There will be a Bones for Life® class at the Women’s Well this summer. This weekly drop-in class will meet Mondays, June 16-August 25, 1:00-2:30 p.m. Bones for Life is about promoting strong bones, good posture, and biological optimism. It is ideal for women with concerns about “aging well” and an over sedentary life style, wishing to: develop a daily practice to make life become more enjoyable and easy, move with more stamina, ease and comfort, prevent or reverse osteoporosis. $16 per class payable to the teacher. Bring your “bones wrap”-- a 6-8 yard length of soft fabric, wrist/ankle 1 lb. weights of the O-ring or Velcro strap-on type. (May be purchased from the instructor, quantities limited.) Instructor Deborah Elizabeth Lotus is a Certified BFL® Teacher/Trainer and Certified Feldenkrais® Practitioner. For more information, contact her at 617-661-1585 or email: Kinaesthetic@Verizon.net or see www.bonesforlife.com
Journey Home to Your Heart:
A Guided Women’s Vision Quest in Central Massachusetts
September 18-28, 2008
For millennia, our ancestors on all continents have spent ceremonial
time away from the community, alone in the local natural landscape.
This Women’s Journey follows the tradition of our ancestors, but with a
contemporary approach. The program offered here will unfold over 11
days and provides the opportunity for a small group of women to journey
together, through community gatherings and solitary time, in a way that
will help each participant “re-member” her deepest passions and heart
longings. Together, we will track our inner and outer landscapes,
finding healing, restoration, and rejuvenation. This program is limited
to 5-8 women, so please register early. $500 covers food, lodging at
the Earthlands Retreat Center, and land use fees. Guides are
compensated for their time and expertise through participant donations.
For more information, download a flyer here.
Contact: Cary Gaunt at
chg.watershed@gmail.com 802-257-5301 or Anna Coffman
anna.coffman@gmail.com 978-760-0910
I participated last
October in the Women's VisionQuest guided by Anna Coffman (from the
Third Circle), and Cary Gaunt. I can only tell you that this was
one of the most powerful experiencs of my lifetime. Anna and Cary, both
very well trained in this work, made it safe, deep and sacred. It
felt like a beautiful outgrowth and deepening of the kind of things
that The Women's Well has always been about. I recommend it highly.
Anne Yeomans
The
Mystery School - Stepping Into New Ways of Being
In the Women’s Mystery School, we create a safe and sacred space for exploring the mysteries of life and of our lives as women. We work together in a sacred circle, fostering a strong sense of community, deepening our personal spiritual practices and attuning to the shifting consciousness and new ways of being that we are called into during this time of profound global change. This year, we will meet for eight Saturdays, honoring the equinoxes, solstices and ancient cross-quarter holidays and exploring ancient wisdom and healing traditions such as shamanism, traditional Chinese medicine, sound healing, astrology and herbalism as well as art, drumming, ritual and myth. The program focuses on personal transformation, on deepening our understanding of the power of a sacred circle and on the healing of the Earth. Dates for the upcoming program are: Sept. 20; Oct. 25; Dec. 13; Jan. 31, 2009; March 21; April 25; June 20; July 31. Cost: $1200. For more information, please call Heather Ensworth: 978-468-2021 or Gail Byrnes 978-302-6654 or check the website.
The Women’s Well is honored to present special guest Lama Tsultrim Allione, foremost American Buddhist teacher and author.
Practices of the Great Wisdom Mother
October 15
7:00-9:00 p.m.
At the Harvey Wheeler Community Auditorium
1276 Main Street, Concord, Mass
Open to men and women
Lama Tsultrim Allione is a leading American Buddhist teacher and a pioneer in restoring the sacred feminine in traditional Buddhist teachings. Ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist nun in 1970 by HH the 16th Karmapa, she later gave up her robes to marry and have children. In 1980 she published the groundbreaking book Women of Wisdom detailing the biographies of accomplished women adepts in Tibet’s history. On pilgrimage in Tibet in 2007 she was recognized as an emanation of the 11th century yogini Machig Labdron by the resident lama of Machig’s seat at Zangri Khangmar. Allione teaches internationally and is the founder and director of Tara Mandala, a 700-acre retreat center in Colorado dedicated to the dissemination of lineage Buddhist teachings and the reemergence of the sacred feminine. Her latest book, Feeding Your Demons: Ancient Wisdom for Resolving Inner Conflict, was released in 2008.
