tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37129663567756391112024-03-13T13:50:42.501-07:00The Way of Vibrantly - 道Vibrantly*** Cultivating Vibrant Relationships that Cherish, Honor, and Respect ***The Way of 道 Vibrantly http://www.blogger.com/profile/03148859819554428705noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712966356775639111.post-70570462342985800192020-03-09T16:13:00.001-07:002020-03-19T18:56:46.813-07:00Perspective Taking Culture<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 20pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Perspective-Taking Culture</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There are also tools, such as Centered and Exhilarated Practice, that teach how to proactively support someone feeling good about themselves, during the conversation, even if the topic is stressful. As this skill develops, we become better able to support the qualities that help people feel good about themselves as well as building trust in empowering each other. Another term for this skill that we like to use is: “supporting the shining eyes”. With passive perspective-taking culture, you’re only really using your skills when things become stressful. With active perspective-taking culture, you’re using your skills to help navigate difficult topics in a way that feels good and actively metabolizes the stress. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But why does our brain shut down our perspective-taking abilities when we’re feeling stress? Well, think about it like this: Have you ever wanted to show someone something you were really excited about, but maybe they were really stressed out and you didn’t notice, so they raised their voice with you angrily and told you to go away? In these types of situations, they snapped at you because they were angry about something unrelated. But it still hurts doesn’t it? It can hurt even more when we’re feeling really good about ourselves because we are in a more vulnerable place when we’re in touch with our whole brain connection, including our emotions and the feelings in our body. In fact, the better we’re feeling, the wider our Mirror Neuron System (MNS) has opened up to pick up on the nuances and context of social relationships. The MNS is the system that evolved in us to achieve deeper levels of nourishment when our pack/group is feeling relaxed, or helps us to move to alertness more quickly when someone in our pack/group is feeling stressed. The MNS thinks it’s safe when we’re feeling good so it connects all of our parts into a coherent whole. The more we open up in this way, the more we’re susceptible to picking up on the stress of others. Or maybe we’ve been having a bad day ourselves. We might be trying to not feel our own stress in our own body. If this is the case, we’re less likely to laugh at jokes or to join in when someone is having a good time. Somehow, subconsciously, a part of us knows that if we start having a good time we’re going to feel those emotions and all that stress in our body again and we don’t want to. So the first pillar of perspective-taking culture really comes down to giving that stress a good place to go. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The better we feel about </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ourselves</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, the more centered we become; the more embodied; the more in touch with our emotions. The better we feel, the more of our brain we’re able to access. And in general, the more of our parts we’re able to bring into the whole. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">T</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">he</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">re is no need to let difficult conversations feel draining. It's springtime! We've just gone through a winter of rekindling our past memories and realizing where we might want to adventure next. But all changes take just a little bit of effort in order to reorient ourselves in relationship with the new universe we're manifesting. This means there</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> might be a few difficult conversations up ahead of us on the horizon. The key to re-aligning our place in this world in relation with others is to have successful conversations where we can be in harmony with each other's feelings and world views. If you're curious about building your practice of perspective-taking, check out this video I made, to help you take your practice further. In it, I outline a couple quick and easy things to strive for if you want each and every conversation to embody a culture of perspective-taking. I even include a link to the 1 page fold-able booklet so that you can print out your own copy and pass it on to your friends. I hope you enjoy the video and I hope you can get out there and enjoy the spring! </span></span></div>
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Video Link for Centered and Exhilarated Perspective Taking Culture: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/NMUYhvbUe2E&source=gmail&ust=1583880901560000&usg=AFQjCNF-_3vrJyPhFpKejK-TNXqKPb1KDA" href="https://youtu.be/NMUYhvbUe2E" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/NMUYhvbUe2E</a><br />
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<br />The Way of 道 Vibrantlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14554144382550206544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712966356775639111.post-9946424940964552652019-12-23T20:05:00.001-08:002019-12-23T22:54:16.910-08:00 O is for Observer<br />
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Welcome to Mindfulness 101.<br /><br />Cultivating the observer is about cultivating <strong>you</strong>: that whom is watching.<br /><br />That is to say, this is the practice of gathering the part of yourself that is observing your process. When you really think about it, this practice of cultivating the observer is critical, even just to make sure that someone is here, watching as things unfold in the present moment. Even when you're <strong>in</strong> process <strong>and </strong>observing your process, this is the part of you that is watching.<br /><br />In cultivating this you are cultivating choice so that you can choose which kind of process <strong>you </strong>want to create and experience, for <strong>yourself</strong>. You are choosing to live from <strong>centeredness</strong>.<br />Choosing to walk with the sacred.<br />Choosing to walk in your highest self, to follow natural law.<br /><br />You are choosing to be in your parasympathetic nervous system, and choosing to actively cultivate your egoic development. As you move into healthy ego, you begin living from a state of healing a majority of the time. Even as you experience stress, you may experience it from a space of calm, a space of curious, and a space of having access to the next most positive story. Of
having access to the felt sense of truth and knowing that you're able to find
the play even in the sorrow, the lightness in the shadow work, and to find the
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this because it's the meta-process, the part of you that's able to watch and
say, “whoa, I'm doing a great job bringing in positive framing, maybe five times
as much as I’m bringing in negative framing!” Or maybe, “Oh my, I'm quite
preoccupied at the moment, looping on the same thoughts over and over again." Also, how about this one:“I can make the decision to not do that, I can make
the decision to have a different kind of adaptive strategy that's more
supportive and that's moving me in an upward spiral of light. A decision of growth
mindset instead of fixed mindset!”<br />
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There isn't much to it, when you’re setting out to
cultivate the observer. There are many books to assist with the journey, if you
even just choose to visit your local book store’s self help section. For more
advanced learning, you can also look into Centered and Exhilarated Observer
(CEO) Dialogue, which is the practice of cultivating the inner observer along a
spectrum of seven separate stages of growth. Each stage corresponds to a
widening of the brain’s ability to perceive consciousness with a refinement of
the mind’s ability to make sense of the incoming signals. This practice starts
with becoming acquainted with both the mindful observer of the left brain and
also the embodied observer of the right brain. As these two observers begin to
quickly alternate between each other, they form a stable foundation for further
egoic development, as the identity shifts along a spectrum of observers that
become more and more useful, as practices continues. The spectrum of seven
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<b>1. Stress with Options (SWO)</b> - If we can practice becoming aware of our thoughts and emotions when we're feeling stress, we can begin to notice the options we have available. Often times these options are sitting in plain view but we do not notice them, because we're too busy being stressed out. These options could be as simple as recognizing that you're hungry and it would be good to eat something. Another option could be assessing whether you could do a little of the project now and save a little for later, to keep your sanity, instead of trying to cram a large project into a small time window. As we practice noticing the options in stressful situations, we also reap the benefits of cultivating a mindful observer when things are going great. This helps us create plans for our future from the part of us that is in touch with the things in life we truly enjoy. As this observer grows, we are actually healing our relationship with our body and our brain. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<li><b><i>(I) Invested</i></b> - Are you in a difficult situation because you've chosen to invest in it? This could be a day job, acting as a care giver, and so on. It's important to discern if you're in this power-dynamic, or if someone else is in this power-dynamic with you, because it can help bring up important questions to contemplate. </li>
<li><b><i>(G) Good </i></b>- Does this person know what is good for you? Have you taken the time to teach them how you like to feel supported? Are they good at supporting you in the way you like? Can you do the same for them? This discernment brings up many important questions to assist from the observer. </li>
<li><i><b>(H) Healing</b> </i>- Is this relationship healing for me? Often times we can socialize in order to meet our community needs, but what if we're in a situation or relationship that is making things worse? What if it is the source of us needing to go somewhere else to heal our community needs? Or what if someone is just great and we feel wonderful whenever we're with them? These are important things to consider. </li>
<li><b><i>(T) Tensegrity </i></b>- What if a difficult topic comes up? Will I be able to keep my structural integrity, so to speak? Or will I lose calm and curious and become overwhelmed and stressed? And what about them? Are they the type of person that can keep calm and curious? Tensegrity is when separate elements are supporting each other, so that if one person loses them self the other person is there to catch them. Does this situation have tensegrity? </li>
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<b>3. Right Action (RA)</b> - In the third observer, the
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mind is receiving healing, in addition to the body and brain, to the
consciousness itself that orchestrates this healing. As the practitioner spends
more time in this state, this new observer becomes natural and is much more
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which the healing of the body, brain, and mind is orchestrated. When the
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<b>5. Supportive Environment (SE)</b> - In the 5th observer, the very
idea of perspective taking is as natural and persistent as breathing. This
expanded awareness cannot help but create a supportive environment with each
interaction with others. While each expansion of the observer has reduced the
stress of difficult situations, this stage of growth is a turning point where
more and more replenishment and nourishment will start pouring in from the
world around us to assist when difficult situations do arise. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>6. Unitive-Consciousness (U) </b>- Up until now, we’ve focused on
healing the body, brain, and mind. This stage of egoic development is targeting
the healing of our spirit as well, while nurturing a well-spring of
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<b>7. Plant-Consciousness (P) </b>- We can only go so far with egoic
development as humans, if we are isolated from our environment. To truly gain
an expansive sense of awareness in the experience of our observer, it is
important that we return to our relationship with mother nature. The mayan
codex are filled with plant medicines, knowledge of which was arrived at by expanding
the observer to be able to commune with the plants themselves. Dieting plants
in this way, as they call it, helps us to develop a 6th sense for communing
with nature, while also helping our bodies align to a more natural state, and
learning important lessons about our emotions, our mind, and our spirit along
the way. This process of communing with plants first requires that a
practitioner has done a significant amount of release-work, to let go of the
purely egoic way of viewing things, in order to create enough space for the
plant medicine to grow and build in relationship. While many have chosen to
diet plants without practicing the centered and exhilarated path to egoic
development, I have found that there is much to be gained by adding in the centered
and exhilarated approach. CEO Dialogue prepares the practitioner to abide in
pure awareness while being present with the physical world, even during
difficult and stressful situations. By the time the seventh observer of
Plant-consciousness is arrived at in this manner, there will be much less of a
need to retreat from society in order to listen to the plant. Certainly,
nothing compares to living alone in the forest for a year without human
contact, but when human contact does occur and becomes stressful, the CEO
Dialogue path will assist in greatly reducing the difficulty and bringing in a
lot or replenishment to the process as well. <o:p></o:p></div>
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acronym SWORD RAISE UP: Stress with Options (SWO), Right Discernment (RD),
Right Action (RA), Insight (I), Supportive Environment (SE),
Unitive-Consciousness (U), Plant-Consciousness (P). As we learn to recognize
that with stress we have options, we can employ right discernment. This pairing
