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Exploring the Intersection between you and the world..
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Dear Reader, There is so much noise everywhere it’s easy to become overwhelmed. Bam. Bam. Bam. Our bodies feel the pressure and pull of competing agendas and meanwhile our time can easily be usurped by devices designed to keep us there. Never before have we had so much access to what’s going on in other places, knowledge and answers, and also so much fluff! In this cacophony, some of us want to curl up under a doona and find quiet, some want to rage against injustice, some want to understand what’s going on, some want to zoom in on our relationships as a nurturing balm. Chances are you have all of these aspects going on inside you among many others, all equally important. With so much access to content, including so much need and urgency, it almost becomes an act of rebellion to slow down. To listen. We live in times that demand action, but what does that action look like? Our annual Open Community Conference for 2026 is coming up in August and our focus for this year is When the World speaks - Radical listening in Urgent times. Open to everyone, this in person workshop takes the key root of Process Work – Awareness – and explores what it means to listen to different parts of our identity and others with awareness, and bring them into relational and community life for a better world. “Awareness isn’t passive. Inherent in awareness is action” Dr Jane Martin and Dr Martin Hemsley – henceforth known as the martinis (and yes, we did just make that up without them knowing but we’re sticking with it - consider them as a cocktail of knowledge) explain below some of the ideas behind the event and how we will explore them together. Embrace the rare chance to step out of the noise and into something meaningful, in community and in person. Spots are limited, so we encourage you to book early. When the world speaks: Radical Listening in Urgent Times Listening is a sustainable act. When we consider listening as its own form of power, we begin to experience an energetic presence that uncovers, holds and heals. In addition to the conference, we’ve got some other brilliantly rich ways you can listen to and explore the intersection between yourself and the world in the coming months, depending on what speaks to you: Listen to the wisdom in your body at The Dreambody’s Call, an in-person workshop exploring the connection between our body and our dreams, right around the corner on the Sunday and Monday following the conference. Come to both for a four-day deep dive. The Dreambody’s Call Listen to your deeper self and learn how loving up and integrating your unique quirks, strengths and challenges into your work can become your superpower. Explore your style, anti-style and build the conditions to bring your superpower into your practice in - Your Therapist/ Facilitator Style – Practice Lab And explore listening, truth-telling and how to be a good ally in this workshop where you can build your capacity to model ways of being and acting which are anti-racist and be more confident in countering racism in your interactions with others. Across the Divide: Can we talk about racism? Finally, we are thrilled that our Two year Process Work Study Program (Byron cohort) is starting for the first time soon on the 24th July. The Byron Bay cohort will only be open for applications every two years - and there are only two places left in this 2026-2028 cohort! What are you not listening to? Warmly, ANZPOP *Did an amazing friend or colleague forward this email to you? Click here to get it directly into your inbox |
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Thought-provoking ideas, and transformative tools and training for working with individuals, groups, organisations, and communities.
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