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      • Fierce Ardor Intensive, May 2019
      • Embodiment Retreat, Feb 2019
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      • Create with Joanne, Feb 2018
      • Margit & Joanne, Feb 2018
      • Marla Durden, Oct 2017
      • Cielle & Jeffrey, Sept 2017
      • Max & Tatini, June 2017
      • Divine Feminine, Joanne & Margit, May 2017
      • Krishna Gauci, Mar 2017
      • Margit Bantowsky & Joanne Lee, Nov 2016
      • Geri Portnoy & Susanne West, July 2016
      • Van Nguyen, Apr 2016
      • Rod Taylor, Feb 2016
      • Steve Boggs & Don Freas, Nov 2015
      • Saniel & Linda, Sept 2015
      • Krishna & Vivian, Aug 2015
      • Fax & Sharon, June 2015
      • Allan & Gena, Mar 2015
      • Krishna, Nov 2014
      • Geri & Susanne, Sept 2014
      • Ted & Hillary, Apr 2014
      • Rod Taylor, Mar 2014
      • Sylvia Woods, Oct 2013
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    • C.J. Mortinson

awaken with us

steps for joining the Olympia mutuality circle

Step 1.  Initial Explorations
Start getting your feet wet by doing some initial explorations into the Trillium path (see "Getting Started" page).
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Step 2.  Welcome Meeting
Set up a Welcome Meeting with our Welcomer, Debi Bailey. She can be reached by completing our contact form contact form. This allows us to get a feel for where you are in your process and with the Trillium teachings, give you some background about the Trillium community in Olympia, and answer whatever questions you might have so far. We can also point you to additional resources or suggestions for your early explorations of the Trillium work.
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Step 3.  Deepen your engagement in the Trillium path.

For the next several months, we encourage you to attend multiple teacher-led sittings and read Trillium materials at whatever pace feels right for you. There are many ways to deepen your engagement. Some are listed on our Next Steps page.

Of course you are free (and encouraged) to attend sittings in Portland and/or online - it's great to get exposed to different teachers! However, in order to join the Olympia mutuality circle, you should participate locally as well, including the sittings, so that you can start building relationships with current circle members and local teachers and mentors. This acclimation process helps create resonance and trust between you and the mutuality community. We recognize this is trickier during the pandemic.
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Step 4.  Complete the Prerequisites

​After several months of attending teacher-led sittings in Olympia with members of our community and/or online, you can ask to become part of the Mutuality Circle. This step is for when you feel ready to commit more deeply to this path and have completed one or more of the following:
  • 4 or more individual sessions with a Trillium Awakening teacher
  • Trillium Awakening Discovery Course
  • 1-day or 2-day Trillium Awakening workshop event
  • An individual Trillium deep-dive of your own design (free or low-cost option) 

Becoming a member of the Mutuality Circle also means having the maturity and capacity to co-create a safe, transformative environment by demonstrating an ability to deeply hear and respect others' experience, strong self-awareness, and well-developed self-responsibility skills.  

We request that you have a clear understanding of the risks involved in participating in the circle. Embodied awakening entails deeply encountering our humanity, and can activate uncomfortable feelings and emotions. The safety of the group depends on all of us taking responsibility for our emotional and mental health, and during difficult times it may be appropriate to seek professional support. We ask that you read the following:

1. General disclaimer 
2. The guidelines for practicing mutuality  by CC Leigh which outlines how we respond to one another in mutuality
3. The Olympia Mutuality Community's member agreements
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Step 5.  Talk with a member of Coordinating Circle

If you feel a strong resonance with the Trillium teachings, and you have a strong desire to commit more deeply to this path, then when you've met the prerequisites above, you may contact one of the members of the Coordinating Circle and request to be considered for the mutuality circle. This Coordinating Circle member will be your "sponsor" and will go over the process of joining the peer circle. They will also help clarify expectations and get a feel for your readiness for the mutuality circle.