is like a double-edged sword, slicing not only through any difficult situation
but in so doing we also slicing through our self, revealing our true
nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the later observers, we learn
to raise the sword of our discernment, through right action, insight, and
creating a supportive environment. As we enter the final stages, we can raise
our sword all the way up, healing the spirit in unitive consciousness and also
rekindling our relationship with nature, the forest, and with our ancestral
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When it comes to community building strategies, one of the most tried and true is gathering around the home hearth, the cooking fires. It almost doesn't matter what it is, any excuse to gather around fire will do. When that is centered around food, it evokes a primal and instinctive sense of community, comfort and home.<br /><br />That said, there is a particular and unique invitation to gather, one that we have come to find quite magical. It is almost irresistible.<br /><br />Blueberry pancake brunch!<br />Thus, it can only be concluded that the berryful breakfast bounty contains some form of mystical power for gathering community.</div>
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It is as simple as it sounds. Simply announce to your community (once you have created your hosting team) that you are hosting a blueberry pancake brunch and everyone is invited! </div>
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Invite people to contribute breakfasty items such as potatoes, apple salad, or proteins, and make sure to have plenty of hot maple syrup and whip cream, as that is part of the charm. This meal is easy to make vegan and gluten-free so it accommodates most dietary restrictions. AND somehow, everyone just loves them. We often don't take the time to do this for ourselves, but sharing the hot, goey bread with bursts of warm berries, brings in sensations of abundance and joy.</div>
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If you have an electric skillet or large griddle that works best for larger gatherings. Pancake feasts tend to be "rolling" affairs with many people dropping by and sitting down, so it is a bit challenging to have a sit-down moment for everyone to come together. As such, it is a good idea to put the oven on warm, and cook up enough pancakes for at least the first round of guests to have one (keeping them warm in the oven until it is time to serve). That way everyone can have one pancake on their plate which leaves time for a meal blessing, song, or just a moment of pause and giving of thanks for everyone to come together.</div>
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Lastly, a note on camping, festivals and conferences. Blueberry pancakes are often a godsend when you have been camping or traveling. They are very easy to make, serve and clean-up. Thus, bringing or offering to make blueberry pancakes on the final day of your retreat, campout, festival or conference can bring everyone together and invite them back into a place of ease and abundance after a long journey! A sweet reward for all of your hard work. Trust me, it is possibly the greatest thing ever, to have hot pancakes on the final day. AND, if it can become an annual tradition, all the better. It creates simple opportunities for what the Gottman's call, rituals for connecting, and the most amazing thing is it is around something that is non-political and non-religious, so it is about as inclusive as it gets.</div>
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Thriving relationships begin with the relationship we have with ourselves! How well do you know your own mind, and how well are you able to observe yourself in conversation and in relationship with others?<br /><br />One place to begin is by observing the spectrum of centeredness in yourself when you interact with another being. This spectrum arises in the right hemisphere of our brain, starting with the right ear and moving back toward the occipital region of our brain, as our centeredness deepens.</div>
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and also to begin observing the more difficult topics from a space of
integrated perspective. In this way, we can learn to express our uniqueness,
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Siegel has pointed out that it may be as simple as taking a single longer
breath. This act of taking a longer breath creates a bridge from the prefrontal
cortex of the human brain to the limbic system of our mammalian brain. As this
bridge connects, the parasympathetic nervous system is engaged and our
endocrine system can begin metabolizing those stress hormones, called cortisol,
that were helping us disassociate from stress. This feeling of calm begins the
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Exploring</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">- Once you’re feeling sufficiently calm, if the environment is a
supportive environment, you’ll find yourself moving to a feeling of
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next step of your parasympathetic (stress-metabolizing) system is to return you
to a place of embodiment, where you can start picking up on signals from your
body again. Perhaps your stomach might tell you that you’re feeling hunger, or
perhaps an emotion, like sadness, or a desire for connection. It is important
to note that feeling information coming from the body can reveal any emotion, even
anger or frustration. When this happens, it’s possible to leave calm again, as
you assess if this is really a good time and place to be feeling the emotions
that are coming up. Sometimes it’s better to set these embodied emotions to the
side until you’re really in a good place to begin feeling and healing.
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When we’re able to feel our calm, exploring, embodied self for a sufficient
amount of time, a state of deep peace will naturally arise. This is a luxurious
space of relaxed centeredness. It can happen in the presence of others who we
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surrendering any tension from our body and allowing good posture to hold us
upright, we can begin to feel a deep present moment knowing of our unique path
in life. It might only be glimpses of what we might want in the present moment,
or what we want to achieve in the near future. We might even get a glimpse of
something we want to achieve in our lifetime but without any instructions of
how to get there. The magical aspect of this state is that we can subtly feel
this knowledge sourced from inside of our self. In the Celtic traditions this
intuitive knowing is referred to as gnosis. The sensations feel like subtle
fields of energy, often depicted as toroidal fields, as seen in the following
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">Centeredness</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> - We
will refer to the deepest state of relaxation and surrender as full
centeredness. This is an experience where we have optimal parasympathetic
engagement and can often feel the emotions of others near us. This is similar
to how mammals can deepen their relaxation by being near each other when the
pack is relaxed. Or they can suddenly become stressed when one of the other
mammals experiences stress. Out-of-body experiences can occur from this place
as well, in addition to psychic phenomenon, deep knowing of other’s
experiences, and feelings of oneness. </span><br />
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magical phenomenon because our whole brain is in a state of coherence when we
engage our centeredness spectrum. In neurobiology terms, this inter-personal
experience that arises from whole-brain coherence is often referred to as
attunement. As we gain calmness, the front part of our brain is building a
bridge inward, allowing our middle brain to stabilize and begin opening
pathways to our rear/occipital regions, where the more holistic thinking can
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is also creating a connection between the left and right
hemispheres of our brain. As we move from the front to the back of the right
side of our brain, we can not only feel the stimulus happening in our head
(oxygen/electricity/electromagnetic fields/etc.) but we can also feel our
somatic experience growing more expansive and detailed as we move along the
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benefit our relationships by giving us an idea of not only where we are in the present
moment, it also helps us understand where we might want to be, or where we
could be. It gives us words to communicate with each other how we’re feeling.
It also helps us discern that if we’re not feeling calm, we may be under-resourced
and it might be a good idea to put our relationships to the side for the
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">According to a 2008 Harvard Study, the brain operates 31% better</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> when we feel good about ourselves. If you give that statement a little room to breathe, it can also then seem important to have tools that help us to feel good about ourselves during difficult discussions, as well as the easy and fun conversations. The CEO Memory Share is a tool for uplifting the quality of feeling good about ourselves and our experience of what thriving can feel like, both in normal every day conversation but also in conflict navigation processes, restorative justice circles, business meetings, and some of the more difficult one on one interactions. This tool can help us to understand the importance of feeling supportive and replenished in all situations. The core of the CEO Memory Share Tool is to simply share a memory where you felt both centered and exhilarated at the same time. This is because when we feel both centered and exhilarated at the same time, we are stabilizing the parietal ridge, so that the occipital regions of the brain can join in the experience, supporting whole-brain participation. This is where feeling good about ourselves is actually allowing the brain to operate 31% better. Even if we are only feeling calm and curious, we are still on the spectrums of emotions of centered and exhilarated, and so we are still stimulating that whole brain experience, as you can see, depicted in this diagram:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">In the early stages of practicing CEO Dialogue, the focus is placed on the CEO Memory Share Tool as experience in group practice. This is because of the importance of having a container present that can help guide the new practitioners to their own unique centered and exhilarated state. Once the practioner gets the hang of it, it's like a light bulb goes on inside their head about all the ways this tool can actually be used. This tool is not only useful for helping us to feel better about ourselves, but it is very convenient and can be used almost anywhere , from dinner with your family to meeting a stranger at a bus stop. Once the principles of this tool are understood, it is no longer needed and the practitioner can move on to the next level of practice tools. It can be said that it is after you no longer need to use the CEO Memory Share tool that the practice of CEO Dialogue truly begins, guiding ourselves on the path of our own inner light. That is why the Buddha's quote is so important here: "</span><span style="text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">A raft needed to cross the river is discarded when the other shore is reached</span><span style="text-indent: 36pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">." But in order to get to that place we all must start somewhere. For early practioners, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We like to refer to the CEO Memory Share Round as the first Orbit, because it allows participants to bring the CEO experience into conversation in a reliable way, possibly for the first time in their life. This can be thought of as similar to the white belt in karate, when it feels like a group of new students who are curious and eager but don’t know where to begin. You’ll want to stoke the solar fires of the CEO experience to burn as brightly as possible and Orbit 1 is closest to the sun, so to speak. This can be done by giving each participant 4 minutes to share a recent memory where the felt both centered and exhilarated at the same time; the more recent the memory the better. The CEO Memory Share Round has three important aspects to it:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">My favorite part though was the CEO Dialogue Workshops. This practice is referred to as CEO Dialogue because the C stands for Centered, the E stands for Exhilarated, and the O stands for the experience that arises in the circle of people, meeting together to share in connection with each other. This practice is based on the idea that the brain operates better when we feel good about ourselves (31% better, according to a 2008 Harvard study). That is why it’s important to have conflict navigation processes, restorative justice circles, business meetings, and one on one interactions that feel supportive and replenishing without feeling draining. I have made all my resources available for free download at </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://ceodialogue.org&source=gmail&ust=1562807435791000&usg=AFQjCNFIz6sOL7NkTJOxXhzQ3HTsGxcYWA" href="http://ceodialogue.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://ceodialogue.org</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">. My hope is to empower as many communities as possible with these tools, to help us all move towards a gift economy, where we respect and honor the gifts that we each are, in our individual magic. </span></i></span><br />
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Enter into the beautiful forest that is all around you in a way you never have before with Forest Bathing, drawing from the Japanese Tradition of Shinrin Yoku. This practice is about taking time to slow down and connect with yourself and nature in a way most people don’t take the time to do. </div>
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In forest bathing, we receive the nourishing, healing and restoring energies of the forest and learn to connect with the more than human world. </div>
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This is a very simple practice and an ancient one too. Although Shinrinyoku has only been practiced in Japan formally since the 80's people have been taking sacred walks in forests for thousands of years. After the benefits of the practice, such as reduced blood pressure, increased feelings of wellbeing and general experiences of relaxation, "forest bathing" as it was newly termed was popularized as an alternative medical practice. </div>
