Events

What this is

An open circle using Forum, a relational practice designed to let what's actually present surface. This is an opportunity to bring what's alive for you, now, and explore it inside of the circle. In a room full of people willing to be real with each other, held inside a structure that makes that possible.

You'll stand—with respect to your own ability. You'll move. You'll take a turn in the center if you want one, or you'll hold the space for someone else. All roles matter equally. The circle works because everyone in it is present, experimenting with the very idea of being present in all its forms.

We start with a short group practice to get everyone tuned in together.
Then shorter shares, two minutes or under, so you can find your footing in the room.
Then the floor opens for longer, facilitated shares. One person at a time, bringing whatever is alive for them. The group follows. Things happen that don't happen in ordinary conversation.

We close when the circle is complete. There's time afterward to breathe and connect before the night ends.

Who this is for

You've been feeling like you're bursting. With words, with feeling, with something beyond naming or knowing, and with something that hasn't had the right room yet. You're looking for a sense of community that goes deeper than proximity. You're willing to show up and find out what's there.

We're working with what's alive and present, rather than what's prepared and rehearsed. This is a chance for you to show up fully yourself, free to put down whatever it is you're called to upon entering the room, and then the circle.

What Forum is

Forum comes from the New Culture movement. Its central concern is the relationship between one person speaking (the Presenter) and the group holding them (the Container).

The Presenter steps into the center and shares what's alive for them. The group holds that with full attention. The facilitator's job is to help the Presenter go deeper and help the group stay genuinely present. Not reacting, not managing, but with the person in front of them.

Over time, what's been living underneath everything else gets a chance to surface. Real feelings find room. Connection forms, because the usual layers of performance aren't running the room.

Forum is movement-based. You'll be on your feet. This isn't incidental — talking while you move changes what you can access. All movement is calibrated to what your body can do.

Forum is consent-driven at every level. Nothing will be asked of you that you haven't agreed to. You can pause, redirect, or stop at any moment. Your stopping point is yours.

Forum can also be activating. Strong emotion is welcome here — expected, even. The collective holds the intensity. If something comes up that needs more than the circle can hold, it will be named and responded to directly.

Your lead facilitator

Rebecca is a relationship intuitive and Forum facilitator based in Atlanta. Her work is about the relationship to things—not the things themselves. When that shifts, everything downstream shifts. She works alongside trusted co-facilitators whose job is to hold the space and the Presenter right alongside her.

A facilitator doesn't impose a direction or offer advice. Their job is to hold the relationship between the Presenter and the Container. Rebecca is there to help you re-orient, explore, and disrupt patterns you've stopped noticing, always with your consent.

Find out more on the Forum FAQ page.

Confidentiality

What happens here stays here. Not summarized, not posted, not referenced without explicit consent. This applies to everyone in the room, including the facilitation team.

What Rebecca draws on afterward—for writing & content—is themes and arcs, never stories. She holds intentional distance between the event and anything she publishes.

By showing up, you're agreeing to hold what you witness with the same care you'd want for what you share.

Accessibility

If you have physical access needs or anything that would help you be more fully present, reach out before the event. The movement invited is only the movement your body can do.

Cost and registration

$11 holds your spot. That's it.

This first circle is intentionally affordable; the price of the ticket is there to cement your commitment to show up.
If the experience gives you something worth reinforcing beyond that, contribution of any kind is welcome at the event: financial, a skill, a service, something made. The model is simple—if it's real to you, you find your own way to say so.

Capacity is capped at 15. Everyone who makes it onto the waitlist gets first access to the next circle.

Sign up here

Questions

Reach out to serendipitous.shift@gmail.com or DM Rebecca on the Serendipitous Shift Facebook or IG pages.