We all long to be seen, belong, loved, felt, and accepted, yet since we were young, we received messages that in order to be loved and accepted, we must act and behave in a certain way. These messages come from family, culture, religion, media, and personal and collective trauma.

This programming ends up repressing aspects of ourselves that are intrinsic to our sense of self on some of the most core and fundamental levels of our being.

Heart iQ Circle Work is a powerful approach to personal growth that integrates the body, nervous system, trauma, mind, and soul. It explores exiled parts of self and helps individuals safely feel the suppressed emotions and sensations that surround the core beliefs holding them back from leading fulfilling, connected, free, and authentic lives.

When we feel safe enough to turn toward our shadows, we have the potential to release long-lasting trauma and the emotional, somatic, and psychological bound energy stored in our body/mind. This powerful process work allows us to courageously step into a more authentic, empowered version of ourselves.

Through this body-oriented, trauma-aware approach, you will gain new skills and profound insights into the necessity and importance of doing work in groups, nervous system health, trauma awareness, circle work, somatic coaching and how to work with group dynamics as an agent for personal and collective healing and transformation.

As someone trained in the Heart iQ Method, you will help people navigate deep personal and collective challenges while incorporating the body and nervous system for an integrative and long-lasting approach to awakening and integration. This approach not only heals individuals but also creates a ripple effect of growth and positive change within their community.

Core Principles of the Heart iQ Circle Work Facilitator Training

TRAUMA INFORMED & BODY ORIENTED APPROACH

As trauma is stored in the body, We take a sensation based, nervous system & trauma informed approach : We believe true and long lasting transformation can not happen until we feel, meet, our body, sensations, emotions, neurobiology & physiology as apart of any therapeutic work.

WE NEED OTHERS TO HEAL

Shame is integrated when held, felt & seen by a loving presence. The group field acts not only as a powerful catalyst for collective transformation & integration of our shadow but also as a loving tribe that offers a re-imprinting of our need for community & our intrinsic need for belonging & love.

WHO WE ARE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN 'DOING' A MODALITY

We believe a true leader is one that leads from embodied experience. Therefore this will not only be a professional training but most importantly a personal transformation process. In order to work with other peoples pain, we must be willing to connect, feel & be with the hidden & denied aspects of ourselves as well.

WE WORK WITH OPEN SYSTEMS 

Though the content of circle work is vulnerable & tender, we work with the principle of this work being an intrinsically joyful process, not something that has to be hard, painful or that we have to push through resistance. Shadow work is an act of no longer self abandoning & this in its essence is a touching & connected journey for all.

All PARTS ARE WELCOME

We include ALL parts of the Self in this work - dark, light, painful, joyful, awkward, refined, tender, confronting, closed and generous, as examples. Our intention is to integrate these parts in one whole self.

All HEALING HAS ITS OWN TIME

We believe that all healing has its own time; therefore, we allow Clients to be where they are in the moment rather than advising or counseling them to be in a better place.  As a result, we don't push Clients where they don't want to go or hold them accountable for the changes they want to make in their lives. 

COLLECTIVE HEALING

We believe that healing is more than a personal process. Through this collective healing, life spontaneously reorganizes and transforms and the impact we have in circle goes beyond the room and touches the world in ways we can not imagine.

ACCEPT  ‘WHAT IS’

We prioritize the acceptance of ‘what is’ in Clients and ourselves - which means that we agree to not make who we are and where we are in the moment wrong or shameful. This creates safety, which is the most important aspect of our facilitation.

MAXIMUM IMPACT - MINIMUM INTERVENTION

We act from the intention to make the maximum impact with the minimum amount of intervention - which means that we operate with the guideline of ‘less is more’ as a way to trust the intelligent life force that animates each of us.

LISTEN AND FOLLOW THE HEART     

We practice listening to and following the heart through this work - trusting that life will give us bread crumbs of wisdom to follow as we open our hearts and minds to receiving what is real and possible in the moment. We agree to move forward in our own lives and in how we support Clients by following the unfolding and  what moves with ease and inspiration rather than moving toward a goal at all costs.

WE ARE INTRINSICALLY GOOD 

We live by the truth that we are all intrinsically good and that goodness lies at the core of everyone. All of us carry wounding, some of which will permanently change us. However, our intrinsic goodness remains intact and accessible in spite of our wounding.

• Creating a Resonant Field
• Creating Safety
• Building a Strong Container
• Attuning to Group Fields
• Increasing Coherence
• How to Warm Up The Field
• Following Circle Wisdom
• Laws of Energetic Group Dynamics
• The Tune in Practice
• The Check in Practice
• The Group Read
• Facilitating a Sharing Circle
• Facilitating Medicine & Impact Shares
• How to Close the Circle
• Taking Space
• The Five Boxes Model
• The Four Directions of Connection
• Somatic Tracking
• Relational Tracking
• Embodied Awareness
• Basic Mat Work
• Somatic Coaching & Facilitation
• Nervous System Regulation
• Working with Trauma in Circle
• Basic Shadow Work
• Somatic Movement practices 
• Embodiment Exercises
• Heart Centred Communication 
• Facilitating 'Ranges' Rather Than Problems or Blocks
• Managing Group Dynamics
• Structure vs. Flow
• Surrender vs. Penetration
• Giving Praise & Feedback
• Translating Circle Wisdom