Dear Wild Woman,
I have had the privilege of attend all three years of WILD WOMAN FEST, and I can attest that it shifts you in a major way. It can feel a lot like magic the way it moves things inside you and shapes your path in ways you never expected. Each year I leave the FEST and I am inspired, I release, I create, and I’m not the only one.
Recently, Julie (a fellow Wild Woman Project Circle Leader and FEST go-er) and Amy (another Wild Woman Project Circle Leader, FEST go-er, and Circle Leader Training Mentor) reached out to me with a beautiful piece of art they made as a collaboration in response to a WILD WOMAN FEST evening ritual. It is vulnerable, beautiful, truthful, and captures a tiny sliver of the FEST’s elusive magic.
Here is Julie’s introduction for a little more context:
Sisterhood, Motherhood…Lifehood
At the Wild Woman Fest last year, I had a profound experience during a ritual ceremony that a dear friend, Pooja Ru created. It was a deep dive into a wound that I knew was there, but didn’t realize how tremendous it was. During the ceremony, not only was I witnessed by all of the women around me, I was literally held up in the arms of another dear friend, Amy Witmyer. I saw all of us, together, weeping for our mothers before us, and I truly let myself be carried away by the grief. However, as this wound has opened and closed on several occasions since, I know that it is part of what makes me who I am…and in that I rejoice. This video is the joint, creative outcome of this shared experience of sisterhood. Enjoy!
Watch and Enjoy, and if you feel the call….. there is room for you too, and we would love to have you.
Learn More about WILD WOMAN FEST here.
With Holy, Tender, Love,
Amanda Petrocelly
Director of Communications & Creative Development
The Wild Woman Project
On the Horizon
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Amanda is the Director of Communications & Creative Development for The Wild Woman Project, as well as: Wild Woman Project Circle Leader, a member of the Love Crew at the annual WILD WOMAN FEST, and a Mentor for The Wild Woman Project Circle Leader Training Program. She holds a B.A. in Theatre from California State University, Fullerton where she intensively studied Movement for the Stage. A self described Mystic, Artist, Witch, People Person, Beverage Aficionado from Los Angeles California; She is particularly passionate about the space where Art, Activism, and Spirit collide.
Hi Amanda
Any plans to bring the Wild Women Fest outside of the States? I live in London and wish there was an opportunity to gather with other women on a similar path in a festival like this. I see there are 2 circle leaders in London, but as yet I’ve been unable to attend a meeting. Really enjoying all that the project is sharing and hope to be more involved sometime soon. With love and thanks