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Mamahhh Nashville Giveaway

I don't know about you, but I could use a great massage! Which leads me to this: As the new year gets rolling, I’m tweaking my yoga class schedule and workshop offerings to better meet the needs of women in Nashville. I’m also working on a few new online offerings for the year. I’d love to have your guidance about how to be a useful part of your pregnancy, parenting, and self-care experience. So I’m asking whether you can spare a few minutes to complete the following survey about in-person Nashville classes and online events open to mamas … [Read more...]

Wise Woman Circle: The Edge of …

New Years Resolutions Nashville Womens Circle

For the past few years, my dreams have offered me a word for the new year. A few years ago, it was "enough." "Encircled" and "engaged" have anchored my resolutions, too. So far, the dream goddesses are holding out on me for 2013, but "edge" seemed a fitting theme for the first seasonal woman's circle of the year. Join me in Nashville's Berry Hill neighborhood on Friday, January 11, at 6pm, and we'll consider... As we step forward into new possibilities, what edges are you playing as you envision the year ahead? Are there thresholds to cross? Initiations to experience? What is the allure of … [Read more...]

You’re Invited! Nashville’s 2013 Weekly Women’s Circle

Nashville women's circle 2013

{11.21.12. update ~ this circle now has a waitlist. Email me at jennifer.derryberry.mann @ gmail.com if you'd like to be added to it.} Do you sense how your life would sparkle, if you could just clear the cobwebs? Do you crave a deeper experience of your unique, innate gifts? Do you yearn for a heartfelt connection with other women who will witness your transformation? Can you imagine self-care and compassion as spiritual practice? Do you feel called to shift, heal, reveal something in your life, to birth yourself into being? You are called to join the circle! It's time to … [Read more...]

One Year, One Circle, One Commitment

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The momentum is building for a year-long women’s circle here in Nashville! Based on the book Birthing Ourselves into Being, by Baraka Elihu, this weekly women’s circle has the potential to make your dreams crystal clear, seriously & sweetly upgrade your self-care, and create lasting bonds with other women. I experienced this circle with 9 other women in Athens, Georgia, in 2011. Our group was facilitated by Baraka at womanspace. For me, connecting in a shared sacred space with a dedicated group of women week after week enriched my life spiritually, emotionally, and mentally. Time … [Read more...]

A year-long women’s circle in Nashville

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I’d been feeling spiritually disconnected for awhile, a few years at least. So when I heard about the 2011 Birthing Ourselves into Being circle, I thought it sounded like just the thing  to juice my Sunday afternoons. I had no idea! The year-long circle reignited my commitment to spiritual practice through poignant readings and the kind of truth-speaking that quickens your pulse. The women in the circle—there were 9 of us—held a space of compassion and encouragement for me so I could step into a better way of being, even when I had to make the trip more than once. One big change for … [Read more...]