Asian Youth Empowerment 2019 - Holistic Leadership Facilitation

ASIAN YOUTH
EMPOWERMENT
Holistic Leadership
Facilitation
22-28 May 2019
Soc Trang, Vietnam

Preface
“I’ve heard that we are born alone and we die alone. But one thing I’ve learned from here is that, we don’t
have to live alone.” (Pann)
Yes, we did everything together, participatory decision-making, having lots of fun, and winning the
collaborative games with no one left behind. Our powerful mantram was “Connect, connect, connect!” And it
was amazing how we could connect to each other in such a short time!
Connection and trust are the foundation of any relationship, as well as leadership. I’ve learned that trust is
empowerment and real power comes by empowering people. As trust is based on integrity, the leadership
development journey is an individual quest for inner transformation, of self-discipline and character
building. Thus, leadership is not a position but rather a way of living, leading one’s own life with vision and
purpose, manifesting love through selfless-service. And we can help each other along the way.
Thank you all for the happy and inspiring time we had together!
With Love and Gratitude.
Daisy, 17.6.2019

THE ORGANIZERS & FACILITATORS
Natchaporn Meesad Sabin Rongpipi Quach Thanh Thien

PROGRAM GOALS 1 - To build a new culture of power sharing
for empowering youth in Asia by co-creating
knowledge together in a rapidly changing
world.
2 - To bring awareness to potential leaders
of the crises in different areas of our world
and emerge a creative and innovative
solution to these issues.
3 - To network young Asian social change
makers to shift the way we see the world
and choose to change in holistic process.

AGENDA
ASIAN YOUTH EMPOWERMENT
Holistic Leadership Facilitation
22-28 May 2019
Soc Trang, Vietnam
21.5.2019 Arrival
22.5 Day 1. Inauguration Day
23.5 Day 2. Power and Ranks
24.5 Day 3. Empowering Skills
25.5 Day 4. Holacracy
26.5 Day 5. Sight-seeing Day
27.5 Day 6. Facilitation Practice – Workshops
28.5 Day 7. Wrap-up
29.5.2019 Departure

DAY 1 INAUGURATION DAY
Morning Session
• Soil Ceremony
• Listening and Summarizing
• Rules, Schedule and
Responsibility
Afternoon Session
• Name Game with Ball
• Spelling Game
• Entangled String
• The Broken Boat
Evening Session
• River of Life

❖“We are not here to compete against one another.
We are here to complete each other.”
❖“Energy follows attention means that we need
to shift our attention from what we are trying
to avoid to what we want to bring into reality.”
~ C. Otto Scharmer
❖“The world is changed by your example, not by
your opinion.”
~ Paulo Coelho
❖“Get very clear about the kind of world we
would like and then start living that way.”
~ Marshall Rosenberg
❖“The secret of change is not to focus all your energy
to fighting the old, but on building the new.”
~ Socrates
Some Quotes on the Wall

SOIL CEREMONY
The soil from Thailand, Vietnam is put in The Soil Project bowl
from India to grow the seeds of compassion, wisdom,
happiness, mindfulness… from all of the participants.

SOIL CEREMONY
Contemplating in silence.
Each of us had a candle. We brought it to the center, lighted
it up and put it into the pot, making a wish or a prayer. Then,
saying out loud, “I want to plant the seeds of…”

I want to plant the seeds of…
Connection
(Sabin)
Compassion
(Ching)
Peace
(PK)
A New Beginning,
a New Family
(Alma)
Happiness
(Lucy)
Wisdom
(Oil)
Loving - Kindness
(Earth)
Present
(Uyen)
Empathy
(Bunny)
Love, Wisdom
& Courage
(P)
Compassion
(Thien)
Creativity
(Moke)
Love
(Tiep)
Hope
(Toan)
Mindfulness
(Vu)
Unity
(Daisy)
Love
(Ton)
Association
& Balance
(Pann)
Healthy
(Pup)

The name tag, your intention of being here and your burning question
• Spend several minutes to reflect on the things that we have planted and
why we are here, the intention of being here.
• On the name tag, write your name one one side, and the burning/haunting
question or the answer you want to know in your life on the other side.
❖ Sabin: “I’m from North-eastern part of India. My intention is to collaborate with my
friends Thien and P. Looking forward to have this connection forever. It is just beginning.
What we are doing is as experimental. We want to have your support and understanding.”
❖ Pann: “I want to be video and photograph creator for The Soil Project. What is true love?
How to be in true love?”
❖ Bunny: “I want people to keep going, believing in themselves. How to get courage for
everyone to take risk and get out of their comfort zone?”

❖ Pup: “I want people to take care of their health. As a political activist, Why I always
choose the choice that I don’twant to do?”
❖ Ching: “Build a strong network and good connection. We can share our perspectives
and understand each other, moving forward collectively for the betterment of all.”
❖ Alma: “Build relations with one another and learn from one another.”
❖ Lucy: “Make more friends, escape from crazy and busy city. Hope we’ll enjoy the
moments together.”
❖ Uyen: “A member of The Soil Project.”
❖ Vu: “This camp is already a gift for me. Want to learn from organizing the program.”

❖ Tiep: “I once said No to many things, closing myself off. So I think it is the time
that I should say Yes to life. I want to open up, let things go naturally, and
accept life as it is.”
❖ Earth: “First time in Vietnam. I’ve just come from Thai Plum Village.”
❖ PK: “As a friend of P, I want to support him. What do I love/want to do?”
❖ Oil: “What is spiritual freedom?”
❖ Moke: “What is friendship?”
❖ Daisy: “Laws of the Universe.”

• P: “Thien asked me to do some thing to bring people together. So, with this camp,
I want us to explore more about ourselves, the community. We have a house that
we can take care of each other. My question is How can each person end their
suffering?”
• Thien: “The Soil Project Story. Three of us, P, Sabin and me, met in September
2018 at the Mindful Market and the Awakening Leadership Training Program in
Thailand. We shared the same vision. This camp is the very first activity of The
Soil Project International team. Maybe we will have more exchange programs in
the future. At the Brotherhood House, we want you to experience the spirit of a
family and the gift culture. Take time to build brotherhood and sisterhood. Feel
at home. Celebrate ourselves. All of us contribute to the training, through your
presence.” The Three of Cups tarot card represents
celebration, friendship, and community.
It signifies bliss and abundance.

Bell of Mindfulness
• P introduced a friend, the Bell of Mindfulness.
• We ring the bell at the beginning and end of each session.
• Every time when we hear the bell:
- Stop.
- Take a deep breath.
- Look back in what we are doing.
Angel Card
• Angel cards with a heart or a star on one side and a positive
word on the other side.
• The angel cards will call out to you.
• Contemplate. What does the angel card mean to you? What is
the message? Let it sing into your life.
• Keep your angel card with you during the camp. We will release
them at the end of the camp.

Energizer - Greetings
• Mingle, eye contact, smile, greet your friends with your:
- Knees
- Shoulders
- Hands
The happiest moment of your life
• Pair up.
• Put hand on your friend’s shoulder.
• Think about the happiest moment of your life.
• Share (each has 5 min, starting after the bell ring).
• Active Listening: Listen to the things they say and what they
didn’t say.
• Reflect on what you’ve heard.

Mindful Listening & Summarizing Practice
❖ The things you like about your country
• Counting to form groups
• In groups of 4, take turns:
- The 1st person: speak in 4 min.
- The 2nd person: reflect and summarize in 1.5 min.
- The 3rd person: summarize in 30 seconds.
- The 4th person: summarize in 1 sentence.
❖ Reflection
- Keyword: Diversity.
- Skills: mindful listening, reflection, summarizing, elaborating from what we have heard.
- Get others’ viewpoints from the same place.
- Learning from the mistakes of our countries.
- Deep listening is not only the ability to rephrase but also to understand and a part of
the facilitation skill. Deep listening makes a bonding session.

