Rites of Passage Programme

Finding Gifts Workshop 

We had our first workshop of the year with the young adults in our Rites of Passage Programme. Using creative tools and a story circle process, participants in the programme worked with the challenges they have identified in their own lives. They began to search for the gifts within these challenges, the gifts they bring to the world. 

In the workshop participants spoke about how hard it is to identify gifts in themselves but after several processes they began to name beautiful gifts. They identified how in hard situations they have strength, persistence and care for others. For some letting go was a gift, for others it is being open to connecting with people deeply. 

While it may be easier to have other people tell you what your gifts are, finding these gifts ourselves enables us to own them and live into them more fully. As they work with their gifts more and more they will begin to work with the visions they have for their own lives.

This vulture feather was our talking piece during the story circle

Sandile adding to his ongoing storytelling project

Using free writing to explore challenges and gifts

Preparing lunch together

Time to catch up and rest after a busy morning