Alchemizing the Ache of the World
held by Carl Rabke, Alyona Kobevka, & Erin Geesaman Rabke
Feb. 15th, 2026 on Zoom
10am-12:30 pm, PT, 1-3:30 pm ET
You're invited to step out of the ordinary and into the warmth of a soulful community circle.
We will come together to root into gratitude, honor and tend our grief, and remember and realign with our allies. At the end of our time together, we will reenter the world with hearts both more tender and more welcoming, blessed by the support of community, and ready to meet the times with grounded presence, courage, and guided by the wisdom and deep love inherent in our grief.
Our time together will be woven with beautiful poetry, invitations to embodied presence, writing, sharing, and simple, potent ritual. Our time will not include unsolicited advice or attempts to fix your broken heart.
This gathering is offered by donation.
Kind humans are welcome to join. No experience is necessary.
We will forward all donations to chosen organizations that are meeting the grief of these times with both skillful means and love.
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Because
So I can’t save the world—
can’t save even myself,
can’t wrap my arms around
every frightened child, can’t
foster peace among nations,
can’t bring love to all who
feel unlovable.
So I practice opening my heart
right here in this room and being gentle
with my insufficiency. I practice
walking down the street heart first.
And if it is insufficient to share love,
I will practice loving anyway.
I want to converse about truth,
about trust. I want to invite compassion
into every interaction.
One willing heart can’t stop a war.
One willing heart can’t feed all the hungry.
And sometimes, daunted by a task too big,
I tell myself what’s the use of trying?
But today, the invitation is clear:
to be ridiculously courageous in love.
To open the heart like a lilac in May,
knowing freeze is possible
and opening anyway.
To take love seriously.
To give love wildly.
To race up to the world
as if I were a puppy,
adoring and unjaded,
stumbling on my own exuberance.
To feel the shock of indifference,
of anger, of cruelty, of fear,
and stay open. To love as if it matters,
as if the world depends on it.
from The Unfolding (Wildhouse Publishing, 2024)
