Author: Fabiana Fondevila
The Mystic, The Alchemist
The Mystic invites us to enjoy a direct, embodied experience of the divine, and to live from that.
The Alchemist spins sorrow into compassion, beauty, wisdom, and transforms it into its complementary opposite, joy. It is the archetype of magic, rebirth, transformation.
Both are energies of deep connection, gateways to enter into silence and a deeper experience of life. Both invite us to live from this perception.
Join us for this one time exploration!
When: September 3rd, 10 AM PDT / 1 PM EDT / 5 PM GMT
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Practising Presence
Join us this Saturday for an exploration of the first path towards Integral Vitality.
We will delve into Presence and Engagement, two paths towards a life that is both vibrant and meaningful.
You can take part in this workshop without previous experience, or having attended the prior session.
Tuition is on a sliding scale: U$D 25 to $ 50. You can choose your contribution according to your possibility, and in relation to the value you feel you receive.
Payment mode: Via Paypal, to the following address: wherewonderlives@gmail.com
When: April 30th, 10 AM PDT / 1 PM EDT / 5 PM GMT
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Kindling the fire!
In this inaugural session, we will explore the nature of desire: how it finds expression in our lives, why it ebbs and flows, the neurology of desire and the influence of the rational mind and the emotions.
Mostly, we will share practices for sparking desire and keeping that flame lit, despite its changing nature.
We will explore stimulating ideas, psychological research and strategies, nourishing poems and music to help us connect with our zest and vitality.
When: March 19th, 10 AM PDT / 1 PM EDT / 5 PM GMT
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Annual Course: Being desire
“The force that through the green fuse drives the flower
drives my green age”, says Dylan Thomas in the oft-quoted poem.
This is the very force that we will beckon, conjure up and seek to ignite, through this year-long journey of the soul!
I invite you to join us in this exploring the mysterious energy that animates our days, and guides our actions, decisions and relationship to others, to Nature, to ourselves, to life.
Throughout 10 montly sessions, we will explore the ways in which vital energy flourishes or diminishes in our lives, the factors that influence it, and a variety of practices that we can lean on to design lives of radical aliveness, connection and meaning.
Some of the topics we will be covering:
The relationship of vital force and meaning; specifically, the three dimensions of meaning.
Strategies for designing our moments for maximum aliveness.
The role of purpose in the decisiones we take, and in getting some forward motion in our lives.
Nine “archetypes of transformation”: three that pertain to our connection with ourselves (Inner transformation), three based on our connection to Nature (Ecological transformation), three that influence our relationship to others and the world (Social transformation).
We will resort to these practices, amongst many others:
“Lectio divina” (sacred reading) of poems and songs.
Meditations, visualizations, rituals.
Creative experiments.
Suggested readings.
We-space practices.
I hope you will join us for this joint adventure, so we can find out together how much more alive life can truly be!
For information on the first session, called Kindling the Fire (to take place on March 19th), please click here.
Format: Virtual. You receive the recording and notes after each session. They are yours to keep for life.
Frequency: Monthly sessions.
Duration: Sessions last two hours, sometimes we go a little longer.
Dates: Every last Saturday of the month (with possible exceptions, which will be announced ahead of time).
First session: March 19th, 10 AM PDT / 1 PM EDT / 5 PM GMT.
Fee: U$D 25 to $ 50. It is offered on a sliding scale, so that you can choose according to your possibility, and also in relation to the value you feel you receive.
Payment mode: Via Paypal, to the following address: wherewonderlives@gmail.com
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BEING DESIRE
ANNUAL COURSE. A Year of Radical Aliveness. Click here for sign up.
Free Workshop
The Power of Archetypes. February 26th. Click here for sign up.
The Power of Archetypes
FREE WORKSHOP
What does it mean to have “Warrior” energy, to exude the seduction of “The Lover”, to command “Kingly” respect, to see through the eyes of “The Innocent”, to heal others with the gifts of the “Caregiver”, or turn around a tough predicament with the mysterious arts of The Magician”?
In this two-hour session, we will explore these energies we call “archetypes”, how they unconsciously shape our lives, and how we can harness their power consciously, by entering into relationship with them.
This will be a free and open introduction to the yearly course that begins in March (more on that soon!)
I hope you will join us as we dive into the fertile ocean that is our inner life, with its fascinating cast of characters.
See you there!
February 26th, 10 AM PDT / 1 PM EDT / 7 PM CET
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Questions for Christmas Eve!
Once again it’s time for mistletoe and carols and the many splendored gifts of Christmas. And, once again, the holiday will find us each exactly where we are.
For some, it will be the occasion for a happy reunion (something we value today as never before!). For others, there will be absences to grieve, a loneliness that somehow feels vaster, or some thorny family dynamic they’ll have the opportunity to revist. The holidays are a great bundle of emotions, the most difficult of which are liable to get lost in the gift-giving frenzy. Can we make room to bring our full humanity to our festive table?
I believe we can. I believe the beautiful story of the child born in a manger, on a bed of straw, speaks to all of us, whether or not we are Christians, or even religious. It invites us to embrace what is most vulnerable in each of us, to make a soft bed for our emotions, even the most challenging ones, especially the challenging ones, and to invite them to the feast.
It’s with this intent that I’ve prepared these questions. They are meant to help us connect with our own deepest truths, and thus with those around us. You can answer them privately, in writing, or choose one to share at the table, with openness and curiosity.
| I wish you beautiful encounters with others, with yourselves. And a beautiful birthing of the heart. Merry Christmas! |
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