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Three Intentions in Flow Group

I love the way that Becoming & Belonging practices are teaching me and teaching the groups that gather.
– Some of it is self care, some permission to acknowledge the necessity of deliberate attention to the self.
– Some of is it suspended time (which perhaps is real time), a slowing down to give due attention to the nuance of who we are as humans moving about lives.
– Some of it is remembering this feeling of flow, like a creek, “Life lifing us.”

A recent participant, when asked, why are you participating, replied,
– “I’m need to learn to let go.”
– “I need to revisit who I am.”
– “I need to find home within myself.”

These statements represent so much of what comes alive in B & B. I’m glad for it in others. I’m glad for it in me.

Today’s session is Flow Group. 90 minutes online. Typically 4-5 of us. I invite people to bring a circumstance or situation for which they wish to receive insight and intuition. We Circle, meaning we share listening and speaking, we listen for what arrises from our figurative center, and we welcome feeling moved and awakened.

Humans being moved by flow. It’s a practice I both love and need.

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A Joy In All

A bow to my friend Elif, who last week spoke the term, “unrushable.”

A bow to my friend Christina, who long ago differentiated “speed” from “pace”.

All of that to stir this Fall, Monday reflection in me.

I no longer want to move so fast, so often.
I no longer want to move as if trying to catch up from being behind.
Some days, sure.
But all days, no.

I want to move with natural and calm flow, the way the creek moves.
I want to open with satisfaction and joy, the way the sunflower opens.

It’s inner, all the subtle awarenesses.
It’s outer, all the human sustenance things.

A
joy
in
all.

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Hosting Circle Learning & Practice

What a delight to host another round of Circle yesterday. This time, a class that is explicitly learning Circle’s doing and Circle’s being. I love the way that we so quickly found an activation together. That is to say, an animation. An authenticity. A joy.

I loved steering the group to some key learning. The power of hello. The interruption from banter and talking over that Circle offers. The importance of both a declarative and an inviting deeper why. The power of wicked questions. An exercise for generating those questions from an everyday resource

Yup, delight. To meet these folks. To share stories of origin (most of mine weave back to Christina Baldwin and Ann Linnea, and also the oodles of others I’ve hosted and taught Circle with). And to feel Circle cohering us.

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It’s Autumn In Utah

It’s Autumn in Utah.

Yesterday Dana and I treated ourselves to an afternoon drive amidst the changing colors. There’s a road, The Alpine Loop, that ascends from the city of Highland, peaks out at 8,000 ish feet, and then descends to Sundance. It’s gorgeous. Spectacular. And meant to be encountered in slow pace.

I suppose all of that to say I bring some awe with me today. Inspired by the colors. By spaciousness and slow pace too. And by a few moments to park the car and walk the trails.

Some delicious Wander.

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Gifts of Circle - Question Cardsasd
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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