As our yearly Earth journey around the sun continues, daylight hours in the southern hemisphere grow shorter as they lengthen in the north. We are half-way between solstice and equinox. Most of us who began calendar year 2020 are still here, but by no means all. A word in newly common usage is pandemic. “Pan” […]
Practices
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 […]
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: […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Galvanized into Action
The Work That Reconnects in Western Australia (WTR WA) The call from the WTR Weavers for Regional Gatherings came at a great time. Two of us were co-convening an Active Hope group, others of us were well established WTR Facilitators and others were long standing activists with connections to Joanna and the WTR going back […]
Biella, Northern Italy: Regional Gathering Report
Reposted in Italian from Eden Sangha with permission from WTR Facilitator, Ellen Bermann (English translation below) Eden Sangha, 2-3 Novembre 2019 Raduno sulla DEEP ADAPTATION appronfondita col metodo de “Il lavoro che riconnette” di Joanna Macy In mezzo a una fitta nebbia novembrina ci siamo ritrovati in una ventina di persone, provenienti da ambiti, formazioni, […]
Southeast US Regional Gathering Report
Written by Beth Remmes The seeds of the Southeast Bioregional Gathering were planted in the summer of 2017 when an email went out to people listed in the Southeast on The Work That Reconnects (WTR) website to see if there was any interest in forming a regional hub. We had some group calls and had […]
Calgary, Canada, Regional Gathering Report
Written by Amy Spark Recognizing this year has been a difficult and extremely changeable year for Alberta (including both provincial and federal elections, climate emergencies, and massive budget cuts from our provincial government), we wanted to connect as a community and recharge. We had two main objectives: a) To foster and deepen connections to each […]
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