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Welcome to the Circle School Blog. Musings, personal essays and writing by Mitlé, our Certified Circle Holders and the wider Circle School Community. You can expect to read about topics such as holding space, ceremony and ritual, mythology and folktales, storytelling, sacred practices, ancestral healing, rewilding, book reviews, recipes and more.

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Co-created Ceremony One of the joys of on-line ci Co-created Ceremony
One of the joys of on-line circles for me is exploring the ways we can co-create ceremony. 
In today’s Sharing Circle, those of us who could, spontaneously gathered a stone, a feather, a bowl of water and a candle. We each created a simple altar aligning earth, air, fire and water with the four directions  and we then shared a simple ceremony. 
To our circle altar I added a sculpted fly agaric mushroom to represent the online eco-system of our own mycelial networks of interconnection and inspiration, a ceramic butterfly to represent the transformation that takes place in circle, a silver horse to represent the Celtic Goddesses and a small copper bowl representing the strength of our relationships. 
Our closing invitation was to find a guiding myth for this season. After Circle I pulled a card from my Tarot of the Divine deck (@yoshiyoshitani) which is inspired by deities, folklore and fairytales from around the world. My card was the story of Donkeyskin, a French fairytale representing being caught up in your own insecurities 😳The message was a wonderful reflection of what came up for me in Circle and an invitation to step out of those insecurities. 
The Grove really is a wonderful collective of wellbeing practitioners, creatives and community organisers who are seeking authentic community and are willing to collaborate and conspire with imagination and integrity. 
We are open for new co-conspirators to join us until Thursday and currently have 5-spaces available to reach our current capacity. 
Leave a 🌳 in the comments or message me if you’d like full details. 
With you in Circle in these (r)evolutionary times 
Mitlé 🌳🙏🏻🧡
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1 & 2 Photos of Mitlé’s altar
3 & 4 screenshots of stories by @annacasey_holisticbodywork and @thiswomansspace 
5. Graphic with 4 photos of owl, mushrooms, tree and cabin in the woods, with gold text: The Circle School Grove, Welcoming Co-Conspirators
6. Cont’d in comments]
Circles as Sacred Portals When we cross the thres Circles as Sacred Portals
When we cross the threshold into Circle we enter into a different dimension of time and space. 
We leave behind the mundane and step fully into the mystery.
We are well met and surrender to the magic and medicine of the flow of circle.
In Circle today, with the balancing energy of the equinox and the mystery of the dark moon, we will hold each other with the seen and unseen, the known and unknown, death and rebirth, active and receptive, conscious and unconscious and logic and intuition.
We will honour the in breath and the out breath.
We will embrace the inner journey and the outer journey. 
Monthly Sharing Circles are one of the ways that we gather in The Grove to be sacred witness to each other’s unfolding journeys. 
The Grove is open for co-conspirators to join us this season until Thursday. Let me know with a 🌳 in the comments or a message if you’d like more information. We currently have 6 spaces available until we reach our capacity. 
With you in Circle in these (r)evolutionary times
Mitlé 💫🌳
🌼Equinox Reflections for Circle Holders🍁 Jo 🌼Equinox Reflections for Circle Holders🍁
Journaling (in its’ many forms) is one of my daily practices for my life and my circle work. 
As the wheel of the year turns, I use seasonally inspired prompts to reflect on what’s happening in my individual offerings and my wider biz model.
Tending seasonally to our circle work, community projects and our business models is one of the threads that weaves its’ way through The Grove. 
We honour the outer seasons and our inner seasons, understanding that as we gather from around the globe we are each in our own physical, emotional, spiritual and energetic cycles. 
Some of us may be releasing and grieving, whilst some are awakening and blooming. 
As a collective we have the capacity to be in balance and reconcile the opposites. And in that way, we can each be exactly where we are. 
What season are you in? 
Equinox blessings 🌼🍁
With you in these times of change
Mitlé 💫🌳
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1. Green background. Gold text reads Equinox Reflections for Circle Holders.
2. Photo of daffodils with green text heading: Spring Reflections for your Circle Work. In white text: What is working and can be further nurtured? 
How can I tend to those aspects of my work?
What is not working and how can I release those elements of my work?
How can the space left by what has been weeded out, support what needs to be nurtured?
3. Photo of autumn leaves with green text heading: Autumn Reflections for your Circle Work. In dark grey text: How have I experienced my work this year?
What are the experiences that are ready to be harvested?
What lessons am I ready to embrace?
How can those experiences and lessons guide my next steps?
4. Green background with 4 square photos of a forest, an owl in a tree, a cabin in the woods, fungi on the forest floor. In gold text: The Grove. Welcoming New co-Conspirators 
Cont’d in comments]
🌳The Grove is Open🌳 With each turn of the W 🌳The Grove is Open🌳
With each turn of the Wheel of the Year, we welcome new co-conspirators into The Grove. 
1.Our on-line space of sanctuary and rebellion for those embracing circles as collective care and sacred activism, and are seeking a network of co-conspirators to play with!
2. Join a collective of wellbeing practitioners, community organisers and creatives to explore the heart and edges of holding Circles in these wild times.
We are co-creating a brave space to resource and support us, as we reach out across our communities and navigate our interwoven and entangled world.
Join a (R)evolutionary Movement:
Our on-line membership for wellbeing practitioners, community organisers and creatives who hold Women's Circles. A place of sanctuary & rebellion encouraging curiosity & creativity amongst co-conspirators! 
If you’re curious about becoming a Grover, share a 🌳 in the comments or message me and I can send you the details. 
With you in Circle in these (r)evolutionary times
Mitlé 🌳🧡🌳
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