Restoring Sacred Reciprocity

These days I find myself in multiple conversations about how to balance self care with collective care; whether that is through activism, acts of service, and/or a busy life that requires one to spend most of the day caring for others. I find it particularly challenging with so many things that I value under attack. As a result, I have been looking for sources of wisdom to help me navigate this wobbly terrain. The idea of sacred reciprocity keeps coming up for me and I feel called to offer an opportunity to explore this topic in community. Please find the details below for a workshop that I am offering. Please join me and gift yourself with time for reflection, movement, breath, community and collective wisdom.

Sunday, Jan. 24 9:00 - 1:00 at Raleigh Unrushed

Limited Capacity

Cost: $90

How can we live in alignment with what Potawatomi botanist and author Robin Wall Kimmerer refers to as “the moral covenant of reciprocity”. How can our actions reflect both care for ourselves, other living beings, and our planet? How does it FEEL when we are misaligned, perhaps carrying too much or settling into apathy as a coping mechanism. In this workshop we will explore these topics and the yoga tools that help us to better identify the energetic state of sacred reciprocity. We will begin with a Deep Stretch Sadhana to clear the body and mind, releasing that which is not ours. Practice will include gentle asana, pranayama, chanting and meditation. We will then have a short snack break and reconvene to discuss (in small groups) the above questions through a yogic lens. As we come back together, we will share helpful discoveries and formulate ideas to address misalignment where we feel it in our lives. The workshop will conclude with another gentle movement practice and Yoga Nidra.

When times are easy and there’s plenty to go around, individual species can go it alone. But when conditions are harsh and life is tenuous, it takes a team sworn to reciprocity to keep life going forward. In a world of scarcity, interconnection and mutual aid become critical for survival. So say the lichens."

Robin Wall Kimmerer