Integral Empowerment
Course description
Integral Empowerment is a workshop for promoting the conscious, integral development of the body, heart, mind, and spirit in harmony with oneself, culture and nature. The concept of integral development assumes that we achieve optimal results when we take care of development in the most important human dimensions. We look forward to supporting you on your way to becoming a beautiful and healthy person surrounded by love and respect, wise and active, developing professionally and fulfilling yourself in life by following your own path.
Methodology
In classic workshop form, we use conversational methods on the integral path to ourselves, the path of Integral Empowerment.
We use both Ken Wilber’s integral theory and his AQAL model which introduces order into our experience and allows us to track and manage the direction of changes. We use as well the latest research in psychology, neurobiology, phenomenology, hermeneutics, cultural studies, ethnology and spirituality.
Benefits
There are three points on our journey together, you choose where you want to start:
- Create a vision of yourself and your life based on love, joy, well-being and health then consistently and boldly pursue it.
- Learn the ability to live your life happily and positively in every moment.
- Love and accept yourself as you are, take full responsibility for your life and your fate and do not expect anything from others.
Programme
The programme is flexible and will be tailored to the experience and requirements of the participants. Each day is dedicated to one of the four basic dimensions through which we experience the world:
The first day is devoted to getting to know each other and defining our own needs that we want to work on.
- Opening and introduction
- Opening Rounds
- Getting to know each other
- Expectations Round
- Setting up the Agenda
- Formulations and presentations
Local Evening – welcome reception
We work together on the first perspective of perceiving subjectively perceived reality: I-space. Are we analyzing phenomena, phenomena that appear in our space of consciousness?
We learn to observe our thoughts, concepts, energy, body, and learn about the contents of our JA-space, which are often pushed into the shadows and projected onto others.
- Check in Opening Round
- Warming Up Exercises
- Plenary session – Sharing and processing round
- Cultivating a generative approach – Workouts
- Formulation of working groups and Journaling
We work together on the first perspective of perceiving subjectively perceived reality: I-space. Are we analyzing phenomena, phenomena that appear in our space of consciousness?
We learn to observe our thoughts, concepts, energy, body, and learn about the contents of our JA-space which are often pushed into the shadows and projected onto others.
- Check in Opening Round
- Warming Up Exercises
- Plenary session – Sharing and processing round
- Cultivating a generative approach – Workouts
- Formulation of working groups and Journaling
We work on the second perspective of objectively perceived reality. Do I know what my body says about me?
How I encode and process information so that it effectively reaches the recipient. The human being is a constantly evolving system. Do you know your “biological software”?
- Morning Check in Opening Round
- Flow movement exercises
- Sharing and processing round for the whole group
- Practicing ‘Appreciative Conversations’- Workouts
- Developmental model I ( Ken Wilber & Robert Kegan)
- Workouts II
- Processing round for the whole group
- Sharing
We work on the third perspective of perceiving the collective reality from the inside: MY-space. This internal perspective of community (marriage, family, professional group or community …) works unconsciously in our relationship with others and has a huge impact on our communication. Here it is important to know, among others displaced family problems or traumatic history of one’s own country.
Are you aware of these phenomena? What we believe to be good and appropriate is culturally conditioned and depends on our level of development and awareness.
Do I know these collective values? During dialogue do I feel connected with the other person? If so, why?
- Morning Check in Opening Round
- Mindfulness Exercises
- Fishbowl process
- Circling & Flow process
We work on the fourth perspective of perceiving reality analyses the external behaviour of the system as a whole. In order to understand the system, society, company or our own family, we must understand their structure and logic of operation. Both the internal and external logic of a system have a strong influence on us and our operation in this system.
What is taboo in the system and what can be passed on? Why do these and not other values lie at the base of our actions? What is the structure of the system? Am I aware of this?
We will invest the last day of the workshop on the integration of knowledge and experience and evaluation. We will create an action plan for the future in the form of a personal integral life plan that will help you to consistently implement new methods of action and ways of thinking.
Excursion – Outdoor activity
- Co-learning from nature and other resilient environments
- Reflections
- Evaluations
- Closing
Duration: 6 days
Dates & Location:
24th – 29th of October Chania, Greece
21th – 26th of March Potsdam, Germany
Designed for participants/groups
Designed for mainly for individuals, groups and organizations who want to increase self-awareness and acquire tools for awareness.
