Melbourne Women’s Circle

Sarah Miller and Grace Funk warmly invite you to a Melbourne womens circle in 2018.

As women we practice the ancient tradition of coming together to support, nurture and hold one another in sacred space.   This is a Red Tent experience, honouring the mysteries of the feminine, of the cycles and our body’s sacred intelligence.

These circles will be held monthly on the following dates:

Thursday 8 March 2018
Thursday 5 April 2018
Thursday 10 May 2018
Thursday 7 June 2018

No circles in July and August – we rest in Winter!

Thursday 13 September 2018
Thursday 11 October 2018
Wednesday 14 November 2018

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2018 Melbourne Women's Circle

The emphasis of these circles will be on rest, connection and deep listening.  Always there’ll be a spaciousness to show up exactly as you are, and for ‘participation’ to look different for each woman.  Trans women are welcome.

You can come to one, a few or all of the circles.  The more we gather together, the deeper we weave connection and safety, and therefore healing and wholeness, for ourselves and all our relations!

Circles will commence at 7.30 and run for 2 hours.

All circles will be held at El Camino Wellness Centre, 102 Grange Rd, Glenhuntly, except for our November circle, which will be held at Sarah’s house – address supplied upon booking.

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  • WOMB JOY?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Yes yes yes to female joy!* It has the power to change the world – let's use it as a compass to guide our lives!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ What makes you feel joyful?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ How do you know you’re feeling joy? What does joy feel like?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ How do you find joy? Do you seek it? Or does it just arrive unexpectedly?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ And is female joy different from plain old joy? Or male joy? Or bird joy? Or tree joy?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Does our embodiment - of having a womb, or once having had a womb - change our experience and understanding of joy?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ What is a joyful womb, for you? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ And what does your life look like when you live from this place?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Can wombs leap for joy? Oh, yes, I believe they can…⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 👊👊👊⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ * I use the word ‘female’ here to refer to humans who knew themselves as living with a womb, and therefore inferior, for thousands of years under the patriarchy. So no, I am not forcing you into a gender box. I am hoping that you are creating more joy in the world, by getting out of whatever boxes you find yourself in. I will support you in that effort, but I will not eradicate the word ‘female’ nor thousands of years of female herstory or current female oppression in the process.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #womb #joy #women #girls #celebrate #birthright #patriarchy #rebel #happy #pleasure #align #grounded #embodiment #change #cyclesoftransformation #priestess #poweredbypresence #knowthyself #livewithintention #devoted to #transformation #priestessyourlife
  • GOOD TIMES Thought I should balance out my references last week to my periodic headbutting of the conundrums of my marriage with some of the good stuff. Such as the fact that he confirms a dinner invitation like this: Looking forward to seeing you - come for around 6. If you brought a salad as conventional as the four of us tossed together :) that would be great! . IOW - anything goes. cheers -g Or how I took the shift riding home with the slowest bike-riding member of our family, and I knew when we walked in the door, he’d have lunch ready. Or that he's up for a two-week roadtrip, making it up as we go along. Or how his new hair is keeping things novel - imagine my surprise to find myself having a beer with Jack Nicholson! . 😂😂😂 . . In the end, oh so grateful for this life together, uncomfortable as it is, at times... 💛💛💛 . . . #marriage #relationship #joy #crucible #goodtimes #love #keepingnitreal #balancingact #doppelganger #priestess #priestessyourlife
  • CIRCLE⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Been dreaming into setting up a local circle here in Steinbach → pretty exciting!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If there’s anything I’ve learned over the last fifteen years, it’s the power of women coming together and sharing their stories - something happens that’s bigger than us, and the ripple of self-acceptance and empowerment that follows is so inspiring! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Here’s our working purpose. The purpose of this circle is:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ → To build authentic, embodied connection between local women, deepening and strengthening families and community as a result.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ → To create a space to talk about the things that generally remain unspoken between us, knowing this facilitates connection, self-awareness, strength and transformation.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ → To allow our stories, bodies and presence to carry us into full feeling, whether that be grief, joy, pleasure, pain, delight, shame… honouring all of these experiences as pathways that lead us home to ourselves.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ How’s this sound? Would you want to come?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Even if it sounds good, what would you be worried about? What would stop you coming?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 👩🏾‍🦰🧒🏻👱🏻‍♀️👧🏽👧🏾👩🏼‍🦱👵🏻👩🏼👱🏻‍♀️👩🏾‍🦱⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #women #womenscircle #circle #gather #gatherthewomensavetheworld #together #joy #solidarity #sisterhood #love #change #community #connect #priestess #poweredbypresence #knowthyself #livewithintention #devoted to #transformation #priestessyourlife
