Manifesto for Integration // Winter Wellness Series

Jan 31

Written By Cole

There is a place where we all meet, all connect, all our paths weave in and out, no matter who you are, where you’re at, we are constantly interacting on some level.
Tuning into this takes a considerable amount of effort. Consistent practices of self-awareness, other-awareness, getting comfortable with being uncomfortable, accepting the BOTH AND of life, existing in a spectrum of contradictions - learning to accept that in ourselves so we can respect it in others. This comes to build an understanding of reciprocity. A necessary component for moving in this wild and wacky reality we are faced with literally all the time. Exhausting and exhilarating. Moving with ignited motivation and heeding the deep call for rest and integration.
Cultivating a sense of “wellness” is essentially a massive on-going conversation with your heart, brain, organs, body, cells, emotional being, that weird alien like part of you, your aura, ether spirit, meta cosmos star stuff you’re made up of - basically your entire fleshy suit. The work needs to simultaneously reject and accept the current crisis of “wellness” we are dealing with. It needs to be re-written by each and every one of us because no one - NO ONE knows what you need better than YOU. Facilitators offering a variety of things should first and foremost be encouraging you to dive deep into your own critical thinking of how whatever is being offered can move through you and serve YOU and your unique version of wellness.
This conversation I speak of truly starts with whatever you intake into your body. First and foremost food. We need to REMEMBER our bodies know balance. The path back to your most aligned eating is already inside you. Information that can help you find that is literally the MAIN purpose of // FOOD AS MEDICINE // a reclamation of HOW WE REMEMBER. SO many things can support this. For example, add in some herbs in your cooking / drinking. BAM!! YOU’LL have some serious OG ancestor power swirling around with your cells. After all, plants have been around way longer than us and we need to give a SERIOUS nod to all those homies. To keep going - a magical way to sync up with your own power to light up your life/body/heart is a combination of all this and intuitive/restorative movement. This can really get things flowing - energetically and physically by increasing flow of the lymphatic system.
Cue shameless plug — These are some of the topics that will be offered, discussed, and integrated in the upcoming winter wellness retreat in Walton, NY, March the 4th - 6th.
If this is a conversation igniting a spark in you, PLEASE join us.
We are eager to co-create space with individuals and share things to support you in your unique journey. Discuss what we’ve dedicated our souls to in this lifetime so you can re-imagine it for yourself and apply it to your life. The goal is to create a support system for consistency and with that in mind, Glowing Heart Center as a whole and the three humans holding space for this retreat are re-thinking how these experiences can provide temporary respite from reality AND leave you replenished and ready to integrate new rad tools for upgrades to your flesh suit and brain mush. Part of re-envisioning this is creating a container for this work seasonally. We hope to inspire you to join us for a version of this in each season with content and communication about the cyclical nature of this work as each season manifests differently across all modalities.We are curators of intuitive movement, obscenely delish and nutritious food, reframing our experiences, exploring portals, and just being real chill, real human humans.
Our Mission statement is ever-evolving. The foundation of this work is the belief that this whole wild ride we call life is rooted in the earth and routed through the portals in the BALANCE of the BOTH AND. We can be and be serious, poignant, deep, and connected while also being your totally ridiculous self at the same time because this experience is totally ridiculous!! We survey the depths and beam up to the galaxies. Join in casting a wide net of LIGHT_WORKING~HUMANOIDS!!!!!