Diving Deep in Community: Insights from the 'Healing in Tribe' Retreat

Dear Tribe,

I hope you are well. Before I go into this week's content, a quick reminder that in case you missed this week's Community Gathering Call, you can catch up with the replay here.

And now, for an exciting update...

Last week I facilitated one of my top three events of my career. It was called 'Healing in Tribe' and 44 men and women journeyed together in a profound way.

It was an opportunity for us to come together and explore the healing power of togetherness, and the importance of brotherhood and sisterhood spaces within a larger mixed field.

I'd like to share a brief video introduction to the retreat. While the video speaks volumes, here's a snapshot of the key points covered:

• Nature of Healing: Healing is not a destination or a task. It's a continuous process of recognizing our inherent wholeness and goodness.
• Safety at the Core: True safety is not just physical but is felt at the emotional, energetic, and somatic nervous system levels.
• The Power of Group Healing: Doing inner work with a tribe provides a frequency of connected presence that we might have missed out on earlier in life.
• Transactional Love: Our upbringing often makes our expression and experience of love conditional, leading to a split from our authentic essence.
• Slowing Down: Our culture urges us to rush, but our healing requires us to slow down and be present.
• Rest and Imprinting: Instead of digging up the past, the focus is on allowing our bodies to inform us of our healing needs.
• The Power of Containers: Time spent in men-only or women-only circles can address issues that arise specifically in those settings.

Watch the full video introduction here:

Our intention behind this retreat is simple: to provide an environment where we can all relax into a profound connection with ourselves and each other. It's about creating spaces where our healing can flourish, not because we're pushing for it, but because the environment invites it.

There's so much magic in doing this work together. The collective energy, the shared vulnerabilities, the resonant strengths – they all contribute to a more profound healing experience than many of us have ever known. The beauty of 'Healing in Tribe' is that it's a co-created experience. Everyone is both a teacher and a student, leading and being led by their intuition and impulses.

As part of this week's newsletter, I also wanted to share one of my favourite introductions to circle that was filmed in 2018. It talks about the power of imprinting and getting upgraded by tribe in a way that is impossible on our own... enjoy this bonus video!

A Summary of the main points in this video:

• Heart iQ is a transformative technology that facilitates personal growth by "upgrading" individuals rather than simply healing or fixing them. The term "imprinting" is used to describe the way people are influenced throughout their lives. Growing up, one's parents, societal norms, and experiences imprint on them, shaping their behaviors, beliefs, and tendencies. These imprints can be passed on through generations.
• In today's world, many lack a clear understanding of their identity or roles as men or women because of the lack of healthy imprinting. Instead, modern influences such as technology, media, and even religion dictate their imprints. Heart iQ aims to provide a conscious imprinting that aligns with one's inherent desires, elevating individuals not just from dysfunction to function, but to an extraordinary function. This imprinting process is akin to rites of passage but requires others who are already embodying these qualities to influence and model them.
• The process is exemplified by a communal setting where individuals can learn from and influence one another, upgrading their behaviors, beliefs, and lifestyles based on mutual experiences. Through this community, individuals can tap into qualities they might lack and "upgrade" by being exposed to those who embody them. This technology accelerates the imprinting process, allowing personal growth to occur more rapidly than it would naturally.