BraveSpace Circle of Belonging FREE INTRO NIGHT

In BraveSpace® we commune from our bodies to create an environment safe enough to be vulnerable. This vulnerability, held by the group, often generates an experience of belonging. The BraveSpace Circle of Belonging is an opportunity to come home to yourself with others in somatic healing play. Your individual wholeness exists simultaneously with communion, and great joy is available in meeting these states. As we explore this joy, or perhaps find ourselves distanced from it, it becomes apparent that none of us generate nor heal our wounding alone. Playfully doing our personal ‘work’ together hugely amplifies its effects, not only for ourselves, but also in healing collective wounding and trauma. We are in the midst of a massive cultural shift from a paradigm of domination to one of co-creation: In holding BraveSpace® our witness of each other in communion drives our individual empowerment and sense of purpose because we are never actually alone anyway. The world is itself alive and spirited. The experience of meaning in our lives comes when we integrate the feelings arising within us—our sensations and longings—coherently with our experience of spirit and one other. Genuine intimacy results from this alignment. And, there are no better technologies for exploring this creative communal attunement than circling, somatic awareness, and movement. The BraveSpace® circle is more than a speaking circle. In BraveSpace we deepen into the knowing of our bodies through movement and awareness practices. These practices are relational, helping you to ground into yourself while also engaging with others. They will increase your physical and emotional intelligence, and they will help you more genuinely orient yourself in relationship. We will also be working directly with the 10 principles of BraveSpace, offered below, in our focus and discussion. You will come out of this series with a working understanding of these somatic principles, and an ability to apply them in your life. BraveSpace® has two complimentary aspects: It consists of Temples and Circles. Temples are practice based, open to all, and limited in regard to sharing and feedback. The Circle of Belonging includes practices too, yet focuses most on emergent sharing, witnessing, and some coaching. The circle is a closed group so that we can go deeper in our processing. The financial exchange for Circle includes one Temple experience per week (Body Temple, Contact Temple, and/or Ecstatic Dance Temple), and attending the Temples is highly recommended to get the most from participating in the Circle. There will additionally be practices shared in Circle that go above and beyond what’s shared in the open Temples; explorations that benefit from the more committed, intimate group. Here are some examples of what past BraveSpace participants have gained through this work: -Becoming more aligned with meaning and purpose -Resolving shame about their bodies -Reconnecting with their sexuality -Reconnecting with movement, touch, and interaction that isn’t sexual -Becoming clearer about and more skilled in claiming their boundaries -Befriending and finding greater love for their bodies -Becoming more comfortable with and available to touch -Processing and moving beyond the restrictions of physical or emotional trauma -Finding belonging in community The spring circle will take place on Tuesday evenings beginning Feb. 27th from 7:00-9:15pm, running for 6 sessions skipping the week of March 19th to complete on April 9th. There will be a free interest meeting on Feb 13th. The cost for the series is $300, and includes attendance at one Body Temple, Dance Temple, or Contact Temple each week of the series. A $25 discount is available to the first 5 people to sign up (use the discount code BRAVE). Group size is limited to 14. Some work-trade may be available by request.