exercise · all tools
Kabuki Circling
Every chair in the circle carries one facilitation role — Sensor, Reflector, Empath, Group Mother, Witness, Depth Charge, Romantic, Dissenter, Body Tracker, Stud Finder, Time Traveler, Truth Seeker, Speaker for the Moment — and one chair is the Circlee. Whoever sits in a chair may use only that chair's tool; there is no facilitator; after five to fifteen minutes everyone moves one chair left. A training game that breaks a complex practice into parts so people find their blind spots and superpowers — for circling, the manual says, or any facilitation method.
Practical
- Time
- 30-60 min
- Group
- 6–15 · small-group, large-group
- Settings
- in-person
- Materials
- Index cards with the roles, placed on the chairs
- Mechanisms
- dialogic-encounter, feedback-mirroring, behavioral-rehearsal, perspective-taking
- Change scope
- state → skill · repeatable
Instructions
- Where
- authrev.org/ar-games-manual — Authentic Relating Games Manual, paid
- Availability
- In the source document — the instructions live inside the material linked, on its terms
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0 (Authentic Relating Games Manual)
Source link checked 31 Aug 2026 — unchanged since we recorded it on 29 Aug 2026
This directory describes and points home; the instructions stay with the people who made them.
Origin
Mike Blas (Austin Love Juggernaut), under the name 'Terminator'; revised by Sara Ness and Chad Phillips — Circling; Authentic Relating (Authentic Relating Games Manual, 2025 edition)
In this directory via Authentic Relating Games Manual
Related: Circling (prepares-for)
status: checked · added 2026-08-31