A Being Woman Fundraiser

I’ll always remember this guy telling me about his journey to a South American city where every night they would cordon off the street for a night full of salsa dancing. Everyone would get in there to dance for the sake of dancing. A highly sensual dance with the intent of having a great time, not to take you home for a … . Unless you want to that is.

Well, we’re doing something similar here. With Samba instead of Salsa. The intent is the same though.

To have a great time for the sake of dancing. A sensual and fulfilling dance. For the sake of dance.

So get your dance shoes on, and come and party with us at Yandina Community Centre, at 55 Farrell St (next to the Yandina State Park) on the 11th Feb, Saturday night, from 7pm till Late…
Nina Van der Plas is our instructeress. She will guide us through the simple steps of Samba, and then we can dance all out to Brazilian music.

Get dressed for a great night out, and show up with a gift for another that represents to you the essence of being a woman. Men, you bring a gift too that describes the essence of what a woman is to you.
No dirty jokes please!

Looking forward to seeing you all there. A fundraiser for ‘Being Woman Gathering 2012‘.

Remember to bring $10 for the door entry, and your gift.
Written by Ninindi Johnstone
One of eight women in the First Circle committee of ‘Being Woman Gathering 2012‘.

P.S. Thanks to the Sunshine Coast Latin Dance club for promoting us. Check out their logo on our website.

Being Woman…hearing the call

By Gillian Rayner

I stood in circle with over 80 women. This closing ceremony of a full and rich women’s gathering was a moment I had been anticipating all weekend. I felt one with other women and nourished by their sisterhood.  After a weekend of transformative workshops and ceremony I felt deep and full and connected. First Circle, the four women who had organised and co-created the gathering, walked in the centre of our circle, holding the basket that represents Being Woman…the infinite creative power of women, our ability to hold and give birth.  At this moment, those women who felt the call were invited to step up and take the basket: a commitment to a year of personal inner work and to organise the gathering for 2012 as a volunteer on First Circle.  My heart was thumping. I asked myself, “Am I ready to step forward and hold that basket?” I witnessed my beating heart and my mind’s dialogue with its doubts and questions. However, my intuition was guiding me: I was feeling a powerful call beyond logic.  She, the Goddess within, was calling me. I had felt that call from the moment I had seen the beautiful art work for Being Woman…  Experience has taught me to trust my intuition and act upon that guidance.  I stepped forward to take that basket, with 8 other brave and passionate women and that moment of courage has changed my life.

Heeding the clarion call of the inner self takes courage as it often leads to an unknown road with are no visible sign posts, only the voice of the inner guide to navigate by. I have been developing a romance with the unknown, with the mystery, remembering to trust my inner self to guide me. This year the call has led me as far as Central Australia, on a pilgrimage to Uluru, and home to the heart. On an inner level, the unexplored terrain of my own soul has called me as strongly, to face my demons and find the jewels within. I have been called to face the desert of the unloved within me, to bring forth the life-giving waters of self-love and self-acceptance. I have discovered it is within my own heart that the alchemical marriage of the god and goddess takes place. To journey within leads to inner union, to wholeness, and an awareness that transcends gender. Having glimpsed this, I am called to embody and live this deeply, as my truth.

This year, following the call has woven me closely together with a group of women deeply committed to building community, to sisterhood and to journeying deeply within to embody and act from our authentic selves. From this passion and dedication is birthed Being Woman… 2012. The theme of this year’s gathering, “I am deepening in Union” speaks of us deeply connecting with our essential selves, our earth, to each other. It speaks too of the inner marriage of our masculine and feminine aspects to embody inner wholeness, inner union. We offer Being Woman… and extend our invitation to you, if you too are called…

Being Woman … A Woman’s Gathering – I am deepening in union
2 – 4 March 2012
Ewan Maddock Dam
Sunshine Coast
To register you place email: bookings@beingwoman.com.au
www.beingwoman.com.au

By: Gillian Rayner