In May this year I joined 26 other women for an amazing week of training with Bad-Ass Warrior Priestess Sora Surya No. I was there to learn about Womens Circles, and like many of the women in the room, I was expecting a kind of how-to guide and maybe a manual at the end of the week.  This did not happen.  In the morning of Day 1 we were informed that the internet was full of useful advice on running womens circles, but the only way we could really understand the power of circle was to experience it.  And experience it we did.

We started gently, with meditation and grounding, introducing ourselves and getting comfy with the feel and flow of circle. Sora guided us gently through the etiquette and ritual of sitting in circle with a group of women.  We joined her in opening space and listened as she shared her intention for our time together. It was inspiring and beautiful.  There was talk of love and compassion and standing strong in our feminine power.  There was hope for the future and the belief that we as women could rise up and lift other women in the process.  I liked being part of a collective that was harnessing love and women and bad-ass priestess power in the fight for humanity.  There was a sense of fate in my being called into this space, and I was . . .