I find that I often get caught up in trying to fix myself in an attempt to get somewhere else, than where I am. It comes in various forms such as: “I have this tension that is in the way of me really feeling my body” “I have this resistance to…

When first experienced, for most people, Circling is a beautiful practice of becoming more present with oneself and for seeing how we impact others. It is a very unique way of exploring ourselves in connection and deepening intimacy with others by bringing forth what is true in the moment. …

Something that has felt alive in me recently is how the realities we live in are prisons of our own making. We live and move in worlds made up by rules that we ourselves have made up. “I shouldn’t do…” “It would be shameful to..:” …

I started practicing taiji (and the related practices of qigong and standing meditation) in 2006 and have done it on an (almost) daily basis since then. …

One night a few years ago I was sitting on a beach with a friend, feeling completely amazed by seeing her in her power. As we were sitting there it was as if I could see mythical world around us and her as a magical being. It felt very new…

I heard a piece of poetry at a Circling and Surrendered Leadership weekend I recently led. A participant described his experience as “endlessly waiting as life goes by” and that struck a deep resonance in me. The idea that something needs to happen before I can get my needs met…

Something that strikes me as deeply significant these days, and which is inherent in the Circling practice, is not being attached to outcomes. There seems to be a belief in me that I am not going to get my needs met by asking for it. Rather I have a strategy…

Some years ago a got excited about developing a practice that was oriented towards integrating the core elements of the workshop practices that I like the most into something that can best be described as “a new way of hanging out”. When I facilitate Relational Flow we move from a…

Some years ago I started writing short stories based on circling experiences from the trans-personal realm. That is, the times where it felt as if what was going on had some kind of arch typical energy. I had a plan of making the short stories into a children’s book with…