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As a practice, one can do it on their own, or sign-up to join a group forest walk with a guide. During a guided practice you will be led through various prompts for engaging with yourself and the forest. </div>
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<b>Here are some simple steps you can try on your </b><b>own for a more intentional experience in nature:</b></div>
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1) Pick a point in the path that will be a threshold for you to pass through. Before passing through the threshold, set an intention for what you would like to receive (or offer!) on this journey.</div>
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2) Walk quietly and slowly through the forest, allowing your gaze to gently rest upon all beings you encounter (try to walk as slowly as a turtle entering into what M. Amos Clifford calls, "tree time". </div>
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3) Take a moment to notice your thoughts as you are having this experience. Invite mindfulness of your body and mind as you walk the path.</div>
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4) Enter into a relationship with the forest in some way! (for about 15 minutes) Take off your shoes, smell the earth, try to remember how you use to play for hours if you grew up with access to nature, what was it you used to do? </div>
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5) Find a quiet spot to sit for about 20 minutes and simply observe. Engage with your senses and allow yourself to hear...everything! What are you seeing, smelling, hearing, noticing? (You can bring a journal and sketch what you find as well)</div>
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6) Enjoy a cup of tea! This might not be as easy if you are on your own, but if you can create a moment to reflect and enjoy a cup of tea in the forest, it is unlike any experience you have ever had. The tranquility of sipping tea in the forest is amazing. </div>
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7) Lastly, upon your return, find the same threshold you passed as you entered the forest. Take a moment to pause, and reflect how the journey was for you. Perhaps stand for a moment with your eyes closed and bring your gaze within just for a moment inviting in gratitude to close your journey and give thanks to the forest</div>
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Wildly Vibrant Permaculture & Ancestral School is offering Urban Forest Bathing and Wild Tea Ceremony in the Seattle area. For more information about their offering or to schedule a guided Forest Bathing experience visit here: <a href="http://www.wildlyvibrant.org/urban-forest-bathing/" style="background-color: transparent;">http://www.wildlyvibrant.org/urban-forest-bathing/</a></div>
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You can find a Forest Bathing Guide via The Nature and Forest Therapy Organization here: <a href="https://www.natureandforesttherapy.org/">https://www.natureandforesttherapy.org/</a>.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">In the workplace, I like to refer to this practice as CEO Dialogue, where the C stands for Centered, the E stands for Exhilarated, and the O is the experience that arises in the circle of people, meeting together to share in connection with each other. This practice is based on the idea that the brain operates better when we feel good about ourselves (31% better, according to a 2008 Harvard study). That is why it’s important to have conflict navigation processes, restorative justice circles, business meetings, and one on one interactions that feel supportive and replenishing without feeling draining. I have made all my resources available for free download at </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://ceodialogue.org&source=gmail&ust=1562807435791000&usg=AFQjCNFIz6sOL7NkTJOxXhzQ3HTsGxcYWA" href="http://ceodialogue.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://ceodialogue.org</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">. My hope is to empower as many communities as possible with these tools, to help us all move towards a gift economy, where we respect and honor the gifts that we each are, in our individual magic. </span></i></span><br />
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<em><strong>by Miku Lenentine</strong><br /><br />We are AWAKENING into the full moon of the<br />Crystal Rabbit of Universalization, and Cooperation.<br /><br />We are becoming Kin again<br />weaving our way back together into the one world tree,<br />the universal tapestry.</em><br />
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Spirit Weavers is a nearly 800 person, all women's, ancestral skills gathering that takes place in Cave Junction, Oregon (Takelma Territory) each year near the Summer Solstice.<br />
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It is a gathering place for women from all over the world, in all walks of life, all returning to re-learn, share and teach in the great remembering of the Old Way(s) of being with the land, and with each other. Even though we can't go back in time, something very special happens when we come together.<br />
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It is as if an ancient knowingness returns. Old threads of forgotten memories of how to <em>be</em>, stored deep in our somatic awareness and genomic memory come alive within us.<br />
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Just as <a href="https://stargazerli.com/" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">Stargazer Li</a>, teaches, the one constellation people can universally recognize is the Big Dipper. Always. This is because we have twenty-five thousand years of navigating by the sky. We just somehow know this.<br />
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When we gather around the fire, there is the same knowingness. When we sit by the fire, it is the time of stories, of song, of sharing...glowing connection in the darkness. We return to an instinctive state that 1 million years of tending fire has taught us. It is part of who we are.<br />
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When women gather, something similar happens. It is magical.<br />
First, there was one woman swaying with the<br />
beautiful music of drumming and flute.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><em><strong>Then there were two.<br />And finally, a third, the triple goddess. </strong></em></span><br />
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Three women gathered swaying and dancing, hearts toward each other<br />
The music drumming<br />
It is like a CALLING IN<br />
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A siren call to sisters, to awaken. The original call, not to doom others,<br />
but the call to AWAKEN to gather<br />
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Goddess<br />
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Awaken Goddess. Three are singing, three are dancing...it is time to join.<br />
And then there are others...one by one, women streaming out of the fields,<br />
and the woods leaving their baskets to join the dance.<br />
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This is so very natural, wild, free.<br />
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This is what happens when we gather<br />
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We sing and share stories as we weave our baskets<br />
We laugh awkwardly at first<br />
Throats rusty, not quite knowing what to do<br />
But, there is a knowing, a calling<br />
to Join<br />
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At Spirit Weavers, we are relearning and remembering how to be<br />
in a village together. Coming into the universalizing force of the call to cooperate<br />
and begin to remember how to move as ONE<br />
in a way that Women still remember how to do.<br />
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We are coming with crushed hearts, aching wombs, sickness, and forgotten dreams<br />
We have been stomped on and shut down<br />
and we have so much Grief! for this shutting down, this forgetting.<br />
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<em><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>We have forgotten who we are<br />But the lineage is not lost, it is just forgotten</strong></span></em><br />
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and it is here we can remember together again.<br />
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It is not always easy,<br />
it is not without challenges as so many of us our hurting and wounded,<br />
in trauma, depression, rightful rage and earned despair.<br />
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We can't do it exactly as before<br />
800 people in a village is a lot!<br />
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And yet,<br />
we are doing it.<br />
We are here.<br />
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We are gathering.<br />
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We are weaving our hearts together to heal<br />
the wounds we cannot heal alone.<br />
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Healing our hearts together<br />
and weaving our lives together<br />
again in remembrance...<br />
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We are weaving<br />
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the dark and light threads<br />
as we<br />
journey through.<br />
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<em>So many blessings and much gratitude for the vision keepers of Spirit Weavers.<br />Thank you Mea and thank you Sisters!</em></div>
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<br /><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 42px;"><strong><em><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">~ Beltane ~</span></em></strong></span><br /><span style="font-size: 42px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">::</span></span><strong><em><span style="font-size: 42px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 36px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Solar Cycle 2019</span></span><span style="font-size: 42px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"> </span></span></em></strong><span style="font-size: 42px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">:.</span></span></span><br />道Vibrantly Seasonal Newsletter #007<br /> <div style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">
<span style="font-size: 18px;">:: <em>Return, Return, We Turn</em> :.<br />:: <em>Summer's Rustling, Ripening, Growth!</em> :.</span></div>
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<br /><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><em>Choosing to Consciously Create a Container for your Gatherings</em></span></span><br /><br /><img data-file-id="3947065" height="266" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f42ce642dfeeaf0b95164ebee/images/e331462a-6135-4c36-8d27-a5d859595881.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 266px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 400px;" width="400" /><br /><br />One of the most important things to know in running effective meetings, and having inspiring, nourishing and replenishing gatherings is that you can choose and be conscious about the type of "container" you are creating.<br /><br />It is such an important vocabulary word for co-creating, yet many of us don't think about it. What kind of gathering do you want to create? What is the right "container" for the goals of your gathering?<br /><br />In Starhawk's <a href="https://starhawk.org/pdfs/Empowerment_Five-Fold-Path.pdf" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">5 Fold Path for Highly Effective Meetings</a><br />"Right Container" is among the top 5 elements to consider.<br /><br />In the Way of Vibrantly we support creating a container that is inspiring, nourishing and replenishing and as long as we are all in agreement around that, most anything goes! Except....<br /><br />...When we are actually trying to accomplish tasks<br />...We need to make accommodations for new members<br />...When we need to take time for emotional connecting<br />...When we need to make sure we share a meal<br /><br />In Fact! It turns out, it is really important to be clear about the specifics of container well in advance of the event, unless you are operating at a very high cohesiveness as a team (teaser here for our next article on levels of team interdependence).<br /><br />So, next time you are planning your team gathering, take some time to be very detailed about what kind of container you are creating, weather it is a gathering supporting bonding, fact sharing, productivity time, informal brainstorming etc., and what kind of physical elements support that as well as what type of facilitation styles supports that? Do you need a printed agenda for this type of gathering? Should there be music, fire and story? Do you need to open with ceremony?<br /><br />Getting clear about what shape, what container you are creating and matching the purpose to your vision will help create the most optimal experience for all! Happy gathering dear ones! May you have an amazing time together in the way you are most hoping to experience.<br /><br /><img data-file-id="3947321" height="193" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f42ce642dfeeaf0b95164ebee/images/8f734f68-2b3f-449f-83ce-94d9920b35cc.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 193px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 300px;" width="300" /><br /><br /><img data-file-id="3521069" height="44" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f42ce642dfeeaf0b95164ebee/images/d59600d4-438d-48c9-80e0-41eee1f24b18.png" style="border: 0px; height: 44px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 150px;" width="150" /><br /> </div>
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<span style="color: #111111;"><span style="font-size: 42px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><em><strong>Upcoming Events!</strong></em></span></span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 30px;"><strong><em><span style="font-family: "playfair display", georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="color: brown;">Litha Seasonal Community<br />Wheel Gathering, Fire, Feast and Celebration!</span></span></em></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><em><span style="color: black;">Seattle, WA</span></em></span><br /><br /><img data-file-id="3050841" height="193" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f42ce642dfeeaf0b95164ebee/images/f9a7d4a3-1eb0-4a54-928b-9761b08ee433.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 193px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 500px;" width="500" /></h4>
