Shifting the Paradigm of How We Show Up in Community

The blossoming of Kula began with some heavy reflection on what it truly means to feel belonging and operate within community--to show up for one another out of reciprocity, not transaction. I can't help but feel compassion for those of us--arguably, most of us--who were raised in a hyper individualistic society and, as a result, understandably don't know what it means to "be in community"--myself very much included in that camp.

Society encourages us to live in silos, to protect and produce rather than connect and contribute. It takes courage to show up vulnerably, learn from mistakes (which are inevitable with interpersonal interaction), and move forward with compassion and the intention to reconnect to our INTERdependence…