Deep Democracy Alliance

Tutorial: Process-oriented Dreamwork
2026-03-16 16:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Online
Tutorial: Introduction to Process-oriented Dreamwork
Online
Organizer: Processwork Institute Lithuania – Zbyszek
Time: 16.03.2026 4 pm – 6 pm CET;
Place: Online, on zoom
Price: 35 euro; scholarships available.
Please if Interested, send an email to: zbyszekmil at gmail.com

Addictions + Altered States - Seeking the Ally
2026-03-20 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | Online
Addictions + Altered States – Seeking the Ally
March 20, 7-9p.m. CET
Facilitator: Ellen Schupbach
Info and registration: ellen@maxfxx.net

We have 3 price options Please choose the fee option that best reflects your personal and global context .
Global North – 35 Euro/class;
Global South (x) – 25 Euro/class;
Global South (y) – 15 Euro/class;

Full scholarships are also available, please write to the facilitator with your request and a brief sharing of your situation. Thank you!

Dream Lab – A Space for Night Dream Exploration
2026-03-21 08:00 - 10:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | Online
21st of March 2026 8am-10am CET / 5pm-7pm AEST, online
An open, monthly dream group for people who want to explore and deepen their relationship with their own dreams

Facilitators: Martin Hemsley(Australia), Zbyszek Milunski (Poland) and Stephanie Bachmair (Germany)

To register: Click here

Dream Lab – A Space for Night Dream Exploration
Dreams speak in images, sensations, and moods. Some linger long after we wake up, asking to be met again.
Dream Lab is a monthly experiential space for people who want to explore their night dreams together, in a supportive, curious, and respectful environment. Rather than interpreting dreams from the outside, we approach them as living processes that want to be felt, embodied, and related to.
The work draws on Process-Oriented Dreamwork, yet no prior experience is required. Through dialogue, body awareness, role exploration, and relationship, we follow the dream itself and allow it to show what it needs.
The Dream Lab is not a supervision group. It is a learning and experience space focused on your own dreaming life — playful, deep, and grounded in presence.
Time and Date: 21st of March 2026 8am-10am CET / 5pm-7pm AEST
Then monthly : 18th of April, 16th of May, 20th of June, 18th of July, 19th of Sept, 21st of Nov, 19th of Dec – 3rd Saturday of month – 8-10am CET
Organizers: info@b-onfire.com

Breaking the shell: A horizon view into Dreamwork and Worldwork
2026-03-28 00:00 - 2026-03-29 23:59 (Europe/London) | Four Points Sheraton, Hurlingham, Argwings Kodhek Road,, Nairobi
Dreambody and Worldwork
This seminar offers an introduction to Processwork and invites participants to work with the challenges and joys of life from a place of intention, presence, and connection to the deeper processes shaping our lives.This will be experienced through Linking X and u dynamics between dreams, body symptoms, group dynamics and World work.
Facilitators: Daisy Nduku and Smith Mboya
Event Date:March 28th-29th 2026
Time:10:00a -5:00pm
Location:Physical,Nairobi
Contact Details
Organizers:
Smith Mboya-devkosbradley@gmail.com
Daisy Nduku-evedaizy16@gmail.com
Email-deepdemocracyinstituteke@gmail.com
Registration via google Form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf-tPjvPQm7ODBOh9Z_J7Kvuj8hmNd03B6Bf3HfDGThG3yFsA/viewform

Follow the Change Already Happening 1
2026-03-30 18:00 - 20:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
For info and registration link: https://forms.gle/Ro261dcqBLc6MaxV9

Facilitator: Julia Wolfson

Session 1: Monday 30 March
Topic: Notice what you notice

Oslo/Berlin/Ams: 9am – 11am
Nairobi: 10am – 12 noon
Bangkok: 2pm – 4pm
Sydney: 6pm – 8pm

Follow the signals until the process reveals its next step.

Learn to notice the signals of change already unfolding in people, groups and systems.
If, like me, you often catch yourself thinking about what should happen, rather than following what is already happening in subtle signals across many communication modes – channels – you may enjoy this experiential learning journey — where we will experiment with tracking these moments through parallel worlds.
What does process mean here?A structural pattern that emerges in the interaction between observer and signals.
What is a signal?A fragment of information from an as-yet unknown world of experience.
Why parallel worlds?• To tunnel under the “surface solutions repetition” trap
• To go beyond the “power dynamics stop me from doing anything” trap
• To find inner fuel where you least expect it to show up as yourself
Process-oriented psychology, developed by Arnold Mindell and operationalised in facilitation, leadership and conflict work by Max and Ellen Schupbach, invites us to track subtle clues of change — what Process Work calls signals.
These signals help us move from standing on the riverbank as spectators — directing and judging events — to stepping into the water and being with the currents already moving through the field.
In this learning series we will explore ways to:• notice small signals that often contain the seeds of rippling change
• stay present in the stretch zone — at the edge between identities — where familiar and illusive perspectives – time spirits, roles and ghost roles – begin to appear
• follow the intelligence of the field rather than forcing outcomes
Is this for you?
For facilitators, coaches, leaders and life artists — both those familiar with Process Work and curious newcomers — curious about the small signals that reveal where change is already present.
Thank you for taking the time to read and would love you to join us!
Inspirations for this series:
River’s Way – the Process Science of the Dreambody, by Arnold Mindell – paired with
The Deep Democracy of Open Forums: Practical Steps to Conflict Prevention and Resolution for the Family, Workplace and World, by Arnold Mindell
Facilitation trainings and intensives with Max and Ellen Schupbach and DDI colleagues
My own experience

Listening Deeply - Process Emerging through Auditory Channel
2026-04-07 17:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London) | Online
April 7, 5-7p.m. CET
Listening Deeply: Process Emerging through Auditory Channel
Facilitator: Anna Pujol
Info + registration – facilitacio.anna@gmail.com

We have 3 price options Please choose the fee option that best reflects your personal and global context .
Global North – 35 Euro/class
Global South (x) – 25 Euro/class
Glabal South (y) – 15 Euro/class
Full scholarships are also available, please write to the facilitator with your request and a brief sharing of your situation. Thank you!

