Author: Fabiana Fondevila

Being Lovers

Being Lovers. Living with an Open Heart

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IsBeing Lovers

“Where there is great love, there are always miracles.”

Willa Cather

What is a great love?

Is it a bond that grows and deepens over time? Is it the affection spurred by a beloved place, cause, person? Or perhaps the tenderness that wells up in our chest when we see a stranger perform an act of altruism? The softening of our eyes and hearts when we enter an old growth forest? 

All of the above!

How can one word encompass so many meanings? This is what we’ll explore in this Saturday’s session: how to deepen in this “orientation of the heart” that helps us transcend our small self and fills us with vitality and meaning.

Love is a dynamic mystery: more verb than noun; more between than within; more present than past and future, and as much starting point as destination.

We’ll dive into this fertile territory with carefully selected ancient and brand new practices and invitations.

Will you come along?

When

December 7th, 10 AM PST / 1 PM EDT / 5 PM GMT

Format

One monthly online session, via Zoom. You will receive the audio, video and notes to keep for a lifetime.

Tuition

U$D 30 to $ 50. Choose your donation according to your possibility, and in accordance with the value you feel you receive. Please make your contribution via Paypal to the following address: alfredo.berge@gmail.com

Questions: info@fabianafondevila.com

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    Being Dancer

    Being Dancers! Living with Sensuality

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    Being Dancer

    Do you ever ask your body how it feels about a person, a place, an activity, a decision? Do you ask it if it’s got enough energy to go to that party, if it needs to move, or go out for a walk, after so many hours of screen time? Do you invite it to dance to your favorite music? Do you listen to what it whispers to you at night, when everyone is asleep?

    Our body is a reservoir of truths, intuitions, knowledge and unique and exquisite sensations. But like any good friend, if we ignore it for too long, it will be become frustrated, angry, and eventually, recoil from us (expressing its discontent in pain or other symptoms). At the very least, it will resist cooperating with our demands, no matter how reasonable we may find them.

    The journey from the mind to the body can be the most fruitful you  ever undertake. Unsuspected reserves of beauty, meaning and vitality await you, if you venture out to meet it with an open heart.

    Shall we taket this journey together?

    Looking forward to seeing you!

    When

    November 2nd, 10 AM PST / 1 PM EDT / 5 PM GMT

    Format

    One monthly online session, via Zoom. You will receive the audio, video and notes to keep for a lifetime.

    Tuition

    U$D 30 to $ 50. Choose your donation according to your possibility, and in accordance with the value you feel you receive. Please make your contribution via Paypal to the following address: alfredo.berge@gmail.com

    Questions: info@fabianafondevila.com

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      Being Creators

      Being Creators! Living with Imagination

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      Being Creators

      If the universe is exuberantly creative and innovative in all of its forms, shapes and creatures, how could we possibly be otherwise?

      Quantum physics, and cutting-edge findings from biology and other sciences reveal a universe that is alive, complex, mysterious, and connected in all its parts. And are we not, in fact, the universe in miniature? What levels of understanding, wisdom, power and beauty can we achieve, if we can let go of limiting ideas and preconceptions about who we are, and what we are capable of creating or becoming?

      We invite you to take part in a deep exploration of one of this most vitalising of archetypes; the very force that gave birth to our bodies, feeds our imaginations, and invites us to fly high and reinvent the world day after day, for the sheer joy of doing so!

      Hope to you on Saturday, with a heart full of curiosity and delight 💫✨⚡

      When

      September 28th, 10 AM PST / 1 PM EDT / 5 PM GMT

      Format

      One monthly online session, via Zoom. You will receive the audio, video and notes to keep for a lifetime.

      Tuition

      U$D 30 to $ 50. Choose your donation according to your possibility, and in accordance with the value you feel you receive. Please make your contribution via Paypal to the following address: alfredo.berge@gmail.com

      Questions: info@fabianafondevila.com

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        Being Children

        Being Children

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        Being Children

        What does it say about a society that calling someone ‘childish’ is an insult?

        We might conclude that our culture demands that adults be serious, productive, responsible and, let’s say it, conform to the norm. As children, we were unique, one-of-a-kind beings. But as we grew up, some of that shine and authenticity went underground, in order to accepted and fit in.

        Many of us must go back to our earliest years to find our full, undiluted essence. Not because childhood was a pristine and perfect time, but because it is, perhaps, the last time we allowed ourselves to be so fully ourselves.

        Fortunately, the children we were are alive and kicking, anxiously waiting for us to call them out to express themselves, feel fully, and play to their hearts’ content!

        In this Saturday’s session, we’ll explore the qualities of this vital archetype. Among them, the capacity for enjoyment, simplicity, spontaneity, authenticity, creativity, vulnerability, awe, and also, of course, magic!

        Roald Dahl writes: ‘”And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.”

        Here’s find that magic together!

        When

        August 31st, 10 AM PST / 1 PM EDT / 5 PM GMT

        Format

        One monthly online session, via Zoom. You will receive the audio, video and notes to keep for a lifetime.

