Relationships deepen when we transform together.

Relationships deepen when we transform together. 

In a world that is pushing us more and more toward isolation and division, it is a radical act to reconnect with others. If you are anything like me, you need connection. You need a space where you feel safe, perhaps even to show your vulnerability a bit.  

You need to be seen. We all do. 

As humans, we have a strong need to belong, to feel a part of something. Western culture has severed many of the bonds that form the web of community in which we live. A ceremony is an activity of the community; when we gather with a shared purpose, we reweave that web, and meet one another in the context of our common humanity.  We allow ourselves to feel a sense of community, even with people we are meeting for the first time. 

When you come together in this way with others, you witness and are witnessed. 

Time and again, people have told me that life just makes sense again when you sit in ceremony.  I feel the same way. 

The experience of togetherness awakens you to remember something ancient that lives deep in your soul.  

Organizing ourselves again in that original way, in a circle around a fire, reminds you where you have come from.  The human nervous system developed in relationship with fire. The human nervous system developed in relationship with life.  Sitting together with others reminds you how much relationships matter. 

In a world where it is so easy to feel very alone, it is incredibly refreshing to encounter spaces where a sense of togetherness envelops us. This is why we do this work - to feel more, together.  To heal, together. 

It is amazing how one short night can move so much in us and around us.  It is a gift to share these magical spaces, to feel the relationships expanding and deepening.