Follow the Change Already Happening 2
2026-04-13 18:00 - 20:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
Session 2: Monday 13 April

Topic: coming soon
Oslo/Berlin/Ams: 10am – 12 noon
Nairobi: 11am – 1pm

Bangkok: 3pm – 5pm
Sydney: 6pm – 8pm

Facilitator: Julia Wolfson

Follow the signals until the process reveals its next step.

Learn to notice the signals of change already unfolding in people, groups and systems.
If, like me, you often catch yourself thinking about what should happen, rather than following what is already happening in subtle signals across many communication modes – channels – you may enjoy this experiential learning journey — where we will experiment with tracking these moments through parallel worlds.
What does process mean here?A structural pattern that emerges in the interaction between observer and signals.
What is a signal?A fragment of information from an as-yet unknown world of experience.
Why parallel worlds?• To tunnel under the “surface solutions repetition” trap
• To go beyond the “power dynamics stop me from doing anything” trap
• To find inner fuel where you least expect it to show up as yourself
Process-oriented psychology, developed by Arnold Mindell and operationalised in facilitation, leadership and conflict work by Max and Ellen Schupbach, invites us to track subtle clues of change — what Process Work calls signals.
These signals help us move from standing on the riverbank as spectators — directing and judging events — to stepping into the water and being with the currents already moving through the field.
In this learning series we will explore ways to:• notice small signals that often contain the seeds of rippling change
• stay present in the stretch zone — at the edge between identities — where familiar and illusive perspectives – time spirits, roles and ghost roles – begin to appear
• follow the intelligence of the field rather than forcing outcomes
Is this for you?For facilitators, coaches, leaders and life artists — both those familiar with Process Work and curious newcomers — curious about the small signals that reveal where change is already present.
Thank you for taking the time to read and would love you to join us!
Inspirations for this series:
River’s Way – the Process Science of the Dreambody, by Arnold Mindell – paired with
The Deep Democracy of Open Forums: Practical Steps to Conflict Prevention and Resolution for the Family, Workplace and World, by Arnold Mindell
Facilitation trainings and intensives with Max and Ellen Schupbach and DDI colleagues
My own experience

Dream Lab – A Space for Night Dream Exploration
2026-04-18 08:00 - 09:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | Online
18th of April 2026 8am-9am CET / 5pm-6pm AEST, online
An open, monthly dream group for people who want to explore and deepen their relationship with their own dreams

Facilitators: Martin Hemsley(Australia), Zbyszek Milunski (Poland) and Stephanie Bachmair (Germany)

To register go here

Dream Lab – A Space for Night Dream Exploration
Dreams speak in images, sensations, and moods. Some linger long after we wake up, asking to be met again.
Dream Lab is a monthly experiential space for people who want to explore their night dreams together, in a supportive, curious, and respectful environment. Rather than interpreting dreams from the outside, we approach them as living processes that want to be felt, embodied, and related to.
The work draws on Process-Oriented Dreamwork, yet no prior experience is required. Through dialogue, body awareness, role exploration, and relationship, we follow the dream itself and allow it to show what it needs.
The Dream Lab is not a supervision group. It is a learning and experience space focused on your own dreaming life — playful, deep, and grounded in presence.
Time and Date: 18th of April 2026 8am-9am CET / 5pm-6pm AEST
Then monthly : 16th of May, 20th of June, 18th of July, 19th of Sept, 21st of Nov, 19th of Dec – 3rd Saturday of month – 8-9am CET
Organizers: info@b-onfire.com

Inner Work - Experiencing through Channels
2026-04-21 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | Online
“Inner Work: Experiencing through Channels“
Facilitator: Ruth Weyermann (info + registration – ruthweyermann@gmx.net
April 21, 10a.m.-12noon CET
We have 3 price options Please choose the fee option that best reflects your personal and global context .
Global North – 35 Euro/class
Global South (x) – 25 Euro/class
Glabal South (y) – 15 Euro/class
Full scholarships are also available, please write to the facilitator with your request and a brief sharing of your situation. Thank you!

