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6 spots available in the online Practical Relational Leadership groups starting in January; and month-long residential retreats in Mexico

December 20, 2023 By marc Leave a Comment

I have one sold-out group out of three Practical Relational Leadership (PRL) cohorts starting in early January, and two groups half-full, meaning there are 6 spots available (these are small group experiences for 5-6 people). If you are interested in joining, just reply to this email and tell me something about yourself. The cost is only $100 for this one-month course (4 sessions x 2 hours). 

The PRL courses are deep dives into Relational Meditation (similar to Circling™) within the Authentic Relating tradition.  This style of doing Relational Meditation has shown itself to be especially valuable and impactful for people already in relationship, or connected through a shared project such as an intentional community. For more information on this,  see my article Authentic Relating in Intentional Community: A case study in Ajijic, Mexico. 

This latest edition of the PRL courses, named the “train the trainer” edition, will teach you …

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Join our Authentic Relating Intentional Community / Conscious Business Accelerator in Chapala, Mexico (near Ajijic)

December 7, 2023 By marc Leave a Comment

Very exciting news!

We are creating an intentional community in Mexico focused on Authentic Relating, conscious entrepreneurship, health & well-being, creativity & self-expression. Join us for a month in either January or February 2024, and stay for longer if you like. 

This will be an experimental community of Authentic Relating enthusiasts, conscious entrepreneurs and wellness practitioners. The program will be created month-to-month by the participants, but will include (at minimum) twice-weekly Relational Meditation in the style of the Practical Relational Leadership (PRL) Courses. 

Pricing as low as $400/mth.

Find our more…

PS: the January cohorts of the online Practical Relational Leadership courses are mostly sold-out, but I may have a few spots left. Contact me following the instructions in the link for more details, or if you are interested in joining in February…

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November/December 2023 Newsletter & Events

November 14, 2023 By marc Leave a Comment

The Circling Guide newsletter returns after 9 months of silence! I had some health challenges, and then moved to Mexico in July. I have been successfully building community here on-the-ground (that story told in Authentic Relating in Intentional Community: A case study in Ajijic, Mexico) and now returning to the States to run the latest version of my 4-week course called Practical Relational Leadership.

What’s happening in the community?

  • I am running two online sections of Practical Relational Leadership (Train the trainer edition) starting in late December (up to 6 people each). The cost is just $100. To register your interest, follow the link.
    Practical Relational Leadership will teach you how to circle in my style, enabling you to run circles for your friends and/or community. This course very reliably drops a small group into deep connection spaces in the course of 4 weeks. It
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February 2023 Newsletter & Events

January 29, 2023 By marc Leave a Comment

This edition of the Circling Guide newsletter is a bit shorter than usual — it is winter after all (I mean in the Northern hemisphere, no disrespect to our upside-down friends). Even so, there is some great action in the community.

See below, as well, for “an offer you can’t refuse” to readers and reviewers of Relational Power

What’s happening in the community?

  • The Connection Institute is launching a new Coaching Certification Program which will run March 15-Sept 15. The hours will count towards ICF accreditation, if that is your desire. This is somewhat historic, as the training will be heavily experiential and use techniques from authentic relating and IFS (Internal Family System) to teach the core coaching competencies. This is not just for aspiring coaches, by the way, but for facilitators and relational leaders of any stripe. Very exciting, Peter Will Benjamin and Megan Taylor Morrison!
  • The Authentic Relating
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Relational Power on audio; Request for feedback

January 26, 2023 By marc Leave a Comment

The latest Relational Power v1.21 now comes with a free audiobook! This was quite a journey, by the way. Read about that on the release notes.

Sales and downloads of Relational Power have been fairly brisk, but still no (or very little) feedback or Amazon reviews (Boo-hoo). PLEASE read (or now listen) to at least the introduction chapter, its just a half-hour. And then (if you like), leave an Amazon review.

I will repeat here my previous offer: if you listen to at least the introduction and leave an Amazon review, I will call your mother (or your boss) to tell them how great you are and that they should get off your case.

An Authentic Relating Parable:

“Two monks, an old one and a younger one, had lived together for many years in a cave. In all that time, they had never had a …

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Relational Power on audio; Masterful Lover with Keith; Relational Leadership with Jason; and more

January 11, 2023 By marc Leave a Comment

This is our mid-month issue of the newsletter. Lots going on — yay team!

The Texas AR Convergence Feb. 24-26 is now registering — and it’s a very sweet deal. Details below

An important new release of Relational Power, including audiobook! Details below.

Masterful Lover with Keith McGuiness: An introduction to Sexual Yoga for men

Keith McGuiness (who is also a good friend) has an unusual background. He’s not merely senior instructor at ART International, he also has at least 8 years experience as a teacher in the tantric lineages of Hridaya and Agama Yoga. I can’t think of a better person to teach an advanced course on relationships and sexual yoga for men.

This 8-week course starts on Jan. 19 (soon!) and is filling fast. If you are at all interested, book a call with Keith to see if you are a good candidate for what is …

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Local communities can be found on Meetup.com and on the Authentic Revolution communities map

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Quotes

  • “There is no place to get to but more here” — Decker Cunov, co-founder of Circling
  • “You will always outlive my concept of you. And I will always have a concept for you to outlive” — Guy Sengstock, founder of Circling
  • “Pain is not a punishment, pleasure is not a reward… good and bad, happy and sad, all thoughts vanish into emptiness” — Pema Chodron
  • “If we were all to sit in a circle and confess our sins, we would laugh at each other for lack of originality” — Kahlil Gibran
  • “No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care” — Theodore Roosevelt
  • “Most people do not listen with the intent to understand. They listen with the intent to reply” — Stephen Covey
  • “Trust that people move towards wholeness, and we just have to follow” — Alexis Shepperd, co-founder of the Authentic Woman Experience
  • “Depression is the reward we get for being ‘good’ ” — Marshall Rosenberg
  • When we are angry, killing people is too superficial — Marshall Rosenberg
  • “You don’t need to get what you want if you can express what you want” — Strephon Kaplan-Williams

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