I think it matters a lot these days to have contexts of ripple. Where we create ripple. Ripple of learning. Ripple of connection. Ripple of courage and clarity. It’s gentle. Yet quite clear.
I see a stone tossed into a pond. The stone has impact. The rippled waves carry and convey that impact. Sometimes it is wind that creates the ripple, that moves the water.
This week I gathered with men online — Men In Circle, that I cohost with my buddy Corry.
Our format is simple. 90 minutes. Circle-structured for check-in (presence) and for check-out (witness). And stuff in the middle.
I love the movement. I love the way this group shares bits of stories that they don’t get to share in other places. I love the way we love the showing up, and are rippled by it.
Some gems from us, attending to our healthy masculine and medicine together…
- how fear can so easily become normalized (and what that does to our bodies and those around us)
- how we hold our breath when we are scared (and often don’t know it)
- “we are all one, housed in different bodies”
- work and contribute with the scale that you’ve got
- “I am you. You are me. We are one.”
- “Catching up can wait. People need help now.”
- “Be more like still water.”
- “Their wounding is not my wounding.”
And, and. It’s great to be with people in meaningful ways. It’s great to be with men, celebrating and rippling.
This is a group you can come to once. Or many times. There is light exchange between gatherings in a Private Facebook Group. If you wish to explore, or know someone that might wish to explore, reach me. No charge. All ages.
Bring a ripple. Come ripple together.
Lovely. Thank you.
And my soul is enriched when I think about you and Cory working together! Thank you for your gift. I remembering so many circles with your love and guidance.
What a great and winding path over these many years Carla. And it’s still going!