27/04/2026
In our modern way of life, we live in increasingly isolated ways, often physically distanced from family & disconnected from ways of being together in community.
As social beings, our brains are literally wired for connection & this primal need is vital for our survival & ability to engage meaningfully in life.
Our ancestors understood this & their way of life meant that people were unlikely to live in isolation.
Women would have gathered, hand making items out of necessity, participating in rituals that were a part of daily life.
When we sit together, as a group, each engaging with physical materials to create art with our hands, something primal is ignited. We each carry the genetic traces & wisdom of our ancestors, waiting to for the kind of support that helps us reconnect.
In our current way of life, we have to seek out opportunities to sit in community in this way, as they rarely exist alongside our day to day activities.
As a Psychotherapist, I have worked with many clients one to one, however I have witnessed the benefits of being in a group setting…the organic conversations, wisdom sharing & co-regulation are unspoken benefits of gathering together.
Engaging in creative making processes, such as weaving, while in the company of others, can be inspiring, uplifting, nurturing & affirming & can support the feeling of connection & belonging.
The desire to express ourselves creatively may be the inspiration or motivation for joining an art based group, however I believe the underlying primal need for connection & belonging is the deeper calling.
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