Circles & Workshops

Workshops & Circles

Welcome to the learning spaces I’m building with others. A place where reflection, curiosity, and creative practice meet. These are experiential workshops, reflective circles, and community gatherings designed to explore teaching, culture, language, and the lived experience of learning.

The page is organized in three ways:

  1. Chronological Schedule – see what’s coming up this year, week by week.

  2. Workshop Series – explore recurring circles and themed workshops, like 틈: Where Thought Finds Breathing Room, KM Tea Time Workshops, Meet-Me-in-the-Middle travel events, and the Afterword Circle.

  3. Archive – past workshops and circles, still available as self-paced resources and reflections you can revisit anytime.

Whether you’re joining in real time or exploring at your own pace, these spaces are meant to nurture curiosity, foster dialogue, and offer practical strategies for teaching and learning. They’re grounded in decades of classroom experience and community practice, and open to anyone willing to step into a threshold, linger in a pause, and reflect alongside others.

Seasonal Special!

✦Weekly Schedule

January 2026

February 2026

March 2026

  • Saturday, March 7 What we carry into classrooms (틈: Reflective Practice)

  • Saturday, March 14

  • Saturday, March 21

  • Saturday, March 28 Empty Fullness: The Wisdom of 여백 (Meet Me in the Middle)

April 2026

  • Saturday, April 4 (틈: Reflective Practice)

  • Saturday, April 11

  • Saturday, April 18

  • Saturday, April 25 Emerging Selves (The Afterword Circle)

May 2026

  • Saturday, May 2 (틈: Reflective Practice)

  • Saturday, May 9

  • Saturday, May 16

  • Saturday, May 23

  • Saturday, May 30

June 2026

  • Saturday, June 6 (틈: Reflective Practice)

  • Saturday, June 13

  • Saturday, June 20

  • Saturday, June 27

July 2026

  • Saturday, July 4 (틈: Reflective Practice)

  • Saturday, July 11

  • Saturday, July 18

  • Saturday, July 25

August 2026

  • Saturday, August 1 (틈: Reflective Practice)

  • Saturday, August 8

  • Saturday, August 15

  • Saturday, August 22

  • Saturday, August 29

September 2026

  • Saturday, September 5 (틈: Reflective Practice)

  • Saturday, September 12

  • Saturday, September 19

  • Saturday, September 26

October 2026

  • Saturday, October 3 (틈: Reflective Practice)

  • Saturday, October 10

  • Saturday, October 17

  • Saturday, October 24

  • Saturday, October 31

November 2026

  • Saturday, November 7 (틈: Reflective Practice)

  • Saturday, November 14

  • Saturday, November 21

  • Saturday, November 28

December 2026

  • Saturday, December 5 (틈: Reflective Practice)

  • Saturday, December 12

  • Saturday, December 19

  • Saturday, December 26

틈: Where Thought Finds Breathing Room (Monthly RP group)

KoreaMaria Tea Time Workshops (Quarterly workshops)

    • Korean Philosophy & Pedagogy  (Feb)

    • Korean Philosophy as Cosmopolitan Method: A Conversation

    • Writing from the Margins: Post-Asia-as-Method and Lived Pedagogy

    • The Temple and the Threshold: Place-Based Teaching Practices


“Meet-Me-in-the-Middle” Korean + theory/philosophy group (Quarterly travel events)

    • Empty Fullness: The Wisdom of 여백 (Mar)

    • The Shape of Reverence: 공경 in Everyday Encounters

    • Flowing Without Forcing: 무위 and the Practice of Letting Be

    • Face and Feeling: 체면, 감정, and the Stories We Don’t Say

The Afterword Circle: Reflections with Art, Place & Transition (Quarterly Gwangju Art Discovery Circle)

2025 Archive

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