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Potential of The Circle of LifeExcerpts from The Circle of Life Following are selections from The Circle of Life Coach Training Manual and other materials that will help you to experience the richness of information and inspiration in Circle of Life process. From the Introduction The Circle of Life was developed to moblize the incredible wisdom, strength, and knowledge that reside naturally within each individual. An easy to use tool was needed to help make the connection between individuals and their needed resources for improvement. The solution that came together over time was composed of two parts: 1) personal assessment to clarify strengths and needs, 2) a practical step by step planning, action, and accountability process for personal improvement.
The Circle of Life is a holistic and comprehensive lifestyle coaching method for stress mastery, integrative medicine, and personal effectiveness that engages each person on all levels -- physical, emotional, energetic, and spiritual. Self-reliant and self-directed individuals who are joyful and productive, renew and enhance our families, companies, and communities for a strong nation and a peaceful world. From Chapter 1
You are standing at the gateway to your potential self. The "Circle of Life", also known as the P.H.A.S.E.S. process, will awaken and empower you. By stepping through this gate you will discover how to activate profound resources for vitality, productivity, insight and healing which lie within your own Body-Mind-Spirit. By participating in the "Circle of Life" process you will learn to access, utilize and benefit from a remarkable storehouse of knowledge, wisdom and support. These are readily available through your own personal experience, your family members, your co-workers and friends, your community and the world at large. The "Circle" is an ancient power tool with extraordinary relevance today. Since the earliest history of human culture, the great discussions, strategies, and rituals were carried out in a circle. In both the practical and the sacred the circle was the vehicle for interaction. The Circle of Life intends to bring the best of what the circle has been in past, into alliance with the best of what the circle may become, for use in our dynamic times. A revolution in human possibilities and in the potential of the individual is causing the redesign of education, health care delivery, corporate productivity and even the primary social vision in many of the nations of the world. The Circle of Life facilitates the cultivation of personal and group improvement where ever people are inspired to reach for greater quality, vitality or creativity - in clinics, businesses, schools, religious institutions, social agencies, even whole communities. The power of the Circle of Life is that can it can assist any individual, at any age, with any belief, in any community or part of the world, with any goal or any problem, in breakthrough process of empowerment. The "Circle" process assists people in attaining higher levels of health, vitality, productivity, peace, abundance, joy, and life fulfillment. It can launch a person from despair to clarity or from exhaustion to vitality. It helps people to catalyze and actualize positive, meaningful results in their lives. Wherever you begin, and for whatever reasons, the Circle of Life
can carry you forward, step by step, in a progressive, upward journey.
As the Chinese proverb states: A journey of a thousand miles begins
with the a single step. In the journey of life, the "Circle"
process can be a powerful step toward the realization of your full
potential. We live in a dynamic time, there is an abundance of self-improvement information readily available: television, video, internet, books and classes. As well, there are countless methods and practices for maintaining and improving health and enhancing performance. Tools for self-improvement range from our "tried and true" folk and family home remedies and ancient systems of healing and empowerment to the recent avalanche of breakthroughs from scientific research and insightful innovation that indicate an immense leap in human potential is at hand. However, most people have never learned how to access and use this incredible wealth of knowledge and wisdom. Unfortunately, it is common for us to be unaware of simple solutions that are within our reach. Most people simply do not know how easy it is to make use the information and tools for improvement that are readily available to them. An incredible detail has been overlooked, completely overlooked:
Clear mindedness, purposeful livelihood, self-esteem, honest communication, self-reliance, calm - none of these can be purchased. The "Circle of Life" supports you in utilizing tremendous resources that are available in your community, in your world and within yourself. For some odd reason, rather than taking simple, small steps into toward personal improvement, we typically wait. We wait for someone else to fix the problem. We hope for medical experts to provide a miracle cure. We wait for science to have a breakthrough. We expect the boss, the supervisor or a consultant to resolve our challenges. While "waiting" we tend to continue the same thoughts, activities and self-sabotaging behaviors which created the problem in the first place! We spend money and valuable time waiting for outside sources to do what we frequently could have done for ourselves. With the "Circle of Life," we can mobilize our own internal resources, bring forth problem-solving strategies and create the victories, breakthroughs and positive outcomes that we want and deserve. Why is it called the Circle process?
Just as the ancient cultures gathered in the circle to share insights, set intention, clarify direction and perform rituals; we now gather as support groups. The Circle of Life process intends to bring the best of what the circle has been in the past into alliance with the best of what the circle may become for use in these dynamic times. The "Circle" Process in Different Contexts Several alternative applications and names for the "Circle" process:
The Circle of Life will help to shine light on your path as you intentionally direct your energy in your personal journey. Harmonious relationships, meaningful work, emotional and physical healing, the fulfillment of your life purpose, expressive creativity and deep personal peace are like seeds within you. They are awaiting your acknowledgment, attention and your cultivation. From Chapter 2 The Circle of Life is particularly profound because certain powerful features have been carefully woven into the process. Allow these "powers" to encourage and support you as you enter wholeheartedly into this life-changing process. By understanding the value and benefits that are built into the Circle of Life method, you will gain confidence in using this golden opportunity for breakthrough in your life. The "Circle of Life" embraces attributes from insightful new paradigm thinking in business, science and medicine. It is also draws upon the great ancient traditions of empowerment. For thousands of years the native Americans, the ancient Chinese, the classical Greeks, even the Polynesians had dynamic processes for increasing inner strength, managing their personal energy and for passing knowledge and wisdom on to others. If you are a facilitator for the "Circle" process you can rely on the powers inherent in the process. You do not have to be an expert in diet, exercise, stress mastery, communication, etc. The Circle of Life process carries participants forward. All of the mysterious and all of the practical aspects and attributes of the "Circle" itself, through ancient history and current innovation, are present in this process as well. In creating the Circle of Life process, 15 of the most extraordinary power elements from these sources have been carefully woven together.
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“It’s so simple and disarming. We achieve radical victories through small steps. Little steps really do lead to significant wellness. This process is about empowerment and accountability, where regular people hold regular people accountable for their dreams. The Circle process is a synthesis of what the world has already known . . . timeless global wisdom made accessible in a world noisy with self-help approaches.” Ralph Pitman, Episcopal Priest, Cleveland, OH
“I came into this process just newly divorced, bankrupt and with breast cancer. I not only have been cancer free for 14 years, I have fulfilled many life dreams. I published a book, and am a national speaker. The "Circle" group was a catalyst and support for total life transformation. We witnessed and supported all the women in their life healing process.”
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