About the retreat

This retreat weekend provides an opportunity to come together with other supervisors, mentors, and leaders and immerse ourselves in practice. The focus for the retreat will be mindfulness and compassion practice-based 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 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?

· How can we be present and embody compassion and wisdom? How might practice support compassion and wisdom within the supervision space and relationship?

· How do we hold integrity as a foundation for the supervisory relationship? How might practice support working with mutuality? How might we bring awareness and sensitivity to possible power dynamics?

The weekend 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. We offer an optional evening and early morning practice to help keep the container of a retreat for the whole weekend for those who can join.

This day can be a stand-alone event or combined with the retreat day of practice for mindfulness-based supervisors, mentors and leaders 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.