Tonight a collective poem from the group after a day of the Work That Reconnects in the Elder phase of the design web; appreciation, reflection and pause. We see with new eyes As a child embracing the world Looking for the warmth of the womb in which we once lied curled So like that we Read More
The going forth stage of the spiral is about planting seeds of action in our lives. Chris Johnstone talked about our lives as stories and like all good adventure stories they can start with what seems an impossible task. But along the way we come across helping factors that assist us on our journey. My Read More
Day 4 Seeing with new eyes Today we expanded our views of the interconnectedness of all life. In particular we thought about larger timescapes than just our own lifetimes. Through activities we widened our sense of what support is available to us from our ancestors and future generations. We did an exercise called the 7th Read More
The size and scope of the problems we face on the planet at the moment are huge. And yet the size, scope and attention paid to the response to these problems is lukewarm, mediocre, on the edge, in the minority and at times even outlawed. There is a mismatch between the size of the problem Read More
Today we focused on coming from gratitude. Particularly fruitful for me were the discussions on why take time to feel gratitude? I already knew that it feels good when we take time to give thanks, and it is nourishing to receive appreciation, but we took time to explore just how we felt physiologically and emotionally Read More
Day 1 reflections Today was the first day of a six day intensive on the Work That Reconnects with Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone at Findhorn. We began by introducing ourselves and sharing one thing in the world that we would like to protect. Obviously we all have many things we would like to protect Read More