Starters

A starter is a gathering ready to begin: a welcome, a few circles, and the questions they open with. Look through one, start your own gathering from it, and change anything before you invite a soul.

Closer by degreesFor people who barely know each other yet. Questions that go a little deeper each time, from a perfect day to what you'd regret leaving unsaid. Adapted from Arthur Aron's study of how closeness grows (1997).from ferment · 1 circle · 7 questions
Conditions for further lifeFor a group with something real to look after: a place, a project, a family, a patch of ground. Five circles, each holding one of Tom Atlee's five lenses on how life makes conditions for further life. Bring one living thing from your own life, see which dynamics are at work in it, and find the one to engage differently. After Tom Atlee's Regenerativity Word Clouds (2026).from ferment · 5 circles · 18 questions

See a gathering in motion →Hillside Tables, an example: its circles, and the rounds they've shared.Start from nothing →A name and a welcome note. Add circles and questions as you go.