The Voice of Sophia: Woman Rising

24/01/2026

WOMEN’S CIRCLE · Voice of Sophia
The Wise Woman: Falling Upward into Meaning

The beginning of the year is a time of reflection, inner transition, and gentle re-orientation.

In this circle, we meet the archetype of the Wise Woman — not as an external figure, but as an inner capacity to hold perspective, meaning, and inner support during times of change, loss, and uncertainty.

Together, we explore maturity as integration — a life phase in which what seems to fall apart can become a doorway into depth, wisdom, and a more honest way of living.

The circle is inspired by the work of Richard Rohr, Pema Chödrön, and Thomas Moore, and draws on embodied practices, reflection, and symbolic language to support a sense of wholeness and inner grounding.

🌟 What this circle is about

• moving from external achievement toward inner meaning
• meeting crisis and uncertainty without fixing or bypassing
• integrating both light and shadow aspects of lived experience
• cultivating care for the soul in everyday life
• allowing wisdom to emerge through what has been lived

We reflect on personal experience through myths and folk stories — such as Vasilisa the Wise and Hecate — using them as symbolic maps for transition, maturity, and deep feminine knowing.

🌟 Circle program (4 hours)

14:00–14:20 — Arrival & Opening
Warm arrival, grounding, and brief introductions.
We open with a reflection on maturity as an unfolding process of wisdom and inner support.

14:20–14:35 — Grounding Meditation
A guided meditation: meeting uncertainty and inner disorientation
while sensing a deeper inner ground beneath it.

14:35–14:55 — Intention Sharing
A gentle inquiry into the question:
“What am I ready to integrate in my life right now?”

14:55–15:35 — Guided Reflection & Holding Context
A guided exploration of themes that support the process:
• the Wise Woman as a companion through life transitions
• the concept of the two halves of life
• staying present when things fall apart
• caring for the soul through meaning and depth

15:35–17:35 — Practice Session (with breaks)
A sequence of embodied and reflective practices, including:
• gentle movement — from instability toward feeling more grounded
• journaling practice:
“What in my life is asking for care and attention right now?”
• small-group reflection on lived experiences of crisis and change
• an EFT-based practice focused on acceptance, integration, and feeling more grounded

Tea breaks and quiet pauses are woven into the flow.

17:35–18:00 — Closing & Integration
A closing round to name one insight or piece of wisdom to carry forward.
A short integration meditation and a gentle closing of the circle.

🌟 Practical details

Date: 1 February
Time: 14:00–18:00
Location: Strandvejen 685C, 2930 Klampenborg

❤️ Registration / payment:
• 450 DKK — for returning participants
(the more circles you attend during the year, the lower the price)
https://betal.mobilepay.dk/d68p

• 500 DKK — for first-time participants
https://betal.mobilepay.dk/53fw

To ensure depth and presence, we work in a small group of up to 10 participants.
Advance payment is required to reserve your place.
Last day for payment: 30 January.

🌟 What to bring

• a notebook and pen
• comfortable clothing
• openness to inner listening

🌟 We do not teach. We do not give answers.
We hold the space for you to stay present with your questions,
to trust the process,
and to allow wisdom to emerge naturally.

24/01/2026

Jung once wrote that human life unfolds in two phases.

The first phase is driven by the ego.

This is the time when we accumulate knowledge, build a career, and gain social status.
In other words, this is the time when we build what is often called a container.

The second phase begins when we start asking a different question:
What should this container be filled with?

This is the period when we go deeper and explore ourselves.
We reflect on what is truly valuable to us, on the people we want to have around us, and on the meaning of life.

In the first half of life, we explore the outer world.
In the second half of life, we explore our inner world.

It is in the second half of life that compassion for others begins to grow.
We learn patience and acceptance of the fact that both we and the world around us are imperfect.

We come to understand that crises are not failures.
They are stages — moments when we need to pause, reconsider our values, and decide where to go next.

The second half of life is also the time when we begin to see that all people are different and valuable in their own way.
And that we cannot change them, just as they cannot change us.

We realize that no book, no psychologist, and no guru can live our inner journey for us.
Only we can do that.

We stop blaming the world for our failures.
We learn how to move through crises.
We draw resources from our pain.
We take responsibility for our lives.

We become adults.

This is when our spiritual journey begins.

20/01/2026

16/01/2026

05/01/2026

Sophia, Keeper of Wisdom

Within each of us lives the Ancient Woman —
the first Mother, the Mother of all Mothers,
the feminine wisdom, the soul of Woman.

Her voice may be barely audible,
veiled by layers of history, cultural conditioning,
and social expectations.
Yet it is still there.
It has never left.

