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Offering Women's Circles, Cacao Ceremonies and Meditation Gatherings in Essex & Suffolk.

Creating safe spaces for women to gather, drink cacao, and be joyful together - free from judgement, expectation and shame.

30/09/2022

Back in the game.

⭕️

Women
Warmth
Vulnerability
Love
Kindness
Joy

And a shed load of cacao 💓

31/08/2022

It’s time to gather again, sisters.

Since my last sister circle in June things have changed for me just a tad. Due to some big changes in my life, I felt the need to step away from holding these spaces for others - realising I needed to be here just for me.

My monthly Cosy Sunday sessions kept my toe in the water and have been a huge support to me, but boy have I missed facilitating circles - and I’m ready to jump back in head first.

It’s time to come back to the circle.

Perhaps the summer hols have got you running on empty?
Perhaps you’ve lost touch with your spiritual practice?
Not meditated in weeks? Or months?
That block of cacao sitting neglected in the cupboard?
Feeling the need to sit in circle with other women?

I’m inviting you to join me at the Layer Village Hall for a Cacao & Sister Circle on Friday 30th September from 6.30pm.

We’ll be coming back into our heart spaces, reconnecting with our inner wisdom and working to calm the ever present dialogue of the thinking mind.

Just come as you are, this is time for you to just be.

A ceremonial dose of the finest Keith’s Cacao, tea & food will be provided. There is plenty of free parking on site.

*With the cost of living crisis ongoing, I’ve chosen an affordable venue to enable me to lower my prices. Tickets are £25, but if you are in financial hardship please reach out to me - we can work something out.

02/06/2022

Next Online Circle - Wed 8th June 7-8.30pm

I’m so pleased to say I’ve finally pulled my finger out in order to offer an online space next week. 😂

We’ll be gathering in honour of ourselves, changes we’ve navigated - celebrating ourselves and each other.

Perhaps you’re coming through a difficult time, perhaps you’re still in the thick of it, or you’ve gone through some changes in your life recently.

Whether these changes or events have had a positive or negative effect, this circle is all about taking stock, holding yourself with love, and celebrating.

This space is donation based ❤️ would love to gather as many of us as possible.

Message me for the Zoom code. Lots of love x

(happy to post a dose of cacao if you fancy a cup - no obligation to join with cacao. If you’d like a dose I’d ask you to donate at least £6 to cover costs.)

21/05/2022

Full Moon Circle

I’m opening up my home again and would love for you to join me to gather under the strawberry full moon on Wednesday 15th June at 18:30.

A circle for you to be fully held in a safe space, with the theme of release.

We will be focusing on untangling all the stagnant stuff that’s hanging around where it’s not wanted nor needed, giving ourselves permission to clear our minds and our bodies.

We will be using the powerful combination of the full moon and the collective energy within the group to become aware of, and let go of, the stuff that needs to quite frankly bu**er off!

Including:

💃Intuitive movement… to get ourselves in full flow
✍️Oracle cards & journalling… for inspiration & contemplation
🔥Fire ceremony… for release & closure
🍓Tea & nibbles… to nourish & delight - including cacao dipped strawberries from the garden
☕️Cacao (optional)… to open our hearts and let go
⭕️Sharing circle… for community, love and to be heard

The space will be limited to 8 women to keep to a smaller gathering.

Plenty of free parking, tea & nibbles included.

Interested?

18/05/2022

The Romance of Sisterhood

A Modern Love Story

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For all it’s faults, social media does have its good points.

This is Georgia, a beautiful soul, mother, friend, and kind heart.

She lives in Kent, almost 2 hours away from me. Before February we did not know each other existed.

She made the first move and slid into my DMs only 3 months ago. We’d started following each other not long before.

Back in March I was at the Ceremonial Blends launch at Ancient Purity. I checked my phone mid way through and picked up a voice note from Georgia asking:

“out of interest…have you ever been to Ancient Purity before? I love their stuff and I know it’s near you?”

…pretty freaky considering I was in their building at that exact moment.

Hundreds of texts, voice notes and exchanges later, it seemed so odd to have never met this person I felt like I’d known for years.

So, when she asked if I was going to their cacao ceremony on 14th May, because she was thinking of travelling up for it, I didn’t even need to think about it - I’d already booked my ticket a week before.

So here we are, a Kent girl and an Essex girl, who found each other online and braved the rocky terrain of the Dartford Crossing to be together in person for the first time at a cacao ceremony.

