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Essential Elements: Essence Appreciation

Essential Elements: Essence Appreciation

by SCI RP Research Team | Jan 31, 2015 | Basic Principles, Brain Science & Research, Featured Articles

Essence Appreciation is a simple expression of an appreciated essential quality of a person provided as positive feedback. In Speaking Circles, listeners are encouraged to provide Essence Appreciation at the end of a speaker’s turn. Essence Appreciation is the...
Essential Elements: Breathing

Essential Elements: Breathing

by SCI RP Research Team | Jan 31, 2015 | Basic Principles, Brain Science & Research, Featured Articles

Breathing in the context of Speaking Circles practice refers to the act of consciously paying attention to one’s breath and of deliberately taking full breaths at various points during an act of public speaking, expression, or silent receptivity. In Speaking Circles,...
Essential Elements: Eye Gaze

Essential Elements: Eye Gaze

by SCI RP Research Team | Jan 31, 2015 | Basic Principles, Brain Science & Research, Featured Articles

Eye Gaze in the specific context of Speaking Circles practice refers to a state of being in soft-focused eye contact with one’s listeners in a way that is personal enough to be human but relaxed enough to be “beyond the level of individual personality.” Prolonged Eye...
Essential Elements: Relational Presence

Essential Elements: Relational Presence

by SCI RP Research Team | Jan 31, 2015 | Basic Principles, Brain Science & Research, Featured Articles

Relational Presence is the state of experiencing connection with one’s audience without agenda, or even a need for words, in any given moment. It is a foundation for powerful connected communication, where speaker and audience feel as if they are participating in a...

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