The challenging and dangerous times that we are living in present a profound spiritual challenge and opportunity for transformation. I am a facilitator of The Work that Reconnects and Active Hope, Joanna Macy’s powerful models for supporting and sustaining activists and others who are burnt out, losing hope and grieving for the world we live in.
Working together in a group we support one another to move through four stages:
- Coming from Gratitude
- Honouring Our Pain for the World
- Seeing with New Eyes
- Going Forth
Hope sleeps in our bones like a bear
Marge Piercy, from ‘Stone, Paper, Knife’
waiting for spring to rise and walk.
I am part of a network of Work That Reconnects facilitators, and have run various courses and workshops including a Council of All Beings and other sessions at the COP26 Climate Fringe in Glasgow, an Active Hope Online course, a Sing for Earth Day event in 2022, and most recently a 5-evening Work That Reconnects course in collaboration with the A+E Project and Edinburgh Quakers.
If you’d like me to run an Active Hope Course or a one-off session, please do get in touch.
Work That Reconnects Dandelion Spiral by Dori Midnight