This is a conversation that was recorded at the monastic academy shortly after a recent retreat that i helped lead. The retreat was called the anti fragile heart retreat, and the format was one in which we sort of went back and forth between circling or present moment focused relational practice with various kinds of transformational technologies. And it's like many things that area very, very beautiful, defies an easy explanation. So merely, e interesting and meaningful things happened and so, ah, this conversation we recorded was an attempt by myself and one of the other facilitators to make sense out of what we had just gone through together. I hope you enjoy.
In this episode fellow Monastic Academy resident Ellen McSweeney and I explore the relationship between Circling and Soulmaking in an attempt to make sense of the experience we shared co-facilitating the Anti-Fragile Heart retreat in March. Towards the end there is a Q+A with retreat participants.
If you'd like to explore the practice of Circling MAPLE is hosting the SAS 6-month Circling Training starting in June.
This conversation was recorded in the meditation hall at the Monastic Academy, and the audio is a little wonky...