Circle Gatherings

Circle Gatherings are where we gather together in a circle, to hold the space and honor one another. The gatherings are for sacred purpose, to share, connect, release, heal and grow. Above all, in Circle Gatherings we come together to be. To re-connect with our own inherent Being that is love, peace and infinite solutions. And when in a group-field of beingness, these positive vibrations are amplified in potency and potential.

Humans connecting together in circles has been dated back to 300,000 years ago* . Indigenous and Aboriginal peoples would join one another for rituals, art, painting, dance and story-telling. This still happens in Indigenous communities today, and is vastly extending in popularity in many societies across the world. People are feeling the inner urge to connect to one another in these wholesome ways that our ancestors knew.

Gathering together in Circle has long been recognized as a powerful way for communities to connect, heal, grow in wisdom, and to be in ceremony.

Circle Gatherings can also honor and support;

•Life transitions

•Closing a chapter in your life

•Embracing a new, loving relationship with yourself

•Community wellness and connectivity

•Spiritual growth

•Evolution of collective consciousness

•Women’s gatherings

•Men’s gatherings

•Meditation and yoga

•Community food sharing

The energy that arises in Circle Gatherings is largely unique in modern society. I call it the circle field – a group energy of deep acceptance, compassion, love, peace, vibrancy and encouragement. People within the Circle feel safe to be who they are, to express themselves (if they wish to share), and to deepen their connection with themselves and their fellow friends. The circle field holds a depth of compassionate presence and divine stillness, where we are seen, heard and held together, honored as the individuals that we are, and held within the loving group collective. Often it may be advised by those leading the Circle that those gathering don’t give advice, or answers, or try to solve one another’s problems. This is powerfully healing, allowing us to fully listen and be present with each other, without an agenda to ‘fix’ or ‘heal’.

Because our answers and solutions are found within, all we need is a safe and supportive environment to let go and allow our intuitive wisdom to flow. It is beautiful to witness the release, integration, and return to one’s true Self that happens when in this sacred space of the circle field.

Regular Circle Gatherings with the same group of people often leads to a deepening of trust, surrender, and abundant receiving of all that the Circle has to offer. There is a potency to this which the logical mind cannot necessarily understand, but one which our intuition knows, feels, remembers, and rejoices in. Circle Gatherings can become our family, our tribe, and our path back home to ourselves. We can begin to re-connect with the wisdom of our bodies and our hearts, and to remember what healthy community and wholesome relationship with one other and our own selves truly means.

Just as our planet is circular with depth, and nature is circular with her season, there is an organic completeness revealed in Circle Gatherings. We are all a microcosm of Mother Nature, and this completeness is to be found within each of us. It is wholly possible for us all to reconnect to (or enhance) our natural intuition, inner wealth, health and strength, by coming together with one another in the sacred gift of Circle.

Circle workshops coming again soon!

* Andre Leroi Gourhan and Annette Mitchelson. The Religion of The Caves: Magic or Metaphysic? October 37. The MIT Press. Pp 6-17