Encountering the Self – a Foundation Lab (ESFL)

For whom:

People from all walks of life, anyone above the age of 18 years, specifically people who are attending an experiential lab for the first time

Objectives:

To gain deeper awareness and understanding of self and one’s interfaces and relationships
- To become aware of one’s patterns of behaviour and process of making choices. This includes looking at one’s blind spots, defences and hidden potentials
- To experience the world of one’s feelings and understand / integrate it with thought and action
To experiment with new behaviours / expression that may have hitherto been withheld, or denied
To build capability to learn through sharing (self disclosure) and reflection

How does this happen:

Learning is facilitated by encounters within the group
Facilitator creating safe conditions to promote self disclosure, dignity and mutual respect
Working with the ‘here and now’ data, individual and group patterns as they emerge

Expectations from the participant:

Some possible take aways for participants:

Ability to examine current beliefs and judgments about self and other
Build an ability to question and confront with dignity
Ability to empathise, and to value subjective human realities of others (that is beyond “objective data”)
Energy and commitment to new action, and new meanings and perspectives