the catalyst journey
What is the journey going to be like of YOUR VOICE AS CATALYST (starts Jan 31)?
There are forests in it, ancient forests of imagination through which we walk and one by one, all together, you declare your intention:
You say:
this 4 min catalyst expression that I will write, speak and embody is going to jumpstart something this year. it is the propulsion. and it is the seed of something concrete - the text for my new website, the book I want to write, or a group you want to organize or a project I want to start, the love I want to embrace. You name it.
You declare your intention. The old trees listen.
We walk on paths of sun and at night, we make a fire and gather around it, as Papuszca did.
Oh Papusza, born as Bronislawa Wajs, a Polish Romani singer, born in 1908. My land, woodland, I am your daughter. The forests are singing, the land is singing;
One day, singing what came naturally, she was asked, do you know that what you are creating? And she said…. (see the video below)
I just love her reply. It totally disarmed me the first time I heard it. Because creativity is our shared human inheritance. It emerges naturally when we are moved, and inspired.
With this reminder of our shared creativity, we travel:
Session 1: Jan 31: Invite Fear in for tea
…when you sip something hot like tea, it gives you time to talk softly and see each other and that’s how we’ll engage with fear, playfully, softly…creating a safe circle where you will be seen, supported.
Session 2: Feb 7: Explore the truth and fiction of what keeps you silent (Write & Embody)
…using language of the senses, image, touch, taste,
Session 3: Feb 14th: Express what wants to speak (Write & Embody)
…sound and smell, moving our bodies in small gestures, easy, natural, organic movements.
Session 4: Feb 21: Share Messy First Drafts
…how we celebrate messiness + there is a one on one session with Shebana to refine.
Session 5: Feb 28 Share Second drafts in our Catalyst Circle
…oh joy to be guided to speak our one true thing that will launch us with power into this new year.
Session 6: March 6: Chart the smallest next step and one by on, all together, take one step
…seeing three steps, tiny tiny, and we take one - right then, right there - each of us, a practical step, tiny and true.
AT THE END: you will be in a different place than when you began. your voice. your body, will have catalyze something that was hidden and something that wants to speak. You will have a resonant blueprint for actions you want to take this year and more…
PLUS remember you also have *one 1:1 Story Session with Shebana (@50 min): to share, refine, distill, consult, write, embody….
and may I end with my grandmother - everything seems to be connected to my grandmother these days! - but really, you have to see this…
Have a look
to the left is Papusza and the photo to the right is my grandmother, Parveen…see?