Welcome To Life As It Is! Discovering the beauty of a complex world in everyday life experiences: DDI Thailand
2026-04-25 00:00 - 2026-04-26 23:59 (Asia/Bangkok) | St Gabriels Foundation of Thailand, Thong lor 25, Bangkok, Thailand
Welcome To Life As It Is! Discovering the beauty of a complex world in everyday life experiences
Venue: St Gabriel’s Foundation of Thailand, Thong lor 25, Bangkok
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Date: Sat-Sun 25-26 April, 2026
Time: 10.00-17.00
Contact: xxx
Fee: 5,600 baht *Please inquire about scholarships
Language: Slow English and Thai translate when necessary or requested
See our facebook page: DDI Thailand
Register here: https://forms.gle/AmZL6wzEhk82D3gZ6
What is this seminar about?
When we imagine life as a wild garden tending to itself, not only a series of problems to be solved, we may discover amidst the “weeds” of our lives, the conflicts, the pains, the interruptions, a nutrient-rich soil. Any garden is affected by weather. At times we get caught in the weather, we might fight the weather, we can decide to stay home, we can play around in it, and we might discover a ray of sunshine after a storm.
This seminar offers learning tools to grow from, based on an attitude of welcoming life as it is. This attitude is at the heart of Process Work’s deep democracy, an attitude and practice for navigating personal and collective experiences. The practices at the seminar are meant as tools in discovering the hidden symmetry and beauty between inner and outer life situations, even those that may appear chaotic.
Mindell, founder of Process Work developed a unique approach to listening to the “undercurrents” of reality. He differentiated three simultaneous worlds of experience that we move through: dealing in the material world, navigating our emotional life and accessing our dreaming – our deepest aspirations that give life meaning.
The “all-weather” practices at this workshop develop awareness in the flow between these worlds. Here, every disturbance is a doorway to a deeper version of ourselves and our community. What seems to disrupt us can also contain a hidden flower for our garden to bloom.
This seminar is a living laboratory for awareness – a taste of the foundations of Process Work. We will explore how our private inner feelings and the outer world are connected, and bring to life the ancient wisdom that awareness in ourselves can help the world around us.
Welcome To Life As It Is! A learning space for trying out some all-weather tools using your unique style and life situation.
What will happen?
Each day we will practice an inner work tool and an outer tool that you can apply straight away in your life
Day 1: Decoding inner weather signals to facilitate my inner garden
In Mindell’s Dreambody concept, our bodies and our dreaming are connected. Unfolding body experiences with process-oriented awareness, can offer new possibilities for everyday life situations across a wide spectrum of life situations.
Day 2: Decoding collective weather signals to facilitate the collective garden
We shift our focus to Mindell’s Worldwork and energetic social field theory. We will introduce a collective approach for engaging with social and community issues. We will learn to frame and unfold a polarisation on a given theme of mutual interest. In getting to know diverse roles and cultural influences that are present and felt, but often hidden we may gain a new appreciation for the complexity and beauty within a difficult situation.
Our learning approach:
Short presentations, group discussion, live demonstrations of practices and guided exercises, exercise practice with a partner, large group processes on a topic of collective relevance.
Yes! to a symptom. Yes! to a disturbance. Yes! to Life! When we give life as it is a chance to reveal its wisdom, we open a door to invite inner wholeness as a way of being. We look forward to learning together!
Meet the Facilitators:
DDI Thailand faculty: Lynn Chalobon, Joe Pluemjit; Bo Winitra; Numthip Ketsumpan.
Guest facilitator: Julia Wolfson
Julia is a facilitator and coach, and lifelong student of Process Work. She works and teaches internationally with leaders, teams and learning communities navigating complex transitions and group dynamics, especially in education, care and residential support communities.
https://deepdemocracydiploma.com
https://deepdemocracyalliance.com
www.turningforward.org

City Shadows: Altered and Extreme States in Our Lives
2026-05-05 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Amsterdam)
City Shadows – Altered and Extreme States in Our Lives“
May 5th, 10a.m. – 12noon CET
Facilitator: Ruth Weyermann (info + registration – ruthweyermann@gmx.net
We have 3 price options Please choose the fee option that best reflects your personal and global context .
Global North – 35 Euro/class
Global South (x) – 25 Euro/class
Glabal South (y) – 15 Euro/class
Full scholarships are also available, please write to the facilitator with your request and a brief sharing of your situation. Thank you!

Follow the Change Already Happening 3
2026-05-11 18:00 - 20:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
For info and registration link:
https://forms.gle/Ro261dcqBLc6MaxV9

Session 3: Monday 11 May
Topic: Coming soon

Oslo/Berlin/Ams: 9am – 11am
Nairobi: 10am – 12 noon
Bangkok: 2pm – 4pm
Sydney: 6pm – 8pm

Facilitator: Julia Wolfson

Follow the signals until the process reveals its next step.

Learn to notice the signals of change already unfolding in people, groups and systems.
If, like me, you often catch yourself thinking about what should happen, rather than following what is already happening in subtle signals across many communication modes – channels – you may enjoy this experiential learning journey — where we will experiment with tracking these moments through parallel worlds.
What does process mean here?A structural pattern that emerges in the interaction between observer and signals.
What is a signal?A fragment of information from an as-yet unknown world of experience.
Why parallel worlds?
• To tunnel under the “surface solutions repetition” trap
• To go beyond the “power dynamics stop me from doing anything” trap
• To find inner fuel where you least expect it to show up as yourself
Process-oriented psychology, developed by Arnold Mindell and operationalised in facilitation, leadership and conflict work by Max and Ellen Schupbach, invites us to track subtle clues of change — what Process Work calls signals.
These signals help us move from standing on the riverbank as spectators — directing and judging events — to stepping into the water and being with the currents already moving through the field.
In this learning series we will explore ways to:
• notice small signals that often contain the seeds of rippling change
• stay present in the stretch zone — at the edge between identities — where familiar and illusive perspectives – time spirits, roles and ghost roles – begin to appear
• follow the intelligence of the field rather than forcing outcomes
Is this for you?For facilitators, coaches, leaders and life artists — both those familiar with Process Work and curious newcomers — curious about the small signals that reveal where change is already present.
Thank you for taking the time to read and would love you to join us!
Inspirations for this series:
River’s Way – the Process Science of the Dreambody, by Arnold Mindell – paired with
The Deep Democracy of Open Forums: Practical Steps to Conflict Prevention and Resolution for the Family, Workplace and World, by Arnold Mindell
Facilitation trainings and intensives with Max and Ellen Schupbach and DDI colleagues
My own experience

Dreaming Beyond Reality: Exploring Dreams & Altered States of Consciousness
2026-05-15 18:00 - 2026-05-17 16:00 (Europe/London) | Didžioji gatvė 5, LT-01128 Vilnius, Lithuania, Didžioji gatvė 5, Vilnius, LT-01128, Lithuania
Dreaming Beyond Reality: Exploring Dreams & Altered States of Consciousness
Come explore how dreams and altered states can reveal deeper patterns, insight, and a richer experience of life.
Facilitators: Anna Gabryjelska-Basiuk & Zbyszek Milunski
To register write to: processworkinstitutelt@gmail.com

