Authentic Awakening: Authentic Relating meets Spirituality

Are you ready to participate in and explore the practice of authentic relating, in the context of sharing spirituality, all the while making new friends in the process? If so, please join us for our second "Authentic Awakening" session, hosted by David Schreiber.

WHEN?
Saturday May 31, 10:30am-12:30pm

WHERE? Cheesman Park (south-east of center pavilion)

What is "Authentic Awakening"?

To me, Authentic Awakening is the alchemical process of combining the practice of Authentic Relating with Spirituality. Authentic Relating means sharing our inner truths in relation to others, while also holding space for their truth in the process. Spirituality is connecting to something outside of ourselves, whether it be a higher power, the universe, the stars, a religion, a philosophy, a community, a personal practice, or a principle.

My intention around “Authentic Awakening” is for our local community to connect, learn, share and practice genuine curiosity of each other’s spiritual practices and ideals. We are living in a time where spirituality is truly a melting-pot. It is amazing that we have the privilege to freely choose our religion or practice that works for us! All the while, we are amidst one of the greatest evolutions of human consciousness, catalyzed by technology and the sharing of information- we now have access to spiritual texts and teachings spanning millennia from all over the world.

In this day-and-age of conflict and divisiveness, we need more than ever to feel connected with individuals in our community, learn to relate in a way that transcends differences, and honor our boundaries. This is the magic of authentic relating, and in the context of spirituality, I could not be more excited to share this practice with you.

What to expect?

This is a workshop-style event with a supportive structure used to create a group context around the 5 practices of authentic relating:

• Welcoming everything
• Checking our assumptions
• Revealing our experiences
• Owning our experiences
• Honoring ourselves and others

In this session in particular, we will use prompts, sentence stems, activities and group discussions to get in touch with your awareness, curiosity, truth, empathy, and spirituality.

Please bring an open mind and a willingness to both share your own spiritual perspectives and truths, as well as listen to and understand others perspectives and truths, even if they are different from your own. You will find there is no “right” answer on these topics, and this session is meant not to analyze or proselytize others, but to learn and grow through the process of curiosity and understanding. How deep can we fall into a genuine curiosity to learn and understand someone else's perspective, so that we can expand our own truth? That is the question we will be asking.

The result?
— Expanded relational awareness
— Deeper, more meaningful and intimate connections with self and others
— The potential to begin shifting lifelong relational patterns and blocks
All instructions and prompts will be provided; no experience necessary. This workshop is perfect for those new to AR as well as the well-seasoned.

FORMAT
(approximate)
10:20 - Please arrive early (we will start promptly at 10:30)
10:30 - Welcome
10:35 - Personal and Group Check-ins
11:00 - Authentic-relating and activities
12:15 - Check-outs, Closing
12:30 - Meet a new friend :)

GUIDANCE

• Please bring water and a light jacket.
• We will be sitting on the ground. Please bring a blanket, or a chair if that is more comfortable
• There are some pine trees just south east of the center pavilion. We will be sitting in a patch of grass near there.
• This event is for adults and young-adults only.
• If you are needing to bring a service animal, please reach out beforehand.

COST:
$10 recommended donation. Please consider donating to help cover the costs of running this meetup. You can donate prior or afterwards.
Venmo: @dschreibero (#0110)

CANCELLATIONS
Please keep your RSVP up to date! If your circumstances have changed and you are unable to make an event, we understand and honor your humanness! Please change your RSVP on the event page to "not going" so that a space may open up for someone else.

ABOUT THE HOST
David Schreiber is a trained Authentic Relater through ART International (Level 1 and 2). He has a passion for teaching, learning, and leading. He is also passionate about addiction recovery, energy work, spirituality, producing music and building community.