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Patrick SiebertMy most valuable assets are myrelationships with people. I have found three processes that assist mein helping others in their quest to create a healthier, more enjoyablelife. I invite you to read the descriptions of the work I have studiedin order to see how we might work together. Embodied Communications is asynthesis of my years of study of how we generate our emotions andthoughts that create our inner world and affect how we communicate andact. My intent is to assist others in articulating and integratingtheir feelings and values with their actions. It is also my intent todemonstrate through my communications and my actions how to listen inorder to understand, honor and value the needs of everyone. I do thisso we can contribute to one another’s lives and well-being whilecreating a more harmonious world.
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The Feldenkrais MethodThe Feldenkrais Method of SomaticEducation is a unique systemof self-education. This method gives you the ability to recover from aninjury, alleviate a recurring or nagging pain, or lessen the effects ofa disease. It also gives you the capacity to improve a physical,athletic, or artistic skill. Many who seek Feldenkrais treatments haveno gross dysfunction, but merely want to move with more freedom andflexibility. Nonviolent CommunicationsThe intent of CompassionateCommunication is to create moresatisfying personal interactions. This process focuses our attention oncompassion as our motivation rather than fear, guilt, blame, or shame.It emphasizes taking personal responsibility for our choices inimproving the quality of our relationships. With this method we learnto honor our values and the values of others by creating solutionsbased on cooperation, safety, mutual respect, and consensus. Restorative CirclesRestorative Circles offer waysfor individuals and communities to establish connection, discovermeaning and recover power on profound levels. They create a forum forreaching agreements that help sustain effective and nurturingrelationships both personally and within society. They have beensuccessfully used in schools, neighbor hoods, organizations, and thecriminal 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 seemsevident. What is not so clear is that we also have choices in what welisten to and how we listen. These choices appear automatic, but theyare not. They are learned. We can, and do, unlearn and relearn thingsall the time. The process I offer clearly utlines the choices we have inarticulating our perspective based on our values and needs. Expressingour values in a dialog makes it easier for another person to listen toand understand our position. Expressing our needs makes it clear whatwe want and what to request. In addition, this process educates us onhow to listen to another's perspective based on their values and needsmaking it easier for us to understand and cooperate with them. The shared understanding that evolves from communicating inthis manner makes us respectfully aware of the obstacles created bymisunderstandings, momentary disagreements, ongoing disputes, orpersonality differences. The awareness of the obstacles we encounter,combined with clearly articulated communications based on needs andvalues makes it possible to resolve seemingly irresolvable conflict. |
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