Mōhalu gathers people into circles to feel without suppression. We call this work The Village. The Village is the place where we sit in a circle, tell the truth, and find freedom in feeling. Our circles echo the village of old: where no part of you is turned away, where you are safe to feel all that you feel, and where elders walk with you as you make the descent into the depths of your being.

A 2 hour session typically looks like a Check-In, Doing Work, and Check-Out (and often weaves in poetry, music, breathwork, somatic meditations, laughter, and good ole talking-story). 

• Check-In: One-by-one, people name an emotion they’re feeling and describe a part of themselves they are drawn to “do work” on. 

• Doing Work: In the company of elders and the group, one person is given the space to feel the totality of their feelings, welcome any and all parts of themselves, and uncover their innate wisdom and wholeness. What does “doing work” look like? A person follows the thread of emotion — a process in which they are allowed to slow down, breathe, speak from the soul, cry, yell, laugh, smile, or move the body.

• Check-Out: One-by-one, people share how “the work” they witnessed impacted them (what revelations, feelings, and questions it brought up for themselves).

The Village is the place where you find those who dare slip beneath the still surface of the well (of David Whyte’s The Well of Grief):