Orbit
To provide a backdrop, here’s some of what I’ve been doing in this context
Supporting
Civil Mediation Council - member
International Mediation Institute - member
College of Mediators - member
Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation - member
London School of Mediation - member
Centre for Nonviolent Communication - member
Volunteering
The Listening Place
The Solent Restorative Partnership
Learning
Mediation Qualification: civil, commercial, workplace
Nonviolent Communication - Level 1 Training
Transformative Mediation training - Simon Mediation
Restorative Practices Training - Portsmouth Mediation Service
Experiencing
Bohm Dialogue
Krishnamurti Centre - Dialogue Enquiry
Embercombe - The Journey
The Sharpham Trust
Participating
2025 Spirit of Humanity Forum, Reykjavik
2025 Shiv Shakti Leadership Retreat, Brahma Kumaris Oxfordshire
Wider Reading/Listening
Joseph Folger and Baruch Bush - “The Promise of Mediation”; “Memoir of a Misfit Mediator”
Dan Simon and Tara West - “Self Determination in Mediation”
David Bohm - “On Dialogue”
William Isaacs - “Dialogue - the Art of Thinking Together”
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Marion Woodman
Rilke
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Rumi
David Whyte
John O’Donoghue
James Hollis
Doing
The Artist’s Way - Julia Cameron
Weekly NVC Listening Hour
It’s Not Your Money - Tosha Silver
Three Sundays series - David Whyte