this circle isn't complete without you
you belong and you are welcome here!

...

we gather...

    for connection; cohesion;
    coherence & for camaraderie

    what is council?

    Council is a timeless technology, universal in form and function, practiced in countless cultures across time and space. The core recipe is simple, two or more beings circled around an altar (often a fire) with a talking stick and an intention, whom speak and listen from the heart. Simple ingredients whose alchemy provides access to a rich and fertile field of collective resource, remedy and resolve — beyond that of each individual.

    In addition, direct experience has revealed this council isn't just a council, but a collective constellation and sacred ceremonial gathering in service to life; generating connection, cohesion and camaraderie — and amplifying personal and planetary coherence.

    who is this council for?

    This offering is for the organic ones — those spiritualizing matter and guided by the breath of the divine — living at the precipice of becoming and who straddle the emergent and living edge of possibility, where there are no maps or reference points for what awaits. If you value the medicine of vulnerability; authenticity; and intimacy — and welcome a hearty communal space to bring, breathe and be you; to give and receive; to digest, absorb, assimilate, eliminate and compost your life experience; to sow seeds, tend blooms, and harvest fruits of heart — weaving as a collective in service to one another and life — than this council is for you.

    why council now?

    In these radical times a nourishing space for path-cutters to connect is critical, especially as the thin ice of what has been thaws at an accelerating pace — and what will be looms as a thick fog of possibility. In gathering, connecting, and communing with intention and from the heart, the awe-ful and terrifying somatic experience of groudlessness is grounded — and wild fires like loneliness; isolation; depression and hopelessness are quelled by the cooling waters of camaraderie. It is in counciling with kin, new and old, where new and old cracks and crevices reveal to heal thru sacred alchemy — and where bridges of light are built today to morrow.

    about your facilitator:

        🔥    i am born of fire     🩷    i am life    🕊️    i am ken    🐚

    My given name is Kenneth Ira Fried and i am a holy luminous miracle as vast as the cosmos having a human experience.Since my youth i've embraced the alchemy of presence; depth; authenticity; heartfelt connection; and catalyzing conversation — paired with the sacred elixirs of silence, solitude, and stillness.While i do much in service to life, the bulk of what i do is be
    be neath, be hind, be tween, and be yond.
    i am a peacekeeper, weaver, bridge; and a man of heart. i love, purify, and refine with tender ferocity. i am a living paradox and both i and my life experience are a magical mystery to many, including myself.For those interested, my birth kin is: Jun (1) Tz'ikin    🦅

    ...

    “Tonight we’re circling up once again with a gifted facilitator. Life is my brother and a powerful space holder, gifted at evoking the real soma of life in us all. Join us and you might just discover one of your favorite new intimate containers of REALITY building and morphogenesis for the New Earth...a Sacred Space for the Soul and Chrysalis of Consciousness for the authentic wisdom seeker...”
    Aru Hearth, Innerspire Collective

    my why:

    this is the playground i'm inspired to craft:
    to commune with Self and Source
    to share in the sweetness of Life
    to play, laugh, cry and connect
    to witness and be witnessed
    to peel, reveal, and feel
    to love and be-loved
    to celebrate life

    “Life is an amazingly skilled and compassionate listener which is demonstrated by the sheer effect of just his presence in space-holding and reaches Beyond the time shared together. His support has been critical in my path and I’m so greatful for the recalibration he’s offered in his example of being a fathering presence. May we all get the opportunity to be so tenderly held in our journeys in the way you so gracefully do Ken.”
    Shannon, United States

    my second why:

    i need to share this lovethis referring to this expression of my desire to include — and if i need to share this love than we need the fruits of this love; for in Oneness i and we are One. In service to this, i have chosen — by way of a choiceless choice; a deep and rooted commitment to life; and an especially rigorous initiatory life-path — to sit with; to tend; and offer myself as a fuel Source to the sacred fire of Life so as to Self-forge this holy vessel into the embodiment of inner-architecture required — to birth; be; and share this cauldron — for Source to (re)Source and nourish us as can only happen here, now, and in this council.

    when's the next Council with Kin?
          you host       +      we host      

    weave your web with us:

    You've got the raw ingredientsthe heart; the vision; and the kin — now you're invited to bring the alchemy of the Council with Kin cauldron and experience to your event, gathering, and community. Whether you have a specific matter of heart you or your group is k'in to explore, elaborate, and expand upon via a living and emergent relational container or you simply notice a nudge to lean in, than in the spirit of collaborative alchemy, let's connect.

    join us, we're gathering on:
    t/b/d @ click for details

    council with your kin:
    $14.50+ for your 1st council
    $29+ / council thereafter

    participatory scheduling + registration:

    While i am the facilitator of CwK, i too am a conduit to assist in the coordination and synchronization of infinite intent. Therefore, once Life has revealed, received and decided on a date, i will send you a link to a poll with potential meeting times. In the spirit of collaboration and participation i call on you, my kin, to share your availability with me and us, because you + me = we and for this offering we decide. When the poll closes and a time is chosen, i'll email you a link to register. The only way to share your availability and/or register is to be on our private list. Links will not be posted publicly on this page, only shared via our list.

    Your contribution matters, whether that's sharing this page with your kin; sharing your availability in the poll; or thru the presence of your mighty beingness in Council.

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