Man- Groove is a heart-centred, embodied Sharing Circle and Movement Medicine® ongoing programme for Men. Weekly sessions- Monday OR Tuesday OR Wednesday, 7-9.30pm GMT
Small, intimate, closed groups
Intention and Core Values
Moving men - moving with whatever is arising in our psyche, our soma and lives in general can lead to healing, wholeness, evolution and creative solutions to life’s challenges and opportunities. By listening deeply to what needs to be felt, what needs to be expressed, what is calling for change, evolution and creative exploration we can move away from our conditioned reactivity towards a deeper sense of healthy responsibility - the ability to respond creatively to whatever life is presenting to us. Our intention is to move and be moved - physically, emotionally, psychologically, spiritually and relationally.
A safe harbour - is needed, and is co-created though organic leadership and collective care and attention. A place of refuge and mutual support, confidentiality, inclusivity, nourishment and encouragement where we feel safe, valued, seen, heard, honoured and respected. Where our presence is felt and our contribution is invited and celebrated. This happens in the context of an evolving community of embodied, heart centred men who are inspired to live lives of meaning, purpose, reciprocity, creativity, integrity, response-ability, health, balance and fulfilment. Witnessing and being witnessed, authentic sharing from the heart and ‘power beside’ are golden keys.
Embodiment resourcing - happens through explorations of and inclusion of all aspects of our being human - physically, emotionally, psychologically, spiritually and relationally. In Man-Groove circles this is built on the fundamental resourcing of essential Movement Medicine® practices and through clear structure, heart sharing and embodied witnessing and listening. Together we develop our innate capacity to listen to and engage with the full somatic spectrum of how it is to be a living breathing human in a body, whilst looking into the potent mirrors of a circle of brothers.
Recognition that ‘No man is an island or a world unto himself’.
Reconnection as a circle of men, in a place of safety, inclusivity, non-judgement and ‘power beside’
Community - Healing comes through community, connection, co-operation, collaboration, communication, creativity and cultivating wholeness.
Balance - We seek a healthy balance - between ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’, between the rational and the mystical, between inner and outer worlds, physical and spiritual worlds, between our personal and professional worlds and between our courage and vulnerability.
All life is sacred - We recognise that all of life is sacred and we strive to make choices in our thoughts, words and actions that honour our children, our elders, our ancestors and all of life.