Dreams and altered states of consciousness may appear different, yet both arise from the same ongoing dreaming process—one that is present within us at all times. Each offers a gateway beyond the consensus reality of everyday life, inviting us into deeper layers of experience.
Such journeys—sometimes referred to as “shamanic” in various traditions—can enrich our daily lives by adding new dimensions of meaning and awareness. When we learn to engage with them consciously, they can become a powerful source of insight, helping us connect with the deeper patterns and purpose within our lives.
Even the most disturbing dreams or seemingly chaotic trance states can carry valuable messages. When approached with curiosity and openness, they often reveal unexpected understanding and joy.
We warmly invite you to join this seminar, where we will explore practical ways of working with dreams and altered states of consciousness.
Together, we will introduce and apply Process-Oriented Psychology as a method of working with dreams and altered states for personal growth.
FACILITATORS:
ZBIGNIEW MILUNSKI, co-founder of Process Work Institute Lithuania, a psychotherapist, supervisor, and teacher of Process Oriented Psychology (POP). He teaches internationally as part of the DDI Alliance, is a faculty member of the Polish Institute of Processwork Foundation, a member of the Polish Association of Process-Oriented Psychotherapists and Practitioners, and the International Association of Process-Oriented Psychology. Zbigniew has 25 years of experience working with individuals, couples, families, groups, and organizations. In 2015, he presented his workshops for men at the TEDx conference in Warsaw.
ANNA GABRYJELSKA-BASIUK, a co-founder of the Process Work Institute Lithuania, a teacher and supervisor of Process-Oriented Psychology, Chairwoman of the Polish Processwork Institute Foundation, and a member of the International Association of Process-Oriented Psychology and Deep Democracy Alliance. She teaches internationally and applies processwork across psychotherapy, personal development, leadership, and organizational development, supporting individuals, couples, leaders, and teams to navigate complexity, grow beyond limitations, and consciously use their power.

Dream Lab – A Space for Night Dream Exploration
2026-05-16 08:00 - 09:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | Online
16th of May 2026 8am-9am CET / 5pm-6pm AEST, online
An open, monthly dream group for people who want to explore and deepen their relationship with their own dreams

Facilitators: Martin Hemsley(Australia), Zbyszek Milunski (Poland) and Stephanie Bachmair (Germany)

To register write to: info at b-onfire.com

Dream Lab – A Space for Night Dream Exploration
Dreams speak in images, sensations, and moods. Some linger long after we wake up, asking to be met again.
Dream Lab is a monthly experiential space for people who want to explore their night dreams together, in a supportive, curious, and respectful environment. Rather than interpreting dreams from the outside, we approach them as living processes that want to be felt, embodied, and related to.
The work draws on Process-Oriented Dreamwork, yet no prior experience is required. Through dialogue, body awareness, role exploration, and relationship, we follow the dream itself and allow it to show what it needs.
The Dream Lab is not a supervision group. It is a learning and experience space focused on your own dreaming life — playful, deep, and grounded in presence.
Time and Date: 16th of May 2026 8am-9am CET / 5pm-6pm AEST
Then monthly : 20th of June, 18th of July, 19th of Sept, 21st of Nov, 19th of Dec – 3rd Saturday of month – 8-9am CET
Organizers: info@b-onfire.com

Life unfolding. Living in parallel worlds - three levels of reality
2026-05-19 18:00 - 20:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | Online
May 19th, 6-8pm CEST, “Life unfolding. Living in parallel worlds – three levels of reality”
Facilitator: Yulia Filippovska and Anna Pujol
Info and registration – yoolka@gmail.com
We have 3 price options Please choose the fee option that best reflects your personal and global context .
Global North – 35 Euro/class
Global South (x) – 25 Euro/class
Glabal South (y) – 15 Euro/class
Full scholarships are also available, please write to the facilitator with your request and a brief sharing of your situation. Thank you

Dr. Strangelove - Amsterdam + Online Everywhere
2026-05-29 10:00 - 2026-05-31 13:00 (Europe/London) | The Social Hub Amsterdam City – Restaurant & BarAmsterdam, NH, 131 Wibautstraat, Amsterdam, 1091 GL, Netherlands
Where: Amsterdam + Online
Facilitators: Drs. Ellen and Max Schupbach
To register go here
Learn to Love All of Your Powers and How and When to use them.
A Process Work and Deep Democracy minds – hearts – and hands – on hybrid workshop to explore and gain fluidity in Arnold Mindell’s differentiated approach to rank and privilege.
The Background
Process Work differentiates between 3 parallel realities, each accessible with different awareness modes: Consensus reality, the “facts” that your culture agrees on. Dreaming reality, the “energetic powers” that are different for each person and each collective field, and the Essence reality, the “big picture” that we can sense and get glimpses on.
The Workshop
Power and Privilege conversations have a long history, in Western culture starting in the 16th century. As a leader, facilitator and/or coach we are confronted with them daily, in our teams, the groups we facilitate and the clients we coach. Mindell’s approach defines diverse rank and privilege structure for each of the above realities. Your awareness about each of them in your life, and how they play out in individuals, teams and organizations will make you more agile in any rank and privilege conversation and enhance your ability to support and guide people and groups to “rainbow moments” – cool spots – genuine experiences of being able to flow and learn together in any conflictual situations.
The Format
Friday, 10a.m.-5p.m.
Saturday, 10a.m.-5p.m.
Sunday, 10a.m.-1p.m.
Lunch is included in the seminar fee !
Our workshop is a hybrid workshop, face-to-face in Amsterdam with a big screen and online everywhere. The online participants will have Spanish and French translations. Each day will include a group process, an inner work exercise in dyads, and a relationship work in a fish bowl setting, honoring Mindell’s concept that our own inner work and relationship work is the ground we stand on as facilitators and coaches. We will follow a co-learning by doing approach in which us workshop leaders are included.
Seminar Fee:
480 Euro f-2-f Amsterdam (includes lunch)
320 Euro Online
Limited scholarship options are available
Please write to mpere@deepdemocracyinstitute.org for more information.
Drs. Ellen and Max Schupbach are facilitators, coaches and consultants, based in the USA, Florence, Oregon. We are co-founders of Deep Democracy Institute International, a global think and feel tank and co-learning hub with Process Work and Deep Democracy initiatives in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Russia, Ukraine and the USA. We are both passionate about learning with individuals and communities how to use our awareness to follow our dreaming selves and facilitate our inner lives – and the dreaming processes of teams, groups, and communities – to discover the natural regeneration and evolutionary impulses in our conflicts and challenges.

