Our vision for the future of our planet is the one of a connective culture . We want to contribute to it by organizing connective events and invite you to connective practices. Because:

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'We only care about what we love

we only love what we are connected with' 

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​What is a connective culture?

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The origin of a connective culture must go back to the beginning of humans. There are still people living in connective cultures, like San Bushmen ( ~300.000 years). My mentor, Jon Young has been visiting them over 10 years and doesn’t stop talking about their kindness, deep empathy, playfulness, curiosity and connection to the land. These people are not aware of the uniqueness of their culture, just like a fish of the water where it swims and ask themselves how can we live in a disconnected culture based on conquering, control, destructive competition, etc.

 

A connective culture is based on collaboration, interdependence, support, recognition of each other's gifts and contribution to the whole. 

When you watch social animals you see them using similar practices of connective culture and that is the reflection of an ancestral commonality in our nervous system. Modern science catches up with it and points out how these practices are really good for our nervous system and actually what our nervous system needs for us to feel good. 

 

According to a 9000 year old teaching based on oral tradition everybody needs to be seen, heard, understood, felt valued for his/her contribution and needs to have a sense of belonging. Do you feel that it is true for you? How often do you experience it? 

 

There are some dance partners of these 5 universal needs, which are called the cornstones of connective culture:

1. Welcoming

2. Wiping off the Road Dust and Story of the Day

3. Gratitude

4. Culture of Allowance (letting everyone be, where he/she is)

5. Unconditional Listening (from the presence instead of thinking what to say next)

6. Lifting up the gifts in others and ourselves 

7. Peace-tending & Relational modelling

8. Facilitation as a Cultural Element - using common sense in sharing time, energy and resources

9. Mentoring, Curiosity & intuition 

10. Wrapping the Bundle and Closing

 

Because most of us didn't have an opportunity to grow up in a connective field we need to create it and practice it together. It’s a way of being together.

Maternia aims to be such a place of a welcoming container of connective culture. A place of timeless play and timeless conversations, where you can drop into your quiet mind and speak from your intuition. A place where you can feel safe, be seen, heard and understood. 

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So if it resonates with you, check the agenda if there is something for you and let us know by sending us a message. You might send us a message anyway. We'd love to hear from you.