Tag Archive for: refuge
Finding meaning in circle
Accessing Emotionby Chris Camarata
I've been facilitating a healing circle on death and dying for more than a year with Nicolas and Robin. Nicolas had been studying these often-avoided topics and wanted a forum where people could talk openly about their feelings…
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.
Healing Circles as a Place of Refuge
Addressing Meaningful Questions, Front Page, Front page postAt the bottom of every waterfall or cataract—regardless of how wide, how tall, how thunderous—is an eddy. This is a place of refuge where the current turns back on itself, the river flows upstream, and time itself seems to stop.
Writing to Heal
Accessing Emotion, Discovering Self through the ArtsWrite to Heal came to Kate Stivers as an idea after several traumatic and life-changing experiences. Now it’s a healing circle for many.