Circling Camel Estuary
Community group under the auspices of Circling Cornwall CIC delivering Circling in the Camel Estuary
Tough weekend.
Just one week; and then I may take myself off on holiday for a bit.
Over 6 years ago I wrote this poem about a long-standing complaint I rarely actually voice.
I have waited until the right time to publish it, which is today.
Thinking of Georgia who has never seen snow
The inequality a second child will know
You squatting to ski, only 15,
I without surfboard until hitting 19.
Oh, the tears,
The venting of spleen,
The inevitable knowledge you are stuck in between.
The hubris, the love, the giving despite laughter,
The inevitable hamartia
Of happy ever after,
The intemperance and ferocity
against undisclosed truth,
The personal worthiness, appearing aloof.
Impenetrable voice “I am enough”
The flight of some choice and the truth of the dove.
The abuse
Practiced and easily repeated.
The rising above.
The keeping of secrets.
That currently practiced,
Transference of issues,
Metaphorical guns, lack of self-recognition.
The waiting, the understanding it’s such a long game.
The denial of clashing, the beauty, the shame.
The repetitive karma, the abuse that you know.
The inevitable truth, Georgia has never seen snow.
R Clark
19/3/2017
06/11/2023
Well worth considering in this expanded existential crisis felt by many.
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25/08/2023
These days, I have a really good relationship with money. I don’t need for much and actually have an abundance due to multiple income streams of cultivated by working bloody hard.
I manage to also have time: I don’t always have to earn my money now as I did when I was a younger man.
So I feel like I live from abundance, but also place an exceptionally high value on my generosity, which I tried to deploy from a place of wisdom.
Some situations around money that are effecting me deeply at the moment:
- A place where I have been a customer - now ostensibly banned because I won’t provide certain information and been asking difficult questions - and other places where I have self-excluded because I refuse to be exploited like a tourist. This all near where I live in NW Corfu.
- A gypsy boy, about 7 years old - last night requesting money from me when actually changing up 700 lek at a food stall on the road side he managed to beg into Lek! Of course, I refused, but offered to buy him a drink (which he then attempted to exchange with the stall holder, before I had paid!) she said “no”, I offered to change it for some water I was carrying. And, finally, off he went.
Then this guy, not clearly begging but engaging with people passing on the corner in hope of help in the coolest part of the day on a street corner.
I passed him and returned with 1000 Lek. No problem. He needs it right now way more than I.
I would be curious how this lands with you, reader or friend. Please feel free to give a reaction and pls comment to boost this post. 🙏🙏
23/08/2023
A quick and impromptu connection call with the gorgeous and beautifully aligned Tilda Sonesson as we were both free a few moments ago!
Courtesy of the wonderful Nära community , who continue to impress with their organisational capacity and the beautiful people they attract.
Huge 🙏🙏🙏 gratitude.
So, I recently watched “Living in the time of Dying” on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/UftuDAkwM3I
It had a profound effect on me, I have to say, and I have recorded a video response.
The part that effected me most deeply was from just after the 38 minute mark, when Dhar Jamail recounts his choice of how he was “absolutely as present as I can be” when his friend, Dwayne, died.
It is well worth watching and listening to, I think, and those 2 minutes especially, but I quote his words for those who don’t make the time to watch / listen but are reading this:
“And I feel that’s where we are on the planet right now.
Like, is it a given that the human species goes extinct? No. Does it look like that is what’s going to happen? Very, very, very likely. It’s really hard to see how this does not end that way.
But we don’t know for sure. And so - I don’t add the ‘but we don’t know for sure’ part to give false hope. I add it just because I think we have to have enough humility to say:
‘We’re this tiny little speck of life on earth. And we’ve never been here before. We don’t know what’s going to happen.’
We know things are going to get extremely, extremely hard and bad. And I think it’s a given that billions and billions of people are going to die.
Does that mean all the species goes? Who knows.
But it means: here we are, in this moment, where we can still love the Earth, we can still love each other, and we can still take care of each other and the Earth as best we can.
And I think it just brings all of that into focus right now.”
29/01/2022
Oh! Look at this.
