Build resonance and resilience virtual circle event
0 CommentsThree, 40-min live virtual circle events in April. Join us to build resonance and resilience together in a virtual circle using Zoom. Come as you are. Share the burden you carry.
“Through resonance and internalization of us as companions, our way of holding them may gradually become the way they are able to hold themselves.”
Bonnie Badenoch, The Heart of Trauma: Healing the Embodied Brain in the Context of Relationships
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What is this live, virtual circle about?
Note that event times are in Central time (Chicago, USA)
Join Carolyn (Koa) Elder, Coach, Inner Realm Guide and Founder of Conscious Content and Kevin Brown, LPC of Austin Mindfulness Center for 40 minutes of building resonance—a simple communication format that allows sharing of one’s experience, reflective listening, being heard and gives others the opportunity to express their resonance with our experiences.
Building resonance with one another is a subtle, yet powerful way to:
- connect with your sense of belonging to a larger group.
- share the weight of any burdens you may be carrying.
- understand that you’re not alone.
- remind you that you don’t have to bear your burdens alone or in silence.
- discover resources you didn’t know you had.
- feel the truth of our shared experiences.
- build resilience through collective relationships.
“Greater awareness and amplification of this level of connection between people and between groups and other, larger forces may help us find our way back to the knowledge and experience of our fundamental connections to one another and our environment, and enable us to make greater progress toward our common human goals than we have been able to do using idea exchange and analytic problem-solving alone.”
from The Resonance Project™
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What’s the format of this live, virtual circle?
Time needed: 40 minutes
- Arrive and brief intros (time permitting).
We’ll begin this virtual circle by feeling into the circle itself and briefly introducing ourselves as our essence—or spirit.
For example, “I am Name: courageous wise one.”
Or, “I am [one word].” - Briefly introduce building resonance format.
We will introduce the format for building resonance together (which will be displayed throughout the meeting as a visual guide) and facilitate the group through the process as those who feel called share their experience and we build resonance with each other.
The building resonance format utilized for this virtual event and described below has been adapted from faculty at Hakomi Institute Southwest in Austin, TX.
- Follow the themes as they arise and until they feel complete (time-permitting).
Finally, we’ll organically follow each theme (topic) until it feels complete with the group and/or a different version of the theme or a new theme is brought into the group.
Note: depending on attendance, themes may be limited by the total count of attendees. We estimate approximately ~3-10 themes may be shared per virtual circle. - Repeat.
We’ll repeat steps 1-3 above.
Note: depending on attendance, themes may be limited by the total count of attendees. We estimate approximately ~3-10 themes may be shared per virtual circle.
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Learn more about collective resonance
“Collective Resonance™ is a felt sense of energy, rhythm, or intuitive knowing that occurs in a group of human beings and positively affects the way they interact toward a positive purpose.
It is not created by human beings, rather, it emerges when they tap into the underlying unity, coherence, rhythm and flow of the universe. It can be felt as a physical level of connection, facilitated by vibrational exchange that operates constantly, whether or not we are communicating verbally or are even aware of its existence. It conforms to the laws of physics, among other things.
The word resonance means “re-sound”, which indicates a flow of vibration between two things, in this case two or more people. The word has been used in many contexts, such as in psychology where it connotes empathy, or in the spiritual realm where oneness or unity of things is implied. Building on these, the physically resonant aspects of group dynamics are explored by The Resonance Project™.
Greater awareness and amplification of this level of connection between people and between groups and other, larger forces may help us find our way back to the knowledge and experience of our fundamental connections to one another and our environment, and enable us to make greater progress toward our common human goals than we have been able to do using idea exchange and analytic problem-solving alone.”
~ from The Resonance Project™
Beginning in 2011, she invested more deeply in her own mindfulness exploration and education as a Sahaja yoga/meditation guide and two-time apprentice of spiritual teacher and humanitarian, Vanessa Stone. Carolyn is an Ayurvedic Sadhana Consultant, having completed training in 2018 under her teacher, Maya Tiwari. Maya served for two decades as a Vedic monk belonging to India’s prestigious Veda Vyasa lineage and is the founder of Wise Earth School of Ayurveda.
Carolyn is currently immersed in her practicum after graduating from a two-year comprehensive Hakomi Mindfulness-Centered Somatic Psychotherapy practitioner training through Hakomi Institute Southwest.
Founder of Conscious Content, a mindfulness movement for business that serves the greater collective good, her intention is to bring ancient mindfulness technology first to individuals, and then their teams and organizations to connect them more authentically with themselves, one another, and their tribe.
Conscious Content’s guiding inquiry is: what would business look like if work became our sadhana—our personal growth practice?
Her chosen name, Koa, is of Hawaiian origin and means fearless and courageous.
Her given surname, Elder, is of Scottish origin and signifies one who is wiser, older and quite possibly born near the Elderberry tree.
