Group Exploration:
The potency and richness of group space is an area of deep passion for me. At its best, group experience recalls us to the possibilities of healthy tribal belonging, where we can experience our uniqueness, the wonder of others' gifts and wounds, and the profound nourishment of being real together. For many, group experience can be a source of deep nourishment and pleasure. Group space can also offer a potent, coherent and alchemical 'field' for insight, emergence and transformation. Because this element of shared exploration is so rich, in the group meetings that accompany the course I will be drawing our attention to how we can form a dynamic, coherent and safe environment to deepen this work together.
Writing and Journaling:
“Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness.”
― Allen Ginsberg
In addition to exploring with others, I strongly encourage you to use journaling in a form that works for you. (Some recommendations below, if you don't have a specific practice already).
In terms of the questions for exploration that run through the course, all of these can be undertaken or supplemented by writing practice. As with our in-person exchanges, try to stay present to your physical and emotional experience as you write, and find a balance between articulating things you know to be important and beginning to represent what feels more unknown and emergent.
Particularly if journaling with the repeating questions, the structure of a set period of time can be helpful. In general, the more you allow yourself to articulate and express, the deeper the material will integrate.
In addition to journaling freely in response to the themes and questions offered, two of the richest 'free-form' journalling practices are morning pages and proprioceptive writing. Either would supplement the course and enrich our integration of the material.
