POET — COACH — GROUP PROCESS FACILITATOR
I like this framing (thx Dolores Wollbaum for the share).
Weave.
Healthy.
Community.
Questions that matter.
Images that clarify.
I like the way that many of us are simplifying how we start.
And frame the long journey.
For inspiration.
Men.
This is for you.
June 24th and July 7th (optional). Online. 5:00 pm -7:00 pm (Mountain Time).
We’re gonna learn. We’re gonna circle. We’re gonna explore together.
Registration and information is here.
I know
that there are
many of us
that seek what is underneath.
The thing
under the thing
under the thing
the turns out to not be a thing.
I know that there are many of us that want some structure, some clarity, some direction
so that
we can be in relationship with what is necessarily unstructured, unclear, and requires wander.
It’s time to be wise.
This gathering is for thoughtful men wishing other thoughtful men.
I’m hosting the first part (June 24) of this with Megan Sheldon, a woman, who has devoted her life to ceremony. She has things to teach us. To help frame. To help hold.
And then, the second part (July 7) will be just men, following up together. Integrating. Honing our masculine wisdom.
Come play.
Come contribute.
Come hone.
Come delight.
Teaser video is here (from a previous conversation with Megan.
Men.
This is for you, for us as thoughtful men.
For the heart.
I quite love hosting these B & B gatherings. Becoming and belonging get to the places that so many humans yearn for.
Yesterday it was Flow Game. Four of us. With connection first. And the bravery to name circumstances for which we wish insight and intuition. Then drawing Flow Game cards. Then journeying together with story and unhurriedness (thx Nadia).
I wrote follow-up email to those participating yesterday.
Next Flow Games are June 24 and June 25. Many other B & B offerings for June.
Come as inspired. I’ll meet you there. For the deliciousness.
I’m drawn to scale. The things and people beautiful and attractive that are close in. The things and people beautiful and attractive that are far away. I’m drawn to how the near invites the far and how the far invites the near. I’m drawn to the aliveness that lives in all of that. There is some important principle and practice for living in all of that — welcome the near to meet the far and vice versa. Wander a bit. Notice. Be lived.
Over the last week, Dana and I took many pictures in our week of wander in the Pacific Northwest. Port Townsend. Anacortes. Friday Harbor. Bellingham. Things near and things far. Life near and life far.
I love this principle and practice when in travel and vacation mode. I love this principle when in facilitation mode, running programs. When, as many of us do, we invite humans to explore humanness. I love watching myself and others come alive, welcoming life to claim us once again, pointing out the near and the far.
This morning I asked AI to offer a poem about such things (actually, it asked me if I wanted it). Here’s what I got:
THE
CENTER
HOLDS
What if today
were not about solving,
but about staying close to
what matters most?
What if presence —
gently offered, quietly held —
were enough to move something
essential in you,
in me,
in others?
Let the swirl come.
Let the center hold.
So, here’s to that kind of aliveness. And pause. And vision. And permission to scale small or big, in the beauty and the attraction.
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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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