Collective Practice and the Life Itself Open Residency with Valérie Duvauchelle
Channel: Life Itself
Date: 14/06/2022

In the third episode of our Exploring Social Transformation series, Eilidh Ross sits down with Life Itself Pioneer, Valérie Duvauchelle. Valérie discusses the value collective practice brings to a community and tells us what we can expect from the upcoming Open Residency at the Life Itself Bergerac Hub. Valérie also offers some insight into individual activation and its central position in social transformation. 

To learn more about the upcoming Open Residency and to apply head over to https://lifeitself.us/open-residency/

0:00 Introduction
1:43 Open Residency
5:37 What is the value of collective practices?
11:55 A day in the life at a Life Itself residency 
17:11 How did Valérie come to her passion for collective practice? 
28:54 Applying monastic practices in a secular setting
40:54 Opening yourself up to the present moment
48:53 Individual activation and social transformation
52:13 Why Valérie doesn’t think we should be aiming for individual transformation

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