Preparing Your Relationships for Burning Man (and other festivals)

Created by Eri Kardos Headed to Burning Man this year? Whether your sweetie(s) is going with you or staying back in the “Default World”, having your relationship(s) ready for the event can be a proactive and powerful step in avoiding potential disaster. The playa has a way of amplifying the current state of your relationship so if you are on the brink of turmoil the playa can bring it out. If your foundation is strong, this could be your opportunity to fortify it even further. There are few environments that challenge connection, intimacy, and vulnerability as well at the Burn does. One of my favorite quotes comes from Smudge: The playa is a crucible. It will melt you down. It could refine you into a gem. It is a magical cauldron filled with the energies of thousands of people, their hopes, dreams, addictions, attitudes, angels and demons, in a freed environment without most of the normal societal stabilizing structures. Things can change and flow in any one person’s consciousness. … Go to a communication workshop together, or something zaney, or run loose in separate directions with the commitment to get together for morning tea at sunrise. … When you’re done with Burning Man, you go home and unless you’re going to jump into someone else’s car, you’re going home together. The event is a 168 hour moment in life; a long moment in a crucible. As a professional International Communications Coach, I love gifting my skills to the playa. After yearsRead more