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10Handout 4.3
Talking Circle
The talking circle, properly employed, allows and encourages people to
speak from the heart in a safe place. This is a gentle and respectful way
for people to be genuinely heard in a way that our society does not
readily allow. The power of the talking circle comes from the respect
and safety experienced by the participants. The process and protocols
of the circle develop and enhance this respect and safety, and allow
people to speak and to listen deeply.
The Process
The symbol (stick, feather, rock, or other significant object) is placed in the
centre of the circle. This is the signal to participants to focus their attention.
The first person who feels ready to speak he/she picks up the object and
begins.
When this person is done for that round, he or she passes the object to the
person to his or her left. The object moves clockwise around the circle.
Each person speaks or passes the object silently, as he or she wishes.
When the last one who speaks passes the object to the next person, that
person places the object back in the centre of the circle. This ends the circle.
Protocols of the Talking Circle
It is okay to make a quiet comment or ask something of someone else in
the circle.
It is not okay to have a side conversation or make a side comments about
something that has been said in the circle.
If you have nothing to say when the object comes to you, you may pass it
on.
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