Welcome

by Nathan Viktor Fawaz

Project

Gathering Space is a five-year project in process.

We are here to integrate our intentions, our actions, our values, our needs, our communities, and our possibilities.

We want to feel more flow and less resistance in our lives; we want to feel more connected to our bodies, to each other, to our planet, to the heart of our beliefs.

Practices

Gathering Space is not a program. It is a collection of practices. It is a way to generate and collect practices.

For us, practice is perfect. Practice is more about relief and release than it is about becoming someone new. Practice offers something to sink into and to press against at the same time. Practice offers a little space between action and reaction.

A little space is all we need.

Practice

People

Gathering Space is here, because the people who are co-creating it need the structure of this project to work within. We are human people with rich and full lives.

It is our desire to live in connection with ourselves, our beliefs, our families, our ancestors, our values, our friends, our communities, and each other. We would also like to be in connection with anyone who feels a resonance with this work

Connect

Our Latest Episode

We Are, All of Us, Wholehearted

by Nathan Viktor Fawaz | Year 1, Month 9, Episode 11

Because Life Also Exists On The Inhale

#exhaleinhale
#breatheoutfully
#igivemynextbreathalltheroomitneeds
#gatheringspace

Because Practice is Perfect

#practiceispresent
#iampracticingrightnow
#gatheringspace

Because Accountability is Expansive

#resistanceisexpensive
#accountabilityallowseveryonetobreathe
#itisaprivilegetoaccountformywordsandactions
#gatheringspace

Because Imagination is Powerful and Without Form

#imagineliberation
#imaginewisely
#iimaginewithcareandskill
#iimagineplayfully
#gatheringspace

Because There is Always Time

#foreverisnotinshortsupply
#thecycleoflifeanddeathisnotlimited
#anyonewhosaysotherwiseissellingsomething
#iinhabiteachminute
#gatheringspace

Because at the End of the Rope There is Always More Rope

#takecare
#nothingtoprove
#restandrecovery
#endureontheinhale
#outlast
#gatheringspace

Because We Can Feel Things We Want While Experiencing Things We Don't

#tendthenarrative
#thickentheplot
#makemeaningwhenpossible
#reliefisnotescape
#iaimforrelliefandrelease
#gatheringspace

Because Numb Happens

#insulationneednotbeisolation
#selfprotectionisoneformofselflove
#numbisasignsomethingisworkingwheneverythingelseisnot
#iacceptmyselfunconditionally
#gatheringspace

Because Outrage is To Be Expected

#systemicoppressionisnot
#endstagecapitalismgaslightsusall
#loveisliberation
#iabolishwhitesupremesettlerheteroassumingsaneistableistcisnormativepatriarchyeverychanceiget
#gatheringspace

Because Love Is Fierce and Tender

#imergeandemergeskillfully
#iamgentleandunapologetic
#exhaleinhale
#gatheringspace

Because We Didn't Arrive Here With Exoskeletons

#vulnerabilityispowerful
#boundariesbeatsarmour
#armouroverabuse
#skinandbone
#gatheringspace

Because We Are Wealthy and Generous

#inhaleexhale
#giveandreceive
#selfnourishmentbenefitsall
#igiveallthatihavetogivewithoutgivingallthatihave
#gatheringspace

Because We Have Everything We Need

#exhaleinhale
#righthererightnow
#iamtheseediamthesoil
#gatheringspace

Because We Are Who We've Been Waiting For

#iamnotmypast
#iamnotmypotential
#iamjustright
#noneedforrescue
#gatheringspace

Because We Know Just What To Do When We Don't Know What to Do

#ourgriefisgenerative
#tendtheswivelofthecells
#goodgriefisgoodrelease
#weturntowardwhataffirmsus
#icanrespond
#gatheringspace

Because Life Happens

#wehappenrightbacktolife
#exhaleinhale
#punishmentnarrativeslackforcreativity
#theshouldersofatlaswerejusttherightsize
#gatheringspace

Because, Even When We Don't Fit In, We Belong

#wearebothand
#disconnectionandisolationarenotaboutindividualfault
#wegatherevidencetosupportourbelonging
#connectioncanbeginwithcuriosity
#gatheringspace

Because We Can Do Hard Things Easefully

#wecanbepresentinapathofleastresistance
#feelintoarhythm
#includethewholeoflife
#luckilythereisnoescape
#gatheringspace

Because the Process of Liberation is its Own Outcome

#inhaleexhale
#righthererightnow
#iamtheseediamthesoil
#gatheringspace

Because We Are Alive

#iamalive
#whatisalivewithinme
#gatheringspace

Because We Love and Are Loved

#inhaleexhale
#receivereceivereceive
#giveloveallthespaceitneeds
#noneedtorush
#gatheringspace

Because We Were Wild Once

#howl
#domesticationdoesnotrequiredocility
#iamlearningmyamygdala
#exhaleandexhalesomemore
#gatheringspace

Because Healing is an Ongoing Act of Reconciliation

#bringingpastandpresenttogetherneedsnomiddleground
#healingisanactofindividualandcollectiveimagination
#healinggeneratesmorethanitconsumes
#healingjusticeisateamsport
#welaughbecauseithurts
#gatheringspace

Because We Are Enough

#iamenough
#youareenough
#theyareenough
#enoughisnevertoomuch
#gatheringspace

Because We Are Already Free

#curiositypractice
#gatheringspace

Because Unfurling is its Own Kind of Doing

#yellingatfernsisfutile
#tendthesoil
#breathetheair
#leantowardwhatnourishesus
#gatheringspace

Because it Has Been Hard, and We Are Doing the Very Best We Can

#compassionsurroundsshamewithlove
#weareresilient
#wepracticeskillsofresilience
#breatheoutfirst
#gatheringspace

Because We Came Here Knowing Structure is Vital and Flexible

#inhalepauseexhalepause
#inbecomingwhoweimagineitismostefficienttobewhoweare
#inapproachingchangeiacceptmyselfnotthestories
#structureisecological
#iosaturn
#gatheringspace

Because We Want the Kindness of Our Actions to Reflect the Goodness of Our Intentions

#wearegoodwecandobetter
#feedbackisaformoftrust
#ipracticeopeningtothepainicause
#letimpactinformintention
#gatheringspace

Because We Are Both/And

#weareallallall
#eitherorisadistortion
#gatheringspace

Because We Have All the Space We Need

#exhaleinhale
#wegatherspacearoundourneedsanddreams
#needanddreamsarethesamething
#wegatherspacearoundwhatwedesire
#desireandrequirearethesamething
#gatheringspace