When our parents get older ... (online gathering)
DATE:
Sunday, April 14th
TIMES:
10 - 11.45am Berlin
9 - 10.45am London
7 - 9.45pm NSW, QLD
You can register by transferring your contribution HERE (Suggested contribution between 20 and 50 €).
This is an invitation to gather around the Fire (online).
A circle for those who wish to bring awareness to their relationship to the journey of their parent(s), as they grow older. Perhaps you are at the very beginning- when things are slowly and quietly starting to change. Or maybe there has been much change already, in the form of illness, dementia, dying and other expressions. Some times this journey is long and incremental. Other times, it all happens so quickly leaving us overwhelmed and confused.
In any case, this time is a big portal. The theme of change and transformation will be with us, as well as the gifts that may lie in the spaces in-between.
If this resonates with you, welcome 🤍 .
Questions you might be living right now
~ What happens in me when the roles with my parents start to reverse in some way?
~ What do I actually feel (as opposed to what I think I am meant to feel, as a ‘good’ child to my parent(s)? Do I have the capacity to feel? Do I allow myself to feel?
~ What is mine to give in this situation? Where are my limits and boundaries?
~ What unexpected moments of new connectedness might be happening that I want to acknowledge in the midst of these changes?
~ What is my self-image in this changing situation? And who and how am I, really, truly, honestly?
~ How can I be with confusion and these new feelings I’m experiencing
~ How can my life, with its many facets, maintain its integrity while caring - or not caring - for my parents?
~ What is coming up as grief in you? What gates of grief are opening up? (see more below)
~ Where are there pockets or spaces of gratitude in your heart?
~ Where is anger/ rejection to be found? How do I navigate the intensity?
~ What are resources for me in times of intensity?
~ What roles do the different circles of the ecosystem of my life play: siblings, other relatives, my circle of friends, the land with all its beings, the earth, the ancestors?
... all or some of those - and more or other questions you might currently be living - or have lived. You are welcome, with your very own questions and stories. There is space here to be deeply heard and to give the gift of deeply hearing others.
This circle is also for people whose parent(s) have died already, either recently or a long time ago - and who feel that their stories have not yet been heard, perhaps because there was no space for them at the time.
MY BACKGROUND
At this moment in time, I have my own deeply felt experience with this subject. I myself am in the middle of this portal with its many uncertainties and have realized that some people feel the same way and that there are not many safe spaces for exchange and for embodied processing.
So here I am, offering my experience with transitions in general; Rites of Passage; the Vision Quest space as well as my ability to facilitate spaces where deep listening, embodiment and transformation can take place.
ELEMENTS OF THE gathering
The number of participants is limited to 10, so that everyone who wishes has the space to be heard. We will arrive and land with each other, welcoming our bodies and all that is here. There will be space to share, possibly space for more intimate sharing in 1-1 spaces. If appropriate and desired, there is space to be mirrored (= get your story told back), a body journey for integration. But we will see what is appropriate and wants to happen at the moment.
You can register by transferring your contribution HERE (suggested contribution between 20 and 50 €). You will then receive a Zoom link from me: nice to have you on board.
With love,
Susanne
The five gates of grief (Francis Weller)
THE FIRST GATE: EVERYTHING WE LOVE, WE WILL LOSE
THE SECOND GATE: THE PLACES THAT HAVE NOT KNOWN LOVE
THE THIRD GATE: THE SORROWS OF THE WORLD
THE FOURTH GATE: WHAT WE EXPECTED AND DID NOT RECEIVE
THE FIFTH GATE: ANCESTRAL GRIEF
