The Art of Facilitation

Self discovery in community is the future

The Chinese proverb says it this way: “I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.”

Liz Korabek-Emerson • Designing & Leading Life-Changing Workshops

In designing your workshops, you’re co-creating the conditions for self-discovery in a supportive community using liberating practices. You’re offering a safe space for individuals like Melanie to practice becoming choosers and deciders, and to realize that they have freedom in how to relate to themselves, others, and the world.

Liz Korabek-Emerson • Designing & Leading Life-Changing Workshops

Mind-body experiences, such as conscious dialogue and somatic awareness activities, are the vehicles of transformational learning. They move us toward greater insight and empathy and induce liminal states where new possibilities can emerge.

Liz Korabek-Emerson • Designing & Leading Life-Changing Workshops

In designing experiences, the cornerstone with which we start is the “who.” Who is this for? Who are they? What do they need? Where are they coming from? Where do we hope to take them? What are they nervous about? How might we care for them? How might we be generous with them, and help them be generous with others?

But, for the most part, we think ... See more

We are not the only "who"

Mind-body experiences are the vehicle for delivering the workshop content. The best ones follow a three-step process—safety, experience, and integration. We refer to this as the transformational learning cycle, which is a facilitated process of self-discovery.

Liz Korabek-Emerson • Designing & Leading Life-Changing Workshops

The experience may be slightly different from practice to practice (and lesson to lesson), but the essence revolves around discovering (or rediscovering) the wisdom of the self.

Karin Rugman • Moving Consciously: Somatic Transformations through Dance, Yoga, and Touch

This project is inspired by the transformative power of intimate gatherings. Most of my transformation has happened in intimate group settings where my care is prioritized.

Alexis Aceves Garcia • What if care is the work?

Now more than ever, organizations need to adapt to disruptive innovations and new ways of working while co-creating life-affirming futures for all. Today’s new-norm of unceasing transformation demands a new-norm in leadership and organizational development. Leading by Nature goes right to the heart of this agile living-systems approach, informed by... See more

Giles Hutchins • Leading By Nature

As Teilhard de Chardin said, “We need to have more specialists in spirit who will lead people into self-discovery.” Offering workshops is a powerful way to do this.