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Join Us For A Circle Intensive

The Circle Way, Circle Intensive, Circle Utah

Circle is the best of what I know for bringing humans together in the heart and skills of people going well together.

I love teaching Circle — particularly the bigger possibility that groups so wish for in rather complex and challenging dreams.

But I also love teaching Circle for the granularity of essential practice that insists connection and commitment to wisdom.

I’ll be hosting this gathering, October 23-26, 2024 with Rangineh Azimzadeh Tehrani. It’s in-person. Yes, we want to see your faces.

The longer description and link to registration is here.

Come for the fun. Come for the timely learning together. Come to contribute.

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Life’s Abundant Joy and Wisdom

Sunflower. Joy. Utah joy. Porch clarity.

The last two mornings I’ve enjoyed front porch clarity. It’s sitting at our small bistro table. With coffee. With journal. With laptop. It’s friendly waves with a few passers-by on their 7:00 walks and jogs. It’s easy low 70s temperature, before the afternoon 90s come calling. It’s appreciating simple things. Like this blooming sunflower.

And then a few words, from my poetic heart, that is so much medium for my clarity and joy.

Greetings in your day.

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Perhaps
it is time for me,
maybe for you too,
to claim a next layer
of life and vocational simplicity.

Perhaps
it is the time for me,
maybe for you too,
to follow the night dreams
of ancestor guidance.

Perhaps
it is the time for me,
maybe for you too,
to welcome a next layer
of life’s abundant joy and wisdom.

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The Simple Mornings

Peppers. Garden pots. Simple mornings.

This morning I sit, just for a little, on my front porch.
This morning, a simple morning, I crave settling.
This morning I sit, mesmerized just a little, by peppers in sunlight.
This morning, a simple morning, stillness it is.

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Something is Happening in the Power and Practice of Story

In her book, Storycatcher, Christina Baldwin writes:

“Something is happening in the power and practice of story: In the midst of overwhelming noise and distraction, the voice of story is calling us to rememberer true selves.”

Christina’s book is one of my favorites. I read it sometimes for just a few minutes so that I can feel the spirit of her writing.

Christina is a person that so often inspires. From her narrative. From her insight. From her humanity. She’s one of the people that I’ve known personally that continues to be a tremendous guide and friend.

I’m in a week of writing. I’m writing stories to accompany my writing about Circle practice, principle, and nuance. So, yes, Christina inspires.

To remember. To be in joy. To love learning. To love crafting words into meaning. To catching story. To find my story posture. And live / learn from there.

On it goes.

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Gifts of Circle - Question Cardsasd
Gifts of Circle is 30 short essays divided into 4 sections: 1) Circle's Bigger Purpose, 2) Circle's Practice, 3) Circle's First Requirements, and 4) Circle's Possibility for Men. From the Introduction: "Circle is what I turn to in the most comprehensive stories I know -- the stories of human beings trying to be kind and aware together, trying to make a difference in varied causes for which we need to go well together. Circle is also what I turn to in the most immediate needs that live right in front of me and in front of most of us -- sharing dreams and difficulties, exploring conflicts and coherences. Circle is what I turn to. Circle is what turns us to each other."

Question Cards is an accompanying tool to Gifts of Circle. Each card (34) offers a quote from the corresponding chapter in the book, followed by sample questions to grow your Circle hosting skills and to create connection, courage, and compassionate action among groups you host in Circle.

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In My Nature is a collection of 10 poems. From A Note of Beginning: "This collection of poems arises from the many conversations I've been having about nature. Nature as guide. Nature as wild. Nature as organized. I remain a human being that so appreciates a curious nature in people. That so appreciates questions that pick fruit from inner being, that gather insights and intuitions to a basket, and then brings the to table to be enjoyed and shared over the next week."

This set of Note Cards (8 cards + envelopes)  quotes a few favorite passages from poems in In My Nature. I offer them as inspiration. And leave room for you to write personal notes.

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Most Mornings is a collection of 37 poems. I loved writing them. From the introduction: "This collection of poems comes from some of my sense-making that so often happens in the morning, nurtured by overnight sleep. The poems sample practices. They sample learnings. They sample insights and discoveries. They sample dilemmas and concerns."

This set of Note Cards (8 cards + envelopes)  quotes a few favorite passages from poems in Most Mornings. I offer them as inspiration. And leave room for you to write personal notes.

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