Circling Cornwall's immersive training is arriving finally! Subscribe to see, share with those who will be keen.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwzF01d5522EF7k9bTPDU2w
Thanks to everyone who has given ideas and feedback on our 3D immersive training and practice films. These are designed for people who are nervous / curious / want to get an idea or prepare for attending an in person AR or Circling event before attending, or just to practice in a place comfortable to you: anytime, anywhere.
We're releasing a lot of free content (get your goggles now!) over the next couple of months, at around the same time as this post and on YouTube.
Please subscribe to our YouTube channel to get a 'heads up' for when the next free immersive films will be premiered and access all our FREE content as it is released.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwzF01d5522EF7k9bTPDU2w
If you really can't wait, there is also a sneaky peek and opportunity to purchase a bundle of the best training content via this page of our website:
https://www.circlingcornwall.co.uk/training
31/12/2021
If you do manage to stream Don’t Look Up and aren’t on Netflix, please don’t stop halfway through if you want to finish it!
21/12/2021
Do you ever get the impression that more people will come to your events if they could just get a taster for what the experience will be like, and get mentally prepared? Hopefully they would even become excited and comfortable with possibilities!
We hope that the resources we have recorded since May this year will be that answer! If you are interested in being in the focus group to look at these films before anyone else, sharing your thoughts and feedback, please get in touch.
Our 3D Training Videos, designed to ideally complement an in-person session and also really good with goggles to practice on your own, are in!
We are so excited about the possibilities of this. It will also be possible, at least initially, to purchase an inexpensive (under £10) set of goggles. These, with the assistance of a mobile phone, will enable the viewer to experience a 3D immersive, practice experience, as close as going to an AR or Circling event as possible without leaving the comfort of your living room!
As ever, we are keen to get all of our communities' feedback and also that of people who like our page or practice / have practiced with us online . PLEASE MESSAGE us to be part of the focus group that will have the first opportunity to view these resources in exchange for your feedback and ideas.
As well as thanking Falmouth University for their support, we also need to acknowledge Christopher Bunn, then Pixapdos Klark for taking a lead with this project. Also Gail Ward for her support with this process!
We hope these will not only encourage people to try out our practice in a safe environment, but also to showcase how beautiful and welcoming as a place to be Cornwall is!
19/12/2021
Please take a look at this from Circling Cornwall! Resources coming soon to www.circlingcornwall.co.uk!
27/06/2021
Being the sole player in the start up, on retreat, allowing others to take a lead (if they wish and when they don’t have their own active community) at home with Circling Cornwall CIC, gives quite some freedom.
Living here is easy & retaining diacipline, an ongoing trial amongst all that is colourful.
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Lockdown plans!
17/02/2021
Hi All!
We are on the cusp of finishing some Covid-19 work around our core themes to improve people's wellness and overcome during lockdown.
Our director, Richard, is premiering a video about this just after 9 pm this evening!
Please do view and share.
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21/11/2020
Every werkday!
Looking forward to our next daily check in!
https://fb.me/e/4ZK41j3fi
Please click on the link in the event to join the WhatsApp group where we will post a link each day.
08/11/2020
We are starting a daily check in for Circlers everywhere on Tuesday 10 November!
Click the link to join the group & receive a link each day. 🙂
https://chat.whatsapp.com/IOP1qUaS9hrBLVPZg5x3Co
Daily Check Ins WhatsApp Group Invite
Hi All,
As we enter November and another in the UK, we working at / with Circling Cornwall CIC have plenty more online activity to keep the lockdown blues away and provide whilst everyone is stuck at home!
Please LIKE our page to keep up to date with offerings via zoom.
Right now, we have recordings of recent Spring Forest with the warm down also to come, on our timeline. This will be linked below this post. Most exercises take less than 10 minutes to complete; you can do one each day for a week or watch the whole series back to back to undertake an online QiGong session that is about 1 hour in length.
We have a further FREE offering for you if you are available on Thursdays. We offer 2 sessions, at zero cost, 10 am and 7 pm GMT with a facilitation team and facilitated breakout exercises:
https://fb.me/e/2VXI1ieBK
Just message us to be added to the messenger group where we share a zoom link each Wednesday to participate.
