Karesta Women's Circle

Karesta Women’s Circle is a place to benefit from our collective wisdom, intuition and perspectives. Join host Becky Burchell to tend the complex fires of your personal, family and professional lives, within a circle of support from other women.

Every gathering will be unique, but the circles will follow a familiar rhythm each time we meet:

OPENING - Greetings, herbal smells, foraged tea, getting comfy

CONNECTING - Sharing: what is alive for us in this moment?

GROUNDING - Meditation, movement, touch or vocalisations

DEEPENING - Musings on a theme; to listen and be heard

INTEGRATING - Reflections, a closing song, pulling cards

A different theme is is explored at each circle, to allow space for our own unique experiences, needs, values, hopes and fears to be honoured. This is also an opportunity for us all to listen deeply to others and draw strength, solidarity and knowledge from the collective.

At each circle, Becky brings in gifts from the Chettle land to uplift and inspire us, including wild flowers and herbs to smell, foraged teas to taste and chunky flints that we hold to ground us when we are speaking. We are gently exploring the many ways we can deepen our relationships with and discover support from the more-than-human beings and elements that surround us.

WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID

"Karesta Women's Circle meets a need I couldn't articulate before I started attending. A need to make time for myself to step outside my day-to-day, to explore my perceptions, and to make slow connections. I was nervous the first time and worried about what I could say or how uncomfortable or frustrated with myself I would feel if I didnt say anything. Since then, I have learnt to trust that what needs to be said, will be said. We hold space for each other to speak and no one is looking to give or recieve advice. It's cathartic to be able to finish my thoughts without fear of interruption (no matter how well meant) and illuminating to listen to others without being distracted by a need to respond." Participant.

"Becky holds the space in a way that allows boundaries to be explored both personally, and within the circle, whilst feeling secure in my own autonomy. A lot of laughter, and tears; wonderful visualisations which take me deep into my own self, music which opens my heart to the moment. Most of all, a meeting of fellow women to share, to hold and to be held ..." Participant.

ABOUT BECKY

Becky Burchell will be hosting the Karesta Women's Circle. She has been creating inspirational gatherings for over two decades, including festivals, films, plays, community gatherings, rituals and stories. She has led a local Women’s Circle for two years and recently launched a new series of night time storytelling pilgrimages called ‘Women of the Dark Skies’. Becky is passionate about creating experiences that embolden people to live in ways that nurture our natural world and one another. She lives with her partner, her mother and her two children in the community of Chettle.

ABOUT SARPENELA

Karesta Women's Circle will be held at Sarpenela Natural Therapies Centre in Chettle. This warm, nourishing and welcoming space has been lovingly created by founder Sarah Lownds as a place of holistic healing, connection and wellness. https://www.sarpenela.co.uk/