be affected or reached by each other.
- Hartmut Rosa

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At this weekend immersion we will continue playing with the themes from the first Art of Listening event, by exploring the experience of resonance. Through Circling, Relatefulness, Surrendered Leadership and various embodiment practices we will be playing with the balance between “healthy independence” and “healthy interdependence” to get closer to a responsive relationship to each other and the world. 

Resonance happens when we let go of our knowing and allow ourselves to experience the world and each other anew. 

Some of the themes of the weekend will be: 
- Touching your longings for life.
- Accessing awe and wonder.
- How to be in the unknown with someone else. 
- The difference between reacting and responding.
- Making life an artform. 

Please do this at home: 
We want the workshop to be an inspiration for everyone who participates (including ourselves) to live more resonant lives. Our intention is that you will go home from this workshop with an idea of what it means to be in a more resonant relationship to others and the world. We will also follow the workshop up with an integration call around 10 days after the end, to inspire all of us to experiment with our listening after we leave the workshop setting. 

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Movement/Bodywork/touch: 
We will be exploring the ways we can listen more to other bodies through facilitated exercises inspired by dance, tai chi, body therapy and other forms of bodywork. The way in is to discover how we can get out of our own way and really trust in our embodied experiences.  

Circling/relatefulness: 
We will be practicing awareness in connection. Being present with someone else while staying open to the impact they are having on you, listening with your emotional body as well as hearing the words. When we stay open to and listen to each other in presence we can step into new territory and explore connection and resonance.

Throughout the workshop we will bring in these facilitated practices to discover and play with new parts of ourselves and then go into Surrendered Leadership circles to play with resonance in an “as close to real life as we can come” container. 

Surrendered Leadership: 
We use surrendered leadership, an open container that in many ways simulate life (or at least seems to allow us to experience ourselves in the ways we instinctively show up around other people) as a testing ground. Usually what happens is that we get to see that it is difficult for us to do something new and maybe also get in touch with why and do small experiments with stepping into the unknown together. 

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Time and place

Introduction: October 17th, 18.00-21.00
If you want a short taster or feel uncertain if this weekend is for you, please come to our intro night where we will create a gentle landing pad for working with resonance.

Immersion: October 18-19th, 10.00-18.00
At the immersion we go deeper into exploring resonance through various exercises and through surrendered leadership practice.  

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Price and payment info
If you just want to come to the intro, it's 30 euros.

The price for the immersion is 300 euros, this includes the intro, the cat party and the integration call. Also some snacks during the weekend, but please bring your own lunch.  

If you are not able to pay this price but really want to participate, you are most welcome to contact us and we can look into the possibility of a discount and/or work exchange arrangement. 

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Leaders
This weekend is led by Peter Munthe-Kaas, supported by Tova Ekenberg and Navi Camilla Säregård. 

Peter Munthe-Kaas
I am a Copenhagen based researcher, body therapist, coach and workshop facilitator. I am interested in practices that support me and others in relating and listening better and believe that the ability to relate to myself, others, society and nature is key to living a happy life in service of what is good in the world.

Tova Ekenberg
I split my time between working as an actress/performer, researching how to live in alignment with a thriving earth and creating space for personal development. I first discovered Circling in 2018 and have been leading the practice since completing my leadership training with Circling Europe (now Transformational Connection) last year. With a background in the Performing Arts I am translating my training as an actress and dancer into transformative practices that foster playfulness, body awareness and personal + collective growth.

Navi Camilla Säregård
I'm Navi Camilla Säregård, I'm a somatic coach and experimentalist with a background in individual bodywork and nervous system regulation, as well as facilitation of relational- and embodiment based practices in groups. I hold that we both as individuals and groups absolutely can find real alignment and aliveness in all aspects of life, and my kink is working with change in all its forms.