Exploring and Giving Form to Our Inner Home
Notes
for The Workshop on May 26th
Ecology -
the Greek eco means home.
Logos is the mysterious process of coming into being of a idea or
impulse or ray of light. Ecology
can thus be considered as the mysterious process of making home.
This workshop delves into the idea that seeking home is our
life's journey and explores
"home" as an internal image, within the context of
that journey. Home is our place of deep refuge, wholeness, being known. It is
where we feel safe to be fully loved and love openly - our quiet, still
center. Ironically, home exists in
spiritual realms, yet here we are, living in a crazed world, amidst our
humanity - our fullness, of light and darkness.
This workshop is experiential - I open some of the infinite doors into exploring your inner
self, your soul, with the
intention of drawing out life giving impulses which you can then embody through
your daily living. Each door is a
creative-meditative drawing or sculpting exercise, where I offer a poetic image
which you'll internalize, listen for a response, and then explore by playing
with clay or pastels on newsprint, letting the exploration awaken essential
parts of yourself you have forgotten or never realized. As you create, more images appear
- each exercise opens a deep well
of life giving water.
After the group completes each expression, you are invited
to share with the group how the unfolding occurred. Other particpants offer their insights into what you've
offered, which also expands their understanding of our common humanity. We then discuss how these revealed
impulses can be lived into.
Consider the impulse of, say, wanting expansiveness,
perhaps expressed when drawing by large, sweeping arcs of color, unfolding like
bird's wings. How that energy is
given form is unique to our experiences and inclinations, but they may include:
Considering new, bold options regarding significant life decisions;
or making a window seat with a distant view, for our gazing; or traveling to the southwest deserts
(or moving there): or sailing (experience such an expansive space as the ocean,
with the wind, and see what it has to offer), or letting your hair grow, or
learn swing dancing!
As there are infintite facets to the crystal that is our
soul, this workshop can go on for a day, or two or three. Regardless of duration, participants
will have opened to ways to explore home and can continue this work throughout
their life's journey.
Workshop
fee - $150. Includes breakfast & lunch. 9am - 6pm. At my home.
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