- tidying
Group Discussion and Agreements
❖ Home Group Forming
• Groups of 4
• Working together during the whole camp.
❖ Rules and Regulations
• No phone on sessions, except for photos.
❖ Responsibilities
• Each group has 1 task/day, taking turn to do:
- Recap (paint, draw, sing, dance, role play…)
- Heart-keeper: energizer and time-keeper
- Room care: cleaning and tidying
Time Activities
7:30 Breakfast
8:30 Morning session
10:00 Tea-break
10:15 Morning session
12:00 Lunch & Relaxation
13:30 Afternoon session
15:00 Tea-break
15:15 Afternoon session
16:00 Free time
18:00 Dinner
19:30 Evening session
21:00 Closing
Schedule

Name Game with Ball
• Say the name of a friend and throw the ball to him/her.
• The ball should be thrown to a new person (no repetition).
• No drop down, otherwise, the game should start again.
• It is getting faster in the next round.
Spelling Game
• One person starts with a word.
• The friend next to him/her starts spelling the letters (can be more than 1).
• Then the friend next to this friend continues…

Entangled String
• One person keeps and holds one end of the
thread. Then he/she calls out a name and
throws the skein to that person.
• It continues until we have all connected in an
entangled web.
• Task: Untangle ourselves
• Strategy used: one-person-at-a-time, go to
the root cause, coordinately.

The Broken Boat
• A boat full of people in the middle of the
sea was broken into several pieces in a
heavy storm.
• Task: All people should be transferred
connectedly to the land. If there are
separated groups, we then have to start all
over again.
• Watch out: the monsters arising from the sea,
taking a way some parts of the boat.
• P was the monster, and later Pan too. It was
thrilling and lots of fun!

Collaborative Games - Reflection
• The Entangled String and the Broken Boat are collaborative and not win/lose games.
If we want to win, we have to win altogether.
• The games highlight the importance of teamwork in times of crisis, in which communication
is key.
• What kind of leadership do you see in the games?
- Situational leadership
- Collective leadership (lead with the strengths of all in the team, everyone adds
something to use).
• How to cultivate leadership together?
- Hold space for everyone to say their opinions,
- Allow people to take risk, allow creative ideas to emerge
- No judgment, keep listening
- Trust and empowerment
- Mindfulness and determination
- Taking responsibility
• We have found that followership is also important, follow to collaborate.

“The collaboration/leadership games follows our
activities in the afternoon. To win the game, we
should go altogether, connect, collaborate and not
leave anyone behind. Normally, we plays to win in
almost every games, even in education in school, by
the ranking system. We have lose and win sides, we
have to play to win, to compete each others to win
the game. But what if success or win means that we
all together, what if success is when we all win? The
win-lose mindset affects us so much later on in our
life as we are educated to compete and take from
others rather than giving, helping each others.
Now, we are here to tell another story and mindset about success, that's when
we all reach the top in togetherness. Leadership that we practice will come
that way.” [The Soil Project Team]

RIVER OF LIFE
In silence and with some beautiful soft
music, contemplating, looking deeper
into our lives since we were born, our
childhood, our family… until now where
were we? What do we value in our
life?
Draw our life story. The drawing
doesn’t have to be beautiful or perfect,
but it comes from our true feelings.
In the light of the
candle, each of us
had 15 minutes to
tell our life story.
We practiced deep
listening. We were
touched by our
friends’ stories.

A Life of Blessings
This little book caught my eye the first time I saw it, on the
bookshelf at Brotherhood House.
It explains Buddhism in a simple way with practical guide on
how to live a life of blessing, prosperity, peace and happiness.
Interestingly, while reading the book, I found two sections
“True Friends” and “Qualities of Successful Leaders” which are
quite relevant to this camp’s theme. And thus I would like to
include it here in this learning note.
The pdf version of this book is available
for free download at the link
www.justbegood.net.

A Life of Blessings – True Friends
❖ True friends
The friends who help. The friends who stay in good times
and in bad times. The friends who give good counsel.
The friends who are compassionate. The wise will know
that these four are truly friends, and treasure them
as a mother does her own child.
Good friends, especially spiritual friends, can lead each
other to the greatest heights.
Bad company should be avoided, unless we are there in
times of need, or to help them improve themselves.
True friends are rare and they should be treasured. (T. Y. Lee)

A Life of Blessings – Qualities of Successful Leaders
❖ Qualities of Successful Individuals
Wise and virtuous
Gentle and eloquent
Humble and amenable
Such a person will attain success.
Energetic and not lazy
Unshaken by troubles
Of good conduct and intelligent
Approachable and friendly
Kind with words and unselfish
A teacher, guide and leader
❖ Qualities of Successful Leaders
Generosity, pleasant speech
Being helpful to others
Treating all with fairness
At every place as each case demands.
For any society to be successful, it needs to
have leaders with positive qualities. These
leaders, where in government or business,
should be generous by nature and free from
excessive greed. (T. Y. Lee)

A Life of Blessings – Qualities of Successful Leaders
Good leaders must be unselfish, compassionate, and willing to use the
community’s wealth and resources to help the needy and assist the
underprivileged to improve themselves. In this way, society will develop
and progress to higher levels.
Leaders must be skillful in their use of speech and certainly not demean
or humiliate anyone as this will breed hatred, resentment and
disharmony. Leaders must never abuse their positions, and must observe
the rule of law in all circumstances. Finally, they must emphasize fairness
and equality for all, regardless of wealth, religion, race or status.
In short, leaders in society should be generous, pleasant, helpful and
impartial, with a desire to see everyone enjoy happiness and prosperity.
These quality hold society together, without which it will deteriorate and
decline. (T. Y. Lee)

DAY 2 POWER & RANKS
Morning Session
• Mindful practice
• Energizer: Zip Zap Boing
• Hand of Power
• Energizer: Waka Dance
• Cross the Line
Afternoon Session
• The Electric Wires
• Check-out activity: Each
does some action in turn and
all members in the circle do
the same.
Evening Session
• Dance ‘Competition’
• Singing Karaoke

Mindful practice
• Mindful listening to the sound of everything
around us.
Energizer – Zip Zap Boing
• Stand in a circle.
• There are 3 commands: Zip, Zap and Boing
• If a player wants to choose the player to their right, they point
and say Zip.
• If they want to choose the player on their left, they point and
say Zap.
• If they want to choose the person across the circle, they point
and say Boing.
• Each time another player is selected in this way, it is their turn to
quickly Zip, Zap, or Boing.

Hands of Power
• In groups of 5
- 1 Principal, has power control over the Teacher
- 1 Teacher, must follow the hands of the Principal
- 2 Students must follow the hands of the Teacher
- 1 Observer – just observe on the first round, and control
the Principal on the second round (when people also
change their roles).
• Reflection on the feelings of each role in the group
- Principal: free, powerful, fun
- Teacher: more responsibility, pressure, stressed,
overwhelming, unfree, hopeless, powerless, out of control
- Students: annoying, dizzy, hard to follow, tired, not good
• Small group discussion about the situations in our life when we
feel the same. Then, sharing in the big circle.

