After recognizing the need to respectfully cancel our in-person Art of Mentoring this summer, we first allowed our sadness to settle. Now, more than ever, we hold the desire to gather as powerful medicine that would offer nurturing pathways for individual and collective resiliency.
…and then, we embarked on a joyful journey to co-create an online offering – in collaborative action with Jon Young and the 8 Shields Institute – that would invite exploration of the dynamic processes and practices that shape the “Art of Mentoring”.
We absolutely acknowledge that a virtual forum can not replicate the experiential and communal vibe that emerges, evolves, and elevates when we gather together with open heartminds in the sacredness of shared space, immersed in the life-giving arms of nature. And…it’s not our intention to try and replicate this unique phenomenon.
However, in this time that calls forth vulnerability, humility, resiliency, and solidarity, we feel compelled to bring people together – from across the globe, as well as from across the street – to explore core practices of Mentoring and what it means to honor human Being… intentionally, thoughtfully, and with courageous authenticity.
Thus, it is with great enthusiasm that we offer Art of Mentoring: Touchstones of the Practice!