As we move into the winter months, you are warmly invited to join this six-week exploration of Relatefulness.
Relatefulness is an exciting and evolving practice, centred on bringing awareness and creativity into how we relate with ourselves and with other people. You can think of it as ‘bringing mindfulness into relationships’, remembering that just as mindfulness can be calm, peaceful and grounded, it can also be embodied, playful and passionate.
This exploration will be a warmly held group experience, offering:
- An opportunity to learn skills and perspectives that you can use to find more peace and possibility in all of your relationships (including friendships, romantic relationships, family relationships, and work relationships)
- The chance to form meaningful connections with other participants as we meet and practise together over six weeks
- An orientation, and preparation, for the different kinds of sessions and trainings offered by the Relateful Company
The group is ideally suited to people new to the practice, or for people within their first few months of exploring the practice (more experienced practitioners seeking a refresher and / or a meaningful group experience are also welcome to join).
The group will run online, for 6 x 2 hour sessions, taking place on Sundays
- It will start on Sunday 10 November and run weekly through to Sunday 15 December
- The sessions will take place at 12-2pm US Central Time (6-8pm UK time, 7-9pm Central European Time)
- Group size is capped at 8.
- There will be suggestions for activities to try out between sessions to deepen the learning experience.
Lead by: Will Jefferson
Price: The investment for the course is $200.
What people are saying about Relatefulness
- “It is a paradigm that has shifted my entire life and the way I communicate and move through the world. It is a practice that I wish everyone would have” - Lisa
- “It is a way of being my truest self, a way of deeply connecting to people, to life, to love.” - Naren
- “These experiences cause my universe to expand and be richer. I know more of myself when I see another who sees me and offers me a mirror to see myself” - Barbara
The learning in this exploration will be experiential. After short explanations and demonstrations, the majority of the group time will be given to pair and whole-group practice exercises.
As the weeks progress, there will be opportunities to experience both “Focus Sessions” (in which we all have our attention on one person, and get to experience what it is like to be ourselves as we also know them as they are) and “Flow Sessions” (in which we interact as a group in an open-ended way, discovering what arises in us and between us).
The topics covered will depend on participant interests, and will include:
- Present-moment awareness: How do we know ourselves as we are in each moment? How can we cultivate curiosity and compassion for what we encounter in ourselves?
- Knowing others as they are: How can we move beyond our stories of who someone is to know them as they are from moment to moment?
- Authenticity: What is it like for me as I am with others? Do I feel like I am being myself, or are there ways in which I change myself to “fit in” somehow?
- Self-leadership: When I am with others, what am I wanting and needing? How can I find the clarity and confidence to express my values in ways that respect the choice of others?
About the facilitator -
Will Jefferson is a facilitator with The Relateful Company and has been leading mindfulness-based workshops since 2013. He holds a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Oxford, and wrote his dissertation on the moral significance of empathy. In addition to his training in Relatefulness, he has extensive experience in Nonviolent Communication, Improvised Theatre, Poetry, Meditation and Pilgrimage.
What people are saying about Will’s sessions:
- “Humble, brilliant, and wildly creative, Will invites us to sit together in the unknowing, and to wonder together. The spaces between his sentences are as imbued with presence and transmission as his words.” - Valerie
- “I love being in the spaces that Will creates and inhabits, where it feels like anything is possible. I have a deep and growing trust in Will’s loving intention as a human and a facilitator. I remember coming out of Will’s sessions feeling amazing, alive and transformed!” - Christine
If you have any question email us at [email protected]