IN THIS ISSUE:
- LOVE NOTE FROM CHRIS
- MOON WATCH: Waning Gibbous
- VIDEO PRACTICE: Lunar Practice: Goddess of the Cycle
- ANNOUNCEMENTS: Winter Circle Leader Training + Goddess Pendant
- WILD WOMAN CELEBRATION
- QUOTE OF THE WEEK
NOTE FROM CHRIS
Dearest,
We are just over half way through the moon cycle.
How are things unfolding for you?
What new opportunities, discoveries, feelings, people, understanding have entered your life since November 22nd (the new moon)?
~~~
I ask because I have noticed the power and importance of being awake to the passage of time. The moon cycle helps us with this.
(Please let the record show: I said awake to the passage of time, not freaking out about the passage of time.)
In the grand timeline of the universe, all that is & has been, our lives are so very short. Can we honor our time here by being awake for it? Navigating with awareness & heart?
~~~
Included here is a very special Video: Lunar Practice~Goddess of the Cycle. Please let me know how this goes for you-I have been working this for years and it has been profound. May it open something in your own life.
with adoration,
Chris
P.S~There are 14 more Seats in Winter Wild Woman Circle Leader Training. Is one of them yours?
MOON WATCH
Waning Gibbous
Keywords: Letting Go, Softening, Surrender
Waning Moon Affirmation: Today, I lay down my defenses & soften into the loving wisdom of my heart.
“The waning gibbous moon happens when the moon is between a 90 and 135 degree angle with respect to the Earth and Sun. So we are seeing more than half of the moon illuminated and less than half in shadow. The word gibbous refers to phases where the moon is more than half illuminated. “Waning” essentially means shrinking or decreasing in illumination. Each evening, as the moon’s orbital motion carries it away from the Earth-Sun line, we see less of the moon’s day side.” ~Via Full Moon Phases
VIDEO PRACTICE
Lunar Practice: Goddess of the Cycle
In this video, I offer up a personal practice of working with Goddess’ & the Moon Cycle.
The Why. The How. And 5 ways to deepen the practice throughout the cycle, all included here.
Enjoy!
As Promised, Links to the Recommended Decks & Books in this Video:
Goddess Guidance Oracle Cards by Doreen Virtue
Goddess Inspiration Oracle by Kris Waldherr
Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines by Patricia Monaghan
Awakening Shakti by Sally Kempton
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Registration for Winter Circle Leader Training
There are 14 Spots left in this intimate training. Is one of them yours? We will Begin January 19th.
Goddess Pendant
Our Beloved Herbalist, Cole Lopez, is offering The Wild Woman Project Community a gift with Purchase of a Goddess Pendant! Treat yourself & your loved ones to this beautiful handmade gift, blessed with Reiki Energy: http://etsy.me/1ow12O9
You will see in the Video Practice above, I am wearing mine. I wear it to all circles and instantly find it grounding & heart warming.
WILD WOMAN CELEBRATION
After her WILD WOMAN CIRCLE LEADER TRAINING:
Meeting Chris Maddox and discovering The Wild Woman Project reactivated a part of me that was frozen in time, waiting to be reborn.
I think I did the training at exactly the right time, and since then, a huge part of myself has come alive and found what was lost. It has also kept me connected to a community of women and support network that I deeply needed after a huge geographical shift as I moved from NYC to Trinidad and Tobago.
Receiving weekly words of wisdom and empowerment from the training gave me the confidence to establish my career as an art therapist in a new country. It is also helping me build my tribe and a circle of women who can grow together and support each other in a safe space where we can be our authentic selves.
Emily Alvarez
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
~Maya Angelou
On the Horizon
Join us for an hour-long New Moon Meditation Adventure on December 30th!
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.
Join the WILD WOMAN UNDERGROUND.
"The Circle Leader Training Program at The Wild Woman Project was one of the most transformative and healing experiences of my life. I have received many tools, resources, support, and connections that I will carry on with me forever." ~ Hannah Devin, Graduate
We have Wild Woman Project-trained Circle facilitators is 26 countries, and 44 out of the 50 United States.
Chris Maddox is the founder of The Wild Woman Project where she teaches women how to utilize the gifts of the Wild Woman Archetype in their everyday lives & how to lead women’s circles in their local communities. She is the organizer & facilitator of the beloved annual WILD WOMAN FEST, a women’s retreat-festival hybrid which fosters a deep connection to nature, a direct experience of the divine feminine & profound spiritual sisterhood among the women in attendance.
An ever student of the great mysteries of existence and nature itself, Chris believes women are holding innate gifts & tools that society at large needs – now more than ever. She is committed to helping women remember their special magic and to bring it forward into every corner of their lives, for the greater good of the planet.