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: merriweather sans, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">Save the Date for July!</span></span><br />(Free Community Event. All Welcome!)</span><br /><br />Details coming soon!<br />Email us if you would like to be the host house / community for Litha!<br /><span style="color: black;">At thewayofvibrantly@gmail.com</span><br /><br /><img data-file-id="3521069" height="44" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f42ce642dfeeaf0b95164ebee/images/d59600d4-438d-48c9-80e0-41eee1f24b18.png" style="border: 0px; height: 44px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 150px;" width="150" /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: brown; font-family: playfair display, georgia, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 30px;"><strong><em>The Way of Vibrantly at Spirit Weavers &<br />Tending the Sacred Hearth Fires</em></strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><em><span style="color: black;">Cave Junction, OR</span></em></span></span><br /><br /><img data-file-id="3947217" height="466" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f42ce642dfeeaf0b95164ebee/images/9d6e188c-7bd7-4834-a0eb-6938dbd78214.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 466px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 500px;" width="500" /><br /><br />Find us at Spirit Weavers Ancestral Skills Gathering This Year!<br /> <div style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">
Sacred hearth fires have been burning for thousands and thousands of years. Fire, food, hearth. Forest, water, life. We are deeply connected to the land, the elements. All of these things are sacred. And in the ritual of tending the sacred hearth fire and creating our food, we have the great honor of practicing gratitude and blessings for these Beings over and over again. We are all connected in a circle of life which we serve and tend in reciprocity.<br /> </div>
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Creating a container for honoring and taking pause before meals is one of the simplest things we can do to slow down and remember the sacred in our everyday experience and connect to these elements. At this workshop we will be teaching 3 simple offerings anyone can do to create a container of respect, honoring and cherishing for all life and all beings.<br /> </div>
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Three Simple Teachings for tending the Sacred Hearth:</div>
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· Share a food blessing and song</div>
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· Acknowledge and connect to place, First Peoples and All Beings</div>
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· Create an offering from your Ancestral tradition (smoke, tobacco, plate of food etc.)</div>
<br />Daemion and Miku will be Offering Workshops with The Way of Vibrantly at Spirit Weavers before every meal of the gathering!<br /><br /><a href="https://spiritweaversgathering.com/sacred-hearth-meal-blessing-and-song-ceremony/" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">Learn more about our offering and Spirit Weavers here.</a><br /><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />The Way of Vibrantly was at the Global Earth Repair Conference this year in Port Townsend hosting the Mountain Song Wellness Temple, Safe Space and First Aide area as well as offering morning Earth and Sky Yoga!<br /><br />Thank you for all the Vibrantly humans who helped including Damion, Robyn, River, Joe, Daniel and Miku!<br /><br /><img data-file-id="3947253" height="375" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f42ce642dfeeaf0b95164ebee/images/6ae9ffcb-df30-45e5-9604-e7ad52bd5286.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 375px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 500px;" width="500" /><br /><br /><strong>Mountain Song Wellness Temple</strong><br />Offering a space for:<br /><br />Stillness<br />Nourishment<br />Replenishment<br />Deep Safety<br />Relaxation<br />Reflection<br />Solice<br />Sweetness<br /><br />Write us if you would like us to bring this to your gathering or event!<br />thewayofvibrantly@gmail.com<br /><br />***<br />Calling in Special Gratitude for our Elders and Traditional Medicine Keepers! Who attended GERC. What an incredible convergence of people. So much gratitude for you all! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNPSTkjWIrl7FD31xbJ5STg" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">Click Here for a LINK to the Youtube Channel</a> from the Conference and <a href="https://museecology.com/" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">Here for upcoming Podcast Recordings of the panel discussions presented by Muse Ecology Podcast</a><br /><br /><img data-file-id="3947293" height="499" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f42ce642dfeeaf0b95164ebee/images/b0d7ea4d-b35b-4bd6-8303-b0ea545478d1.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 499px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 500px;" width="500" /><br />Grandmother Agnes and Grandmother Rita of the <a href="http://www.grandmotherscouncil.org/" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: "merriweather sans", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: brown;"><strong><img data-file-id="3521069" height="44" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f42ce642dfeeaf0b95164ebee/images/d59600d4-438d-48c9-80e0-41eee1f24b18.png" style="border: 0px; height: 44px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 150px;" width="150" /></strong></span></span></span><br /> </div>
<strong><span style="color: firebrick; font-family: playfair display, georgia, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 28px;"><em>Beltane Seasonal Wheel Gathering,<br />Feast & Celebration</em></span></span><span style="color: brown; font-family: merriweather sans, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"> </span></span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 20px;"><span style="color: black;"><em>Green Lake, WA</em></span></span><br /> <div style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">
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<em><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Greetings, Kitty Bunnies!</span></span></em></h1>
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<span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "open sans", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">.:<em> Return, Return, We Turn </em>:: <em>Night's End, Awakening Light </em>:.</span></span></span></div>
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This tool can be used whenever a stressful topic arises in conversation. Just like tilling soil (whether you are a human or an earth worm), it is important to create a strong foundation for conversations and infuse things with fresh oxygen so they don't stagnate. Tilling our conversations with the TLLR tool helps keep things nourishing and replenishing by slowing things down, and helping create a sense of team-work, even around negotiating the container for a conversation topic.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 24px;"><strong>T</strong>able it,<br /><strong>L</strong>abel it,<br /><strong>L</strong>ist it,</span><br /><span style="font-size: 13px;">and...</span><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;"><strong>R</strong>evisit it!</span><br /><br />For more information on how to apply this, and details on each step, visit our<br />The Way of Vibrantly Blog Here:<br /><a href="https://thewayofvibrantly.blogspot.com/2019/04/t-is-for-tllr-tool.html" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">https://thewayofvibrantly.blogspot.com/2019/04/t-is-for-tllr-tool.html</a><br /> </div>
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<span style="color: brown; font-family: merriweather sans, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>Global Earth Repair Conference </strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: merriweather sans, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: darkgrey;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">(Port Townsend, Washington)</span></span></span><br /> <div style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">
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<strong>The Way of Vibrantly</strong> will be offering a morning <strong>Earth & Sky Yoga & Meditation</strong>each day of the gathering as well as hosting the <strong>Mountain Song Wellness Temple</strong>. Come find us to say hello at Mountain Song and stop in for a moment of respite, replenishment and healing aromatherapy as we find our centeredness in the midst of such an amazing group of people and events!</div>
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<span style="font-size: 48px;"><strong><em><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Past Vibrantly Happenings</span></span></em></strong></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: brown; font-family: merriweather sans, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>Vibrantly Team Retreat & </strong><strong> Teacher Training!</strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: merriweather sans, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: darkgrey;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">(Brietenbush Hot Springs, Oregon)</span></span></span><br /><br /><br /><img data-file-id="3884289" height="312" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f42ce642dfeeaf0b95164ebee/_compresseds/64227627-bace-4beb-b45f-ce33bc2c367c.jpeg" style="border: 0px; height: 312px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 500px;" width="500" /><br /><br /><br /><img data-file-id="3884293" height="375" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f42ce642dfeeaf0b95164ebee/images/c360da2d-6698-446c-9b67-b66ec82caf1b.jpeg" style="border: 0px; height: 375px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 500px;" width="500" /><br /><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: merriweather sans, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><img data-file-id="3884297" height="400" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f42ce642dfeeaf0b95164ebee/images/f2393485-9564-47f9-ae48-36924b8b86af.jpeg" style="border: 0px; height: 400px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 300px;" width="300" /><br /><br />Teacher Training #3 and<br />The Vibrantly Team Retreat #2!</span></span><br /><br />Another year at beautiful Brietenbush Hot Springs for the team and it was amazing! We had our first "layer cake" party, with actual cake! We did several workshops and trainings for our teacher training including the following:<br /><br />Dharma Activity - Miku<br />Inventory of Sacred Selves - Archaelia<br />Practice of Sacred Selves - Miku<br />Personal Parts Party and Arts Party - Archaelia<br />CEO Compassionate Communication - KelseyDaemion<br />CEO Restorative Justice - River<br />Restorative Yoga - Miku<br /> <br />We also completed the restructuring of the team, and inducted new officers for 2019/2020. Congrats to our new Officers! And also for our new prospective members Joe, Brooke, and Oohna.<br /><br /><br /><img data-file-id="3521069" height="44" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f42ce642dfeeaf0b95164ebee/images/d59600d4-438d-48c9-80e0-41eee1f24b18.png" style="border: 0px; height: 44px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 150px;" width="150" /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong><span style="color: firebrick;">Ostara Sacred Wheel<br />Fire, Feast & Gathering</span> </strong><br />S</span>olara House, Seattle, WA<br /><br /><img data-file-id="3823141" height="300" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f42ce642dfeeaf0b95164ebee/images/76ba7e73-e1fe-4db3-95e6-e8ffc3336bb4.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 300px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 600px;" width="600" /><br /><img data-file-id="3823137" height="256" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f42ce642dfeeaf0b95164ebee/images/c25432b5-2f10-4049-a32b-17b5241965ed.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 256px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 220px;" width="220" /><br /><img data-file-id="3823129" height="300" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f42ce642dfeeaf0b95164ebee/images/c98a713b-a86e-4fd3-960c-38ae5ef6fdea.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 300px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 600px;" width="600" /></div>
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<br /><em><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><strong>Ostara</strong>, the spring equinox,<br />celebrates the return of the light and sun, the birth of the budding blossoms, and the emergence of new life on the ever-turning seasonal wheel.<br /><br />The Way of Vibrantly community and friends gathered at Solara House on March 23rd for a cozy and playful expression of honoring the sacred hearth fire of spring. There were centered and exhilarated conversations around tea, ukulele and songs around the fire, heartfelt expressions in session, and ceremony with the passing of Bridget’s flame.<br /><br />Gratitudes and lovely connections trickle into the deepening of the year!</span></em><br /><br /><img data-file-id="3521069" height="44" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f42ce642dfeeaf0b95164ebee/images/d59600d4-438d-48c9-80e0-41eee1f24b18.png" style="border: 0px; height: auto !important; outline: none;" width="150" /><br /><br /><span style="color: brown; font-family: merriweather sans, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Vibrantly Hawaii || Compassionate Conversations </strong></span><br />(Weekly Conversation Group visiting Honolulu, Hawaii)<br /><br /><img data-file-id="3663621" height="263" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f42ce642dfeeaf0b95164ebee/images/0b6de7fb-b3ff-48c0-8bb2-9aac854339a9.png" style="border: 0px; height: auto !important; outline: none;" width="500" /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "merriweather sans", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: black;">We had regular meetups in Honolulu Hawaii this past Winter dedicated to exploring all things Compassionate Communication and Beyond!<br /><br />Thank you all who came. It was awesome.</span></strong></span><br /><br />For more info or to join our Meetup Group find us here:<br /><a href="https://www.meetup.com/Compassionate-Movement-and-Dialogue-Practice/" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">https://www.meetup.com/Compassionate-Movement-and-Dialogue-Practice/ </a><br /><br /><img data-file-id="3521069" height="44" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f42ce642dfeeaf0b95164ebee/images/d59600d4-438d-48c9-80e0-41eee1f24b18.png" style="border: 0px; height: auto !important; outline: none;" width="150" /></div>
