One of my favourite poets is David Whyte. He’s kind of a corporate poet; he goes to people’s places of work or corporate retreats and reads his and others poetry. Sort of teaching a lesson. I hated whenever anywhere I worked wanted to gather someplace for team building (I work alone for a reason), but if any had ever arranged for David Whyte to be there to speak I would have been there, happy and smiling!
That day I saw beneath dark clouds
the passing of light over the water
and I heard the voice of the world speak out.
I knew then as I had before
life is no passing memory of what has been,
nor the remaining pages in a great book waiting
to be read.
It is the opening of eyes long closed.
It is the vision of far off things
seen for the silence they hold.
It is the heart after years
of secret conversing
speaking out loud in the clear air
From: The Opening of Eyes by David Whyte
During the pandemic David couldn’t gather in large groups so he did on line group shit. And if you asked for a discount, he gave you one. I got an email today from him about a big retreat he’s involved with, a global summit. I have permission from the sponsor to share the news with you all!
Humanity is starting to wake up to the awareness of collective trauma. For a lot of people, the topic is overwhelming and they don’t know what to do about it.
The 2022 Collective Trauma Summit provides powerful talks from over 50 speakers to ask difficult questions, and to share opportunities to help us heal.
As we take the first steps as a culture to become both trauma-informed and trauma-sensitive, it’s also important to become trauma-integrating.
That way we can put support systems in place to help people and communities facing major challenges.
This year’s Collective Trauma Summit theme is Creating a Global Healing Movement. If you join us free, here are some of the topics we’ll be exploring together:
~Stories of healing and hope from those working on the ground with people affected by collective trauma events
~Deep-dive conversations on the most pressing issues of our times including war and conflict, the refugee crisis, climate change, racism, and intergenerational trauma
~Illuminating the root causes of collective trauma and how we can address unhealed wounds from the past
~How to shift from individual trauma work to include ancestral and collective trauma in therapeutic settings
~How to create a global trauma response system
If you’re looking around at current world events and asking “What can I do?” then join us for inspiration and ideas for action.
If you’d like more information or want to register free… will you please click the link below? https://collectivetraumasummit.com
And from the poets involved:
Difficult times and complex challenges require creative solutions to stretch the capacity of our imagination.
The 2022 Collective Trauma Summit is so much more than a series of talks, lectures, and interviews, although we have a stellar line up of neuroscientists, trauma specialists, and healers we think you’ll love…
We believe poetry will help bring forth collective healing and new solutions.
To see our full list of poets and musicians, and to reserve your free spot on the 2022 Collective Trauma Summit, you can click the link below.
On behalf of the entire team it takes to put on an event of this caliber, we want to thank you for your participation. Your presence means so much to all of us at this time.
Get free access to the Poet talks and over 50 others in this year’s Collective Trauma Summit: https://collectivetraumasummit.com
And it’s all FREE, did I mention that?