Goddess Circle

Listen to an introduction and guidance for starting the
next weekly distance group goddess meditation
LIVE RIGHT HERE!
Saturday, 9am EST 01/17/15
A short and sweet message for my goddess sisters.
And a little contemplation about CONTEMPLATION JARS.

The Atlanta Goddess Women's Circle started in August 2014 as a Meetup group.  The divine ladies of our group meet once a month to share space, support and empower one another.  Together, we reconnect with the Divine Feminine within each us and sacred Mother Earth's energy.

 Membership is free to any woman who feels called to join.  In addition to our monthly meetings, we also post other local goddess-like happenings.  You can find the group by CLICKING HERE.  

If you are not in the Atlanta area and can't join our group for our monthly meetings and other events, you can still MEDITATE WITH OUR TRIBE every Saturday morning. 

 Feel the power of a group, no matter where you are physically. 
Join Us Any Saturday Morning
9-9:30am Eastern
DISTANCE GODDESS MEDITATION & HEALING
A Saturday morning treat for ALL Goddesses :)

 One of the most moving experiences I have had as a Reiki practitioner has got to be cooperating virtually with other practitioners to heal and solve world problems.
I recently proposed something similar to a tribe of women, The Atlanta Goddess Women's Group. 

I named it A DISTANCE GODDESS MEDITATION & HEALING.  It is basically, a Meetup event on the spiritual plane. A time where we can each pause, regardless of where we are physically, to offer and receive healing and light from this Sisterhood of Goddesses.

We hold this virtual event each Saturday morning and anyone that is interested can join us, regardless of where you may be physically.  Just join us spiritually on Saturday mornings from 9 - 9:30am Eastern.


TO PARTICIPATE:
In this healing, you just visualize a Divine Light flowing over and around everyone in the group, enveloping them in pure, healing love and light. Send out that warm light, as well as feel it coming to you, for just a few minutes or for the entire meditation.

I usually find a quiet place, with incense and a candle. Lately, I've been listening Kirtan chants by Blue Spirit Wheel when I meditate and love them! www.bluespiritwheel.com
They'll be performing soon and also participate in classes at Candler Park Yoga - definitely worth checking out!  Faith, the studio owner, described the space as perfect for them acoustically. Check out  Candler Park Yoga's site for more info. 

POST MEDITATION FOLLOW UP:
Thank you to all of the Goddesses that took part in the Saturday morning distance meditation.

I had a great experience!

I visualized meeting you other Goddesses along a path - we were dancing our way through a forest towards a meeting place with a Divine Mother in a worn sanctuary hidden deep in the forest. I sent out and received lots of light - thank you all so much!

I hope you'll participate again next week or whenever you have a chance. 

Have a beautiful weekend!
Thanks! -Katy 

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I've got PANTYHOSE on my head and am gonna set some stuff on FIRE AT 3pm. 
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TIPSY TIPS - The Mystical Mimosa After Show

What in the world is that look on my face about???

SHORT & SWEET MINI-SERIES:

These courses are going to be so fun!
Check them out...

 SHORT & SWEET MINI-SERIES:
*6 classes per week
*15 minutes per class per day
*watch & participate live or watch the recorded video. 

I am offering 2 MINI-SERIES THIS SEASON, they are as follows:
THE BASICS OF SHAMANISM:

Week 1: the way of the shaman
Week 2: spirit animals
Week 3: plant spirits
Week 4: the spirit worlds
Week 5: shamanic journeying
Week 6: shamanic medicine

 Enroll for $30 per week for the SHAMANISM MINI-SERIES BEGINNING FEBRUARY 2, 2015
Wanna join us for this experience?
Let me know about you so that I can get in contact with enrollment info:

Get on the list for info on this Shamanism Mini Series Beginning 02/02/15


THE BASICS OF CURANDERISMO:
Week 1: laugh therapy
Week 2: medicinal plants
Week 3: making tinctures 
Week 4: shawl alignment
Week 5: geo therapy
Week 6: firecupping

 Enroll for $30 per week for the CURANDERISMO MINI-SERIES BEGINNING MARCH 2, 2015
Wanna join us for this experience?
Let me know about you so that I can get in contact with enrollment info:

Get on the list for info on this Curanderismo Mini Series Beginning 03/02/15


Have Mimosas With Me

Have MIMOSAS WITH ME...
01/10/15  10:30am EST
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While you wait check out some videos from the last few days...

The Power of Disputing and Replacing

I want to talk about a technique I have used to successfully break patterns in my life that don't serve me well. 

Disputing & Replacing

It's really quite simple, but the results can be very profound. 

First, you name the counter-productive thought or behavior you're exhibiting. That may be the voice inside of you or your actions that are often later regrettable. 

Actually, you don't just name it, you have to own it. Really own it. 

Like right now - this is what I mean by owning it...

"I feel so stupid.  Like I'll never succeed."

Oh you shudder - ugh - how could I say that?!  Well, it's true.  I am naming and owning how my fear shows itself to me. 
And that's just how I've conditioned myself in my head to think sometimes when I'm scared.  When I do that, I hug myself, because I know I'm human and it's ok. 

Actually, what you just witnessed was me disputing and replacing the behavior... 
"When I do that, I hug myself, because I know I'm human and it's ok."

That's how it's done. Name it, own it, dispute and replace it. Keep repeating that for what may seem sometimes like a million times a day...it'll break old patterns and replace them new healthy ones. 

Namaste,
Katy

I swear, I just said ValentiMe's...are you kidding me?!