And you can hear it
if you dare to walk a certain path.

This is the path where you allow every facet
of your feminine nature — hidden, forgotten, silenced —
to unfold.
Where you descend into the depths of your unconscious.
Where you let your own voice rise
and finally be heard.

Within every woman live many expressions
of the feminine soul.

Sometimes she is the Wild Woman,
listening to the whispers of nature
and the voices of the ancestors.

Sometimes she is the Destroyer,
who can no longer endure
what stifles her growth.

Sometimes she is the Warrior,
who takes up the sword
to defend what is sacred to her.

Sometimes she is the Maiden,
rejoicing in a fresh breath of wind
and the first drops of rain.

Sometimes she is the Creatress,
adding new strokes to the canvas of Life,
transforming the world
through her touch.

Sometimes she is the Beloved,
who ignites the fire,
sets the blood pulsing,
lives her sensuality
and allows her passion
to awaken others.

Sometimes she is the Queen,
who knows her worth
and governs her inner and outer realms
with dignity.

Sometimes she is the Mother,
offering tenderness, care,
and nourishment
to her own soul.

Sometimes she is the Guardian,
creating a space of safety and belonging
for herself
and for those she loves.

Sometimes she is the Crone,
who knows her shadow
and honors it
as part of her wholeness.

Sometimes she is the Priestess,
who releases what has fulfilled its purpose
and walks in communion
with the unseen
and with her Higher Self.

And sometimes she is the Wise Woman —
the one who carries the knowledge of countless generations,
the wisdom of past, present, and future,
the voice that already knows
the answers
before the questions are asked.

All of these are the Voices of Sophia.

Sophia is the one who guides a woman
along the path of remembering,
the path of becoming whole,
the path of returning home.

And when a woman chooses herself,
the ancient voice rises again —
clear, steady, unmistakable.

This
is Sophia speaking.

04/07/2025

Do you ever have those days when you feel lonely?

This morning, I woke up at 3:33.
Fairly common at my age — women over 50 will understand 😁

I used to stay in bed, tossing and turning for hours, watching as the grey morning slowly crept into the room.
Eventually, I’d drift off… and wake up late, with a headache and heavy thoughts.

But for many months now, I’ve been doing something different.
I get up.
I make a cup of mint tea.
I sit in the stillness of the house.
And I listen to the birds.

Did you know birds begin to sing before sunrise?
They sing so loudly, as if calling out to the heavens.
Their voices weave together in a wild, sacred choir — rising, swirling, filling the dense air of sleeping homes.
And by then… it’s impossible to go back to sleep.

But as the sun rises, they fall silent.
And quietly return to their little bird lives.
Every morning — the same.
A kind of Hymn to the Rising Sun.

When the sun comes up, the sky turns crimson.
The more clouds there are, the more magical the colors.
These are some of the most beautiful paintings I’ve ever seen.

Today, I decided to go and meet the sunrise by the sea.
Luckily, it’s just at the end of our street.

I walked slowly through the silence.
No people.
Just my joyful dog, running back and forth, tasting freedom.

I arrived just as the sun broke over the horizon.
Its red heat spilled across the water.
Each cloud glowed at the edges, like a fire was burning behind them.
And a scarlet path stretched straight from the sun to my feet.

I stood there alone on the pier, watching the great orange sphere rise from the earth — pushing through the clouds, chasing away the grey.

And once again, I noticed: I was alone.
And once again, I wondered — why do so many people miss this?
Why do they stay in bed, missing the most beautiful sight in the world?

My aunt once told me she had never seen a sunrise in her life.

In moments like these, I feel a kind of loneliness.
But when I do meet someone else out there — it brings this quiet joy.
As if we belong to the same flock.
The same tribe.
Strange, or special.
However you want to call it.

It’s important to find your people.
There may not be many.
But they’ll be just as strange as you.
And then, your loneliness becomes something else — not a burden, but a gift.
Because it means you’re already on a different path.
The kind only a few choose — the ones who rise before dawn…
…and go out to witness the most beautiful sight on Earth.

✨ I wish for you to find your flock.
And if this message found you — maybe you already have. ❤️

23/06/2025

There is a red rose on my balcony.
And even though all her leaves have withered and fallen,
she still blooms — with a rich, steady glow.

She’s like a woman.
No matter what happens — dry winds, too much sun, or no sun at all —
there’s something in her that keeps blooming.
Something that makes my heart beat faster every time I see her.

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We, women, are like roses.
Whatever life brings,
when summer arrives — we open.

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Because summer is a small life in itself.

