The Container: A Circling and Authentic Relating Podcast

Last week, we began our conversation with Jason Digges on the history of circling. Today, we finish that discussion. Jason takes us from the Integral Center, where he and a team of intrepid researchers and facilitators helped link the pioneering work of Ken Wilbur and Susan Campbell with the early founders of circling like Guy Sengstock into a core modality in the world of the Relational Arts.As that story concludes, we go from the laboratory of a community center in Boulder, Colorado, to an international adventure as the movement goes global.Want to explore more of Jason Digges' work? Check out his:SubstackWebsiteCircling = EnergyIf you would like to know more about circling, authentic relating, nonviolent communication (NVC), and more Relational Arts, check out our website.More stuff is going up on our YouTube all the time, so keep an eye out.To support our work, become a patron on Patreon.Music Credit:- "Clot" by SupertaskGrow With Us 🦁 Get relational coaching with Sigh (https://www.thecontainerpod.com/radiantrelating) 🙏 Deepen your spiritual practice and attainment with Jonathan (https://www.thecontainerpod.com/coaching) Support Our Work📈 Like, subscribe, rate, and review🙌 Become a patron on Patreon💌 Subscribe for free to our newsletter Connect and Learn More About the Relational Arts🖥️ Our website (www.thecontainerpod.com) 📺 Our YouTube (www.youtube.com/@TheContainerPod) 👥 Our Facebook group Keep it namaste 🙏

In this episode, we welcome none other than Jason Digges onto the podcast to track the history of circling from its origin among the likes of Susan Campbell, Ken Wilbur, and Guy Sengstock to where it is today. The story comes from someone who saw much of the history firsthand at the Integral Center in Boulder, Colorado, and then later as a leading figure in the authentic relating movement.Want to explore more of Jason Digges' work? Check out his:SubstackWebsiteCircling = EnergyOn next week's episode, we'll conclude with the second half of our conversation with Jason Digges.If you would like to know more about circling, authentic relating, nonviolent communication (NVC), and more Relational Arts, check out our website.More stuff is going up on our YouTube all the time, so keep an eye out.To support our work, become a patron on Patreon.Music Credit:- "Clot" by SupertaskGrow With Us 🦁 Get relational coaching with Sigh (https://www.thecontainerpod.com/radiantrelating) 🙏 Deepen your spiritual practice and attainment with Jonathan (https://www.thecontainerpod.com/coaching) Support Our Work📈 Like, subscribe, rate, and review🙌 Become a patron on Patreon💌 Subscribe for free to our newsletter Connect and Learn More About the Relational Arts🖥️ Our website (www.thecontainerpod.com) 📺 Our YouTube (www.youtube.com/@TheContainerPod) 👥 Our Facebook group Keep it namaste 🙏

The second half of our talk with energy healer and qi gong teacher Jay Demaio. He teaches us a lot about how to let our energy flow in our day-to-day lives as well as in the circle. This includes how to yawn, the importance of napping, using the tongue mudra, and integrating emotional experiences. It's a lot of great stuff!To learn more about Jay Demaio and to schedule a consultation with him, check out his official website.If you would like to know more about circling, authentic relating, nonviolent communication (NVC), and more Relational Arts, check out our website.More stuff is going up on our YouTube all the time, so keep an eye out.To support our work, become a patron on Patreon.Music Credit:- "Clot" by SupertaskGrow With Us 🦁 Get relational coaching with Sigh (https://www.thecontainerpod.com/radiantrelating) 🙏 Deepen your spiritual practice and attainment with Jonathan (https://www.thecontainerpod.com/coaching) Support Our Work📈 Like, subscribe, rate, and review🙌 Become a patron on Patreon💌 Subscribe for free to our newsletter Connect and Learn More About the Relational Arts🖥️ Our website (www.thecontainerpod.com) 📺 Our YouTube (www.youtube.com/@TheContainerPod) 👥 Our Facebook group Keep it namaste 🙏

