Learning Your Heart’s Desire…Again and Again and Again
2nd and 4th Sundays in June, July, August
9:30-11:30 a.m.
Facilitator: Lisa Magdalena Hess
Cost: $10/circle; $50/6-circles*
ZOOM
[*Central Ohio sister-leaders who have held writing/creativity circles in the last 6 months – no cost]
Summer’s a good time for some of us to rest, reorient, even recover from a long year’s labor, whatever our ‘vineyard’ may be. Do you know your heart’s desire? Has it changed over the years while you weren’t noticing? This drop-in circle series is an opportunity for the circle to gather, for spaces to be held for any/all women who’d like to set aside some intentional creative time—writing, collaging, knitting, painting, whatever—and create in community, be nourished in the circle invitations sans obligation. Each morning will invite the circle-check-in and gathering before spacious creative time, a break, then reconvening for witnessing and crosstalk. Some know the invitation of Our Lady in this way, “What is your Heart’s Desire? Is there really nothing you want that I can give you?” Ease into a spacious circle Lap to be just as you are…
2nd and 4th Sundays in June, July, August
9:30-11:30 a.m.
Facilitator: Lisa Magdalena Hess
Cost: $10/circle; $50/6-circles*
ZOOM
[*Central Ohio sister-leaders who have held writing/creativity circles in the last 6 months – no cost]
Summer’s a good time for some of us to rest, reorient, even recover from a long year’s labor, whatever our ‘vineyard’ may be. Do you know your heart’s desire? Has it changed over the years while you weren’t noticing? This drop-in circle series is an opportunity for the circle to gather, for spaces to be held for any/all women who’d like to set aside some intentional creative time—writing, collaging, knitting, painting, whatever—and create in community, be nourished in the circle invitations sans obligation. Each morning will invite the circle-check-in and gathering before spacious creative time, a break, then reconvening for witnessing and crosstalk. Some know the invitation of Our Lady in this way, “What is your Heart’s Desire? Is there really nothing you want that I can give you?” Ease into a spacious circle Lap to be just as you are…
Rising Up Together: A Full Moon Summer Series @ Heartbeat Learning Gardens
(for women and non-binary folks wanting to be in a container of women)
Dates: Thursday June 24, 7pm-9pm; Friday July 23, 7pm-9pm; Sunday August 22, 7pm-9pm
Cost: 3-circle series $75; 1 circle $30 (Sliding scale for 3-circle series registration, $50-100, writer’s choice)
Facilitator: Amy Chavez (www.lovesomatics.org)
What: Bring your heartbeat, your body, your stories and your wonder into a circle of women, rooted deeply in the earth and moon rhythms of the summer. We will gather in circle inside of the healing herbal gardens, as the full moon rises, and reflect on what is rising inside of us, individually and collectively. The core-practices of WWfaC will hold the space within and among us. Self-regulation and Somatic Trauma healing practices will also be introduced to awaken participants to trauma-bound patterns in the nervous system, in order to encourage a deeper sense of self-awareness, trust, and choice. Invitation, not obligation, as ever. Participants will learn some wisdom of the herbs and medicine plants that surround them, with some opportunities for herbal harvest and medicine making. Stories, songs, rhythms and rhymes of renewal will welcome the wisdom of the gathered to inform the whole.
Where: Heartbeat Learning Gardens, just outside of Yellow Springs. The herbal gardens, bee yard, and rose garden space will offer sanctuary and retreat from the world, as we gather in circle and allow the land and the life of the ecosystem to support our work of healing together. Address and payment processes completed with registration.
(for women and non-binary folks wanting to be in a container of women)
Dates: Thursday June 24, 7pm-9pm; Friday July 23, 7pm-9pm; Sunday August 22, 7pm-9pm
Cost: 3-circle series $75; 1 circle $30 (Sliding scale for 3-circle series registration, $50-100, writer’s choice)
Facilitator: Amy Chavez (www.lovesomatics.org)
What: Bring your heartbeat, your body, your stories and your wonder into a circle of women, rooted deeply in the earth and moon rhythms of the summer. We will gather in circle inside of the healing herbal gardens, as the full moon rises, and reflect on what is rising inside of us, individually and collectively. The core-practices of WWfaC will hold the space within and among us. Self-regulation and Somatic Trauma healing practices will also be introduced to awaken participants to trauma-bound patterns in the nervous system, in order to encourage a deeper sense of self-awareness, trust, and choice. Invitation, not obligation, as ever. Participants will learn some wisdom of the herbs and medicine plants that surround them, with some opportunities for herbal harvest and medicine making. Stories, songs, rhythms and rhymes of renewal will welcome the wisdom of the gathered to inform the whole.
Where: Heartbeat Learning Gardens, just outside of Yellow Springs. The herbal gardens, bee yard, and rose garden space will offer sanctuary and retreat from the world, as we gather in circle and allow the land and the life of the ecosystem to support our work of healing together. Address and payment processes completed with registration.
Sisters of the Rainbow
Tuesdays, 6:30- 9:00 p.m.
