IMPORTANT:  DUE TO THE CURRENT COVID-19 SITUATION, WE WILL ONLY HOLD THIS EVENT OUTDOORS AND ONLY IF THE WEATHER PERMITS. IF IT IS RAINING WE MAY MEET ON THE PORCH. IF IT IS STORMING, WE MAY CANCEL. KEEP AN EYE ON THIS PAGE AND ON THE CORRESPONDING FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE FOR LAST MINUTE UPDATES. THANK YOU!

Kinstone Women’s Circle is a Sister Circle! We are part of the Global Sisterhood. A Sister Circle is a safe and sacred place where we can get real, share our journeys, insights, and stories. We can cultivate self-love and authentic connection. In circle we can all speak our truth and be seen and heard for who we are. All women are invited to join in our circle, especially women who desire to create supportive relationships with other women, women who are feeling overwhelmed or stressed and are looking for some rejuvenation, and women who are looking for ways to find and express the Sacred in their daily lives.

Date: Saturday, August 7, 2021  Time: 6:30pm to 8:30pm (fyi: actual New Moon is Aug 8)

Astrology: Leo (Fire Sign), ruled by the Sun

Keywords:  Courage, loyalty, leadership, pride, sincerity, charisma, passion, authority, warmth, generous, abundant, active, open, enjoys being admired

Thoughts from our Global Sisterhood leaders for this month (modified from provided Global Sisterhood resources):

Sister, you are a mosaic of your past experiences, you are beautiful and worthy. As we face the injustices in our world and as we call out the illusions, prejudices, and illness of mind and spirit within our cultures, we must remember that what we see outside of ourselves is also within ourselves. What we judge is also within us. What we find beautiful, awe-inspiring and exquisite is also within us.

It is a time of MASSIVE individual healing on our planet which will reshape and rebirth our collective. In order for us to become shining diamonds, made through the pressure and heaviness of this transformation, we must OWN our part of the puzzle. We must own that we are powerful beyond measure and that our feelings are valid.  We must own that the feelings of others (even ones that contradict our own) are also valid.   Truth, in many ways, is subjective.  Truth takes many shapes.

If we don’t recognize that there is truth in subjectivity, we will never unite as a human family. For this month’s theme, Fearlessly Me, we are going to practice OWNING our truths and the truths of others without judgement.

How can we train our nervous systems to walk in our truth, own our power, our fears, our wounds, our gifts, and our desires and still be okay when others don’t see what we see?

How do we stay present when others might have opinions or thoughts about our actions or feelings that don’t resonate with our own?

How do we stay in curious-compassionate-love for others while LOVING ourselves and honoring ourselves, too?

How do we stand for ourselves while still standing for others?

This month’s theme invites us to be wholly, completely, fearlessly ourselves. Together as a sisterhood, we are coming out of hiding so that we can share our FULL expression with each other and the world. This is how we lead by example. Despite any fears we may have, we choose to be seen! It’s time for the world to receive our gifts, our love, our brilliance, our splendor, and our stories. It’s time for us to show what vulnerable, authentic leadership means. It’s time to step courageously into vulnerability in order to be seen — and to SHINE, unhindered!

Some questions for contemplation / inspiration for sharing this month:

• • How would you use your voice about edgy issues like racism or sexism if you were standing in your full multi-spectrum truth and being fully honest with yourself and others?
  • What situation in your life would benefit from you allowing yourself to be more fully seen? What action could you take that could help you heal?
  • Do you have a relationship in your life where you feel unsafe to be fully you? If so, what is the story you are running in your head about that relationship and how can you change the narrative?
  • What are you afraid to let be seen? Why? What happens when you share it with the group or a partner? How does it feel?
  • What is something you are holding back from sharing with the world or the ones closest to you: socially, professionally, and emotionally.
  • What is one of your gifts or talents that most people don’t know about? Tell us about a time you were courageously vulnerable, or opened up instead of hiding. What happened? How did you feel?
  • Create your own question…

Place:  Kinstone, S3439 Cole Bluff Lane, Fountain City, Wisconsin 54629

Cost: Admission to Kinstone ($5/person) Pay in Advance or Bring Cash with you (exact change, please)

NO MEAL IS PROVIDED. Feel free to bring your own meal to enjoy picnic style before or after the circle meeting.

IMPORTANT: Come prepared to share! Feel free to share what is on your heart, something you have written or bring a short poem, quote, or story that speaks to you – this may be relevant to the theme for the month or could be anything that you find inspirational or that highlights the unique strengths of women.

WHAT TO BRING:  A chair and/or blanket to sit on outdoors, sunscreen, insect repellent, extra layers of clothing, your own water bottle, flashlights or headlamps for dark nights.

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GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE Monthly KINSTONE NEW MOON WOMEN’S CIRCLE Meetings

Women have been gathering in a healing, sharing sister circle at Kinstone on the New Moon since March 2016 when the first International Women’s Day was launched. We average about 20 women at our circles. Sometimes less, sometimes more. We’ve had as few as 3 and as many as 42 show up! It begins each year with an event in conjunction with International Women’s Day (March 8) and continues each month on the Friday after the New Moon (except if it falls on a Saturday or Sunday) through October! (Note: prior to May, 2021 we met on the actual day of the New Moon each month, due to a variety of circumstances, we have changed this to be held on the Friday following the New Moon unless the New Moon is on a Saturday or Sunday, then we would meet on that Saturday night.)

In circle, we join in a short heart meditation, then we have a time for personal sharing – feelings, questions, truths, stories, poems, and more. In this space we are free to celebrate our individuality as well as our collective strength, fearlessness, nurturing, healing and gifts. Come as you are. The cost is included in your admission to Kinstone, just $5/person. Join us! Please share these events with other women who may be interested. Thank you!

Kinstone has some amazing sacred spaces and we like to use them as much as possible. We may gather in the large Stone Circle, Three Witnesses circle, Star Gazer Circle, Circle of Mystery or other outdoor sacred place at Kinstone (weather permitting). When the pandemic is no longer an issue we can meet inside our beautiful education center when the weather is not cooperative. Until then, we will cancel the event in bad weather.

For more information, please see the following links which are inspirational and instrumental in the organization of our circle: internationalwomensday.com.

Upcoming 2021 Kinstone Women’s Circle Event Dates, Astrologies and Themes

Please note that we will update our website each month with specific event information for the monthly New Moon gathering. Specific reflections are made available about 1 week prior to each meeting date. We also create a Facebook event each month that announces the date we will meet, the theme and more information. Check out our published events on the Kinstone Circle Facebook page.

Friday, September 10 – Virgo: The Great Mother: I am her daughter, Holy and Sovereign (actual New Moon is September 6)

Friday, October 8 – Libra: Restoring Balance: I heal the masculine and feminine within (actual New Moon is October 6)

On-Your-Own Event: Thursday, November 4 – Scorpio: Sacred Sexuality: My pleasure, my power  (If it is super nice weather we might schedule an in-person circle for Friday, November 5 – keep an eye on this website and our FB page for updates on this.)

On-Your-Own Event: Saturday, December  4 – Sagittarius: The Heroine’s Journey: I’m the one I’ve been waiting for

Reminder: There are no in person gatherings for the Kinstone New Moon women’s circles during November, December, January, and February plus any months that weather or pestilence prevent us from gathering in person. We post “On-Your-Own Events” for these months with insights and information you can use to honor the new moon on your own.

Photo credit: Kristine Beck