Karesta Women's Circle
A fortnightly gathering of women, to benefit from our collective wisdom, intuition and perspectives. Hosted by Becky Burchell.
Date and time
Location
Sarpenela Natural Therapies Centre
Chettle Blandford Forum DT11 8DB United KingdomRefund Policy
About this event
- 2 hours
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, smudging, tea, settling down
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, pulling cards and farewells
A different theme is is explored at each circle, to allow space for your 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.
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/
Frequently asked questions
Shyness is welcome and there is no obligation to speak, although we hope with time and practice that you will feel more comfortable in sharing. One of the most important elements of this women's circle is offering deep listening to each other, so just being present is a valid contribution.
The circles will happen fortnightly on a Tuesday night 8pm - 10pm. We hope to build a regular community of women to attend these gatherings, but there is no obligation to attend each event.
We are inviting all the women taking part to share openly and honestly and therefore it is essential that confidentiality is respected by everyone who attends. We will open each evening with a confidentiality commitment, to pledge that nothing discussed will be shared outside the circle.
'Karesta' is a proto-celtic word that means 'kinswomen'. It is featured in Carolyn Hillyier's book 'Her Bone Bundle', a collection of re-imagined words in the celtic ancestoral mother tongue.