Facilitator Guide

Session Flow: Enjoyment to Fierce Love–Wisdom (90 Minutes)

Overview of Session Structure

Orientation + Group Cohering (Pre-recorded) – 40 minutes
Transition to Breakouts – 2 minutes
Small Group Dialogic Process – 24 minutes
Return + Large Group Weaving – 8 minutes
Fierce Love–Wisdom Meditation – 15 minutes

Total: 90 minutes

Stage 1 — Orientation & Group Cohering (40 Minutes)

Important

Share the audio only of the pre-recorded orientation and cohering meditation:

Meditation: Admiring, Offering, Sharing, Enjoying

Do NOT share the video screen.

Participants should remain in Gallery View throughout this phase so they stay oriented toward one another rather than toward a screen.

Instructions for Zoom

Click Share Screen
Select Advanced
Choose Computer Audio

Share audio only

Before pressing play, remind participants:

Please remain in Gallery View.
Stay visually oriented toward one another.
Let the relational field be primary.

Then begin playback.

No facilitation is required during this segment.

Stage 2 — Transition to Breakouts (2 Minutes)

After the recording ends, briefly orient the group:

We will now move into small groups of three to four people.

This will be a peer-led dialogic process.

The structure will be posted in the chat.

Stay relational and experiential, speaking from your lived experience rather than from theory.

Then:

Create breakout rooms (3–4 participants)
Set timer for 24 minutes
Enable 5-minute warning

Stage 3 — Small Group Dialogic Process (24 Minutes)

Facilitator Instructions Before Opening Rooms

Say clearly:

This is a peer-led process.

There is no designated leader.

Each group is responsible for holding the tone and structure together.

Please stay dialogic rather than going one person at a time.

Speak from lived experience, not theory.

As you share, try to stay close to what you can notice in your experience right now — in your body, heart, or mind — rather than telling longer stories about the past.

No fixing, no coaching, no analysis.

Then paste the dialogue structure into the chat

Small Group Dialogue Structure

(Paste into Chat)

Total Time: 24 Minutes

Question 1 (8 minutes)

What have you begun to genuinely enjoy within your own inner experience through this practice and community?

You might notice:

• a quality of mind

• a shift in emotional tone

• a new way of relating to difficulty

• a growing sincerity, openness, or care

Speak from direct experience rather than ideas.

Question 2 (8 minutes)

What inner quality or orientation has begun to feel precious — something within yourself that you would not want to lose?

This might include qualities such as:

• compassion

• honesty

• clarity

• tenderness

• courage

• integrity of intention

What feels quietly valuable in your own development?

Question 3 (8 minutes)

What in you feels willing to stand for or protect these emerging qualities as they grow?

What strength, commitment, or care within you helps guard what matters most?

Dialogue Guidelines

Stay relational and experiential.

Build on one another’s reflections.

Avoid theory or analyzing experiences.

Keep contributions concise so the dialogue can flow.

During Breakouts

Facilitator responsibilities:

Monitor rooms quietly.

Do not intervene unless necessary.

Give a 5-minute warning before closing rooms.

Close rooms at the 24-minute mark.

Stage 4 — Return + Large Group Weaving (8 Minutes)

When participants return:

Allow 30–60 seconds of silence for settling.

Then facilitate a brief weaving conversation.

Invite reflections such as:

• What did you notice in your dialogue?

• What inner qualities felt especially precious?

• What helps us protect or nourish these qualities as they grow?

Keep responses concise.

Mirror themes back to the group.

Name patterns that emerge.

Emphasize:

• appreciation

• preciousness

• guardianship

• care

Do not reopen processing.

Do not shift into problem-solving.

Keep this phase steady and contained.

Transition to Final Meditation

Before beginning the meditation, offer a short framing:

When something becomes truly precious to us — compassion, honesty, clarity, love — a natural strength begins to arise that protects it.

Fierce love is not aggression.

It is the courage of the heart that refuses to abandon what is good.

Pause briefly.

Then continue.

Stage 5 — Fierce Love–Wisdom Meditation (15 Minutes)

Simply say:

We will now move into a 15-minute Fierce Love–Wisdom meditation.

Play the pre-recorded meditation audio.

Participants may remain in gallery view or close their eyes.

No additional framing is required.

Tone Guidance for Facilitator

Throughout the session:

Keep instructions simple and grounded.

Avoid adding extra teaching.

Avoid interpreting participants' experiences.

Protect pacing and containment.