UNDERSTANDING THE RIPPLE EFFECT

Circlework Participants, Facilitators, and Trainers

Our goal is to build a global Circlework community and make Circlework available around the world. To appreciate the ripple effect involved, it is important to understand the three levels involved in the practice of Circlework.

  1. Circlework Participants: The benefits of Circlework include healing, empowerment, personal growth, greater confidence, and increased communication skills.
  2. Circlework Facilitators: Circlework Facilitators are graduates of the Circlework Training who have learned to lead circles using the tools, techniques, and concepts of Circlework.
  3. Circlework Trainers: At present, all Circlework facilitators have been trained by our founder Jalaja Bonheim. However, a small group of experienced facilitators are now in the process of becoming accredited Circlework Trainers. By 2011, we expect to have a faculty of at least six accredited Circlework Trainers, including one Israeli and one Palestinian.

    4. At that point, Israelis and Palestinians will no longer need to come the United States to receive basic Circlework Training, but will be able to participate in trainings conducted in their own country, and in their own language.

    In order to achieve our goal of making the healing benefits of Circlework available to millions of people around the world, it is crucial that we not only train facilitators, but also identify and support those who have the capacity and desire to become trainers.