Power and Leadership - Reflection
❖ What makes people powerful?
• What is power?
- The ability to induce action or influence others.
- The resources we have that make us the one who control
what is right or wrong.
- The freedom to make decision for yourself and other
- Sometimes the one who has less power may have power
over someone. Ex: the baby crying to ask for something from
her mother. Do I have more power than a mosquito?
• What are the sources of power?
- External, positional power: from status, money, authority…
- Inner power: characteristics, wisdom, expertise, knowledge,
trust, confidence, perseverance, calmness, compassion,
courage, stamina…
- Spiritual power, psychic power

Power vs. Authority
[Source: Surbhi S]

[Source: Slidemodel.com ]
[Source: Confusedwords.org]
[Source: Jobberman.com]

Cross the Line
• Facilitator reads out loud one statement
at a time.
• Participants who can identify with the
statement cross the line and walk to the
other side.
The Statements
• I am a woman.
• I come from a farmer family.
• I have completed my schooling till grade 12.
• I am a graduate.
• I have a job.*
• I am an organization founder/co-founder.
• I can communicate in English.
• I have been in 2 countries.
* “Our full-time job is being a human, all other
jobs are part-time.”

Cross the Line - Reflection
• Feelings of majority and minority groups?
• How one statement can separate you?
- The feelings of majority group: powerful.
- The feelings of minority group: unfair, or fair as
‘they’ have earned that.
- Everything changes. You can be in majority or
minority group in different statements, contexts.
- There are unheard voices from both of the
groups. Privileged people do not mean they are
perfect.
- Status can’t divide us. The external conditions
keep changing and are impermanent.
Separation is illusion. We are One, all
interconnected in the web of Life.

Ranks
• Rank: a conscious or unconscious social or personal or power arising from different
contexts. Ex: appearance, race, religion, gender, language, health, sexual orientation,
education, wealth.
• Different types of ranks:
- Social rank (power)
- Psychological rank (feeling, age, gender…)
- Physical rank (health)
- Spiritual rank
- Contextual rank (can change, based on situations)
• In groups of 4 (the more diverse/different the better):
- What do you think you have lower rank than the others in your group?
- What do you think you have higher rank than the others in your group?

Power and Ranks - Reflection
• All ranks are relative. You can be both powerless in some
and powerful in others. It depends on the perspectives.
• Everything can change with time.
• Every one is unique. We are complete when we
collaborate and support each other.
• When we don’t love ourselves enough, we still compare
with others. Thus, we let others have power over ourselves.
• In any field, there are always both people who are at
higher level and lower level than us. Our work is to look
at the higher ones as examples for improving ourselves
and helping the lower ones.
• We should manage ourselves and be careful of not
overusing power, but empowering others instead.
• Real power comes by empowering others.
Leadership as Empowerment

The Electric Wires
• The 2 “electric wires” divide the place
into 2 sides.
• Task: Everyone in the team has to be
transferred to the other side, without
touching the “electric wires” and the
team has to be connected as a whole
all the time, otherwise, it has to start all
over again.
• The hardest part but also the funniest
one was with Ton. We had tried and
tested many different strategies.
Finally, we made it!
• Keyword: Connect Connect Connect!

The Electric Wires - Reflection
This hard task and “evil game” did unite us, in the spirit of brotherhood and ‘no one left behind.’
We did not give up, even through many trials and failures. We could feel the connection getting
stronger. Connect, connect, connect!

Reflection – What made us accomplish the goal?
- Teamwork, bonding even only after 2
days
- Clear vision, creativity
- Persistence, not give up, positive
thinking, determination
- Flexible in taking the task.
- Delegation, know the role and what
members can contribute. Everyone
does their task
- Take a break when we don’t have
energy
- Accumulation of failures leads to
experiences that brings out success.

DAY 3 EMPOWERING SKILLS
Morning Session
• Mindful movement
• Recap: Role play
• One-to-one interview
• Group reflection
Afternoon Session
• Energizer: Create forms
• Group massage
• Pairs in Silence
• Nail Walk
Evening Session
• Movie: Freedom Writers

Recap by NamaTôt – Role Play
Characters: Student, Teacher, Principal and the director of The Soil Project Vietnam.

Facilitation skill: Interview with Open-ended Questions
❖ As facilitators, leaders, we can give open spaces to others by asking open-ended
questions.
• Open-ended questions:
- often are (but not limited to) Wh-questions
- often about attitudes, opinions
- no right or wrong, no absolute answer
- tools to empower people to have their own answer
• Closed-ended questions:
- often are Yes/No-questions
- for clarification, make final decision
- limited choices
- Win/Lose situation
❖ Interview Practice: deep listening and asking open-ended questions
Work in pairs. Each one has 10 minutes to interview your partner with 1-2 main questions
and some follow-up questions.

Reflection
• Your feelings about the activity when you were interviewer?
• Your feelings about the activity when you were interviewee?
• How to become a good interviewer?
- Be present
- Active listening with all the senses
- Observe their faces, body
language
- Create comfortable, safe space
- Relax
- Ask open-ended questions
- Encourage the person to express
more
- Positive gestures
- Have good intention and curiosity
- Capture the main points, keywords

Reflection
How to be a good listener?
- No bias
- Empty like a blank
paper to accept
everything
- Be aware of the
feelings/mood of the
partner
- Flow with the smooth of
the conversation
- Have probing skill

Energizer
❖ Create forms
• Mermaid: pairs (one is the mermaid and one is the rock where the mermaid sits on)
• Coconut tree: groups of 3
• Washing machine: groups of 4
• Starfish: groups of 5 (freestyle)
❖ Group massage

Pairs in Silence
❖ Eyes to eyes
• Be present
• Look into your friend’s eyes in 2 minutes
• After the bell (2 minutes), exchanging what you feel.
❖ Stand up together
• Sit back to back
• Connect your energy
• Feel your friend’s back
• Put your hand together and
• Stand up

Nail Walk
The challenge was real. And blood was shed.
❖ Reflection
• Observe carefully first
• Mindful walking
• Trust is empowerment.

Freedom Writers – The Movie
“Erin’s classroom is a microcosm of the
gang-orientated world outside the school
gates, with students who have little
interest in learning. It would be easy for
anyone to give up in those circumstances.
But by showing her leadership qualities,
Erin’s persistence creates an astonishing
turnaround in the attitudes of her
students, and in what they go on to
achieve.” ~ Dave Wraith
[Source: www.movieleadership.com]
“When I’m helping these kids make sense
of their lives, everything about my life
makes sense to me.” ~ Erin Gruwell

The Freedom Writers Diary – The Original Book
“The best test, and the most
difficult to administer, is this: ‘Do
those served grow as persons?
Do they, while being served,
become healthier, wiser, freer,
more autonomous, more likely
themselves to become servants?”
~ Robert Greenleaf
“It’s an astonishing story of
commitment, and one that shows
the real power of leadership. In
many ways, Erin role models
Robert Greenleaf’s notion of
servant leadership.”
~ Dave Wraith

Servant Leadership as Bottom-up Leadership
Top-down Control vs. Bottom-up Empower
[Source: www.servantleadership.ca]

Principles of Servant Leadership

Servant Leadership as Heart-based Leadership
[Source: www.scrum.org]

DAY 4 HOLACRACY
Morning Session
• Mindful practice
• Welcome Lynn!
• Recap: Count on me
• Fishbowl Discussion
• Debriefing Practice
Afternoon Session
• Numbers & the Cushion
• Magic Curtain
• Alien and the Empty House
Evening Session
• Free

Mindful Practice
• Pay attention to the things you’ve not
noticed before.
…The sound of the leaves swinging in the
breeze.
…The sound of vehicles on the street.
…The sensations in your body.
• Hug ourselves.
• Send love, kindness and gratitude.

Welcome Lynn to our Brotherhood Circle!
We lifted her up with our index fingers.
Surprised, as we thought it was impossible.
How amazing the collective power is!
Lynn said she felt peaceful.