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This tool can be used whenever a stressful topic arises in conversation. Just like tilling the soil (whether you are a human or an earthworm), it is important to create a strong foundation for conversations and infuse things with fresh oxygen so they don't stagnate. Tilling our conversations with the TLLR tool helps keep things nourishing and replenishing by slowing things down, and helping create a sense of team-work, even around negotiating the container for a conversation topic.<div>
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<br /><br />Simply let your conversation partner know that you’d like to try out this tool by saying, “this is a tool that helps me to feel supported, and that’s why I want you to do it with me, want to give it a try?” Phrasing this in such a way is important first, to establish an agreement around trying it, and to take a second to consciously co-create the container you wish to have with your conversation partners, team-mates, friends, and/or loved ones.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We like to call these stressful topics “layer cakes” because they tend to have many layers. For example, if the topic is about having children, we might call it the “Having Children Layer Cake”. It’s a bonus that it’s fun to say “I’m tabling this layer cake” because it sounds so silly and it brings up imagery of a cake sitting on a table. It can really diffuse the situation. By naming the layer cake with a cute name to address the topic, we’re able to help each other feel like we absolutely do want to understand the stress, and that we can wait until we’re feeling <i>resourced</i> and able to self-support, in order to show up for each other. It is totally possible to have a discussion that feels good, without all or much of the stress, while tackling difficult topics. By returning to the topic in bite sized chunks it is possible to get a much better understanding of the problem space. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This helps our mind/body so that it doesn't have to hold on to the stress so tightly. I</span><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">deally we would do this on an ongoing list of layer cakes that you (and/or your conversation partner) can track. You can then revisit the list with each other at a later date. It can be quite fun to realize together how many topics you can overcome when you’re feeling good.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A great place to start this one, depending on the topic, would be to pick a date about 3 weeks out, and mention that maybe you both could revisit the topic or your list of layer cakes on that date, if it seems fun/constructive at that time. Three weeks can be a helpful time frame because it’s not so soon that we might feel overburdened with emotional labor, but it’s also far enough in the future to allow for some positive interactions in the meantime. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When we revisit the difficult topics with each other, and we’re feeling more resourced and supportive of each other’s experience, it builds understanding of what support looks like and feels like into the relationship. And it doesn’t have to be all at once. Having a list of topics to go through can help bring up feelings of playfulness, by making a game out of choosing which topic might be fun to visit. We don’t need to go into every one of them and it can be fun to realize how easy it is to table all of them again if they’re too difficult. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Revisiting the list is a great way of identifying and picking out just the low hanging fruit. Eventually, you’ll get a lot better at reaching the high hanging fruit too! </span><br />
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">This concludes the TLLR Tool! </span><span style="text-align: center;">We would love to hear, how this is working for you? Or, what strategies have </span><span style="text-align: center;">you</span><span style="text-align: center;"> come up with for your own group or partnership? Leave your comments below or email us at <a href="mailto:thewayofvibrantly@gmail.com">thewayofvibrantly@gmail.com</a></span><br />
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In a group setting, hand signals can be used to effectively move through meeting processes with ease and flow. Going slow enough to learn these hand signals can speed up the decision-making processes in the long run and make the process more fun and energizing. They also support the feeling of We in a group as people are able to be seen, knowing that they will soon also be heard, without having to verbally interrupt a speaker and cause a constricted sense of urgency resulting in a block in meeting flow and conversation.<br /><br /><strong><a href="https://www.thewayofvibrantly.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Vibrantly-Hand-Signals.pdf" style="color: #007c89; font-weight: normal; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><span style="color: darkorange;">Click This Link to Access our Vibrantly Social Tools Handout on the Top Team Hand Signals to Support Better Group Communication and Flow</span></a></strong><br /><br /><strong id="docs-internal-guid-fee366d2-7fff-15c8-fa52-403fbb615442"><img height="114" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/YPGIwDp6cQsIF2vqCej_U0XlBlfNo5aOyfkYQLz409m_AQNFzwZ1qbUJ19Xastm7sErgqpXFzlowbeRsRwV3KK8ivaWQxzGd7T7mVtzsDK_5tUjg_hU3mpSB8yd9SsIfenzyFzJE" style="border: 0px; height: auto !important; outline: none;" width="120" /> </strong><strong> </strong><strong> </strong><strong id="docs-internal-guid-f38ec03e-7fff-03cb-1d5d-f696a4d389c6"><img height="111" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/Sw-4IYA4E5J5DGbZfHDAzLftPj6Y0W6_EkPh8_m-aUn-92amv0EMiGttzB45XChjSTEkzNezT94W8yrgELiHdNhfL_bcNcuitZ8OHxCDMcnx_Takg9G4k17OxEC0dyOccBESt8Yl" style="border: 0px; height: auto !important; outline: none;" width="95" /></strong><strong> <img height="111" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/WYKQe1TnfpIyAAMXcFRo5aW4FTWNMNDhGTx_lNYNhdDIRLuJP-tHOEqIc9ESVvvgxS3pT75WRW5GXeZxEFl0WMcZRMrRr_KEtJBSeD2qYOiAwUy5UBNBGzMl0VDv93QzIuc3pMgd" style="border: 0px; height: auto !important; outline: none;" width="150" /></strong><br /><br /> </div>
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<span style="color: brown; font-family: merriweather sans, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>Ostara Sacred Wheel Fire, Feast & Gathering</strong></span></span><br /><br /><img data-file-id="2943061" height="500" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f42ce642dfeeaf0b95164ebee/images/25cfa735-5944-4ba5-a7ac-240600bf97df.png" style="border: 0px; height: 500px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 500px;" width="500" /><br /><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: merriweather sans, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">You are cordially invited to our next Community Gathering and Seasonal Fire,<br />Feast and Celebration for Ostara!</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: violet;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Saturday</span></span><span style="color: violet;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"> March 23rd</span></span><br /><span style="color: violet;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">2pm</span></span><span style="color: violet;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"> to </span></span><span style="color: violet;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">8pm</span></span><br /><br />All Welcome!<br />Please RSVP now if you are interested by email us or visting the Facebook Event Page Here:<br /><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/2295747264047927/" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><span style="color: darkorange;">https://www.facebook.com/events/2295747264047927/ </span></a><br /><br />About the Event:<br />We are calling in the ancient, authentic, inspired, wild, primal, and playful. Inviting in the sacred hearth fires, and coming together as a community to celebrate the turning of the wheel at Ostara.<br /><br />Connecting with the spirit of Ostara, we will celebrate one of the most ancient and earthy of the solar gatherings. From coloring eggs with natural plant dyes to spring cleaning rituals, there will be a gathering a week in advance to clean and beautify the space. Excited to see you all here as we gather together to honor the earth, spring time and awakening from the soft slumbers of winter.<br /><br /><br /><img data-file-id="3521069" height="44" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f42ce642dfeeaf0b95164ebee/images/d59600d4-438d-48c9-80e0-41eee1f24b18.png" style="border: 0px; height: 44px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 150px;" width="150" /><br /><br /><span style="color: brown; font-family: merriweather sans, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>Vibrantly Team Retreat & </strong><strong> Teacher Training!</strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: merriweather sans, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: darkgrey;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">Brietenbush Hot Springs, Oregon</span></span></span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8JzgadsVtqn798vZisn7mpSvdh6CB9nZ2ZuQdk_xFqU-DFQrD2yZLIdkQxR21dLKVUFJz-GAknTUplDuBUPqJldsXofZuMLCiCibvUVh-7LnJxgqmONw4oARJZwW9xyg7OFaPinAFmd8I/s1600/9a9d0ea5-a0b0-4b6c-bef6-6cdc1c5d6e69.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8JzgadsVtqn798vZisn7mpSvdh6CB9nZ2ZuQdk_xFqU-DFQrD2yZLIdkQxR21dLKVUFJz-GAknTUplDuBUPqJldsXofZuMLCiCibvUVh-7LnJxgqmONw4oARJZwW9xyg7OFaPinAFmd8I/s640/9a9d0ea5-a0b0-4b6c-bef6-6cdc1c5d6e69.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: merriweather sans, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">Upcoming Teacher Training #3 and<br />The Vibrantly Team Retreat #2!</span></span><br /><br />Save the Date for the first weekend in April<br /><br />(email us at thewayofvibrantly@gmail.com for more info)<br /><br /><img data-file-id="3521069" height="44" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f42ce642dfeeaf0b95164ebee/images/d59600d4-438d-48c9-80e0-41eee1f24b18.png" style="border: 0px; height: 44px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 150px;" width="150" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> </td></tr>
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<strong><span style="color: firebrick;"><span style="font-size: 24px;">Samhain Sacred Wheel<br />Fire, Feast & Gathering</span></span><span style="color: brown; font-family: "merriweather sans", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"> </span></strong><br /><span style="color: darkgrey; font-family: "merriweather sans", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Fantasia House, Seattle, WA</span><br /><br /><img data-file-id="3518733" height="375" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f42ce642dfeeaf0b95164ebee/images/084bc223-845e-4561-a6f1-c83879cdd229.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto !important; outline: none;" width="500" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img data-file-id="3518737" height="230" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f42ce642dfeeaf0b95164ebee/images/9a51b5cb-0f73-4de3-b126-4d18f6a592d9.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto !important; outline: none;" width="300" /><br /><br />Celebrating Samhain Hallow's Eve Sacred Community Hearth Fire, Feast & Gathering<br /><br />HONORING: Abundance of Summer, Sacred Night<br />Thinning of the Veil between worlds. Community, Life, Earth, All!<br /><br />Thank you Fantasia House and to all our amazing Volunteers!<br /><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1402019783263929/" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/events/1402019783263929/ </a><br /><br /><br /><img data-file-id="3521069" height="44" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f42ce642dfeeaf0b95164ebee/images/d59600d4-438d-48c9-80e0-41eee1f24b18.png" style="border: 0px; height: 44px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 150px;" width="150" /><br /> </div>
<span style="font-size: 24px;"><strong><span style="color: firebrick;">道</span></strong></span><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: "merriweather sans", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: brown;"><strong>Vibrantly Yoga<br />at the West Coast Communities Conference</strong></span><br /><span style="color: darkgrey;">Sahale Ecovillage, Tahuya, WA</span></span></span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<img data-file-id="3385465" height="375" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f42ce642dfeeaf0b95164ebee/images/607ccf50-9b40-4d60-9488-f8d5162bbd90.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 375px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 500px;" width="500" /><br />We offered morning yoga for the gathering! People came in the rain and sun.<br />Looking forward to bring more mindful movement there and everywhere.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: "merriweather sans", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: brown;"><strong><img data-file-id="3521069" height="44" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f42ce642dfeeaf0b95164ebee/images/d59600d4-438d-48c9-80e0-41eee1f24b18.png" style="border: 0px; height: 44px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 150px;" width="150" /><br /><br />Northern California Permaculture Convergence </strong></span><br /><span style="color: darkgrey;">The Solar Living Center, Hopland, California</span></span></span><br /><br /><br /><img data-file-id="3521277" height="282" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f42ce642dfeeaf0b95164ebee/images/a8834da3-e656-404d-a53f-65496ae1753e.png" style="border: 0px; height: 282px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 500px;" width="500" /><br /><br /><br />We had a wonderful time traveling and assisting Tomi Hazel at the Northern California Permaculture Convergence. Hazel's talk was amazing! and her Social Forestry Workshop even more incredible. If you have access to Face Book you can watch the talk by clicking the link <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheNorthernCaliforniaPermacultureConvergence/videos/2451453528205872/" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">HERE</a>. Otherwise, Hazel has many recordings of past talks on Social Forestry at her website for Sikyou Permaculture : <a href="http://siskiyoupermaculture.com/" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">http://siskiyoupermaculture.com/ </a><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: "merriweather sans", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: brown;"><strong><img data-file-id="3521069" height="44" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f42ce642dfeeaf0b95164ebee/images/d59600d4-438d-48c9-80e0-41eee1f24b18.png" style="border: 0px; height: 44px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 150px;" width="150" /></strong></span></span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: brown; font-family: merriweather sans, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>Workshops & Storytelling at the NW Permaculture Convergence </strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: "merriweather sans", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: darkgrey;">Camp Singing Wind, Toledo, Washington</span></span></span><br /><br /><br /><img data-file-id="3385201" height="368" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f42ce642dfeeaf0b95164ebee/_compresseds/dbea37d4-ba80-4fcf-b1e4-0f0aed2fd3c7.