We're taught that love is something that happens to us. A feeling that arrives, sometimes departs, and is mostly out of our hands. But what if love is something we do? A practice we can learn, refine and return to throughout our lives.

Inspired by the work of bell hooks this two hour online workshop draws on Gestalt therapy, nonviolent communication and psychosynthesis to explore love as a daily, deliberate practice rather than a mystery beyond our control. Through teaching, guided awareness, paired conversation and small group sharing, we'll look at what love actually is, how it lives in the body, where our ideas about it came from, and what it asks of us in the ordinary moments of our lives. 

Who is it for?
Anyone who is interested in exploring ideas about love in their own life and experience in a mutually supportive online group through discussion and reflection. This is a space for exploration, not therapy.

What you'll take away:

✅ A clearer sense of the difference between love and the things we often mistake for it
✅ An exploration of the felt experience of where love lives in your body and what travels with it
✅ Insight into the messages about love you absorbed growing up, and the chance to choose what to keep and what to let go of
✅ A simple framework, drawn from bell hooks, for the qualities that make love real in practice
✅ Practical language for naming feelings and needs, drawn from nonviolent communication
✅ Connection with a small group of others exploring the same questions
✅ Reflection prompts and a curated reading list to take the work further

The workshop is led by Benjamin Cook, a Gestalt and nature-allied therapist for Roots and Resonance a non-profit organisation supporting individual and organisational development through nature-based and creative practice. www.rootsandresonance.org

Read a text on love as a practice by Benjamin Cook

Saturday 30 May 10am-12pm UK time on Zoom. Booking throught Tickettailor