Untangling Threads around the Heart

I will offer a visual way to parse the threads of our inner experience that get tangled in fraught relational situations. Based on the NVC practice of identifying feelings and needs--we will tease out the finer threads that make up our own unique tapestries. Perceptions, fears, hopes, and values are some of the possible threads to gently untangle and bring into the light for the wisdom and support that they offer us. We will sense into the right next steps for us--whether it involves tending to our care, reaching out for support, or communicating with another person.

We will use simple, flexible templates to guide our process using colors, words, and images. The intention is to help you to be in touch with your experience, to feel supported by your own and others’ witnessing, and to clear space around the Heart for the flow of vulnerability, connection, and healing. Each session will be dedicated to a phase in this process, with time for solo work, group sharing, and pair sharing/focusing.

The sessions will be dedicated to the following:

1- Parsing the Threads--Identifying the treads of the relational situation, clarifying their messages, touching their needs and gifts.

2- Weaving our Unique Tapestries--Affirming the elements that make up our felt sense of the situation, and of our qualities, needs, gifts, living energies.

3- Channels of Communication--Turning our inner threads into discrete channels for external communication. Beholding the reality of a situation, what messages can be said, and under what circumstances? We will practice a safe way to convey what we wish, hope for, and know to be true of our experience. We will sense into what feels possible to say in the situational space. 

Please bring blank paper, writing implements, and colors that you like to work with. Some experience with Focusing and inner work will be helpful.