Agreements:

Non-Judgemental Space - How we show up energetically for ourselves is how we show up for others. Cultivating a practice of self-acceptance extends out acceptance into the circle for each other. 

Confidentiality - Knowing this is a safe space to open and be authentic, this space is confidential. If you find a teaching in a share, or something needing to be integrated in yourself later, you can keep the story but not the name, while also communicating that to the circle. 

Self- Responsibility - Speak from a place of “I”. How we share about our lives, especially when it comes to emotions and relationships spoken to without blaming or finger pointing for the feelings alive within us. It is not our responsibility to fix or change others in the circle, and we will aim as a group to keep each other accountable to our own personal experiences as we share.

Willingness to be Seen - We all need a place to come to be seen in our emotional process. To feel safe to bring up what is most uncomfortable. To offer feedback to one another for our blind spots. Here is a space we agree to do so, together. In doing this deeper work of exploring our wounds, triggers and shadows, we honour the vulnerability by showing up heart centered, extending empathy, and acceptance of one another. 

Breakthrough Centered Sharing - Empowering each of us to take self accountability for our experience and find wisdom within our situation even when very intense, raw emotions are present. Rather than interacting from a place of victimhood and perpetuating limiting beliefs about who we are or what’s possible for us, we can be authentic and real about the fact that we might feel pain, confusion, anger and fear while holding in our heart the faith that we are growing… and communicating from that place. 

While expressing you can be very real and authentic about where you are currently and at the same time, articulate what you are learning.

Trusting our ability to navigate toward the healing and wisdom of a situation.  There is power in the authenticity of the moment, and we recognize there are periods where it is really hard to feel anything positive from something that feels devastating. Raw emotions need to come out unfiltered and that's okay too. 

Deep Listening- With respect, compassion & curiosity - We all have an innate gift of listening deeply- not only with our ears- but with our entire bodies as instruments of intuition. We are attuned to our own sense of inner-knowing, our heart as our compass and are open to it’s guidance. Offering each other empathy and reflections, or acknowledgement that we have heard one another is a sign of showing up for each other in support. 

6 core tenants to deep listening :

Intuition, Presence, Spaciousness, Empathy, Service, Revelation