Fwd: We believe in the power of storytelling.

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From: "A Growing Culture" <agrowingculture@gmail.com>

Subject: We believe in the power of storytelling.

Date: November 24, 2021 at 3:41:48 PM EST

To: "rafé”

Reply-To: josh@agrowingculture.org

Our beliefs, our institutions, and our systems are all rooted in stories. The concepts of human rights, law, economics, statehood, rely on our collective agreement that they're true and important. It's time we recognized the power of our collective imagination — our power to reshape societies using our capacity to imagine new worlds into existence. Today, we face a crisis of imagination. We can't imagine a world without capitalism. Without the commodification of nearly every facet of our lives. It's not that we lack the facts to convince us of the errors of these structures. It's that we haven't been able to see something beyond them. We are in dire need of new stories. To move forward, we must pour our energy into imagining new worlds. A world where our food system is designed to feed people, not accumulate capital. Where we commune with Earth, not extract from it. One where those who grow our food are valued, not exploited. We see food sovereignty as a story that can unite us in radical re-imagination. Through storytelling, building collective understanding, and driving resources to peasant and Indigenous groups actively leading us to food sovereignty, we move closer towards this radical vision.   IMAGINE WITH US

A Growing Culture was founded to celebrate the culture in agriculture — to center the peasant and Indigenous voices who are actively reimagining our food system. The missing piece is not more data to prove what farming practices feed the world. The missing piece is our ability to see how interconnected we all are. How our liberation is tied to those growing food thousands of miles away. Food sovereignty is a movement rooted in that interconnection.   SUPPORT THE MOVEMENT

Our storytelling centers the root causes of injustice in our food system and invites wider audiences to recognize our shared struggle for liberation. Our platforms and our stories are always open-source, to be shared and circulated for the growth of the food sovereignty movement. You can easily access these stories through our Food Sovereignty 101 guide.

UNDERSTAND OUR HISTORY TO SHAPE A BETTER FUTURE   READ   WHY THERE IS NO FOOD SECURITY WITHOUT FOOD SOVEREIGNTY   READ

THE CORPORATE PUSH FOR A FUTURE WITHOUT FARMERS   READ     IF WE SEED MORE JUST SYSTEMS, SUSTAINABILITY WILL FOLLOW   READ   HOW SEPARATING CULTURE FROM AGRICULTURE HARMS US ALL   READ     TRACING THE COMMON ROOTS OF OUR UNJUST SYSTEMS   READ

We believe that knowledge should not be gate-kept, so we offer all of our work for free. Because of this, we depend on your support to keep telling these stories. If you believe that another world is possible, support us. In solidarity, A Growing Culture   DONATE   If you are a part of a community, or have a platform to support us, we would love to hear from you. Please get in touch at: margarita@agrowingculture.org

A Growing Culture, P.O. Box 1286, Asheville, NC 28801, United States You may unsubscribe or change your contact details at any time.

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Fwd: How can we find solutions? Thomas Hübl News

Dear DawnXena, 

No single person alone knows the answer to today's pressing questions, but together we can BECOME the answer. This happens as we each embrace our own role in life as fully as possible, and join together in healing communities where these potentials can come to fruition. Here we can feel the power of the collective answer flowing through each of us. This is the planetary immune system at work, bringing forth a global innovative force.

In this sense, we wish you a wonderful end of this year with lots of light and inspiration!

Warmly, 

Thomas Hübl, with regards from the entire team

How to stay in relation through disagreement Learn the Fundamentals of Conscious Healing The Pocket Project at COP26 Climate Conference The Wonder of the Heart: A.H. Almaas and Thomas Trauma Super Conference Other Information and Events How to stay in relation through disagreement

Across the world, rifts are showing in families, circles of friends, work teams, and more. There are polarized views on political and social issues that seem unbridgeable. The pandemic is one of them, as is the issue of climate change. Here is what Thomas says about it:Check in on your experience, how close or how distant do you feel to a group of people, or to one person you don't agree with? We can have a strong disagreement with somebody and still be in relation. Contrasting viewpoints do not mean that I have to disconnect from the experience of the other. Re-traumatization happens in the disconnect from the experience, not in the disagreement of how we see life. 

