DO YOU WANT TO BE PART OF A CONVERSTATION THAT REALLY MATTERS?
Join us for an Introduction to The Circle Way
A Modern Methodology with Ancient Roots
May 17 - 19, 2019
Center for P.E.A.C.E.
Biosophical Institute
44 Summer Street
Bath, Maine 04530
Event Details
Please join us for a dynamic weekend as we reintroduce our most ancient social process, the circle. The circle, or council, is an ancient form of meeting that has gathered human beings into conversations for thousands of years.
The Circle Way, has the ability to transform meeting spaces into creative gatherings that bring us into deep listening, authentic sharing and creative problem solving. The Circle Way framework builds a healthy collaborative environment out of which positive relationships can be forged. Challenging topics can be wrestles with respectfully within the guidelines of the circle conversation. The Circle Way can be successfully used within a wide variety of settings.
The Practicum is experiential by design. Participants learn through observation, demonstration and by taking on various leadership roles. This leads to intensive learning experiences and skill development in a supportive environment. This process allows participants to experience what it means to have a “leader in every chair.” Participants leave ready to practice and apply the Circle Way in their own families, work and life communities.
“Circle is where we come from, circle designed us as social beings. In ancestral times, the circle organized human beings into richly diverse pockets of community and created a “first culture” from which current civilization gradually emerged.”
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Learnings
During the weekend we will:
Create a circle where every person is seen and every person is heard.
Explore The Circle Way framework including principle, agreements and practices.
Create and explore questions.
Discuss the application of circle in a wide variety of settings
Practice deep listening in small and large groups.
Speak with intention in support of the whole (what does that look like? What does that feel like?).
Enjoy the creative perspectives, suggestions and solutions of the group.
Learn how The Circle Way can work with diverse communities and who should be invited. (If it’s about us, don’t do it without us!)
Who should attend: Everyone who cares about the quality of our conversations and the quality of our relationships. The circle practice particularly supports people who work in families, education, business, social services, religious organizations, non-profits, youth groups, the arts, health care, government, organizational developers, social innovation and corporate teams and others who believe in the possibility of change through powerful conversations.
After participants complete the weekend Introduction to the Circle Way they may be interested in attending the full 5 Day Circle Way Practicum Leadership Training which will be offered to in 2019.
“As we lean into this ancient lineage, our work in circle now is to co-create the world we want within the world we have.
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Meet Your Facilitator
Barbara Thorngren, M.Ed. is a Collaborative Education Consultant who has worked with circles for many years in elementary schools, high schools, colleges and community organizations. She is a member of The Circle Way Team (thecircleway.net) a loosely connected group of global circle colleagues who practice, consult and teach The Circle Way around the world. This Circle Way process is based on the book The Circle Way a Leader in Every Chair by Ann Linnea and Christina Baldwin.
Barbara is founder and Director of PeaceWorks New Hampshire, LLC www.peaceworksnh.com. PeaceWorks NH serves as the umbrella for AVALON Healing Arts Farm and Barn Studio where she conducts on-site programs for individuals and groups. Barbara has specialized training in Collaborative Education with a focus on teambuilding, the healing arts and personal transformation.
