Dare to Meet – In the Middle of All
WHAT: A 3-day experiential seminar for all who work (and live) with people — leaders, facilitators, coaches, creatives, changemakers, and curious humans.
It is a space to slow down, turn inwardly, and explore how clarity, stability, and groundedness can arise when we dare to meet conflict — within ourselves and around us — instead of avoiding it.
Prior experience with Deep Democracy not needed and also welcomed.
What is this seminar for ? And why do we call it Deep Democracy Lab?
Polarisation is shaping our times — in public discourse, organisations, teams, families, and within ourselves.
Positions harden.
Listening becomes difficult.
And conversations often turn into either–or dynamics.
This Lab is an invitation to explore facilitation as a relational practice: not as neutral moderation, but as the ability to stay present, express voices clearly, and support dialogue between polarities.
By working with live situations, you’ll experience how tension itself can become a resource — creating understanding, movement, and unexpected alliances.
This is about developing the capacity to stand in the middle, or on one of the sides with awareness and to facilitate conversations where difference is not smoothed over, but consciously brought into relationship.
What we will explore
In this experiential seminar, you will:
- learn to notice body signals and inner reactions in moments of tension or confrontation
- explore how your personal history influences how you deal with conflict, power, and authority
- discover recurring patterns in your life — and why certain situations feel especially charged
- experiment with your own natural way of facilitating instead of following rigid techniques
- experience how misunderstanding, friction, and escalation can become doorways to dialogue and transformation
We move fluidly between inner work, relationship dynamics, and group processes — learning directly from what unfolds in the room.
Real experiences. Real questions. Real learning.
Facilitators
Anna Gabryjelska-Basiuk
Processwork Diplomat, Systemic Mediator, OD Consultant, B.ONFIRE Partner, faculty member of the Polish Processwork Institute, and co-founder of Processwork Institute Lithuania. For over 13 years, she has supported leaders and teams in navigating conflict, power, and change with awareness and integrity.
Stephanie Bachmair
Processwork Diplomat, Leadership Coach & Content Creator, founder of B.ONFIRE. She works with changemakers, teams, and organisations navigating uncertainty, transforming narratives, and shaping new individual and collective stories. Initiator of Worldwork Journalism and host of Pioneer Spirit & Mainstream Thoughts.