Petra Bongartz on Coming Home to Our Bodies & Collective Change #25
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In today’s episode, I’m talking to Petra Bongartz, a facilitator and coach who supports personal and collective change through movement, trauma-informed somatic and earth-based practices.
Her work is grounded in her extensive training in Movement MedicineTM, studies in somatic trauma therapy, the Work that Reconnects, Processwork and Neuroplasticity. She also has a background in international development work with communities, NGOs and governments in Africa, Asia and Europe around behaviour change.
Petra is passionate about supporting people to make their unique contribution to an equitable and life-sustaining world for all. She believes that we are each on our own journey of being a changemaker, and this can take many expressions, all of which are needed in the world. For Petra, working with the body, authentic connection in community and remembering our interconnection with the more than human world are key when it comes to meaningful transformation.
Petra believes that coming home into our bodies is a prerequisite to healing personal and collective wounds and opening the door to change:
“When we come home to our bodies, we come home to the world and find our place in the web of life. From that place of belonging, we find the meaning, purpose and direction we long for. Inner and outer change becomes possible.”
We’re talking about…
Dicovering what’s our unique gift to the world.
How change really happens
Why knowledge it’s often not enough.
How to discover our role in connection with the world around us.
The relationship between movement, healing and community building.
Petra offers her work online and in-person in a variety of different formats, including movement-based classes and workshops, regular group spaces for resourcing and connection for changemakers and spaceholders, themed short courses and events, as well as 1-2-1 work that integrates coaching and somatic exploration. You can check her next workshops and events in the links below.
LINKS MENTIONED
Petra’s Websites:
catalystscoaching.beingoftheearth.com
Upcoming Events
Weekly morning movement sessions on Wednesdays at 7am BST and Fridays at 8am BST. Start the day by connecting to the aliveness of your moving body, in connection with a global community of dancers!
Earth Day Gathering Friday 22nd April 6-8.00pm BST (7-9pm CEST)
Drawing on both Movement Medicine and The Work that Reconnects, we will use this time together to explore our relationship with Earth, to honour, give thanks, celebrate and connect deeply with our love for this Planet.
Becoming Kin: Re-discovering our place in the family of things
A 4 part exploration inside, outside & in the community with 4 online meetings on 25th May, 1st, 8th and 15th June Practices to help us cultivate a deeper and meaningful relationship with the web of life right where we are, to find a sense of belonging and inspiration for our being and our doing in the world.
