The thirty-first Virtual Workshop "Office Hours" group coaching call with John. You'll learn:

- A practice to cultivate a clear mind, an open heart, and an unwavering presence.
- You can ask for coaching/advice, but you will not be able to take it in without the Chi to receive it.
- Grief takes art. Your body is your palate and you get to express the poetry of your heart through the art of your grief. You can become the young part of you that is afraid, you can paint, write a song, etc.
- Making friends with your broken heart is important.
- The purity of the feeling is the answer. The more you are a Yes to grief, the less it will be a story or thought-form that runs your life and keeps you from grieving. You can do this through a movement practice in which you move, breathe, and make sounds to fully feel and express your grief through your body. The "formula" is: Movement. Breath. Sound. And touching the pure emotion.
- Resistance from the Feminine (in all of us) in a long term relationship is due to unprocessed resentment. The Intentional Dialogue is a good conscious communication practice to clear resentments on a regular basis.
- Osho said the great teaching is Yes. Being a Yes to what the world is offering us is the great practice.
- As a Masculine practitioner, if you're feeling your own collapse, press your feet into the earth and lift your heart. It's the yogic texture of, "I love you no matter what." You can also find the part of your body that loves your partner no matter what and show it to them.
- Wait for the opening before initiating practice with your partner.
- If you practice over a duration of time, such as 2-6 months, and your partner doesn't elevate to meet you, that is good information about whether to stay in your relationship.
- Three elements of powerful art: Your commitment to full expression, your channeling of something greater than yourself, and not worrying about what you look like.
- The best way to be clear in our Masculine is to own what we need, want, and how we feel.
- Dating is a great place to practice responsiveness and being honest with your expression because when you bring more "juice" to the date, it causes the other to elevate.
- Oftentimes, when we open our hearts, our childhood programming will show up afterwards. We call it "homeostasis."
- You can gift fully in relationship while also owning and claiming the boundaries of your own needs.
- Bringing your awareness to own a projection or neurosis is very magnetic to the Feminine (in all of us). A good way to own a projection is to say, "I'm making up..."

Here are some practices & references mentioned during the call:

Intentional Dialogue:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9VY5oM8s6Y

Embodied Grief Practice:
https://johnwinelandstreaming.vhx.tv/morning-practices-for-feeling-and-embodying-deep-emotions/season:1/videos/embodied-grief-practice

Feminine Expression Practice: https://johnwinelandstreaming.vhx.tv/feminine-practices/videos/feminine-expression-practice-pleasure-emotion-love

Mark Groves:
https://markgroves.com/