HOW IT WAS FOR US
By Loads of Us
Some of those who've long been part of the foundation community attended our London event in January. Here's what it meant to them. Some are writing from a very personal place, including degrees of nervousness, whilst others share their experience of a remarkable togetherliness, and how it left them feeling.
This gathering to me felt like a homecoming. I felt pride bringing a friend I value to us. Our tribe in our time. This felt special, and the gathering brought up emotions for me.
I am full of gratitude for our time together, thrilled and enriched. I left feeling uplifted and elated, just as I sometimes am on leaving a concert.
This was a totally brilliant launch out into the unknown.
I was really taken by a feeling of wholeness and oneness between us all when we sat together.
There was a freshness that newcomers clearly enjoyed.
I feel humbled, grateful and privileged. There’s a new “yes” in me. “Yes” to taking responsibility for my part, for my personal work in this. Discerning what I want to grow, and what I want to discard. I was anxious at the start of the meeting but this faded as our time together progressed. I came to realise I just had to be myself, not presenting anything. I felt washed through with love.
I loved the presence of newcomers. Sharing in what we are so privileged to have, and seeing their delight and excitement at what is on offer, I’m so looking forward to what might happen next. I loved the invitation to move and how our feet made contact in unison with the very nice wooden floor. I felt warm-hearted in my body. When I left the venue, lots of lovely little things happened that felt like an open connection to something other than myself - even the drunk on the plane.
I felt very peaceful long after our time together. I found myself feeling that those who joined us for the first time felt with us, and not separate. I never felt an 'Us' and ‘them’. The entire time we were together felt simply natural and flowing. And my heart warmed when I listened to what they shared, and their curiosity. The feeling of Love present was palpable; it was expressed by many.
Being together with new people felt deeply easeful and full of tender warmth. I loved how we gathered in the centre and moved with each other. I have tingles writing this, and feel warmth and joy from experiencing it.
I was a bit anxious about this event, but as we sat in a circle, and as Judith spoke, I felt my back 'melting' and a loving and powerful invitation from my body to follow its lead, to chill and be with everyone. I felt at home with several people new to me, my body enjoying the physical presence of another.
I had a constant feeling of flow and ease. It was great to share and feel engaged with people I knew as well as those I was meeting for the first time. I felt, alive, vibrant and full of natural fun. I feel changed by our gathering. I feel settled, quietly confident, calm and heart filled, and that's how I spent the following days. Something has been moved out of the way.
It was lovely to welcome and share what we have with new people, and to feel our circle expanding.
Welcoming others and expanding our circle felt joyous. I keep thinking of a cell membrane, fluid and porous, able to grow, and in relation to the environment around.
Guided by Judith, we all made an amazing sound together. It was a gorgeous experience and afterwards I felt such a confidence and trust in that which unites us; it felt like a rippling outwards. Our dance at the end was amazing. I felt a togetherness among all of us.
As the meeting progressed I sensed the energy changing. The flow deepened as some of the new people spoke more about how they felt in response to what some of us had shared earlier. I really had a sense of us as a whole - not a them and us.
©Judith Seelig 2026
