Reimagining Belonging: Collective Dreaming and Virtual Realities through the Tele’Drama Methodology

Publication information:

Simmons, Daniela. 2026. “Reimagining Belonging: Collective Dreaming and Virtual Realities through the Tele’Drama Methodology.” in Belonging: Practices of Inclusion in Spiritual Communities, the Academy, and Society. Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA: Harvard Divinity School: Program for the Evolution of Spirituality.

Abstract

This one-hour interactive online workshop explores how the Tele’Drama methodology—a practice-based integration of psychodrama, sociodrama, and virtual interaction—creates belonging and shared spiritual experience in online spaces. Through embodied role work, sociometric choice, and collective dreaming practices, participants will engage in experiential exploration of how connection and meaning emerge without physical co-presence. Drawing on action methods and integral approaches to spirituality, the workshop demonstrates how virtual realities can foster inclusive, relational, and transformative spiritual communities across distance, difference, and time.

Presenter Biography

Daniela Simmons, PhD, TEP, is an international trainer and supervisor, creator of the Tele’Drama method, and recipient of multiple ASGPP awards. She is a leader, organizational consultant, and Immediate Past President of ASGPP. She has utilized action methods since 1995 in Europe and since 2005 in the United States.