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Rituals for Unrest invites you to honor and process sacred unrest in community. We will offer our tears, longings, love, grief, and care to the unrest we feel within and without. Rather than reject the personal and political unrest that abounds, we will revere it with the humble acknowledgement that we have much to learn about how to move through crisis and change. Through song, movement, art-making, and partner + group sharing, you will practice giving expression to the many faces of unrest: grief, rage, despair, bitterness, hatred, disgust, etc.

Unrest might not be the teacher we want, but it is the teacher we have and need. By becoming intimate with the many faces of unrest and expressing it through our bodies, we’ll be better equipped, informed, and prepared for working with the energies of unrest all around us.

This session is well suited for people who feel disillusioned and doubtful that our usual ways of thinking, moving, relating, or being are adequate for the times. Please note that this is not healing for the sake of feeling good at expense of reality (though some form of relief is likely). This is healing for the sake of making things right within the cosmic order, starting with ourselves.

“When one is pretending the entire body revolts.” — Anaïs Nin

“If paradise now arises in hell, it's because in the suspension of the usual order and the failure of most systems, we are free to live and act another way.” ― Rebecca Solnit

“What goes wrong in the visible world is only the tip of the iceberg. So to correct a dysfunctional state of affairs effectively, one must first locate its hidden area, its symbolic dimension, work with it first and then assist in the restoration of the physical (visible) extension of it.” – Malidoma Patrice Somé