Your Elixir - a journey from Soul whispering to Passionate sharing
Reflections and insights from a 6-week online journey
In May, we started our first Elixir online journey with a diverse group of 7 nationalities spread over 4 continents. We came together for 3 live sessions exploring the different ways of distilling one’s Elixir – sharing your voice inside-out.
But what do we mean by Elixir? Your Elixir is like your personal ‘perfume’ or the medicine, you must share. We can distill our Elixir through self-discovery, working with our story material, and doing inner work. This deep investigation is giving space to our ‘soul’s whispering’. It affects our self-expression and helps bring our voices from deep within. We can see this with people, they have ‘sparks’ in their eyes when sharing something they are deeply passionate about.
The Elixir journey draws wisdom from process work/process-oriented psychology, transformational storytelling, and new leadership approaches. It consists of live sessions and three online modules: 1. Recalibrate, 2. Own Your Magic, 3. Share your Voice.
Recalibrate.
In our first live session, we explored an inner work exercise inspired by process work, The Quantum Flirt.
We then worked with ‘peak experiences’, moments in your life when you have experienced disruption. A moment that shifted your perspective and deeply changed something within you.
“I got tons of great inspiration on tools and ways to get closer to my elixir. Especially working with my unconscious intuitive side of thinking, dreams, childhood story touched me and started something…”
Elixir participant
Own your Magic.
We started the second session with Pantoun Writing, a Tibetan contemplative writing practice. Pantoun Writing is a way to create “Everyday Poetry”, with its simple structure it offers an easy way to get in touch with your intuition and creativity.
We then explored ‘life myths’ and worked with a version of the Hero´s Journey by Joseph Campbell with a key principle of drawing instead of writing the journey. This allowed us to let go of analytical thinking and made space for more associative and creative impulses. The simplified version of the Hero’s Journey is a great tool to unfold the narrative structure behind certain endeavors and projects.
“It (the course) gave me some really nice and playful resources to engage in the intersection of inner work and creative storytelling! It was insightful, warm, and sparked my curiosity.”
Elixir participant
Share your Signature.
In our third live session, we explored Signature Stories – key moments in our life. These moments can inform us about what kind of change we want to bring into this world.
We also worked with Undeniable Story, a structure to craft stories. The intention is to help your ‘voice from within’ flow into some concrete ‘story’ you are passionate about sharing.
“A gentle and deep way of connecting to the creative impulses and stories within you.”
Elixir participant
This is just the beginning.
When we start connecting with our story material, we realize the numerous stories we have lived through. These stories carry essential information about us and how we live life. Especially connecting with our early childhood memories and dreams takes us back to earlier versions of ourselves who were not influenced by society and the system in the same way as later in life. This process of remembering these childhood stories and working with them takes time. Therefore, distilling your elixir also takes time. With our online journey, our intention is to share different ways to connect with your story material and share sparks that support you in your journey of self-discovery. To create moments where you can work on your Elixir. However, this is just the beginning or continuation of a greater journey. Showing up to these creative practices is like going to the gym. Even sometimes when we don’t feel like it, experience shows that doing the workout makes us always feel better afterward.
Future offerings
Based on the feedback from the pioneers of our first Elixir journey, we would like to share a few offerings with you if you want to start or continue deepening your Elixir journey.
Deep Dive sessions, focusing on specific topics like Pantoun writing, signature stories, and peak experiences. The first deep dive session will be hosted in September.
Next round of Your Elixir in Autumn 2023.
Elixir Masterclass – a 6-month small group journey that allows you to dive deeper into your essence, through more regular practice and sharing in a stable group (includes the deep dive sessions, group coaching, and optional individual coaching)
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