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 368px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 500px;" width="500" /><br /><br />At the Northwest Permaculture Convergence River led an awesome Social Permaculture communication workshop on Centered and Exhilarated Dialogue. It was a lovey turn-out and a beautiful gathering.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJhUCiXSNkCx_GrfiUa-cm_TGXn8PNNX3tmxCjMX4yFcR1oMLy9IRE9EcUY2gnK2YNd_3o_dEOga5GVwtLO8BdGTl2fln_zeyOL8FmSYmr6XgmbwW5CR61_D-eV7XG-8ZPNMCkW56JoNqu/s1600/20180930_114425_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="854" data-original-width="1600" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJhUCiXSNkCx_GrfiUa-cm_TGXn8PNNX3tmxCjMX4yFcR1oMLy9IRE9EcUY2gnK2YNd_3o_dEOga5GVwtLO8BdGTl2fln_zeyOL8FmSYmr6XgmbwW5CR61_D-eV7XG-8ZPNMCkW56JoNqu/s400/20180930_114425_HDR.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><br />Meanwhile, one of our other Vibrantly Instructors, Miku, gave a talk on social tools used across different ecovillages in the Pacific Northwest, Italy and Hawaii! You can find the Power Point of her presentation <strong><a href="http://mikulenentine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Lenentine2018NW-Convergence-PPT.pdf" style="color: #007c89; font-weight: normal; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><span style="color: darkorange;">Here</span></a></strong>. She also shared some tales of her adventure with Tommi Hazel in the Siskyou's exploring Social Forestry!<br /><br /> </div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: "merriweather sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Sunday, December 9th, from 2-8pm<br />@Treehouse - Seattle, WA</span></span><br />(Free Community Event. All Welcome!)<br /><br />See your Facebook Event Page here for more info:</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">For more information about our Vibrantly Teacher Training visit: </span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">RSVP via emailing thewayofvibrantly@gmail.com or visit our Facebook Event Here:</span><br />
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<a href="https://www.meetup.com/Compassionate-Movement-and-Dialogue-Practice/" style="color: #00add8; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">https://www.meetup.com/Compassionate-Movement-and-Dialogue-Practice/ </span></a><br />
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<span style="color: black;">See our Facebook Page for Information about the Current Series of Dialogue Practices. We are working through the CEO (Centered and Exhilarated Only Dialogue) 10 week series right now.<br /><br />Facebook Event: </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/256875144997777/%E2%80%8B" style="color: #00add8; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">https://www.facebook.com/events/256875144997777/ </span></a><br />
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<span style="color: black;">CEO Dialogue Website: </span><a href="https://www.ceodialogue.org/" style="color: #00add8; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">https://www.ceodialogue.org/ </span></a><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em>We gathered for Beloved this year for our first time hosting the Mystic Hearth Tent. Offering sunset meditations, compassionate conversations and tea ceremony.<br />It was truly amazing and we are excited to do this again next year!</em></span></span></span><br />
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<em><span style="font-size: 28px;"><span style="font-family: "playfair display" , "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong><span style="color: firebrick;">道</span></strong></span></span></em><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: "merriweather sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: brown;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 28px;"><span style="font-family: "playfair display" , "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Vibrantly Yoga at<br />the West Coast Communities Conference</span></span></em> </strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black;"><em>Sahale Ecovillage, Tahuya, WA</em></span></span></span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: black;">We had a wonderful time traveling and assisting Tomi Hazel at the Northern California Permaculture Convergence. Hazel's talk was amazing! and her Social Forestry Workshop even more incredible. If you have access to Face Book you can watch the talk by clicking the link </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheNorthernCaliforniaPermacultureConvergence/videos/2451453528205872/" style="color: #00add8; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">HERE</span></a><span style="color: black;">. Otherwise, Hazel has many recordings of past talks on Social Forestry at her website for Sikyou Permaculture:</span></span></span></em> <a href="http://siskiyoupermaculture.com/" style="color: #00add8; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">http://siskiyoupermaculture.com/ </a><br />
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<em><span style="font-size: 28px;"><span style="font-family: "playfair display" , "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: brown;"><strong>Workshops & Storytelling at<br />the NW Permaculture Convergence </strong></span></span></span></em><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black;">We had a wonderful time at the Northwest Permaculture Convergence.<br />River, Joe and Miku attended along with many community members from the greater Seattle area. We saw lots of old friends and made new ones too!<br /><br />River led a compassionate communication workshop based on Centered and Exhilarated Only Dialogue practices. More info on CEO Dialogue can be found by clicking </span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.ceodialogue.org/" style="color: #00add8; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">HERE</a> .</span><br /><br /><span style="color: black;">Miku gave her first talk exploring Ecovillages and Eco-intentional living as it relates to the use of social tools. The talk was titled "Hawaii, Italy and the Northwest: Ecovillages, Permaculture Farms and Eco-intentional Communities"<br />Click </span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://mikulenentine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Lenentine2018NW-Convergence-PPT.pdf" style="color: #00add8; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">HERE</a> </span><span style="color: black;">to access a .PDF of the slideshow! </span></span></em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Slow Canary (SC herein) is one of the main canaries to first emerge from the group field, though it is just one little birdie in a whole flight of canary roles! We will get to those in future articles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "quot";">In a dialogue, one of the most critical aspects at play is its sense of cohesiveness (ease, enjoyment, flow, expansiveness), which we refer to as the We-Space. The SC is often the least active role in the flow, and also is often the most integral. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "quot";">It is in going too fast during </span><span style="font-family: "quot";">group interactions </span><span style="font-family: "quot";">that things can become draining</span><span style="font-family: "quot";">. Amazingly, going slow ends up being </span><span style="font-family: "quot";">faster in the end! It may sound counter-intuitive, and in actuality the cohesion leads to fewer interruptions and a more even pace. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "quot";">Whoever is the most keen at sensing when the group is </span><span style="font-family: "quot";">going too fast, missing a resonance or dissonance point, would be the best </span><span style="font-family: "quot";">candidate to assign the role of SC, for that meeting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">meetings, gatherings and doing work would feel as nourishing and expansive as it does when we are enjoying coffee or tea with a close friend. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Bringing in a level of mindfulness into our meetings and interactions, and sharing language and culture for keeping things sometimes slower, and more fun (or at least less hard) can really help.</span></div>
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First, use your cell phone or a kitchen timer and set it for 7 minutes (you can vary the time depending on how intense the conversation is). Then whenever the timer goes off you can stop and take a slow breath in together. Or create some other shared ritual, like shaking it out, taking a stretch or maybe even a mini dance break! Anything goes as long as you stop (mid-sentence) and reconnect with yourself and each other. </div>
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Why are you here? What is the bigger vision, goal, mission that connects you?</div>
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How can you consciously get back to a space of creativity, ease, and enjoyment together?</div>
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Is there something you can do to help things feel better right now for yourself or others in this moment? To support yourself or others better? (like making a fresh cup of tea, giving someone a sympathetic smile, or requesting to table a topic for a better time)</div>
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The second method is the chime method. This is where someone volunteers to keep track of the tone / energy level, and especially pace of the conversation. If it seems like people are starting to speed up and lose eachother, like someone is starting to get close to pink in the face (stop before red in the face), it might be time to signal the group to slow down. </div>
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You can use any device you like such as signaling by ringing a gong, or a chime, or even singing a song! Anything works, and it is up to your group to create the shared tradition around this that works best for you. At Vibrantly we use a tibetan singing bowl because it is so relaxing it is hard to feel too upset at anything after just a few chimes.<br />
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The SC reminds us to return. Return to our center. To find balance, and take pause to reflect on what emotions we are feeling, what sensations in the body. It gives us just a little bit of a break to self-regulate and shift our own energies indivudally and collectively.</div>
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We would love to hear how this is working for you? Or what strategies you have come up with for your group or partnership! Leave your comments below or email us at thewayofvibrantly@gmail.com.</div>
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The Way of 道 Vibrantly http://www.blogger.com/profile/03148859819554428705noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712966356775639111.post-65343118719079161942018-08-28T17:56:00.001-07:002018-09-05T11:34:21.541-07:00R is for Resonance and Dissonance<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzVwjcLS2T2wFx-_Aaen_9-cPG9-2NVhftYgJfTc6NaRIKqSLIHPavhWajNxksUdKYAW19Homj_jyqGguaLnKhG9wmMXMEDygbWHaxSHHZoyJfmh46DcsDqy5QoLjTIrOjeo64VBtItSAe/s1600/a7953c0ac8522e8d7ccd1f42c479d8c9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzVwjcLS2T2wFx-_Aaen_9-cPG9-2NVhftYgJfTc6NaRIKqSLIHPavhWajNxksUdKYAW19Homj_jyqGguaLnKhG9wmMXMEDygbWHaxSHHZoyJfmh46DcsDqy5QoLjTIrOjeo64VBtItSAe/s1600/a7953c0ac8522e8d7ccd1f42c479d8c9.jpg" /></a><br />
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<i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Time again now for another edition of The ABC's of Compassionate Dialogue!</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i style="font-style: italic;">In our last update we explored the concept of rage. Today we continue our research and development with </i><b><i>~<span style="font-size: large;">R</span></i><i>~</i></b><i style="font-style: italic;"> & </i></span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>~<span style="font-size: large;">D</span></i><i>~</i></b><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> !</i><br />
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<i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">This brings us to the sweetly important ideas of <b>resonance</b> and <b>dissonance</b>. These musical sounding ideas are a deeply integral part of working within the WE-Space.</i><br />
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Often when communicating our internal processes to the external world, it can feel quite complex to consolidate it all down into words. In our toolbox, there is a very special social tool & concept that we know as Resonance/Dissonance. This tool is a good way of sharing multiple feelings, even potentially contradictory ones, with one another. Resonance and Dissonance can be expressed verbally, as well as through hand signals.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Resonance</span></b> is when your body (and, eventually your whole being) is feeling in alignment. It is what your intuition knows to be true for <b>you</b>, and in the same vein, that which feels "good". Resonance is when our bodies are saying "yes", and (most of the time) our minds agree!<br />
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Strong resonance may even feel like you can fly! On the extreme side, this is the feeling of "shining eyes," the sensation of being in alignment with our gifts, dharma and life purpose.<br />
