“Hi! I wanted to thank you for your help (and the circle at the Midwest herbal retreat). I began a circle in August, I just have reached out to my circle of friends and they reached their friends, we now have 32 members in my circle. We do not all go at the same time, […]
Sacred Circles are Mystical Experiences
Over the past nine years as I have hosted Sacred Circles, I have experienced all of the following. -Freedom from the limitations of your personal self and feeling a unity or bond with what was felt to be greater than your personal self -Experience of amazement. -Feelings of tenderness and gentleness. -Feelings of peace and […]
Doing the Work You Are Called to Do
I always had the feeling that I would not be able to do the work I feel called to do until I had left my husband. That did not stop me from trying time after time and many many years to make our marriage work. It did not. Now I am on my own. And […]
The Messy Bits of Community: Why Don’t You Have a Local Women’s Circle?
It amazes me time and time again how many women doing this work of the Goddess do not meet regularly in a local Circle. I got it. All the reasons: burn out, personality conflicts, non-commitment, finding members and more. I cannot tell you the amount of times I have personally had to pick my ego […]
What Do You Need for a Sacred Circle?
You. Time. Intention. That’s it. I’m up in Illinois helping my sons get ready for their next adventure, and I put out the call for a Circle last night. I have nothing with me as I am traveling extremely light these days: one backpack, and it has my laptop in it, so a change of […]
Attendance at A Women’s Circle
The Circle calls when the Circle calls. I’ve hosted Women’s Circles for seven years now, and I’ve learned a few things. I love doing this. It is my passion. But I’ve also seen many women burn out, because they give too much to it and do not receive in kind. Maybe the first three or […]
Womanfest Destiny: Sacred Circle Guidelines
We gather around a Sacred Center – a place of focus, a place of balance, a place of beauty. We breathe deeply. We welcome silence. We welcome song. We welcome poetry. We welcome imperfection and the expression of our perfectly imperfect selves. We limit chit chat and use lean speech. We do our best to […]
Where Will Your Next Sacred Circle Be Held?
I’ve been meeting in a Sacred Circle (or Women’s Circle) every couple of weeks for the past seven years. Some may call me crazy. But it’s the way that I people the best. I find divinity: within myself and within others. The ways that I have grown! And watched the other women in the Circle […]
Singing Compline in a Small Impromptu Women’s Circle Part V
“Yes, I know what’s trueIn my heart of hearts, I know.” Back to Illinois to visit my son, and while I am there, we meet in Circle. Since COVID hit in March, we have kept meeting in Circle. Outside. But now it is 30’s in Chicago, So we meet in my son’s apartment. The three […]
Finding Your Sisters in a Women’s Circle Part IV
I went back ‘home’ to Illinois and met in Circle there with my Sisters. I find it so ironic that after seven years of the ups and downs of hosting a Circle, it really feels like the perfect Circle now that I have moved ten hours south to Alabama. Even that word ‘Sisters’ used to […]