It is not WHAT we talk about that is painful, it is HOW we talk with each other. The relational experience is a key factor in data transfer, and relation is a data connection. If I talk to somebody from a distance how can I expect that the person will listen to me when I don't even feel her or him? But if I am able to be with somebody that I disagree with in a kind of closeness, then whatever I bring in the room has at least the highest potential of alchemical power."Watch the short 6-minute video >>

 Learn the Fundamentals of Conscious Healing

In this FREE recorded Masterclass, Thomas shared a new approach that integrates healing work with your spiritual path and addresses the larger collective trauma in our world today.Watch the video >> The 5 Principles of Conscious HealingThis Masterclass previews what's inside The Conscious Healing Course that's now available as a self-paced training with over 20 hours of teaching. You can watch at your own pace, and download all the transcripts, meditations, and more.This program is suitable for both healing professionals as well as anyone ready to explore the leading edge of healing."This is one of the single-most impactful teachings I have ever experienced. I have gained a depth of wisdom way beyond that which was previously possible and the people we work with are reaping the benefit. I highly recommend this work for anyone in the healing profession." – Catherine A., Craniosacral Practitioner"Thomas says, 'Presence activates potential.' My intention to be open and present to what's going on, including my own contractions, I think has helped my leadership team to do the same." – David G., Corporate CEOLearn more and save $150 for a limited time >>

Learn more here

3. The Pocket Project at COP26 Climate Conference

Kosha Joubert and Anne Vollborn from the Pocket Project were on the ground at the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow! From November 1 to 12, they raised the concern that the aspect of healing collective trauma must be included so that stable solutions to the acute challenges can be developed. The Pocket Project is committed to restoring our collective ability to relate to the world, thus enabling a fuller expression of our unique contributions. Kosha and Anne achieved amazing things - supported by a huge team in the back and in the foreground! In up to four daily live broadcasts, they opened the space and built a bridge between the conference and the outside, as some of you have also followed. Our presence at the Climate Change Conference has transformed us. The immediacy and vitality of being there as a global community, bringing our hearts, minds and bodies present to the climate crisis, embedding ourselves in interbeing and belonging was painful, beautiful, extraordinary."Many of the live talks and events have been recorded and are publicly visible. Among them are conversations with Thomas Hübl, Charles Eisenstein, Pat McCabe, Karen O'Brian, William Ury, and many others! See here and get a vivid impression of the processes in Glasgow >>Would you like to contribute to keep the Pocket Project going like this? Then we would be very happy about a donation from you!

The Wonder of the Heart: A.H. Almaas and Thomas

January 27, 2022Join this live online event where Thomas will be in conversation with A.H. Almaas, the founder of the Diamond Approach to Self-realization. In today's world of fast-food spirituality, we can get caught in the illusion of finding a spiritual 'fix' for the challenges of life. In this conversation, we will look at the notion of integrated spirituality, and how effective spiritual practice needs time and space to be deeply nourishing, healing and sustainable. Join us to explore what it means to commit to a spiritual path and to live with an awakened heart.Click here to learn more and register >>

5. Trauma Super Conference

December 3 - 9 (Thomas' talk will air on December 5)This free online event will feature interviews with 70+ physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, researchers, scientists, functional medicine experts and naturopathic doctors about effective interventions to heal trauma. Hear from internationally-renowned luminaries like Dr. Peter Levine, Dr. Pedram Shojai, Michelle Johnson, Jessica Lahey, Melanie Tonia Evans, and many more. Thomas will share why healing our collective trauma is so essential to all of our healing, as well as: 

The impact of our ancestors on our lives now  The danger of spiritual bypassing  What true healing looks and feels like

Sign up for free here >>Thomas' Book in three Languages

ENGLISH: Healing Collective Trauma - A Process for Integrating Our Intergenerational and Cultural Wounds Purchase a copy of the book and receive two free gifts at CollectiveTraumaBook.com 

GERMAN: Trauma heilen - Persönliche und globale Krisen verstehen und als Chance nutzen Find out more on the publisher's website, including a reading sample. 

