Weaving moon thread

Reclaiming The Change

Our beliefs and stories about menopause shape our experience of this powerful and sometimes intense time in our lives.

During menopause we are changed, our bodies change, the way we think, our beliefs, our priorities, our relationships….It can be a time of loss, of letting go, of dying to our known self in order to be remade anew.

It is a powerful time to be together, to gather with others, to reflect on the beliefs and stories we carry for these shape our experience of this potentially transformative and potent time.

Weaving Moon Thread asks…

• What are the stories about menopause we have inherited from our families and our culture?
• What have we discovered ourselves?
• What if we were to embrace the initiatory possibility of The Change?
• How would we mark this time?

Over seven months – between March and September - we will meet to explore these questions together, lovingly held in circle. As our ancestors did, we will gather around the hearth, sifting, sorting, weaving, reweaving and dreaming our stories together. Supporting and celebrating each other through this often unrecognised and uncelebrated rite.

We welcome everyone as they are. With each womans wisdom, knowledge, confusion, struggles, questions and revelations into this sacred space, along with anything else they may bring.
There is a beauty and power that comes from sitting in circle, whether you are a total novice or someone for whom this is a regular practice. It creates feelings of belonging, of support and nourishment. It encourages reflection and insight. And often, when we are deeply heard, what we say can reveal something profound – both to others and to ourselves.

Circle practice supports us on our soul’s journey.

This beautiful roundhouse is where we will be gathering for our time together

Testimonials for this circle

“The gentle, safe and spacious holding of this circle mirrored the gorgeous woodland setting. I arrived feeling disconnected and jangled by the stresses of daily life and left feeling soothed, nourished and centered. “

“It was a beautiful, nourishing and supportive experience- for my body and soul! Another wonderful sharing circle full of honesty and integrity in a magical setting. Highly recommended, such a beautifully held space”

“Another glorious evening filled with spring birdsong and the tender stories of life from a group of amazing women. A magical intimate evening that fills the soul for many days to come . Council invites me to be present, to be authentic, to listen, to be spontaneous, to create, to know myself, my community and my environment. It is a blessing. “

Who is this for?

Weaving Moon Thread is for women who want to mark the menopause in some way, with or without our support. There is an opportunity for participants to be supported outside of our monthly meetings to create a personal ceremony to mark this powerful transition.

You may also wish to consider joining Spinning Moon Silk -A six-day immersive intergenerational wilderness fast for women.

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Weaving Moon Thread is a closed monthly circle (i.e. only open to participants) for a small group of women. It will runfor three hours on a Friday evening from 6pm to 9pm, over six months, starting in spring 2025.

There are additional initiatory ceremonies in the summer for women who wish to join them.

When is it?

The 2026 dates begin in April and end in October on Friday evenings - exact dates are to be confirmed

Cost

Between £30 -£50 per session for six months (£180 - £300 total)

We want this to be accessible to all so have some subsidised places - please be in touch if you need to pay less.

For questions email; aW5mbyB8IGNpcmNsZXdpc2UgISBjbw==, or call Heiid Rose on 07891 062769 or Rooh Star on 07966 988976.

Circlewise is a service that provides facilitated listening circles and the way of council training to community members, organisation's and those working in education. They are committed to supporting individuals, groups, schools and the community by building life skills in communication and empathy through circle practices.

CircleWise offers facilitated circles, support, training and resources to promote:

- Excellence in compassionate communication

- Social, emotional, mental well-being

- Empowered and relational learning

- Nature inspired ways of relating

Heidi Rose is the founding director of Circlewise CIC. She has been facilitating ‘council’ listening circles for over 30 years since living, training and working at the leading centre for council training in California; The Ojai Foundation.
Heidi is also a qualified Psychotherapeutic Counsellor, Eco Therapist, Wilderness Rites of Passage Guide, Interior Alignment practitioner and Shinrin-Yoku practitioner; she is also trained in safeguarding and suicide prevention.
Over the years, she has brought deep listening circles to a variety of settings in person and online, from intentional community or families, to one to one, therapeutically and within her marriage. She has facilitated circles for the wider community in nature, on many subjects and for different groups—she also holds circles in schools with students, parents and teachers and hosts corporate circles and council training.

Heidi has a passion and devotion to the power, wisdom and simplicity held in the ancient practice of sitting in a circle, listening and sharing from our hearts.

Rooh Star is a curious soul who likes to ask big questions. She has a remembering deep in her bones of a time when humans lived in harmony with the land, her creatures and each other. She is committed to working both practically and energetically to make this remembering real once more. She has been involved in environmental activism, travelled the country for years with a hand cart and built herself a turf roofed roundhouse. She is a founding member of two off grid, low impact communities in South Devon. Alongside her choice to live a simple off-grid life she has explored many healing modalities as well as training in nursing, religious studies, Shakti Dance, permaculture, sustainable land use, nature connection and more! She has been part of the holding team for many events, including women’s initiatory journeys and Earth Activist Trainings. Rooh is also an occasional singer, songwriter and performer.
Rooh is a director of Stories for Change, who run transformational and support groups rooted in presence, embodiment and improvisation.
She was introduced to the Way of Council by Rob Dreaming in 2006 and has been sitting in and holding circles regularly ever since.
Rooh brings her earthy practicality, her songs, her sense of humour and her love of the land to the spaces she holds. She loves working with Circlewise and looks forward to meeting you around the fire.

For questions email; aW5mbyB8IGNpcmNsZXdpc2UgISBjbw==, or call Heiid Rose on 07891 062769 or Rooh Star on 07966 988976.

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