Victor Frankl once said, "Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom." Integral Circling is the most effective practice I’ve ever found to increase the space between stimulus and response.

For the First Time Since I Was A Child, I Feel Free. I’m In Touch With How Much I Love My Life, And The People In It. Circling in a space of safe, open inquiry has had me come to know myself with an ever-increasing clarity. As my patterns become conscious… I can see them as they occur, and from this place of knowing, I now have choice. Things are still really hard, and still the world occurs as bright and beautiful. I’m in touch with how much I love my life and the people in it.

Relationship seems to be more important than ever and yet more elusive than ever. For all of postmodernism’s emphasis on the relational or cultural components of life, they have offered pitifully little in terms of actual practices to authentically awaken and get in touch with this dimension.  This is where Circling as a "We-Space" practice excels!

I attended Aletheia with an expectation of personal growth in the area of relational connecting and what I received was much more than I could even imagine was possible. I  experienced love in its most unadulterated essence. I felt acceptance and appreciation for my most vulnerable self. I experienced feeling completely seen in my most exposed moments and completely loved, not in spite of, but because of those areas I previously felt shame around.

I received the abundant gift of learning not only how to love myself, but also the knowledge that loving myself is a gift unto others as well.

I came into the weekend feeling lost and a bit hopeless and I left feeling abundant and full of gratitude and anticipation for whatever comes next.

When I was circled during Aletheia, I was able to claim my sovereign voice and stand in my own strength.  This was an edge for me that the safety and structure of Aletheia made possible.  Since Aletheia, I have felt more secure with my welcomingly imperfect self.

More than perhaps any workshop leader I have witnessed, Robert has a unique leadership style in which the learnings, messages and results flow with ease.  I found him to be a caring and playful catalyst for self-discovery.

At the conclusion of the workshop, I found myself crying in awe of the beauty that unfolded!

Thank you for using your highly cultivated gifts for the betterment of others!

Some kinds of powerful magic happen in a cauldron. Robert and his team are top-notch cauldron builders. Within the container of expectations, practices, and presence they built, I experienced a deep sense of community and a potent ground for my own transformation. I’m leaving the weekend with new eyes and new possibilities for my life—including a new sense of my own beauty and power. This work will defy whatever expectations you have of it. Prepare to be surprised—and evolved.

Training in Circling has given me an understanding and a framework to know why I love what I love. I knew that I loved connecting with people and being real. I didn’t realize it could be taught! When I started learning it, I saw that in my favorite moments with people, this is what I was doing. And these guys have taken it apart so that it can be taught and can be reproduced more consistently. Another thing I love about this work: It allows people to be in the moment and experience themselves and others without a story. Without rejecting story, just seeing that it’s not necessary for revelation. Circling brings us into a shared experience of the truth of the moment, a space of rawness to me, that’s where magic happens, and that rawness is powerful fuel for my spiritual growth.