Please watch the video below before signing up to my circle. There are many different ways of hosting, and in this video I talk about two important cornerstones of how I run circles. There's also an overview written underneath the video. Check in with yourself and feel into whether this sits well with you...

Some circle information and guidelines

In circle, we are free from any obligation to respond to whatever is shared with encouragement, comfort, advice, or any other of the many ways that we are often expected to respond when other people say something. In this space, we hold each other by our presence and deep, listening, being present with whatever arises within us. This may feel unusual, perhaps even uncomfortable at first, as the need to respond to others in certain ways is such a ubiquitous part of the social world so many of us live in, and I invite you to remain present to whatever you might feel in relation to this. When we meet online, a simple way of acknowledging a share can be to silently place your hand over your heart.

What any of us share in circle, remains confidential to the circle. Even if we know each other outside of circle, we do not bring up anything that was shared another woman even with them, though we do have the choice to being up something that we ourselves shared.

This was not in the video, but I wanted to include the understanding that every woman is welcome to be in circle as she is. Everyone is welcome to share, once or several times, and everyone is welcome to remain silent; there is no obligation to speak. Some circles are full of talking, and there are also times when we may drift into silence; should this happen, some people may enjoy the silence, others may feel less comfortable with it... there is no expectation that you 'should' feel a certain way and are again invited to be open to whatever arises in response. We are there to be present for each other, allowing ourselves to open to simply be.