69. The Power of Healing in Community

As women we have discovered there’s an incredible value in coming together as we heal.  Today we share some of our thoughts and observations and honor the work of the community that just came together on our recent Re-wilding retreat in Costa Rica.  <br class="" /><br class="" />Today we discuss:<br class="" /><br class="" />-The difference of community verses individual work and the power of an intergenerational community<br class="" />-How the vulnerability of being open in a group can make healing in community more accessible<br class="" />-The synergy created in community that allows freedom of individual healing without the need to over share<br class="" />-When you’re collectively in meditation, yoga or conversation a third energy moves in that guides us toward wholeness as a group as well as individually<br class="" />-The inclination of the feminine energy toward collaboration<br class="" />-How capitalism teaches us our value comes from production <br class="" />-The consistent threads that tie our experiences together and empower us to transcend the space to create healing in relationship <br class="" />-How this works…. Why clearly creating ground rules allows big emotions to surface and be worked through in safety <br class="" /><br class="" />-The ground rules from “The Four Agreements” -Don Miguel Ruiz<br class="" /><br class="" />1) Be impeccable with your word<br class="" />2) Don’t take anything personally<br class="" />3) Don’t make assumptions<br class="" />4) Always do your best<br class="" /><br class="" />-We’re wired to be compassionate, soft, open, forgiving and non-judgemental with people, yet the current productivity culture can pull us away from that way of being<br class="" />-The collective experience of COVID and the global opportunity for collective healing and coming together.  There is great power in coming together to heal in community, when one heals we all heal.<br class="" />-Find the groups that support your healing process wherever they are available.  If you can’t find one, create one!<br class="" /><br class="" /><br class="" /><br class="" />Quotes by: <br class="" />Johnette Walser<br class="" />“Society and culture really don’t hold space for us to deal with big emotions.  Capitalism teaches us we must constantly be productive yet it’s difficult to be productive when you’re dealing with a lot of pain, dealing with a lot of grief, it’s hard to be productive.  We talk ourselves out of really being able to sit with what we need to sit with but to be more productive we need to allow for more healing to happen.”<br class="" /><br class="" />Rumi<br class="" />“Shut the thinking door and open the love window.”<br class="" /><br class="" /><br class="" />Referenced today:<br class="" />We Heal Together -Michelle Cassandra Johnson<br class="" />The Four Agreements -Don Miguel Ruiz<br class="" /><br class="" />The Millionth Circle: How to Change Ourselves and The World<br class="" />-Jean Shinoda Bolen<br class="" /><br class="" /> Suggestions for Creating Women’s Circles Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.   -Margaret Mead Why? When a critical number of peopl