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Strong dissonance can often feel heavy, associated with tightening sensations and general discomfort (though not always).<br />
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Most often, we will feel Resonance and Dissonance at the same time, and they are also not always mathematically equivalent for many people. For instance, on a scale of 1 to 10, a 10 Res may not feel higher than 10 Diss -- the scale is helpful, but it is still an intrinsic and subjective value for each person.<br />
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Let’s apply Resonance and Dissonance to an example! Suppose someone is moving out of an intentional co-housing situation, and that you're living there with them. If this person needs to move out by the end of the month, you might feel happy for them (Resonance) because their decision is supporting their path. You might also feel sad (Dissonance) because you will miss their joyful presence and you won't know how to fill the room. Allowing for the experience of both Resonance and Dissonance is important. Humans are complex creatures. We can feel both happy <b>and</b> sad. We can strongly resonate with something, <b>and</b> have strong dissonance too!<br />
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In some cases, we are not able to feel Resonance and Dissonance. When one cannot feel Resonance or Dissonance (say zero Resonance and zero Dissonance) this is often an indicator that this person is flooded or overwhelmed, and they do not currently have access to their feeling-self. In these situations, it's a great idea to post-pone important decisions until more time can be made for the person to integrate their experience and arrive at a feeling or sensation about what they most want to do.<br />
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Resonance/Dissonance is very helpful for coming into dialogue with ourselves and each other and supporting clear communication around boundaries and wishes. They are especially helpful for decision making from the We-Space.<br />
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For quick decisions, you can take a "thumbs" poll to determine the general level of Resonance or Dissonance. But for more complex decisions, full Resonance/Dissonance Rounds are critical. Res/Diss Rounds are an important process for egalitarian decision-making from the We-Space.<br />
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That's all for today, cutest kitten-pups! Stay tuned for our next article on Egalitarian Decision Making From the We-Space (Coming Soon) for more details on how this works!<br />
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Until next time, this has been another lovingly-curated edition of The ABC's of Compassionate Dialogue!<br />
-Team <span style="font-family: inherit;">道 Vibrantly </span>The Way of 道 Vibrantly http://www.blogger.com/profile/03148859819554428705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712966356775639111.post-69843212327868699222018-06-05T18:48:00.000-07:002018-08-28T17:56:16.638-07:00R is for Rage<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Rage is an emotion often mistaken for anger, or hate. It is an emotion signaling to us (usually in a very obvious way) that we have left center. We may experience a blinding sensation, tightening of the body, deep feeling of constriction, heat rising to the face. And there are many levels. Frustration is a mild version of rage, but ultimately they are the same.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Rage is when we feel like something destructive is happening to us. </span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">When we feel like something destructive is taking place, our natural instinct is to be upset and to desire to fight back in some way. This is a very natural and healthy response to having something destructive happen to you. As we move toward cultivating a healthy ego, we can say, "Hey! I do not deserve to have destructive things happen to me. I am an amazing human being. I do not deserve to have bad things happen to me."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">On the other side of things, rage can be very subtle. When we are not getting the love we want to receive, and momentarily forget that we are <u><b><i>always</i></b></u> worthy of getting the love we want to receive--this can feel very bad. When our amygdala forgets this core component of self-love and someone is not giving us the love we want to receive, it can feel like they are hating us. Or at least a part of us may feel this way--though again, this is very subtle, and most people would prefer not to acknowledge that this experience is occurring. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Often times you can see a child not getting the love they want to receive and they may yell, “I hate you!" They are feeling like something destructive is happening to them; it is natural and authentically upsetting to experience this kind of pain (and for some it can feel like an attack!).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It is at this moment that they are expressing their rage that they have forgotten they deserve to receive the love they want. When we forget we deserve love, or forget to allow ourselves to be worthy of love, it is the biggest violation of all. Such a violation is too hard to bear and this is where we choose to suppress our feelings in our body, building on detours and in-roads that help us to survive in a dissociated and suppressed fight/flight state. That may sound terrible, and it is.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"....I do not deserve to have destructive things happen to me. I am an amazing human being. I do not deserve to have bad things happen to me."</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">With healthy anger we can get back to unsuppressing so that we can realize how much rage is underneath, in order that we may process it. To be honest, most often the majority of the clarity we are seeking with feelings of anger, is regaining the knowledge that we deserve to be loved in the way we wish to receive love. Clarity is really a return to knowingness and center. A return to remembering we are loved.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><em>What fun for Beltane! We met for Miku's Birthday and Beltane celebration at Green Lake. Sooooo amazing. Such incredible people and incredible energy.<br /><br />Thank you for everyone who participated and helped!</em></span></span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><img data-file-id="3050909" height="361" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f42ce642dfeeaf0b95164ebee/images/cdc80e86-d59e-41f8-b049-5132b29b57d9.jpg" style="border: 0px; float: left; height: 361px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; outline: none; width: 375px;" width="375" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><em><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Once again we had fire, friends, music, story and even ritual. Bringing back the Mystic Hearth wherever we go.<br /><br />Gathering in the old way, with bright hearts and shining eyes.<br /><br />Can't wait for Litha!<br />See you all again soon. </span></em></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img data-file-id="3050917" height="200" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f42ce642dfeeaf0b95164ebee/images/c49452eb-7b4d-458c-8928-9e482112e5fd.png" style="border: 0px; float: right; height: 200px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; width: 300px;" width="300" /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><em>Last big update and announcement is that we have a new MeetUp Site for people not FaceBook inclined!! You can find us here:<br /><a href="https://www.meetup.com/Compassionate-Movement-and-Dialogue-Practice" style="color: #00add8; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank" title="Compassionate Dialogue Meetup Page">https://www.meetup.com/Compassionate-Movement-and-Dialogue-Practice</a><br /><br />Also, we have entered the Social Media Threshold and now have a Twitter account and Instagram if you like such things, find us here:<br /><br />Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/wayofvibrantly" style="color: #00add8; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank" title="The Way of Vibrantly @ Twitter">https://twitter.com/wayofvibrantly</a><br />Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thewayofvibrantly/" style="color: #00add8; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank" title="Follow Our Instagram Page!">https://www.instagram.com/thewayofvibrantly/</a></em></span></span></span><br /> </div>
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The Way of 道 Vibrantly http://www.blogger.com/profile/03148859819554428705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712966356775639111.post-37676818789745645132018-05-23T12:05:00.001-07:002018-06-10T10:14:12.150-07:00J is for Jade Guardian<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Jade Guardian archetype is associated with Kuan Yin, the Goddess of Compassion. Opening up this aspect of your heart is a deeply vulnerable act. One of the most courageous things you may ever do is love yourself and accept yourself. As safety arises, there is no other path but love. You do not have to do anything except begin to receive, begin to soften your heart. When safety is present, we can begin to experience this opening. It is natural, acting in accordance with nature. <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Self-love is seen in many forms. Self-compassion, self-care, and self-love are all part of the spectrum of the nurturing Jade Guardian. Some of us may have long been virtuosos at the Jade Guardian archetype as far back as we can remember. Could this be you? Do you have a wide variety of self-care practices that you can list off and easily access? Are you naturally talented at restoring yourself to a deep state of nourishment? Do you give yourself treats? Bubble baths? A special yoga class or really excellent cup of coffee sometimes? These are all examples of you nourishing yourself. Even as we give our gift to ourselves, we end up offering our love as gift to the world. What a joy it is to be with one who loves themselves! Whom is radiant with joy of their own being-ness. It is so nourishing to be around someone like this. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Further, people with strong Jade Guardians present tend to nourish and build community all around them. They cannot help it. Think of Snow White moving through the world, singing her song with birds chirping, flowers sprouting at her feet and townspeople being so happy for her song. If you or someone you know has an innate gift for the Jade Guardian archetype, you may notice their expertise in event planning, story-telling, cooking beautiful dinners or expertly working the BBQ with dogs barking and children running all around. Others with strong Jade Guardian might tend to a beautiful garden or prefer to keep plants around to nurture. They might love singing for the sake of sharing song with themselves and others, or dancing for the sake of sharing such a joyful expression of self-love and play. Jade Guardians are playful! They nurture the community and children. This is true on the intra-personal level as well. They also nurture our inner community and inner children. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">While some of us might gravitate more-so to the Red Guardian archetype and others to the Jade Guardian archetype, they both exist in each of us. Developing both the Red Guardian and Jade Guardian within us will allow us to access our deepest gifts to give the world. Though we may feel built to prefer one more than the other, there is nothing within us that prevents us from developing a sufficient balance in both, each aspect supporting the other to its fullest expression. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Quick Origin Story: The concepts of Jade Guardian and Red Guardian both arose from creative implementation of therapy techniques pioneered by Eric Carrol over several decades of clinical practice. He created labels for these therapy approaches in order to bring them into his system of Compassionate Dialogue, which he created for his daughter, Kotomi, to help bring guidance, as a father loves to do! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">While the names of these archetypes have changed many times throughout their existence, there was a period where they were named Red Warrior and White Warrior, which included inspiration from the terms Red Chief and White chief, found in traditional indigenous cultures of Northern America, and perhaps while loosely related, these were the closest inspirations of existing archetypal naming conventions that he could find. Over time these terms evolved further and Miku and River added the terms Red Guardian and Jade Guardian, as inspired by the chakra system. This in turn helped bring in and clarify the inner dimension.</span><br />
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The Way of 道 Vibrantly http://www.blogger.com/profile/03148859819554428705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712966356775639111.post-64058156230201222662018-05-08T18:31:00.000-07:002018-05-17T23:17:20.271-07:00V is for Vibrantly! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>We'll be introducing and welcoming you to the core concepts, inspiration, and philosophy behind The Way of Vibrantly, as well as Compassionate Dialogue and Isonomi.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>This week's concept is Vibrant<b><u>ly</u></b>! As in, The Way of Vibrantly or </i>道Vibrantly<i>. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">道Vibrantly (also called The Way of Vibrantly) is a startup organization currently applying for 501(c)3 Non-Profit Status. Many of our team members have been active in their own practice for many years--some for over 40 years! However, bringing all these amazing people together in the same place has only just “officially” begun since July 2017.<br />We are an egalitarian, quasi-hierarchical, collaborative organization operating under a modified holacratic governance style.<br /><br />Visit our <a href="https://www.thewayofvibrantly.org/the-way-of-%E9%81%93-vibrantly/">The Way of Vibrantly</a> menu to learn more details about our values and how we operate. We're thrilled to be experiencing, creating, supporting, and sharing social tools that help us & all beings get along better and vibrantly thrive! This blog is one of our ways of supporting all of this.</span><br />
