“When you realise nothing is lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” – Lao Tzu How can this practice reveal the gifts and rewards of a life lived and call in the Wisdom of the Old Ways so we can truly acknowledge becoming an Elder.  The age old art of Council is a ceremonial practice that encourages attentive listening and heartfelt compassionate speaking. Read more...

“Without a sense of caring, there can be no sense of community”  – Anthony J. D’Angelo The Way of Council builds trust, is inclusive, non-judgmental and accepting, and is a useful tool for groups and communities.  Participants learn the art of listening with full attention and expressing themselves with personal experience and heartfelt truth. In offering their personal stories, Council enables Read more...

The Way of Council & the Spirit of Enquiry What is Council? The age-old art of Council is a ceremonial practice that encourages attentive listening and heartfelt compassionate speaking. Council provides a way of bearing witness and accepts diversity in each other and ourselves and helps cultivate non-hierarchical power. We will explore – History and cross-cultural roots – Creating special Read more...

Based on the Way of Council-practise during this workshop, a small supportive group will create safe space for individual couples to discover the voice of their own relationship. Exploring, identifying, and playing, the dyadic work facilitates mutual and energizing sharing that has powerful potential for the short and long term health of individuals and couples. The focus of this workshop Read more...

WITH Gigi Coyle with Rob Dreaming and Team; Win Phelps, Marie de Beauvoir & Tina Kansy Aspiring always to be of service to the particular council and the council of all beings, we come together to access and develop our ability to witness. This training will focus on the advanced practice and role in council of the witness, a seat Read more...

A DEEPER DIVE INTO THE WORLD OF COUNCIL CIRCLES With Kate Lipkis introducing Council 1 Training to the Immersion Experience Hosted by Labyrinth Lane Council is simple; we live in a world of chatter & in a Council circle, where we share experiences from our lives, we practise listening from the heart & speaking from the heart, being spontaneous & Read more...

Nature of Council Offered by the New England Council Collective Sun Hill Farm, Putney VT Council is an ancient way and modern practice whose roots are deep within the natural world, spanning diverse cultures and spiritual traditions. Sitting in circle we remember and learn to listen to the whole: the people, the place and all living things. This practice elicits Read more...

The Natural Council Five-day Council in nature and Solo time A Council of renewal and deepening with Rob Dreaming and Krisztina Pasztor First steps into the wilderness – hosted five days on the land near São Gião, a time of renewal for us and for the fire-ravaged forest, we are invited into the deepening of our journeys, our questions and our rite of Read more...

 Introduction to Council – Aveiro, Portugal With Rob Dreaming Council is an ancient form and modern practice that is finding increasing use among groups that want to move from hierarchical power structures to a model in which initiative, responsibility and leadership are shared by everyone – a method to support group processes and personal development, for vision and clarifying purpose, Read more...

The Natural Council Five-day Council in Nature and Solo time A Council of renewal and deepening. Council in nature and 0vernight solo with Rob Dreaming and Begum Erenler First steps into the wilderness – hosted five days in the beauty and peace of Kabak near Fethiye at our venue and in the forest nearby, we are invited into the deepening of Read more...

Introduction to Council – Training Seminar Offered by Rob Dreaming Council is an ancient form and modern practice that is finding increasing use among groups that want to move from hierarchical power structures to a model in which initiative, responsibility and leadership are shared by everyone – a method to support group processes and personal development, for vision and clarifying Read more...

Council Training 3: Living the Way of Council Offered by the Center for Council This workshop is for experienced Council practitioners who have taken both previous Council trainings and who are discovering that they are called to really “live the way of Council.” Council Training Three is intended to support integration and embodiment, so that insight and experience from one’s Read more...

Council Training 2: Deepening the Practice of Council Offered by the Center for Council For those looking to deepen their practice of Council, this advanced training is geared toward participants who have taken Introduction to the Way of Council, have been facilitating Council for some time, and have had some direct experience with the inspiring, and sometimes challenging, situations that Read more...

Council Training 2: Deepening the Practice of Council Offered by the Center for Council For those looking to deepen their practice of Council, this advanced training is geared toward participants who have taken Introduction to the Way of Council, have been facilitating Council for some time, and have had some direct experience with the inspiring, and sometimes challenging, situations that Read more...

Council Training 2: Deepening the Practice of Council Offered by the Center for Council ~ For those looking to deepen their practice of Council, this advanced training is geared toward participants who have taken Introduction to the Way of Council, have been facilitating Council for some time, and have had some direct experience with the inspiring, and sometimes challenging, situations Read more...

