MATRIXWORKS

Enlightened Feminine
Leadership Training
Mukara Meredith, MSW
Enlightened Feminine Leadership Training
The Matrixworks Mandala of the
Enlightened Feminine Leadership
Training, and....
You are WELCOME here
In this space sleeping women wake, and
mountains move....
MATRIXWORKS
You have entered.......
A present moment to describe
our work......
Enlightened Feminine Leadership Training
Definitions
Weaving together five BIG THEMES:
Enlightened, Sacred, Feminine, Leadership,
Embodiment
Enlightened Feminine Leadership Training
An exploration of how women and men can and do
use a Connective Edge (combination of Unity and
Diversity) to turn
A collection of Individuals into Teams
Teams into Tribes and
Tribes into Networks
Networks into Villages, Sanghas, Universes
MATRIXWORKS
Enlightened Feminine Leadership Training
Group Geometry: Small Groups
REVEALERS
TRANSFORMERS
QUESTIONERS
Another Approach to Group Geometry
EVOLUTIONARY PARTNERS
Enlightened Feminine Leadership
Training
is a journey of moving from

COMPETITION to COMMON-INTENTION
MATRIXWORKS
Enlightened Feminine Leadership Training
Discussion and More
One of our deepest feminine KNOWINGS/WISDOM
is: the radical truth, love and power of the Principle of
INTERCONNECTEDNESS.
Other terms for this are: Radical Relatedness, Radical Inclusion,
Inter-Being, Unity, Belonging Together
And, as EFLs we hold the intention and capacity to
Balance INTERCONNECTEDNESS within a field of inarguable,
undeniable, incontestable UNIQUENESS (beyond Ego)
This is the foundation of Enlightened Feminine
Leadership.....
Your reflections, questions, challenges, celebrations
An aside about the Feminine Life-Force in the body:
Mitochondria
MATRIXWORKS
Wisdom Traditions say...
The energy we inherit from our Mother Lineage and
pass on to our off-springs is in our physical body as the
Mitochondria in every cell of our body.
The Mitochondria produce the Energy of Life we need to
live in every cell of our body.
If there is a lack of energy, vitality, life force in our being, we
can use our attention to connect with the original intention
of the Mitochondria and restore healing
Enlightened(Sacred) Feminine Leaders need Mighty
Mitochondria and to be able to awaken this in others.
Enlightened Feminine Leadership Training
Mitochondria: Feminine Source of Life Force
inherited from our Mother Lineage
Rough
Endoplasmic
Reticulum
Golgi
Apparatus
Smooth
Endoplasmic
Reticulum
Mitochondria
Ribosome
Nuclear pore
Nucleus
Chloroplast
Nucleolus
MATRIXWORKS
Mother Lineage: Hard-Wired to Care
Enlightened Feminine Leadership Training
Two Images
Unity
Unique
MATRIXWORKS
If Enlightened Feminine Leaders
Led the World....
Enlightened Feminine Leadership Training
What if we stopped working for a financial system and
worked for a living system instead?
We would all be teachers, artists, visionaries, growers,
musicians, heelers, pioneers, scientists, researchers,
storytellers, engineers, builders, care givers, creators.
Imagine the sort of world we would live in then
Summary
Enlightened Feminine Leadership is: an expression of
Interconnectedness/Unity and Uniqueness/Diversity
Flowing in a fundamental Toroidal (Torus) pattern that
sustains, serves and supports Life.
Our class is a Practice Field to experience, embody and
express these personal and universal truths.
MATRIXWORKS
Interconnectedness and Uniqueness
Enlightened Feminine Leadership Training
Guide Lines and Shared Agreements
Whole-hearted intention to engage and move
toward health and new possibilities
Assume attitude of not knowing--beginners mind
Listen and Speak from the deepest, most authentic
parts of yourself
Self-Correction and Repair are a necessary part of
the human relationship experience
Nothing is itself without everything else
Humor, Inquiry and Self-Reflection are welcome
substitutes for Blame, Judgement, and Shaming
MATRIXWORKS
Enlightened Feminine Leadership Training
Practice: Present Moment Awareness
In pairs: Partner A speaks for 3 minutes about the role of
Interconnectedness in her Life. Partner B listens from a place
of openness, spaciousness and deep interest. Then reverse
roles and Partner B speaks with Partner A listening.
