Workshop 1 of 2 in the Systemic Constellations mini-series “What Holds Us: Finding Our Right Relationship with the Earth in These Times,” facilitated by Adam Harvey & Cari Caldwell (Field & Fold).
The systemic orders are precise: those who came before give; those who came later receive. The Earth was here before anything else. All life, all giving, all belonging on this planet has flowed from her. And she holds everyone and everything that has lived here — bones in the soil, in her waters.
In this first evening, we bring these two orders into direct contact with the Earth as a named member of our system. We explore what it means to come later — to be receivers of a giving so vast and so prior that we rarely perceive it as giving at all. We ask what happens in the system when the first one is excluded, unnamed, unacknowledged.
Through teaching, somatic inquiry, and constellation demonstration, you can expand your own felt relationship with the ground — the land that held your ancestors, the soil that holds you now — and practice the bow that restores what has been out of order.
Themes may include:
The orders of place and time, and how they apply to Earth as the first system member
What it means to “come later”: learning to receive, rather than take
The systemic cost of excluding those who came first
Somatic mapping of your personal relationship with land and ground
Constellation demonstration with Earth as named representative
Boulder, Colorado — exact address shared upon registration.
Also available as a 2-workshop bundle with Workshop 2 on Sept 30 — $130 plus Eventbrite fees.