In Kenya: Resilience & Personal Power - within and around us
WHAT: Deep Democracy seminar for pioneers of all kinds.
WHERE: Kenya, Four Points Sheraton, in Hurlingham, Nairobi
WHEN: 8th to 10th of August, 2025
This training is part of our Deep Democracy series. The training includes concepts of process work, inner work practice, relationship work, group facilitation, and a case clinic.
DDI-KE and B.ONFIRE are excited to announce the seminar 'Resilience and Personal Power - Within and Around Us', happening in Kenya and hosted by DDI-KE, on the 8-10 of August 2025, at the .
It is a space to slow down, turn inwardly, and explore how resilience and personal power arise when we allow all parts of ourselves – and the world around us – to speak.
In Process Work, we see resilience not as something we “achieve” but as something that emerges when we are relating with the signals, tensions, and hidden potentials within and around us. Personal power is not about control, but about being in touch with the deeper currents that carry us, even in times of uncertainty.
In this training, we invite you to:
listen to your body signals and inner feedback,
discover how your personal history shapes your experience of power and powerlessness,
work on your life myth and its main challenges (edges)
meet inner critics and marginalised parts that influence your resilience,
explore how your power can flow more naturally when you follow your process,
and experience how moments of stuckness and conflict can open new pathways for connection and co-creation.
Together, we will move between inner work, relationship work, and group reflections – learning not from fixed models, but from the unfolding processes in ourselves and between us. This is a space to experiment, to listen deeply, and to honour both your struggles and your strength.
Ultimately, it’s a journey into eldership
the attitude to stand beside ourselves with compassion, and recognise that all our parts – strong, vulnerable, visible, or hidden – have a place and a voice.
Main facilitators: Devkos Bradley (Smith)/DDI Kenya and Stephanie Bachmair /B.ONFIRE Germany
About Process Work:
Process Work (or Deep Democracy), developed by Arnold Mindell, is an awareness-based approach to personal and collective transformation. It teaches us to follow the process, trusting that every symptom, every conflict, and every edge carries hidden information needed for change. Whether working with individuals, relationships, or whole groups, Process Work invites us to engage with what is marginalised, to listen more deeply, and to access the wisdom inherent in each moment
Schedule:
Friday: 10 – 5 pm EET
Saturday: 9.30 am – 5 pm EET Open Forum: 7-8.30pm
Sunday: 9.30 am – 1 pm EET
Cost:
300 € (plus VAT if you live in Germany)
Scholarships are available upon request.
Process work (also called Deep Democracy) is a multidimensional approach to the whole system that takes into account the natural flow of development hidden behind polarizations and conflicts. Originally developed by Arnold Mindell, it is a community-building approach and a conflict-resolution model that works with the entirety of the information that is present within a system. It can be used to coach individuals, facilitate teams and organizations, and lead and support national and international processes across communities and borders.
“Process work interventions enable individuals to understand their own lives, discover the potential for themselves and their environment, feel more interaction and aliveness, and thus live with creativity and a stronger connectedness.”
Drs. Max and Ellen Schupbach, founders of the Deep Democracy Institute.
Facilitators/organizers:
Stephanie Bachmair is a Deep Democracy Facilitator, Leadership Coach & Story Practitioner.
As the founder of B.ONFIRE, she loves to inspire pioneers of all kinds and to work with leaders, teams, and organisations on navigating uncertainties, working on existing narratives, and uncovering new individual and collective stories that foster perspective shifts and transformative change. Stephanie is also the initiator of the co-creative endeavour Worldwork Journalism, the podcast ‘Pioneer Spirit and Mainstream Thoughts’, and co-founder of Processwork Institute Lithuania.
Desmond Smith Mboya is proudly Kenyan—and a world citizen at heart. He holds a degree in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering and is also a dedicated process worker who recently completed his Diploma in Process Work. His thesis, titled "Becoming the Python: A Dreamer's Tale", is a deep, playful, and powerful dive into his childhood dream to reconnect with his voice—literally and metaphorically. It explores how this personal journey interweaves with culture, identity, and the collective human experience. He’s known for bringing high energy, heart, and humor into every space he enters—be it a classroom, stage, or community circle.