Circle Practica
 

Focusing on the axiom that it's easiest to learn circle by living in circle, the Practicum gathers a small group of people at a retreat center for four-and-a-half days of intensive, experiential learning that blends council time with significant training. Each day's teaching presents a theme:

• Individual skills and practices: what we each bring to the rim;
• Energetics: creating a vital interactive container;
• Challenges to circle: real plays of situational challenges;
• Vision, reality, intention: setting the course to bring circle into real life situations.

In addition to skill-building, the Circle Practica offer participants the opportunity to:

• Slow down and honor the need for replenishment with good company in a beautiful setting,
• Remember our way back to speaking our thoughts in conversations that matter,
• Experience what it means to create communities of reflection, adventure and purpose.

Previous experience in group facilitation and leadership is helpful. An application process helps us create a fine mix of people for the circle. Please see our schedule of upcoming Circle Practica (including events in Germany and Canada) and our application form below.


CIRCLE TRAININGS ABROAD:

These photos and those in the slideshow illustrate some moments from Christina and Ann's month-long teaching trip to Oberursel, Germany, Kufunda Village in Zimbabwe and Capetown, South Africa. (Most of the photos were taken by Ann.) For a descriptive account of their journey, please see our June 2007 Circle Tale.

Circle Practicum at Hollyhock in British Columbia
May 9-14, 2008
Cortes Island, BC

Ann and Christina will return to Hollyhock in the spring of 2008 to offer our full Circle Practicum, with the same material covered in our U.S. circle training. Join them in the magnificent setting of the Hollyhock Retreat Centre, on Cortes Island, British Columbia. The friendly folks at Hollyhock will be handling all registrations and requests for information.

Location:
Hollyhock Retreat Centre, Cortes Island, British Columbia, Canada

Dates:
May 9-14, 2008

Cost:
The tuition is $545 CDN. Meals/accomodation are extra, with rates ranging from $77 CDN/night to $255 CDN/night. These are 2007 rates -  those who book by December 31, 2007 will receive these 2007 meal/accommodation rates. 2008 rates will be slightly higher.

Registration:
Hollyhock will be handling all registrations. For more information, please call 1-800-933-6339, or email them at registration@hollyhock.ca.

August 14-19, 2008
The Marsh House
Whidbey Island, Washington

Sit in council with us on our home base of Whidbey Island, in a contemplative setting of gardens, a marsh, and tall trees.

Registration:
Limited to 16 men and women.
Please register on-line by completing our Circle Practicum application form available below, or phone the PeerSpirit office at (360) 331-3580.
Cost:
Cost is $1300, which includes tuition, materials, lodging and all meals. There is a $50 discount for teaching colleagues and multiple registrations from the same organization. A $400 deposit holds your place.

Contact/More Info:
Contact PeerSpirit (cbaldwin@peerspirit.com) for more details.

Circle Practicum in Ontario, Canada
October 17-22, 2008
Ancaster, Ontario

James Wells and Bev Haskins, two participants who attended the August 2007 CP on Whidbey, have invited Christina and Ann to facilitate a Circle Practicum in Canada in 2008. James and Bev will host this offering in southern Ontario in the autumn. Come sit in circle with Ann, Christina, James and Bev amidst the 72 forested acres of the Canterbury Hills Conference Centre, and learn how to create conversations that matter! Topics covered will be the same as in our other PeerSpirit Circle Practica.

Location:
Canterbury Hills Conference Centre, Ancaster, Ontario (near Hamilton/Toronto)

Dates:
October 17-22, 2008

Cost:
$1350 Canadian includes the circle practicum, all meals, and five nights accommodation.  A $400 deposit (or the full amount) reserves your place.

Registration:
Limited to 16 men & women. Contact Bev Haskins by phone (905) 563-8520 or by email at b__haskins842@sympatico.ca , or James Wells (416) 966-2685 or workeroforacles@yahoo.ca for details & registration information.