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Patrick SiebertMy most valuable assets are my relationships with people. I have found three processes that assist me in helping others in their quest to create a healthier, more enjoyable life. I invite you to read the descriptions of the work I have studied in order to see how we might work together. Embodied Communications is a synthesis of my years of study of how we generate our emotions and thoughts that create our inner world and affect how we communicate and act. My intent is to assist others in articulating and integrating their feelings and values with their actions. It is also my intent to demonstrate through my communications and my actions how to listen in order to understand, honor and value the needs of everyone. I do this so we can contribute to one another’s lives and well-being while creating a more harmonious world. |
The Feldenkrais MethodThe Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education is a unique system of self-education. This method gives you the ability to recover from an injury, alleviate a recurring or nagging pain, or lessen the effects of a disease. It also gives you the capacity to improve a physical, athletic, or artistic skill. Many who seek Feldenkrais treatments have no gross dysfunction, but merely want to move with more freedom and flexibility. Nonviolent CommunicationsThe intent of Compassionate Communication is to create more satisfying personal interactions. This process focuses our attention on compassion as our motivation rather than fear, guilt, blame, or shame. It emphasizes taking personal responsibility for our choices in improving the quality of our relationships. With this method we learn to honor our values and the values of others by creating solutions based on cooperation, safety, mutual respect, and consensus. Restorative CirclesRestorative Circles offer ways for individuals and communities to establish connection, discover meaning and recover power on profound levels. They create a forum for reaching agreements that help sustain effective and nurturing relationships both personally and within society. They have been successfully used in schools, neighbor hoods, organizations, and the criminal justice system in Brazil and in other countries. |
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Musings and ThoughtsWe have choices in what we say and how we say it. That seems evident. What is not so clear is that we also have choices in what we listen to and how we listen. These choices appear automatic, but they are not. They are learned. We can, and do, unlearn and relearn things all the time. The process I offer clearly utlines the choices we have in articulating our perspective based on our values and needs. Expressing our values in a dialog makes it easier for another person to listen to and understand our position. Expressing our needs makes it clear what we want and what to request. In addition, this process educates us on how to listen to another's perspective based on their values and needs making it easier for us to understand and cooperate with them. The shared understanding that evolves from communicating in this manner makes us respectfully aware of the obstacles created by misunderstandings, momentary disagreements, ongoing disputes, or personality differences. The awareness of the obstacles we encounter, combined with clearly articulated communications based on needs and values makes it possible to resolve seemingly irresolvable conflict. |
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