Your sponsor will bring your request to the Coordinating Circle for consideration. Because we respect the the level of resonance and mutual responsibility necessary for this deep work, we set aside time to discuss the new person's readiness for the mutuality circle. It is possible that the Coordinating Circle may ask you to wait a little longer before joining, and/or make other recommendations to help you prepare. Your request to join the mutuality circle will ultimately be voted on by the entire Coordinating Circle.
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Step 6.   Orientation Meeting

When you've been given the thumbs' up by the Coordinating Circle, you'll meet with the Overall Mutuality Circle Coordinator to go over the Member Agreements, Disclaimer and Guidelines for Practicing Mutuality. She will also to bring you up to speed about various Circle Member resources and benefits - e.g. the Members-Only pages on our website, Large Mutuality Circles, Small Mutuality circles, social activities, etc. 

The Overall Mutuality Circle Coordinator will help you with the process for joining a small mutuality circle during the next open enrollment window.
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The above guidelines are just that: guidelines. They are designed to help promote your readiness to participate in a self-governed group of practitioners committed to embodied awakening in alignment with Trillium Awakening.

To help create the smoothest transition possible for you and the mutuality community, the Olympia Trillium Coordinating Circle will decide on a case-by-case basis whether it seems appropriate for you join the circle right away, or to do a little more preparation first. 
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  • Home
  • News
  • About
    • What is the Trillium path?
    • Sittings and Transmission
    • About Trillium Olympia
    • TA Olympia Statement on Black Lives Matter
    • WBR Clarification Conversations
    • Local Governance Roles
  • Newcomers
    • Welcome Essay: Imagine
    • Getting Started
    • Next Steps
    • Your First Trillium Sitting
    • Joining the Oly Circle >
      • Why join the Oly Circle?
      • How to join the Oly Circle?
      • Member Agreements
      • Disclaimer
    • Working with Teachers & Mentors
    • Levels of Participation
  • Events
    • Olympia & NW Events
    • Event Descriptions
    • Trillium Events Policies
    • Silent Wellspring
    • Past Workshops >
      • Riding the Wave, July 2020
      • CREATE! our Mutual Liberation, July 2020
      • CANCELLED - 2020 Trillium Transmission Immersion
      • Krishna Gauci, Feb 2020
      • Embodying Mutuality, Oct 2019
      • Krishna Gauci, Aug 2019
      • Fierce Ardor Intensive, May 2019
      • Embodiment Retreat, Feb 2019
      • Transfiguration Retreat, Aug 2018
      • Allan & Gena, Mar 2018
      • Create with Joanne, Feb 2018
      • Margit & Joanne, Feb 2018
      • Marla Durden, Oct 2017
      • Cielle & Jeffrey, Sept 2017
      • Max & Tatini, June 2017
      • Divine Feminine, Joanne & Margit, May 2017
      • Krishna Gauci, Mar 2017
      • Margit Bantowsky & Joanne Lee, Nov 2016
      • Geri Portnoy & Susanne West, July 2016
      • Van Nguyen, Apr 2016
      • Rod Taylor, Feb 2016
      • Steve Boggs & Don Freas, Nov 2015
      • Saniel & Linda, Sept 2015
      • Krishna & Vivian, Aug 2015
      • Fax & Sharon, June 2015
      • Allan & Gena, Mar 2015
      • Krishna, Nov 2014
      • Geri & Susanne, Sept 2014
      • Ted & Hillary, Apr 2014
      • Rod Taylor, Mar 2014
      • Sylvia Woods, Oct 2013
  • Contact
  • Resources
  • Members Only
    • Mutuality Circle Roster
    • Community Calendar >
      • July 2022 TA Oly Redwoods Trip
      • 9-6-21 TA Oly Redwoods Trip
      • 4-10-21 Hike, Trillium Trail
      • 9-7-19 Hike, Naches Peak Loop
      • 7-27-19 Hike, Staircase
    • Current SMC Roster
    • Documents & Resources >
      • Conflict Resolution & Mediation
      • Driving Directions
      • Effective Reflection Skills
      • Nesting
      • Nectar Night
      • Poetry
      • 2nd Birth Stories 2017
      • 2nd Birth Stories 2014
      • Visitor Hosting
      • Creative Works
      • Lead Link Election Resources
    • Facilitator Resources >
      • Mutuality Circle "Invocations"
      • SMC topics
      • Benefits of Facilitation
      • Facilitator Capacities
      • Facilitator Guidelines
      • Additional Skills & Considerations
  • In memory of...
    • John Tatman
    • C.J. Mortinson