THE INHERENT BEAUTY IN TOGETHERNESS Have you ever mediated in a group? The power of the silence feels amplified. I love when a group chooses to be silent together, especially when there is no rule and anyone is okay to speak. It’s almost as
EMPATHY IS A GIFT. GIVE AND RECEIVE FREELY. Feeling feelings can be a lonely game. That can be fine, but when someone shares understanding around how I feel, I relax more. Feeling together in an emotional experience, whether high or low, creates tha
PRACTICE SHARING YOUR IMPACT Your experience matters. Trust your experience. We are impacted by others. Knowing your impact means greater awareness in your connection. What’s happening inside you when you are with someone? Are you staying tru
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS LAZY You are always doing the best you can in every moment. Your being is always enough. If responsibilities fall behind, that means something else takes priority. You can reassess your priorities, or your responsibilities
CHECK IF YOUR EXPECTATION IS ALSO AN AGREEMENT It’s easy to come into relationship with expectations. But your context for normal behavior in a relationship can be vastly different from your partner, friend, or colleague. In a multicultural,
FREEDOM IS INHERENT IN YOUR HEART There is a wild animal inside everyone. Living in community, I sometimes hear visitors express protectiveness around individual freedom. We have set meal & meditation times, quiet hours, and codes to get in and
YOU CAN ONLY I M A G I N E WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE SOMEONE ELSE - SHARE THAT TRUTH You may think you know what someone is thinking or feeling, but your intuition can only glance their personal reality. Your assumptions help you to assess. Your c
YOUR STORY IS NOT YOU - YOU ARE PRESENT Honoring your past - your experience, trauma, teachings, ancestors - can help if the mind seeks to make sense of how you feel. Your experience in life is precious, and more beautiful that it changes and evolv
HOLDING SPACE VS TAKING UP SPACE MEANS ATTUNING TO YOUR IMPACT IN THE SPACE *Share this kindly with the friend who pops in your head...😃 If you take up a lot of space 💛 you know who you are 💛 you can also hold a lot of space by tuning in to your
LISTEN TO YOUR LISTENER An expression becomes communication when it is received. While you speak, you can listen to your listener to sense how they’re receiving you. This helps you slow down, pause, check in, or shape your share so that you
HOW YOU SHOW UP IN GROUPS IS A FRACTAL OF HOW YOU SHOW UP FOR YOURSELF A healthy handful of folks regularly share at Circling that they prefer 1:1 interactions over groups. They say it’s more intimate, they feel less self-conscious, or have le
CONNECTION STARTS AND ENDS WITH SELF In most authentic relating & circling practices we begin by connecting to Self. I capitalize Self because I embrace the frame of a higher Self and lower self. By connecting to the higher Self we include the
PRESENCE STARTS IN THE BODY That’s sometimes hard for the busy mind to hear. But tuning into the body is the most precious gift we can offer ourselves. Before the words, communication starts with presence. @thichnhathanh said, “The mos
COMMUNICATION SKILLS CREATE BETTER RELATIONSHIPS As a co-leader of the transformation center @awakeuvita I facilitate Authentic Relating & Circling to foster harmony and deeper intimacy for our team & guests. I’m here to share with yo