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A good practice circle needs clear boundaries.

Practical guidance on respectful participation, privacy and appropriate settings for classes and consultations. A useful comparison when thinking about the culture of a learning group.

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Why it is on the Academy shelf

A question worth
spending time with.

Before practice, agree who is participating, what may be shared and whether any recording is permitted. Give people room to disagree or decline a question.

Put the source in context

These are the College’s rules for its own activities. They are a reference to discuss, not the Academy’s terms or an implied partnership.

A note for your journal

Have I made it easy for the other person to say no, disagree or end the exercise?

Academy discussion prompt · not a quotation from the author.

Write your first response in your own words. Add what you observed, what you inferred and what could change your interpretation. Keep identifying details about other people out of shared notes.

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