(Thank you for hosting another wonderful event and )

Do you have a modern love story??

12/05/2022

My cat died.

Last week my neighbour knocked on the door.

“Is your cat home at the moment?”

I instantly knew what the subtext to that question was.

“There’s a cat on the side of the road just around the corner…it’s a tabby…I know you’ve got a tabby…I’m not 100% sure it’s yours…but…

…this one’s got white tipped paws”

I knew.

My neighbour walked with me to go see him, I didn’t need to get that close to know for sure, but I still did - I needed to see his face.

It’s been a really long time since I felt that much emotion wash over me, I didn’t care about the dog walkers and school runners walking past me. I let it all out. I’ve continued to let it all out. I’ve cried more than I did when my mum died.

I’ve felt some serious guilt this past week for that too. How could I be crying more for a cat?

But I realise that the amount of tears does not equate to the amount of pain - I cried this one out, I held the last one in.

Although I could say he wasn’t ‘just a cat’, I do have some perspective, I know that he was not a person. It doesn’t mean my pain is not justified or I need to keep it in check. But I do need to give myself the time I need.

It’s opened up old wounds, plummeted me deeper back into depths I thought I was out of. I could wallow but I also know that there’s a gift here - there’s stuff deep down there which I missed the first time. Things I didn’t learn back then, perhaps I wasn’t ready, perhaps I needed a reminder that at any moment life can turn on its head.

I still look at the garden fence and expect him to appear and jump over it, just like I still look at my phone and expect “Mum” to pop up on the screen. I’m accepting those moments will still cut every now and then, but resisting keeps it persisting.

Perhaps I needed that reminder that it is ok to feel, that I can still feel, that being human is a painful yet beautiful thing.

I definitely needed the reminder that acceptance and kindness to myself will get me through.

There are lessons everywhere, if we choose to open our eyes and our hearts.

Thank you for the lessons bud.

Max 11.2.2020 - 2.5.2022

08/05/2022

Comforted & Confronted

Holding space with SOPHIE for Cacao & Art was an expansive journey of self exploration.

One of the more nerve wracking circles I’ve facilitated, I popped my collab cherry with a bang. When it’s just me, the inner control freak lets loose, but this time, surrender was the only way.

We held space for the full spectrum of emotions - there were moments of joy, laughter, unconventional art methods (including me spitting strawberries onto my self portrait! More on that on an upcoming post…) as well as deep reflections and tears - all held in the safest of spaces.

It was the perfect combo of comfort in the form of meditation, sharing circles and gentle movement - and being confronted by the deep rooted messages that wanted to be heard, pulled up to the surface through art.

An honour to share the floor with

More please.

My next circle is a collab with the wonderful
Nurture - 20th May 6.30pm at Layer Village Hall - link in my bio

02/05/2022

One picture… Two narratives

What we show:
“Finally got my cooks books in order today! This has been on my to do list after everything else I’ve been doing to make this the perfect home. I love cooking, it helps my creativity and it feels so good to nourish myself. Took inspo from … I love organising books in this rainbow effect! Doesn’t it look pretty!? “

How we feel
“I feel ill today, I’m still in my pyjamas. Generally pretty low at the moment and this is just about the ONLY thing I’ve had the capacity to think about today. Doing these books calmed my anxiety from a 9 to about a 7, but what is a 7? Is my 7 the same as your 7? I feel guilty even saying that because I’m lucky enough to be able to do nothing when I’m ill. F**k, now it’s back to 9 again.”

Let’s honour how we REALLY feel a bit more, there’s no right or wrong in this game. That brave face you’re putting on, what’s it doing for your heart?

25/04/2022

Nurture - Self Care Sister Circle

Alice and Gemma invite you to join them for an evening of sisterhood, cacao, connection and self nurture.

We will share cacao in ceremony, providing a space of relaxation, comfort and community within an intimate circle of women.

This is the circle for you if you want to:

Open your heart and connect with the inner wisdom of your body

Reflect on your relationship with yourself and your body

Practice belly love - learning self massage techniques (this can be done over clothes)

We will also go on a guided meditation journey as well as exploring the inner wisdom of your body through intuitive movement.

If you are feeling the heaviness of the world right now, this is a place to simply come and be yourself, you don't need to have been to a circle before, there's nothing you need to say or do in order to 'fit in' - Come as you are!

Layer Village Hall - The Annexe
Friday 20th May 6.30pm - 9pm
£33
DM Gemma or Alice to book

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