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CONNECTIONS WORKSHOP

'SHADOW PLAY'

Sunday 6 October 1000 - 1700
at Sutton Courtenay Abbey, near Oxford

with Roddy Maude-Roxby

If only....
Our ability to communicate appropriately where our emotions are Œhooked¹ were more satisfactory both to others and ourselves. At home or at work, with adults or with children, once annoyed or frustrated we may resort to blaming someone, if not ourselves.
If only.....
When someone else  is upset, we didn¹t find ourselves placating them and feeling rather helpless.
If only....
When we try  to be fair we didn¹t feel it was all taken the wrong way².
If only...
We knew what do we do when we feel nobody cares,  when we¹re at complete loggerheads with someone, or feel hurt or upset about something.
If only...
We could we apply a Œhere and now¹ check on how we were experiencing any of these situations.

Virginia Satir noted modes of communication, Œstyles¹ that can become habitual and cause confusion. She offers the more truthful style of levelling, of being honest, also recognising that Œto pace¹ one of these modes of communication can include the choice of one of Œthe set¹ before coming to the point where levelling is acceptable. To be honest too soon can infuriate.

The approach in this workshop will be seriously light and humorous, giving scope for  play and improvisation with Satir¹s categories. There will also be opportunities to be Œon stage¹ with an RMR* version of Fritz Perls and to learn the use of the meta-mirror.

Roddy was a founder member of Theatre Machine, Britain¹s first theatre of improvisation and has worked with Peter Brook, Bill Gaskill, Peter Cook, Alan Bennett and Spike Milligan, Mike Nichols, Richard Attenborough and David Cregan. He has also taken his methods in psychiatric hospitals, addiction centres and prisons working with masks and improvised theatre. As a master practitioner and trainer in NLP her has taken NLP to the theatre and the theatre to NLP.

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November 3  will be "NLP at work, rest and play" with Melanie Greene
December 1 will be "The Gift Relationship" with Alan Dale

- details to follow about 4 weeks before each event.

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BOOKING

The fee for each event is £40 (waged), £20 (unwaged) and £30/£15 if payment received 10 days before event. Cheques should be made out to 'Connections'. To book, or get more information,email David Jaques on [log in to unmask]

Connections is an open group which, though its membership varies from meeting to meeting, maintains a consistent and positive culture with a focus on group process. You will experience a challenging yet supportive atmosphere, the wish to learn and a sense of enjoyment and fun among all involved.


David Jaques
FSEDA,ILTM, MPhil, Ac. Dip. Ed.
Trainer/Consultant in Higher Education
7 Stanley Road
Oxford
OX4 1QY
Phone/Fax: (0)1865 203255
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