        Tuition

        U$D 30 to $ 50. Choose your donation according to your possibility, and in accordance with the value you feel you receive. Please make your contribution via Paypal to the following address: alfredo.berge@gmail.com

        Questions: info@fabianafondevila.com

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          Being heroes

          Being heroes

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          Being heroes

          Do you feel that the word ‘hero’ or ‘heroine’ is far removed from you and your life? This is only natural, as it’s traditionally been used to describe people who acted alone, risked life and limb for strangers, and acted with reckless self-abandon.

          This definition doesn’t reflect a rich range of actions that people take, quietly and far from any fanfare, in pursuit of something they hold sacred.

          Today’s world urgently needs us to activate our courage, practice discernment, and act in defense of what’s most dear to us.

          Can this kind of courage be cultivated? Definitely! And it results in a rich, full life, inspired by the beacon of purpose.

          Courage also has concrete effects on our personal lives: it allows us to act on behalf of our own neglected goals, and to create a life that we’ve only dreamed of.

          Acting with boldness is not exclusive to superheroes; it’s a prerogative of our essential nature. And it can be a more humble and everyday choice than we imagine.

          In this Saturday’s workshop, we’ll explore the hero archetype, and invite its gifts into our lives.

          Looking forward to seeing you there!

          When

          July 27th, 10 AM PST / 1 PM EDT / 5 PM GMT

          Format

          One monthly online session, via Zoom. You will receive the audio, video and notes to keep for a lifetime.

          Tuition

          U$D 30 to $ 50. Choose your donation according to your possibility, and in accordance with the value you feel you receive. Please make your contribution via Paypal to the following address: alfredo.berge@gmail.com

          Questions: info@fabianafondevila.com

          Sign up here!

            The Adventurer

            The Adventurer

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            The Adventurer

            Do you love to travel more than anything else? Do you dream of climbing mountains, crossing deserts, visiting the world’s most impressive museums? Do you dream of exploring uncharted lands and learning the language of the locals? Would you love to have a time machine and travel back to 1800, or 2080?

            If any of these scenarios light up your soul, chances are the Adventurer archetype describes you, and you live for the opportunity to embark on a new exploration of body or soul.

            The question is: Is there only adventure when we go far from home?

            The answer is: no!

            To be adventurous we don’t need to use a compass, we need to change the way we think, look and live. Says author and entrepreneur Eliot Peper: “Everything important is uncertain. Sitting with the discomfort of that uncertainty is the hard part, the wedge that can move the world.”

            We look forward to “travelling with you” into wild new, undiscovered terrain!

            When

            May 25th, 9 AM PST / 12 PM EDT / 4 PM GMT

            Format

            One monthly online session, via Zoom. You will receive the audio, video and notes to keep for a lifetime.

            Tuition

            U$D 30 to $ 50. Choose your donation according to your possibility, and in accordance with the value you feel you receive. Please make your contribution via Paypal to the following address: alfredo.berge@gmail.com

            Questions: info@fabianafondevila.com

            Sign up here!

              Being Wild

              The Wild One in You

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              Being Wild

              It doesn’t matter if you live on a busy city street, drive your car to work and buy your food in a store: wildness is all around you. Look aroun! The dandelion growing through the crack in the pavement, the bird singing on the branch, the tree on which the bird stands, the air that is keeping all of them alive, the sun that allows you to see them. All of them are wild forces, and so are you!

              Wildness is that primordial, unbounded energy that expresses itself in our bodies as emotions, desires, dreams, impulses, and sometimes -when its flow is too tightly blocked or impeded- in symptoms.

              Our bodies yearn to move, to be outdoors, to connect meaningfully with a small group of familiar people, to exchange care and affection with them, to feel part of a living, thriving community.

              Life today may be safer and more comfortable than that of our ancestors, but it’s also more isolated, sedentary and disconnected from the natural environment of which we’re an integral part.

              This separation saddens us, saps our strength, and sometimes even makes us sick.

              Do we need to go and live in the woods or the mountains to regain this sense of kinship and belonging?

              No! We need to reconnect with the Nature that we are, at all times, and also with the wildness that surrounds us, and reminds us of the life-thirsty creatures that we are.

              Join us this Saturday to explore an essential archetypefor for our times: the Wild One who longs to live in freedom and authenticity in this many splendored world!

              When

              April 27th, 10 AM PST / 1 PM EST / 5 PM GMT

              Format

              One monthly online session, via Zoom. You will receive the audio, video and notes to keep for a lifetime.

              Tuition

              U$D 30 to $ 50. Choose your donation according to your possibility, and in accordance with the value you feel you receive. Please make your contribution via Paypal to the following address: alfredo.berge@gmail.com

              Questions: info@fabianafondevila.com

              Sign up here!

                Cultivating Aliveness

                Cultivating Aliveness

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                In this workshop with storyteller, teacher, and spiritual activist, Fabiana Fondevila, we explore practices to cultivate lasting vitality in daily life, empowering us to relate better to afflictive states and improve our wellbeing.

                The Global Compassion Coalition is a collective movement striving to create a world where both people and nature are cared for and thrive. We aim to alleviate suffering and promote human flourishing by fostering compassionate thinking, feeling, and action. Join us in our mission to build a world based on compassion.