What we sometimes call “learning from the neck down” – experiential learning – is crucial to our approach to all the creativity, communications and leadership work we do. It’s essential to help our clients recognize how we think, learn and respond through our bodies. Centuries of experience are behind this approach, which crosses all borders from the traditions of the Greek theatre to the American theatre practices of The Living Theatre and the international research of Peter Brook.

 Experiential learning, as opposed to cognitive learning – “from the neck up” if you will – is consistent and continues to challenge and deepen our understanding of the integration of mind and body. You learn by observation – both internal and external. You learn about your interior world by observation and deep listening. And when you learn something in the body, you learn it in the mind. We call it the “trickle up” theory, and in our experience is much more effective than the “trickle down” approach.

 In our work, you learn by what you experience and not just what you’re told. This has two dimensions - learning from yourself and learning from others.

 What you learn experientially lights you up and you don’t have to think about it. You can’t pretend greater stature, gravitas, leadership or power. Instead, if you grow these qualities from within – from your experience – you will embody them naturally.

 Through the experiential approach, we help you discover and access your own creative inner resources, as well as help you see your entire life as a creative process. And when we help you discover your own unique creative resources, learn how to access them at all times, live in relationship with them, we have empowered you and helped you discover the tools to sustain yourself for a lifetime. This means learning new ways of doing things and practicing them often. But you will be “built to last.”