What is Sharing Group?

Sharing Group is a non-facilitated ongoing weekly peer-group. It is a space where like-minded people come together to share themselves authentically with the aim of becoming more aware of behavioural patterns, energy blockages and conceptual believes that are in the way of living more fully and freely.

How does the group work?

One of the aspects that makes Sharing Group unique is that there is no facilitation and no leader but a clear shared intention to be honest, open and supportive of each other. This bears the challenging and rewarding invitation for each participant to step forward and share or give feedback whenever the impulse is felt.

Start of the group

Most evenings we are a mix of old friends and newcomers, sitting together in a circle. Our meetings usually start with a period of silence. During this time each participant aims to centre themselves and drop energetically from their “thinking” minds and into their “feeling” bodies. Bringing our awareness to the present moment we start to slow down and create some space to feel what is going on inside of us right now. This can be on a physical, emotional or mental level. It can be about ourselves or in relation to someone in the group.

What is shared

Anybody can start speaking at any point in time. In our Sharing Group we are looking for what feels real, authentic and alive. We look for the energy and freshness expressed through our words. It is not so much about what we say but where we are coming from when we speak, for example from a place of openness, love, fear, control, manipulation etc. We encourage each other to simply and openly share whatever the moment holds, whenever the impulse arises. There are no taboos.

Whilst people speak you are encouraged to stay focussed on the experience of the moment and to perceive how you feel in your body, rather than swimming around in thoughts in your head – certainly easier said than done! (We are not aiming to think about, agree/disagree, argue or discuss view points. Also, we don’t look to advise, fix or change anybody). We support each other with an open heart and mind through reflecting how we feel when we hear the other person speak. In sharing what is going on for yourself lies the gift of seeing more clearly for yourself what’s happening underneath your surface. Also, it might be valuable feedback for the speaker to hear what other people perceive from what is said.

Challenge & opportunity

Sharing Group will challenge your beliefs, concepts and positions. This can be an intense and perhaps scary experience because our minds are conditioned to identify with our ideas and any challenge is quickly felt as a threat. Our instinctive reaction tends to be defensive, our system closes down. The group will encourage and support you lovingly to stay in this delicate place, open to the experience  - it is in these moments where the magic of Sharing Group really happens. It is a very exciting place because it holds the possibility to break/see through old unhealthy behavioural patterns and step beyond into new possibilities.

Sharing Group allows us to see our own limitations as a mirror of the world we live in. When we support each other in the exploration of more conscious awareness and truth within ourselves, we are able to let go of whatever holds us back from expressing ourselves in the world. We often find the result is an incredible sense of freedom. We sink into a far more sensitive, connected, compassionate, alive, fresh, less superficial space. Embracing our unique potential, blockages release and we start to flow with life.

Do I need to have a problem?

In sharing we are not looking for problems to solve, and you don’t need to have an issue to speak up. You can just show up as you are, however you are. Our groups are a nourishing meeting point and wonderful opportunity to connect, explore and share with like-minded people. Together we create a space that goes beyond our usual way of being social or relating to each other – we want to really meet and support each other.

What’s the benefit?

The intention is to bring who you are into the present moment as fully as possible. Through feedback and reflection we start to see and support each other in becoming aware of automatic behavioural patterns like manipulation, control, etc, seeing them for what they really are – unquestioned beliefs that have become automatic (like an autopilot) – and perhaps looking underneath them to another possibility. As these layers of behaviour are brought to light there is a natural depth that emerges within the group. It is exciting, challenging and liberating to experience the possibility of living in a very different way from our old conditioned responses.

Sharing sounds scary…

We recognise that sharing yourself openly and honestly might feel difficult or challenging for some of us in everyday life. In a committed community everybody is in the same boat. We care about each other. We are there for each other. We can trust this group of people to be honest with one another. We hold the space for each of us to explore our limits and experiment with being different. Don’t like the sound of it? Why not try a facilitated Lucid Living Course »

When & where?

If you have not yet participated in a Sharing event with us come join us for the next FREE Introduction to Lucid Living in London or Online.

• London Sharing Group meets every Thursday in North West London
• Virtual Sharing Group meets every Wednesday (you can call for free via Skype)

Sharing Group is for you if you…

• are serious about living authentically, awake and aware
• are willing to challenge your most cherished beliefs
• are looking for a community that encourages you to be who you really are
• want to experiment with breaking through old patterns and living differently
• appreciate the support of a group
• are looking for an open-hearted group of people willing to accept you as you are
• enjoy meeting like-minded people
• value the company of people who are honest with you