The Five Post-SAS Journeys
Where would you like to go after your SAS?
SAS can lead in many directions. You may want to continue practising, take your first steps as a facilitator, build a local community, integrate the work into your profession, or develop further as a TC and SL leader. Explore the pathway that most closely reflects where you are now.
There’s 5 journeys you can go on:
“Keep practising” and “begin leading” are the foundations.
After that, the journeys become meaningfully different.
1. Continuing practicing and deepening
Core intention:
“I want to keep practising, stay connected and continue developing, but I’m not necessarily ready or called to lead.”
This is the most immediate post-SAS journey. Graduates need somewhere to continue practising before—or without—taking responsibility for a group or offering.
What’s on offer:
- Regular opportunities to practise TC and SL online or offline, assisting in weekends and online courses (with SAS discounts as long as your code is valid).
- Opportunities to find practice partners or peer groups on online WhatsApp groups.
- Training Leader at an SAS, or at the International TC Festival. Contact the leader in charge of each event to explore possibilities.
- Attend Surrendered Leadership weeks.
Resources and support:
- Event calendar of weekends, retreats and further training.
- Links for discovery calls with core team.
2. Beginning to lead events
Core intention:
“I want to begin facilitating and by creating opportunities for others to experience the practice.”
3. Growing and sustaining a practice community
I want to create opportunities for new or existing practitioners to meet regularly—alone or with collaborators and support the deepening of their practice.
Helpful resources:
- Guide how to grow your audience and be in relationship with them
- Ready-to-use session plans, examples of practices (video)
- Invitation and event-text templates, access to photobank
- Guidance on leadership challenges (video? written resources? and monthly leaders call with Ellen.
- Story telling from other community leaders ((Robin, Winde, Rebecka, Danny, Pieter and Benjamin?, others?)/ Case studies from Amsterdam, London and other communities
- Regular local leaders calls
- Local-community directory and map
- A pathway connecting introductory sessions, practice groups, weekends and SAS (free resources, maybe over time)
4. Bringing TC and SL into an existing professional context
Core intention:
“I already work as a coach, facilitator, consultant, trainer, therapist or organisational leader. I want to integrate this practice into what I already do.”
This person may want to translate the principles and practices into a context with its own language, expectations and ethical boundaries. This journey is less about starting a TC community and more about responsible translation and integration.
Possible applications:
- Coaching and group coaching
- Leadership development
- Team facilitation
- Organisational culture and collaboration
- Conflict work
- Education or community work
- Existing retreats, courses or training programmes
Common obstacles:
- How to describe the work without relational-practice jargon
- Which practices transfer well into professional settings
- How to adapt depth and vulnerability to the context
- How to contract clearly around participation and consent
- How to distinguish TC-informed work from an official TC programme
- How to speak to organisational outcomes without diluting the practice
- Lack of examples from people already doing this
Resources and support:
- Tailor made offering, so first step would be to get in touch with Ellen.
- Case studies from coaches, consultants and organisational facilitators and Interviews with graduates who have successfully integrated the work
- Guidance on naming and representing TC-informed work
- Sample workshop descriptions and proposals ?
- Professional peer-learning group?
- Specialist sessions on topics such as conflict, leadership, teams and coaching
- Supervision/ mentoring for complex professional applications
Deepen the practice — and your leadership
As your community develops, teaching becomes more essential. You’ll help people understand the foundations, develop their capacities, and enter greater depth together.
Consider offering a closed group where you teach the basics of TC and SL. Meeting with the same people over a series gives learning, trust, and relationships time to deepen.
Leading regularly will also bring challenges: low attendance, different experience levels, or difficult group dynamics. Our monthly leadership calls offer space to explore these experiences, receive support, and learn alongside other leaders.
Reach new people with TC
Collaborate on a weekend immersion
Consider organising a weekend immersion in collaboration with TC. Our wider reach can help introduce new people in your city to the practice—and to your local community.
We’ve seen how a weekend deep dive can strengthen relationships, deepen people’s enthusiasm, and support local communities to grow.
After the event, participants receive a follow-up email linking to the community map, where they can find your community and continue practising with you.
Invite people to a free TC online event
TC’s free online events offer an accessible first experience of the practice. Share them with people who are curious, and invite them to continue locally afterwards.
We’ll also feature your community’s details on our website so people can find you.
Help people find you locally
Choose a few ways to reach beyond your existing audience and make it easy for interested people to find your next gathering:
Eventbrite or Meetup
Create a local listing with a clear description of the experience, who it’s for, and how to join.
Flyers
Share invitations in cafés, yoga studios, community centres, and other places your potential participants visit.
Bring-a-friend tickets
Invite regular participants to bring someone new at a reduced introductory price.
Workshops in other communities
Offer a taste of the practice at Ecstatic Dance gatherings, tantric festivals, or other local events.
Eye-gazing events
Offer a simple experience of connection in a busy part of your city, with clear invitations and consent to participate.
Stay in touch
An email list, WhatsApp group, or Telegram channel gives people a simple way to hear about upcoming events and stay connected.
Ask permission before adding people, explain what you’ll share, and keep invitations regular enough that people remember you.
Resources to support you
Your vision
Resource: Your vision — recorded video
Session formats
Ideas for regular gatherings, closed groups, and teaching the foundations of TC and SL.
Challenges 101
Guidance for navigating low attendance, different experience levels, and difficult group dynamics.
Intention and boundaries
Support for clarifying your purpose and the agreements that help your community thrive.
Other strategies to grow your community
Practical ways to reach new people and stay connected with your audience.
Need support?
Ellen is here to support you. Come to an office hour with your practical questions, ideas, or leadership challenges.
There are two options each week: one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
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