6 Months of Soul
Online Ongoing Group - with Jenny Macke
Jenny has been focusing on Open Floor Teacher Training and will return to this work in the Fall 2024.
Please send email to inquire info@jennymacke.com or join Jenny’s mailing list
IN THIS GROUP WE WILL EXPLORE:
Open Floor Embodiment Resourcing Practices
intermixed with other souling oriented practices
A GROUP
TO SUPPORT YOU TO CREATE A CONTAINER
OF DEPTH AND A PRIORITY OF SOUL
IN YOUR LIFE
DURING DIFFICULT TIMES WORLWIDE
SOUL is calling us to be more present in our decisions, actions, and informing ourselves of our unique place of service in the world
OUR WORLD NEEDS MORE SOUL!
There is a lot going on in our world that does not make sense. When we turn towards and tune into soul, we can shift the way we move in a world that is full of uncertainty. Tuning into soul gives us inner ground and the possibility of a guiding light in the center of ourselves; body and being. So when things get topsy turvy we can turn to this embodied intelligence.
The seed of this group is the belief that we each have a unique place of service in the ecosystem of the human and non-human world. We are all interconnected, and to arrive there we need to tune to our unique nature of being and doing. When we do this there is a possibility we can find more ease in ourselves and in our work in the world. At the very least we can learn to pause more and find resiliency by listening and trusting something inside ourselves instead of just news of a world getting rocked on its heals.
6 monthly modules include:
An inquiry with Embodied Soul and the practices that support this.
Investigating greater instinct and intuition in our decision making that comes from more integration of soul wisdom in our centers.
Diving into Dreamwork and keeping a Dream Journal. Learning how to investigate dreams from a somatic perspective that can offer us possible guidance in our deep psyches.
Deepening relationship with an animate Natural World - Romancing our relationship to the natural world and unearthing allies and support in the web of life that is all around us and is waiting for us to find more belonging.
Cultivating Your personal Mythos - Shifting the way you see and are seen from a logical or right/wrong perspective to creating a poetic personal mythos that supports you to step into a bigger story of your life and soul calling.
Investigating Threshold moments - Learning how to create regular personal rituals, ceremonies & altar creations. Also asking the question or investigating the evolution of a larger Rite of Passage that helps us come into more mature wisdom and contribute to a mature world.
Format:
We will meet monthly online for a 3-4 hour designated time of study and practice on one Saturday a month from 1pm-5pm PDT, 4pm-9pm EST & For folks Down Under Sunday 7am* AEST 9am* NZDT (for ONLY our first meeting there is daylight savings and the time is 6am AEST & 8am NZDT)
Not all of this time on Saturday is online. Each time we will move & dance together online at the beginning of our Saturday session but then sometimes we may do an exploration piece offline and come back to share. Other times we will stay online but incorporate inner time and not just time attached to the screen. At the very least there will be a half hour break during our time on zoom. I am very careful when I teach to tend zoom fatigue. Please know I track this and try to come up with creative solutions for this to be lessened!
Dates of group meeting - Saturdays PDT/Sundays Down Under September 25, October 23, November 20, December 18, January 15, February 12, March 5 (March 5 is a little different as it is our final 1.5 hour meeting/ritual to mark our completion of the group)
Weeks, that we don’t meet online, I will offer something that helps hold space for you and deepen your learning from the theme we worked with in person. I will “hold space” for you and your inquiry through various tools to create a supportive environment including customized movement practice music mixes, embodied inquiry practices, nature exploration, soul practices, videos, and community interaction. I utilize an interactive online platform for this purpose (this is not facebook!)
People can attend this group from any place in the world. It is rooted online in terms of assurance of gathering together each month.
Saturday Dates for 2023 group: To be announced
Fee: I have created a sliding scale for this group to be respectful of all the different situations that people find themselves in during this time of COVID-19. Please consider carefully what you will receive from the group and what your life circumstance is along with my time and commitment to hold space and create this six month format. I trust this process and you to make the best decision for all.
Sliding Scale: $125-$300 per month. A 3 month payment is required at registration to reserve your space and a second 3 month payment is to be made before the December module meeting. Please email Jenny to register: info@jennymacke.com. For purposes to keep the group intimate, the space is limited to 18 people. This group will most likely fill. Please plan accordingly!
Optional: A One-on-One mentor meeting with Jenny - I suggest as part of this group you schedule at least 1 one-on-one mentor meeting with me. This is an additional fee of $75 per individual session and you can do this in person or online depending on your geographical local. It will definitely deepen your experience with very personalized support, exercises and inquiries that might not be fully part of a regular session.
Questions: Yes, 6 months is a significant commitment and It is so clear that we get out of life, what we put into it. If you are longing for a greater sense of soul at the center of your life, this is for you! See below from quotes of previous participants... Working online together definitely works and the depth and learning of this group last time it was offered was so palpable.
I am so happy for you to email me and inquire about any other questions you may have! info@jennymacke.com
Influences of study for other soul work that I will combine with Open Floor Movement Practice:
Extensive Study with Animas Institute: Living in an animated natural world and interconnection of soul.
Wild Mind “parts” work/training and internal family systems work that help make sense of “parts” of self and the differentiation and interconnection of soul essence.
I have worked with environmental studies, deep ecology and interconnection with the natural world for 30 years. This was my formal career before teaching dance and embodiment
Dreamwork study for 18 years influenced by the work of Jung, Marion Woodman and mentoring from Jillian Froebe and various Animas Institute facilitators
Extensive trauma study and the effects on the nervous system and attachment through Jin Shin Tara, Diane Poole Heller and fascial integration in the body
Threshold work from vision quest experiences and personal investigation of soul clues leading to substantial changes in my body and psyche in relationship to the human and non-human world
Extensive study for 25 years of elements of ritual and shamanic healing practices from a variety of sources including Core-shamanism, Sandra Ingerman, Francis Weller, the Animas Institute and self-designed ritual for personal healing.
Teaching about soul and embodiment for 30 years through workshops and classes and witnessing a wide variety of unique humans and incredible web that can develop through supporting, mirroring and loving each other on a path of soul discovery
A long term personal visual arts and writing creative practice that includes symbolism from sleeping and awake dreaming.
My Mom said I came out of the womb asking the questions “why” and I was a philosophy major in college inquiring from the beginning of “what does it mean to be human”. I realized at some point that I was going around and around in the mind to figure these things out and that really the inquiry of embodied soul and interconnection to the great mystery of myself and the natural world had more richness and meaning then finding specific answers.
A deep value that the greatest teacher is NOT a charismatic leader but our own commitment to a community that is having an intimate and ongoing soul conversation. I'm a space holder. I offer strong form for inquiry. The rest comes from self and soul community exploration and sharing. This is the forming of a wisdom council of sorts. Your curiosity and commitment is so welcome!
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