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Four-week exploration of milestones in a gay man's life, connecting dots and soothing wounds through conversation and breathwork. Sundays, starting May 17.
You have to go the way your blood beats. If you don’t live the only life you have, you won’t live some other life, you won’t live any life at all. --James Baldwin
For many gay men, the closet may be a distant memory, childhood bullies are shadows, and past relationships retain only their gilded edges. Meanwhile, we walk down a path of hookups, dates and partners - sometimes happily, sometimes boldly, sometimes neither - without understanding how much the past holds the key to the present.
Join me for a 4-week workshop where we'll use traditional milestones in a gay man's life to revisit the past, turn over stones 'best left unturned', and shine a bright light of sweet compassion on our old stories. We'll use our past, supposed warts and all, to strengthen our current and future capacity to love. There's been joy present the whole time, even when we couldn't see it.
Every week, we'll do some writing and engage in honest, open discussion with each other, followed by breathwork. Through it all, we'll help each other see how blessed we've always been to be gay and strive to love with a roar, not a whisper.
Week 1: Joy - First Crushes (May 17)
Week 2: Gentleness - Coming Out (May 24)
Week 3: Honesty - Previous Sex and Love Partners (May 31)
Week 4: Clarity - Current Path (June 7)
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What's breathwork?
It's a three-part breath with two inhales and one exhale, repeated rhythmically. You perform it lying down, and it's a much more active form of meditation.
What's it look like to do breathwork at a virtual event like this?
Be sure to create a calming space for yourself: wear comfortable clothing, prepare a supportive surface to lie down on, and have a blanket and pillow ready.
Even though you may be solo for this session, you're still energetically part of the virtual group, and because of that, the open, loving community helps provide support and encourage fearlessness on your part.
We'll start the session by grounding and chatting for a bit.
Then you'll lie down and place your laptop/phone so that you're visible from the waist up.
I'll lead you through the active part of the breathwork where you'll do that three-part breath for an extended period of time. I'll help guide you and try to hold things steady for anything that may come up.
After that, you'll get to enjoy a still, quiet, restful meditation.
What's the result?
Like everything, it's best to show up and just be in the process and leave the results to the universe. That said, as you get further into the breathwork session, your mind gives way to your body. You often feel physical sensations that are of a higher vibration. That moves energy internally so that you can let go of the mental chatter way more easily than just walking around thinking.
And it's that bit of open space that brings a feeling of lightness, a feeling of connection, and often clarity about things you're seeking.