Potential
“What you are looking for is not outside of you; it is already here”
— Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen Master
Instead of starting with: “What is missing?”, we start with: "What if nothing is missing?” We hold that all living beings are naturally creative, resourceful and whole. The work is to re-discover innate wholeness and unleash boundless potential.
Inside-Out
“Intention shapes experiences; intention is first, they’re made by intention. If with pure intent you speak or act, happiness follows you
like a shadow that never leaves.”
— The Buddha
Transformation is an inside job. Whether you survive or thrive depends largely on your way of looking at and relating to the world. All actions flow from that, consciously or unconsciously. The work is to discover new paradigms, bravely cross critical thresholds, and live the new into being.
Emergence
“If you go to the edge with your awareness, and stay there, or return there, that is all it needs; it will do the rest for you”
— Eugene Gendlin, Philosopher
What you don’t know will always be greater than what you do know. The edge of our knowing is where real change and growth happens. In an age of hyper-acceleration and chaos, we are especially called neither to optimize the old nor upgrade the present — the work is to dance at the edge and midwife emergence.
Path = Goal
"Traveler, there is no path. The path is made by walking."
— Antonio Machado, Poet
There is no way to freedom — freedom is the way. The path does not exist until you take the first step. Every step is a step towards freedom, even the missteps. The work is small steps, many times — living the change you seek through your actions of body, speech and mind.
Our Methodology
Our framework is adapted from Theory U, a method of awareness-based transformation that integrates behavioral science, contemplative traditions and systems thinking based on three decades of action research by the Presencing Institute at MIT. We frame all our engagements based on this 5-step approach, and design interventions for each step based on your context and needs.
1
SEEING
We help you to envision the desired future from a place of possibility
2
SENSING
We invite powerful inquiries to enable you to discover new insights & paradigms
3
PRESENCING
We guide you to stay at the edge of your knowing to midwife the new
4
CRYSTAlLIZING
We enable you to enact the new through co-creating your new ‘operating system’
5
EVOLVING
We support your continuous evolution through cycles of learning & prototyping