Durham Relational Flow: Authentic Relating & Conscious Play

Newcomer 2-Pass: $50 cash or Paypal

*Free for HeartFire Members*

Numbers on Meetup do not represent our actual attendance.

In a Hurry? The Basics:

Authentic Relating groups like this tend to be deep, playful, and intense. Read about the practice, below.

We host an intro & warm-up each week for newcomers. Our Meetup has been meeting for over 10 years... it feels that good.

We alternate T-Group and Relational Flow practices every other Sunday evening for variety.

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Full details:

What is Relational Flow?

What happens if a group focuses on how to co-create the deepest, most beautiful experience possible together? This is Relational Flow.

Sometimes the answer is a healing experience that leaves us feeling lighter and more open. Sometimes it is playful. Sometimes the Flow leads us into deep meditative states together.

On the surface, the practice is very simple... you sit in a circle, and share spontaneously and freely:

Feelings
Desires
Feedback
Stories

However, we add something huge: a conscious, meditative focus on sharing only what increases the well-being of the group as a whole, which we call the Good, True & Beautiful. This is what makes it both uplifting, and a relational meditation practice.

We begin each session with a brief meditation and a ~20 minute intro before we dive in to the Relational Flow meditation practice.

If you're thinking about joining us, click "Attend" below!

Payment:
Relational Flow is FREE with our HeartFire Monthly Membership. Your monthly memberships help us build a vibrant, stable community! Join here: Membership Registration

Discounted 10-passes & memberships are here:
https://navigatechange.org/tgroup

For drop-in after your first time, RSVP using Meetup and secure your spot via PayPal: https://paypal.me/BenjaminWhitehurst or let us know you'll bring $40 cash at the door.

Register in advance: space is limited!

Logistics
Doors open at 4:45. We begin at 5pm and end at 8pm. No entry permitted after 5:15pm. Please plan to stay for the entire session, as we do a grounding exercise at the end.

Bring a water bottle with a lid, no food in the space.

The group is encouraged to self-organize to go out together afterwards.

Who Is This For?
We are a vibrant community of healers, artists, professionals, and brave consciousness explorers. Many of us arrive seeking:

Real Connection
Deeper Relationships
Get Beyond Small-Talk
Expanded Awareness
Intimacy

Others are here for training. Your sessions count toward our 200-Hour Certification in Relational Leadership! Please track your hours.

Those who join us tend to be brave—authentic relating requires a level of openness uncommon in our society. Are you willing to be in the presence of all emotions—including the ones we usually avoid like shame, jealousy, anger, sadness? Are you willing to express yourself openly and receive authentic feedback from others? Are you willing to forgive when others make relational mistakes?

We expect all participants to be fully responsible for their own physical, emotional, and psychological well-being during these events: Honor Self. And we invite all participants to respect each others' boundaries and be kind: Honor Other.

If this is for you, we look forward to meeting you, o brave soul!

To help us experience as much joy and as little drama as possible, we've created a Disclosure & Waiver detailing these expectations of self-responsibility & kindness to others, including the known risks of the practice and guidelines for conflict resolution. Your registration for this event means you have read and agree to the terms of this waiver, including the agreement to fully resolve any disputes related to this event using community conflict mediation. You can find our invitation toward diversity & sameness on the same page.

We invite you to join a 10-year-old community and experience not just the depth possible in an evening of authentic relating, but the sense of soul-enlivening community available for all who play, relate with us over the long term.

Your Host:
Benji Whitehurst, M.A. is a Tantric Relationship Coach. He studied Transpersonal Counseling Psychology at Naropa University, and certified in Integral Circling through the Boulder Integral Center. He has been practicing T-Group and other Authentic Relating practices since 2012.