IMPORTANT: In case of rain we will meet on the Porch of the Education Center (or even inside depending upon the number of women present).
HELLO FRIENDS! think about coming EARLY tonight and participating in the Friday Kinections Meditation going on from 5:30-6:30 (a donation based event) – just prior to our circle gathering. It will be a great prelude to our group heart meditation!
NOTE THESE CHANGES THAT STARTED MAY, 2021: Instead of meeting on the date of the actual new moon, we will hold our in-person New Moon women’s circles on the Friday following the New Moon (except if the new moon falls on a Saturday or Sunday, then it will be on that Saturday). We have also modified the start time to 6:30pm (used to be 6pm). Check each event page for the dates, times and specifics. Also, instead of being entirely free as they have been in the past, these gatherings require admission to Kinstone ($5/person) paid in advance online or in person at the events. Thank you for your support in this!
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, June 11, 2021 Time: 6:30pm to 8:30pm (fyi: actual New Moon is June 10)
Astrology: Gemini (Air Sign, ruled by Mercury)
Keywords: communication, mental mastery, trusting your inner wisdom, changing directions quickly, curiosity, open-mindedness
Thoughts from our Global Sisterhood leaders for this month (modified from provided Global Sisterhood resources):
Learning how to speak the truth of our heart with presence and clarity in a nonviolent and graceful way elevates our relationships, our careers, and our self-esteem. It helps us tell the people in our lives and the universe what we need and want… and ultimately, we receive it.
There are as many ways to express ourselves as there are stars in the sky, and women who have walked this earth. Our raw truth and our stories NEED to be heard… and witnessed. Learning to speak our truth will bring a new era for women in the future to express themselves freely. We will not alter our voices to simply to please people or be something that we are not. We will not be silenced or spoken over anymore. Our wisdom will be heard and respected. It’s time to listen to the voice and the truth of the unbridled feminine force. It speaks through every woman, in every way. May it always be with authenticity and a fierce devotion to truth. It’s time to Free the Voice.
It’s time to release the patterns that tie and bind us into an expression that is untrue to the very core of our souls, to elevate the consciousness of your communication and connection and to ride on the melodies of ancient songs as they speak to you and through you
It is time to listen to the voices of all the sisters who have walked this earth. Their wild woman wisdom lives on within you. They urge you to humble your mind so it becomes a student of the voice of the heart, and follows the heart’s guidance. Allow the divine to move your tongue with clarity and truth. Trust in her precision. You are guided. Your story is needed. Your soul’s most resonant truth yearns to be expressed. It is safe to trust yourself. You are supported on your very own personal journey of healing and freeing the voice. May it be so for every woman. And so it is.
Some questions for contemplation / inspiration for sharing this month:
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- Name one situation where you are holding back your truth. What’s your motivation in holding back?
- Real talk. On a scale of 1-10, how devoted are you to expressing your most authentic self? How would your life change if you chose to take that number up a few notches?
- What passions, creative projects, songs, or truths want to be expressed through you? What can you do to weave these avenues of self-expression into your life?
- What are you most terrified to say out loud? What have you held inside that upon speaking it, may FREE you?
- How would your life be different if you allowed yourself to be more vulnerable with others, sharing more of your inner truth with them?
- 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 if you want to! 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.
Friday, July 9 – Cancer: Ancestral Healing: I heal the past, present, and future (actual New Moon is July 9)
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