We take off our dresses,
put on swimsuits.
Sometimes we go on a diet —
(who hasn’t done it, just to feel beautiful in their favorite bikini?)

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But it’s not about that.
It’s about something else.

It’s about the life inside us.
The life that awakens
from the touch of wind on bare skin,
from the noon sunlight,
the cool kiss of saltwater,
the scent of summer flowers.

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No matter what happens — life lives in us.
We push through the concrete,
we rise,
we bloom,
we bear the soft fruits of love.
Over and over again.

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Because a woman is life itself.

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Wishing you a slow, sun-warmed, living summer. 😍

06/06/2025

🔸 What is s*xuality? And how has our understanding of it evolved over time?

Sexuality is one of those concepts that may seem obvious at first glance — but in truth, it is layered, deep, and beautifully complex.

Once, it was linked solely to the body, instinct, physical attraction.
Today — it’s about life energy, the freedom to be oneself, a way of speaking to the world.
How did we move from one to the other?

Here’s how different approaches have seen it ⤵️

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🔹 1. Psychoanalysis (Freud)

Sexuality = psychic energy aimed at satisfying desire.
Freud was the first to claim that s*xuality begins in infancy.
He saw it as a fundamental force — libido — that drives human development.
But society, culture, and morality demand its suppression. This leads to inner conflict, repression, and eventually — anxiety, fear, neuroses.
Simply put: repressed s*xuality = a source of inner suffering.

💭 In the body, this often shows up as tension, hypercontrol, an inability to relax and let go.

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🔹 2. Jungian Psychology

Jung went further and said: s*xuality isn’t just about attraction, it’s symbolic and archetypal energy.
It’s connected to the unconscious, to the archetypes of Anima (the feminine within a man) and Animus (the masculine within a woman).
Sexual desire reflects the inner longing for wholeness — the union of the feminine and the masculine within.

💭 So s*xuality isn’t only about “passion” — it’s about integrating opposites, about the deep urge for inner unity.

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🔹 3. Humanistic Psychology (Maslow, Rogers)

Sexuality is not just an instinct — it’s a way to express love, contact, authenticity.
In Maslow’s hierarchy, s*xuality is a basic need, but at higher levels it becomes part of self-actualization.
Carl Rogers emphasized authenticity and acceptance: a person can truly express their s*xuality only in spaces where it feels safe to be real.

💭 In this view, s*xuality is part of a mature, free self — one that’s not afraid of closeness or vulnerability.

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🔹 4. Body-Oriented Therapy (Reich, Lowen)

Sexuality lives in the body. It’s not an idea — it’s movement, breath, energy flow.
Wilhelm Reich called this vital energy orgone and believed that repressing s*xuality creates “muscular armor” — blocks in the body that literally prevent breathing, movement, and pleasure.
Alexander Lowen continued this work, saying: a free body = free s*xuality = capacity for joy and pleasure.

💭 Repressed s*xuality often shows up as body shame, shallow breath, or being unable to feel joy even in simple things.

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🔹 5. Feminist and Social Theories

Sexuality isn’t just biology or psychology. It’s also a social construct.
These approaches challenge what’s considered “normal”:
– Why is a “s*xual woman” expected to look a certain way?
– Why is pleasure still taboo?
– Who decided that expressing s*xuality is “too much”?

Feminist theory restores a woman’s right to her body, her desires, her boundaries, and her voice.
It shows how s*xuality is shaped by culture, religion, shame, and control — but can be reclaimed and redefined.

💭 This is about the freedom to be yourself — without the fear of being “wrong.”

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🔹 6. Contemporary Integrative Approaches

Sexuality is no longer just about s*x as an act. It’s about life as pleasure.
It’s an energy that flows through everything:
— how you move
— how you choose a dress
— how you look at the world
— how you laugh or say “no”

Here, s*xuality is an inner vibration. It’s not about being desirable to others — it’s about being in live connection with your body, your desires, your joy.

💭 When a woman reconnects with her s*xuality, she starts glowing from within — even if she’s simply standing still and silent.

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💫 So: s*xuality is not a fixed state. It unfolds. It transforms. It heals. It awakens.

And today, at last, we can speak of it not as a taboo, a tool, or a threat —
but as a power.
An inner compass.
A magnet for life.

02/06/2025

✨ What makes a woman beautiful? (Not what we usually think)

It’s not the makeup. Not the lace.
Not the effort to “look perfect.”

Beauty doesn’t start with the body.
It begins with a state of being.

When you’re anchored in yourself.
When you breathe through your skin.
When your gaze is warm because you feel safe inside.

It’s not about how much attention you get —
It’s about the energy you radiate when no one is watching.

