Community and Healing
"There is nothing like a deep intimate relationship to stir up all of that we have uncooked in ourselves"
- Jack Cornfield
Meditation and mindfulness are amazing tools, so is yoga.
However, the stories are endless of people who have reached their near enlightenment states when meditating on a mountain top, but when heading back to society the stillness is harder to sustain.
In meeting their parents or falling in love, all emotions and behavior patterns bubble up to the surface again because they are yet not embodied.
This makes me understand why some of my strongest learning environments have been when being part of a group and healing through community.
Some of my strongest learnings have been:
Learning how to place myself on the inside and belong
Understanding that feeling left out is often an inner experience that I can change
Joining the singing, dancing, and connecting to others!
My therapist says ”Trauma happens in relation to others and therefore can only fully heal in a relationship”.
You also know the saying "It takes a village to raise a child"; like babies, also adults learn new ways of being in ourselves through others.
This is why my teachings and programs are highly interactive. In the meeting with the other, we receive the mirror we need. Yes, please meditate, but don't put the expectation on yourself that you should learn to heal all parts of you in stillness.
When someone is deeply present with us, difficult emotions feel easier to be with, and the sensation of pleasure doubles!