Vision and Foundational Elements of Embodied Witnessing
Compassion ~ Alignment ~ Wholeness
Compassion, because the healing moment is the present moment: here and now. Turning towards what is present in a given moment is not always easy. We all share the strengths and vulnerabilities of being human. Compassion is natural as we settle our nervous systems, rest into our innate humanity and dignity with respect for what is emerging through us in this moment. Compassionate connection is a resource that we can give and receive which supports all of us.
Alignment, because most of what troubles us human beings is related to trauma symptoms and related lack of development from not having the environment (in childhood, ancestrally, and/or ongoing) which supports well-being for us individually and collectively. We learn to adapt by shutting parts of ourselves down, disconnecting us from our true nature: our hearts, our innate embodied wisdom, and fresh insights, resulting in misalignment. The more misaligned and disconnected we are from ourselves, from each other, and from the natural world, the more vulnerable we are to ongoing trauma and the more rigid we may become as we rely on external structures (which likely have significant trauma embedded) in an attempt to stabilize ourselves. As we re-align with our inner integrity and mind-heart-body coherence, we tap into resourcing within us, interpersonally and interconnecting with nature.
Wholeness, because we have multiple channels of resource within us and through our bodies, our emotions, our thinking, and our essence. As poets and mystics have shared, the divine spark and creative impulse that is beyond simple description lives within us. In our intention to connect with the innate wholeness within each being, we enter in an ongoing process of awakening, discovery, and emergence that continually evolves through us, allowing us to gradually integrate what is unresolved from the past and to change how and what we see, opening new possibilities.
Embodied Witnessing is a process of which allows us to nurture waking up together in groups in a process that is emergent and experiential.
Rather than elevating trauma symptoms of the domination and patriarchal systems of white supremacy, dangerous world, scarcity, individualism, valuing humans solely by economic value, worshipping ascendance and demonizing descendant embodied wisdom, anti-blackness and anti-indigeneity . . .
Embodied Witnessing cultivates qualities such as dignity for all beings and all life, compassion, turning towards, safety, nervous system settling, abundance, generosity, collaboration, respect, currency of care, both ascendance and descendence, natural and indigenous resourcing and the wealth of bio-diversity.
Embodied Witnessing is not about perfection but embraces complexity, learning from every experience, inner work and outer work which are not separate, and and awakening, developing and building compentencies for the world we want to live in together in groups and communities.
Alignment, because most of what troubles us human beings is related to trauma symptoms and related lack of development from not having the environment (in childhood, ancestrally, and/or ongoing) which supports well-being for us individually and collectively. We learn to adapt by shutting parts of ourselves down, disconnecting us from our true nature: our hearts, our innate embodied wisdom, and fresh insights, resulting in misalignment. The more misaligned and disconnected we are from ourselves, from each other, and from the natural world, the more vulnerable we are to ongoing trauma and the more rigid we may become as we rely on external structures (which likely have significant trauma embedded) in an attempt to stabilize ourselves. As we re-align with our inner integrity and mind-heart-body coherence, we tap into resourcing within us, interpersonally and interconnecting with nature.
Wholeness, because we have multiple channels of resource within us and through our bodies, our emotions, our thinking, and our essence. As poets and mystics have shared, the divine spark and creative impulse that is beyond simple description lives within us. In our intention to connect with the innate wholeness within each being, we enter in an ongoing process of awakening, discovery, and emergence that continually evolves through us, allowing us to gradually integrate what is unresolved from the past and to change how and what we see, opening new possibilities.
Embodied Witnessing is a process of which allows us to nurture waking up together in groups in a process that is emergent and experiential.
Rather than elevating trauma symptoms of the domination and patriarchal systems of white supremacy, dangerous world, scarcity, individualism, valuing humans solely by economic value, worshipping ascendance and demonizing descendant embodied wisdom, anti-blackness and anti-indigeneity . . .
Embodied Witnessing cultivates qualities such as dignity for all beings and all life, compassion, turning towards, safety, nervous system settling, abundance, generosity, collaboration, respect, currency of care, both ascendance and descendence, natural and indigenous resourcing and the wealth of bio-diversity.
Embodied Witnessing is not about perfection but embraces complexity, learning from every experience, inner work and outer work which are not separate, and and awakening, developing and building compentencies for the world we want to live in together in groups and communities.
"It is possible the next Buddha will not take the form of an individual. The next Buddha may take the form of a community, a community practicing understanding and lovingkindness, a community practicing mindful living. And the practice can be carried out as a group, as a city, as a nation."
-- Thich Nhat Hanh, October 1993
-- Thich Nhat Hanh, October 1993
