by John Muraco
Where do you find JOY? How do you experience joy? Perhaps you are savoring it right now as we shift out of the darkness and biting frost of winter and into spring and warming temperatures. Perhaps for you, joy comes when you smell your favorite food, or think of a place where you feel cherished, invigorated and freshly alive? Whenever it appears, it is my hope for you that joy finds a place in your heart.
It is beautiful to see people find great joy out of trying new things in life – stretching beyond their comfort zones and into a space that lends ground to the unknown. Seeing unfamiliar faces, trying new modes of self-expression, and existing in time and space in a new and radical way. I recently had the joyous opportunity to launch a drum circle event at The Resiliency Center that honored all things unknown. For me, leading a ‘formal’ drum circle was new and radical; I was definitely stepping into uncharted territory. My main intention was and will continue to be to create a safe space where people can be themselves, claim their power, and drum to their hearts’ content.
