Mother Wisdom
Good afternoon, readers. Wishing everyone the agency to practice their electoral voice, choice and power. Then rest and orient, having self-limits around media consumption.
Tomorrow from 2-3 pm CST, we meet for Mother Wisdom.
Outcomes, Visions & Goals For MWC
Practicing reclaiming truth & sovereignty of self, family, lineage with others as culture
Feeling into, creating & being with an extended ecosystem of mothering or parenting through attuning, witnessing, co-regulating & empathizing in circle
Nurturing the need for interconnection in mothering & parenting
Inspiring & uplifting self/others unearthing personal & spiritual purposes
Inviting conciseness, clarity & cohesion to the living narrative of inner/inter-healing work, keeping it simple in it’s complexity
Rhythm of MWC
I imagine the rhythm to be somewhat co-creative and also adaptable, and depending on the number of participants. For the sake of our hour together, I ask that we keep introductions very brief (name, location, number of children or other orienting information). This can also happen in the chat when participants enter the room.
We will have a very brief grounding and breath/body connection practice and then center into brief shares of willing participants, it is ok if participants just want to observe and be in the space:
What is going well? What are you celebrating? Please have given some time and thought to this and share with cohesion. This is an intentional opportunity for participants to reflect in a grounded and concise way. This can be a challenge for anyone with trauma, and, the opportunity to practice this clarity here is a call towards greater self-connection and integration. Consider this homework. Please keep sharing to just a few sentences or more. We will make adjustments for smaller groups.
Where or how are you being challenged or what questions are you currently asking on your inner/inter-healing journey now? Be brief. And, here, please follow this with the WHY behind your share: are you longing to be just be witnessed, or do you want a very brief feedback by another participant, longing for encouragement, are you looking for verbal or non-verbal empathy, are you looking for a suggestion? Be specific. This intentional format is designed to help participants in the practice of centering their needs.
We will close with a very brief breath/body connection and grounding practice and end the call on the hour at 3pm CST.
Pillars of MWC
These conversations will be confidential and will not be recorded. All feelings are valid and welcome. All faiths and all traumas are welcome in this holistic-centered space leaning towards whole-brained, whole-bodied inter-connection.
Inclusivity, nonviolence and safety are pillars of this space and through the practice of showing up, participants are intrinsically called to practice accessing their own inner-safety when triggers arise.
With a present-moment presence, we practice orienting and leaning into being trauma-informed about ourselves - we are all mirrors. May we expand.
This space will not be a space to receive 1:1 medical or mental health diagnosis or support, for quick fixes or for participants to engage in emotional or mental dumping.
This space will not be a space for participants to offer advice, insight or to fix without explicit consent of the participant sharing. We need space to practice consent-based verbal and non-verbal empathy, I understand we will do this imperfectly.
In some capacity, we are all healing in relationship to our maternal lineage, our inner-mothers and our Mother Earth.