The Elemental Practices
Enliven draws on a powerful set of inner and interpersonal practices based on the five elements.
Each of our programs draws upon one or a combination of these five. When woven together these create an enriching sense of safety, transformation, and clarity in group experiences.
Click on the "+" symbols below to learn more about each of them.
Earth, the most physical of all the elements, is about connection to our bodies and to the land itself. Earth involves yogic movement as well as transformative experiences out in the wild.
- Movement (Yoga/Qi Gong)
- Guided outdoor nature connection
Water is about the flow of communication and relationship. In Water, we engage in interpersonal practices to hone our experience of creating coherence and presence in groups.
- Transparent Communication
- Triad / Dyad / Group process work
- Conflict Resolution
Space is about developing access to a quality of ease outside of the thinking mind. We work with foundational meditation training to access a quality of stability, presence, and spaciousness.
- Foundational meditation practices
- Advanced meditation training with guest teachers
Air is about expression. Especially during in-person retreats, we practice in the dimension of play through circlesinging and improv as a support for integrating our process.
- Improv practices
- Circlesinging exercises
Fire is the core energy that drives us. We cannot operate well as leaders, changemakers, or teams without the clarity, warmth and fire of a coherent purpose and direction. Fire is brought forth through intimate, small group conversation, reflective journaling, and time spent solo on the land in deep nature in traditional vision quest format.
- Peer & 1:1 coaching
- Vision quests/Nature solos embedded in the wilderness
