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"we get so gripped by the crisis, we put our softer parts to one side"
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Dear Reader We're sooooooooooo lucky here at ANZPOP! We're starting to see the videos of our conference presenters talking about their sessions, the thinking and feeling processes informing the sessions, and WOW, WOW, WOW! First up, Charlie Wood's session: Navigating the Climate Crisis as a Spiritual Journey. If you haven't read Charlie's bio yet, long story short, they are a bit of a big deal in the climate movement, a very deep thinker and feeler, and a passionate Process Work learner. We've just uploaded four videos of Charlie talking about what to expect in their session, their journey to Process Work, burnout in the climate movement, and what they mean by a spiritual response to climate change. Check them out here: A few quotable quotes we loved: PW is about teaching and learning awareness, noticing signals, following nature. It’s so missing from social change spaces because we’re so caught up in our own adrenalised panic. We get so gripped by the crisis, we put our softer parts to one side. But to my mind, these are the parts that are most needed to transform the devastation of what’s happening. PW was an ah-ha moment – drawing on all these beautiful lineages that I’ve gotten so much out of…weaving them together into a framework that wasn’t trying to dichotomise change – you either do individual work or you do systemic work – it showed how they are all interconnected. When you’re a deeply feeling person, when you feel with and about the earth and people’s suffering, it’s a real honour because it connects you and allows you to have experiences that contribute to more groundedness in your work.
But it can also be very overwhelming. Grappling with boundaries and porosity – how much to let in, when to close the door, when is it too much. We cannot possibly feel it all, it would overwhelm the psyche.
Stay tuned, next week, we'll be sharing videos from Bec Lang, talking about her session on Fruit fly, feral goats and forestry: finding the path of heart! warmly ANZPOP P.S. You can watch all four videos here. If you want to share them with others, you can forward this email or you can find them on the ANZPOP Facebook page. |
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