Stories are interwoven into our experience of life: they are how we come to know ourselves and to know others, and they are also how others come to know us in turn. Joan Didion said: “We tell ourselves stories in order to live.”
We also tell ourselves stories in order to express what needs to be shared. Rather than suppressing, bypassing or turning away from what is real and present, our emotions, thoughts and values are a part of what it means to be human. Only in allowing ourselves to hold all of these and connect them in our bodies can we become free to express all of ourselves with new stories that move us into a future we want to belong to.
On Father’s Day, if you are unable to celebrate with your father, come remember and reconnect to the strength, solidarity and solace a light masculine energy can offer. What are your stories of strength? How do you define solidarity? Can you create solace within yourself and provide it for others? In this workshop, we’ll build on the wisdom in our inner shapes of strength to provide a place of refuge for ourselves that we can offer out in the world.
