Dates: Thursday, March 16, 2023, 7 pm ET
Available by: Join by Videoconference Only (learn more about videoconference)
Suggested Love Offering: $ 10.00
Soulful Conversation: “Rest as a Portal to Healing and Liberation”
Facilitated by Cat Greenstreet, M.Ed.
“Find ways to connect back to your body and mind. Find ways to intentionally slow down. Find ways to re-imagine and snatch rest right now. It is your divine and human right to do so.”
– Tricia Hersey, thenapministry.com
Are you overwhelmed by “grind culture,” feeling caught in the inhuman expectations of an economic system that prioritizes work above everything else, that sees your body as a source of productivity for the building of capital? How do we uphold our values of wholeness, balance, well-being, integrity, and right relationship in the face of an onslaught of dysfunctional external as well as internal cultural, economic, and institutional demands? How do we heal from the traumas from living in this culture?
Perhaps, you’ve rolled this conditioning into work that you love and want to do but drive yourself beyond what is healthy for your body or the balance of life. There is no easy solution, but I’m convinced that we can support one another in finding our own individual paths toward a saner, healthier, more loving way of living together on this planet. That requires resting.
I’ve been deeply inspired by Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey, in which she urges us to face that “since birth, we slowly are indoctrinated into the cult of urgency and disconnection via white supremacy culture.” She’s convinced me that resting – in its many forms, some yet to be invented – is a courageous, essential part of societal transformation: “We must imagine a new way, and rest is the foundation for this invention.” In our Soul Conversation, we will explore passages from this book, reflect in solitude, share in small groups and then in the larger group about how we rest and how we might find our way to slow down, rest more, dream more, imagine, and resist grind culture even (or especially) when it feels impossible.
FACILITATOR:
Cat Greenstreet, M.Ed
Cat Greenstreet, M.Ed. has been a Courage & Renewal® Facilitator since 2006. She was an educator for 30 years and devoted the last 20 of those to Waldorf® education as an elementary and middle school teacher, a high school English and drama teacher, a teacher educator, and a school leader. In the 1970s and ‘80s, she taught English and writing in colleges throughout the New York metropolitan area and worked in business as a technical writer. In 2013 she helped found Hidden Water, an organization that offers a restorative justice approach for all who are impacted by childhood sexual abuse. She is the author of Mania Mysteries: A Grief Journey and currently offers Circle of Trust® retreats and one-on-one clearness conversations, based on Clearness Committees. A thread through all of her work has been creating spaces in which people of all ages can be in touch with their core selves, heal, and realize their full potential. Cat also loves to walk in the forest, garden, play the electric bass, and dance.
If you have questions about registering for this course, please contact One Spirit Learning Alliance by email to info@1spirit.org or call 212-931-6840.