n response to this call for Hovering Between – ’transnational dialogues on decolonization:

Contemplating different ways to build connection and nurture dialogue, understanding the imperative of trust, deepening knowledge and creating a true sense of belonging, mutuality, reciprocal and dynamic. Beyond the immediate work and encompassing kinship, family, and a broader sense of shared humanity. Nurturing dialogue as holistic, engaging both the material and immaterial realms, tapping into the invisible or unsaid aspects- those intangible layers of understanding that resonate beyond words.”Felt space,” a connection that operates on multiple levels—spiritual, emotional, and sensory. Transcending conventional frameworks, moving into deeper, universal planes where trust and belonging are not just concepts but lived experiences.  Recognizing the responsibility, vulnerability, generosity, and humility needed to sustain them across many levels and wide spaces. 

This reflection deepens when I think about what Sandra Chatterjee wove together so powerfully in Freiburg last winter: the intersecting stories and invisible dialogues that connected us, as well as the unseen elements that continue to live, breathe, dance, pray, probe, and leave their imprints, lingering in the spaces in between. A depth of immediacy in our connections during that gathering. Mutual support and collaboration bridged worlds with great affinity with the offerings I encounter in my own circles. 

Hovering evokes a sense of levity, of flight, and of soaring through my lucid dreams in a world where shadows seep and spill. Hovering suggests something intemporal, a suspension of time and space, a shifting of temporality— a movement through bodies, language, rituals, and realms. In this transformative experience, we were energetically invited home—drawn into the profound depths of all our respective interior landscapes. Establishing sort of sanctuaries to share and to exist in real forms of mutuality. We were in a rare instance of relation!