About the retreat

This retreat day provides an opportunity to come together with other supervisors, mentors and leaders. Our focus for the day will be mindfulness and compassion-based practice explorations linked with being in embodied dialogue when in a supportive role. We use a mindfulness-based supervision framework to guide our explorations, working with the Warp elements, namely the Container (Intention, Embodied Presence, Integrity, Compassion-Wisdom), Space and Embodied Inquiry. Exploring these relationships through the lens of practice opens a space to bring the work right into the practice, with the aspiration to take the practice right into the work.

Specifically, we will explore:

How can our practice support us in communication? How can we be present and embody mindfulness and compassion? How can we find and work with space and pausing?
How do we want to be in the relationship? How do we see the place of intention in relationship? How do we recognise the qualities and attitudes which underpin the relationship?
The day will include a mix of guided practices, stillness and movement, personal reflection, mindful dialogue around the themes of supporting others and time for informal practice between the scheduled sessions.

This day can be a stand-alone event or combined with a weekend retreat for supervisors as part of the supervision training pathway.

Who is the retreat for?

People with an existing mindfulness-based practice who use an embodied mindful dialogue in their professional/work setting to support others with growth, learning, skills development, well-being and a mindful approach to work (this work may be in the early stages of growth).

For example:

mindfulness-based supervisors/mentors who are supervising teachers of mindfulness, e.g. curricula-based programmes, one-on-one work, introductions to mindfulness, and other innovations
those working in other settings who are bringing a mindful approach to the supervision, mentoring or coaching that they offer, e.g. clinicians and those working in educational settings
those in leadership positions who are bringing a mindful approach to their relationships at work and the dialogues with individuals and groups
Continuing Professional Development for those in supervising/mentoring/leadership roles who are wishing to refresh their own practice as a way of underpinning their mindfulness-based work and who would like to connect in community with other independent practitioners in similar roles.