Feel Your Heart
8 Week Birthday Circling Series
January 7- February 25th, Fridays, 10:00am-12:00pm est.
For a committed group of 5 people!
What happens when you sit with others with an intention of presence and connection?
When we slow down and pay attention, there’s a whole world to discover of unconscious habits underneath our social conversations.
We may discover that although we long to be connected, we are subtly blocking intimacy, hiding our authenticity and feeling lonely in our individual experience.
In Circling, we practice becoming aware of what is happening under the surface of our social interactions.
The first step is awareness, the next step is discerning what to share of our real, present moment experience. The third step is becoming curious about other’s inner worlds and which dynamics are at play in our relating. Through this relational meditation practice, we join each other exactly as we are, without needing to change or fix the present moment. Circling skills are relationship skills, and impact your connections both with the other group members, as well as in your life.
Circling practice leads to deeper, more honest, and energizing relationships
Structure of each week:
Arrival Grounding
Brief Check-in
Circling Skill Practice/ Seed idea
Birthday Circle approx 1 hr
Check-out
The first session will focus on the foundations of Circling and one other session will be an Organic Circle.
Each person receives an entire hour of Circling attention from the group. This balanced exchange of attention allows each person to soak in the rare opportunity to receive open-hearted, curious attention from the group. We savor the gifts and lessons of each human in the group.
What People are Saying After Feel Your Heart Birthday Circling Series:
“I loved SO much about this circling series. I loved feeling the way that the connection between the humans in this series continued to deepen and become more authentic and real with each passing week. I loved learning about the circling techniques and being curious about the techniques that seemed to come naturally, and those that were more challenging for me to utilize. I loved feeling my own connection to self deepen as I carved out this time to listen to what my body was telling me.” - Camille
“I really appreciated the time to slow down and connect deeply. I feel like I've gained skills that I can take into everyday conversation. I have also been reminded of the importance of creating spaces that inspire, encourage, and hold this type of opportunity for connection. Michelle is a gentle, present, and skilled facilitator. I loved the series, and loved having her lead us.” - Zach Cohen
"Michelle holds such a warm, open, honest space. In this container, the group was able to open to rich, revealing, and transformative processes in every session."
“Being Circled is an opportunity to take risks and share parts of myself with other people in a safe and supportive setting. It’s healing.”
Michelle's facilitation is: "Attentive, considerate, patient, alive, so refreshingly transparent, joyful, kind, gentle, aware, compassionate and skillful."
Details:
8 weeks: January 7-February 25th, Friday’s, 10:00am-12:00pm est.
on Zoom
* the Last session will be 2.5 hours, 10-12:30 to have time for closing
Commit if you can attend at least 6/8 of the sessions
$150 early bird by Jan. 1st, $165 regular, payment can be made in 1 or 2 instalments