It lives in the moments
when you’re not tensed in expectation,
but softened in pleasure.

You feel it when you are
— in your body, not in your head
— in your sensuality, not in control
— in your own rhythm, not in response to others

Being beautiful isn’t about being seen.
It’s when you see yourself — and feel the glow within.

💋 When do you feel most beautiful?

29/05/2025

The Nature of a Woman

We are women.
And today, I want to speak about our nature.

At one of the women’s circles my colleagues and I held, a participant once said:
"At work, I’m a leader, an organizer, I’m strong. But when I come home, I’m expected to be a woman for my man."
So — what should a woman be like?

The answer, as you may have noticed, often depends on the cultural norms of the country we live in.

I’m from Russia, where a woman is expected to be soft, agreeable, nurturing — a source of inspiration for her man. I’ve often heard things like:
"That’s a decent salary — for a woman,"
"A woman should be gentle," or
"You’re not behaving femininely enough."
And more than once, men told me they were afraid of me — because I was too strong.
So I married a Dane.

After moving to Denmark, I found a different story. Here, women are expected to return to work just eight months after giving birth. Even while pregnant, they’re expected to work alongside men — without complaints of exhaustion.
I once heard a Danish woman say, “Well, what else does she do besides taking care of her three children?”

So again — what should a woman be like?

The truth is: the nature of a woman is not a single answer.
It is many.
A woman can be Joan of Arc and Margaret Thatcher, Cinderella and the Princess, the Witch and the Queen — all in one.

Depending on what the world around us demands, we either suppress certain parts of ourselves or allow them to grow. Sometimes we get stuck in one role — becoming a mother not only to our children but also to our partner. Or turning into a Warrior and forgetting why we started the fight.

And when a woman suppresses her natural expressions, her energy fades.
She begins to feel tired. Disconnected. Unfulfilled.

Why?

Because every part of her is needed.
Each side of her nature serves a purpose — and there is a time for each one to rise.

In our women’s circles, we explore these parts through feminine archetypes.

The Destroyer comes when we need to say:
“Enough. I will not tolerate this anymore.”

The Wild Woman reconnects us to nature, to our roots, to intuition — and to the power we pass on to our children.

The Maiden helps us feel delight, wonder, inspiration.

The Creator gives us access to our gifts — and the power to shape our reality.

The Lover brings us into our bodies, into our sensuality, into the sacred fire of desire.

The Warrior stands for our truth, sets boundaries, protects our path.

The Queen teaches us sovereignty — how to lead our lives with dignity and wisdom.

The Mother gives love — and learns to receive it. She nurtures others, and also herself.

The Keeper creates warmth, safety, and beauty — a sacred space to rest and feel held.

The Crone gathers wisdom, honors what’s been lived, and holds space for the shadows.

The Priestess helps us integrate, release the past, and step into the future with clarity.

Years ago, I read “Women Who Run with the Wolves” by Clarissa Pinkola Estés.
She tells a story of an old, wild-haired woman — the Ancient Mother — who walks the land collecting bones of wolves. She brings them to her cave, lays them by the fire, and begins to drum.

As the drum sounds, the bones begin to grow flesh, skin, fur…

And then the wolf stirs — comes back to life — and runs from the cave.
She runs across the desert beneath the stars,
and just before dawn,
she transforms into a running woman.
Her hair wild in the wind.
Her eyes glowing with fire.
Her body pulsing with strength.

She runs — toward the horizon, toward the rising sun.

To me, this woman is the embodiment of freedom.

The freedom to be who you were born to be.
The freedom to be yourself.
The freedom to choose who you want to become.

So — what should a woman be like?

28/05/2025

Strong women cry too.

I’m ashamed to admit it,
but I cry often.
Why ashamed?
Because it feels like I’m betraying someone’s trust.
People see me as strong.
My sister says, “You’re the person who has answers to everything.”
And I see how lost people get when they see me vulnerable.
So I cry for myself.
Behind a closed door. In the bathroom.
Into a pillow. When everyone’s asleep.

But I know — tears ease the pain.
They cleanse the soul.
So I allow myself to cry.
More and more often.
And each time, I feel like I gain strength afterwards.

I believe that crying was given to us women by nature for a reason.
A tear isn’t just water — it’s healing energy.
It purifies.
It’s like meditation.

When we allow ourselves to open,
to let the tears come,
to sob,
to grieve — for ourselves, for others, for the world —
healing happens on the deepest level.
On the level of the soul.

And then something opens up inside.
A space for something new.
For desire.
For action.
For life.
For moving toward what truly matters.

That is the path of a woman:
through tears, through pain —
toward the healing of the world.