Start new mourning circle cycle: “CELEBRATING GRIEF”.

Since November 2019, ‘De Grenswaker’ (spaceholder on borderlines) offers mourning circles within Extinction Rebellion on a voluntary basis.

In deep gratitude for the lessons learned and the work that is developing, a new phase is now beginning:
I concordially invite you to participate in the new cycle of mourning circles offered from November 26, 2020: Celebrating Grief!

IF YOU WANT TO JOIN, ASK FOR THE LINK IN A PERSONAL MESSAGE OR E=MAIL: irene@de-grenswaker.nl

In the meetings we will make room for the emotions that arise when the impact of the ecological crisis, climate change and global disruption of the old system bring their message home.
When we hold space for these emotions it is possible to recognize and acknowledge them as mourning, raw mourning. It becomes possible to learn to be with these emotions and to detach ourselves from our, almost automatic, reaction to them. Many depressions and burn out find their breeding ground here.
This creates the space to look at it with different eyes and to give us an answer, instead of reacting from it. The vicious circle then turns into a spiral, with which we move upwards towards the future.

It is time to put the basic form of the work back into the light. At the same time, from different angles, there is a question for help in setting up local mourning circles. How beautiful would be, if you could share this space with your peer rebels, that give us the energy to rise up, speak truth and hold up a mirror to the system?
This is the reason that in the new phase there is also room to participate with the intention of eventually facilitating mourning circles yourself.

The first step is of course to participate, and from there grow to the moment when you can bring the circle to your own location with confidence and with a supervisor to consult.

We welcome you on this intense but fruitful journey, where everyone takes his/her own steps in that regenerating connection with ourselves, each other, the Earth, and all the life she carries.

Every two weeks, on Thursday afternoon, from 15.30 to 18.00 hours, we zoom in. The first cycle will be held in English, to be as inclusive as possible within Extinction Rebellion. The next cycle will be in Dutch, to be as inclusive as possible in the Low Countries: “Rebellion without Borders”