
The guardian: noticing and sensing
Learn post, Practicing CircleCircle started around the cook-fires of humanity’s ancestors and has accompanied us ever since. We remember this space. When we listen, we speak more thoughtfully. We lean in to shared purpose.
Christina Baldwin and Ann Linnea, The…

Words from a Caregiver
Accessing Emotion, Addressing Meaningful Questions, Caregiving post, Practicing CircleClaire Robson from Vancouver, Canada, joined a new healing circle at Callanish and shares her experience and perspective as a member.

Healing Circles for Youth
Discovering Self through the Arts, Practicing CircleHeart Circles at the Power of Hope camp take place in a safe space and a familiar community, allowing teens to drop into their authentic voices. The space is deeply respected. Many young people report that this is the peak experience of the camp.

Safety in Numbers: Five Circle Agreements
Deepening circle practice, Front Page, Learn post, Practicing CircleFor everyone in the circle to feel truly safe, the underlying assumption must be that everyone in attendance will honor the Circle Agreements, and that the Host and Guardian will be resolute in attending to them.

What Makes a Circle Healing?
Deepening circle practice, Front Page, Front page post, Learn post, Practicing CircleThe only person who can accurately perceive a circle to be healing is the individual circle participant. Healing, as with pain, is what the person says it is.

Catch and Release
Accessing Emotion, Practicing CircleCatch-and-release is essentially what we do at Healing Circles Langley.

Gracious Listening
Addressing Meaningful Questions, Front Page, Front page post, Practicing CircleAmong other things, gracious listening requires a hospitable heart, a compassionate presence, and a commitment to not "fix."

Healing from Chronic Pain
Addressing Meaningful Questions, In Your Community, Practicing CircleIt wasn’t an experience I was eager to revisit. Pain (mostly migraines) and fatigue dominated my life for 15 yrs. I cannot offer a formula for my return to health…

The Power of Story in Intentional Healing
Addressing Meaningful Questions, Practicing CircleOur stories can readily become the most powerful guides we can find to intentional healing.

Dropping in for a Cup of Tea and a Circle of Two
Addressing Meaningful Questions, Practicing CircleAs humans, we are happier and healthier if we have someone to talk to when we need it. For people who are newly diagnosed, grieving, at a turning point, or simply needing to connect, we offer circles of two at Healing Circles Langley.