To individually ’awaken’ and move out of the old paradigm of separation, struggle and survival into a new paradigm of unity, cooperation and joy is not something that we can do alone.  It requires support from people we love and trust.  Nor is it something that we can do by just reading books or going to weekend seminars.   Instead, being more present and heart-directed takes constant trial and error learning over time.  It also takes commitment, courage and tremendous perseverance.  We are actually changing how our brains are wired as we re-imagine who we are and how life can be lived from this new place of kindness and creativity.  We are consciously participating in our own evolutionary development.

Heart Circles are forming in many parts of the world in response to this desire for ‘awakening’ and ‘community’. They are small ‘awareness-practice’ circles that are decentralized, non-commercialized, self-activated, self-organized and all-member facilitated. They are deliberately designed to help us open our hearts while creating community together.   By meeting weekly or bi-monthly, friendship and support becomes available to us on an ongoing basis. Heart Circles provide a space to learn how to better hold our focus on creating joy, acceptance, passion and clarity in a rapidly transforming world.

There are several things that make a Heart Circle unique:

The Purpose: To intentionally create an ongoing, enjoyable environment that supports each Circle member in awakening our unlimited creative capacities and our connection to each other and to Life.

The Format: Heart Circles have anywhere from two to ten members. Meetings are weekly or bi-monthly and generally last one to two hours. They follow a basic free-flowing format: sitting quietly together to ‘tune-in’, followed by a brief 'check-in' around the circle to find out what everyone is feeling as we open the circle. The rest of the time is used to explore what each member wants in order to be more present, real, heart-directed and connected in their lives. A brief ‘check-out' round concludes the Circle.

The Organization and Facilitation: Heart Circles are self-formed and self-facilitated by the members themselves. Essentially, you would create a Heart Circle with one or more people that you already care for and trust. There are eleven, specific Heart Circle agreements that members work with in order to keep the Circle alive and effective.

The Process: Heart Circle members follow what ‘arises in the moment’ and what each individual member truly wants rather than following any prescriptive procedures or a rigid circle process.

The Historical Context: The Heart Circle Model has been created within the overview that we are individually and collectively shifting out of the paradigm of separation and struggle into the new paradigm of connection and peace. Heart Circles give you and those you love and trust, an opportunity to explore your own heart’s response to this personal and historical shift.

Benefits of Being In Your Own Heart Circle

• Build deep strong friendship with members of your Circle by connecting with the other group members through your mutual practice of being open, supportive, authentic with one another.
• Practice moving deliberately out of painful emotional states into more peaceful energetic states. Heart Circles give you a place to practice this in real time, with real life situations, among real friends.
• Distinguish between you're conditioned wants and what you truly want. Heart Circles provide a powerful way to distinguish between our ‘head’ and ‘heart’ longings.
• Practice ‘letting in’ and ‘receiving’ love. Heart Circles provide you with a ‘living laboratory’ to bring balance to your giving and receiving love so that you are able to experience yourself as ‘being love’.
• Improve all your relationships by being open about what you are truly feeling and wanting.
  
• Feel passionate about what you want while being content with what you have.
  
• Receive support for bringing your ‘gifts’ into the world.
• Build friendships and community to take you through these times.

We offer three different ways in which you can learn out how to create your own Heart Circle:

Purchasing the Heart Circle book, by Tej Steiner: $29.95 with free shipping anywhere in the world.

Receiving personal Heart Circle Coaching with Tej Steiner and other qualified Heart ircle Coaches: $80 per hour for 60 minute session for individuals and $125 per hour for small groups.  

Attending one of our Two Day Heart Circle Trainings offered in Ashland, Oregon and other host cities.

Order or contact us today if we can be of service to you or provide you with more information.