Blessing with Trouble and Love

Three nights and a day in Queensland, Facilitated by Randy Jones, author of "Medicine Without an Expiry Date: Indigenous Remedy for Modern Trouble." 

Come prepared to be welcomed and invited to hear story and poetry. The best of it acknowledges the trouble that sits next seat over alongside love. If you know how to lean in, bring that along and lean into the participation of speaking up and speaking out, listening, laughing and if things go well, even a touch of weeping and dancing!

In the view of tribal peoples, the challenges and passions of loving require more than human knowledge and skill. The extra power was often seen as coming from the unseen—myth, story, the magic of nature that can't be "3d printed." Myths could be helpful because they describe situations that all people in all times experience. The practice of bringing the personal into conversation with the perennial is an ongoing one.

This way of working with story in community is not only personal, and unique for each listener, but the time-tested way of training those who would tell stories as well. If that is your interest, these evenings provide valuable experience. The myth doesn't tell you what to do—it helps you understand what the situation already really is anyway.

YOUR INTENTION

What is your trouble at the moment? Bring a willingness to see if the story might have any comment on that issue. As Rumi said:  "Dance when you're broken open. Dance, if you've torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting."

PRACTICAL MATTERS

Full Tuition $60.00 —— Concession (self determined) $45.00

Arrive before opening time, please. Please turn your cell phone off for the duration of the workshop unless absolutely needed. All are welcome in this space. If by any chance you know how to do hand drumming, please contact Randy prior to the event.

FACILITATION

Randy Jones is the author of "Medicine Without an Expiry Date: Indigenous Remedy for Modern Times." In the words of Malidoma Somé, Randy is "a person dedicated to teaching others by encouraging them to expand their horizons, explore their inner emotional depths and transform their way of being in the world.”

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