Welcome to Stage 4 - SEEDING THE FUTURE

As we move into Stage 4, we are invited to remain present to what is alive in us as we move through the summit’s journey and the summit’s journey move through us. What new ways of seeing and being with conflict are emerging within us? What are we wanting to let go of? What needs to be composted and transformed in us in order to meet conflicts in more healthy and regenerative ways? What new questions are driving us forward? Where do we feel energy and vitality when it comes to exploring our own relationship with the conflicts we are meeting in our lives? Where do we feel the need to work further in ourselves and between each other to nurture the soil so that life can continue to grow and flourish in and around us?

These are fundamental questions, as we enter into a stage which showcases a palette of bodies of practices. Our intention for Stage 4 - Seeding the Future has been to come into contact with very diverse and rich practices which are available to us and could support our individual and collective efforts to bring to life healthier and more regenerative cultures. Please take the interviews as attempts to put into words, things that can only be fully met and understood through practice, through a real sense of embodied experience. We do recognise that trying to put into words, that which is alive and moving, is always somehow frustrating, and yet this is how we can meet each other and different possibilities, at this moment of global pandemia.

We hope the interviews support you in identifying possible ways forward, as we gently move towards the end of this journey. The summit’s content will remain available so you can continue to explore it in depth and perhaps host others to make this journey with you.

Wish you a great continuation of this Journey!

Ben, Eva and Nuno

Stage 4 | Guest Speakers Interviews

We are so happy to share with you, a very diverse mosaic of bodies of practices, shared by wonderful beings who have been exploring the depths of this through their life’s journeys.

Here are a few words about each interview to help you make choices:

Alison Fornés talks about her experience of Family and Systemic Constellation work and outlines models she has developed for understanding dynamics at multiple levels of interaction.

Allan Kaplan and Sue Davidoff share their Reflective Social Practice which is a Goethian way of observation and working with living processes applied to the social field.

Ana Rhodes offer her insights and experiences working with Process Work and Deep Democracy, the body of practices developed by Arnold and Amy Mindell.

Anayza Stewart shares her experience working as a soul guide and tapping into soul wisdom.

Anne-Chloé Destremau and Clinton Callahan offer us their work with the body of practices developed by Clinton, called Possibility Management and diverse explorations into Next Culture and Archearchy.

Dare Sohei and Tada Hozumi open the door to their body of practice called Cultural Somatics, which explores our collective social body and possible ways to heal trauma on a collective level.

Don Hall offers a succinct primer on Non Violent Communication.

Lydia Harutoonian shares her work with Joanna Macy’s “The Work that Reconnects” and its spiral path, as a way to support us to move through the great turning.

Deborah Benham and Jon Young talk about their work with 8 Shields and peace education to rebuilding Nature-Connected Communities, World-wide.

Madelanne Rust d'Eye talks about her body of work with Body-informed Leadership for a more just, joyful and interconnected world.

Manish Srivastava shares stories and poems as a result of his work with contemplative social arts such as Social Presencing Theatre and Poetry, with the Presencing Institute and in his homeland in India.

Mary Alice Arthur shares her work as a Story Activist, shedding light on the relevance of stories in shaping the way we engage with the world and co-create it.

Paul Atkins talks about his body of work called ProSocial, and some of its tools like the Acceptance and Commitment Training Matrix which could support more regenerative move through conflicts.

Ria Baeck shares her wide experience working with the Art of Hosting Conversations that Matter, particularly in governmental and intergovernmental institutional settings.

Rosa Zubizarreta draws on her wide experience, specially within Dynamic Facilitation to look at how we can create and maintain processes which support healthy collaboration and deal well with conflict when it arises.

Shilpa Jain talks about her work with YES World and their JAM meetings, connecting, inspiring and collaborating with young and intergenerational change-makers.

Sophy Banks digs into the powerful techniques and attitudes she has found support healthy group functioning including appreciation and ritual.

Stephanie Mines tells her story about how she came to create the body of practices called TARA - Tools for Awakening Resources and Awareness, Ending Traumatic Repetition in Families and Communities Worldwide.

Ted J Rau talks about his work with SoFA - Sociocracy for All, shedding some light on the relevance of Sociocracy governance practices and interactions patterns to better deal with conflicts.

Tom Henfrey reflects on his ongoing journey bringing academia into the service of social activism together, powerfully underpinned by his shamanic practice.

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