Bonus Session: Exploiting Innocence

Wild Soul Medicine Radio w/ Jody England

The Come Undone Experience is officially under way.
If you missed my Holy Hot Seat Session on Wednesday, you can catch the replay here: http://bit.ly/cu-jody
Edgy and poignant, tender and evocative… I was held through the session by my long time student and friend, Kelley Reynolds.
Kelley is a mama who lives with her husband and three children on the east coast.
She is passionate about racial equality and radical self responsibility.
Happiest when NOT in the spotlight, she was already working her edges in facilitating my session by agreeing to:
Step forward to coach her teacher
Be seen by thousands and thousands of people
Around a very touchy issue
In the moment, we were both happy with how the session went.
But in the hours and days that followed, we found ourselves in Vulnerability Hangover.
Wondering if people would think she was hard enough on me or gave me a pass.
Worrying about whether we had truly gotten to the bottom of the privilege issue.
And even more painfully for Kelley… entertaining nagging internal questions of being used or exploited.
We stayed in conversation about it and gave it room to move, but days later, it still wasn’t sitting right for her.
We could have had a conversation about whether I was exploiting her or not, whether I was still privileged, or the merits of scrapping the session she had just guided me through, but instead we dropped into The Practice and invited this ruffled place in Kelley closer so we could take a look.
Together.
You are invited to Witness the Grace of that "Session after the Session" here.
It is so indicative of this work that one layer leads to the next which leads to the next.
In truly Undone fashion, we simply ride the waves of awareness, discord, and medicine until we drop into a pocket and excavate what is buried there.
We didn’t side step a thing.
Leaning in to tough questions such as being used and misunderstood because of race, the dilemma of how to honor the suffering of others, and the loss (and return) of Innocence.
Adjusting our senses and attuning our hearts to compassion rather than just pain.
Reclaiming the frozen parts and gleaning the Medicine from the shadowy places.
I hope you will find time to honor Kelley and me with your Presence on this Holy Day.
Medicine for One is Medicine for All.
And there is plenty here to go around.
I love this woman immensely and am so grateful for the courage of her vulnerability and the wisdom of her innocence.
THIS is how we change the world.
Coming toward the tight places and toward one another.
P.S. The Come Undone portal is open. Join us there for the full schedule of Hot Seat Sessions, ways to participate in our social media campaign, and more. It will take All of Us to make the Village: http://comeundonetogether.com