Connection is a basic biological need, even for the most hermit-inclined among us. Plenty of studies have been done on the brain deprived of human connection to understand just how fundamentally we need other people.
It’s nice how much variety we can bring to this: close friends, family we love (but maybe more at a distance!), teammates, co-workers, even people we happily bump into at concerts or shopping. Heck, we even get some needs met by movies, social meda and just reading the paper — they remind us we live in a larger community of people, and we’re part of that.
The pandemic forced us to figure out how those other platforms could support more of the connection we need. So much moved to Zoom, and to our delight we found real connection could be had there. In the constellations world, with great relief we discovered how the universal Knowing Field works no matter what, and that the web of relationship we have with each other and the ancestors does transcend place and time.
Then why, when I gathered with thirty other people last June for our 6th Annual West Coast Constellations Intensive, was I tearing up at how meaningful it was to be together, physically? Well, we all know, right? Being together physically is a part of connecting that we need. We have to feel other bodies, and do things with other bodies. The joy of worshiping together, eating together, or even watching a movie together — we’ve all re-discovered it’s not secondary at all. We need to physically feel each other; our bodies know it. Even if sometimes that gets uncomfortable!
So, we have the gift of the pandemic about how our technology makes rich connection at a distance possible. And, we also have the re-discovery, at this moment in the evolution of the pandemic, that we need, really need, each other.
In October, I have two offerings that reflect both of these truths. In just two weeks, I begin my sixth constellation training, and my third online since the start of the pandemic. The training is not going back to an in-person format, because for such a lengthy and in-depth experience, the financial savings for participants is so significant, it’s actually not justifiable to insist on in-person learning anymore. It does have a 4-day residential component, so that we can learn the constellation movements that are only (or mostly) possible in-person.
Also in October, however, I also offer a two-day workshop in New Mexico for anyone who wants to do constellations in-person again! This is for both the advanced student and the person completely new to constellations. We’ll enact those beautiful constellation movements: leaning on a parent who feels safe for the first time; embracing a loved one that had died prematurely; facing our future with strength and clarity; sitting on the floor before our fate, really understanding how much bigger it is than us.
What have you discovered about disconnection and re-connection in the last two years? Please share your stories on my blog below.
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