About The Campfire Series:

Here at The Wild Woman Project, we deeply believe in the power of learning from and celebrating each other’s diverse experiences, stories, and perspectives. We also believe there is great power in allowing yourself to be witnessed. The Campfire Series gives us the feeling of gathering with our closest sisters around a fire (or a candle, or a bottle of wine) and sharing intimate stories. Naturally, when women gather, no two experiences are the same. These stories can range from sharing deep epiphanies, “hell yaasss” moments, heartaches, and downright silliness.

 

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I used to believe that Embodiment was limited to those moments, however brief, when I would feel majestic in my skin. Once upon a time, when I wandered this world without a child in tow, I’d get to experience my definition of Embodiment on a nearly daily basis. Whether it was after a 90 minute Bikram class, Qoya, a shamanic healing, or a massage, I was hooked on this idea of Embodiment and I pursued it like a junkie.

 

My life and my work, though still devoted to self-care, no longer afford me the time to do any of these practices regularly. I take what I can get. And I try to get by on it.

 

Truth is, I’m an indie mom to a toddler, holding down 2 jobs, and nurturing my love projects on the side. This past year has been one of deep transition, and I finally feel like I’ve just begun to land somewhere. Truth is, my child and I are 2 weeks into a 5 week healing process. He recently broke his femur and has been sequestered to a nearly full-body cast. And truth is, my body feels 180 degrees from what I once defined as Embodiment.

 

Often, I find myself longing for those times when I would feel so incredible in my skin, in my bones. The longing feels much like mourning. I’ve been sitting with this recently, especially now that as a collective, the Wild Woman Project has entered into the new theme for the year*. And so, knowing that there’s no such thing as a death without an impending birth, I’m allowing myself to expand my definition of Embodiment to include these moments of physical pain, discomfort, and exhaustion. If the heart can hold a heartbreak and in the process expand that much more for love, then surely the body can feel the pain of life and in the process expand for its soon-to-come pleasures.

 

I’m allowing myself to embody my physical exhaustion and I’m allowing it to serve me as a gentle reminder that it is only temporary. May I remember that I have access to things that can bring me back to feeling amazing. May I remember to ask for the help that is needed along the way. May I be open to new healing modalities which I may not yet be familiar with. May I embrace my trusted methods of healing like old friends. And may I remember that eventually, this cycle will and must repeat again.

 

I write these words while still in the trenches of a rough patch.
See you on the flip side.
~ Mishel Ixchel

 

 

On the Horizon

Circle Leader Training
Join us online, from anywhere, for a 7-Week adventure, May 6th - June 23rd, 2024.
“This was the best experience I’ve ever had with an online training! I felt seen, connected, and present.” ~ Gretchen Fellon, Graduate
Part part skill-building, part wildish personal-development, this course is sure to give you a deeper look into the Wild Woman Archetype, Moon Wisdom, Intuition and Inner Guidance, Circle Facilitation, and community building. With hundreds of graduates in 26 countries around the world, this course has been cultivated over 13 years to be our very best in Feminine Leadership Training.
Mark Your Calendar: Registration opens on Thursday, March 28th at 12pm ET (seats tend to go fast)
Save the dates: August 22nd - 25th, 2024
 
4 Days & 3 Nights of rituals & ceremony, yoga, circles, experiential workshops, meditation, music & art making, dance, connecting to the natural world, laughter, discovery, divination, wandering, swimming, hiking, bonfires, howling, and dreaming!
 
You'll want to prepare. Wild Woman Fest '23 tickets sold out in minutes.
Tickets go on sale Fest Friday, April 12th at Noon ET.
 
Wild Woman Underground Logo for the online Wild Woman Project community

Keep your Spirit Lit with weekly gatherings & join an international, intergeneration group of weird and wonderful wild-hearted Women in our online Cave (which lives on an app)!

Upcoming Weekly Gatherings:  

Spring Equinox Circle with Amy Witmyer
4th Chakra Circle with Sara Goff
Spring Yin Yoga with Nina Paris
New Moon Meditation Adventure with Chris Maddox
 

Join us for an hour-long New Moon Meditation Adventure on April 8th!

Online, from anywhere.

Using a dynamic meditation journey, we will tune into the New Moon, to your own Inner Guidance, synced up with wild-hearted women from around the world. This offering will include music, storytelling, meditation, journaling prompts & intention-setting.

Can’t make it live? No worries. All participants will receive a copy of the recording with 24 hours of the session.

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We have Wild Woman Project-trained Circle facilitators is 26 countries, and 44 out of the 50 United States.

Find a Circle Near You.