Council Training 2:  Deepening the Practice ~ With Bonnie Mennell & Paul LeVasseur of the New England Council Collective ~ This council training offers a powerful opportunity to deepen one’s practice and explore the more complex contours of masterful council facilitation. The weekend is geared toward participants who have taken a Council 1 training and have been facilitating Council for Read more...

Council Training 1: Introduction to the Way of Council Offered by the Center for Council The Introduction to Council workshop explores the basic forms and pedagogy of Council practice. Participants develop fluency with and capacity to practice and facilitate Council circles and to bring Council into their personal lives, communities and professions. This workshop offers the opportunity to explore the Read more...

Council Training 1: Introduction to the Way of Council Offered by the Center for Council ~ The Introduction to Council workshop explores the basic forms and pedagogy of Council practice. Participants develop fluency with and capacity to practice and facilitate Council circles and to bring Council into their personal lives, communities and professions. This workshop offers the opportunity to explore Read more...

 Council Training 1: Introduction to the Way of Council Offered by the Center for Council ~ The Introduction to Council workshop explores the basic forms and pedagogy of Council practice. Participants develop fluency with and capacity to practice and facilitate Council circles and to bring Council into their personal lives, communities and professions. This workshop offers the opportunity to explore Read more...

Council Training 1: Introduction to the Way of Council Offered by the Center for Council The Introduction to Council workshop explores the basic forms and pedagogy of Council practice. Participants develop fluency with and capacity to practice and facilitate Council circles and to bring Council into their personal lives, communities and professions. This workshop offers the opportunity to explore the Read more...

Council is a dialogic, circle-based process that stimulates compassionate understanding, deeper self-awareness, community building, collective decision-making, conflict transformation, and shared leadership. Council helps to nurture the deep, authentic connections often neglected in our ever-faster, multi-tasking culture. Council can be a balm for the soul. It is used worldwide in a variety of contexts including public schools (including more than 60 public and private schools Read more...

This weekend-long Council Training is open to all. It will be an opportunity to – *practice the basic process and intentions and the different forms of Council * learn the differences between “leading” groups and facilitating Council * facilitate an experiential learning atmosphere, where participants can practice facilitation and learn by doing * introduce Council as a tool for conflict Read more...

During this weekend course, we will explore further paths to wholeness and compassionate rapport with those we live and work with, and whom we love. We will discover the gifts to be harvested from embracing our “shadow,” when we allow ourselves to open, to get out of our “comfort zone” and, ultimately, to get out of our own way.  Then Read more...

Open a space for every voice in the room. Practice leading by listening from the heart. Gain experience & confidence in group facilitation. Join the New England Council Collective for this experiential course in the art of council facilitation, led by two Council carriers with deep and diverse experience in the field, Paul LeVasseur and Kirstin Edelglass. Council is a dialogic, Read more...

Ein Seminar für LeiterInnen von Gruppen, LehrerInnen, TherapeutInen, SozialpädagogInnen und alle, die in und mit Gruppen oder Teams zu tun haben, aber genauso für alle, die in ihrem persönlichem Umfeld, z.B. in Freundeskreis, in Familien und Partnerschaft bedeutungsvoller Kommunikation neuen Raum geben wollen.…. Council ist eine Form der Kommunikation, die das aufmerksame Zuhören in den Vordergrund stellt und zu ehrlichem Read more...

This training will focus on the advanced practice and role in council of the witness, a seat that necessarily courts awareness, deepens presence, and enhances a path of service not only in council but in our everyday world. Beyond tools and techniques, council is a personal practice and a communitarian way of life. When we open to the many voices Read more...

The core practice of Council sets a container for empathy and honesty. It provides a way of bearing witness and of peace making and helps cultivate non-hierarchical power. When in Council we step into a timeless space and spirit moves through us. We experience the deep connection to all life. We will explore History and cross-cultural roots Creating special time Read more...

Council Grundlagenseminar – Introduction Training Für Menschen die prozessbegleitend mit anderen Menschen arbeiten ist eine Herangehensweise, die das Zuhören in den Mittelpunkt stellt, von vitaler Bedeutung. In diesem Einführungskurs werden die Grundlagen der gewaltfreien Kommunikationsform „Council“ vermittelt. Eine Bereicherung für alle, die mit Gruppen von Erwachsenen und Jugendlichen arbeiten oder arbeiten wollen. Im Seminar geht es u.a. um den Einsatz Read more...

