
Week 3: Reframing resistance to shift into flow.
Wednesday 5 Feb
2 pm CET / 3 pm SAST / 8 am EDT
POD this week
In this week’s POD, we’d love you to play with the Adaptive Action Cycles, a method developed by Glenda Eoyang from the Human Systems Dynamics Institute. There’s a lovely downloadable resource that you can access here.
Individual practice:
Working with your resistance:
- What? What are you feeling? Where is it showing up in your body?
- So What? What might this mean?What do I need to be aware of in this moment? What is it informing? / what is it revealing?
- Now What? What is a next wise action?
- #startagain …
In your pod:
Reflect on what you’ve learned or what emerged for you while practising the adaptive action cycle.
Call details:
We’ll be opening the call 5 minutes early at 1:55 pm CET / 2:55 pm SAST / 7:55 am EDT. As you enter, cameras will be off, and mics will be muted.
Join us in movement as we settle into the space together, guided by a short playlist, followed by a guided meditation.
In this third live session, we’ll start with a dynamic show and tell where everyone has the opportunity to share insights from their draft internal WaysFinder.
This will be a playful, collaborative, and interactive space—think improv style—to open up new possibilities and avoid getting stuck in rigid structures or ideas.
If you’re feeling any resistance to this idea, just be with it with curiosity for now.
Resistance is information … we’ll explore how to work with resistance and shift into flow as part of this session.
We will also touch on how you can implement feedback mechanisms to help you stay on track.
Content & preparation
There’s no pre-reading content for this week. Just focus on completing your draft internal WaysFinder and connecting with your pod.
In preparation for our call, please ensure you have a few blank sheets of paper or cards and a few coloured pencils/pens handy.
Home Practice:
Something you can try on your own:
Whenever fear arises, try exploring it from a different angle. How might our resistance and fear be information that could guide us to our desires and longings?
We’ve included a fear-flipping exercise for you to use.
Extra (completely optional):
We spotted this lovely creative practice called “drama doodling”.
It is a playful exercise that combines image and text, art and impulse. It taps into a mindful state to invite focus, clarity and truth.
It’s a great way to engage with the transition “that wants to be worked with” and your WaysFinder in a more playful, creative and lighthearted manner.
You can find more info & a detailed step-by-step approach here.
We are more real in our simple wish to find a way, more than any destination we could ever reach.
— David Whyte