September 14th-October 9th (Preview sampler Sept. 7th 6:30-8:30 p.m., more info HERE)
Facilitator: Nicole Gainyard
Location: Zoom
Cost: $150, but sliding scale $120-180--pay what you can or provide for another sister; all are welcome, money should not be the obstacle; be in touch with us... (Nicole Gainyard at dr.nicolemg@gmail.com or Lisa M Hess at womenwriting.centralohio@gmail.com).
I am a woman, and I am a person of color.
We invite our Black, Indigenous, Asian, Multiracial, and Latin X women to explore the intersection between their gender and racial identities. Are you tired of being ‘the only one’ in a sea of white faces? Has wearing ‘the mask’ exhausted you? Join us as we collectively give voice to our diverse experiences in the circle.
The circle is a conscious feminine, contemplative writing community for women and all genders. We open with a poem, name ourselves into the circle one by one, write together, and those who so choose may share their words and be deeply heard. The circle holds us all more deeply in the balance of me and we, more of us learning to listen, some of us learning more how to speak. For more information, contact Nicole Gainyard at dr.nicolemg@gmail.com.
Schedule:
Week one (September 14th): Where are you really from?
Week two (September 21st): Mules of the world: an exploration of racist and sexist stereotypes.
Week three (September 28th): Is beauty in the eyes of the colonizer?
Week four (October 5th): Care of the container.
Week five (October 9th): The color of love: sex, sexuality, and relationships.
Week six (October 12th): We are family: the power of sisterhood alliances.
Tuesdays, 6:30- 9:00 p.m.
September 14th-October 9th (Preview sampler Sept. 7th 6:30-8:30 p.m., more info HERE)
Facilitator: Nicole Gainyard
Location: Zoom
Cost: $150, but sliding scale $120-180--pay what you can or provide for another sister; all are welcome, money should not be the obstacle; be in touch with us... (Nicole Gainyard at dr.nicolemg@gmail.com or Lisa M Hess at womenwriting.centralohio@gmail.com).
I am a woman, and I am a person of color.
We invite our Black, Indigenous, Asian, Multiracial, and Latin X women to explore the intersection between their gender and racial identities. Are you tired of being ‘the only one’ in a sea of white faces? Has wearing ‘the mask’ exhausted you? Join us as we collectively give voice to our diverse experiences in the circle.
The circle is a conscious feminine, contemplative writing community for women and all genders. We open with a poem, name ourselves into the circle one by one, write together, and those who so choose may share their words and be deeply heard. The circle holds us all more deeply in the balance of me and we, more of us learning to listen, some of us learning more how to speak. For more information, contact Nicole Gainyard at dr.nicolemg@gmail.com.
Schedule:
Week one (September 14th): Where are you really from?
Week two (September 21st): Mules of the world: an exploration of racist and sexist stereotypes.
Week three (September 28th): Is beauty in the eyes of the colonizer?
Week four (October 5th): Care of the container.
Week five (October 9th): The color of love: sex, sexuality, and relationships.
Week six (October 12th): We are family: the power of sisterhood alliances.
Spirituality in Motion
Tuesdays 6:30-9:00 p.m. (in-person)
Sept 14th through October 5th
Fairmont Presbyterian Church (3705 Far Hills Ave., Dayton OH 45429)
Cost: $100 (sliding scale, woman chooses $60-140)
Do you yearn for the timeless wisdom that beckons, inviting you to track your own spiritual movement deep within...? Join a circle of women in a held listening space, to come as you are, to dive more deeply into sacred invitations and treasures to be found deeply within us and all around us. Shaped by the circle-way practices of Women Writing for (a) Change, the Circle-Way, and spiritual direction, we will gather, write, and create together, listening and learning in both small and large group settings. Come as you are!
We live in a world intent upon certainties yet our own lives are roller-coasters of worry (or adventure?), challenge (or opportunity?). Explore spiritual resources that wisdom circles can bring today, within yourself and the gifts of our traditions.
Tuesdays 6:30-9:00 p.m. (in-person)
Sept 14th through October 5th
Fairmont Presbyterian Church (3705 Far Hills Ave., Dayton OH 45429)
Cost: $100 (sliding scale, woman chooses $60-140)
Do you yearn for the timeless wisdom that beckons, inviting you to track your own spiritual movement deep within...? Join a circle of women in a held listening space, to come as you are, to dive more deeply into sacred invitations and treasures to be found deeply within us and all around us. Shaped by the circle-way practices of Women Writing for (a) Change, the Circle-Way, and spiritual direction, we will gather, write, and create together, listening and learning in both small and large group settings. Come as you are!
We live in a world intent upon certainties yet our own lives are roller-coasters of worry (or adventure?), challenge (or opportunity?). Explore spiritual resources that wisdom circles can bring today, within yourself and the gifts of our traditions.
Bi-Weekly Writing Circle (all-genders, in association with Short North)
Gather with new and seasoned writers, artists, activists in the Short North (here on Zoom!).
Second and Fourth Wednesdays, 7 p.m.
Facilitators: Kelly Cantwell & Bonnie Weaver-Miller (Wellstreams)
Second and Fourth Wednesdays, 7 p.m.
Facilitators: Kelly Cantwell & Bonnie Weaver-Miller (Wellstreams)