Spring Neighborhood Ingathering
Gather with neighbors for ritual and reflection to honor our flourishing this season. “What kind of lives do we want to live?” Free and open to all, must RSVP.
The Spring Ingathering celebrates the transition from the Season on Becoming (Feb–May) to the Season on Flourishing (May–Aug). So we turn from the question “What kind of person do we want to become?” to the question “What kind of life do I want to live?” How do we turn our inward growth to outward contribution? How do we share our gifts to serve those around us? How do we discern and create a life of meaning and purpose?
For this Ingathering, we'll create space to explore and honor each others' sense of purpose in the world in this season of life. We will use drawing and motion to respond to guided reflections on our sense of purpose and aliveness. Through these individual and collective creations, we’ll turn the season together as neighbors.
What we'll do:
Please arrive on time at 2pm so we have enough time for spacious reflection
Setting the space with breath and poetry
The core ritual: A big spread of paper, markers, reflection prompts, rotating round-robin, individual and shared reflections — connecting with purpose and meaning for this season with your neighbors
Closing with breath and poetry
What to bring:
Something to write on/with
An open heart
This event will be co-facilitated with the support of our first recently graduated Neighborhood Flamekeeper Cohort, a group that supports friends and neighbors through emotional support and human connection.
Presented by the San Francisco Contemplarium, a neighborhood institution focused on honoring our human journey through contemplative events, installations, and programs that serve the neighborhood to help people slow down, connect, and support each other.