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The Way of 道 Vibrantly http://www.blogger.com/profile/03148859819554428705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712966356775639111.post-45940221796576750422018-04-07T20:33:00.001-07:002018-04-07T20:33:22.295-07:00Welcome to the Way of Vibrantly!<h1 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; color: #232323; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 28px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 0.8em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease; vertical-align: baseline;">
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Donna Farhi, a well-known yoga instructor suggests “spiritual fitness can be tested only in relationship to others” in her book Bringing Yoga to Life. This is because it is much much easier to deal with yourself (which is still very difficult) in a structured setting such as an ashram, monastery or even a cave. How many of those seekers who are finders have come down from the cave only to become completely overwhelmed by our society and lose themselves again?</div>
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道 Vibrantly, or <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Way of Vibrantly</em> is striving to provide explicit support for people seeking to live as their best selves in the challenging context of everyday social life. It is about bringing Life in Harmony, of Life into the Tao…or at least it is the striving to!</div>
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We do this by supporting, experiencing, creating and sharing social tools to help us, and all beings get along better and vibrantly thrive in the world. To that end, we research existing social tools, develop our own and build on what has been done in cultures around the world supporting authentic and vibrant connection (often by exploring mindfulness practices, indigenous knowledge, and psychological advances). We also work to bring together the community of practitioners locally in the Pacific Northwest via our gatherings and community building efforts. We hope to one day support a HUB of resources and connection for the world, we are for now though, starting in our own backyard focusing on the greater Seattle area. We offer workshops for small businesses as well as intentional communities and local collaborative groups. We present at festivals and other mindfulness related events as well. Lastly, at 道 Vibrantly we offer weekly classes in Yoga, Isonomi, Body Flow and Dialogue and also a Satsang style class focused on the philosophy the practice.</div>
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This is some of what we mean when we talk about The Way of Vibrantly. This is us, this is our way.</div>
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A big part of The Way of Vibrantly is understanding Isonomi, Compassionate Dialogue, The Way (道 ) and the “We-Space!”</div>
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Isonomi is the daily practice and philosophy of living life from the center of the wheel. As a physical practice it relates to physically moving your body in balance with your bodies core center point. As a philosophy it is an embodied experience of living in balance within yourself, with each other and with our world.</div>
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Compassionate Dialogue is a mindfulness approach to communication. It has some similarities to Compassionate Non-Violent Communication, however, it is much more…it is a way of being in the world. It is a practice of Isonomi, or living from the center of the wheel. Compassionate Dialogue is a practice exploring authentic relating and vibrant living; living in relationship with ourselves, each other and all beings (including the planet!). Isonomi is the non-verbal branch of the practice, while Compassionate Dialogue tends to be primarily expressed verbally (though not always!). Ultimately, the two make up halves of the same whole, and the more practice that takes place, the more the divisions between the two cease to exist.</div>
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Compassionate Dialogue is practiced in three ways: small group circle sharing, in one on one conversations and as a cultural way of interacting. Isonomi brings in the specific metaphor of moving from the center of the wheel, while Compassionate Dialogue provides specific language and psychological constructs which help us bring our practice from the mat, ashrams, and meditation caves to the more verbal world.</div>
The Way of 道 Vibrantly http://www.blogger.com/profile/03148859819554428705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712966356775639111.post-65339902035063328362018-04-07T20:32:00.002-07:002018-04-07T20:32:43.089-07:00Compassionate Dialogue Philosophy and Practice<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #3d3d3d; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Just like enlightenment, it may be easiest to understand Compassionate Dialogue in terms of what it is not <img alt="😊" class="emoji" draggable="false" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/2.4/svg/1f60a.svg" style="background: none !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; display: inline !important; height: 1em !important; margin: 0px 0.07em !important; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; width: 1em !important;" /> (Nisargadatta throwback there – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_That" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #e0484c; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.3s ease; vertical-align: baseline;">see I am that</a>). This is especially true when juxtaposed with other existing technologies (eg NVC), heart circles (eg Radical Faerie Gatherings), and forums (eg Zegg). Compassionate Dialogue is not simply a gathering, salon or forum to discuss ideas.</div>
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Compassionate Dialogue is a holistic framework for living and relating from our most nourishing, replenishing, and inspiring parts as they expand and connect in our whole brain, where there is trust in discernment of safety. It is both a philosophy for a way of being in the world, as well as a lived practice with specific techniques associated with it.</div>
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As a framework, Compassionate Dialogue provides a lived experience of discernment around what it feels like to be in a safe space, where the people you are with actively support you in bringing out the part of you that knows what’s best for you. We choose to believe in each other, in whatever we do or don’t do. Compassionate Dialogue is an active approach for moving beyond Domination/Separation culture to a culture of compassion.</div>
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As a philosophy it relates to clearing the disconnect from healthy ego, soul, and spirit, to feel in our body a oneness with all relationship, <u>and</u> a joyous separateness in discovering and offering our unique gift to give the world. Similar to some of the philosophies of yoga, Compassionate Dialogue focuses on living in harmony with the self, each other, all life and all beings (human and non-human!).</div>
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The physical practice itself and specific techniques are focused on cultivating body awareness (breath, posture, heart rate etc.), emotional awareness (sensations of resonance/dissonance, specific emotions), and mental awareness (thinking mind, wise mind, monkey mind) while engaging in interactions and conversations with the self, others and in small groups. Once a sufficient level of awareness is present, we slowly bring in the philosophy of Compassionate Dialogue as a practice in consciously cultivating healthy ego (healthy self-love, empathy, management and transformation of wounded/shadow self etc.) one step at a time toward whole-being-ness.</div>
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At 道Vibrantly, we teach the physical practice (and ultimately also the philosophy) through our weekly classes called “<em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">道Vibrantly Body Flow and Dialogue.</em>” We also teach Compassionate Dialogue by hosting specific workshops focused on introducing the framework and specific techniques.</div>
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For more information about the philosophy of Compassionate Dialogue see our Compassionate Dialogue and Isonomi Handouts in the Resources and Learning Materials Menu: <a href="https://www.thewayofvibrantly.org/compassionate-dialogue-handouts-key-concepts/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #e0484c; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.3s ease; vertical-align: baseline;">https://www.thewayofvibrantly.org/compassionate-dialogue-handouts-key-concepts/</a></div>
The Way of 道 Vibrantly http://www.blogger.com/profile/03148859819554428705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712966356775639111.post-5877543369208047322018-03-06T05:53:00.001-08:002018-04-07T20:26:46.982-07:00We-Space<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #3d3d3d; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
One of <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u>the</u></em> foundational differences between Compassionate Dialogues and other philosophies/techniques is the concept of moving from a space of <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“We”</em>. This space of <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We</em>constellates around the idea of shared meaning. An early contributor to dialogue, Martin Buber, describes dialogue and shared meaning the following way:</div>
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<em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Dialogue comes from the Greek word dialogos. Logos means ‘the word’ or in our case we would think of the ‘meaning of the word’. And dia means ‘through’ – it doesn’t mean two. A dialogue can be among any number of people, not just two. Even one person can have a sense of dialogue within himself, if the spirit of the dialogue is present. The picture of image that this derivation suggests is of a stream of meaning flowing among and through us and between us. This will make possible a flow of meaning in the whole group, out of which will emerge some new understanding. It’s something new, which may not have been in the starting point at all. It’s something creative. And this shared meaning is the ‘glue’ or ‘cement’ that holds people and societies together.” </em></div>
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Building on this, we also acknowledge that the space of WE has emotional components, or a literal “feeling” to it. Compassionate Dialogue begins when curiosity is felt and shared by all members. This is a childlike wonder-type curiosity. A curiosity laden with awe, and joy, not the discerning knife like critical thinking that questioning often comes from through mainstream critical thinking exercises. Although it is a bit challenging to quantify or describe the “We“space (after all, the Tao that is spoken is not the Tao – see <a href="http://www.with.org/tao_te_ching_en.pdf" style="border: 0px; color: #e0484c; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.3s ease; vertical-align: baseline;">Tao Te Ching</a>).</div>
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Once the “We” is felt, participants may begin interacting from <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u>what wants to be expressed</u></em>, which is a curious phenomenon to experience and is quite different than the expression from an ego un-aligned to the “We”. You might think of it as speaking from <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u>wise-mind</u></em> in the yogic tradition, from a place of deep calm and joy.</div>
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The WE within yourself is typically characterized by sharing from a “Healing-Self” Body/Mind/Heart and higher. Where you are in exhilarated calm (parasympathetic nervous system), body is relaxed, breathing expansive, feeling of lightness. You are also brightly curious (not just questioned to get your point across). You have access to” knowingness” and are thinking from an embodied space (also know as thoughting)…you can feel your breath and heart beating and body on the earth while pontificating. It is moving and sharing while accessing your “center”, moving from the center of the wheel.</div>
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The process feels inspiring, nourishing and replenishing if it is a mutual dialogue. Usually feels like the most fun thing you can be doing, time often feels like it is moving more slowly or quickly.</div>
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There are seven (so far) guideposts for what it feels like to be in a state of “WE”:</div>
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When speaking from the “We”, a Compassionate Dialogue member calibrates after each expression by feeling if the expression was additive and elegant. This check is unnoticeably quick, occurring within the bridged reptilian/mammalian brain. The additional cognitive check of the primate’s brain, which is 300ms slower, is not necessary. Both relying on the reptilian/mammalian brain for the signal and only having something useful to add in the case of a sensed misalignment, which happens more-so in the beginning stages of a member adapting to the field awareness of the “We”.</div>
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Prior to this point, there are many stages of verbal and non-verbal practice that lead up to Compassionate Dialogue, such as expressing parts in terms of resonance/dissonance. There is much education on how to prepare a group for interacting from the “We”. This preparatory practice seems to last until the participant is able to exist in a centered space of vibrancy at least 85% of the time of their daily lives, including their work-life, home-life, and relating throughout the day. Until we can move from a space of “We” and have dialogue from the center of the wheel, we are engaging in something more generally known as <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u>conscious compassionate communication</u></em>. Which is a deeply beautiful practice unto itself.</div>
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The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step, as we practice stepping more consciously into this new way of being with each other, we gain more confidence with each step. Our experience blossoms as we move, and grows with each practice. Many blessings to you on your journey, may your way be guided by blossoms of many new learnings and experiences.</div>
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