After attending “The Joining” gathering for a couple of years I knew about the “Being Woman” gathering, however I had never been. I had been spending most of my time trying to work on my marriage which was falling apart, and had neglected myself as a Woman, and the connections I had with other women. After a painful separation from my husband and eventual divorce, I found myself at the same breathwork workshop as the committee members of “Being Woman 2011″. We instantly bonded and they asked me, and my close friend who was also at the workshop with me, if we would join them on the First Circle committee – as there were only TWO of them, and they couldn’t possibly create the gathering with such a small committee. My body said an instant “YES”! And since then I haven’t looked back.

Ten months of INTENSE inner work was my journey as a Being Woman First Circle committee member. As our committment to First Circle we do an inner work session each month throughout our term on committee. However, our lives were in such turmoil in terms of divorces, separations, financial hardships etc that EVERY DAY was an inner work! I was blessed to be living with one of my fellow First Circle members throughout our journey – and there was not ONE emotional issue that we left unprocessed.

We bared ourselves emotionally to each other like we had never before. We owned our vulnerabilities, our projections, our pain and our joy. And I felt for the first time in my life that I could trust women. We worked through elements of womanhood that are so sensitive to speak about – such as competition, jealousy and betrayal amongst women; comparing ourselves to each other all the time; judging one another and ourselves, and our issues with our own mothers in that we had never felt loved, appreciated or supported – in fact many of us were mothers to our own mothers. These issues had prevented me from trusting myself, and from trusting other women, which led me to seek emotional sustenance from men. I learnt that it is impossible for a woman to have ALL of her emotional needs met from her man – and nor should she attempt to. This is something I had done in my marriage – and it didn’t work.

Our inner work was SO intense that we wondered at times whether or not we would actually be able to run the Being Woman gathering! It was really tough finding time and energy to complete the tasks we had to complete, but we did it. And “Being Woman 2011″ was a beautiful gathering. I felt so proud of myself – I had finally COMPLETED something!! Many projects in my life had been started and never finished, and this one I saw through to the end, and what an amazing gift it was to see the women who attended and what they gained from the experience. I was proud of my committee members too – we had been through the toughest times of our lives during the preparation of Being Woman 2011 – and our inner work flowed out to all who attended.

It is my intention that Women all around the world realise how important their relationship with other women is. When we can heal our wounds around our mothers, and other women in our lives, and truly come together as ONE we can change the world to one of peace, love and harmony. We are Sisters walking this Earth together. Let us support each other, love one another and BE the change we wish to see in this world.

 

By: Nina Stephenson

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