Joanna Macy At the next BeingChange Circle, on June 11th, I will be showing the short video of Joanna Macy’s talk at the 2009 Bioneers conference. You can see it on the home page of her web site at www.joannamacy.net. After viewing the film, we will call the circle and share what comes up for […]
….or the Great Work, The Shift, Conscious Evolution, Transition….I decided to post a few quotes to try to convey the essence of these concepts. I hope you will take it upon yourself to dig deeper. This is the essential spiritual path of our times: David Korten: The term “The Great Turning” has come into widespread […]
You may have noticed, if you’ve been visiting this blog, that I’ve recently dropped the word “women” from “Women Weaving the Great Turning Through Circles, Art, & Story.” While there will continue to be women-only circles and events, and special emphasis on empowering women’s vision and voice, it truly didn’t make any sense to exclude […]
In the film about these transition times entitled “What a Way to Go,” Derrick Jensen tells the following story. During times of war, the native dog soldiers of the southwest would plant a stake, called a picket pin, in the battlefield and tie themselves to it. They were making a visual and visceral statement that […]
BeingChange circles are really twofold: having circles and collecting stories about our experiences of being in transition and our visions for the future. These stories can be expressed in any artistic genre: poetry, essays, songs, dance, photography, and the like. So, the stories are the end, the goal, and the circles are the means. One […]
I’m excited about introducing you to a remarkable Weaving Man; thankfully one of many in our world. His name is Bill Plotkin and he is the founder of Animas Institute. Their focus is on “nature-based initiation” designed to empower a “foundational shift that elicits each person’s most creative, soul-rooted response to our precious, critical moment […]
Communing with friend in Otavalo, Ecuador I want to introduce you to two amazing women – Jan Phillips and Vijali Hamilton. These women are visionaries, artists, and activists PLUS they’ve both taken extraordinary trips around the world doing their art while promoting peace and nurturing relationships with diverse peoples. Hearing their stories, and others like […]
Phebe at Morey, sacred Incan site in the Andes of Peru BeingChange has been a long time in the making and has gone through many evolutions before settling into “Weaving the Great Turning Through Circles, Art, & Story.” Though I imagine the seeds were planted possibly before I was even born, it wasn’t until I […]
Phebe with Joanna Macy “I believe in my heart that we are being called to be Edgewalkers: hospice workers to what is dying and midwives to what is waiting to be born.” From the BeingChange web site Dear friends, For me, being an “Edgewalker” is an intensely spiritual journey. My personal journey has been influenced […]