The sense of real and intimate connection with others is sadly lacking in our modern world. 

Though we may connect with others regularly, how deep are we really going? How much of us are we really sharing and how much of others are we really seeing?

It can be difficult to find those who are prepared to receive our deepest truths, fears or traumas in full presence, therefore we can be reluctant to share them. This process is a co-creation and because of that we can feel inhibition when we share. This may lead us to remain at the surface level of contemplation and expression of our true experience. 

When we sit in spaces together, witnessing and being witnessed, we can discover the kind of healing and insight that has the power to transform our lives. Together we find this sort of transformation to be essential, not only on the spiritual path but to our survival as embodied humans in this fast moving world. 

Holding space is a skill. 

We must exercise and develop this skill through the practice of presence-ing and through willingness to be with what is, not just in others but in ourselves. 

Together we explore the sense of what it means to be embodied through guided meditation, contemplation, and individual sharing. 

Each circle will draw upon a theme for contemplation throughout the week and serve as the basis for us to share our musings on embodied experience.

Valuable spaces like these contribute to the deepening of our own experience by way of our own shares but also through the honest and vulnerable shares of others. How powerful and nourishing it is to hold space for what is real and alive in our comrades while also receiving that compassionate and welcoming space from them