How Women’s Circles are Crucial to Our Wellbeing

Women’s circles are a non-judgemental, nurturing place where women can talk, listen and support each other while also laughing, healing and enjoying fun connection together.

It gives us space to care for ourselves, guide the next generation and remember our ancestors’ magical gift of gathering.

We need community. We need to talk, hug and look one another in the eye. We need to speak just as much as we need listened to.

Every circle I’ve been involved in opens my soul a bit more, it awakens a piece of me that was asleep. A piece that’s important for me to share with this world. That’s what circles do for me.

They also help me

. . . practice using my voice in a different way.

. . . calm the leader that I am, and the person with the solutions, so I can go within.

. . . immerse myself into this beautiful cycle of receiving and giving.

. . . feel deeper and care for my wellbeing so I can help others care for themselves.

Supporting one another lifts us up and helps each one of us leave feeling better than when we arrived.

It takes a village.

A village to parent.

A village to grow a business.

A village to be a woman.

A village to be a spouse.

A village to eat healthy.

A village to coincide with other humans on this beautiful planet Earth.

And, that village isn’t always the people that care about you the most.

It shows so much bravery to talk about what hides inside of us.

• The thoughts that whisper to us late at night when the house is quiet.
• The fear that keeps us from not doing something.
• The heaviness that comes when a part of our life doesn’t look like how we imagined it to be.
• The isolation that we’re the only ones that are struggling with motherhood.
• The paralyzing feeling that we suck at owning a business and everyone else does it so well.

When women come together with a certain intention we move mountains.  

My hope in creating The Connection Circle is that each woman leaves smiling with a sense of peace and lighter than when she walked through the door.

Guiding and supporting other women in their business doesn’t give me a pass to not feel lonely or unsure. Holding space during Reiki sessions with clients and teaching Reiki in classes doesn’t free me from having moments where I’m angry, confused or sad.

We come here to this beautiful planet to have experiences that can be exhilarating and debilitating. No one is immune to that truth.

Separating myself from an incredibly toxic relationship when I was younger, closing a business after 6 years of tough work growing it, and navigating mental health challenges with those I love dearly, have all led me to support from groups.

Joining spaces where women are gathering has helped me have the strength to take the next step, even when it was really, really, hard. It woke me from moments of a victim-based mindset when I was younger to an empowered mindset that I deserved more. Gatherings with others has helped me be a better parent, even during the years of being a single parent.

I’ll say it again, we need community and especially a community with women. My hope is that by gathering, one by one, we can help women to feel safe, connected, seen and capable.

Together we can make an impact on one another so each of us can go and make our impact in the world.

Busyness is all around us which means it’s also within us. There’s this pressure that keeps us yearning to be better, always adjusting our finish line to be further out each time we get remotely closer.  Sometimes it’s as if what we’ve done isn’t good enough.   

Giving yourself a safe space, like The Connection Circle, to come together and just BE is like a breath of fresh air. A space to share, be listened to and support each other.

A space that helps us:

• Be still. To listen to our body hum and the beat of our heart that loves us dearly.
• Recharge when we feel burdened or weighed down.
• Tap into the ancient wisdom of the power of women when we come together. This is a natural coming home experience because our ancestors did it.
• Destress. The act of nurturing and connecting with other women with the intention of supporting one another calms our body and our mind.
• Hear other women’s feelings and experiences that help us know that we are not alone.

Naima says it best “Women’s circles enable us to disconnect from the busy external world, from social networks, and completely immerse ourselves into ourselves. There can be deep sharing, storytelling, and discussion, but also movement, touch, silence, and immersion in the beauty of music and nature.”

Circles are infinite. They continue to go around with no break. It’s a powerful feeling to be within a circle that builds momentum and has an unbreakable connection.

The world absolutely needs us. As Spirituality Health reminds us – as moms, grandmothers, nieces, sisters and aunts we are guiding the next generation as they watch us own our space in this world – as we create unbreakable circles. Verbally we can say it, and teach it, but taking action by caring for ourselves speaks volumes.

We bring generations younger than us home, to their ancestors,

by gathering, supporting, talking and listening.

We show them how important they are and that what they feel matters. We show them the power that women have when they gather. We show them how to laugh, how to be vulnerable in a safe space and how caring for ourselves is crucial.

Women’s circles don’t have to be anything fancy. It can be women sitting at a kitchen table every month with the intention to come together and be together. If we can hold on to the purpose of gathering together to support one another, without judgment or trying to fix anyone or anything, the magic unfolds on its own.

I, I mean we, as women tend to overanalyze and want coming together to be perfect. A clean house, good food, the perfect centerpiece, the perfect agenda of what to do etc. None of that has to be so. Invite. Come together. Talk. It can be that simple. We are all smart, capable women that make the best of many situations, and this is no different. 🙂

Let the excuses, inconveniences, families, spouses, jobs and responsibilities take the back seat for a moment in time so you can do this.

• Find a space. A space where you can talk openly to one another without anyone feeling worried about someone else hearing. Preferably a space that’s quiet and has little distractions around.
• Invite. Who do you know that you think would benefit from coming together with other women? Invite them. Even if it feels uncomfortable.
• Tech free. Leave your cell phones at the edge of the circle, just outside of it with do-not-disturb on except for important numbers, you know for emergency calls about kids or family.
• Create a circle. Set something up that forms some kind of a circle to gather around. A table, furniture, flowers, leaves, rocks etc. Again, nothing fancy. The point is gathering. 🙂
• Let it unfold. Open your heart, take deep breaths and set the intention to connect.

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With love and support,