The Wisdom of the Tree: Insights from Our October Movalogue Call
- movalogue_hosting_team
- Oct 25
- 3 min read
Updated: Oct 27
Following our last community reflection published in August 2025, we are thrilled to share the profound resonance generated during our recent Open Movalogue call this October.
This gathering was a deep, multi-layered exploration of collective wisdom, personal experience, and a grounding embodiment practice, primarily utilizing the powerful metaphor of the tree. For those of you who could not attend, we hope these takeaways inspire your own journey toward deeper integration.
The Power of the Integrated Wound
For us, the most transformative moment of the call was realizing how shared vulnerability, through the genuine disclosure of personal struggles, instantly creates a profound and empathetic healing space for all involved. This dynamic powerfully mirrors the core principle of the "Wounded Healer" archetype, a concept formalized by Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung in the 1950s. This archetype posits that deep empathy and therapeutic insight are cultivated directly from having integrated one’s own suffering. When we dare to show our true self, our wounds become a source of strength that enhances understanding and compassion, enabling us to foster growth in others who are suffering from similar challenges.
Key Insights from Our Discussion
The conversation moved fluidly across neuroscience, spirituality, and ancient wisdom:
Holistic View vs. Extraction: We contrasted the "left hemisphere" approach to nature (seeing the tree merely as a resource for extraction) with the "right hemisphere" view (seeing the tree as an integrated part of a holistic existence).
Intuition and the Immeasurable: The group acknowledged the difficulty of integrating scientific understanding with profound inner experience. The consensus was that mystical or miraculous experiences cannot truly be recorded or measured, and the key insight is to let "all attempts to measure" come to rest, finding certainty in the constant presence of energy.
Heart-Based Knowing: Our participant David Burman shared insights contrasting the neurobiology of colonialism (from Vanessa Andriotti's work, which highlights a disconnect from nature) with neurocardiology. The latter validates the ancient wisdom that the heart generates its own energy and nervous system, and is the source of intuition—or "heart-based thinking." We emphasized the courage required to embrace "not knowing" as necessary for regeneration.
For further information on Vanessa Andreotti's work, please visit the Gesturing Towards Decolonial Futures collective she works with, where topics like colonialism, neurobiology, and systemic disconnect are discussed: https://decolonialfutures.net/2019/08/26/some-thoughts-on-the-work-of-the-gtdf-collective/
Trusting the Body: Several participants shared deeply resonant stories about navigating severe physical ailments. A strong theme emerged around the brave decision to trust the body over relying solely on external medical diagnoses or pain medication, while recognizing the inherent complexity and uncertainty of this choice.
Embodiment Practice: Becoming the Tree
The discussion spontaneously flowed into a guided practice led by Max Stehle, inviting us to stand and embody a tree, connecting our roots to the Earth and our crown to the cosmos.
Profound Takeaways: Participants experienced trees as continuously moving, flowing, and adjusting (not still or solitary), and felt a powerful sense of balance and steadiness.
The Core Message of Trust: The single strongest message received from the trees was Trust: "I am perfect, I’m safe, and I’m fine."
Further Learning & Practice Opportunities
Uri's Invitation: Theatre That Reconnects
Uri Noy Meir shared an invitation to his monthly practice space. Theatre That Reconnects is an embodied, participatory approach that blends The Work That Reconnects, Theatre of the Oppressed, Social Presencing Theatre, and Dragon Dreaming. It supports people in exploring challenges, reconnecting with self, community, and the more-than-human world, and fostering creative, regenerative arts for social and ecological collective awakenings.
This is a pay-what-you-want (including 0€) practice space, open to all.
Next session: October 24th, 14:15 (CET)
Luma Event Link: https://luma.com/akg7dx46
Join Our Next Movalogue Call
We warmly invite you to join our next open call to continue these vital co-creations.
Join us in our next Open Movalogue Call on November 18th, at 10am EST / 4pm CEST / 10pm Singapore.
Open Movalogue Calls are following an open approach to co-create out of the present moment. In case you love to guide into a practice, share a story or point to a specific topic please let us know and prepare to join 30 minutes before the call starts.
Thank you for being a part of our story, and we look forward to keep on sharing.
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