Circling gives us a lot of tools to communicate in a profoundly present way. But our bodies are tools for connecting, too. In this first of two blockbuster episodes, we talk with Jay Demaio, a qigong teacher and trauma-informed somatic energy healer. We explore how we can use the body to move energy in a way that builds stronger connections. Oh, and we circle, too!To learn more about Jay Demaio and to schedule a consultation with him, check out his official website.If you would like to know more about circling, authentic relating, nonviolent communication (NVC), and more Relational Arts, check out our website.More stuff is going up on our YouTube all the time, so keep an eye out.To support our work, become a patron on Patreon.Music Credit:- "Clot" by SupertaskGrow With Us 🦁 Get relational coaching with Sigh (https://www.thecontainerpod.com/radiantrelating) 🙏 Deepen your spiritual practice and attainment with Jonathan (https://www.thecontainerpod.com/coaching) Support Our Work📈 Like, subscribe, rate, and review🙌 Become a patron on Patreon💌 Subscribe for free to our newsletter Connect and Learn More About the Relational Arts🖥️ Our website (www.thecontainerpod.com) 📺 Our YouTube (www.youtube.com/@TheContainerPod) 👥 Our Facebook group Keep it namaste 🙏

This is a discussion with the incredible Cathy Courtenay. A true master of circling and a committed educator, she teaches the skills of the relational arts to a wide range of people, while also holding space for a community of practitioners in Asheville, North Carolina. Here, she gives us accessible tools we can begin using right now to connect with one another. To learn more about Cathy Courtenay and to connect with her incredible coaching services, check out her:official websiteInstagramLink TreeIf you would like to know more about circling or the Relational Arts, check out our website.More stuff is going up on our YouTube all the time, so keep an eye out.To support our work, become a patron on Patreon. Music Credit:- "Clot" by SupertaskGrow With Us 🦁 Get relational coaching with Sigh (https://www.thecontainerpod.com/radiantrelating) 🙏 Deepen your spiritual practice and attainment with Jonathan (https://www.thecontainerpod.com/coaching) Support Our Work📈 Like, subscribe, rate, and review🙌 Become a patron on Patreon💌 Subscribe for free to our newsletter Connect and Learn More About the Relational Arts🖥️ Our website (www.thecontainerpod.com) 📺 Our YouTube (www.youtube.com/@TheContainerPod) 👥 Our Facebook group Keep it namaste 🙏

This is an exciting episode! Sigh and Jonathan discuss a new practice that's been capturing their attention: Circling Strongstyle. With a heavy emphasis on the meditation side of things (as well as a heavy dose of discipline), this format will hopefully build our capacity to stay in the present with other people even as things get into the red. (See Episode 9, "The Traffic Light," for more on states like green, yellow, and red.)More stuff is going up on our YouTube all the time, so keep an eye out.If you would like to know more about circling or the Relational Arts, check out our website.Also, we are still working on some documents to release to our patrons on Patreon. These go in-depth with what circling is and various other burning questions in the field of the Relational Arts.Music Credit:- "Clot" by SupertaskGrow With Us 🦁 Get relational coaching with Sigh (https://www.thecontainerpod.com/radiantrelating) 🙏 Deepen your spiritual practice and attainment with Jonathan (https://www.thecontainerpod.com/coaching) Support Our Work📈 Like, subscribe, rate, and review🙌 Become a patron on Patreon💌 Subscribe for free to our newsletter Connect and Learn More About the Relational Arts🖥️ Our website (www.thecontainerpod.com) 📺 Our YouTube (www.youtube.com/@TheContainerPod) 👥 Our Facebook group Keep it namaste 🙏