Repeat the Speaking and Listening around the theme of
Uniqueness/Diversity
Sit in Silence together and feel the Torus of Energy flowing
through you, between you and in the Field of the room.
Complete with interactive sharing on the impact of this
exercise.
WHOLE GROUP SHARING
MATRIXWORKS
TASK # 1
Adapted From U Theory--OTTO SHARMER
Roles:
Time Keeper, Group Leader, Culture Creator
15 minutes:
Working alone, journal about the following questions
1) What are 3 challenges you currently face in your life
and/or work?
2) What are your current most vital sources of
Love and Energy?
3) What is trying to Emerge or be born in you at this time?
15 minutes: Share your answers in pairs or triads
15 minutes: Whole Group sharing
Enlightened Feminine Leadership Training
Process # 1
Permissions and Taboos
Words to describe you
Opportunities and Challenges to your expressing
Enlightened (Sacred) Feminine Leadership in your life
MATRIXWORKS
Open Space
Work in groups of 3 or 4
Three Roles: Experiencer, Guide and Supporter
Experiencer sits with Supporter behind and Guide in front.
Guide invites Experiencer to focus on her Mitochondria,
moving from feet up to head and back down again. Allow
several minutes for this to deepen.
Guide asks the Experiencer: if your Mitochondria could
speak to you, what would they say. Repeat 3-5 xs.
Supporter writes down what experiencer says and reads
back to Experiencer.
Shift roles: Each person has a turn at all 3 roles.
Enlightened Feminine Leadership Training
Whole Group at End of the Day
Small Group Nourishment:
Touch
Smiles
Responsiveness to Needs
Positive Emotional States
Closing words:
I wish....
I love....
We should....
MATRIXWORKS
Enlightened Feminine Leadership Day 3
Mindfulness: We are our connections
EVOLUTIONARY PARTNERS
Checking-In: Reports, Requests, Realizations, Guidelines
Review: Interconnectedness- Uniqueness, Mitochondria
Overview: The Universal Pattern of the Torus: 5 Friends:
Enlightened Feminine Leadership Training
MATRIXWORKS
Nature appears to rely on one core recurring pattern to
evolve life at every scale the torus. It is a donut shaped
energy vortex that you can see everywhere from atoms to
galaxies and beyond.
The torus is natures way of creating and sustaining life and
it can serve as a template for sustainability. Knowledge of the
pattern is already advancing fan and propeller technologies,
powering clean, new energy devices, informing non-violent
self defense, and
helping us better
understand the
nature of the unified
field.
The torus, or primary
pattern, is an energy
dynamic that looks
http://www.thrivemovement.com/the_code-fundamental_pattern
The Torus,
adapted from the
movie Thrive.
Enlightened Feminine Leadership Training
like a doughnut its a continuous surface with a hole in it.
The energy flows in through one end, circulates around the
center and exits out the other side.
You can see it everywhere in atoms, cells, seeds, flowers,
trees, animals, humans, hurricanes, planets, suns, galaxies
and even the cosmos as a whole.
Scientist and philosopher, Arthur Young, explained that
a torus is the only
energy pattern or
dynamic that can
sustain itself and
is made out of the
same substance as
its surroundings like
a tornado, a smoke
ring in the air, or a
whirlpool in water.
MATRIXWORKS
Heart Math Institute
Enlightened Feminine Leadership Training
http://www.heartmath.org
MATRIXWORKS
The torus also applies at the human level. Each person
not only is a torus - our bodies are a continuous surface
(skin) with a hole through the
middle (intestinal tract) - but we
are each surrounded by our own
toroidalelectro-magnetic field.