Precious Leaders - A Dreambody + Film Event, Berlin, June 5-7, 2026
2026-06-05 10:00 - 2026-06-07 16:00 (Europe/London) | Atelier Gardens GmbH & Co. KG, Oberlandstraße 26-35, Berlin, 12099
Where: Berlin
Facilitators: Drs. Ellen and Max Schupbach
Producer: Dr. Xenia Kuleshova
To register go here

Deep Democracy: Awareness-Based Leadership in Moments of Challenge

We work together in these 3 days to research the less conscious unique and personal inner dreaming direction, that leads us through our lives, and that it return emerges as a gift to lead our friends, families, teams and organizations through challenging moments.
We invite Mums, CEOs, Social Advocates, Entrepreneurs, Youth in Intergenerational Transformation, Politicians, Nuns and Monks, Nurses and Doctors, Researchers, Artists, Coaches, Facilitators, Consultants, Community Builders, Meditators and more to join us.
Xenia Kuleshova and her film team will film our joint journey. If your leadership journey is filmed, you will be shown a draft version of your reel and can decide if you would want it on youtube or not, you can also ask for specific edits. Nothing will ever be made public without your consent.
This is the third year of DDI’s and Mamaki’s collaboration in Europe. In our first series Beautiful People, we aimed to show how using a Process Work approach in working with individuals shows the inherent beauty of each and all of us.
In 2025, we wanted to be inspiring and useful to people who are not familiar with Arnold Mindell’s Dreambody concept and struggle with body symptoms, leading to the series Miraculous Bodies.
This year, we originally planned to take a break, but then the three of us, Xenia from Mamaki and Ellen and Max from DDI , got super excited by the idea of spotlighting the underlying visions and essences of individual leaders – with the belief that bringing these often-invisible, deeper paths to light can help us recognize and appreciate our own efforts more and inspire others to experiment with awareness based leadership.
For many of us, the word leadership carries connotations of particular roles and characteristics that we may not find very inspiring. We are referring to leadership in a different way. Each of us leads our communities, family systems, and friendship networks since our earliest years in special ways that most often we, ourselves, are not aware of.
Each of us is guided by our own individual precious life myths – timeless, unique, and miraculous, that organize our experiences and reactions as we travel along our journeys. Within the background of our systems, we lead by how we relate to others, how we relate to our bodies, and by the often unusual and maybe even “quirkie” way that we are.
Throuthout our lives, the situations and challenges we face help us connect more deeply with our unique gifts. As we discover and enjoy these gifts ourselves, we can share them with others and hopefully inspire them simply by walking our own paths. In the everyday contexts of our lives and through the roles that we embody, we share our gifts through our actions and attitudes.
We hope to show that in whatever function you lead or co-lead, and however difficult it is, your deeper vision and essence create precious moments for others, and has been doing so long before your current stated role as leader. The difficulties we encounter in leadership can bring forth our greatest gifts. As we discover and share these gifts, they inevitably become a source of inspiration for others.
Together, we work, play, film and learn—capturing our experiences on film as we engage with individuals and groups new to Process Work.

Daily Format
Each morning from 10–11 a.m., we teach skills and inner work practices for engaging with our paths as leaders and seekers. Each day ends with a one-hour group process, where we explore how our personal experiences of leadership relate to collective ideas around gender, age, ethnicity, and more.
Filming Details and Privacy
Come learn with us as we explore the dreaming power and beauty within your current life challenge. You’ll receive a personal film highlighting your experience—something you can keep for yourself or share to inspire others in similar situations.
Sessions will be held in slow English, and if you’re more comfortable with a translator in your native language, we’ll work with you to make that possible.
We look forward to working, being, and playing with you as we unfold the deeper essence of your leadership gifts. Sessions will last 30–60 minutes, but there’s no strict time limit. If more time is needed, we’ll arrange a follow-up video or voice session. You are welcome to be your full self during this time.
Your Privacy
Your privacy will be fully respected in three ways:
1. You may pause or stop filming at any time (e.g., “I want to talk about my boss, can we stop filming this part?”).
2. You’ll receive a draft of your segment and have full control to request edits or removals—this is guaranteed.
3. If you’re not comfortable with the session overall, we’ll delete the recording entirely.
You will receive your segment as a personal copy, which you’re free to use however you like—whether privately, with family, or publicly on platforms like YouTube or Instagram.
June 5-7, 2026 | 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
10:00–10:45 a.m.
Presentation of skills and inner work focused on Leadership experiences—early childhood dreams, and the mythic connection between your personal llife and cultural “time spirits” in art, politics, and society.
10:45 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Observe, learn, and reflect in real time.
4:15–5:30 p.m.
Group Process on an emerging topic of the day
Registration
Due to the limited participant number and the issue of container stability, we ask you kindly to only register if you are able to attend the three days in full.
Price: Euro 440 for 3 full days
Limited scholarships are available, please reach out to mpere@deepdemocracyinstitute.org
So, after all of this info – we are just super excited and looking forward to any response from you! (including if you write to us that this is a great initiative and you would love to be part of it some other time)
Much love from our team and thank you for reading all the way to the end
Ellen, Max and Xenia
in Oregon, Switzerland and Cyprus
Drs. Ellen and Max Schupbach are facilitators, coaches and consultants, based in the USA, Florence, Oregon. We are co-founders of Deep Democracy Institute International, a global think and feel tank and co-learning hub with Process Work and Deep Democracy initiatives in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Russia, Ukraine and the USA. We are both passionate about learning with individuals and communities how to use our awareness to follow our dreaming selves and facilitate our inner lives – and the dreaming processes of teams, groups, and communities – to discover the natural regeneration and evolutionary impulses in our conflicts and challenges.
Dr. Xenia Kuleshova is a producer, physician, and psychotherapist, born in the Soviet Union and currently a citizen of Cyprus residing in Switzerland. She has a long career as an independent entrepreneur across a broad range of fields, and in the last 10 years discovered her passion for film production, which led her to create Mamaki Productions, a venture dedicated to creating documentary films about psychology.

