FOREWORDWhen Did We Forget This?
I first discovered the power of the circle way in 1998 working with Christina and Ann. But that’s not an accurate statement—we don’t “discover” circle practice so much as remember it. As humans, our species’ memory is filled with circles, not just those we painted on pots and cave walls long, long ago but also the physical formations in which we arranged ourselves as we got to know one another. The extraordinary Chilean biologist Humberto Maturana writes in “The Biology of Love” that humans first developed language when we moved into familial groups.1 The closer we got to one another, the more curious and expressive we became. As soon as fire was discovered, some early version of us formed ...
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