from the Women's
Well
The Women's Well
welcomes your help.
Circle
of
Circles
The Circle
of Circles is open to all women. Upcoming dates are June 2, and August 4. There is no circle in July.
Vision Quest
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
Mystery School
Participants in the
Women’s Mystery School connect with the deep mysteries and power of the
Sacred Feminine through myth, art, astrology, traditional Chinese
medicine practices, shamanism and ritual. In the context of a sacred
circle, they engage in personal transformation, remember their deep
connection with Spirit and with all of life, and move into new ways of
being in this time of global change. The program meets for five
weekends across the year from September 2008 to June 2009. For more
information or to find out about free introductory evenings, call
Heather Ensworth 978 468-2021 or Gail Byrnes 978 302-6654
or check the website.
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FYI
Two different evening singing workshops for women with Susan Robbins, Founder and Artistic Director of Libana (www.libana.com). Wednesday, July 16, and Tuesday, July 29, 7:00-9:15 p.m. at Third Life Studio, Union Square, Somerville, (www.thirdlifestudio.com). Cost: $25 each evening. Pre-registration required; further details provided upon registration. (Girls 12 and older who love to sing are welcome!)
Max Dashu's new DVD, Women's Power
in Global Perspective, is a stunning visual history of the range
of female leadership, wisdom, courage and creativity over thousands of
years. Find it at her website.
Tsultrim Allione’s new book, Feeding Your Demons, brings an
eleventh-century Tibetan woman's practice to the West for the first
time, in an accessible and effective approach for dealing with negative
emotions, fears, illness, and self-defeating patterns. Allione explains
that if we fight our demons, they only grow stronger. But if we feed
them, nurture them, we can free ourselves from the battle.
The latest creative effort by Patricia
Reis is Arctic Refuge Sutra:
Teachings from an Endangered Landscape. This DVD, a haunting
multimedia account of one of Earth's ecologically priceless wildlands,
is available at www.patriciareis.net
Prajña Hallstrom has just
released a new live chanting CD, Jai
Ma! It is a collection of eight chants devoted to the various
forms of the sacred feminine in the Hindu and Buddhist traditions, and
is intended as an offering to
the Goddess in all her forms. For more info
and to order, check out Prajña's website, www.shaktimata.com, which also
lists chanting events that Prajña is leading around the area.
Edith Griffin’s wholistic center in
Westford has space available to rent. See www.karendyth.com for more
information or call 978 692-9109. The space is beautiful, and the
location is great for one-on-one therapy or group sessions. Please pass
the word along.
Stephanie Bennett Vogt’s Your
Spacious Self: Clear Your Clutter and Discover Who You Are departs from the more conventional (linear, "fixing," masculine)
approaches to clearing and offers a guided "journey" approach that
invites readers to soften resistance by feeling (exploring,
discovering, allowing) their holding patterns. For more info on
Stephanie's work, see www.spaceclear.com.
Look for Olivia Hoblitzelle’s new book
The Majesty
of Your Loving: A Couple's
Journey Through Alzheimer's. It's a memoir inspired by her
training in Buddhism, psychology, and negotiating life.
Marga Dieter’s novel Aamie’s War is a powerful autobiographical story of the physical and emotional
devastation of war as viewed through the eyes of a little girl growing
up in World War II Germany. For more info see www.aamieswar.com.
Abby
Seixas' Finding the Deep River Within: A
Woman's Guide to Recovering Balance and Meaning in Everyday Life is
now available in paperback in bookstores and online. Now that the
paperback edition is out, Abby offers signed and inscribed hardcover
copies on sale ($15 including shipping) through her website: www.deepriverwithin.com.
And don’t forget: The Heart and Soul
of Sex: Making the ISIS Connection by Gina Ogden; Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause;
and Sistren
by Jane
LeCompte.
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