Recap by TUBE – Count on Me
You can count on me like 1, 2, 3
I'll be there.
And I know when I need it I can count on you like 4, 3, 2
You'll be there.
'Cause that's what friends are supposed to do.

Fishbowl Discussion - ‘Freedom Writers’ Review
• 4 people from the big circle join the central
group for each round.
• People alternate after each round (2 stay, 2 go
back to the big circle and the other 2 join the
central group).
❖ Questions:
• 1st round: What did you like from the movie?
- The determination of the teacher, which kept on
going and changed the students and united
them.
- Cross the line game.
- Ms. Gruwell gave the notebooks to the students, encouraging them to write. The students had
trust in the teacher, handing in the notebooks to her. They had the need for sharing but they
did not have the chance before. The teacher created a safe space for them to share.

• 2nd round: What problems did you see in the movie?
- The students were left out before.
- The students thought they were the only one who have the problems.
- There were books in the library but students could not access them.
- No relation and bonding with the students after class.
- The teachers did not find the job they like (inside), the system does not allow them to do
what they want (outside).
• 3rd round: What did Ms. Gruwell do to help the students?
- Ms. Gruwell accepted them as they are. She saw the real ability of the students.
- She tried to connect everyone in the class and getting to know them better.
- She got to know the problems by talking to them, letting them write about their lives…
- She was not only a teacher but like a mother, helping and protecting them, trying her
best to make their dreams happen (inviting the guest speakers).
- Cross the line activity: let the students know that they are not alone.

• 3rd round: What did Ms. Gruwell do to help the students? (continued)
- The main point is to teach the students about Love, creating the atmosphere of Love in
the class.
- Ms. Gruwell cultivated empathy by let them read books, let them see themselves in the
pictures of the children.
• 4th round: What are the qualities that a teacher should have?
- Understanding
- Observant, mindful and careful
- Be a good learner
- Be a good communicator
- Be a good friend
- Connecting students
- Acknowledge that he/she doesn’t know everything.
- Never blame others for what they don’t know.
- Patient enough to let students make mistakes and learn from their mistakes.

• 4th round: What are the qualities that a teacher should have? (continued)
- Teach student self-studying
- Create space for students to go ahead and keep moving
• Big circle: How do you feel about the circle of learning?
- We are all both teachers and learners in our own life. So these qualities do not apply
only for teachers and students but for all of us.
- Learn through experiences: games, movies, writing, reading…
- Reflection is essential in learning
- Praxis Learning Cycle
[Source: www.froebeldecade.com]

Gruwell Secret Sauce
[Source: Andres Stanley]

Gruwell Secret Sauce
[Source: Andres Stanley]
1. Engage your students
• Show your students the
objectives of what they are
learning.
• Create an atmosphere in
which the students can share
their opinions.
• Give them concrete reasons
to seek excellence.
• Help them make connections
between who they are as
individuals and who they
are as students.
2. Enlighten your students
• Give your students all the
support they need to be
able to learn.
• Create forms of receiving
their feedbacks. Use their
feedbacks
• Figure out the best way to
teach each student
• Explore their own opinions
and reactions within a “real
world” context.
3. Empower your students
• Push your students to put
into test what they have
been learning.
• Give them security to act
by themselves
• Encourage them to deal
with the frustrations.

Design activity with your objects
• Find any object and bring it back to the circle.
• Give it to the one on the left of you, continue 3 times.
• Think about an activity that you can do with the object.
• Now, in pairs, create the activity with the 2 objects that you two have.
• Reflect.

Debrief Process
• In groups of 4, every one takes turn to be the facilitator (12 minutes for each round).
• Discussion (10 minutes): Ask a question to your group, may add some follow-up questions
• Listen mindfully and reflect on their answer
• Summarize and conclude (2 minutes)
• Feedback from the group (3 minutes): Things the facilitator did good and things he/she
needs to improve to make it better.
❖ Questions in our group:
1. What is your heart’s desire, the dream of your life? What do you think you need to make
your dream come true?
2. What is the country you want to visit the most?
3. What is the turning point that changed your life?
4. Who is the most influential person in your life?

• A cushion was pt in the center of the circle.
• Counting
Energizer: Numbers and the Cushion
• A cushion was put in the center of the circle.
• Counting from the circle, each remembers their own number.
• One starts saying a number. The person with that number needs to touch the cushion
while his/her neighbors try to stop him/her reach the cushion.
Magic Curtain
• A Magic Curtain is put at the middle of the ground, divides people into 2 groups of
Odd and Even Numbers.
• Each group assigns one person sitting in the middle, right at the magic curtain.
• When the magic curtain falls down, revealing two persons facing each other from
the two sides, the assigned person needs to say out loud “Hello, name of the person
from the other group”.
• The faster one wins and the loser has to move to the other group.

Magic Curtain - Reflection
One volunteer to be the facilitator in each group, asking question, summarizing, and concluding.
• What did you do to win the game? What have your learned from the game?
- Be alert, mindful, present in the moment, concentrate.
- No permanent teams. Team players keep alternating.
• How do you relate the game to your real life situations?
- Tension moments when we don’t know what will happen next such as proposing, before
interviews, before signing important things.
• If you can go back to the past, what would you say to yourself in this kind of situation?
- Stay calm and be ready for whatever happen.
- Do your best and let the rest to the Universe.
• The facilitator reflects back on what they did good, what they need to improve.
• Members in the group gave positive and constructive feedbacks to the facilitator.
- Scaffolding the questions, clear instructions.
- Picking up the key points and connecting the dots, relating to real life, moving with our
feelings.

Alien and the Empty House
• There is a village with 16 houses (pillows on the ground)
and 15 villagers.
• People can alternate between houses. But one person can
occupy only one house at a time. Thus, there is always
one empty house.
• The Alien comes from Mars and he wants to occupy the
empty house. He cannot run, only walk.
• Our task is to prevent the alien reaching the empty house
as long as possible. (The time for each round is
recorded).
• Community has only total 3 minutes for meeting,
discussing on the strategy.
• But if the community achieve the time goal that they have
set, 2 more minutes will be added to their available
meeting time.

Alien and the Empty House - Reflection
• After several fast failures, we learned the lessons and moved forward.
• This reflects the dynamic and evolution of a living system where understanding and unity
are getting better with connection and interaction time.
• P introduced the concept of Holacracy, which is related to self-organizing systems where:
- Everybody has a role. Each role has a goal (preventing the alien) which can be
flexible in the approach. People have full authority to do their role.
- Servant leader as facilitator.
[Source: visual-paradigm.com]

Holacracy – From centralized to distributed authority

Holacracy vs. Hierarchy
• A new way of running an organisation that removes power from a management
hierarchy and distributes it across clear roles, which can then be executed autonomously,
without a micromanaging boss.
[Source: railsware.com]
[By Kozo Takei – Diamond Media]

Holacracy - Advantages
[Source: HolacracyOne LLC.]