Each individual's torus is distinct,
but at the same time open and
connected to every other in a
continuous sea of infinite energy.
It is the same energy field you can
feel with a magnet. it is usually
invisible, but by scattering iron
filings loosely around a magnet
you can actually see the toroidal
shape of energy.
Enlightened Feminine Leadership Training
How these patterns
flow together is the
key to EFL
MATRIXWORKS
Enlightened Feminine Leadership Training
Consciously Feeding the Torus
To optimize our experience, embodiment and
expression of Enlightened Sacred Feminine
Leadership, we cultivate the Magical Keys of
the 5 Friends
Definitions
Safety
Support
Creative Expression/Freedom
Truth
Value and Worth
When these are present, we can live in and from the
Creative Principle of the Universe and partner with the
Evolutionary Impulse that serves Life. We enter into deep
partnership with the sacred. We experience the true value
of being human.
MATRIXWORKS
Whole Group Experiential
I feel safe when..
I feel supported when
I feel free/creative when
When i speak my truth, I feel.....
I feel valued when.........
Enlightened Feminine Leadership Training
Five Magica Friends MANDALA
Front
R Side
Behind
L Side
MATRIXWORKS
TASK #2
1) EXPLORE personal understanding of 5 Friends
Safety, Support, Creative Expression/Freedom,
Truth, Value/Worth.
2) Choose a) Work or leadership situation/context and identify
which of the 5 Friends are present, which absent.
b) Choose a significant relationship and do the same process.
c) Remember your meditation on making 2013 your best year.
Which of the 5 Friends will help you accomplish this?
3) How could you cultivate the presence of them all in your life?
Share with a partner; share in the whole group
Enlightened Feminine Leadership Training
Enlightened Feminine Leadership Day 4
Mindfulness: Nothing is itself without everything else
Evolutionary Partners
Checking In
Review: Torus, 5 Friends
Overview: 5 Friend and the EMERGENCE CYCLE;
Uniqueness; Intention and Impact
Video: Mirror Neurons
GRADUATION
MATRIXWORKS
Time Structure
Enlightened Feminine Leadership Training
MATRIXWORKS
Enlightened Feminine Leadership Training
The Conscious Choice to REFRAIN from
Over-Feeding the Torus these foods
Complaining
(over) Controlling
(over) Caretaking
Cynicism
SCAPEGOATING
MATRIXWORKS
The EMERGENCE Cycle & 5 Friends
Connection
Chaos
Consciousness

Saftey
Support
Creative
Expression
Freedom
Truth
Value/
Worth
Enlightened Feminine Leadership Training
5 Friends and the Emergence Cycle
Consciousness/
synergy
Connection
MATRIXWORKS
For EMERGENCE to work
We must have access to our
Uniqueness
Demo with student
Enlightened Feminine Leadership Training
Experiential
Repeating question
Partner A asks Partner B 15xs: Tell me something
that is Unique about you
Partner B answers and Partner A says Thank You
After the 15th time, decide which of the answers has
the most juice and say it back to the Partner:its
ok to be (contemplative) (outrageous) etc.. Find
where this lives in the body, make contact and
repeat the phrase.
Reverse roles and repeat the process.
Whole Group Sharing
MATRIXWORKS
Task # 3 Intention and Impact
1) By yourself, explore 3 important situations/relationships,
either personal or professional in terms of Intention
and Impact.
What are your intentions? What do you imagine are
your impacts?
What feedback do you need to have them match
more completely.
2) Share above in partners
3) Do exercise with 2 or 3 in group
Enlightened Feminine Leadership Training
Intention and Impact
I am in charge of my intentions
You are in charge of the impact on you
FEEDBACK is needed so that Intention and
Impact match
Examples and Demonstration
MATRIXWORKS
Open Space
Working in triads: Experiencer, Guide, Supporter.
