Return to Oneness · The Founding Circle

Apply for the Founding Circle

Eight places, three months, online. This is a real application, read by me, and acceptance comes before any payment is asked for. The purpose is fit and stewardship, not manufactured scarcity — a circle of eight only works if the eight belong in it together.

How this works

You apply. The questions below take about twenty minutes if you answer them properly. Short answers are fine; performed ones are not useful to either of us.
I read it. Every application is read by me, not screened by anyone else.
We talk if it would help. Sometimes a fifteen-minute call makes the decision obvious. Sometimes the application already has.
Acceptance, then enrollment. You are told yes or no before you are asked for money. If it is a no, I will say why, and where I think you would be better served.

Dates for the twelve weeks are being set now and are not yet published. If you apply before they are announced, you will be given them before you are asked to commit to anything — nobody is expected to pay for a schedule they have not seen.

What it costs

$2,222 for the Founding Circle, or three payments of $777. Three months, six live gatherings, integration weeks between them, a private circle running alongside, and a maximum of eight participants. The full description of what that involves is on the retreat page, and it is worth reading before you fill this in.

The application

Your name Email Where in the world are you, and what time zone? Gatherings are live, so this matters for whether the schedule can actually work for you. Why Return to Oneness, and why now? Where do you feel stuck, or at a threshold? What have you already explored? Therapy, retreats, plant medicine, practices, teachers, years of reading — whatever is true. There is no right answer and no minimum. What are you hoping to experience or understand? How comfortable are you in a vulnerable group setting? Can you witness someone without advising or fixing them? This is the skill the circle depends on most, and almost nobody is naturally good at it. An honest "not yet, but I want to learn" is a strong answer. How do you sit with people whose spiritual beliefs differ from yours? What is your relationship with integration — the ordinary weeks after something opens? Anything I should know about your health, capacity or circumstances? Optional. This is not a medical screening and nothing here is diagnosed — it only helps me hold the container well. Please read scope, consent and safety before you send this. I have read the scope and safety page, I understand this is not medical or psychological treatment, and I understand confidentiality is required of everyone in the circle. Which payment option are you thinking about?

You will get a reply from me, not an autoresponder sequence. If you would rather ask something first, do that instead.

If it is not the right time

Applying and being told no is not a wasted twenty minutes; several people will get a clearer read on where they are from writing those answers than from anything I could do in a session. And the private work is there either way — a single session, or the The Threshold if you want continuity without a three-month container.