Spiral Journal

Depth · what it can open●●○○2 — reflective

Holding · facilitation1 — host

Trust · group readiness★any

Disclosure · what is sharedoptional

A quiet opener: each person draws a spiral and, guided by four prompts read slowly aloud, writes brief reflections into its quadrants — arriving, noticing, remembering, intending. Private by default, with optional pair sharing. Gives reflective and quieter voices a way into the room before the talkers set the tone.

Prerequisites

Writing stays private unless the writer chooses otherwise — say so before pens move

Practical

Time: 10-20 min
Group: 1–∞ · individual, pairs, large-group
Settings: in-person, online, self-guided
Materials: Journal page with spiral; four prompts
Mechanisms: narrative-identity, stillness-silence
Change scope: state → skill · repeatable

Origin & where it lives

Anna Jackson, with Nancy White & Fisher Qua (inspired by Lynda Barry's journaling practice) — Liberating Structures

Instructions: open online · CC BY-SA 4.0

In this directory via Liberating Structures

Related: guided journaling (alternative-to)

status: checked · added 2026-08-25