Circles of Resilience – Part One
with Leon Berg and Lori Austein
October 3 - 24, 2026
ONLINE – 4 Saturdays on October 3,10,17 & 24
Time: 10:30am – 12.00pm Pacific Time
Communication, empathy and stress reduction.
An introduction to the practice of listening and speaking from the heart (Way of Council), along with social engagement activities and mindfulness processes to help build psycho-emotional resilience. All in the comfort of your home via Zoom.
Are you are tired of conversations where everybody talks and nobody listens?
We are excited to offer a 9-hour course, held over four weeks (90 minutes per session plus 40 minutes of weekly HomePlay), to those who would like to facilitate meaningful conversations with family, friends, colleagues and clients.
Heart connection is a source of resilience. Council is a deep listening practice that creates healthy communication. This practice allows everyone to feel heard which provides for healthy social engagement and happier nervous systems.
Facilitators
Leon is a founding member of the Ojai Foundation, an educational sanctuary in Southern California. He is a Senior Trainer of the Way of Council, and has been facilitating Council groups in the U.S. and abroad for over 30 years. Together with his partner, Glori Zeltzer, he teaches the Art of Intimate Conversation to couples.
Learn more about Leon Berg
Lori is a Trainer in the Way of Council and has been facilitating Council groups in the U.S. and Canada for over 24 years. She was a co-coordinator of the Palms Council Project, a school-based council program, and has served on circles to advance the practice of Council such as the Trainer’s Mentoring Circle, which shepherds the path and the people seeking to become facilitators and trainers, and now on Ways of Council, a virtual hub for both the ways of council that have grown out of The Ojai Foundation lineage, and bearing witness to ancient and emergent circle ways…
Learn more about Lori Austein