Come co-create a space for presence, for grief, for our despair. Let's ground together. Let's grieve together.
The anticipated flow will be:
+ Opening the space with grounding breath
+ Welcome & review of community agreements for being in space together
+ Brief intros and sharing our items for the virtual altar
+ A centering practice for our nervous systems and grief. (This will be a body-based (or, somatic) guided visualization. All of it will be an invitation.)
+ Grief check in & journaling practice
+ Closing grounding practice
To Bring: cozy things (tea, fuzzy blankets), beings and things that help you feel safer, digital image(s) to place on our virtual altar, journal & writing/drawing utensils
Accessibility & Setting Expectations: this space will be held online, via zoom, in English. Live auto captions are available. Community agreements help us hold a braver space for healing. In showing up, you are affirming to uphold said agreements.
Additionally, I trust that we can all agree that attempted genocide is atrocious and never justified. As such, I trust that we can center our Palestinian fam right now. AND, to paraphrase @alicesparklykat, I trust that we can "protest settler colonialism and antisemitism at the same time." Hate speech, islamophiobia, antisemitism will not be tolerated. This is a space for grief, not debate.
Guided practices will invite participants to feel into their bodies and physical spaces. Journaling practices will invite us to explore the feelings & sensations coming up with our grief, despair, overwhelm. Intros & check ins are optional and may be in the chat depending on the size of the group. For questions or accessibility needs, email me at aguasangrehealing@gmail.com
Led by Michelle of Agua y Sangre Healing
Community Agreements link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13Si0gSekjxG0gCPal_xezgcX7xONMxkMXgxfz3KuHaQ/edit?usp=sharing
Exchange: Free to attend. Donations welcome ($5-$25 suggested). You can send donations via venmo to @aguasangrehealing. Or better yet, make a donation to support Palestine (or Congo or Sudan or… or… )