It began with a question – how are each of us bound by our own thoughts, the culture we are raised in and the influence of lineage?  Sitting within a circle of woman, we settled in together, knowing we had the evening and all the next day to explore, create and move with our inquiry.  There was an out breath, a moment when we looked at each other and knew that this was sacred time, time set aside for our personal and collective healing around the feelings of being bound, of being owned, of being abused, of learning to take back our voices and create our own houses of belonging, a place in our hearts where we were safe as women.

The conversations were rich and deep, the visual explorations on paper extraordinary and the movement that graced us all was one of solidarity, communion and wonder at the blessings that we all felt showered with at the end of our time.  The workshop ended with an integration dance with the men who had also had an evening and a day to explore their place in the wheels of time as men, in this moment.

What follows are images from the day as well as a video of the dance that my daughter and I choreographed and taught to the women during the workshop.  It is as an invitation to all of humanity to be a voice for love, for being open hearts, for belonging.