INTRODUCTION TO WAY OF COUNCIL
with Kathleen Hoetsu Battke
Council is one of our most important core Zen Peacemaker practices. We share Council during our Bearing Witness retreats most every day. In Council we come together in a small group in a profound way. We create a shared liminal space that is safe, confidential, and perhaps sacred. We each listen and speak from the heart, encountering and experiencing one another gently and with awareness. We are not solving problems or debating issues or making plans. We are making a healing space for each of us to hear and be heard, see and be seen. In this Introduction, we will briefly present the history of Council, explain the guidelines we use, and then experience a short Council session.

About the presenter:Kathleen Hôetsu Battke has been offering and facilitating Circles in the field of social activism and professional environments for more than 30 years. Studying with the ZenPeacemakers since 2011, she was among the first to organize online Councils from 2015 on. In 2016, she was appointed Dharmaholder of Circle Zen by Barbara Wegmueller Roshi. Today, she co-hosts the German Peacemaker Community, offers Council, Meditation, Writing practice and Ecosattva action.

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