Channeling our Awareness: Ancestral Eldership and the concept of Rank, Power and Privilege
2026-06-13 00:00 - 2026-06-14 23:59 (Europe/London)
Channeling our Awareness:Ancestral Eldership:The concept of Rank power and privilege June 13th-14th 2026
Ghosts of Rank and Privilege
This seminar deepens awareness of systemic and personal power. Participants explore how privilege, marginalization, and unconscious rank shape group and individual dynamics, and how eldership can offer a path toward healing.
13-14 June 2026, 10am – 5pm
Facilitators: Daisy Nduku, Smith Mboya, Julia Wolfson
Registration via google Form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf-tPjvPQm7ODBOh9Z_J7Kvuj8hmNd03B6Bf3HfDGThG3yFsA/viewform
We would like to appreciate you all that have shared and shown interest towards the upcoming seminar.
JUNE 13th and 14th

The link above is a short preview/trailer of what to expect.
On this weekend we explore and deepen the magic of: The systemic journey that leads us through what can feel like a sociological prison often begins in victimhood, the place where we experience life as something that was done to us. That experience is real, and the victim part exists not to trap us, but to help us connect more deeply with our humanity beyond the identity of suffering.
As the journey deepens, another force begins to emerge: the inner engine, the life energy within us that helps us continue the daily struggle of breaking through historical conditioning, systemic oppression, and inherited pain.
Alongside this, our elders hold memory, wisdom, and hold the space of a burning campfire, a place of reflection, grounding, and collective healing that reminds us we do not walk the journey alone.
These processes are not linear. Victimhood, resistance, freedom, struggle, wisdom, and healing are all happening at the same time, from the day we are born until the day we transcend.
Registrations are still open until 29th May. Here is the link 👇👇
https://forms.gle/CGTp5CwD6iW2vEY59
NB;We have limited slots available now, hence the deadline to register is on 29th May!
Event Date: June 13th-14th, 2026
Time: 10:00am-5:00pm EAT
Location : Four Points Sheraton, Hurlingham Argwings Kodhek Road,, Nairobi, Kenya
Cost :
1.⁠ ⁠300 euros (non-resident)
2.⁠ ⁠Professional (ksh 40,000/=)
3.⁠ ⁠Grassroot Activists (Ksh 20,000/=)
4.⁠ ⁠Students (Ksh 5,000/=)
5.⁠ ⁠Partial payment (any amount from 200)
Your contribution supports the growth of the organization by funding sustainable process work programs across Kenya and helping create safe spaces for healing, connection, emotional growth, and collective transformation
For scholarship inquiries, Please send an email deepdemocracyinstituteke@gmail.com
For more details about the registration process, you can reach out to me personally.

Facilitation Frontiers Series: Session #1
2026-07-27 18:00 - 20:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
Facilitator: Julia Wolfson
In session 1, we expand the idea of a group process from a programmatic formula to an experience happening any time any place. What makes any experience a group process? Facilitator Awareness! Why and how is that useful? To be more connected to your flow power! We focus on the art of topic meditation – notice your topic, and frame it! Sounds simple, but easier said than done! 🥰
In any process, be that an event, an actual session, or an experience of any kind, there are various frontiers to navigating the landscape you are in, and the path you uniquely take. Process Work facilitation provides a language and a map to traverse the terrain using your own self-generated compass.

What facilitation frontier do you want to cross? In this series, you will be guided to discover your unique way of doing that. Facilitation can be applied to any context, and knowing your personal and collective frontiers can help in honing your craft and facilitation love language.

FACILITATION FRONTIERS: my way, your way, our way

Welcome to Mystery Playground!
In every process — a meeting, conflict, conversation, event, relationship, classroom, organisation, or inner experience — there are frontiers.
Process Work facilitation offers practical prompts to navigate these living landscapes, and your innate compass.
Instead of a fixed formula, we develop precision in noticing living signposts emerging moment by moment
Together we will explore:

personal and collective frontiers in facilitating an unfolding of a topic or signal
how groups dream and signal
how conflict can become information for the facilitator
how to facilitate moment-by-moment with what is actually happening
and getting to know your own facilitation style that is already present

Facilitation can be applied anywhere:
leadership, coaching, organisational roles, therapy, education, community work, activism, teams, relationships, creative practice, at home and any aspect of everyday life.
You do not need to become someone else to facilitate well. Exactly who you are already contains a facilitation blueprint.
Possible themes

What Signal to Follow?
What just happened!
In the Thick of the Mess
Fear of conflict
Finding the polarity and setting roles
Unfolding Hotspots to Cool Spots
Not knowing what to do now
Facilitation team tips
Framing topics and moments

For:For facilitators, coaches, educators, leaders, therapists, organisers, Process Work students, Deep Democracy practitioners, and curious humans interested in navigating real life, relationships, groups, and teams with more awareness, creativity, precision, and connection.
Recordings available anytime

Facilitation Frontiers series #2
2026-08-10 18:00 - 20:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
Facilitator: Julia Wolfson
In session 2, our mystery playground is experiential again. This time, finding the essence of the polarity that is hiding within a topic!! We are devoting a whole session to practicing as a group; discussing, grappling, understanding and playing with “setting roles” – first getting to know a universal essence within each side of a polarity. This can help to loosen a rigid interpretation and make visible an expanded and deeper reality in your zone.
In session 1, we expanded the idea of a group process from a programmatic formula to an experience happening any time any place. What makes any experience a group process? Facilitator Awareness! Why and how is that useful? To be more connected to your flow power! We focus on the art of topic meditation – notice your topic, and frame it! Sounds simple, but easier said than done! 🥰
In any process, be that an event, an actual session, or an experience of any kind, there are various frontiers to navigating the landscape you are in, and the path you uniquely take. Process Work facilitation provides a language and a map to traverse the terrain using your own self-generated compass.

What facilitation frontier do you want to cross? In this series, you will be guided to discover your unique way of doing that. Facilitation can be applied to any context, and knowing your personal and collective frontiers can help in honing your craft and facilitation love language.

