IMPORTANT:  KEEP AN EYE ON THIS PAGE AND ON THE CORRESPONDING FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE FOR LAST MINUTE UPDATES. If the weather is bad and the group is not too large, we may meet indoors. 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: Friday, July 9, 2021  Time: 6:30pm to 8:30pm  (fyi: actual New Moon is today! July 9!)

Astrology: Cancer (a Water sign, ruled by the Moon)

Keywords: deep emotions, empathy, sensitivity, intuition, nurturing, sentimental, tender, caring, subconscious

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

“If we carry intergenerational trauma (and we do), then we also carry intergenerational wisdom. It’s in our genes and in our DNA.” – Kazu Haga

Our ancestors are speaking loudly during this potent time on our planet, calling us into healing on the deepest levels. Pain is arising to be healed in the lineages, DNA, and stories of all. Ancestral healing and connection is more important now than ever. As women on the path of healing, this sacred work may be the most powerful gift we can offer to the world and to the generations to come.

It is time for us to rise into fierce love and to declare that the time for blindly perpetuating old patterns is over — within our families and lineages, as well as in the collective.

As the New Moon is in the sign of Cancer, we will take a moment to receive the gifts of this nurturing sign. Cancer embodies the energies of love, harmony and sympathy and is gifted with a strong intuition and psychic powers. The New Moon is an opportunity to study old patterns, ways of being and fundamental beliefs in order to discover new paths to growth. A time to re-set, refresh and re-new!

Some questions for contemplation / inspiration for sharing this month:

• How would you describe your relationship with your ancestors?
• What patterns do you witness in your family that are also in you, that you want to bring healing to?
• How does your ancestry tie into your identity, and affect how you move through life both personally and socially
• What privileges or challenges are related to your maternal and paternal lineages?
• Have you ever felt the presence of your ancestors? If so, what did it feel like, or what did it bring up for you?
• Someday, most of us will be ancestors. When you think forward to being an ancestor or an elder, what wisdom would you pass on to future generations?
• When you close your eyes and feel, what wisdom or guidance do you sense that your ancestors would want to give you?
• 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 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: globalsisterhood.org and 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.

Saturday, August 7 – Leo: Fearlessly Me: I choose to be seen (actual New Moon is August 8)

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