There are not many bodies of work with such a creative yet simple format to move people through their most difficult emotions and free up their energies to be more active in creating a better world. I am grateful for Joanna’s genius and dedication to this work, and for all the people working to evolve the practices to meet these times. Read more
Seeking Trauma-Informed Work That Reconnects Facilitators
The state of the world today–climate disruption, racism, mass extinctions, politics and oppression of all kinds–is creating ongoing extreme stress and traumatizing millions of people. We, as WTR Facilitators, want to develop tools to work effectively with people living in a traumatized world. A group of WTR Facilitators is designing a webinar series for… Read more
Featured Facilitator: Margo van Greta
How many workshops and/or events WTR focused do you run a year? It depends: This year I will do six short sessions (2-3 hours) plus a month long immersions with 4 sessions. That is 7 in total. Some of them were in person, before Covid19, now they are all online. Last year there were two:… Read more
Sponsor a Young Writer or Artist
Featured Facilitator: Jolie Elan
How many workshops and/or events WTR focused do you run a year? I typically hold about 8 – 10 workshops a year. Are other facilitators in your area? Who are they? Yes, Molly Brown. Do you have any upcoming events you’d like to share? Yes, a WTR Network Webinar: How to See with Gaian Eyes… Read more
Call For Submissions: Deep Times “Youth” Issue
This issue of Deep Times is opening a portal. We open this portal between the young people* of now, living amidst the Great Unravelling and the Great Turning, and the future ones of 2160. Read more
Confronting White Privilege and Colonialism with the Work That Reconnects
Article by Gwyneth Jones, WTR Facilitator, Coach and Connector. Resposted with permission from: https://gwynethjones.coach/blog/confronting-white-privilege-and-colonialism As part of my training as a Work That Reconnects facilitator, I was asked whether I had ever undertaken any anti-colonialist or anti-racist work. Back then, I had no idea what that really meant – I mumbled something along the lines… Read more
Standing in Solidarity
The Weavers and Coordinators of the Work That Reconnects Network stand in solidarity with Black, Brown, and Indigenous Communities in the United States, Canada, and everywhere else in the world as uprisings gain strength, and brutal repression escalates. We invite everyone in the Work That Reconnects community to stand with us. Those of us in… Read more
Featured Facilitator: Kathleen Rude
Kathleen Rude, MS, is located in Glenview, IL, (near Chicago) on the land of the Potawatomi, Miami and Sioux. She has been involved with the WTR since 2007, when she first began her studies with Joanna. She has been facilitating since 2008 throughout the Midwest and the Rocky Mountain Region, and more recently online. How… Read more
Working safely: tips when using Video Conferencing
With the restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, facilitators of the Work That Reconnects, and many other similar practices have been scrambling to get their offerings online. There are more questions than answers, as we walk in the unchartered territory of working online with emotions and practices that were designed to be “lived” and “embodied”.… Read more
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