"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it." -Rumi
Join us for this monthly gathering, as we turn our attention to the soul hygiene practices so needed in this complex and uncertain time. Using the potent tools of writing, inquiry, body-centered practices, and ritual, each month we will explore a theme to unburden our hearts and create more spaciousness within our bodies and souls. As we practice the courage to be with the authenticity of our hearts, we grow our ability to embody our aliveness and compassion.
This monthly circle is intended to provide refuge, as we examine our obstacles to feeling grief, gratitude, and love, while building a community of concerned hearts in the process, and sharing our deep emotional selves to bring us into the arms of the sacred. The beauty of inner work is its capacity to expand into our communities and the world.
1/25: Resistance to Grief
2/22: Opening to our Grief
3/22: Resistance to Joy and Gratitude
4/26: Opening to our Joy and Gratitude
5/24: Resistance to Love and Compassion
6/28: Opening to Love and Compassion
Over the course of six months, we will meet the fourth Tuesday of the month from 6:00–8:00pm eastern time on Zoom.
Though each month is meant to build upon one another, participants can join at any time.
$25 drop-in. $125 for all 6 sessions (Get one free)
Summer Estes, MA, LCMHC, is a licensed psychotherapist, founder of Embodied-Intelligence, and has a special interest in deep inner work that integrates both somatic and mindfulness practices. Summer loves to create co-creative learning and healing environments. She has been on faculty with the wisdom school, The Second Breath Center, and has led many inner work workshops with organizations including Cone Health and Compass Greensboro. She has worked in the healing arts for over 15 years.
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Samantha DiRosa, MFA, is a university professor, yoga instructor, ritualist, and expressive arts consultant based in Greensboro, North Carolina.. She brings 20 years of facilitation and teaching experience in the realm of higher-education, alongside an artist’s sensitivity and depth of insight, to her work with groups. Having trained with Francis Weller, author of The Wild Edge of Sorrow, and Joanna Macy, author of Active Hope, she believes in the power of ritual and ceremony to transmute sorrow and loss into the healing of individuals, communities, and the Earth.
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How to Register
1.) Register to reserve your spot. Please contact us with any questions.
2.) Please read through our group agreements we keep to create safe community.