Mother's Wellness Circle
Elan Family Wellness Centre is excited to welcome back Mother's Wellness Circles, presented by Full Circle Parenting and Womankind Calgary.
The Story:
If you are like most moms, your life experienced a radical and overwhelming upheaval when motherhood happened to you. You're probably spending the majority of your time focused on your child or children, and you may feel like there's no time left for you. In the back of your mind, you may be hearing a quiet voice, whispering:
Who are YOU now, anyway?
You may not know what you do for fun, anymore, or what kind of career you want, anymore, or what you want to look like, anymore. You may also be trying to remember what it feels like to be 100% you - maybe you are struggling with expressing yourself fully and authentically around your children. Maybe your friendships aren't feeling fulfilling to you. Maybe you want to go back to some of who you were before you had kids, or maybe you're pretty sure that pre-mom you is gone forever, but you're not so sure what the real you looks like as a mom.
Several years ago, when I was thinking of starting a wellness Circle, I had a conversation with a friend of mine who works with women as an image consultant, and she mentioned that many of her clients are moms of teens, who are feeling that they've lost themselves, and are just beginning on a journey of rediscovery.
Wow, I thought. 13+ years feeling disconnected from oneself is an awfully long time.
As a step in your juicy self-rediscovery, I would love to invite you to join us for our upcoming Women's Wellness Circle: Exploring Experiences and Expressions of Motherhood, on Friday evenings.
Our Circle will be held once per month (excluding July and August), from 7-930 pm. We sometimes schedule extra, special Celebration Circles at times and dates that we all agree on. Registration is ongoing, when space is available, and your registration includes one year (ten months) of participation in Circle.
The focus of the Circle is Motherhood, and together, we create a nurturing place to explore our multifaceted experiences as moms, to share, and to connect.
Here are the experiences that some women have had in our Circle:
"I am looking forward to further Wellness Circle gatherings! The first gathering was very enlightening for me and I had some very strong take-aways – something that I didn’t expect so early in the journey. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if it was possible to bottle up all the loving energy that the group brings and save it for a day when you needed some extra self-care?" ~ C.B.
"What an incredible group yesterday! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for facilitating and bringing all these amazing women and moms together." ~ S.C.
"Thank you again for such a beautiful morning. You are truly a beautiful human being and I am grateful to have met you." ~ M.H.
"As always, I cannot thank-you enough for everything you have shared and taught me. You are a treasured person in my life. I always have you in my thoughts and heart." ~ L.S.
Our Circle will give you the opportunity to look deeply into your heart, open yourself in a safe space, and begin to unravel the wonderful and colourful threads that weave together to create your life, and the lives of women throughout history.
It is an incredible privilege and honour to facilitate these very special gatherings. We'd love to share the experience with you.
The Mother's Wellness Circles provide participants with opportunities for authentic, meaningful connection and expression with self and peers in a safe and beautiful setting. Through it’s non-hierarchical, open and predictable structure, fluid rhythm of events and a foundation of peace-making, the Circle calls women to ‘show up’ for themselves and others, listen and speak from the heart and practise living on the edge of their comfort zone.
Circles are grass-roots and non-denominational.
Meaningful experiences are co-created and inspired within the circle itself and each participant’s personal experience is both
honoured and respected.
The Wellness Circle provides a profound experience of
Re-Creation for women with lasting effects on personal
wellbeing and growth and the health of their families and
communities.
2017-2018 Dates
Friday Evenings, 7-930pm
September 8, 2017
October 13, 2017
November 3, 2017
December 1, 2017
January 12, 2018
February 9, 2018
March 9, 2018
April 6, 2018
May 4, 2018
June 1, 2018
**Babes in arms are usually welcome at Womankind Calgary & Full Circle Parenting events.
**A payment plan is available if you pay by cheque, or by credit card (over the phone). Feel free to propose a payment schedule to us. When registering, please choose the Free ticket.
**Womankind Calgary & Full Circle Parenting has a pay-what-you-can program. Please contact us to inquire if finances are a barrier for you. When registering, please choose the Free ticket.
**Registration for the circle is ongoing, when space is available. A waiting list is kept if no space is available.
Our Circle will be held once per month (excluding July and August), from 7-930 pm. We sometimes schedule extra, special Celebration Circles at times and dates that we all agree on. Registration is ongoing, when space is available, and your registration includes one year (ten months) of participation in Circle.
The focus of the Circle is Motherhood, and together, we create a nurturing place to explore our multifaceted experiences as moms, to share, and to connect.
Here are the experiences that some women have had in our Circle:
"I am looking forward to further Wellness Circle gatherings! The first gathering was very enlightening for me and I had some very strong take-aways – something that I didn’t expect so early in the journey. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if it was possible to bottle up all the loving energy that the group brings and save it for a day when you needed some extra self-care?" ~ C.B.
"What an incredible group yesterday! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for facilitating and bringing all these amazing women and moms together." ~ S.C.
"Thank you again for such a beautiful morning. You are truly a beautiful human being and I am grateful to have met you." ~ M.H.
"As always, I cannot thank-you enough for everything you have shared and taught me. You are a treasured person in my life. I always have you in my thoughts and heart." ~ L.S.
Our Circle will give you the opportunity to look deeply into your heart, open yourself in a safe space, and begin to unravel the wonderful and colourful threads that weave together to create your life, and the lives of women throughout history.
It is an incredible privilege and honour to facilitate these very special gatherings. We'd love to share the experience with you.
The Mother's Wellness Circles provide participants with opportunities for authentic, meaningful connection and expression with self and peers in a safe and beautiful setting. Through it’s non-hierarchical, open and predictable structure, fluid rhythm of events and a foundation of peace-making, the Circle calls women to ‘show up’ for themselves and others, listen and speak from the heart and practise living on the edge of their comfort zone.
Circles are grass-roots and non-denominational.
Meaningful experiences are co-created and inspired within the circle itself and each participant’s personal experience is both
honoured and respected.
The Wellness Circle provides a profound experience of
Re-Creation for women with lasting effects on personal
wellbeing and growth and the health of their families and
communities.
2017-2018 Dates
Friday Evenings, 7-930pm
September 8, 2017
October 13, 2017
November 3, 2017
December 1, 2017
January 12, 2018
February 9, 2018
March 9, 2018
April 6, 2018
May 4, 2018
June 1, 2018
**Babes in arms are usually welcome at Womankind Calgary & Full Circle Parenting events.
**A payment plan is available if you pay by cheque, or by credit card (over the phone). Feel free to propose a payment schedule to us. When registering, please choose the Free ticket.
**Womankind Calgary & Full Circle Parenting has a pay-what-you-can program. Please contact us to inquire if finances are a barrier for you. When registering, please choose the Free ticket.
**Registration for the circle is ongoing, when space is available. A waiting list is kept if no space is available.
Come Join this Heart-Centred Council of Women in Explorations of Motherhood and Beyond. Presented by Womankind Calgary and Full Circle Parenting
Contact: michelle@womankindcalgary.ca
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