Circles & Events
Community Building
Circles and events bring people together, fostering connections, shared experiences, and unforgettable moments. Whether it’s meditation or other self care practice, we aim to create spaces for collaboration, learning, and celebration.
Self Care Mindset & Mastery
Date: TBA
Have you been meaning to add a practice or self care regimen to your morning or evening?
Do you keep telling yourself that you will meditate, journal, or floss your teeth daily and it just isn’t happening?
Let’s talk about it!
In this free 75 minute workshop, we will dig in to some of the things that prevent you from taking the best possible care of yourself.
We will look at who you want to BE and how self care practices can create a strong foundation for your identity, desires, and life.
I will offer some mindset tips and tricks to get you out of your own way at implementing self care practices.
We will share some examples of self care practices for a morning and evening routine.
This workshop will include:
Guided meditation • Journaling • Workbook • Optional sharing • Community
“Behind every successful woman is a tribe of other successful women who have her back”
Women’s Circles
Wild Woman New Moon Circles
in Jersey City
A sharing circle for women as part of The Wild Woman Project. The circle is held once a month around the New Moon in Jersey City. RSVP required for exact address.
What You Can Expect
General circle structure:
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Introduction of a theme inspired by the astrological archetype of the New Moon
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Check in: if you set an intention from the last New Moon, how did it go?
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Meditation/Visualization
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Sharing centered around the current theme
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Creation Ritual: an activity inspired by the theme that gets creative juices flowing (a craft, sound activity, movement…)
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Intention statement: writing/sharing your intention for the next moon cycle.
What to bring: a journal and pen.
FAQs
What is The Wild Woman Project?
The Wild Woman Project is a global collective of women who seek to create a community of support and creative growth for one another. The Project is about celebrating the feminine and honoring each women’s path and authentic expression. Please read more about the Project by visiting the website.
What is the New Moon?
The New Moon is when the moon cannot be viewed in the sky–it is dark and therefore not reflecting light from the sun. This is thought to be an energetically potent time to “plant seeds” or set intentions for the Moon cycle ahead. Read more about the Moon cycle by clicking the image below.
Do I need to be interested in astrology to participate and benefit?
No! We are exploring archetypes and themes that are relevant regardless of the astrology.
Events are currently held in the Hamilton Park neighborhood in Jersey City or online via Zoom.
If you are interested, I encourage you to RSVP and put these dates on your calendar. It would be great to have a group of women who are committed to showing up each month so that we can reflect back and support one another in moving forward.
Pricing
Sliding scale $20 – 40
Payment is made by PayPal or Venmo, is non-refundable with a 24-hour cancellation policy.
Exploring the Yoga Sutra: Sadhana Pada
An 8 week course Monday afternoons on zoom recordings available
Yoga is not just stretching!
If you are curious to learn more about the depth of yogic philosophy and practice, this course is for you.
What is yoga? What is the mind and how do we clear it? How do we practice a yogic lifestyle?
What are the Yoga Sutra of Patañjali?
The Yoga Sutra are a collection of Sanskrit aphorisms compiled early in the common era by Sanskrit grammarian and philosopher Sri Patañjali. There are 196 sutra or verses that outline and synthesize the practice of yoga based on earlier Vedic philosophy and teachings.
Topics include:
- What is yoga?
- What is the mind, what are thoughts, and how to approach them.
- 8 Steps or Practices in the yogis path.
- How to live a yogic lifestyle.
- What is the ego?
- What is karma?
There are countless translations and interpretations of the Yoga Sutra. I will primarily use the following two versions.
If you are purchasing a new copy, I recommend one of the following versions.
If you already have a copy from another translator/interpreter you are welcome to use it.
- The Yoga Sutra, translated and interpreted by B.K.S. Iyengar or Swami Satchidananda.
- Teachings from the Yoga Sutra of Patañjali
Each course session will include:
Group Discussion • Chanting sacred verses • Guided meditation • Journaling
In between sessions, you get: A verse of the week with sacred chant recordings • Weekly workbook • Whatsapp community
Mondays (8 Weeks)
2-3:30 PM EST
- November 6
- November 20
- December 4
- December 18
- January 8
- January 22
- February 12
- February 26
Moon Meditations
Date: TBA
Each New and Full Moon I will offer a 30 minute meditation on zoom. Drop in and be guided from the comfort of your home while tuning in to the phase of the moon.
The New Moon is a time of beginnings-starting again and planting seeds.
The Full Moon is a time of release-letting go of the details that aren’t working and tuning back in the underlying purpose of our pursuits. Each session will include a theme, mantra, guided meditation, brief ritual, and pulling an oracle for each participant.
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All sessions are $12.
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You will receive the zoom link in the confirmation email after you pay.
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If for any reason you do not receive the confirmation email with the zoom link, please check your promotions and spam folders, and then email me at lauren.hemley@gmail.com
