Community agreements.
The container for our Circles. We’ll return to these when we open every Circle.
After a few Circles, presenting them will be in your body.
The 8 Agreements
01
Confidentiality outside the group
What’s shared in this room stays in this room. You can take what you learned about yourself, not what you learned about anyone else.
02
No subgrouping inside the group
We don’t process each other’s shares between sessions, not outside, not on a call. If it needs to be said, it gets said in the group.
03
Agency to choose
You can always modify, slow down, or step out of any exercise. You don’t owe us an explanation — you can just opt out.
04
Speak from your experience
When you share, speak from “I”. Not “people feel” or “we all know”.
05
Time discipline
We start on time and end on time. A one-minute warning isn’t cutting you off — it’s holding the container for everyone.
06
07
No advice, no fixing
When someone shares, we witness. No advice, no attempts to help. If you want to take a practice or ritual that has worked for someone else, that’s OK (but it’s not pushed on you).
08
Take care of yourself
Water, the bathroom, a moment outside — go. You don’t need permission.
Distraction-free presence
Phones, watches off and notifications off during the online session.