"Let Things Fall Apart: A Spiritual Initiation" Workshop

Sunday, January 26th

4pm-6pm PT

Virtual Zoom event

Registration link: https://bookwithRaynelle.as.me/workshops2025

* due to the intimate nature of this event, we will not be recording 

Purpose

“Let Things Fall Apart” is a community-led workshop to acknowledge your spiritual initiation and offers tools to help you manage through the unraveling. In the Root To Bloom community, we understand that “when things fall apart” it’s not about being at fault for these hardships, rather we might consider how these trials are a message from the Universe that we are embarking on a spiritual initiation.

If you’ve been struggling through an overwhelming amount of challenging life experiences and circumstances, all the while managing the turmoils of our external world, join the fiercely loving Root To Bloom community for a moment of transformation to open your heart space to your true capacity to find meaning in your life. 

In this workshop, we utilize the power of storytelling - an ancestral oral tradition for knowledge transfer and narrative change.  Your facilitators will define what they've experienced as spiritual initiation and how they have blossomed through these moments.  The intention of this workshop is to discover and share healing-centered practices through conscious relationship building, deep listening, and offer some key reflections so you can privately identify where you might be in your healing journey.

We’ll create a conscious community to allow our stories to be heard or listened to, provide some key reflections so you can privately identify where you might be in your journey, and then offer ways in which you can begin a deeper healing journey. 

We’ll specifically address areas where a spiritual initiation may be showing up in challenging relationships, hitting roadblocks in your career path,and confronting misalignments with your practices and values.

*Please note, that this workshop is NOT designed to process trauma or challenges that may require more clinical or individualized support. We will not apply any healing modality or ask you to share anything too personal or private aspects of your life experience. 

Rather, this workshop introduces the concept of spiritual initiation from life experience and traditional healing cosmologies that have supported your facilitators through their life experiences. There will be opportunities for you, as a participant to be supported while in a community setting with voluntary sharing and an open Q & A portion of the call.

By the end of the workshop you will

• have a deeper understanding and spiritual perspective on life’s most challenging moments

• an opportunity to reframe your position and perspective on turmoil, and gain some clarity on your life's meaning or purpose

• engage in the power of storytelling and deeper levels of listening while hearing real-life examples of struggles and overcoming them through the concept of a spiritual initiation

• utilize conscious relationship building with yourself and in the community as you begin unpacking where you are in your healing journey as preparation for what lies beyond the challenges you currently face

• take home a workbook to accompany your private journey through self discovery and transformation

Often times, surviving this world feels as if we are being forced to dim our light. That in order to fit in, we are told to hide essential parts of ourselves that do not fit the status quo. Or we are convinced that we must obey and submit to oppressive systems, at the cost of our authenticity, dignity, and integrity.

But, our light is a sacred part of who we are because it guides us back to our true selves, and is also a beacon to others. Our light shares and shows our spirit, soul, and humanity.

The Unlearning Community School wants to witness and spread your light with you. We want to illuminate one another, so the path to collective liberation becomes brighter.

"Spread Your Light!" is our next Unlearning Series event, as well as collaboration and grand opening of Spread Your Light Studios - an accessible community space in Downtown Oakland for events, workshops, and creative projects.

Meet us at Spread Your Light Studios on Sunday, January 19th, 2025, from 2pm-5pm at 339 15th St, Oakland, CA 94612.

Tickets are $35 sliding scale - proceeds will be shared with Spread Your Light Studios and the Unlearn Team as they build new offerings for our community in 2025. Register here

We have limited free tickets for artists, creatives, and makers who want to 'Share Your Light' during our Open Mic! This event is also a mixer to 'Connect Your Light' - meet, support, and link up with other artists, creatives, and makers during this event! The attire is cute and cozy! We will be serving teas, soups, and snacks! All participants will receive a goodie bag! Get ready to share your shiiiiine!

Reflect. Reconnect. Renew.

How often do we pause to appreciate the journey? Join the Root To Bloom community for a sweet night of reflection, connection, and renewal. 

Instead of our usual Holla Dayz gathering, we're offering a special "Year in Review" wellness experience to help you remember your journey into transformation.

What to Expect:

Gather up your journal entries, photos on your phone, or any material you’ve used all year to take stock on your 2024 life experiences to create your own digital scrapbook. We’ve curated a night of community led activities to reflect on the year, harness the power of storytelling to envision your 2025, then end with a cord cutting ritual.  

• Community Gathering: Connect with like-minded souls in a supportive space.

• Year in Review Reflections: Share your 2024 highlights and challenges through a digital scrapbook.

• Goal Setting Prompts: Prepare for a powerful 2025.

• Cord Cutting Ritual: Release negativity and embrace a fresh start.

Join us on Monday, December 30th from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM on Zoom. 

All are welcome, not just RTB alumni! 

Register Here. Sliding Scale: $15 - $30

Reserve your spot today and let's close out 2024 with gratitude and intention. Replay will be available only to registrants.