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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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October 1, 2019

Tips: consciously inviting ancestors in our circles

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October 1, 2019
Tips: consciously inviting ancestors in our circles

Kerry Barnett’s story of using The Circle Way at Ridge and Valley Charter School reminds us of the importance of consciously relying on ancestors and mentors to support our ongoing work.

Tagged: tips, ancestors, check-in, start-point, poems, poetry

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September 1, 2019

Tips: Circle as lived experience

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September 1, 2019
Tips: Circle as lived experience

Bobbie Goodman shares some tips on circle as lived experience.

Tagged: Bobbie Goodman, tips

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September 1, 2019

Circle as lived experience

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September 1, 2019
Circle as lived experience

Bobbie Goodman shares her experience of circle at “Self as Source of Story”, a twice-yearly writing retreat.

Tagged: Bobbie Goodman, Self As Source, writing in circle, writing

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August 1, 2019

Tips for separation or divorce circles

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August 1, 2019
Tips for separation or divorce circles

Marjeta Novak’s wise and thoughtful suggestions for holding separation or divorce circles.

Tagged: tips, ceremony, divorce, separation, Marjeta Novak, family

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August 1, 2019

Divorce circle ceremony

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August 1, 2019
Divorce circle ceremony

The deeply personal story of how circle helped Marjeta Novak mark and process her divorce with her husband and their community of friends.

Tagged: divorce, ceremony, separation, Marjeta Novak, family

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July 3, 2019

Tips: using archetypal dance practices in circle

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July 3, 2019
Tips: using archetypal dance practices in circle

Diane “Thembi” Jordan shares some thoughts on how to use archetypal dance practices in circle, in ways that do not culturally appropriate from African Dance traditions.

Tagged: Diane Jordan, Thembi Jordan, tips, dance, African dance, drumming

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July 3, 2019

Circle in African dance

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July 3, 2019
Circle in African dance

Diane “Thembi” Jordan describes the influence of circle on African dance tradition.

Tagged: African dance, Diane Jordan, Thembi Jordan, dance, ritual dance

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June 1, 2019

Tips for hosting

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June 1, 2019
Tips for hosting

Michele Rusinko shares several thoughtful hosting tips which can be applied to any context.

Tagged: tips, hosting, circle, Michele Rusinko

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June 1, 2019

The circle’s magic for building student resiliency

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June 1, 2019
The circle’s magic for building student resiliency

Michele describes how the skilled application of The Circle Way in a month-long resiliency class for undergraduate students, brings kindness, connection and well-being.

Tagged: students, Michele Rusinko, resilience, resiliency, college, education, post-secondary education, yoga

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May 1, 2019

Communities of belonging: Compassion and circle with the formerly incarcerated

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May 1, 2019
Communities of belonging: Compassion and circle with the formerly incarcerated

Kristie McLean beautifully describes how her work with incarcerated men led to the creation of a communities of belonging both in, and out of the correctional complex.

Tagged: incareration, men, circle, non-violent communication, Kristie McLean

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May 1, 2019

Tips: using circle with marginalized populations

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May 1, 2019
Tips: using circle with marginalized populations

From Kristie McLean’s extensive experience in applying The Circle Way within prison-based nonviolent communication workshops, with the formerly incarcerated in residence, she offers several considerations for using circle with marginalized populations.

Tagged: tips, marginalized, trauma, circle, Kristie McLean

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April 1, 2019

9 tips for men in circle

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April 1, 2019
9 tips for men in circle

A list of timely, thoughtful tips for engaging men in circle conversations.

Tagged: tips, men, masculine, Tenneson Woolf

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April 1, 2019

Is The Circle Way for men?

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April 1, 2019
Is The Circle Way for men?

Tenneson Woolf, a long-time teacher-practitioner of The Circle Way share his thoughts about men and The Circle Way.

Tagged: men, Tenneson Woolf, masculine

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March 1, 2019

Tips for creating space for connection

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March 1, 2019
Tips for creating space for connection

Jonas David Hunter offers these simple reminders to create the space in which our connections with each other are preserved.

Tagged: connection, Jonas David Hunter, tips

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March 1, 2019

The need for circle to build connections in organizations

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March 1, 2019
The need for circle to build connections in organizations

Organizational consultant Jonas David Hunter reflects on his practice of applying circle with his global teams and clients.

 

Tagged: organizations, business, culture, leadership, Jonas David Hunter

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February 1, 2019

Tips: Seeing our blind spots

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February 1, 2019
Tips: Seeing our blind spots

This month’s story about the Moose Hide Campaign to end violence against women and children inspired this reflection on blind spots and how we begin to have eyes to see our own.

Tagged: blind spots, shadow

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February 1, 2019

The Moose Hide Campaign

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February 1, 2019
The Moose Hide Campaign

Paniguvluk, Stephanie Papik shares her reflections as she makes preparation to again attend and witness The Moose Hide Campaign in Victoria BC, one of a network of global gatherings to end violence against all women and children worldwide.

Tagged: Paniguvluk Stephanie Papik, The Moose Hide Campaign, women, culture, shadow, blind spots

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January 1, 2019

Tips: Using circle to create family rituals

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January 1, 2019
Tips: Using circle to create family rituals

Jan Adam offers encouragement and considerations for using The Circle Way to create family rituals.

Tagged: family, circle, ritual, tips

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January 1, 2019

Bringing The Circle Way home into our family rituals

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January 1, 2019
Bringing The Circle Way home into our family rituals

Jan Adam, a practitioner from the Netherlands, shares a beautiful story of how he and his family used The Circle Way to create the ritual to say good-bye to house that had been their long-time home.

Tagged: family, circle, ritual

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December 1, 2018

2018 year in review

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December 1, 2018
2018 year in review

We close out 2018 providing “a year in review” of the monthly blogs and tips, to catch the rich diversity in how The Circle Way is re-igniting circle in our communities and organizations around the world.

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