FACILITATION FRONTIERS: my way, your way, our way

Welcome to Mystery Playground!
In every process — a meeting, conflict, conversation, event, relationship, classroom, organisation, or inner experience — there are frontiers.
Process Work facilitation offers practical prompts to navigate these living landscapes, and your innate compass.
Instead of a fixed formula, we develop precision in noticing living signposts emerging moment by moment
Together we will explore:

personal and collective frontiers in facilitating an unfolding of a topic or signal
how groups dream and signal
how conflict can become information for the facilitator
how to facilitate moment-by-moment with what is actually happening
and getting to know your own facilitation style that is already present

Facilitation can be applied anywhere:
leadership, coaching, organisational roles, therapy, education, community work, activism, teams, relationships, creative practice, at home and any aspect of everyday life.
You do not need to become someone else to facilitate well. Exactly who you are already contains a facilitation blueprint.
Possible themes

What Signal to Follow?
What just happened!
In the Thick of the Mess
Fear of conflict
Finding the polarity and setting roles
Unfolding Hotspots to Cool Spots
Not knowing what to do now
Facilitation team tips
Framing topics and moments

For:For facilitators, coaches, educators, leaders, therapists, organisers, Process Work students, Deep Democracy practitioners, and curious humans interested in navigating real life, relationships, groups, and teams with more awareness, creativity, precision, and connection.
Recordings available anytime

Facilitation Frontiers #3: From hotspot to cool spot
2026-08-24 18:00 - 20:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
Facilitator: Julia Wolfson
Session 3 focus: From hotspot to cool spot, spotting and integrating ghost roles along the way.
Anyone with the desire to get unstuck occasionally from one sided misery/righteousness to help shift a mood or situation, can learn facilitator awareness. What may seem like an isolated moment and problem, is merged in an alchemical field of energies and experiences – past present and future. To make this field more visible, so you can find your point of joy to move with, is the essence of our mystery playground in this series. Our facilitation tools come from process science (Mindell) and a unifying spiritual attitude to life (the science of following your eternal nature’s signals). These atmospheric and tangible signals are the ground of many if not all spiritual and wisdom traditions including a secular orientation to life and nature’s gods and goddesses – nothing to do with religion, rules or morality.
In session 1, we expanded the idea of a group process from a programmatic formula to an experience happening any time any place. What makes any experience a group process? Facilitator Awareness! Why and how is that useful? To be more connected to your flow power! We focused on the art of topic meditation – notice your topic, and frame it! Sounds simple, but easier said than done! 🥰
In Session 2 in our mystery playground we practiced finding the essence of the polarity that is hiding within a topic!! We devoted a whole session to practicing as a group; discussing, grappling, understanding and playing with “setting roles” – first getting to know a universal value/essence within each side of a polarity. This can help to loosen a rigid interpretation and make visible an expanded and deeper reality before getting into a heated exchange.
Skill focus: Deepening a polarity to essence, Attitude focus: find what you love and follow it
Skill focus + attitude focus = your unique facilitation love language

Session 3: Monday 24 August 2026

Oslo/Berlin/Ams: 10am – 12 noon
Nairobi: 11am – 1pm

Bangkok: 3pm – 5pm
Sydney: 6pm – 8pm

Session 4: Monday 31 August 2026

Oslo/Berlin/Ams: 10am – 12 noon
Nairobi: 11am – 1pm

Bangkok: 3pm – 5pm
Sydney: 6pm – 8pm

Session 2: Now available via recording

Session 1: Now available via recording

Welcome to the whole series or single sessions.
Online or anytime via recording

In any process, be that an event, an actual session, or an experience of any kind, there are various frontiers to navigating the landscape you are in, and the path you uniquely take. Process Work facilitation provides a language and a map to traverse the terrain using your own self-generated compass.

What facilitation frontier do you want to cross? In this series, you will be guided to discover your unique way of doing that. Facilitation can be applied to any context, and knowing your personal and collective frontiers can help in honing your craft and facilitation love language.

FACILITATION FRONTIERS: my way, your way, our way

Welcome to Mystery PlaygroundIn every process — a meeting, conflict, conversation, event, relationship, classroom, organisation, or inner experience — there are frontiers.
Process Work facilitation offers practical prompts to navigate these living landscapes, and your innate compass.
Instead of a fixed formula, we develop precision in noticing living signposts emerging moment by moment
Together we will explore:

personal and collective frontiers in facilitating an unfolding of a topic or signal
how groups dream and signal
how conflict can become information for the facilitator
how to facilitate moment-by-moment with what is actually happening
and getting to know your own facilitation style that is already present

Facilitation can be applied anywhere:
leadership, coaching, organisational roles, therapy, education, community work, activism, teams, relationships, creative practice, at home and any aspect of everyday life.
You do not need to become someone else to facilitate well. Exactly who you are already contains a facilitation blueprint.
Possible themes

What Signal to Follow?
What just happened!
In the Thick of the Mess
Fear of conflict
Finding the polarity and setting roles
Unfolding Hotspots to Cool Spots
Not knowing what to do now
Facilitation team tips
Framing topics and moments

For:For facilitators, coaches, educators, leaders, therapists, organisers, Process Work students, Deep Democracy practitioners, and curious humans interested in navigating real life, relationships, groups, and teams with more awareness, creativity, precision, and connection.
Recordings available anytime

Cost

All 4 sessions
AUD $200
single session
AUD $55

Scholarships and discounts
By request. Please write to julia@turningforward.org or contact via WhatsApp +61402085570

Facilitation Frontiers series finale #4
2026-08-31 18:00 - 20:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
Facilitator: Julia Wolfson

In any process, be that an event, an actual session, or an experience of any kind, there are various frontiers to navigating the landscape you are in, and the path you uniquely take. Process Work facilitation provides a language and a map to traverse the terrain using your own self-generated compass.