DAY 5 SIGHT-SEEING
Morning Visit
• Cai Rang floating market
• Can Tho University’s
Herb Garden
Afternoon Visit
• The Buddhist Pagoda
Evening Session
• Participatory Planning

Can Tho University’s Herb Garden

The Buddhist Pagoda in Soc Trang (Chùa Quan Âm Linh Ứng)

Participatory Workshop Planning

DAY 6 WORKSHOPS
Morning Session
• Human Rights & Privileges
• Numerology
• Gender Equality
• Mindful Eating
Afternoon Session
• Relaxation
• Crimes against Women
• Cleaning and Cooking
Evening Session
• Self-awareness & Movement

At the community meeting the night before, we
did participatory planning for this day’s
schedule. Everyone had chances to practice
leading workshops of their own chosen topics.
Co-facilitating was also encouraged. After
each session, there was 15 min Reflection and
Feedback.
❖ Questions to the facilitators:
• How do you feel after facilitation?
• What went well in your facilitation?
• What will you do better in the future?
❖ Questions to the whole group:
• What do you think your friend did well?
• What do you think your friend can improve
to make their session even better? The Art and Practice of Group Facilitation [Source: inter-arise.com]
Facilitation Practice: Participant-led Workshops

Human Rights & Privileges [Ton & Earth]
• Everyone writes down these 5 persons in their
papers:
1. Donald Trump
2. Prayuth (Thailand’s prime minister)
3. Police
4. Thien’s Aunt
5. Sweeper
6. Farmer
• In 2 minutes, rank these people from the most powerful to the lesser ones. Why?
• Counting 1-2 to divide the big group into 2 small groups for discussion.
• As a group, rank again and explain your choices.
❖ One question for you to think, no need to answer: “If cutting out all the roles and authority,
who do you think is the most powerful one?”

Human Rights & Privileges - Reflection
Authority Ranks (individually)
1. Donald Trump
2. Prayuth
3. A Policeman
4. A Farmer, Thien’s Aunt, a
Sweeper
• Again, every rank is relative and changeable. Everyone is interconnected in the cycle of ‘power’.
• The farmers, collectively and ultimately can also be considered the most powerful. Because if
the political system collapse, they are the only group who still can survive on their own. Or if
they all struck, this would be quite a difficult situation for everyone else.
• The activity enabled us to think deeper and more critically about authority and power from
different angles.
Power Ranks (collectively)
1. Community - Citizens (Thien’s Aunt, Sweepers,
Farmers)
2. Presidents, selected by the community, citizens
(Donald Trump, Prayuth)
[3]. Policemen, serving both the Presidents and the
Community, however, on the other hand, they are also
citizens and can be included in the 1st rank.

Human Rights & Privileges [Alma & Ching]
• There are things on the table representing resources.
• In the group, there are some ‘privilege’ people and some
people with different kinds of ‘disabilities’ (some with the
red scarf wrapped around their eyes – can’t see, some with
the red scarf wrapped around their hands, or feet).
• People make a line one end of the room. Then they are
encouraged to go to the table on the other end to take as
many things as they can.
❖ Reflection
• Everything seems easy for privileged people. But sometimes,
because of that, they lack motivation to grow. The privileged
people in the community should use their gifts to help others.
• There are not only physical disability but also social one. We
should try to understand others’ difficulties, as they are
sometimes inside.

Pythagorean Numerology [Daisy]
Numerology is the study of the relationship that numbers
and letters have with our personality and life events.
Numerology help you uncover your destiny and life purpose
and the life lessons you’ll face along the way, which is
valuable information if you want to make the most of your
journey.
Western (“modern” numerology) is the most popular and
accurate system used around the world today. Western
numerology was created by the Greek philosopher and
mathematician, Pythagoras, more than 2,500 years ago.

Numerology – References
• Astrology – Numerology http://astrology-numerology.com/numerology.html
• Café Astrology https://cafeastrology.com/numerology.html
Get your free full report at You by Your Number: https://cafeastrology.com/index-2.html
• Free Tarot https://www.freetarot.com/numerology
• Hans Decoz https://www.worldnumerology.com and https://www.numerology.com
• Kari Samuels https://karisamuels.com/numerology
• Numerologist https://numerologist.com
• Seven Life Path https://seventhlifepath.com/numerology-personality-reading
• Tsem Rinpoche https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/numerology/numerology-
calculator.html

Numerology Rule of Thumb
❖ Continue adding numbers together until you get a
single digit number between 1 and 9.
Ex: 2019 would be 2+0+1+9 = 12 and 1+2 = 3
The only time this rule doesn’t apply is when you come
across a number 11, 22, or 33.
❖ Number values are assigned to the letters in your name.
Ex: ALMA would be 1+3+4+1 = 9
There are twelve number used in Numerology: 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 22 and 33.
11, 22, and 33 are called MASTER NUMBERS.
All these numbers have positive as well as negative
traits. Our spiritual goal is to transform the negative
and evolving and expressing more of the positive
traits.
Numerology Conversion Chart
Number Keywords

Numerology – Life Path Number
▪ Life Path Number provides the most information about our character and our
life theme, uncovering our life purpose, telling us the lessons we need to learn
in this lifetime and the talents we possess that will help us to learn these lessons.
▪ Calculating Life Path Number: Reduce the month, day, and year numbers of your birth date
down to three single-digit numbers unless they total 11 or 22. Add the single totals together
(and 11 and 22, where applicable) and continue adding any double-digit numbers together
until you get the Life Path Number.
Ex: April 24, 1995 (24/4/1995) → (2+4) + 4 + (1+9+9+5) = 6 + 4 + 6 = 16 = 1 + 6 = 7
→ 7 Life Path Number
❖ Online Calculator: https://karisamuels.com/life-path-number
• A zero in your birth number (for example 30/8 or 26/10) indicates potential spiritual gifts, such
as empathy, strength, or intuitive discernment on your life path.
• As you mature along your life path, the qualities associated with your Life Path number tend to
evolve over time from more negative (less mature) aspects into more positive (constructive) forms.
• Your life path brings special challenges as well as special potential. As you overcome the
hurdles, you experience the benefits.

Numerology – Destiny Number (Expression Number)
Destiny Number or Expression Number is calculated from the full, original birth-certificate
name.
Ex:
Sabin Rongpipi → (1+1+2+9+5) + (9+6+5+7+7+9+7+9) = 9 + 5 = 14 = 1 + 4 = 5
Destiny Number reveals who you are destined to become and what you are destined to do in
this life. It indicates abilities that already reside within you and must be utilized throughout the
course of this life. Along with the Life Path Number, this is the number to take into consideration
when choosing a career.
❖ The Life Path (Birth) Number is less about personality than it is about career or “life path”.
The Destiny (Name) Number, however, reveals the overall personality of an individual.
❖ Online Calculator: https://karisamuels.com/numerology-of-your-name
S A B I N R O N G P I P I
1 1 2 9 5 9 6 5 7 7 9 7 9
Destiny Number 5

Numerology – Maturity Number
▪ The Maturity Number is a very significant number because it reveals your future potential
and the ultimate goal of your life.
▪ It tells you where your destiny is leading you and what you can expect from the second
half of your life.
▪ It is also known at the Power Number, Attainment Number, or Realization Number.
▪ It is the number to keep in mind when making long-term goals and decisions.
▪ The Maturity Number doesn’t kick in until maturity or midlife (from the age of 35, 45
onwards).
▪ This is an accumulative energy and as each year passes the influence of your Maturity
Number strengthens and matures. By the age of 50, you should feel its influence in your
life.
▪ Determine you Maturity Number by adding your Life Path and Destiny Number.
❖ Maturity Number: https://feliciabender.com/the-maturity-number
http://numerology.center/maturity.php

Top 5 Strengths: Pioneering, Courageous, Innovative, Self-motivated, Determined
Top 5 Challenges: Impatient, Intolerant, Controlling, Competitive, Aggressive
Number 1’s make fantastic: Business owners, managers, supervisors, executives, and team leaders; designers, inventors, creators,
and ideas people; life coaches; property and real-estate professionals. 1’s are happiest when they’re self-employed, work in a
position of authority, or work autonomously.
Number Meaning 1
Top 5 Strengths: Pioneering, Courageous, Innovative, Self-
motivated, Determined
Top 5 Challenges: Impatient, Intolerant, Controlling,
Competitive, Aggressive
Number 1’s make fantastic: Business owners, managers,
supervisors, executives, and team leaders; designers,
inventors, creators, and ideas people; life coaches;
property and real-estate professionals. 1’s are happiest
when they’re self-employed, work in a position of
authority, or work autonomously.

