28/04/2025
In my non-plant foraging life, I was professionally a facilitator. I used to hold spaces for personal, interpersonal, and systemic transformations, and for close to a decade, I proudly wore the badge of a facilitator on my shoulders. I still do, though now only those who have seen me in that role know about it.
After a break from facilitation, reached out to check if I would be interested in co-facilitating a workshop for students in their final year at Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology , who are working on their final enterprises. For someone who has recently owned the title of a social entrepreneur, I felt it was a great opportunity to bring together my rusty facilitation skills and my emerging clarity around my own entrepreneurial endeavor, and I willingly said yes.
I'm so glad I did!
On the first day of the workshop, the students were restless sitting in the circle. They were skeptical , about the process, about the facilitators, but they trusted and stayed. Slowly, we noticed cracks appearing in their resistance, and by day four, rays of light were flooding the circle. It was beautiful to witness the transformation through carefully curated tools and sessions, where we explored larger themes of separation and interbeing, down to the minutest personal themes around their own compasses of reaction, weaving all of this together into their entrepreneurial projects and journeys ahead.
This workshop reminded me why I love facilitation. It was also an honor to co-facilitate with amazing friends and professionals whose work in the world I deeply respect.
Curious if a "Building a Healthy Enterprise" workshop is something you’d like to explore with your students? Hit us up , we’d love to chat!
