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5. Learning Climate
I experience the group to be a psychologically safe place – naturally nonjudgemental, encouraging
authentic sharing and being vulnerable. There is no rigidrules or structure, however, everyone
seems to be united by the purpose of understanding experiences phenomenologically
I shared in one of the sessions that silence is required for voices to emerge and I will not be able
to point out how we create “that” silence in our group, which leads to the kind of collaborative
effort we see in the group.
Everyone is a seeker, in an inquiry mode wanting to know, learn and share at the same time. When
you want to experiment- people encourage you. It is ok to make your mistakes and everyone
learns from them. The non-judgmental environment makes it easy for people to want to attempt
things. There is no need of pretense, you can just be, which makes the entire environment be of
trust.

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