A Wanderful Excursion — Spacious Kinship

There is so much that I loved about yesterday’s Wanderful Excursion. Circle. Story. Connection. Play. Embodiment. Wonder. Kindness. Poetry. Gentling (Gentle-ing). And yes, spacious kinship. Not a speedwalk to the corner and back. Rather, a slow meander., pausing under the trees. Together.

I hosted yesterday with Elif Poshor and Saoirse Charis Graves. What delight to feel flow with them in the creation, in the hosting, and then in the journey with the others gathered.

I heard and was moved by beautiful expressions.

“I like weaving. I like witnessing. I like whole humaning.”
“I seek openness to the creativity and all of the mess that it comes with.”
“I need mystery. I welcome mystery. I want to hold it all gently.”
“I accept that it is what it is, and, that it isn’t what it isn’t.”

And so much more.

Becoming & Belonging, Wander School — yes, these are programs that I’m glad to have created and that I’m glad to continue to evolve. Beyond programs, they are an invitation to a resonance often forgotten. The kind or resonance that changes who we are, and how we go about doing what we do.

A bow.

And an invitation to try the waters in July’s upcoming Wanders.

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