Instructors
Dr. Markos Perrakis, founder and managing director of Fractality, designs and implements projects in the areas of leadership development and strategic planning to promote effective communication and individual and collective process development.
Dr. Perrakis is one of the first persons in Greece to apply the methodology of appreciative inquiry for individual and organizational development. This approach seeks to strengthen human capital and social bonds to generate organizational capacity.
Fractality offers services in coaching, training, assessments, supervision, process facilitation and speaking, systemic consultation, solution focused and cognitive behavioural approaches, methods of participatory design, spiritual intelligence and psychometric assessment. Dr. Perrakis is a certified provider of Vocational Guidance and Professional Orientation and an ISO 9001 lead auditor.
Dr. Perrakis is a representative of the Association of International Institution Supervision in Europe, a member of International Intervision Groups, scientific assistant of the Society for Organisational Learning, and scientific partner of the European Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (EUMU) in Greece in the Strategic Planning and Human Capital Development programmes.
Dr. Perrakis holds a Ph.D. in social psychology on leadership styles and their efficiency in organisations and an M.A. in clinical psychology.
Dr. Anna Storck has extensive experience living in different countries around the world and working as consultant with international companies particularly in Poland, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, the United States, India and New Zealand. After spending 15 years in Germany, she moved to New Zealand where she taught at the School of Communication at the Auckland University of Technology. Now based in Switzerland, Dr. Storck provides online courses focused on embodied knowing which create generative learnings systems that balance self-knowledge and social awareness with academic demands.
Dr. Storck is co-founder and Dean (Department of Peace) of the Institute for Global Integral Competence and member of the Board of Directors (Listening for Peace Division) of the Global Listening Centre in Mumbai, India. Her passion for intercultural communication – the area of her specialisation – is rooted in her own immigration experience. In her 20-year career in the field of intercultural communication as scholar educator and practitioner, she has encouraged awareness of the impacts of inequality and the benefits of embracing diversity.
Over the past decade, she has extended her research domain to issues of integral and cosmopolitan communication carrying out a series of original studies investigating various psychological, situational, and macro-environmental factors influencing communication behaviours of individuals when they encounter culturally dissimilar others. She is a blogger with extensive expertise in the area of empowerment of women.
Venue
Our program takes place in Potsdam, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the capital of Brandenburg. Potsdam is located on the banks of the Havel River and a short distance from Berlin. With its authentic charm, picturesque brilliance and rich history, the city is a cultural gem well worth visiting. Accommodations and workshop venue are provided by Seminaris SeeHotel (https://www.seminaris.de/hotels/tagungshotel-potsdam-seehotel/)
The second part of our programme takes place on the island of Crete in Greece in the pleasant seaside town of Platanias close to Chania, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Porto Platanias Village Resort, located on the northwest coast of Crete, provides luxurious accommodations and fully serviced workshop facilities. Beaches, local eateries, shops and sites are within walking distance of Porto Platanias. This setting provides ample opportunity for participants to continue discussions outside of formal workshop hours in a relaxed atmosphere.
The closest international airports are Chania International Airport (24 km) and Heraklion International Airport (165 km).
Participation Fee
Option A.
The fee for this course is 870€.
Option A price include
– Tuition fees
– Educational materials
– Certificates of participation at the end
– Beverages and a welcome cocktail
Accommodation and meals are not included in the above fees.
Option B.
Total full package price for participants with double room accommodation: 1,550€ (+200€ single room):
Option B prices include:
– A 5*star hotel accommodation
– Breakfast
– Lunch or dinner
– Tuition fees
– Educational materials
– Certificates of participation at the end
– Beverages and a welcome cocktail
Additional option:
- A half-day excursion with the group led by locals – €50
Contact us
Questions or concerns? please contact us at [email protected] or call +302106010522. Cancellation Policy*
Until 30 days before the starting date of the selected workshop, cancellation will be free of charge and the pre-payment will be fully refunded. Between 30 to 15 days before the starting date of the workshop, 50% of the fee will be refunded. Within the 15 days before the starting date of the workshop no refunds will be made.