My first women's circle...

I remember well when I visited my first women's circle with twelve other beautiful women. It was incredibly exciting to go to a women's circle alone. Yet something inside me decided that it was time to do this and especially to go alone. Something I want to pass on to every woman, because it can be so incredibly exciting to go to a retreat, cacao ceremony or women's circle alone. But if you feel called, do it for yourself! You get so much out of such a day for yourself.

I think I have never been able to connect with unknown women in such a beautiful way as during this day. It felt so safe and special. All emotions were allowed to be there, anger, sadness, but also love and happiness. I think that in women's circles there is especially a lot of softness, strength and love for each other and yourself.

In this women's circle we shared incredibly vulnerable things with each other, without judgement and with a listening ear. It was so special to see how we entered and how we left again. As if a heavy burden had fallen from our shoulders. Actually, this happens in every women's circle: so much strength arises in vulnerability. This is something that we should also embrace more in daily life. We often find it uncomfortable when someone cries and we want to comfort that person, while so much space is created by giving someone space.

In addition, the power of women's circles is precisely the connection with strangers. Sometimes we do not feel safe enough to share our deepest secrets with family or friends. In a women's circle, the space for this is created. And the great thing is, you only have to share what you want to share. There are no obligations.

During my first women's circle, I also felt the calling to organize these kinds of beautiful days myself. In March 2022, I organized my first women's circle and from that moment on I knew, this is what I want to do. Create a safe sacred space, so that women can open up and we can heal together. From the perspective that we are basically good enough, but above all we should be gentler with ourselves. Growing our own love is, I think, the most important starting point for the women's circles that I organize.

Dear woman, this is really a call to you: do you feel called to go, but are you nervous? Go for it and above all be gentle and kind to yourself.

Love,

Anne-Floor