The Work That Reconnects: Stepping into Sacred Activism
The Work That Reconnects is composed of teachings on deep ecology, living systems theory, and spiritual traditions
“We will probably not know in our lifetimes whether we are serving as deathbed attendants to a dying world or as midwives to the next stage of human evolution. We simply don’t know. So, what is it going to be? With nothing to lose, what could hold us back from being the most courageous, the most innovative, the most warm-hearted version of ourselves that we can possibly be?” - Joanna Macy
Come for teachings and interactive processes that awaken us to the hope and potential for global healing that is possible as we face the planetary crisis and to our authority to act for life on Earth.
Come with your questions, your grief, your confusion; come with whatever is real for you in this in-between space. By reconnecting with ourselves, each other, and the magic at the source of all life and its mystery, we discover a form of “Active hope” beyond solutions, certainty, or the guarantee of a promised future.
The Work That Reconnects is composed of teachings on deep ecology, living systems theory, and spiritual traditions. It is a community-building process that grows our courage, resilience, and solidarity. This work was developed over 50 years of working with activists and people who have lost their homes, seen destruction to their lands, and suffered through wars, conflicts, and different forms of oppression. It helps clarify survival skills, like community building and tending to our grief and opens our perceptions to the unique roles we each can play in the Great Turning—all needed for navigating the chaotic times ahead.
The Bowden Pillars community invites you to join Emily & Andy for a weekend of ritual, storytelling, and practices that will create a space to touch our grief for what is happening to our world, expand our perspectives, and emerge with a new sense of how we want to show up with our gifts in this moment of the human experience.
COST
We offer this workshop on the spirit of gift economy. It is free to sign up and we will offer an opportunity to give "Dana" or reciprocity at the end of our time together.
WHO IS FACILITATING?
Emily Coralyne is a water activist, ritualist, writer, peer counselor, and previous environmental campaign organizer. Descending from European settlers, she was born and raised in what is now known as Central New York, originally the territory of the Onondaga Haudenosaunee People. Her studies of spiritual ecology, sociology, and community development have guided her to bear witness to the global water situation in Ecuador, the US, and Portugal, to create urban co-living communities, and to guide groups of people on the integration of their spiritual & political work. She is currently the Distribution & Impact Manager of Water is Love: Ripples of Regeneration, a film about how water is an essential solution to healing climate.
Andy Wolfrum is a researcher in peace work. One of his main motivations is to discover what it means to be a true pacifist, getting to know and liberate all life energies within him and bringing them into contact with his surroundings. Creating community is an essential political task for him to face the challenges of our times. He joined Tamera in 2012 and is currently engaged in Tamera’s education center. He’s educated in communication and media and joined various non-professional theater projects throughout his life. He’s the father of a 13-year-old who was raised in Tamera.
SCHEDULE
We will meet on Friday evening to open the space and get to know each other from 6-9pm.
On Saturday, we will meet for the full day starting at 10 a.m. and continuing until 5 p.m. We will have an evening session, with a break for dinner beforehand from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m., and continue until 9 p.m.
On Sunday we will meet again at 10am and continue until 5pm, when this workshop closes.
Lunch will be from 1-2:30pm and all food is self-organized.
PREPARATION
Please bring a journal, something to write with, and a small special object representing your connection to the natural world.
If you want to get a taste of the work of Joanna Macy before we start, here are some relevant readings and videos:
You can listen to Joanna speak about the Work That Reconnects in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arssbFNVkIM.
It’s difficult to describe the power of this work without experiencing it, but if you would like to be in touch to discuss any aspect of it further, please do not hesitate to reach out to Emily: going.forth.coaching@gmail.com
For information about the Bowden Pillars Future project click here https://linktr.ee/BowdenPillarsFutureinformation
The Work That Reconnects is composed of teachings on deep ecology, living systems theory, and spiritual traditions
“We will probably not know in our lifetimes whether we are serving as deathbed attendants to a dying world or as midwives to the next stage of human evolution. We simply don’t know. So, what is it going to be? With nothing to lose, what could hold us back from being the most courageous, the most innovative, the most warm-hearted version of ourselves that we can possibly be?” - Joanna Macy
Come for teachings and interactive processes that awaken us to the hope and potential for global healing that is possible as we face the planetary crisis and to our authority to act for life on Earth.
Come with your questions, your grief, your confusion; come with whatever is real for you in this in-between space. By reconnecting with ourselves, each other, and the magic at the source of all life and its mystery, we discover a form of “Active hope” beyond solutions, certainty, or the guarantee of a promised future.
The Work That Reconnects is composed of teachings on deep ecology, living systems theory, and spiritual traditions. It is a community-building process that grows our courage, resilience, and solidarity. This work was developed over 50 years of working with activists and people who have lost their homes, seen destruction to their lands, and suffered through wars, conflicts, and different forms of oppression. It helps clarify survival skills, like community building and tending to our grief and opens our perceptions to the unique roles we each can play in the Great Turning—all needed for navigating the chaotic times ahead.
The Bowden Pillars community invites you to join Emily & Andy for a weekend of ritual, storytelling, and practices that will create a space to touch our grief for what is happening to our world, expand our perspectives, and emerge with a new sense of how we want to show up with our gifts in this moment of the human experience.
COST
We offer this workshop on the spirit of gift economy. It is free to sign up and we will offer an opportunity to give "Dana" or reciprocity at the end of our time together.
WHO IS FACILITATING?
Emily Coralyne is a water activist, ritualist, writer, peer counselor, and previous environmental campaign organizer. Descending from European settlers, she was born and raised in what is now known as Central New York, originally the territory of the Onondaga Haudenosaunee People. Her studies of spiritual ecology, sociology, and community development have guided her to bear witness to the global water situation in Ecuador, the US, and Portugal, to create urban co-living communities, and to guide groups of people on the integration of their spiritual & political work. She is currently the Distribution & Impact Manager of Water is Love: Ripples of Regeneration, a film about how water is an essential solution to healing climate.
Andy Wolfrum is a researcher in peace work. One of his main motivations is to discover what it means to be a true pacifist, getting to know and liberate all life energies within him and bringing them into contact with his surroundings. Creating community is an essential political task for him to face the challenges of our times. He joined Tamera in 2012 and is currently engaged in Tamera’s education center. He’s educated in communication and media and joined various non-professional theater projects throughout his life. He’s the father of a 13-year-old who was raised in Tamera.
SCHEDULE
We will meet on Friday evening to open the space and get to know each other from 6-9pm.
On Saturday, we will meet for the full day starting at 10 a.m. and continuing until 5 p.m. We will have an evening session, with a break for dinner beforehand from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m., and continue until 9 p.m.
On Sunday we will meet again at 10am and continue until 5pm, when this workshop closes.
Lunch will be from 1-2:30pm and all food is self-organized.
PREPARATION
Please bring a journal, something to write with, and a small special object representing your connection to the natural world.
If you want to get a taste of the work of Joanna Macy before we start, here are some relevant readings and videos:
You can listen to Joanna speak about the Work That Reconnects in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arssbFNVkIM.
It’s difficult to describe the power of this work without experiencing it, but if you would like to be in touch to discuss any aspect of it further, please do not hesitate to reach out to Emily: going.forth.coaching@gmail.com
For information about the Bowden Pillars Future project click here https://linktr.ee/BowdenPillarsFutureinformation