  • My husband recently described my desire to reflect on ‘what happened’ as navel-gazing, cos, you know, he has a way with words! 😂 I’ve always journalled, since I was ten and received a diary from my grandparents for Christmas, and for more than a year, wrote a sentence describing the day’s activities. Since I was 17 and had a life-changing time at camp, and needed a place to record the fullness of my experience, and I caught the bus to the local shopping centre the day after I got home, picked out a journal, and proceeded to fill it with page upon page of tiny script. Since I was 30 and a dear friend gave me a copy of Julia Cameron’s 'The Artist’s Way' for my birthday, and I started writing three pages a day, to get past all the repetitive mental ‘knowns’ into the wide open ‘unknown’ space of that third page. Many different ‘faces’ of journalling over almost thirty years of practice. The form changes depending on my current needs, but always this lodestone: I must digest my experience. Most recently, I’ve been galvanised by Benjamin Hardy to get back into a strong daily practice. I sit outside in the morning sun (while I can! It will be -40 soon enough!), writing down my yearly and monthly goals, day after day these same words, and bouncing from there into ideas, fears, obstacles, emotional blocks, general life digestion. It is feeling on-so-nourishing at the moment, partly because it is so purposeful and forward-looking. So yes, my husband’s comment was a bit pokey, but I can’t really do anything other than fully stand behind myself as a Navel-Gazer, because it’s true. It’s been true for thirty years or more. But what’s also true is that, after enough gazing at my belly button, I am in general grounded and aligned, as at peace with myself as I can be, and I step into the day, gazing forward, ready for what comes, ready to give the day my best. What's your self-reflection (navel-gazing) practice?! 📓 #journaling #journal #selfcare #morningpractice #goodmorning #priestess #devoted to #transformation #priestessyourlife
  • WEAKEST LINK⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ A few days ago I was in an internal headbutt moment, bemoaning the lack of teamwork that is, at times, my experience of life with my husband. Nothing new there.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The day after, we had time in the car together, rebuilding empathy and connection. Talked of an idea I’d come across in a book, 📘 Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown. (Recommended! 👍)⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The idea is that, if we know where we are aiming to get to – our desired outcome – the fastest way to get there is to resource our slowest, weakest parts.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We can attempt to rush towards our goal, but truly we can only move as fast as the hesitant, uncertain, fearful parts of ourselves.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I think we can recognise this as common sense. If we go on a bushwalk with a bunch of friends, the walk isn’t done, and we can’t go home, until the slowest person finishes.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The possibility here is that we identify our biggest obstacles which are holding us back from moving towards our desired outcome in good time, and nourish/encourage/equip/build up those parts of ourselves!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I love it, makes so much sense! And it feels radically new, somehow this month (even though you could say I have been journeying this path of resourcing my most tender parts for twelve years!).⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ What was interesting was that my partner had an instant emotional response to this approach, along the lines of: the weakest link doesn’t deserve support and resourcing. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Wow! Can you relate?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ → READ MORE ON MY BLOG⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ via link in bio or head to⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ priestessyourlife.com/marriage-of-opposites⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🔗🔗🔗⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #weakestlink #marriage #marriageofopposites #selfcare #love #teamwork #spiritualpractice #love #relationship #goals #priestess #poweredbypresence #knowthyself #livewithintention #devoted to #transformation #priestessyourlife
  • ILLUMINATION This Full Moon in the airy sign of Aquarius was exact on: Thursday 15th August, 7.29am (CDT) Thursday 15th August, 1.29pm (BST) Thursday 15th August, 10.29pm (AEST) . . Almost two weeks ago, we started a brand new cycle, under a Leo New Moon. The wheel turns, and here we are, meeting this airy Full Moon in Aquarius. . . We are living the conversation between these two signs. Leo and Aquarius lie opposite each other in the zodiac wheel, therefore providing two opposing perspectives on the same terrain: what is our relationship to Others? And how do we live our loyalty to the New? . . Leo is the Performer, the Ringmistress. And like any good actor, Leo knows that art and artful living needs drama, needs something that sets it apart from everything else on offer. Something novel. A fresh perspective. . . Aquarius is the Reformer, the Inventor, and likewise feels this need for the new deeply. The future whispers in her ears all the time, the path of possibility shimmers ahead like a mirage, tenuous and alive. . . Leo leads others into something nourishingly new and creative, and is rewarded with accolade. The engagement of others is a validation. . . Aquarius walks boldly into the unknown, regardless of whether anyone follows. The judgment and disdain of others is a validation. . . The point is, both have a point! Both perspectives are true and valuable. . . Here we are at this familiar Full Moon reminder: Each of us is a marriage of opposites. How do we live the whole? . . ☀️ What new paths are opening up? ☀️ Where are you called to lead with courage? ☀️ How can you be more outrageously, exceedingly YOU, regardless of what anyone else thinks?!⠀ . . . #fullmoon #moon #aquarius #astrology #lunarcycle #mooncycle #fullmooninaquarius #zodiac #leadership #courage #new #path #priestess #poweredbypresence #knowthyself #livewithintention #devoted to #transformation #priestessyourlife
  • CHASING DISK This is such a joyful pleasure for me: playing Ultimate frisbee! I find physical activity such a reset, but sprinting long for the disk, under a summer evening sky, is one of my absolutely favourite experiences... In that moment, there is nothing else... 🥏🥏🥏 What activities draw you right in to the present moment, where all else falls away? #ultimate #frisbee #flyingdisk #mods #summer #evening #play #joy #sprint #outdoors #presentmoment #priestess #poweredbypresence #knowthyself #livewithintention #devoted to #transformation #priestessyourlife
  • . DESSERT FOR BODY & SOUL⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Homemade apple and strawberry pie (crab apples off our tree, local strawberries picked the other week) +⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ a new book, Vivid Vision by Cameron Herold (a map for Dreaming three years into my future, and stepping courageously towards goals that are big enough to feel scary and difficult at times, but oh so #worthit )⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Ummmm, yes, that was a delicious and nourishing dessert, all round! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ✨🥧✨⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #homemade #pie #applepie #strawberrypie #dessert #yum #booksofinstagram #vividvision #cameronherold #dreams #goals #believe #dreambig #bhag #priestess #poweredbypresence #knowthyself #livewithintention #devoted to #transformation #priestessyourlife

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