Why do we circle?

Three years ago when I lived in San Diego I felt a real absence of sisters for the first time in my life. I was living with my ex-partner and him and his family were the only people I knew in the area. I worked remotely and spent most of my time on the land that we lived on out in nature. It was a very special time but I also began to feel the ache for community and especially for sisterhood.

Eventually I started going to these gatherings that were associated with an online manifestation membership I was part of at the time. I would drive almost an hour once a week to be in person with these women and every time afterwards I felt so lit up, energized, supported, more connected to myself, and ready to take on my life with more confidence and grace.

All the result of sitting in a park on the grass for a couple hours on the weekend and sharing vulnerably about what we were going through, our emotions, challenges, successes, and what we wanted to call in. This particular gathering wasn’t labeled as a “women’s circle” but in hindsight that’s exactly what we were doing… and it was beautiful how deep we could go together. Some of us meeting for the first time sharing so honestly, allowing tears to flow, and sweetness to follow.

During the end of my time in California I also attended my first cacao ceremony… where we sipped this magical elixir and moved our bodies, expressed our hearts, and explored the beautiful intuitive flow of what naturally arose from the space of all of us women being gathered together. I wanted mooooore.

I left for Mexico a few days later and it would be another year or two before I dropped into more of this yumminess. Sisterhood found me again when I had integrated more into the community of Puerto Viejo at a time when I desperately it my women close to me. I had realized I couldn’t continue in the relationship I had become unhappy with and it also felt nearly impossible to let go. Sisterhood saved me. It brought me back to myself, reminded me of the sweetness of life, the magic, the belonging, the safety, the cuddles, and the possibilities.

It was in the arms and hands of my sisters that I was able to move on and release the man I loved and had by my side for over 6 years. It was in the comfort and security of sisterhood that I licked my wounds and cultivated the courage to change my life and start a new chapter. In the midst of my grief it was a text from a sister that read “I am here with you in this” that I was able to feel and release some of the deepest pain of my life. And it is with my sisters by my side that I celebrate and rise!

So, thank you. To each and every one of you who have touched my path. I love you. Your connection and heart and presence mean more to me than you could ever know.

And it is with great gratitude and delight that I am opening myself to being a holder of this sacred sister circle space.

If you’d like to join me on this journey I will be opening up some circles in Washington this summer (July and August 2023) as well as online. Sign up here to be notified when dates are announced.

Thank you, sisters. Let’s rise together.