WILD WOMAN PROJECT CIRCLE LEADER TRAINING
Transform & Make Magic
✦ You keep daydreaming about making a space where women feel safe to slow down and tune in.
On our 7-week adventure, you’ll learn how to:
✦ Create a Circle Journey
Learn to craft a potent theme & apply it to tried and true repeatable structure which includes meditation, journaling, ritual, and intentional conversation.
✦ Hold Sacred Space
Learn practical tools for creating an environment where women of all ages, backgrounds, and belief systems, feel safe enough to be honest and playful and real.
✦ Lead With Confidence
Cultivate your own leadership style rather than trying to become someone else’s version of a facilitator.
✦ Build Your Community
Learn how to find your people, invite them into Circle, nurture relationships, and grow a sustainable Circle community.
✦ Become the Woman Who Can Hold the Room
Perhaps most importantly, you’ll deepen your own capacity to listen, witness, guide, respond, and lead from the heart.
You’ll leave with more than information.
You’ll have a framework, practical tools, Circle experience, community, and the confidence to begin creating & tending your own Circle.
The Wild Woman Project began as a vision I had late one night to see Women’s Circles happening around the world.
At the time I was facilitating a life-changing New Moon Women’s Circle for years at the neighborhood yoga studio in NYC. I wanted other women to have this incredible experience and I knew in my bones that with the right tools and some encouragement any woman who felt the call could make this magic in her own community.
I taught my very first round of Wild Woman Project Circle Leader Training in 2011 and the adventure began!
939
Women Trained
27
Countries Around the World
44
U.S. States
15 YEARS
of Circle Leader Training
What actually happens during the seven weeks?
MONDAYS
Learn + Create
Video/audio Lesson + Playsheet delivered at 2pm ET every Monday.
WEDNESDAYS
Gather + Grow
75-minute live class with Chris online at 3pm ET every Wednesday.
THURSDAYS OR FRIDAYS
Experience Circle
Live Online Circle with an experienced Circle Leader Mentor on Thursdays at 6:30pm ET or Fridays at 1pm ET.
Join when you can. Replay when you can’t.
Every lesson, class, and Circle recording is yours for life.
The Curriculum
FOUNDATION + VALUES
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Bringing Back the Village
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Wild Woman Archetype
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Conscious Creation
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Lunar Wisdom
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Philosophy + Values
THE SKILLS
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Creating Sacred Space
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Guiding & Crafting Meditation
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Intention-setting Ritual
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Vulnerability in Leadership
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Witnessing & Deep Listening
CIRCLE KEEPING
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Finding your space
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Attracting your community
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Preparing for Circle
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Nurturing relationships
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Tending to the Circle
Hear from other women who have taken the journey…
“Remarkable. Deep. Powerful.
The love and humor is palpable on the group calls.
The dynamic is safe, funny, and profound. I want to do it all over again!”
“This training and the whole Wild Woman Project changed my life for the better.
Leading a Circle is WAY out of my comfort zone and this training gave me the confidence and tools I needed to start my own Circle.
Don’t listen to your inner critic. Listen to your heart and do it! You will be glad you did!”
“I run a holistic healing center and when a facilitator has The Wild Woman Project on their resume, I know they will be prepared, organized and systematic. They are hired.
This program is more than just the content, it teaches you how to be a successful facilitator of community.
What you will learn in this training is how to show up in your authenticity for other women and will carry over into all areas of your professional facilitator roles.”
“I have come into contact with many different programs and trainings over the years.
The Wild Woman Project Circle Leader Training is like no other.
The virtual format still manages to reverberate a sense of authenticity and community nonetheless.”
About the Leadership Mentor: Sara Goff
About the Leadership Mentor: Nina Paris
About the Leadership Mentor: Amy Witmyer
About the Teacher: Chris Maddox
Within our Training Team of 4, we have a combined 70+ years of experience in women’s work + healing arts. We pour our hearts into supporting you during these 7 weeks together. You will have ample opportunity to ask us questions and get feedback along the way.
Guiding each group through this process is an honor; We have so much fun doing it!
This isn’t just another hollow online course.
✦ You won’t disappear into a sea of usernames and recorded videos.
✦ You’ll be part of a pack of Wild Women.
✦ You’ll learn alongside women from different generations, places, backgrounds, and spiritual perspectives.
✦ You’ll see facilitation modeled.
✦ You’ll experience the magic of Circle for yourself.
✦ You’ll have opportunities to ask questions, practice, listen, witness, and be witnessed.
✦ FALL 2026: November 2nd – December 20th, 2026
✦ ONLINE: Join from anywhere.
✦ 7 WEEKS: Monday lessons delivered at 2pm ET, Wednesday live classes with Chris 3-4:15pm ET, Circles on Thursday at 6:30pm ET & Friday at 1pm ET (You choose your Circle time when you register).
✦ LIFETIME ACCESS: Keep the recordings & training materials forever.
✦ SMALL GROUPS: Space is limited to preserve intimacy.
$795
Or
3 Monthly Payments of $299 (Available until Oct. 15th)
Partial scholarships available by application.
