Listening Pairs & Listening CIrcles

These are techniques that are useful as part of the group creative process.

Listening Pairs:
Two people take turns listening to each other. They both have equal time. It's a co-counselling technique which I have found to be useful in creative situations.

Listening circle:
Each person in the group has an opportunity to share their thinking, and has equal time.

Opening circle:
Welcoming the whole group. Taking time to connect, center and notice where each person is at.

Closing circle
A way of saying good bye before going off into our lives.

RULES
Everybody has equal time
No one speaks twice until everyone has spoken once
Confidentiality - what is said in the group is not repeated outside the group.

That way we create a safe space.

Meditation:
When doing intense group work its always good to make time to relax, center and calm the mind. We use simple breath meditation. Everybody has a breath so it is an easy thing to focus on.