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detail of 12 day introductory certificate of gestalt
Gestalt foundation • 6 days #2
Day 1
Opening meditation
Kiirtan and silent sitting
Group introductions
Update and checkin, since previous event
Sharing of personal and professional transformation goals
Deeper overview to the Gestalt framework
• Gestalt as a way of life
• Gestalt as a practice
• Gestalt in the professional world
• Gestalt as a vehicle for relationship
Moving into experiential work
Demonstration of Gestalt principles in intrapsychic and interpersonal process and facilitation.
- Feedback
- Teaching points
- Questions
The philosophy of the obvious
Starting with simple observations, the power to go very deep
Awareness that emerges when preconceptions are bracketed
Moving into experiential work
Demonstration of Gestalt principles in intrapsychic and interpersonal process and facilitation.
- Feedback
- Teaching points
- Questions
Grounding in the body
Body awareness as sensation and emotion
Body awareness in the service of connected relationship
Moving into experiential work
Demonstration of Gestalt principles in intrapsychic and interpersonal process and facilitation.
- Feedback
- Teaching points
- Questions
Closing meditation
Kiirtan and silent meditation sitting.
Day 2
Opening meditation
Kiirtan and silent sitting.
Check in
- Leftovers from yesterday
- Reflections
- Feelings evoked
- Questions raised
Augmenting relationship
Blocks to connection
Ways to deepen connection
Moving into experiential work
Demonstration of Gestalt principles in intrapsychic and interpersonal process and facilitation.
- Feedback
- Teaching points
- Questions
Application to participants' transformation
Dyadic work on authentic contact
Resentment
Responsibility, resentment, and appreciation
How to cleanly deal with resentments
Moving into experiential work
Demonstration of Gestalt principles in intrapsychic and interpersonal process and facilitation.
- Feedback
- Teaching points
- Questions
Dyadic work on the contact boundary
Eliciting figures with Oh Cards
Using Oh cards to highlight key figures
Working with the figures in the group
Summary
Identifying core learning themes for the day
Questions or reflections
Statements of feeling
Closing meditation
Kiirtan and silent sitting.
Day 3
Opening meditation
Kiirtan and silent sitting.
Check in
- Leftovers from yesterday
- Reflections
- Feelings evoked
- Questions raised
Moving into experiential work
Demonstration of Gestalt principles in intrapsychic and interpersonal process and facilitation.
- Feedback
- Teaching points
- Questions
Figure continuation
Continuation of working with the figures in the group.
Moving into experiential work
Demonstration of Gestalt principles in intrapsychic and interpersonal process and facilitation.
- Feedback
- Teaching points
- Question
Interactive group
Reiteration of interactive group
The here and now, I and thou, as applied to group process
Moving into experiential work
Demonstration of Gestalt principles in intrapsychic and interpersonal process and facilitation.
- Feedback
- Teaching points
- Questions
Closing process
Reflection and acknowledgement of feelings and learning.
Summary
- Identifying core learning themes for the day
- Questions or reflections
- Statements of feeling
Closing meditation
Kiirtan and silent sitting.
Day 4
Opening meditation
Kiirtan and silent sitting.
Check in
- Leftovers from yesterday
- Reflections
- Feelings evoked
- Questions raised
Interactive group
Evolving awareness and authentic relating
The Gestalt experiment
Balancing support and challenge
Creative use of awareness to address unfinished business
Moving into experiential work
Demonstration of Gestalt principles in intrapsychic and interpersonal process and facilitation.
- Feedback
- Teaching points
- Questions
Gestalt and dreams
Gestalt applied to dreamwork
Summary
- Identifying core learning themes for the day
- Questions or reflections
- Statements of feeling
Closing meditation
Kiirtan and silent sitting.
Day 5
Opening meditation
Kiirtan and silent sitting.
Check in n
- Leftovers from yesterday
- Reflections
- Feelings evoked
- Questions raised
Moving into experiential work
Demonstration of Gestalt principles in intrapsychic and interpersonal process and facilitation.
- Feedback
- Teaching points
- Questions
Gestalt and dreams continued
• Dreams brought into the here and now
• Dreams played out
Moving into experiential work
Demonstration of Gestalt principles in intrapsychic and interpersonal process and facilitation.
- Feedback
- Teaching points
- Questions
Gestalt and creative process
Using creative media to highlight awareness
Moving into experiential work
Demonstration of Gestalt principles in intrapsychic and interpersonal process and facilitation.
- Feedback
- Teaching points
- Questions
Dyadic work on the contact boundary
Summary
- Identifying core learning themes for the day
- Questions or reflections
- Statements of feeling
Closing meditation
Kiirtan and silent sitting.
Day 6
Opening meditation
Kiirtan and silent sitting.
Check in
- Leftovers from yesterday
- Reflections
- Feelings evoked
- Questions raised
Moving into experiential work
Demonstration of Gestalt principles in intrapsychic and interpersonal process and facilitation.
- Feedback
- Teaching points
- Questions
Large themes
Identification of issues from the field - cultural and group
Reflection on experiential work
Teaching points
Questions
Cultural issues
Working with trauma in the cultural field
Collective process to address collective unfinished business
Moving into experiential work
Demonstration of Gestalt principles in intrapsychic and interpersonal process and facilitation.
- Feedback
- Teaching points
- Questions
Application to participants' transformation goals
Dyadic work on the language of responsibility
Summary
- Identifying core learning themes for the 6 days
- Questions or reflections
- Statements of feeling
Closing process
Acknowledgement of experience, learning, and each other
Closing meditation
Kiirtan and silent sitting.
