Reconnect Collective

15/10/2023

We would love your support to get Transparency filmed so that we can share it as an online performance with a live q&a for anyone that didn't get chance to see it on stage, and also for communities / groups / schools that want to see it. After an awesome year of touring, great feedback and honest conversations, it feels the right time to do this. We have self funded everything so far and now we need your support. If you can't afford to give money, please share in any way you can. Thank you! Xx

https://youtu.be/pBipTGLn2i8?si=JQe2tz5gyUUDxSvs

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/transparency-film

Transparency is a solo theatre show about growing up northern, working class and trans. We are near the end of our small UK tour and the feedback has been am...

29/09/2023

Hey folks! Our latest newsletter is out now. NVC and Climate Fresk offerings, yes!

We’ve been busy here with all sort of projects related to community, climate, food and health, and wanted to share a few new offerings we have in case they are of any interest.

13/08/2022

Tom will be assisting Penny Spawforth during a 4 day retreat in the beautiful Welsh countryside in late September. Click the link to find out more if you fancy joining our small group for some heart-warming, connecting time together.

Book a block of 5 or 10 sessions with a certified Nonviolent Communication trainer, qualified mediator and experienced facilitator. I am here to open doors to better, more creative CHOICES.

25/11/2021

There are a few places still available for our workshop in Leeds this weekend. Come and spend some time learning and exploring NVC in a relaxed and friendly environment.

https://nvc-uk.com/events/exploring-nvc-weekend-of-workshops/

Excited to be collaborating with northern legends Sarah Ludford and Penny Vine!

Exploring NVC – Weekend of Workshops27th November 2021 - 28th November 202109:45 -17:00Harehills Lane Baptist Church 13 Hilton Place Leeds, YorkshireUnited KingdomOne day: Full price £75, concession £50. Two days: Full price £150, concession £100. Gift price £200LED BY Sarah Ludford, Viv Slac...

16/10/2021

"Pain opens the heart so the eyes see the beauty. So much grief... Not being afraid of the pain. If you are not afraid then nothing can stop you."

https://workthatreconnects.org/resource/joanna-macy-befriending-your-despair/

An inspiring talk with Joanna Macy on befriending our pain, rather than pathologizing it. Despair can open our heart and alert us to what needs attention. Befriending our pain liberates us to be al…

16/10/2021

I/we are interested in running a group following the Active Hope training?
- Are you concerned about what's happening in the world?
- Do you recognise a mismatch between the size of the problems and the size of the response?
- Would you like to nourish and strengthen your response, so that you're better able to make a difference in the world?

Would likely be one module per week/fortnight - could be online, or if most people are local then in person. You would follow a module and then we meet to practice and explore. If you are interested please let us know by messaging here or email [email protected] x

https://activehope.training/

14/10/2021

I'm (re)posting this with a warning - that it is a strong read, knowing you always have choice... and I would love more people to read and have this awareness of where we are, so central to this principle of nonviolence and would love more awareness in our communities...

We are the 9.9% - together can we step towards recognise our privilege without shame or guilt, and instead use these insights to support us to move to action - here it is, with a call to us from Miki...

"I am talking here to myself, and to those of us who see what I see: that there is no path forward that maintains this degree of comfort and isn’t on a collision course with the reality of biological limitations. What is fully unknown to me is how much time is left and what’s going to happen until we either fully collapse or find a way for some or hopefully many of us to walk towards life sufficiently to stop the collapse."

https://thefearlessheart.org/as-things-get-worse/

For the last hundred years or so, significant portions of the population within so-called liberal democracies in the global north have known comfort, ease, and personal liberties that have been unp…

12/10/2021

Here is an opportunity to explore 'Active Hope' in the run up to COP26 - how do we face the reality of climate emergency and find our personal power to engage with this uncertain future?
https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing?eid=18470

Active Hope shows us how to strengthen our capacity to face the current state of the world so that we can respond with unexpected resilience and creative power. Drawing on decades of teaching an empowerment approach known as the Work That Reconnects.

05/10/2021

For those who are interested to deepen their understanding of NVC and get some practice in... We're excited to be teaming up with NVC trainers Sarah Ludford and Penny Vine to offer a weekend of mini-workshops in Leeds in November. Hope to see you there! https://nvc-uk.com/events/exploring-nvc-weekend-of-workshops/

Exploring NVC – Weekend of Workshops27th November 2021 - 28th November 202109:45 -17:00Harehills Lane Baptist Church 13 Hilton Place Leeds, YorkshireUnited KingdomOne day: Full price £75, concession £50. Two days: Full price £150, concession £100. Gift price £200LED BY Sarah Ludford, Viv Slac...

