There is an intention to resume my diary of the warrior without weapons, and do it with reflections from the 4-day training program with
Max and Ellen Schupbach in Kyiv, Ukraine. I'll post some of the quotes, learnings, insights.
DAY 1: How does the body help you lead?A body symptom is something, which is strange, "not me", not good or positive. Yet body symptoms are meaningful. To find the meaning out of it we could use our subjective experience. Instead of saying: I wonna get rid of it, use it to find information about/for yourself.
For example: foresightedness tells you - to see the bigger picture, rather than focus on details. It's new and unusual when it starts, and later it becomes part of a person who wears glasses. Part of the identity. Or another example: tiredness might mean to relax, take easy and enjoy things, take one step at a time. It tells you something about another type of being. And you can take a lot from noticing it, naming, feeling and catching it.
What's the process in pairs?
a. describe your project you're currentily in, what are you facing now?
b. scan your body and notice a symptom
c. how do you experience that? show it with the hand movement (then - amplify it with another hand, to feel the unknown or X-energy and become this energy)
d. what are your feelings? what might be a slogan or branding phrase for the feeling?
e. follow this energy and make some steps
f. notice what kind of figure is walking (person, clown, animal)?
g. what is the ghost role in your society that is opposing this figure? what is the relationship?
h. what does it tell you? what kind of support do you need to help the figure manifest in your project?
i. how does the new identity impact the bigger field/your network/circle of friends and colleagues?
It's incredible to have this wisdom from Max and Ellen: "
Every time you change a little bit, you change the Ukraine". Even minor change matters. Moreover, why the politics are not the change agents? Their role is defined, and it already point to the past and present. What points to the future is the ghost role. That's why, for example, to quote Max: "Usually future hopes of people are connected with the President, but he/she is the history already, and you are the people who could bring changes".
Some additional questions to think about: + what's your growth edge as a facilitator?
+ how does your unknown or X-energy helps you in the facilitation process?
During the group process, ask yourself as a facilitator:- What do I think is happening here?
- Who should I have to be the opposite to it?
- Notice the signals, and changes in the atmosphere (not for the good or bad, but just notice)
Usually, groups are organized in the simple structure, compared to the individual (1-on-1 process), who has a very complex system to grapple with.
Some additional questions to think about: + who irritated you the most in this group process?
+ how could you use it in the positive way?
Insight: to use the body symptom or something which is "bad" or disturbs you, and find the most valuable information for you, take the most out of it, and direct to learn from it and apply in your leadership. Oftentimes after that the symptom disappears, as well as irritations and frustrations. What a wonderful gift for today!