Experiencer calls to mind their intention to have 2013 be
the best year ever. Feeling the support of the Supporter
behind, and making eye contact with the Guide in front, the
Experiencer says:
I commit to take actions with my health, relationships,
work and embodiment of the Enlightened
Sacred Feminine Leadership.
Guide and Supporter both receive the commitment vow
and affirm through touch, words and eye contact their
confidence in the Experiencer.
Enlightened Feminine Leadership Training
GRADUATION
Certificate
Bead
Anointing Oil
Dedication of Merit
www.matrixworks.org
MATRIXWORKS
Future Opportunities
Group Genius Accelerator, May 22-29, 2013, Boulder
Advanced Practice (Evolutionary Leadership) Group Genius
Accelerator --July 22-26, 2013, Boulder
Group Genius Accelerator, Sao Paulo, BRAZIL: Oct. 2013
Mukara Meredith mukara.meredith@gmail.com
Sarah Oswald matrixworks1@gmail.com
Enlightened Feminine Leadership Training
MATRIXWORKS
supplimentary materials
Enlightened Feminine Leadership Training
Matrixworks - Selected Reading List
Aposhyan, S.; Natural Intelligence; Body-Mind Integration and Human Development, 1999
Barkin, K.; Corporate DNA, 1998
Benson, J..; Working More Creatively with Groups, 2009
Brown, J.; The World Caf: Shaping our Futures Through Conversations that Matter, 2005
Brown, J; The World Caf: Shaping our Futures Through Conversations that Matter, 2005
Capra, F.; The Web of Life, 1997
Clippinger, J.; The Biology of Business
Colman, A.; Up from Scapegoating: Awakening Consciousness in Groups, 1995
Conley, C.; PEAK: How Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow
Cooperrider, D.; Appreciative Inquiry: A Positive Revolution in Change, 2005
Flaherty, J.; Coaching: Evoking Excellence in Others, 2010
Goleman, D.; Working with Emotional Intelligence, 2000
Goleman, D.; Primal Leadership: Learning to Lead with Emotional Intelligence, 2004
Goleman, D.; Social Intelligence, The New Science of Human Relationships, 2007
Johnson, S.; Emergence: the Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, 2002
MATRIXWORKS
Johnson, S.; Hold Me Tight; Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, 2008
Kayane,A.; Power and Love: A Theory and Practice of Social Change, 2009
Kayser, T.; Mining Group Gold: How to Cash in on the Collaborative Brain Power of a Team
for Innovation and Results, 2010
Kelley, S.; The Complexity Advantage, 1999
Koestenbaum, P.; Leadership: The Inner Side of Greatness, 2002
Lemkow, A.; The Wholeness Principle: Dynamics of Unity Within Science, Religion, and
Society, 1990
Levoy, G.; Callings; Finding and Following an Authentic Life, 1998
Lewis, Th. MD; A General Theory of Love, 2001
Lipman-Blumen,J.; The Connective Edge
Lipman-Blumen,J.; Connective Leadership: Managing in a Changing World, 2000
Lipman-Blumen,J.; Hot Groups, 1999
Macy, J.; Coming Back to Life: Practices to Reconnect Our Lives, Our World, 1998
Masaru, E.; Messages from Water and the Universe, 2010
McClure, B.; Putting a New Spin on Groups: The Science of Chaos, 2nd edition; 2004
Mindell, A.; Sitting in the Fire: Large Group Transformation Using Confict and Diversity, 1995
Enlightened Feminine Leadership Training
Mindell, A.; The Leader as Martial Artist: Techniques and Strategies for Revealing Conflict
and Creating Community, 2000
Ornish, D.; Love and Survival: 8 Pathways to Intimacy and Health, 1999
Oshry, B.; The Possibilities of Organization, 1986
Oshry, B.; Seeing Systems: Unlocking the Mysteries of Organizational Life, 2007
Pascale, R.; Surfing the Edge of Chaos: The Laws of Nature and the New Laws of
Business,2001
Pert, C Molecules of Emotion
Porges, S.; Polyvagal Theory, 2011
Ramachandran, V.; Phantoms in the Brain; 1999
Sandberg, S.; Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead Sandberg: COO of Facebook
