~ Rising Connected ~

Belonging & Blossoming In Sisterhood

A Wisdom Circle Retreat for Awakening Feminine Leaders

21st ~ 24th June 2018 ~ Central Scotland

Are you called to Rise as a leader and bring your feminine wisdom to the world?

If the answer is ‘yes’, you’re probably also feeling called to go deep within, to the inner world of your own awakening and transformation. The two go hand in hand, because you can’t show up authentically as a leader without awakening to who you really are.

The truth is that following your Soul’s call to lead really is a rich and beautiful path of awakening… awakening to your authentic nature, your voice, your gift, your purpose and your sense of true belonging to life.

And yet it can also feel very risky and scary at times.

Anais Nin described, in one sentence, how this awakening experience can feel for so many of us. She said: “And then the day came when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom“.

The inner call to lead, is the Soul’s call to blossom, to open, to be vulnerable enough to be seen in the authentic expression of our truth and wisdom.

This birthing of our Soulful feminine leadership is a tender process. Just like the bud coming into blossom, we need the environmental conditions that will help us to honour and embrace the emotional wounds that surface for healing, as we awaken to our inherent wholeness and sense of true belonging.

An Invitation to Experience the Healing Power of Circle

This 3~ day nature-based Wisdom Circle, hosted by Joey Walters, is a unique chance to be held in a safe container of warmth, wisdom and inspiration whilst you hit the pause button in your life and make space to explore the inner journey of transformation that you’re on.

True blossoming in Sisterhood means we are not just invited to witness and welcome one another’s wisdom and light, but to ‘hold space’ for healing the personal and intergenerational wounds that have reinforced our sense of disconnection and powerlessness.

Holding the space for this journey together has a healing power beyond words, allowing us to gently reveal and heal the unspoken personal and collective stories of unworthiness that have been dumbing us and dividing us for generations.

Whether you are feeling called to step up to lead a new vision of transformation you’re passionate about or you’re seeking a more nurturing, authentic and sustainable way to bring your unique wisdom into the world…

…this 3 day heart-immersion in an intimate Circle will help you to:

Trust the feminine voice and wisdom that is rising in you and have the courage to express and be ‘seen’ in your vulnerable power and ‘fierce love’.

Bring awareness and self-love to the courageous journey of inner transformation that you’re on, as you show up more authentically and visibly.

Understand the systemic impact of intergenerational ‘wounds’ that surface for healing and receive resourcing from your ancestral lines.

Honour and surrender the collective ‘feminine shadows’ that keep many women feeling disconnected, powerless and alone. (E.g. shame, comparison, competition, over-giving, unworthiness).

Deepen trust and intimacy within a collaborative community of heart-inspired women, supporting one another in Rising Connected.

The Wisdom Circle Map and The 8 Agreements

Our 3 days together will be deep dive into a powerful field of connection, wisdom and inspiration. Guiding our journey together will be a circular map of wholeness called ‘The Wisdom Circle’ and ‘The 8 Circle Agreements’ which will support us in creating a safe, sacred and transformative container for our time together.

Using the Circle principles of ‘wholeness’ as our foundation and honouring the diversity of each woman’s personal experience, we’ll draw on the collective wisdom and healing capacity of the Circle to release the outworn stories of ‘separation’ we have been carrying and embrace the true stories of our belonging.

With the sacred Circle as our container, we’ll tend to our personal and collective process using open space sharing, systemic constellations, embodied movement, reflection time in nature, creative ritual and time around the fire. We’ll also be weaving in meditation and awareness practices, as well as morning yoga with Joany McGuire.

Our mid-summer journey will also include a Fire Ceremony focused on “Taking A Stand Together” and embracing your light as a feminine leader.

Working with the collective process that unfolds, we’ll explore themes such as:

Surrendering the inner patriarchy ~ Feminine ‘wounding’ and the stories we carry and perpetuate about our value and role as women.

Leading from wholeness ~ Reclaiming our feminine wisdom and integrating with our ‘healthy masculine’.

The Dual Path ~ The interplay of the inner and outer paths of leadership ~ how to navigate both to blossom with our gifts.

The 8 Circle Agreements ~ Creating a safe ‘container’ where women can develop (or rebuild) trust, intimacy and collective healing.

Re~membering ‘The Earth Lodge’ ~ Our role in ‘holding space’ for feminine awakening and embracing both light and shadow to nurture wholeness.

