My dream is to create a spaces where people come together to create meaningful connection through authentic relating. To see the world full of wonder and EXCITEMENT, the way a child sees it, is to remember who we truly are. Let's explore what it's like to shift our perspective from the status quo of social conventions to the place of endless possibilities where we creatively engage with each other through PLAY and CURIOSITY.
AUTHENTIC RELATING is about what is REAL. It's about what you are feeling and experiencing in the bodily felt sense. It's about your actual thoughts and emotions in the moment, whether they be frightening, silly, sexy, or questioning. It's about the nature of connectedness when you look into the eyes of another being. A practice that allows you to get to know yourself anew.
Relating Games are a collection of extensively tested experiences and activities that give participants a hands-on taste of both the JOY and skills of genuine interpersonal CONNECTION. It can take you through a series of interactions that are designed to highlight and train body awareness, create deep connection, boost EMPATHY, strengthen community, be FUN!
My dream is to HOLD SPACES where these wonderful experiences can be felt, allow curious and exciting explorations into the world of the authentic relating games, BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER, and create a community with the aim of creating more meaningful connection in our lives through authentic relation.
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A word of WODNER and APPRECIATION
AUTHENTIC RELATING is a practice developed by the wonderful SARA NESS and played, tested, and developed by her movement authentic revolution and communities all over the world. Find out more about Sara Ness and Authentic Revolution on her website: https://www.authrev.org
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About the Facilitator
Hello, my name is Jonas. I have experienced authentic relating practices in different groups and communities in Germany, the Netherlands, and Australia. Every time I am faced with this work, I discover new and EXCITING sides of myself and feel that it is only the start of many more beautiful discoveries to come.
My passion is to understand what it is that makes us feel accepted, feel present, feel the tingling of appreciation. Trying to understand these wonderful experiences, I journeyed through studies in Psychology, Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, and Philosophy and found many interesting perspectives. Though no thought about it has ever been as powerful as the experience itself.
Having experienced this powerful work of authentic relating at many different places, I would like to share what I have learned with others.