Number Meaning 2
Top 5 Strengths: Harmonious, Intuitive, Loving, Supportive,
Understanding
Top 5 Challenges: Moody, Hypersensitive, Insecure,
Jealous, Indecisive
2’s make fantastic: Counselors, mediators, negotiators,
and therapists; healers, energy workers, massage
therapists, and health professionals; administrators,
secretaries, and assistants; teachers, analysts, auditors,
and accountants.

Number Meaning 3
Top 5 Strengths: Humorous, Imaginative, Creative,
Friendly, Charismatic
Top 5 Challenges: Scattered, Critical, Melodramatic,
Attention-seeking, Gossipy
3’s make fantastic: Artists, actors, and entertainers;
writers, speakers, and teachers; salespeople, flight
attendants, and shop assistants; interior designers,
therapists, and chefs; hair, make-up and clothing stylists.

Number Meaning 4
Top 5 Strengths: Hardworking, Organized, Grounded,
Responsible, Focused
Top 5 Challenges: Inflexible, Intolerant, Stubborn,
Narrow-minded, Pessimistic
4’s make fantastic: CEO’s and managers; accountants,
auditors, editors, surveyors and analysts; banking and
finance professionals; builders, engineers, architects, and
planners; law enforcement, property, and real-estate
professionals.

Number Meaning 5
Top 5 Strengths: Resourceful, Multi-talented, Good
communicators, Adaptable, Charismatic
Top 5 Challenges: Addictive, Melodramatic, Intolerant,
Unfocused, Changeable
5’s make fantastic: Salespeople, advisors, and
consultants; project managers; event planners, promoters,
and publicists; investigators, reporters, journalists, and
writers; teachers, travel consultants, and flight
attendants; hairstylists and public speakers.

Number Meaning 6
Top 5 Strengths: Nurturing, Supportive, Sympathetic,
Loving, Reliable
Top 5 Challenges: Bossy, Critical, Interfering, Self-
righteous, Perfectionist
6’s make fantastic: Teachers, counselors, and therapists;
healers and health practitioners; interior designers and
chefs; hair, makeup or clothing stylists; flight attendants
and customer service officers; nutritionists, life coaches,
and fitness or personal trainers.

Number Meaning 7
Top 5 Strengths: Intellectual, Technically orientated,
Investigative, Intuitive, Analytical
Top 5 Challenges: Intolerant, Secretive, Pessimistic,
Cynical, Suspicious
7’s make fantastic: Psychiatrists, psychologists,
counselors, and therapists; teachers, scientists, and
philosophers; investigators, reporters, and journalists;
technicians, engineers, accountants, analysts, and
strategists; IT consultants and computer programmers;
fitness instructors, health and wellbeing practitioners,
alternative therapists, and spiritual teachers.

Number Meaning 8
Top 5 Strengths: Organized, Self-motivated, Driven,
Strong, Hardworking
Top 5 Challenges: Domineering, Poverty-conscious,
Intimidating, Superficial, Manipulative
8’s make fantastic: Business owners, CEO’s, supervisors,
and managers; banking, finance, and legal
professionals; property developers and real-estate
professionals; project managers and corporate
executives. Most 8’s prefer to work in positions of
authority or to be self-employed.

Number Meaning 9
Top 5 Strengths: Compassionate, Generous, Passionate,
Broad-minded, Sympathetic
Top 5 Challenges: Unforgiving, Revengeful, Defensive,
Melodramatic, Aggressive
9’s make fantastic: Teachers, counselors, and therapists;
social workers and health professionals; politicians,
activists, and environmentalists; government workers and
lawyers; artists, writers, actors, musicians, photographers,
and designers; HR and recruitment consultants; and
personal trainers and fitness instructors.

The Master Numbers
Master Numbers 11/2, 22/4, and 33/6 are higher-octave vibrations of the
base numbers 2, 4, and 6, and they indicate great potential to attain self-
mastery during the course of this life.
Those with a Master Number have free will to decide whether they’ll utilize
this wisdom in their current lives to help others and contribute to raising the
collective consciousness of planet Earth or reject the responsibility and simply
live as their base number 2, 4, or 6.
❖Indicate potential access to the attributes attached to those Master
numbers:
• the fine-tuned intuition of the 11;
• the formidable and practical master builder potential of the 22;
• the extraordinary teaching ability of the 33.
➢ It is up to the individual to reach that potential and many, but by no means
all, do.

The Master Numbers
❖There is a downside to having one or more Master numbers in your chart.
• The nervous energy and anxiety of the 11,
• The frustrations and disappointments of the 22,
• The shy, insecure nature of a 33.
• They may suffer from anxiety, extreme sensitivity, and/or low self-esteem.
• They may experience many tests, trials, and tribulations, and lead
complicated lives.
➢ highly charged, difficult to handle, and require time, maturity, and great
effort to integrate into one's personality.
They have potent energies vibrating at higher frequencies.
They must overcome the lower tendencies of their base number 2, 4, or 6
before they can utilize their Master Number potential.

The Master Numbers
❖ They may not begin to utilize their Master Number potential
until the age of 45+.
• They may be intuitive and have psychic gifts.
• They are able to inspire others and transform lives.
• They are on a journey of personal transformation and spiritual
enlightenment.
• They must be confident, balanced, and grounded to reach their
full psychic potential.
• They must learn to live with honesty and integrity.
• They particularly benefit from regular meditation, exercise, and a
healthy diet.

Elevated by idealism and truth. Revelation,
spirituality, inspiration and visionary power.
Compassionate, 11 often feels more for
mankind as a whole. Love of justice and truth
is likely to find it’s expression as an ardent
and steady force for positive social change.
Blessed with ethics, intelligent, clarity of
purpose, and focused mind which can
accomplish more prosperity and goodness in
this world.

People associated with this number will experience vast success and support
during their lifetime. 22 has the ability to draw upon resources not normally
available to most and has the capacity to elevate the world around them.

Great spiritual leader. This individual's focus is on reaching the world and uplifting the loving
energy of mankind. They have great devotion to cause. They use their life to raise the
consciousness of many people as possible.

Numerology Compatibility Chart
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Personal Year Number
• Every year you have a Personal Year Number between
1 and 9 that indicates the lessons, opportunities, and
experiences you’ll encounter during the course of the
year.
• Knowing your Personal Year Number, you can prepare
for what’s ahead. This number is a great indicator of
the ideal time to take certain actions, such as focusing
on your career, moving house, traveling or embarking
on an adventure, beginning a relationship, studying,
getting married, working on your personal
development, or starting a family.
• The influence of your Personal Year tends to be
stronger from your birthday onward.