02/09/2021

"NVC brings us a different way of looking at human nature, everything is looked at through the lens of the radical premise that is the baseline of NVC - that everything that every human being has ever done or thought or felt is an expression of the same set of universal human needs that all of us have." - Miki Kashtan

19/08/2021

"Living in vision means stepping into willingness to be judged by others (and often by ourselves) as naive." - Miki Kashtan

Patriachy calls ANYTHING that isn't it naive so don't let that stop you explore your vision for a more beautiful world and what is yours to do in service of that!

18/08/2021

Over and over again, it turns out
that every action, word, thought, feeling, sensation
contains within it
a gift
a gem
a precious longing for something we value
Love

Over and over again, it turns outthat every action, word, thought, feeling, sensationcontains within ita gifta gema precious longing for something we valueLove And none of itseparate from the rest …

18/08/2021

"Unless you believe that infinite growth can happen on a finite planet, we are headed for crisis, because our system only works in a context of growth. We are obviously reaching limits to growth, first and foremost ecological limits. We are in the place between stories now."

Everything in me says we need to be together, gather together, process together, create new stories together... so that no one has to face this transition alone, no one gets left behind.

Charles Eisenstein, famous Author and Speaker, talks about the necessity of crisis, how to live a new story and about circles and community.➡Part of the Circ...

10/08/2021

This is a beautiful & timely video for anyone facing grief, fear, despair & bewilderment around the destruction of our planet... "You don't have to save the world single handed - you just do what you can with what you have today, but do not underestimate your power." - Find people and communities to be with to help process what comes up, connect deeply with the natural world, breathe, take rest, notice gratitude for all the earth provides and all you are already doing to care, see the big picture, see that we have gone through hard times before. I don't want anyone to feel they are alone with this, including me x

09/08/2021

Today is International Indigenous People’s day!
Never before has it been more crucial to hear them, protect them, support them and work with the 476 million Indigenous men and women, as we work for a better future for our planet.

Earth and water defenders fighting not just for their future and communities but for ours too.
I personally want to say a huge thank you to those who protect the land that gives us the ecosystems we all live off of.
I hear you and stand with you, always!

Great image from Mavi Morais for Earth rise Studio.
If you’re on Instagram please give them a follow along with .nenquimo and thank you

02/08/2021

What is calling you? What would you do anything to bring into the world? When challenges arise might that help clarify your intentions? Can you see others to stay afloat with? Ever inspiring to listen to Charles Eisenstein weave this tale...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYgjuMtGQtc

Dreaming every day of gathering together and connecting with each other and the web of life, in this time between stories.
If not now, when? If not here, where?!

From the forthcoming film series Love School. http://loveschoolfilm.comIn this excerpt, author and visionary Charles Eisenstein speaks about the importance o...

09/07/2021

There is a recurring dream... We start to gather, those who see the old story and systems have had their time, that the new story and ways of being are emerging, being remembered and dreamed... We gather first in small numbers, then more of us come, and in that togetherness, around fires and in wild places, the new story and a way of living where all life can thrive is forged and practiced...

“Calling out to those who are seeing the old story and old systems no longer serving Life; Calling out to those who are looking for new ways to live and thrive together; Calling out to those …

08/07/2021

We are a collective of facilitators passionate about reconnection, through all the beautiful creative ways that can happen - through our bodies, movement, nature connection, nonviolent communication, empathy and grief circles, and so much more. If you are offering events to support people to connect to themselves, each other, and/or the web of life, and would like to join us for collaboration and support, for more people to find a way home, get in touch!
https://reconnect.works/get-in-touch/join-us/

08/07/2021

We are excited to share news of our upcoming events, combining our passions for Nonviolence, Work That Reconnects and Bodywork...

Love – Rage – Nourish: 8th August 2021
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/love-rage-nourish-tickets-158433895045

Seeds of NVC: 11-12th September 2021
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-seeds-of-nvc-tickets-159814454335

Find out more: https://reconnect.works/events/

An introduction to the basics of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) set in beautiful woods above Hebden Bridge.