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The Poet's task
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Dear Reader, This month’s newsletter is inspired by poetry. The poet’s He looks for quiet, So we invite you to become a poet for a moment. In your body? In the world? In your relationships? In your dreams? What do you find there? Make a few notes. We begin by slowing down, seeking quiet so we can hear more clearly. We can consider other types of listening too – listening to tiny catches in our attention – micro moments we call flirts. This is catching what energies are calling us, pulling us toward them. When we can drop down into that deeper listening, and with it a deeper understanding, the sediment can settle and answers to deeper questions can surface: What is trying to be known? What might my body be saying? How does the world need me? What is the deeper energetic calling that I can use to guide my way in the world? Our annual community conference theme this year is Radical Listening. "Radical" comes from the Latin: radix, which means “root”. In this conference, we want to invite a below-the -surface listening; a going deep to the root of things. At the same time, it is also a beautiful invitation into the heart and roots of Process Work. This is a gathering for anyone called to explore the numinous, the unknown. And in true Process Work style, we will explore what we hear across multiple domains – in ourselves, our relationships and our world. Join us for the Process Work Community Conference 2026, two days built entirely around practising this, together:
✴️WHEN THE WORLD SPEAKS: RADICAL LISTENING IN URGENT TIMES Once you’ve primed yourself for listening at the community conference, why not extend the experience by listening to the calling within: 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. Or, for existing practitioners of Process Work, extend the listening directly to your work skills: ✴️PRACTICE LAB Block 3– Your Unique Therapist/ Facilitator Style Learn how loving up and integrating your unique quirks, strengths and challenges into your work can become your superpower and bring more ease and life into your work. Listen to your deeper patterning over time and utilise it for impact in: Find the essential blueprint patterns in your life, rewrite your story and harness it for your life and work in the world (a taster of this will happen at the conference too). Respond to the world’s collective calling for healing: ✴️ACROSS THE DIVIDE: CAN WE TALK ABOUT RACISM? Explore listening, truth-telling and how to be a good ally in our new offering – 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. When: 24 & 25 October (Saturday & Sunday) and ✴️TRAUMA-INFORMED FACILITATION When: 20 and 27 October (Wednesday 9.30am-12.30pm Melb time) And to end, a gift. From the renowned poet and lover of nature, Mary Oliver Heed her invitation: Listen, everyone has a chance. Warmly, ANZPOP |
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Thought-provoking ideas, and transformative tools and training for working with individuals, groups, organisations, and communities.
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