Festival 2022 cercle compassionate connection

Partie du Festival 2022.

Annonce
1b Activité en anglais : Compassionate connection

1b Compassionate connection: "Work and play on Labour Day"

We study and apply together Nonviolent Communication (NVC) ─ way of relating authentically with yourself and others through building consciousness around: Empathy and Self-Empathy, Emotional Freedom, Self-Expression among other essential elements!

Tonight's labour theme relates to Marshall Rosenberg's "Connecting Compassionately With Ourselves".

Agenda et lieu
01 mai 2022, 19:15 à 21:30, Genève + Zoom

https://www.meetup.com/geneva-nvc-practice/events/285412304/

Facilitator: Tina

Tour de table

 * En guise de brise-glace, premier tour informel de deuils et célébrations sur nos relations au travail

19:30 Group introduction and check in
For many people, 1st of May is a day where we celebrate anything around work and worker’s rights. But apparently 1st of May also have other meanings in other places. In Estonia, 1st of May is a day that is linked to magic. In Serbia, it is a day where people go out to enjoy the spring, and celebrate the renewal of life.

Marshall Rosenberg has a very famous quote: “Don’t do anything that is not play.”

So, this evening, what I would like to invite us to do is to play around the topic, the tension, the paradox of work and play. What do work and play mean to you? Are they opposites? Do they exist on a continuum? What turns something from work to play and from play to work?

So, to start this evening off, I propose to start with a round of check in. Say hi to each other; share with each other what we are bringing with us to this space this evening. Please share with us your name, and if you wish, share with us what feelings, needs or intentions or anything else you are bringing with you this evening.

19:50 Brainstorming
Dyads:


 * Which activities seem to you to be work?
 * Which activities seem to you to be play?
 * For you, when would the activity in a picture slide from work to play or from play to work?
 * “Don’t do anything that isn’t play.” How does this sentence resonate with you?
 * Do your life experiences support this sentence or not or something else?

20:05 Work/play feelings/needs
Visualization:

Think of a play experience. It  could  be  an  event  when  you  were  with  someone,  in  a group, or by yourself. It could be something that happened today, last week, or a long time ago. Let  yourself  remember  as  many  of  the  sensory  details  of  that experience as you can: colors, sounds, temperature, smells, etc. As you bring up these sensory details, notice how you are affected. Notice your physical experience if possible. Let yourself notice the overall impact of the memory. Pay attention to any thoughts, judgments, or  emotions. Please, take your time. Fully immerse yourself in the experience.

Dyads: Describe the play experience using observations, feelings, and needs. Under observations, I can describe things that I see, hear, touch, perceive with my senses.

If you need them, here are the links to the feelings and needs lists.

When I feel that I am complete in describing and understanding about my experience, then I’ll swap, and my partner describes their play experience using observations, feelings and needs. After both people have shared about your play experience, if you agree, then you may wish to repeat the exercise with a work experience. And if you’ve got extra time, please feel free to explore more than 1 play or work experience or use the time the best way to support your process.

20:30 Feedback
In plenary

20:35 Work play timetable
Triads:

Take turns to build a timetable that has a healthy balance of work and play in it. The person who goes first proposes the first activity for the day, and the needs that this activity meets. For example, they could say, well, I’d love to start the day at 7:50 with a morning shower because I want to meet my needs for cleanliness and consistency. Then, the 2nd person will propose the next activity to ensure a healthy balance between the needs that are met by work and play. For example, the 2nd person might say, gosh 7:50, it’s so early, yes, my needs for cleanliness and consistency are met but my need for rest is not met. So, at 8am, after the shower, I’m going to catch a quick nap on the couch to meet my needs of rest and comfort. So, now, it’s the 3rd person’s turn to bring some work play balance into the day. The third person might say, it’s now 8:45. I am so energized. I am going to hop on to my bike and bike 20 km to my office to meet my need for fresh air, physical exercise and contribution to the environment. So, then, it would be back to person 1 to continue the schedule for the day. If you finish the schedule for a day, you could do another schedule for another day, for a special day maybe, for a Sunday, or Christmas Day or your birthday.

I invite you to be playful, to have fun, to think out of the box, to dare to be ridiculous. The idea is that this is a game. The timetable doesn’t have to be realistic, feasible or efficient. I invite you to be open to your own creativity and be open to be surprised by your partners’ ideas.

20:55 Learning
How do you feel now about Marshall Rosenberg’s quote? Do you feel the same now as you did at the beginning of the evening? Debrief with first partner of the evening, and maybe share about what you have you learned about yourself around work and play. What has or hasn’t changed since your first Break Out room session together.

21:10 Closing and announcements
Welcome back. Our time this evening is slowly drawing to a close. I would like to invite everyone who wishes to to share something with the group before we go our separate ways. Maybe something that you have learned about yourself that you didn’t know before. Maybe some work or play that you would like to do more in the coming week. Or maybe something that you wish to celebrate or mourn together in community. The floor is open.

End at 21:30

Contribution de l'animateur·rice
Animation de partage de sentiments et besoins.

Ce avec quoi le groupe repart
Réflexion sur la relation au travail et la relation au jeu/divertissement/détente

Liens pour aller plus loin

 * Feelings inventory
 * Needs inventory

Photos
Pas de photo prise.

Proposition pour de futurs cercles
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