First Circle Preparation

This contains everything you need to prepare for our February Opening Circle, including what to bring, arrival timing, and who attends.

Circle Dates & Attendance

Circles are held once a month on a Sunday | 2:00 – 4:00 pm

Please note that mothers attend the following circles:

• February 22nd (Imbolc) – Opening Ceremony

• July 12th (Summer Solstice) – Celebration

• December 13th (Winter Solstice) – Closing Ceremony

All other circles are held for the girls only.

• February 22nd (Imbolc) – Opening Ceremony: Mothers and daughters come together for an opening ceremony, sewing a locket, and sharing stories 
  

• March 22nd – Connection Building: Introducing the internal weather report and getting to know each other through creating a web of connection. 
  

• April 19th – Stages of Womanhood: Exploring the stages of womanhood and the wisdom of the cycles. 
  

• May 17th (Beltane) – Anatomy and Physiology: Learning about fertility and making a Beltane crown of flowers. 
  

• June 14th – Intuition and Inner Guidance: Developing intuition and creating a floral womb mandala. 
  

• July 12th (Summer Solstice) – Celebration: Mothers and daughters share what has been learned, celebrating with a garden party and enjoying the outdoor swimming pool.

• August – Break 
  

• September 20th – Wheel of the Year: Understanding when to create, express, let go, and dream. 
  

• October 18th – Magic of Menstruality: Discussing the 28-day cycle and exploring menstrual products. 
  

• November 15th – Self-Care and Relating: Crafting moon baskets and participating in a Letting Go fire ceremony. 
  

• December 13th (Winter Solstice) – Closing Ceremony: Walking the winter spiral, storytelling, and sharing tea and cake with mothers and daughters.

Preparing for Our First Circle (February)

For our opening circle, please bring:

• Red thread and white thread for the opening ceremony bracelet

• Your daughter’s favourite snacks and a water bottle
  

• A blanket, yoga mat or cushion for comfort
  

• A journal and pen for both you and your daughter (you may like to bring a favourite pen for writing a message)
  

• Any period products your daughter feels comfortable with
  

• Your Moon Calendar (if you have one)
  

• Anything meaningful you would like to gift your daughter at this stage of her life

For the mothers

If your able to take time to reflect on your 1st period, recount the story so you can think about what you would like to share in the circle, often simple things like your hair style at the time, the clothes you loved, all help paint a picture of you as a maiden at this age and your girl will love to hear all about it. If you don't remember when you started your bleed, think of a memory that happened around that time that your happy to share.

Think about, journal and reflect on

How did you feel? Did you tell anyone what happened, or were you prepared, had your parents or caregivers talked to you about your period? All this information helps lay the territory.

Also, why its important to you that you have brought your daughter to this powerful work? What's your experience of your menstruation now, and howdoes that relate to your experience of your body?

Consider how much of this you'd like to share with your daughter either in the circle or later in private.

Give yourself time to journal and be with any emotions that arise from this process. If you didn't get the experience you would have liked, write a story to your maiden telling her all the things you would have loved to have heard and received.

If you're open to creating an altar or sacred space for you and your daughter over this year that you can add to each month, it can simply be a candle, a picture of you both and something representing Mother Earth each month. I'll be suggesting this in the blog and newsletter each month, a place where you can keep coming back to share any reflections on the circle and encourage regular check-ins. Helping cultivate the bond and support you both to soften and hear each other through this coming-of-age time, by developing gentle habits of sitting quietly, active listening, and sharing together.

For our opening circle, please bring:

• A blanket, or cushion for comfort (1st circle can be a squeeze, but it's helpful to bring something to sit on for 1 of you, I have enough for 10, with the mums it can be 20 of us, depending on if we are full capacity)
  

• water bottle
  

• Start to think of a short message you would like to write to your daughter. We will have time for this in the circle, but it's helpful to take time to think about a message you would like to gift her to speak to her young maiden heart. You may like to bring a favourite pen for writing a message.
  

• White or pale-coloured clothing for girls and red or darker-coloured clothing for mums (optional, not essential). I know how hard it is to get girls to wear something they don't want to, let them be themselves, but encourage a suggestion of white or something that makes them feel joy, maybe a scarf or cardi if you have it. A white dress is obviously amazing if they will go for it.
  

• A photo of mums as young girls at the age you were when you started to bleed, or around that time.
  

• Pictures of your mother line, your mother, your grandmother and as far back as you can remember or know. If you don't have any, then it can be someone that you are related to in this way, a surrogate or even adoptive parents. In the case of adoption, ancestral lineage in relation to location may also be relevant. If there is an issue here you'd like to discuss with me, please reach out, as I'd love to support you to feel comfortable with an

  ancestory that feels relatable to you and your daughter.

These items support the ceremonial nature of our first gathering and help create a sense of comfort, safety, and belonging as we begin our journey together.

Finally, I invite you to look at the section relating to womb baskets. The mums and girls have had a lot of fun creating, decorating and choosing items to put into their womb baskets in past years. So over this next year, the invitation is to start building this for your daughter, with your daughter and for yourself. It can be a great bonding experience and fun trying out the candles, essential oils, bath salts, thereby creating a culture of self-care. You have till the November circle before we share our baskets, so you have plenty of time, but it's good to start thinking and gathering items, or finding the right basket.

Arrival Timing

Participants are welcome to arrive up to 10 minutes early to settle into the yurt or garden and find a comfortable space.

Please note that during this arrival window, I will be setting up and preparing the space, so I may not be able to fully engage until the circle officially opens. Thank you for your understanding and for helping the space feel calm and held for everyone.

Address

Under Westwood, Tadwick Lane, Upper Swainswick, BA1 8AJ

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