Resiliency Circles
Build Relational Resiliency & Agency
for Systems Transformation
Why Resiliency Circles in a Time of Metacrisis?
"To go fast, go alone.
To go far, go with others."
Changing systems and building new cultures requires robust movements. So many groups, communities and organizations, however, fail to engage in a sustained way because they struggle to manage interpersonal tensions. A Metacrisis frame shows us that to enact deep change in the world, we must build our own capacity for wise and compassionate relating.
Resiliency Circles (RCs) offer a unique small-group environment, facilitated by trained somatic professionals recognized by the United States Association for Body Psychotherapy, to experience a (mostly) safe, enjoyable and developmental space. You will learn to embody wise relational habits: authentic and compassionate relating, attunement to self and others and co-regulate your emotions - exploring and catalyzing emotions somatically in real-time with others - furthering wisdom, trust, and intimacy.
Learn to be fully yourself together with others, honouring the wisdom of the body, in service of societal transformation.
What happens in a Resiliency Circle?
2 Professionally trained facilitators will guide sessions to focus on the present moment experience of each group members, and let free associations flow from there, supporting body awareness and deep authenticity. Each session begins with a short embodied practice, and participants are then encouraged to share the present moment experience. This includes sharing your thoughts, feelings and sensations or reactions, and growing one's capacity to listen to one's embodied experience.
12 sessions to RISE towards the Metacrisis
RELATE - Sessions #1-4: Co-create a sense of group safety, trust and intimacy with others by connecting to your present moment experience of the body, emotions and relational patterns.
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Build embodied self-awareness and recognize what safety and belonging looks like for you in group settings.
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Strengthen your capacity for authentic presence, which includes compassion and curiosity for impact on others
INQUIRE - Sessions #5–8: Identify and surface structural or systemic forces and power dynamics at play within yourself and group interactions.
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Increase your awareness of how your different identities (gender, ethnic, religious, socioeconomic, etc) shape personal and group dynamics.
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Develop the capacity to discuss, question and process these dynamics, fostering equity and mutual respect.
STRATEGIZE - Sessions #9–11: Plan for continuing relational growth in everyday life, with a commitment to critically observe and address metacrisis dynamics.
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Create personalized strategies to apply relational and justice-oriented insights beyond the group context.
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Cultivate ongoing reflection and action to dismantle harmful patterns and foster resilience and agency in wider networks.
EMPOWER - Session #12: Celebrate successes and bring compassion for challenges of your daily life integration.
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Refine your positive empathy skills, acknowledging and honoring personal and collective achievements as you apply relational practices in daily life.
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Approach ongoing challenges with self-compassion, fostering resilience and commitment to positive change.
Practical Details
Join a small group of practitioners from the Metacrisis Conference to develop the relational skills needed to make the transition happen:
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Dates: TBD
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12 Sessions of 90 minutes each
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Maximum 8 members per group
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2 Professionally trained facilitators in somatic and relational approaches
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Embody relational authenticity and compassion!
Benefits
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Experience somatic and relational transformation with Metacrisis-informed practitioners
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Develop your somatic and emotion regulation skills
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Express yourself authentically
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Feel less isolated and be join a developmental culture
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Build empathy and understand group dynamics
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Learn to co-regulate in real-time for relational resilience
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Be more assertive, and care for impact
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Develop more secure attachment patterns
Meet Your Facilitation Professionals
All Resiliency Circle facilitators have completed a professional 400-hour somatic training certified by the United States Association for Body Psychotherapy, as well as Somatic Group Process Training by NeuroSystemics. View their specific backgrounds and abilities!