Council is an ancient form and a modern practice that invokes the experience of community, where we listen to everything – people, place, and spirit. The roots of Council are within the natural world, spanning all cultures and beliefs. The core practice of Council sets a container for empathy and honesty. It provides a way of bearing witness and of Read more...

This four day retreat will give us the opportunity to experience and recognizes that we all share a piece of the truth, that we all have a voice – Council teaches us to listen with our bodies, to be aware of our senses, to feel, see and embrace our environment. The Four Shields/Directions: This is an Earth-based map that was Read more...

Ein Einführungsseminar mit Katrin Lüth und Holger Heiten Ein viertägiges Seminar für alle, die professionell oder ehrenamtlich, in der offenen Jugendarbeit, der Schule, oder der Jugendhilfe mit Jugendlichen arbeiten, oder arbeiten wollen. Eltern, Lehrer, Sozialpädagogen, Diakone, Trainer, Psychologen usw. bringen jeweils einen interessierten Jugendlichen mit. Details: May 25th at 1:00 pm to May 28th at 10:00 am Organized by: Holger Read more...

Im Kreis sitzen und in dieser ursprünglichen Form des Zusammenkommens von Menschen offen und berührbar zuhören; sich überraschen lassen, was aus der Tiefe des eigenen Herzens auftaucht; sich und andere in lebendiger Vielfalt und Verschiedenheit erleben; vom Moment ergriffen sein, Ideen aufblitzen lassen, Entscheidungen treffen, Konflikte mit ihrem Anliegen erforschen und kreative Lösungen gebären. Dies alles fördert Verständnis füreinander, lässt Read more...

This retreat will give you the chance to explore the grace and treasures found in the gift of speaking and listening from the heart in our own relationships – the path to healing and wholeness becomes real with self-acceptance and a willingness to embrace what feels unacceptable; to name and be present with whatever is repressed and or rejected. We Read more...

​Center for Council’s Council Training 3 (CT3) is for experienced Council practitioners who have taken CT1 and CT2 and who are discovering that they are called to really “live the way of Council,” going beyond occasionally facilitating circles as an approach to group interaction. This advanced CT3 workshop focuses on the three challenges of becoming a carrier of Council: devotion Read more...

​This Council Training 2 (CT2) workshop offered by Center for Council is a powerful opportunity to deepen one’s practice and explore the more complex contours of the work. This training is geared toward participants who have taken a CT1 workshop and have been facilitating Council for some time and have had some direct experience with the inspiring, and sometimes challenging, Read more...

​Center for Council is offering this Council Training 2 (CT2) workshop, which will be a powerful opportunity to deepen one’s practice and explore the more complex contours of the work. This training is geared toward participants who have taken a CT1 workshop and have been facilitating Council for some time and have had some direct experience with the inspiring, and Read more...

This Council Training 2 (CT2) workshop offered by Center for Council will be a powerful opportunity to deepen one’s practice and explore the more complex contours of the work. This training is geared toward participants who have taken a CT1 workshop and have been facilitating Council for some time and have had some direct experience with the inspiring, and sometimes Read more...

This two-day workshop, offered by Center for Council and led by certified Council Trainers, is a powerful and inspiring introduction to the practice of Council and offers an experiential opportunity to work with the basic elements, modalities and forms. In Council Training 1 (CT1) workshops, participants develop their fluency with and capacity to practice and offer Council, and to bring Read more...

Center for Council is offering this 16-hour introduction to the practice of Council, led by two certified Council Trainers, which will be an experiential opportunity to work with the basic elements, modalities and forms of Council. In Council Training 1 (CT1) workshops, participants develop their fluency with and capacity to practice and offer Council, and to bring this practice into Read more...

Center for Council is offering this two-day workshop, led by two certified Council Trainers, which will be a powerful and inspiring introduction to the practice of Council and offer an experiential opportunity to work with the basic elements, modalities and forms of Council. In Council Training 1 (CT1) workshops, participants develop their fluency with and capacity to practice and offer Read more...

Center for Council is offering this 16-hour introduction to the practice of Council led by two certified Council Trainers. It will be an experiential opportunity to work with the basic elements, modalities and forms of Council. In CT1 workshops, participants develop their fluency with and capacity to practice and offer Council, and to bring this practice into their personal lives, Read more...