Listening Deeply whilst creating Spaces of Belonging.
Jenny Rose Smith & Abi Denyer Bewick.
Jenny: ‘Deep listening affords equal rights to all parts of us that want to be heard, sensed and felt. Deep listening has the capacity to meet infinite diversity of expression, and it challenges the conditioning that has granted some elements of communication higher status than others.
It can expand notions of time, dissolving ideas of getting somewhere else, or resolving something right now.
Deep listening is the practice of joining with what is showing up, again and again in all of its understated intelligence. Someone listening deeply offers an unassuming presence, and a willingness to trust in the lesser known ways in which aspects of our being make themselves known’.
Abi: ‘Spaces of Belonging describes an orientation towards belonging that invites us to ask how participation, attunement, and reciprocity can hold a space wide enough for our whole selves and also for genuine difference between us.
I'm interested in how we find belonging inside of ourselves first, supporting us to meet the world with curiosity rather than reactivity, and how that inner belonging might shape our capacity to belong with others and with place.
Spaces of belonging prioritise relationship and connectivity, supporting nervous systems to build capacity for psychological flexibility — the kind of adaptability that lets us meet what's unexpected without collapsing into old patterns.
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Together we have been reflecting upon how our work and life experiences might serve facilitators who hold spaces for groups of people that inevitably will include some with neurodivergence.
We are combining our specialisms of Deep Listening and Creating Spaces of Belonging to explore key elements of facilitation. Elements that include how to set up spaces so that participants can engage whilst taking care of themselves; spaces that navigate the tension between creating safety and inviting self-responsibility and spaces that cultivate comfort, confidence and a capacity to advocate.
Building Neuroaffirmative Listening Spaces 2 hour workshop will be practical as well as experiential. We'll be offering a set of facilitation principles to explore alongside opportunities to turn inwards and reflect on our habitual patterns around power and responsibility.
If you would like to explore how to offer spaces that are accessible enough, safe enough and relevant / responsive enough for people who have neurodivergent needs, come along. We are meeting at 4pm Uk Monday 12th October online
To find out more and book please go to https://www.jennyrosesmith.co.uk/neuroaffirmativelisteningspace or if you have any questions please email Jenny on jennyrosesmith123@gmail.com or Abi on menstrualmedicine@gmail.com
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