WOMEN'S CIRCLE • Our Bodies, Our Voice

Women's circles are gatherings with the aim of creating a safe place for sisters to commune and share what is alive for them. It is a non-judgmental, non-goal oriented space where women have the opportunity to be witnessed in whatever way they need most. This event is for all women identified folks. Come as you are, you are so welcome here. We will be circling as women have for many generations, guided by Nicole Siegel and Brigitte Wittmer, allowing the collective wisdom of our femininity, our bodies, and our yonis (energetic or physical) to benefit the whole. The diversity of what it means to each of us to be a woman and to be feminine will knit together to create a lattice of support and connection amongst our fellow sisters. Every time we commune is another moment of healing the breaches in our relationship to the collective and to our fellow sisters. Finding comfort in fellow women is something that many of us struggle with and one that has the simple fix of entering spaces where safety is carefully curated by an experienced member of the community. In the spirit of “Our bodies, Our voice”, we will connect through embodiment exercises and honouring practices to help us express our bodies’ voices safely in community. After we have connected to our bodies, we will then begin sharing what we feel we need to be compassionately witnessed. Following the circle will be some free time for mingling. Come in clothes that make you feel happy, and comfortable to move. *************** Contribution Sliding Scale $25-40 Venmo @sydneyschiffdancer PayPal [email protected] Address will be shared upon ticket purchase. ************* Meet your facilitators: Nicole is a certified sexological bodyworker (yep, just like on Gwyneth Paltrow’s Sex Love and Goop), doula, trauma-informed professional, postpartum healer, and impassioned Zouker. She has been creating safe spaces for people to inhabit their pelvises more fully, to heal from birth and intimate trauma, and to embody their passion and desire to its fullest for 3 years now. She incorporates trauma-informed and client-led bodywork into her sessions to aid her clients to find pleasure and empowerment in their relationship with their body, sexuality, self, and, ultimately, vitality in life, love, relationships and work. Website https://bodycompass.me • Instagram @bodycompass.me Brigitte is an international movement coach that blends her expertise in contemporary dance, Brazilian Zouk, somatic education, contact-improvisation, yoga, Gyrokinesis, and transpersonal psychology to guide people in embodied movement and expression. She brings the magic of partner dance to movement lovers in an approachable way, focusing on the fluid and open communication of “Liquid Leading,” the role-redefining methodology she developed during her 7-year research in Brazil. Brigitte guides dancers to express themselves authentically through emotional vulnerability, safety, and inner transformation. She cultivates a language for conscious dancers to experience the transcendent dance of life. Website: www.b-moving.com • Instagram @b_moving