An Intimate Immersion In Circle Wisdom

~ For a maximum of 12 Women ~

The retreat will be an intimate 3-day immersion in Circle Wisdom for a maximum of 12 Women.

We have deliberately capped the numbers, in order to foster intimacy and depth and to support each woman’s unfolding experience as attentively as possible.

This Circle Retreat is for women who feel inspired to foster transformation in some way (big or small), bringing the balance of feminine wisdom and values into their businesses, organisations, communities and families. This includes coaches, entrepreneurs, therapists, business and team leaders, artists, healers and other culture/social change leaders who are playing their part in co-creating a sustainable future for our world.

Leadership experience isn’t needed. What matters most is that you are inspired to bring your unique wisdom and gifts to the world in some way.

You’ll benefit greatly if some of the following ring true:

You’re feeling called to step into the next expression of your potential and lead from your authentic heart, voice and wisdom, (even if ‘leadership’ doesn’t feel like your thing, because you know there’s a more feminine way).

You’re in an important transition (with your work and life) that can feel overwhelming at times and you need space for inner guidance, inspiration, integration and feminine mentoring in your journey of transformation.

You feel too ‘isolated’ on your path as a change leader and need connection, collaboration, inspiration and support from other like-minded women in an community that has authenticity, integrity and feminine principles at its heart.

You love ‘Women’s Circles’ (or the idea of them) but would also love to release some of the unspoken feelings of shame, comparison and competition that have, in the past, caused pain and impaired authentic connection.

Retreat Dates: Thurs 21st – Sun 24th June, 2018

Arrive/register 5pm registration, 6pm Dinner – Thursday 21st June.

Circle Begins 7pm – Thursday 21st June.

Completion 2pm – Sunday 24th June (lunch included at 1pm).

Online Introduction & Integration Circles

We’ll meet online to introduce ourselves prior to the retreat which will support our gentle preparations and intention setting for our time together. We’ll also meet online once after our time together to support our integration. (Replays will be available for those unable to participate). Online Circles dates are:

Introduction Circle: 6.30pm BST Monday 11th June

Integration Circle: Wednesday 27th June, 6.30pm BST.

Introductory Prices and Booking

Residential Lower Income £350

Higher Income/Business £450

Includes shared twin accommodation for the nights of Thurs 21st to Sat 24th October, and all meals including dinner on 21st June and lunch on Sunday 24th June. (All meals are nutritious vegetarian meals). Additional B&B nights can be booked directly with Cherry Tree Lodge. (Subject to availability).

As a bonus gift for being part this first retreat, you’ll be given complementary access to Joey’s Rising Connected Home Study course, when it is completed.

Our Scottish Mid~Summer Venue Is Cherry Tree Lodge

We’ll be gathering at the beautiful, intimate, nature-based retreat, Cherry Tree Lodge, in Saline, Central Scotland. This is a peaceful, beautiful home set in rich countryside and run by two lovely men who will be caring for us during our time.

To book contact Mark at Cherry Tree Lodge

Call Mark on 01383 851059 or email

markandtill@cherrytreelodge.net

For more information about Rising Connected,

contact Joey Walters at joey@awakeningfeminineleaders.com

An invitation from Joey

For the last 15 years or more I have been working with amazing women in different walks of life as a coach and mentor for their journey of feminine leadership. Alongside, I have been on my own journey, growing a profound passion for understanding the inner process of awakening and transformation that takes place when we commit to finding wholeness and stepping into our leadership calling. I have been deeply inspired by the the Circles I have been a part of and led over many years and have a profound passion for the restoration of Women’s Circles as an essential foundation for collective healing, feminine awakening and integrated leadership.

In October 2017, I gave a TEDx Talk at Findhorn which I called ‘Rising Connected ~ giving women the courage to lead’. Since then my understanding of how profoundly important it is for women to come together to heal the collective wounds of our past and rediscover the power of collective feminine wisdom, has multiplied. I am now more inspired than ever to find a way to

build real community amongst women who have deep integrity, who recognise that now is the time for us to lead… and who are committed to discovering how to do that from a place of self-love and respect for life and for one another.

I hope you can join me and a warm, inspiring Circle of women for this first, very intimate ‘Rising Connected’ retreat in Scotland at the Summer Solstice.

Together we’ll unravel what it means to belong and blossom in Sisterhood.

With love!