Senem’s Diary Defne ısınma çalışmalarını genellikle imgeler üzerinden kurguluyor. Dün sabah ısınırken sanki bir çıkrıkla su kuyusunun içine bastırıyormuşuz ve su dışarı çıkıp ayağımızı ıslatıyormuşuz gibi hissederek yürüme çalışması yaptırdı, genel olarak bu imgeyi bedenin başka bölgelerini ısıtırken de kullandı. Genel olarak o da benim gibi eklemler üzerinden ısınma yaptırıyor.… Daha fazlasını oku »14 July 2014
Senem’s Diary Yazdıklarım sürekli yarım kalıyor. Hep araya bir şeyler giriyor. Defnenin gelişi hatta geç gelişi çok iyi oldu. Dışarıdan birinin bakışına ve gözlemlerine çok ihtiyacım varmış. Kendimi iyi hissediyorum. Sadece yorgunum. Her zamanki gibi yapmak istediklerimle yapabildiklerim arasında bir fark var. uçurum diyecektim ama haksızlık olur diye düşündüm. Uçurum… Daha fazlasını oku »13 July 2014
Opening the veil for a healthier communication During our discussions the other day, I realized that; while I communicate, some of my attitudes or my words trigger a certain emotion in the other person; this could be anger, sadness, joy or excitement. Sometimes that emotion comes out very intensely and… Daha fazlasını oku »12 July 2014
My stress bells are on even on a holiday. Today is a holiday. Most people went to visit Yerevan. The rest went down to the riverside to have a picnic there. Only Tuba and I stayed at home. I say ‘home’ because this huge retreat place became a home to… Daha fazlasını oku »11 July 2014
The graceful lesson I learned from Melinè, Nurcan and a scorpion Last night I mediated a conversation between two women who are both originally from Muş – a city in the South Anatolia, Turkey- but who could not speak each other’s language. Melinè spoke in English and Nurcan in Turkish,… Daha fazlasını oku »10 July 2014
Tension between being in control and letting go In the morning everybody except me went to the riverside. I stayed in bed overwhelmed by my organizational responsibilities, my perfectionist tendencies and also a bit exhausted from living together with so many women and communicating in many languages. Thankfully, I had… Daha fazlasını oku »9 July 2014
I wrote my Morning Pages on the terrace surrounded by fresh and clean air. It is great to be in nature. Each day we explore deeper layers of ourselves Today in the morning session, Ebru brought up the topic of social prejudices against women. Each of us wrote a prejudice… Daha fazlasını oku »8 July 2014
We open ourselves to the new possibilities of communication. Yesterday we were faced with our fears by the help of Elvira’s facilitation. It was an intense session that ended up releasing our energies to Mother Earth in the garden. Then I facilitated a session where we tried to communicate using… Daha fazlasını oku »7 July 2014
Everyone has a secret friend and will be surprised by little gifts. In the morning after breakfast, we, 22 women, were gathered in the living room making us comfortable on the floor cushions. Some of these women are artists, some of them are our comrades from feminist or queer communities.… Daha fazlasını oku »6 July 2014
The retreat place is incredible. We arrived at the retreat place in an Armenian village called Aghdzq. The place is a big two-storey house having large verandas and surrounded by a big garden, which is placed beside a deep valley. The Holy Mountain Ararat with its magnificent presence is in… Daha fazlasını oku »5 July 2014