Hope

“ Since that time I have been able to be on a few calls with her, and happily registered to be on a series of 8 calls with her in Winter/Spring 2018. Each session brought examples of Aya’s ability to be genuine, open and authentic, in both her celebrations and in some mournings. She is very attuned to the needs of individuals within the group, and is able to track who needs attention with apparent ease. Her ability to reflect what has been said and to “cut to the chase” with accuracy and precision and curiosity helped me to improve my own ability to sense and guess at what needs were under the pain or the celebration. She had participants from the USA as well as Canada and Germany. The sense of community Aya was able to create, maintain and encourage in these 8 sessions was remarkable. Perhaps it helped to have known Aya and shared 7 days with her in person, but for me, the Zoom calls were a kind of coming-home, a settling-in safe place, where curiosity, transparency and courage were modelled and encouraged. Blessings to you, Aya!