The ZEGG Community (Center for Experimental Cultural Design) is a famous intentional community and lifestyle experiment in Germany, founded in 1991. Trellis House is very honored to have founding members and senior teachers from ZEGG for a talk, workshop and Q&A.  The workshop will include a demonstration of the "ZEGG Forum", which is a community process which can be quite magical in connecting and fostering deep intimacy. (Click here for more information: http://www.lebendig.org/forum.htm).  Cost of the evening "$20 or whatever", with no one turned away for lack of funds. 

ZEGG Forum is an awareness and communication training for groups of 12 to 50 participants. It is an artistic way of personal sharing; a stage for whatever is happening inside ourselves. Here our true motivations, our deep feelings, longings, ideas and emotions become "public". This focus on transparency, sharing and clarifying unsolved situations makes it an invaluable catalyst for one’s own growth. Forum is a personal process in a social context. Because we believe that each of our personal issues are exemplars of a general human issue, Forum elevates these personal issues, by putting them into a common human stage.

We are delighted to have Ina Meyer-Stoll and Achim Ecker of ZEGG Community in Germany (www.zegg.de) lead an introductory evening on Forum here at Trellis. This evening is appropriate both for people new to Forum and those who are more familiar with it. This is a great opportunity to experience Forum with founding members of ZEGG community who have used the process for many years.

This evening will be facilitated by: Ina Meyer-Stoll and Achim Ecker who have experience with the Forum for more than 23 years. They have been deeply involved in its development and have trained and supervised others at ZEGG and in communities in Europe and the USA. Since 2007 they both entered a deep spiritual training with Thomas Hübl (www.sharingthepresence.com) which broadens their communication and training skills. They see themselves as constantly learning to be more authentic in their lives and in their teachings. Living in a community with a strong focus on love, partnership and friendship, the relationships between people receive their special attention during the process.

Ina Meyer-Stoll, trained originally as a teacher, has been a peace and environmental activist from her youth, and has lived in community for more than 24 years. She was one of the founding members of the ecovillage ZEGG where she has been active in a various ways since 1991. For many years she was one of the executive secretaries of the Global Ecovillage Network of Europe e.V., (www.gen-europe.org ), which supports the implementation of sustainable communities in Europe. She is communications trainer and supervisor for almost 20 years, specialising in building community, and creating transparency and trust in group processes.

Achim Ecker, studied social work, was active in the 80s social change, environmental and non-violent direct action movement in Germany. In the USA he learned to be a trainer for nonviolent action. Since 1984 he has lived in the community that now resides at ZEGG. He has organized and focalized international youth camps around Europe. At ZEGG he is the chief landscape designer and eco builder and works with Permaculture principles. For the last 12 years he has been teaching Forum and awareness training in German and English.

Location: Trellis House, 1616 Dekalb St, Norristown PA 19401, 484-684-7955.  RSVP appreciated.