Details
Facilitated by
John Klingler
Date/Time
Tuesdays| 7:00-9:00pm ET | 6 weeks | July 22-August 26
Cost
Free to Members | $149 for Non-Members
Location
The Hive: A Center for Contemplation, Art, and Action | In Person
1628 Hoffner St Cincinnati, OH 45223
About the Class
Domains
Description
In recent months, frustration with our institutions and government has reached a tipping point. While many feel an unprecedented level of outrage, the question remains: how can we channel it effectively?
This class serves as a laboratory for those who are angry at the state of society and eager to transform that energy into meaningful action. Through somatic practices, we will learn to stay centered and embody our values as we move into engagement.
Between sessions, participants will be encouraged to form groups and attend meetings or events of their choosing, with the goal of identifying organizations or movements they may want to support long-term. In class, we will reflect on these experiences, explore foundational theories of organizing and collective action, and develop tools for sustainable activism.
This class is for you if…
You feel deeply frustrated with the state of society and want to channel that energy into meaningful action.
You value embodied choice-making and want to cultivate practices that keep you centered while engaging in activism.
You believe in collective liberation and want to explore organizing strategies that align with your values.
You are drawn to spaces that integrate personal reflection with external action, creating sustainable pathways for change.
Intention of the Hive
When you join a Hive experience, you're invited into our intention to create a group experience that's inclusive, rooted in mindfulness, and dynamically relational. We aspire for each Hive experience to model these intentions, and even to refine them as we continue to learn how to gather in a way that's transformative! The embodiment of these intentions by Hive facilitators, Members, and class participants is what makes the Hive the unique and healing social container that many experience it to be. To view our Hive Intentions for gathering, click here.
More About the Facilitators
John Klingler
John Klingler is a white-bodied educator, organizer, and somatic coach-in-training from Cincinnati interested in the intersection of personal transformation and collective liberation. He has facilitated a variety of intimate groups dedicated to these ends through a process of embodied, compassionate connection and vulnerable sharing.