Creating Safety Through Presence and Honesty with Natalie Keany

Show notes

In this interview Tessa spoke to Natalie from https://www.evolvebreathbody.com/ about:

• Boundaries and consent
• Slowing down consent with practising when body is saying yes and when no
• How presence underpins all the other practices
• In longer sessions or trainings, it's important not to make big decisions until learning integrated
• Honesty is important from the facilitator to create a feeling of safety in people's nervous systems
• Sharing your own experience as a facilitator is context dependent - sometimes might be more appropriate to share with those that opt in into a smaller group
• Holding space skills are natural to humans - more like a remembering than a learning

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Music credit: Fabio Venuti