Your Tuition Includes:
- The 7 Week Course featuring Monday Lessons, Wednesday Classes & Thursday or Friday TeleCircles
- Unlimited Questions answered by Chris & Circle Leader Training Mentors
- Access to a Training Website where you can take in your content & connect with your classmates
- Lifetime access to all Lessons, Class recordings & TeleCircle recordings
- Once graduated, you can choose to have your bio listed on our “Find a Circle Near You Page”
- Once graduated, you will receive access to a vault of Circle Content including themes, meditations & Circle resources
- Permission to graduate anytime (so long as you have completed the course assignments and offerings)
Once you graduate, you will receive:
+ A Certificate of Completion
+ Option to list your circle and bio publicly on The Wild Woman Project Site.
+ Early Access to new offerings and live gatherings, including the WILD WOMAN FEST.
+ Endless love, support & gratitude from your Wild Woman Project Community. + Lifetime Access to the Training Website with all lessons, classes & TeleCircle Recordings.
+ Eligibility to attend Circle Leader Workshops & Retreats, online and in person.
Please note: There are no refunds given at any time, for any reason.
Registration Closes on October 29th at 12pm ET or When All Spots Are Claimed (whichever comes first)
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FAQs
What if I cannot attend Wednesday Classes or TeleCircles live?
How many hours can I expect to spend on this Training?
Can I go at my own pace?
Yes, this training is meant to be flexible. Everything is recorded & you will have lifetime access to the materials and can complete the program and graduate anytime.
Do you offer Payment Plans?
Yes, monthly payment plans will be available through October 15th.
Do you offer scholarships?
Yes, we are proud to offer partial Sister Support Scholarships for this program which cover a portion of the tuition. Learn more & apply here.
If I don't like it, can I get a refund?
Will I feel connected to other Women through a computer screen?
- I’ve never done an online training will I feel connected to other Women in CLT?
- I won’t be able to make most of the live calls, will I still be able to create a sense of community within this program?
- Will I feel connected to other Women through a computer screen?
“My experience was from a distance, because I could not be on the live calls. Amanda assured me there would be plenty of opportunities to connect with the pulse beat of the group, and she was so right. There are many places to add comments and to read the beautiful shares, thoughts, poetry, and musings of the other distant and live participants and also the mentor’s comments to them. And, I was able to offer my input and feelings as well. I felt held and nurtured so closely throughout the whole process, even though my schedule and daily demands may have taken me a bit off course. I was always able to find my way home, to the heart of the teachings and focus of the week.” ~ Janet Gula
“At first I was a bit doubtful about having a deep experience with an online course but I was happily surprised. I learned so much and felt connected to the other women in my group. The online circles were powerful and insightful. I am so grateful for this course and am very much looking forward to leading my first circle!” ~ Nina Mongendre
I’m not sure I want to hold my own Wild Woman Project Circle, is this training for me?
I am already facilitating Women's Circles - is this training for me?
Yes, we have many beginner and intermediate Circle Leaders who join us each training. If you are looking to expand your toolbox and deepen your Circle practice, you will find a lot of value here. Here is what two of of our graduates had to say:
“I have been doing groups for over 20 years. I was drawn to this training because of the content. I got so much more. It was well thought out and the online structure was very well done. It was beautiful to be in a group with women who are all leaning into the same thing – creating intimate, authentic community for others. I, wholeheartedly, recommend the Wild Woman Project Circle Leader Training. It’s so much more than training – it’s an experience.”
“I had been offering circles for about a year when I entered into the training. It was my intention to improve my circle facilitation skills. This training more than exceeded my expectations! This training has helped me to truly step into my heart to assist me in holding the soulful circle I had always hoped to create. Since incorporating The Wild Woman Project into my circles I have seen our circle evolve. It now holds a wild depth and graceful soul that it did not have before completing this training.”
Do Wild Woman Project Circles always happen on the New Moon?
Our Circle structure can support any theme at any time.
In Wild Woman Project Circles we craft our themes from the three main branches in the title:
1. Wild (inside and out, nature, untamed)
2. Woman (all things womanhood, feminine, lunar)
3. Project (creative expression, making, collaboration)
In training you will learn how to craft themes that inspire and light you up ~ at any time of the year or Moon Cycle.
I’m in! When does registration open?
Registration is now open until October 29th at 12pm ETor when all spots are claimed (whichever comes first). Sign up here.
I took Wild Woman Project Circle Leader Training a long time ago; May I take it again?
Absolutely. The training is constantly evolving and we’d love to have you back. We even offer a discount for graduates! Email us at support@thewildwomanproject.com to ask for a discount code & we will be happy to help.
How often do you offer this Training?
We hold this training twice a year: Every Spring & Fall.
I have a question - how do I ask?
Please email us at support@thewildwomanproject.com and we will be happy to help!
Feel the call?
Learn to skillfully & joyfully hold sacred space this Fall.
“I did not want just another how-to or the ABCs of starting a circle program. I was looking for a training that would speak to the intellectual, spiritual, intrapersonal and interpersonal aspects of forming a moon circle.
As a result of taking the course, I have been able to connect with the wild woman within myself and nurture my feminine, creative spirit. Also, I have gained clarity on the kind of circle gathering I want to create – all the fun, soulful ways to hold sacred space.
Chris is an amazing teacher and model of feminine leadership. She is warm, encouraging and knowledgeable. The information, materials, and resources alone are worth the course, even if you don’t hold a moon circle. But after taking this course, you will want to.”
Feel the call?
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