Key Updates to Exploration Garden Session!
Hello everyone, Hope you are doing well and having an easy week.
As you know, the 7 Cups Exploration Garden session primarily focused on exploring the explorer’s feelings and experiences with the help of questions. It will also foster deeper connections among participants of the session.
So to strengthen that component further, we are rolling out some key changes with the hope it help all explorers and participants to connect and explore effectively. These changes include:
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A couple of tips for effective exploration. For better exploration, we are adding these tips that will be shared during the session as well:
- Start your share with “I'm dealing with X emotion right now."
- Before you share consider a couple of questions, like,” What is the main emotion behind how you’re feeling/what’s happening?”, “Where do you think that emotion originates from?”
- Start your share with “I'm dealing with X emotion right now."
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Every hour we will be focused on exploring a specific emotion, or experience related to a topic. All exploration shares during the session will be on focused emotion or topic so all participants can able to support and relate with each other. For example, in this hour we will be discussing Anger, Anxiety, Work Stress, and so on. Each hour a specific topic will be the central theme of the exploration shares.
- If you have any suggestions for these specific topics, please share them here!
These changes will be implemented w.e.f September 08, 2023 (Friday).
We will continue to iterate and strengthen the exploration garden as we learn and progress together. Thank you all for your continued support and compassion for comfortable exploration.
Note: The changes are based on the suggestions and feedback from @communitymodKay @communitymodiris @Communitymodlou @communitymodlynn @communitymodfinn and @communitymodlucy. A big shoutout and credit to them for strengthening the Exploration Garden.
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@ASilentObserver
Exploration garden has a very comforting ring to it, Obziee, thank you for sharing the updates!
While having a "topic" sounds great to encourage a certain line of thought, I feel there still should be a leeway for sharing/ exploring about whatever emotion(s) one is feeling without limiting to something, as it can be difficult to pick just one to explore or discuss at a time, sometimes there's multiple conflicting emotions, or different emotions complementing each other, other times it could be difficult really knowing what emotion one is feeling, where does it stem from etc, so I feel for these reasons, a flexibility in sharing what one wants to should be helpful, in order to not come across as "restrictive" to the sharer also!
Topics, on the other hand, are great though, as it could be a good place to start reflecting on your experiences, current thoughts, and feelings!
Big ups to the wonderful com mod team and every one else working on this project! 💛