Nurturing Spirit

A spiritual shift, in which we see ourselves as inherently interconnected, is an important part of holistic learning. The healing work that needs to be done in the world has much to do with spiritual awareness, with waking up to our inherent interconnectedness, our deep interbeing with the earth and each other. Nurturing the spirit is an integral part of a paradigm shift toward what new science calls relationality. To explore our inner selves and interconnectedness, we need spaces of presence, stillness, and mindfulness, and intentional practices that help us become more fully who we are. In spaces of stillness, we may also notice that paradoxically the inner self is not static, but just like all energy is part of a continuous dance, a search for dynamic balance. In this way, we can begin to feel our radical relatedness to all life which is always in change and flux, intrinsically dynamic. My story of teaching Spiritual Leadership class and Sangsuree’s story of learning from a personal retreat offer insights into how we can open spaces of radical relatedness and bring our spirits into all that we do.