[Numerology - Michelle Buchanan]

• Personal Year 1: The year to start everything new,
to lay basement, and to charge with energy;
• Personal Year 2: Year favorable for relationships,
feelings and partnership;
• Personal Year 3: Year perfect for creative work,
initiative and activity;
• Personal Year 4: Year for workaholics, self-
improvement and possibilities;
• Personal Year 5: Year of uncertainty, changes and
unrestraint;
Link: https://affinitynumerology.com/numerology-
tools/personal-year-calculator.php

• Personal Year 6: Year of home, relations, and
duties;
• Personal Year 7: Year full of meditation, inner
search and spiritual compensation;
• Personal Year 8: Year of praise, regard, and
reward;
• Personal Year 9: Year of conclusion, changes and
conversion.
Links:
http://numerology.center/year_cycle.php
https://mysticalnumbers.com/personal-year
https://karisamuels.com/personal-year-numerology
http://astrology-numerology.com/num-cycles.html

Gender Equality [Pup & P]
• In 2 groups, draw the reproductive organs of the two
genders (one for the male and one for the female).
• Group discussion: What does the society expect from a
man/woman?
• Switch pictures between the 2 groups.
• Circle the characteristics that can apply to a man/woman.
❖ Reflection
• How do you feel?
• How do you see the differences?
- Mostly what man can do, woman can, too, and vice versa.
- As society evolves and progresses over time, equality
doesn’t mean everyone has to do the same thing but rather
try to understand and share workloads, emotions…
- Regardless of genders, we are all human.

Mindful Eating [PK & Vu]
“Eating a meal together is a meditative practice. We should try to offer
our presence for every meal. As we serve our food we can already
begin practicing. Serving ourselves, we realize that many elements, such
as the rain, sunshine, earth, air and love, have all come together to form
this wonderful meal. In fact, through this food we see that the entire
universe is supporting our existence.
…Before eating, the bell will be invited for three sounds and we can
enjoy breathing in and out while practicing the five contemplations. Let
us enjoy every morsel of our food and the presence of the dharma
brothers and sisters around us. Let us establish ourselves in the present
moment, eating in such a way that solidity, joy and peace be possible
during the time of eating.
…After twenty minutes of silent eating, two sounds of the bell will be
invited. We may then start a mindful conversation with our friend or
begin to get up from the table. Gratitude fills us as we realize how
fortunate we are to have had this nourishing food to eat, supporting us
on the path of love and understanding.” [Source: Plumvillage.org]

Crimes against Women [Alma & Ching]
• Some statistics on crimes against women were given.
• Brainstorming: List out from your own experience or witness, the
crimes against women.
• In 2 groups, choose one activity and do the role play.
❖ Reflection
• How do you feel when you were in the scene (as a victim, as a
criminal)?
• How can we reduce the criminal situations that are going on in
our society?
- We should empower women, teach them critical thinking,
kung-fu, martial arts for self-defense.
- We should teach the boys to respect women.
- Victims should raise their voices.
❖ Personal Sharing
• Express the feelings that hold you back to become you.
• Create a safe and healing place for your friend to share.
• Clear the emotions that stuck inside.
• Share empowering words to each other.

Self-awareness & Movement [Oil & Uyen]
• Self-awareness through Conscious Movement and
music is a branch in the tree of contemplative
practice.
• Light out, candle lightened up.
• At the first part, we moved with eyes closed,
following the guide from the bell.
• At the second part with music from the 5 Rhythms,
we relaxed and danced freely.

DAY 7 WRAP-UP
Morning Session
• New Paradigm of Leadership
• Schooling the World
Afternoon Session
• Enjoy Life in the Moments
• Documentary Review
• Final Recap
Evening Session
• Angel Card Release
• Flower Watering

New Paradigm of Leadership – Online Session
❖ Value inner transformation
• Holistic view: Stop seeing the world as a broken
one but as a whole.
• A big paradigm shift and more humble approach:
shifting focus to ourself, to inner transformation.
• What I am doing is just an expression of my love
to the world, and the world is not broken.
Our guest speaker - Ms. Dang Huong Giang.
She founded Action for the City, a local NGO in
2006 to promote sustainable urban
development. Action for the City encourages
citizens to minimize consumption of resources,
carries out communication campaigns on
reduction of transport emissions, and promotes
green spaces and organic urban agriculture.

New Paradigm of Leadership
❖ Value inner transformation
• Labor of Love: Value what cannot be counted. How can we count or measure inner
transformation? How can we know some changes from inside?
• The single-minded said “I’m doing this because I want to fix.” However, life is holistic. Even
part of it is broken, once I open myself, I can see many beautiful things in life.
• When I look at fixing the world, the focus is on the outside. When I look on “being the
change I wish to see in the world”, the focus is on myself.
• We want to cultivate in ourself wisdom, loving-kindness, compassion, gratitude and
generosity. This unclocks and empowers people in many ways.
• Before, we talked about plan and execute. Now, we talk about real life, organic and
group dynamics, searching and doing small steps.
“The great solution to all human problems is
individual inner transformation.”
~ Vernon Howard

❖ Practice Selfless-Service
• Seeing our work as selfless service, we do things that we truly care, stop fund raising and
all of us become volunteer-run organization.
• Being volunteer-run maximizes altruism. We feel that as we serve, it becomes sacred. It’s a
work that gives soul. It gives me better feeling than when I’m paid for doing something.
• Giving transform both giver and receiver. We become more gentle and loving. Giving
creates affinity, deep bonding and touches the hearts, the pure heart’s motivation when we
started.
• Letting go of self-interest attunes us to interconnectedness. See our work as selfless service
is seeing interconnectedness. We don’t think of competing others but instead, thinking of
how we can support others.
❖ How can you sustain financially when staying mostly volunteer-based?
➢ Some of us do other part-time jobs. On the other hand, we are rooted in the local, building
relationship in the community. Thus, we found that there are lots of local resources.

❖ Value process vs. outcome
• Focusing on efforts without an agenda, we start small, doing just (small) one thing at a time
and focusing on the opportunities we have.
• Free to experiment, we have a sense of playfulness and feel more relax.
• Culture of humility strengthens collaboration and creates an environment for people to
unlock their full potential.
❖ Support others on their journeys
• We no longer see ourself as running projects but as supporting others’ journeys (of
students, farmers…). We are all supporting and this brings different vision.
• Honoring synergy, co-creation and multiple views uncover new values and how the whole is
greater than sum of the parts.
• Servant-leadership is regenerative love. We are tapping the Source from the Universe and
feel nourished.

"A song and message that we can carry into our daily lives. The idea of planting seeds without expectation of the fruits.
To plant seeds of love without expecting love in return.
To plant seeds of hard work, without expecting success or accolades.
To plant seeds of peace, without expecting the world to always be peaceful.
In the end, this is what we can do…plant our seeds, water the plants and then let it take its own course…"
~ Daniel Nahmod
❖ Hold space for emergence
• Organize through demand-pull, not supply-push.
• Trust in the ripple effects (trust-based work).
• Sow the seeds and let time ripen them.
❖ Music: Planting Seeds – A Song for Life “A song and message that we can carry into our
daily lives. The idea of planting seeds without
expectation of the fruits. To plant seeds of love
without expecting love in return. To plant seeds
of hard work, without expecting success or
accolades. To plant seeds of peace, without
expecting the world to always be peaceful. In
the end, this is what we can do…plant our
seeds, water the plants and then let it take its
own course…” ~ Daniel Nahmod
Whatever grows will grow,
Whatever dies will die,
Whatever works will work,
Whatever flies will fly,
Whatever fails will fail,
What’s meant to soar will soar,
We are planting seeds, nothing more.

