How might we stay attuned to what’s ours to do as we witness and feel the impacts of a world in crisis? In this half-day community gathering, we will engage in transformative practices and rituals designed to support us in exploring layers of grief and painful emotions so that we may metabolize and repattern our relationships with them and with ourselves.
The Work That Reconnects (WTR) is a life-affirming transformative group process that supports us in alchemizing our painful emotions, rekindling our deep love for this world, and remembering our belonging. In the Spiral Journey of the WTR, we begin by grounding in gratitude, create space for honouring our pain for the world, open into seeing with new eyes, and go forth with renewed connection, courage, clarity and purpose.
Hosted by Frieda Nixdorf and Gary Reedy in Nevada City, California.
Depending on the weather, we will be spending time both inside and on the land. We encourage participants to be prepared for rain and cold temperatures. At the close of our time together, participants are invited to gather for a light, vegan meal.
This series is offered in the spirit of generosity with space reserved for those who may not have access to financial resources. We are asking a sliding scale payment between $85 – $165.
Please note where you align and contribute accordingly via Venmo at @Frieda-Nixdorf (x0166) or PayPal at @FriedaNixdorf. If you would like to make an alternate form of payment please add a note in the registration form.
Frieda Nixdorf is committed to liberation for all. She facilitates transformative experiences for participants to remember our belonging, interdependence, and kinship with the more-than-human world. Among many things, Frieda has studied art, religion, psychology, deep ecology, yoga and the intricacies of the beautiful and broken world we inhabit. She has taught Eastern and Western Psychology at the community college level, and soul purpose and professional development at the graduate level. Frieda offers Work That Reconnects and Soul Purpose workshops and serves as a Weaver for the Work That Reconnects Network.
Gary Reedy is a former River Scientist who has participated in 18 Wild and Scenic Film Festivals and lately turned to grief tending and group ritual as a means for personal wholeness and community healing. Gary has participated in several grief & gratitude retreats. He is familiar with six gates of grief from both personal experience and holding space for others. Gary is Director for the United Way of Nevada County and a Councilman for the Northern California ManKind Project.