DUTCH: Helen van collectief trauma Find out more on the publisher's website, including a reading sample. Translation is underway for Spanish, Finnish, and Hungarian.

6. Other Information and Events

December 7:Download Meditation with Thomas - a global virtual meditation practice without technology - MORE INFO >>

December 13:Pocket Project Community Call, overview and space to share with Kosha Joubert and others - MORE INFO >>

December 15:Next LIVE session of the Mystic Café with Thomas - MORE INFO >>

February 2022:Start of the two-year global Timeless Wisdom Training with Thomas Hübl - MORE INFO >>Visit Thomas Hübl also on:

   

Fwd: TREND: A Wave of Scent Innovation Fueled by the Pandemic

From: Global Wellness Summit <info@globalwellnesssummit.com>

Subject: TREND: A Wave of Scent Innovation Fueled by the Pandemic

TREND: A Wave of Scent Innovation Fueled by the Pandemic   Fragrance is being developed and applied for wellbeing in dramatically new ways Back in 2019, one of our key trends was how fragrance was getting a wellness makeover. With a new understanding of scent's role in our mental and physical health, there was a new wave of functional fragrances and scent-for-wellbeing applications starting to rise.     The pandemic has kicked research into how scent impacts human health–and innovations in how scent can be deployed for wellbeing–into higher gear.     Several forces are at play. Study after study shows how profoundly scent is linked to emotion, and with global depression and anxiety crises, more companies developed–and more people snapped up–fragrance products designed to improve their mental wellbeing in the search for some at-home self-care.  As CB Insights reported, if perfume sales were down in 2020, sales of aromatherapy and home fragrance products reached record levels last year. For instance, sales of incense rose during the pandemic, with new products that are a far cry from the '70s patchouli fogs: sophisticated creations with natural ingredients and old-world craftsmanship.

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The Trends in the News

What Can Covid-19 Teach Us About the Mysteries of Smell?––The New York Times   COVID-19's strangest symptom–losing one's sense of smell–has opened up new doors to understanding our most neglected sense. If you want to understand our long cultural history that has denigrated the importance of the sense of smell and the mounting research on how smell is a "startling" and complex superpower–read this article! It covers so much: from how the human smell system involves 400 receptors that can detect as many as a trillion smells; how unlike sight, which needs to pass through various parts of our brains to reach our memory or emotion centers, smell has a uniquely direct pathway; and how our olfactory receptors are even closely tied to our immune systems, alerting tissues when there are pathogens nearby.

Functional Fragrance: Scent Is Being Elevated as a Channel for Health & Wellbeing––Wunderman Thompson   The pandemic has brought a heightened focus on the link between olfaction and wellbeing. Doctors are prescribing smell training("physical therapy for your nose") to COVID-19 patients experiencing a loss of smell. Brands are harnessing functional fragrance to lift our moods and reduce our anxiety. For instance, Rochas' new scent "Girl" positions itself as the "first 100% feel-good perfume", a natural, vegan formula formulated to relax wearers.

These perfumes will make you more creative––Financial Times  For the last 40 years, perfume was all about sex and attraction, but innovators are reimagining scent's power in self-discovery, personal creativity, and expanding the mind and trying out new ideas. DS & Durga's fragrance encapsulates "all that we love in music, art, nature and design"; cult brand Escentric Molecules' "Beautiful Mind" series is inspired by dance and writing and Aesop's new perfume line "Othertopias" was specifically designed to incite dreaming.

The Power of Scent Technology for Enabling Immersive Wellness––Design Well  A look at how tech is now catching up with the power of scent. The future: technologies that can create immersive sensorial spaces and personal "wellness zones"–whether via TVs, home entertainment theaters, or other smart devices. For instance, Scentscape, from tech firm Hypnos Virtual(seeing some significant investment), uses AI to create "scent tracks" akin to a cinematic musical score–so it can trigger an endless array of mood-altering olfactory sensations.