Sawyer, K.; Group Genius: The Creative Power of Collaboration
Schldrake, R.: Aspects of the Extended Mind
Schultz, M.; The New Feminine Brain
Senge, P.; The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies and Tools for Building a Learning
Organization, 1994
Senge, P.; The Dance of Change: The Challenge of Sustaining Momentum in Learning
Organizations, 1999
MATRIXWORKS
Senge, P.; Presence: Human Purpose and the Field of the Future, 2008
Siegal, D.; The Developing Mind: How Relationships and the Brain Interact to Shape Who
We Are, 2001
Siegal, D.; The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well-being,
2007
Sills, F.; Craniosacral Biodynamics: The Breath of Life, Biodynamics, and Fundamental Skills,
2001
Simmons, A.; A Safe Place for Dangerous Truths: Using Dialogue to Overcome Fear and
Distrust at Work, 2006
Smith, K. and Berg, D.; Paradoxes of Group Life: Understanding Conflict, Paralysis, and
Movement in Group Dynamics. 1997
Swimme,B.; The Universe Story: From the Primordial Flaring Forth to the Ecozoic Era--A
Celebration of the Unfolding of the Cosmos. 1994
Tharthang Tulku; Kum Nye Relaxation, Vol. 1, Vol. 2
Thich Nhat Hanh; Transformation and Healing: Sutra on the Four Foundations of
Mindfulness, 2006
Tulku Thondrup; Boundless Healing, 2001
Tulku Thondrup; The Healing Power of Mind, 1998
Thomas M.; Belonging to the Universe, 1993
Enlightened Feminine Leadership Training
Waugh, B.; The Soul in the Computer: The Story of a Corporate Revolutionary, 2001
Weisinger, H.; Emotional Intelligence at Work: The Untapped Edge for Success, 2000
Wheatley, M.; Leadership and the New Sciences: Discovering Order in a Chaotic World
Wheatley, M.; A Simpler Way, 1998
Wheatley, M.; Turning to One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the
Future, 2009
Whyte, D.; Crossing the Unknown Sea: Work as a Pilgrimage of Identity, 2002
Zohar, D.; Rewiring the Corporate Brain: Using the New Science to Rethink How We
Structure and Lead Organizations, 1997
MATRIXWORKS
Shadow Work for the Enlightened Feminine Leader
adapted from work of Thomas Huebl
A Commitment to growing our Enlightened Feminine Leadership
competency requires a willingness to
engage our curiosity and enlist the help of
our community to explore those aspects of
ourselves that operate beneath the level of
consciousness and, that are not integrated
into the whole of our being.
The shadow parts of us are not bad, but
rather places in us that do not flow, do not
reflect a coherence between inner and outer,
between mental, physical, psychological, and
spiritual aspects of ourselves. They represent
a kind of arrested development, as if some of our energy is still living
as a younger part of ourselves. This younger, less conscious part tends
to attract repeating problems in many areas of our lives: for example,
work, personal relationships, finances, career choices.
Nonetheless, within these shadow parts, there is a pearl or diamond
of clarity, that longs for expression and integration into the whole.
Facing our resistance to turn toward our shadow is supported by our
connection with each other in the safety of our Enlightened Feminine
Leadership training container.
Enlightened Feminine Leadership Training
In our training, we will explore together, using exercises, lectures and
dialogue:
1) how to identify shadow aspects of ourselves
2)how the shadow shows up in our bodies, emotions, thoughts
and feelings
3) how to recognize incongruences in our communication that
indicate a shadow is present
4) how to release the energy held in the shadow to support the
feeling of wholeness in the individual and collective
5) how to recognize Group Shadows and bring them into
awareness with transparency and truthfulness.
MATRIXWORKS
MATRIXWORKS