Mandapam

A space to discover empathy and heroism


Our effort through this workshop, (which is recommended to be one of a series), is to help participants to become sensitive and aware through play and encounter with each other.
Groups that play together stay together!
“To enable every member to act with honor and live in peace is the purpose of a tribe” - Native American wisdom. This is the task of every member of the tribe!

This series of half-day encounters will enable the groups to evolve a more empathetic way of working together. At an individual level, it is important to ask: Who is the modern ‘Hero’? Discovering this heroic self is at the heart of creating a tribe that is as good as it can be. We will help participants to understand the hero within themselves. We call these dialogue spaces the Pancha-Mandapam, that stands for the five aspects of this work. Five is a magic number that denotes many mystical aspects of Indian culture. It is also the space for equalization and dialogue.

Some of the key elements we will work with are:

• Awareness of body and breath
• Deep listening
• Empathy
• Receiving and offering gifts
• Reflecting
• Understanding System responsibility

Play and experimentation in safe environments is the way a culture is nurtured.

Adult humans rarely play together!
There is no regular “net practice” for nurturing empathy: The Mandapam will be the place to play together and discover oneself and the group. Nurturing Empathy in a group and discovering ones heroic self is a Saadhana.
Welcome to the inner journey.