We are also about to start a round of closed group Circling skills sessions on 10 November, 18 hours of Circling across 6 weeks, Tuesdays - Thursdays:
https://fb.me/e/5NPuhDIKv
Two of our team are also offering six 90 minute sessions, thematically focused on attachment following trauma, starting Saturday 14 November:
https://fb.me/e/1A2rczkHP
We hope to welcome you to as many of all these events as possible. Please SHARE with your friends, invite anyone interested, and come and join us!
14/10/2020
Check out Richard presenting "Suffering & Growth; Circling Cornwall. Who do we prioritise for assistance?"
This talk will outline the Circling Cornwall belief and philosophy that those who intend to exit situations of suffering with a positive world 🌎 view often have the most to offer others in personal development terms.
Free tickets (50%) and by donation (50%).
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/suffering-growth-circling-cornwall-who-do-we-prioritise-for-assistance-tickets-124402275555?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-source=wa&utm-term=listing
Suffering & Growth; Circling Cornwall. Who do we prioritise for assistance? Explore Trauma Recovery, Wellness, Transformative Thinking and Growth Mindset, How Circling practice can be used to assist these processes.
12/09/2020
Great to be involved!
Smiling faces all round!
This is an image from the ‘Connect Deliberately’ session we ran on Thursday 10 September between 10 and 11 am.
We are widening what we offer to include Tuesdays and Saturdays, too, so just like / comment / message us to participate in these sessions!
02/09/2020
Thursday Evening Circle 7 - 9 pm BST
Hi All,
Please find the zoom meeting details below: if you need other details such as dial in please message me directly.
Anderson Knight on FB.
We try to inform you as much as possible about Circling Cornwall and how we run sessions. We also want to balance that with your not experiencing information overload. We are also making these sessions easily / immediately accessible, so if you haven’t yet seen the event description or have just joined this group we recommend reading event details on Facebook:
https://facebook.com/events/s/zoom-thursday-at-1900-bst-lond/261306625064670/?ti=icl.
VITAL INFO for your attendance at this event, below:
TIMING and ACCESS:
7pm BST is midday Pacific, 1 pm Mountain & 2pm Eastern Time, 8pm Central Europe, 9 pm Eastern, LATE in Asia & EARLY across Australia!
is recommended to arrive a few minutes early: we are capping numbers according to a ratio of 3 participants to each available facilitator in a break out / the main room. That said, even if you are a couple of minutes late, we will accommodate you if possible. We aim to lock the call 5 - 10 minutes into the call although if we see people in the waiting room or pick up a message at the start of a session we will try to accommodate you.
As a general rule, though, room will be locked either when the ratio threshold is met or when the lead facilitator requests admin to close the container (probably - usually - a maximum of 10 minutes).
We will send a reminder about 30 to 90 minutes before the meeting starts tomorrow.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89045983389?pwd=Y0UydXA2a3hvR2pSMU5KUWVjVjV4UT09
Meeting ID: 890 4598 3389
Password: 982720
Richard Clark
Co-founder Circling Cornwall CIC
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Some images and a films from today!
All welcome next Sunday - contact Circling Cornwall CIC for details.
01/08/2020
Hey!
We might be supporting this! Any women in the vicinity keen to get involved? :-)
01/08/2020
This is really interesting!
Please have a listen!
Today - 25/07/2020 - BBC Sounds Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
26/07/2020
Hey you!
Yes you...
Please stop scrolling through your timeline and have a listen to what Dr Kang, Bakhti Yoga 🧘♂️ practitioner, medical doctor and psychotherapist has to say at just after 47 minutes of this linked programme.
Then share it further. (& like our page so you see more content like this).
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000l710
Today - 25/07/2020 - BBC Sounds Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
20/07/2020
Please come along! Send Circling Cornwall a message for more information.
Here is an image from our FREE Circling online Thursday just passed. These happen UK time 10 - 11 am 7 - 9 pm.
Please message us / like this post / like our FB page / follow on Insta & message us to participate!
If you are in Cornwall we are also running FREE Beach Circling with herbal tea each Sunday. Places are restricted, due to Covid_19 guidance, and need to be pre-organised (we will message you with details of the beach we will be on).
Please click 'interested / going' and message us to participate. Here is a link to the event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/580335782624666/
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