What facilitation frontier do you want to cross? In this series, you will be guided to discover your unique way of doing that. Facilitation can be applied to any context, and knowing your personal and collective frontiers can help in honing your craft and facilitation love language.

FACILITATION FRONTIERS: my way, your way, our way
Welcome to Mystery PlaygroundIn every process — a meeting, conflict, conversation, event, relationship, classroom, organisation, or inner experience — there are frontiers.
Process Work facilitation offers practical prompts to navigate these living landscapes, and your innate compass.
Instead of a fixed formula, we develop precision in noticing living signposts emerging moment by moment
Together we will explore:

personal and collective frontiers in facilitating an unfolding of a topic or signal
how groups dream and signal
how conflict can become information for the facilitator
how to facilitate moment-by-moment with what is actually happening
and getting to know your own facilitation style that is already present

Facilitation can be applied anywhere:
leadership, coaching, organisational roles, therapy, education, community work, activism, teams, relationships, creative practice, at home and any aspect of everyday life.
You do not need to become someone else to facilitate well. Exactly who you are already contains a facilitation blueprint.
Possible themes

What Signal to Follow?
What just happened!
In the Thick of the Mess
Fear of conflict
Finding the polarity and setting roles
Unfolding Hotspots to Cool Spots
Not knowing what to do now
Facilitation team tips
Framing topics and moments

For facilitators, coaches, educators, leaders, therapists, organisers, Process Work students, Deep Democracy practitioners, and curious humans interested in navigating real life, relationships, groups, and teams with more awareness, creativity, precision, and connection.
Recordings available anytime

The Path of a Warrior: Exploring conflicts in inner and outer worlds - conflict as a gift
2026-09-12 00:00 - 2026-09-13 23:59 (Africa/Nairobi) | Four Points Sheraton, Hurlingham, Argwings Kodhek Road,, Nairobi
The Path of A Warrior: The Inner and Outer Worlds – Conflicts as a Gift

This seminar explores conflict as a meaningful part of life and as an opportunity for growth and transformation whether crossing personal edges, navigating relationships, or engaging in community life. We introduce Processwork’s conflict phases as awareness tools for facilitating escalation, de-escalation, re-escalation, and the unfolding from hotspot to coolspot.
Organisers:
Smith Mboya-devkosbradley@gmail.com
Daisy Nduku-evedaizy16@gmail.com
Email-deepdemocracyinstituteke@gmail.com

Registration via google Form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf-tPjvPQm7ODBOh9Z_J7Kvuj8hmNd03B6Bf3HfDGThG3yFsA/viewform

Swimming Upstream: An intensive on developing a multi-dimensional leadership style
2026-10-12 08:00 - 2026-10-16 17:00 (Europe/London)
Upstream Swimming
NEW LIFE FOR THE MANY AND THE ONE

Pop-Up Facilitation: Conflict Cafe in Everyday life, Work and Dreams
2026-10-24 00:00 - 2026-10-26 23:59 (Europe/Oslo) | RSUC Oslo, 30 Professor Dahls Gate, Oslo, Norway
☕ Conflict Café — Oslo, October 24–26, 2026. Conflict doesn’t wait. Three days of Process Work-based pop-up facilitation in everyday life, work and dreams.
📍 Rudolf Steiner University College, Oslo
🔗 https://forms.gle/yarEpwDZ4CD7e59a6
Fee range and tuition Scholarships in the registration info
Conflict doesn’t wait for the right moment. It shows up at the kitchen table, in the team meeting, in body symptoms, relationship hesitations and irritations, and in the dream you woke from at 3am. It’s already in motion — in the body, between people, in the field around us.
In this three-day seminar we liken facilitating conflict to a pop-up café — a freshly ground triple espresso or a calming chamomile tea, depending on who you are and how you show up, in the middle of all of it.
Drawing on Process Work in the lineage of Arnold Mindell and the applied approaches of Max and Ellen Schupbach, we’ll work with three types of conflict information:

tiny signals that appear before a conflict fully appears;
long-term conflicts you don’t want to touch;
and tensions/conflicts you wish you could address but don’t yet know how.

We’ll practice the awareness moves that become available when you stop managing conflict and start getting curious.
Everyday life. Work. Dreams. All three are on the menu.
This seminar is experiential education.
How the three days work: Days 1 and 2 focus on the what and the why — building skills, attitudes and practices. Day 3 is a practice day — working live, with support and guidance, to hone your own area of facilitation interest, in the middle, in pop-up café style.
For those who like to read beforehand: The Leader as Martial Artist and The Leader’s 2nd Training, both by Arnold Mindell, are wonderful companions to this seminar.
For facilitators, coaches, educators, conflict resolvers, leaders, therapists, and curious humans. Process Work background welcome but not required.
What to expect: experiential exercises, short theoretical presentations to illuminate the experiential aspects, small and large group interactions
Venue: Rudolf Steiner University College, Professor Dahls Gate 30, Oslo — a cool village atmosphere with plenty of accommodation options, cafes and eating places nearby.
Morning and afternoon refreshments provided
Registration: Register below. full three days, or first two seminar days only.
Oslo, Norway · October 24–26, 2026

The core of our Cultural Authenticity and Freedom: Fulfilling the dreamers path
2026-11-21 00:00 - 2026-11-22 23:59 (Europe/London) | Four Points Sheraton, Hurlingham, Argwings Kodhek Road,, Nairobi
November 21st -22nd 2026
Topic:The core of our Cultural Authenticity and Freedom: Fulfilling the dreamers path
The Dreamer: Finding My Path
This seminar focuses on dreaming as a guide for both individual growth and community leadership. Participants will explore life myth, inner dreaming figures, and symbolic guidance.
Phone Number: 254 728231036 /254 718505983
Organisers:
Smith Mboya-devkosbradley@gmail.com
Daisy Nduku-evedaizy16@gmail.com
Email-deepdemocracyinstituteke@gmail.com
Registration google Form
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf-tPjvPQm7ODBOh9Z_J7Kvuj8hmNd03B6Bf3HfDGThG3yFsA/viewform
