Beyond the
Mastery: –'The Space'
Re-experience The Mastery from a leadership perspective
…a Workshop for Mastery Graduates Only
Bristol UK
27th February – 1st March 2026
"Wherever you are now in your life, we'd like to invite you to step into the unique, creative energy of The Mastery in a new and exciting way.
Now
in its fifth year, this unique follow-up workshop is energising, moving, supportive,
challenging, experimental, inspiring… And a lot of fun too!
The
Space will allow you to: |
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On the workshop you will:
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Spend time in the transformative space in front of the group as on the original Mastery
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Enjoy other creative exercises and processes
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Perform a piece – developing your creativity and self-expression further
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Learn to recognise what is happening with other participants when they are in front
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join the leaders (if you wish) to experience how they work with the people in that space
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Experience the same atmosphere of safety and respect as on the original Mastery
Facilitators for The Space
Ranjit
Krishnamma
Ranjit has been an actor and facilitator for more than half
his life. He has led The Mastery of Self
Expression for around thirty years. He has also developed intensive workshops
of his own including “Feeling What Is,” “Beyond the Method,”
(a six week acting course) a short dramatic intensive called “Expresso,”
a residential drama/development/holiday in France – “The Heart of
Drama,” and an outdoor adventure week in North Wales, ”Into the
Wild.”
He is a co-creator and leader of “The Space” workshop : a laboratory
for emerging leaders.
Most recently he has been involved in running Circling and human connection
retreats and facilitating Authentic Relating workshops internationally.
In his spare time he enjoys table-tennis, swimming, and writing fiction.
“I like to lead from a place that acknowledges the one-ness that exists
beneath our conditioned minds and I encourage an individual and intense exploration
of the inner world and its relationship to our daily lives. I am proud to be
a part of what I believe to be some of the most effective and ethical human
development work on the planet.”
Jan
Castle
Jan is a professional coach
and leadership facilitator who works with clients and businesses throughout
the UK and Europe. Her varied background encompasses film making, mediation
and visiting some of the most beautiful places on earth.
She first became interested in our ability to create and ‘be’ without
constraint in the 1990s when exploring the traditional art of the The Fool.
She went on to create her own workshops such as Live Your Dream and Walking For A Change, helping people make empowering life changes.
“When I first attended The Mastery I realised I’d found a workshop that explored the ‘edge’ I experience in myself and see in others, between being a version of myself that I imagine is acceptable, and fully showing up in all my wonderful, messy, creative humanity. I am constantly moved and inspired at the workshops by what I see as the powerful key to this work: unconditional acceptance - of self, others and whatever emerges.”
Sam
Chittenden
Sam is the Director of creative development company Different Development, based
in Brighton. Her experience includes many years as a Board Director in the NHS,
& as an actor/director, writer & poet. She is fascinated by stories
and the characters that inhabit them.
Sam is the author of leadership textbook, Rhyme & Reason - The Poetry of Leadership. She hosts a variety of personal development workshops and retreats both in Brighton and in a remote farmhouse in Brittany.
"When I took the Mastery in 2007, I discovered a voice and a determination I didn't know I had, and this has led to my continued invovlement. I continue to be fascinated by what participants discover in the space this workshop creates."
"The Mastery of Self Expression is a weekend of exploration for everyone involved. I am always bowled over by the creativity and passion shown by participants, and by the changes they choose to make in their worlds."
Adrian
Longstaffe
Adrian has worked as a teacher in more than six careers including veterinary
medicine, choreography, acting training and educational technology. He graduated
as a psychotherapist in 2000 and leads his own personal development workshops.
Now 82 and semi retired Adrian reckons that the Mastery has been the workshop
which has been the most influential over more than half his lifetime.
"The Mastery has been a vital element in my journey. I have sat on the back row of more than 40 masteries in the last 27 years and have spent the last 10 years in leadership training, gaining the Diploma in Leadership of the Institute for Creativity in 2003. I also assist in the training of Mastery leaders. My experience across the fields of academia, personal development and theatre have resulted in a fascination with the training of actors -- one of the few groups of people for whom the taking of emotional risk is part of the job description. Responsible acting training has so much to offer in terms of emotional intelligence for the rest of us."
"One of my aims is to enable people to walk their emotional universe with the same confidence that they walk their intellectual universe -- balancing the rational with the non-rational."
Date:
February 27th to March 1st 2026
Friday: 5 PM till late evening
Saturday: 9 AM till mid evening
Sunday 9:00 AM till 7:30 PM latest
Venue:
Gasworks Studio
27 Narroways Rd
St Werburghs
Bristol BS2 9XB
Cost structure:
Full fee: £295
Early bird: £235 (if paid in full 4 weeks in advance)
Concessionary: £200 (if in receipt of benefits)
Preparation
As on the Mastery itself, prior to the weekend, you will need to learn by heart, a two minute piece (poem, song, dance, monologue, story, piece of music, mime etc) that you will use as a vehicle for your expression. Choose something that chooses you or which you feel passionately about.
Learning it off by heart is important -- it means that you will be freer to experiment. (no improvisation please!)
For more information please contact:
Jan Castle
07896 343981
themasteryofselfexpression@gmail.com
Updated 31/08/25