Sitting inside of the earth last night with an intimate and potent circle of women, it was palpable…our connections with one another had the sweet flavor of unconditional love. The envy and subtle competition that so often set the undertones within groups of women were dissolved.

At the end of our circle as we sat around the sacred fire, we found our way into more immediate contact with one another through holding of hands or stretching to reach another woman’s knee, or shifting our body weight to see her eyes more clearly in the firelight. These informal spontaneous gestures were an expression of the closeness that we felt from a night of truly being together.

Being is the essence of woman. Without the time and space carved out to actually BE in our femininity, we cannot expect to feel genuinely connected with other women. When women are (continue reading…)