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April 1, 2021
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Virtual circle graphic harvests

Sharing some of the beautiful graphic harvests created by Willemijn Lambert from the virtual Solstice and Equinox circles.

Virtual circle graphic harvests
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December 1, 2017

Circle in rugby

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December 1, 2017
Circle in rugby

Mark Forrester shares how he uses circle practice in his role as rugby coach. 

Tagged: rugby, coaching, coach, sports, Australia, Mark Forrester

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November 1, 2017

Tips: calling a circle and building capacity among leaders

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November 1, 2017
Tips: calling a circle and building capacity among leaders

Some tips when calling a circle to create a support network among like-minded colleagues and build capacity among leaders.

Tagged: tips, leaders, capacity, women, support

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November 1, 2017

A circle of support for female leaders in education

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November 1, 2017
A circle of support for female leaders in education

Curious about how The Circle Way can be used to support leaders? Read along as former school principal Kathy Toogood shares her experiences co-hosting a monthly circle to support women who lead.

Tagged: education, women, school, Kathy Toogood

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October 1, 2017

Tips: using circle with people unfamiliar with circle conversations

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October 1, 2017
Tips: using circle with people unfamiliar with circle conversations

Some useful tips for using The Circle Way with people unfamiliar with circle conversations, in an unusual space.

Tagged: tips

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October 1, 2017

A meaningful way to recognize hospice volunteers

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October 1, 2017
A meaningful way to recognize hospice volunteers

Kathy Ratchford shares how she applied The Circle Way to create a meaningful activity to engage hospice volunteers in recognizing and celebrating their efforts.

Tagged: appreciation, recognition, volunteers, hospice, Kathy Ratchford

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September 1, 2017

Tips: hosting and participating in online circles

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September 1, 2017
Tips: hosting and participating in online circles

Tenneson Woolf shares the five tips he remembers when hosting and participating in online circles.

Tagged: tips, online, virtual, hosting, Tenneson Woolf

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September 1, 2017

Hosting circle online

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September 1, 2017
Hosting circle online

Amy Lenzo shares her exploration of the online application of The Circle Way.

 

Tagged: online, virtual, hosting, Amy Lenzo

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August 1, 2017

Tips: getting started with start-points

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August 1, 2017
Tips: getting started with start-points

Some ideas for getting started with start-points to help make the transition from social space to circle space.

Tagged: start-point, tips

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August 1, 2017

Using circle practice with school leaders

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August 1, 2017
Using circle practice with school leaders

Joanne Bergos, supervisor of the Edmonton Public School District’s leadership development services, describes how she uses The Circle Way in her monthly support and learning meetings with new principals.

Tagged: leaders, school, principals, Edmonton School District, Joanne Bergos, leadership

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July 1, 2017

Hosting large circles using The Circle Way

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July 1, 2017
Hosting large circles using The Circle Way

While daunting, perhaps, to consider hosting a circle for three hundred, Matthias, Jutta and Myriam share learnings from their experience, and encourage that you, too, can host large circles using The Circle Way!

Tagged: large circles

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July 1, 2017

The power of large circles

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July 1, 2017
The power of large circles

How big can a circle be and still be effective? Read this story from our European circle colleagues, Matthias zur Bonsen, Jutta Herzog and Myriam Mathys, as they share how they hosted circles for three hundred people with remarkable results.

Tagged: Myriam Mathys, Jutta Herzog, Matthias zur Bonsen, large circles, faith community, Catholic diocese, trust

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June 1, 2017

Opening the heart of your community

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June 1, 2017
Opening the heart of your community

Read how Reverend Patricia Bass applied circle practice to the spiritual development of her ministry’s community, creating their own Calling the Circle.

Tagged: church, faith, Patricia Bass, energy, check-in, spiritual, silence

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June 1, 2017

Enlivening the circle’s centre with artifacts

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June 1, 2017
Enlivening the circle’s centre with artifacts

Some tips on creating beauty and sacred space with “artifacts”, the personal items that we bring to the circle’s centre.

Tagged: center, artifacts

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May 1, 2017

Taking circle conversations into public spaces

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May 1, 2017
Taking circle conversations into public spaces

Inspired by Sofia Bustamante’s story on convening her Listening Cafes in the UK, here are insights and considerations for taking circle conversations into public spaces.

Tagged: public spaces, listening

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May 1, 2017

The birth of Listening Cafés

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May 1, 2017
The birth of Listening Cafés

Sofia Bustamante shares how she used circle conversation as a compassionate, community-making response to the Brexit vote

Tagged: Sofia Bustamante, listening, cafe

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April 2, 2017

Tending to the outer rim with a personal practice

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April 2, 2017
Tending to the outer rim with a personal practice

Katharine Weinmann offers these tips on the art of hosting oneself and tending to the outer rim with a personal practice.

Tagged: personal preparation, personal practice, components

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April 2, 2017

Seeing the Four Fold practice in circle

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April 2, 2017
Seeing the Four Fold practice in circle

This month's story is a reflection on the practices of hosting yourself, participating, hosting others, and co-creating. How do these practices show up in circle? Olivier Winghart shares his learnings on the Four Fold practice in circle. 

Tagged: four fold practice, personal preparation, components, hosting yourself, Olivier Winghart

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March 1, 2017

Tending to endings

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March 1, 2017
Tending to endings

How can we embody conscious closure, celebrate the beauty in endings and allow them to nourish new beginnings? See these tips on how to mark endings in circle.

Tagged: endings, ceremony, ritual

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March 1, 2017

When the bells ring – the power of the pause

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March 1, 2017
When the bells ring – the power of the pause

What can we learn when the bells - intended to be used to honour and respect the space for feelings to release - become an instrument of silencing? Shirley Lynn Martin shares her story of the power of the pause.  

Tagged: guardian, shadow, bells, emotion, pause, Peace Circles

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February 1, 2017

The Circle Way as a simple, elegant form for social activism

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February 1, 2017
The Circle Way as a simple, elegant form for social activism

How might The Circle Way help us respond to multiple tragic and turbulent incidents around the world? Katharine Weinmann shares her story of circle as activism.

Tagged: activism, Katharine Weinmann

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