On this, our first interview episode, Joel Tenbomb joins us to discuss the fraught issue of caretaking. While some people see it as simple acts of kindness, it's important to keep an eye out for the many ways caretaking can limit the sovereignty and expression of others. This holds true inside of circling and in our lives.More about Joel: Joel is the creator of Circling Curious, a Circling group that meets up monthly in Boston.  He has been most intently involved with Circling for the past six years, having completed many Circling retreats at Monastic Academy in Vermont, as well as immersions with the Austin-based Relateful Company. His goal is to spread the practice of Circling as far and wide as people are willing to receive it!  To find out more about Joel Tenbomb and Circling Curious, check out these links:Circling Curious linksFacebook groupInstagram pageMore stuff is going up on our YouTube all the time, so keep an eye out.If you would like to know more about circling or the Relational Arts, check out our website.Also, we are still working on some documents to release to our patrons on Patreon. These go in-depth with what circling is and various other burning questions in the field of the Relational Arts.Music Credit:- "Clot" by SupertaskGrow With Us 🦁 Get relational coaching with Sigh (https://www.thecontainerpod.com/radiantrelating) 🙏 Deepen your spiritual practice and attainment with Jonathan (https://www.thecontainerpod.com/coaching) Support Our Work📈 Like, subscribe, rate, and review🙌 Become a patron on Patreon💌 Subscribe for free to our newsletter Connect and Learn More About the Relational Arts🖥️ Our website (www.thecontainerpod.com) 📺 Our YouTube (www.youtube.com/@TheContainerPod) 👥 Our Facebook group Keep it namaste 🙏

Our first debrief episode in a while! This time, we invite our friend Misty on the podcast. The conversation that follows is a wild ride that begins with a close-up view of shame.More stuff is going up on our YouTube all the time, so keep an eye out.If you would like to know more about circling or the Relational Arts, check out our website.Also, we are still working on some documents to release to our patrons on Patreon. These go in-depth with what circling is and various other burning questions in the field of the Relational Arts.Music Credit:- "Clot" by SupertaskGrow With Us 🦁 Get relational coaching with Sigh (https://www.thecontainerpod.com/radiantrelating) 🙏 Deepen your spiritual practice and attainment with Jonathan (https://www.thecontainerpod.com/coaching) Support Our Work📈 Like, subscribe, rate, and review🙌 Become a patron on Patreon💌 Subscribe for free to our newsletter Connect and Learn More About the Relational Arts🖥️ Our website (www.thecontainerpod.com) 📺 Our YouTube (www.youtube.com/@TheContainerPod) 👥 Our Facebook group Keep it namaste 🙏

Rupture. It's the other side of connection. To understand how we relate to people, we have to know rupture. So today, we are opening the floor to many people. We are letting them speak in their own voices about rupture. This is a new kind of episode, so if you want to hear more like it, let us know.More stuff is going up on our YouTube all the time, so keep an eye out.If you would like to know more about circling or the Relational Arts, check out our website.Also, we are still working on some documents to release to our patrons on Patreon. These go in-depth with what circling is and various other burning questions in the field of the Relational Arts.Music Credit:- "Clot" by SupertaskGrow With Us 🦁 Get relational coaching with Sigh (https://www.thecontainerpod.com/radiantrelating) 🙏 Deepen your spiritual practice and attainment with Jonathan (https://www.thecontainerpod.com/coaching) Support Our Work📈 Like, subscribe, rate, and review🙌 Become a patron on Patreon💌 Subscribe for free to our newsletter Connect and Learn More About the Relational Arts🖥️ Our website (www.thecontainerpod.com) 📺 Our YouTube (www.youtube.com/@TheContainerPod) 👥 Our Facebook group Keep it namaste 🙏

How can we be sure we are really developing as people and not just learning fancier ways to communicate? If I don't hold myself accountable, I can actually use the Relational Arts to do a lot of damage by figuring out how to sound one way when really, I'm acting from a much different place. This is what makes the inner work so important, and that's why we jump into it in this episode. More stuff is going up on our YouTube all the time, so keep an eye out.If you would like to know more about circling or the Relational Arts, check out our website.Also, we are still working on some documents to release to our patrons on Patreon. These go in-depth with what circling is and various other burning questions in the field of the Relational Arts.Music Credit:- "Clot" by SupertaskGrow With Us 🦁 Get relational coaching with Sigh (https://www.thecontainerpod.com/radiantrelating) 🙏 Deepen your spiritual practice and attainment with Jonathan (https://www.thecontainerpod.com/coaching) Support Our Work📈 Like, subscribe, rate, and review🙌 Become a patron on Patreon💌 Subscribe for free to our newsletter Connect and Learn More About the Relational Arts🖥️ Our website (www.thecontainerpod.com) 📺 Our YouTube (www.youtube.com/@TheContainerPod) 👥 Our Facebook group Keep it namaste 🙏