The Art of Listening

April 11-13, 2025

It seems that, most of the time, we are not really listening. We walk around in our own limited worlds believing that what we see is all there is. We are comfortable in the known, but also profoundly limited. This changes when we start listening.

What to expect

“To listen is to continually give up all expectation and to give our attention, completely and freshly, to what is before us, not really knowing what we will hear or what that will mean. In the practice of our days, to listen is to lean in, softly, with a willingness to be changed by what we hear.”

Mark Nepo

At this weekend immersion we want to practice our listening skills. We will be working with opening our bodies, minds and hearts to new experiences, working from a perspective of not-knowing and presence, allowing the embodied listening (that is already happening when we are not holding ourselves too tightly) to lead us.

The weekend will be a mix of facilitated exercises where we work with awareness (circling, relatefulness), touch (bodywork) and movement (tai chi, dance) to open ourselves up for really listening for what is there and Surrendered Leadership, where we investigate how we show up (or don’t show up) in what could maybe be called a simulation of real life.

Movement, bodywork, touch

We will be exploring the ways we can listen more to other bodies through facilitated exercises inspired by dance, Tai Chi, Body Therapy and other forms of Bodywork.

The way in is to discover how we can get out of our own way and really trust in our embodied experiences.

Circling, Relatefulness

We will be practicing awareness in connection. Being present with someone else while staying open to the impact they are having on you, listening with your emotional body as well as hearing the words.

When we stay open to and listen to each other in presence we can step into new territory and explore connection..

Surrendered Leadership

Throughout the workshop we will bring in these facilitated practices to discover and play with new parts of ourselves and then go into Surrendered Leadership circles to “pressure test” our newfound capacities

Usually what happens is that we get to see that it is difficult for us to do something new and maybe also get in touch with why and do small experiments with stepping into the unknown together.

SOME WORDS FROM previous PARTICIPANTS

Peter leads with an evident deep knowledge of and skill in both practices and an uncanny knack for spotting the underlying layers of what people are bringing helping them to bring deeper layers of their experience in a way that continues to impress me.

Morten

I’ve been at two Weekends of Circling with Peter and found them to be perfectly challenging and wonderfully inspiring. Peter combines a sensitive empathy with a direct honesty that opens a safe and exciting space for exploring. I’m very grateful for my experiences and would recommend Peter and his approach to Circling to anyone who is interested in exploring themselves and how they show up with others.

Ernest

I’ve had Body Therapy Sessions with Peter since June 2020 and can highly recommend it!

I’ve had regular ManuVision sessions with different therapists doing the last five years, and have never so quickly felt seen, held and at ease with whatever is present.

Viola

Bodywork with Peter has elicited intense emotional and psychological responses from me. I was able to surrender to my body’s powerfuI responses because Peter himself brings such a grounded, non-judgmental, and technically skilled presence.

Emmet

PRICINg OPTIONS

If you just want to come to the intro, it’s 30 euros.

The price for the immersion is 300 euros, this includes the intro, the cat party and the integration call. Also some snacks during the weekend, but please bring your own lunch.

If you are not able to pay this price but really want to participate, you are most welcome to contact us and we can look into the possibility of a discount and/or work exchange arrangement.

Time and place

Introduction
April 11th, 18.00-21.00
If you want a short taster or feel uncertain if this weekend is for you, please come to our intro night where we will create a gentle landing pad for practicing listening.

Immersion
At the immersion we go deeper into practicing listening in all the different ways and work on how to integrate our listening capacities in real life situations through surrendered leadership.
April 12-13th, 9.30-17.30

Both the intro and the immersion takes place at:

Moveri – Located in central Gothenburg, in the same house as Pustervik.

Adress: Järntorgsgatan 12-14, vån 5

413 01 Göteborg.

MEET THE FACILITATORS

Peter Munthe-Kaas

I am a Copenhagen based researcher, body therapist, coach and workshop facilitator. I am interested in practices that support me and others in relating and listening better and believe that the ability to relate to myself, others, society and nature is key to living a happy life in service of what is good in the world.

Navi Camilla Säregård

I'm Navi Camilla Säregård, I'm a somatic coach and experimentalist with a background in individual bodywork and nervous system regulation, as well as facilitation of relational- and embodiment based practices in groups. I hold that we both as individuals and groups absolutely can find real alignment and aliveness in all aspects of life, and my kink is working with change in all its forms.

Tova Ekenberg

Tova Ekenberg first discovered Circling in 2018 and has been leading the practice since completing the leadership training with Circling Europe (now Transformational Connection) last year. With a background in the Performing Arts she has been facilitating spaces for adults for the past few years translating her training in theater and dance into transformative practices that foster playfulness, embodiment and personal + collective growth.