"A song and message that we can carry into our daily lives. The idea of planting seeds without expectation of the fruits.
To plant seeds of love without expecting love in return.
To plant seeds of hard work, without expecting success or accolades.
To plant seeds of peace, without expecting the world to always be peaceful.
In the end, this is what we can do…plant our seeds, water the plants and then let it take its own course…"
~ Daniel Nahmod
Documentary – Schooling the World (2010)
[Schoolingtheworld.org]
“The core premise is that formal mass education, as we know it, is
destroying the last independent and sustainable indigenous
cultures around the world by indoctrinating the young people of
these cultures into being members of a global consumer society.”
~ Alyssa Buccella
“Schooling the World questions our very definitions of wealth
and poverty – and of knowledge and ignorance – as it
uncovers the role of schools in the destruction of traditional
sustainable agricultural and ecological knowledge, in the
breakup of extended families and communities, and in the
devaluation of ancient spiritual traditions. The film calls for a
“deeper dialogue” between cultures, suggesting that we have
at least as much to learn as we have to teach, and that these
ancient sustainable societies may harbor knowledge which is
vital for our own survival in the coming millenia.”
[Ecologise.in]

Enjoy the Beauty of Life [Pann]
• Everyone was given 200 USD and asked to do
what was the most tiring act for them.
• Everyone was asked to give 100 USD/person for
the 2 persons with the most tiring acts in their
opinions.
• A short scene in the movie “The Secret Life of
Walter Mitty” was shown and opened for
discussion.
❖ Reflection - Enjoy Life in the Moments
Everything in nature is beautiful in their own way.
Sometimes we just too focus on taking photos and
forget to enjoy the real experiences.
“We try to do something that makes us tired to get
money, to be number 1… Why don’t we just stay in
the moment, be happy and contemplate the beautiful
things in the world?” (Pann) [Beautiful things don’t ask for attention – Youtube.com]

Wrap-up – Group presentations

Wrap-up on what we have learned during the camp

Facilitation Skills
• Active listening
• Give constructive feedback
• Self disclosure/Sharing
• Reflecting skills
• Question/Clarification
• Problem-solving
• Reframing
• Summary
Primary Facilitation Skills [Source: MGRush.com]

❖ Questioning
• Use OPEN questions to probe:
“Who, Why, What, When, How?”
• Use CLOSED (Yes/No answers) to
redirect or summarise:
“Are you saying that…?”
[By Sanjana Hattotuwa]
Facilitation Skills

What is a great leader in your opinion?
A great leader should be the one who leads from the heart, influencing and inspiring others by their
own example as a role model.
Great leaders have charisma, they are loved, trusted and respected by their followers. True leadership
begins with our inner person, thus, first of all, great leaders are men or women of values, of great
characters, self-discipline and of integrity.
Great leaders are brave and resilient, they endure challenging times and creative in problem-solving.
Great leaders have great visions and are committed to that; they are confident in themselves, knowing
where they are going to and having the capacity to translate vision into reality.
Great leaders have positive attitude, they see solutions and opportunities among problems and having
perseverance in time of crisis.
Great leaders are selfless and responsible, caring and compassionate, they aim forward to the
common goal and for the benefits of all.
Great leaders have excellent communication, interpersonal skills. They are able to connect, empower,
and encourage people. They bring out the best in everyone.

[Deborah Meehan leadershiplearning.org]
“Leadership is not seen as a position, it is a
way of living and leading one’s own life.”
~ Suhaila
Collective Leadership: Diverse and
Inclusive Leadership. Leadership at all
levels of the ecosystem.

Angel Cards Release
Free our angels back into the circle.
What does your angel mean to you for these 7 days?
❖ Earth: Helpful.
❖ Pann: Quest. “I’ve heard that we are born alone and we die alone. But one thing I’ve learned from here is that,
we don’t have to live alone.”
❖ Vu: Creative. “I think I have not yet got the answer but the right and clearer question.”
❖ Pup: Flexible. “Every energy is collected here, from deeply spiritual to supporter and energizer. I can be
anything I want. Thank you for letting me be me.”
❖ Lucy: Learn. “It’s a wonderful learning experience. You have changed my life.”

Angel Cards Release
❖ Ton: Focus. “If you want to know my exciting about the camp, you can look at the mosquitos here.” ;)
❖ Sabin: Passion. “What brought me here is this passion. I want to build connection. I only want to see the
positive sides of all people that I meet. Meeting Thien and P, we share the same vision. And I know I am on the
right path. I’m thankful.
❖ P: Joy. “It’s also the name of my Myanmar’s friend, who was supposed to be here too.
❖ Thien: Understand. “I hope that the Brotherhood House has fostered our mutual understanding. Whatever
grows will grow.”
❖ Uyen: Understand. “The way we improve ourselves is like the organic process in the forest. I realize that if each
of us want to plant any seed, we need to understand the soil and the trees around. The Universe is expansion.
We can choose the suitable soil for our seeds.”

Angel Cards Release
❖ Lynn: Brave. “Eat from the same dish. Drink from the same cup. I feel connected.
I can feel the love and care as you are my siblings.
❖ Mok: Explore.
❖ Bunny: Answer. “Are 7 days too long to be come that close, and are 7 days too short for all of us to open
ourselves to each other? I hope all of us can keep the spirit. Keep moving forward with your dreams. I do
hope that our paths will cross again someday. My prayer is, always, to have more friends and it has been
answered here after 7 days.”
❖ Ching: Spirit. “The spirit of the program is in me.”
❖ Alma: Empathy. “By sharing with others here, I feel released.”
❖ Daisy: Love.
❖ Tiep: Humor.

Sing in circle
No coming, no going.
No after, no before.
I hold you close to me.
I release you to be so free.
Because I am in you and you are in me.
Because I am in you and you are in me.
~ Plum Village Song

Flower Watering
What do you appreciate in your friend?
“This is a practice of recognition and
appreciation of the positive elements within
our brothers and sisters. We may mention
specific instances that the other person said
or did something that we had admired. This
is an opportunity to shine light on the
other’s strengths and contributions and to
encourage the growth of his or her positive
qualities. The health and happiness of the
whole community depends on the harmony,
peace and joy that exists between every
member.”
[Mindful Practices at Plum Village]

In Gratitude
“Thank you Asian Youth Empowerment - The Soil Project for the wonderful experiences and learning. Thank you for our bond, our
friendship, and cheers to our BIG FAMILY 😍
The fun filled journey has helped me explore my inner self and understand myself better. It has given me life changing experience and
made me look at the world from whole different perspective. Every unique individual's shared stories and ideas has contributed for me
reach another level of understanding. Practicing mindfulness has given me attain peace and be present, relaxing mind and body.
Listening to many stories has improved my listening skill and engaging in different group activities has led to analyze our life issues
and improve our skills in dealing with them.
This is the beginning of my journey, my next step is to share my learning and experiences with my fellow brothers and sisters and make
them understand themselves and life with gratitude and smile on their face. Assist them to do the same with others, the chain
continues... That is how we will make ourworld a better place ❤
Our bond is to be cherished always. We are a family and if any of you need me; you can count on me like 1, 2, 3, I will be there...and I
know if I need any of you; I can count on you like 4, 3, 2, you will be there. Because that's what family does”.
I LOVE YOU ALL ❤ - C̄ hạn rạk thuk khn :* - Tôi yêu tất cả các bạn ❤
Ching4.6.2019

To send empathy
Loving kindness energy
To share openly,
honestly
To feel safe
Be ourselves
Naughty and quiet
Sensitive and strong heart
Similarity and unique
Smoothly and spontaneous
Soft and powerful
Persistent and flexible
To realize
We are different but the same
“Seven days, come and go
Like a rainbow,
Colorful, diverse and shining
Then disappear
In the crystal sky
Seven days,
We are close
Enough
To give warm hug
Hold hands tightly
Seven days,
Laugh and cry
Eat and smile
Hi and goodbye
Moving and stopping time
Joyful and calm
Holding hands and moving forward
Present in silent
At the moment
And behinds the scenes
To see
At last
Love is still shining
At the middleof the rainbow
We will meet there...”
Uyen31.5.2019
In Gratitude

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