Helping some goddess sisters out with some awesome projects they have coming up -
 
Fun stuff!!!  Check out the video below for all of the details... or CLICK HERE


VIEW THE POST ON THE SENSUAL TOUCH WORKSHOP FOR COUPLES
If you want to join the COUPLES SENSUAL TOUCH WORKSHOP that I mentioned is being held in Kennesaw at Breath of Life, CLICK HERE ASAP TO SIGN UP or call them soon.
If you click that link,
scroll to February on the calendar and look at the 7th...
there's what you need to get your sweetie for Valentine's Day!
The class is the 7th of February

Manifesting Intentions By Meditating With Art

Here's a quick 4-minute video on making your intentions come to life through the use of meditation and art...

01/09/15 Live Is Crazy Good Chat

Today's 13-minute Mystical Chit Chat was a BLAST!
Check it out:

 If you want to attend the upcoming
COUPLES SENSUAL TOUCH WORKSHOP
at Breath of Life Center for the Healing Arts,
GO TO THEIR SITE or 
call their center asap at 770-726-1347
You can also view the post I wrote about this event:
SENSUAL IS THE NEW SEXY

Here's a few videos to check out while you wait...
View the 01/08/15 broadcast
(more like, listen to it)
 
View the 01/07/15 broadcast.
Right around minute 50 is when a goddess sister of mine called from the UK.  I had the best time ever chatting it up with her. 
It was Helen Grinder. She holds retreats at her 12th century monastery in France. 
I'm helping her with her website.
It's not quite live, but will be soon:
KEEP CHECKING FOR IT HERE

If you want to attend the upcoming
COUPLES SENSUAL TOUCH WORKSHOP
at Breath of Life Center for the Healing Arts,
call their center asap at 770-726-1347

Sensual is the new sexy if you ask me!

I had the hysterical pleasure of spending time with an awesome group of gals yesterday at a healing arts center in Kennesaw, which is in the North Atlanta suburbs. 

To my delight, they were having a discussion on a sensual touch workshop when I crashed their meeting. 
I was like - oh ya, let's talk about sex!  
I mean, hey that sounds fun right ?! 

The primary goal of Breath of Life is to help women feel better,
so what feels better than sex?!

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP NOW

Ya, well that's what I thought, being my crazy passionate self! :)  To my surprise though, I had it all wrong!  Once I sat there and listened to everyone's input, I changed my mind...
There is something better than sex, there's sensuality!

These teachers holding this class on the 7th, explained how there was this whole art of touching.  They showed me specific techniques for touching a woman's skin that will leave her feeling loved, instead of just feeling like she's being groped.  Trust me, feeling groped is not sexy!  A lot of men are doing it though and don't know they are, or just don't know any other way of showing affection and effectively participating in foreplay. 

So, the chat we ended up having was just enough sexy, and a whole lot of lovey dovey feel good stuff. 
I'm grateful for these wise ladies who will be leading this pre-Valentine's workshop for couples. 

They have opened this door for men to show their commitment to making their partners feel good and loved.  That's a beautiful thing and a loving thing, don't you think?
Sensual is the new sexy if you ask me!

If you want to check out this workshop, I know you'll need to reserve a spot quickly. Visit Breath of Life's site at www.breathoflifecha.com for all of the information. 

If you want to attend the upcoming
COUPLES SENSUAL TOUCH WORKSHOP
at Breath of Life Center for the Healing Arts,
call their center asap at 770-726-1347

I haven't mastered the art of friendship quite yet, but I'm getting there.

I've had to pretend a lot in my life. Starting when I was a young girl, I learned to be scared and internalized that fear as my fault. 
I grew up fearing fear, which later turned into anxiety and depression.  My body manifested illnesses that would force me into these periods of sickness, and eventually reflection. 

Once I reached the point where I had had enough, I realized I had found the exit door!

I started to peak into what was on the other side of that door - feeling respite from the anxiety and panic I sometimes started to feel when I faced fear. 

It took a lot of trust in myself before I was able to fully pass through that point of no return. The point where I was able to look shame right square in the eye and tell it to fuck off!

Once I was thoroughly exhausted enough and trusted enough in myself to transform, new and better connections started to pour into my life. 

When I say pour, I mean pour!  It was like the almighty Faucet of Good Connections had popped a seal and just started to spray good people all over the place. 

In retrospect, those good people that are now floating all around me, were actually there all along. I just didn't know what to do with them. 

I haven't mastered the art of friendship quite yet, but I'm getting there. 
I have learned this master lesson however and wanted to share it with you...

To build better connections, it's important to stop feeling like the victim. That starts and ends with loving yourself and releasing any and all shame. 
Doing so, turns "the voices" down. The ones that keep telling you to be scared.  Those fears may echo for a really long time, but there is definitely comfort in their lower whisper.

You will be more peaceful this way and that peace will emanate from your being.  That's the stuff that attracts good friends into your life. 

Our Goddess Circle's Vessel Of Intentions

This vessel is home to the intentions of the sisters of this Goddess Circle. 

Surrounded by angels, the original goddesses of this tribe, wrote down their intentions on small pieces of paper and put them in this container. 
A smooth piece of rose quartz was placed inside with the words of our goddess sisters. 

This dish has been held in sacred space ever since.  The original holder of this goddess vessel was me, Katy Winthrop. I held it in sacred space for the duration of a moon cycle.

The goddesses will be decorating a container for this vessel and adding words of encouragement for our sisters on Sunday, January 11, 2015 at our monthly meeting. 
CLICK HERE TO RSVP

It will then be passed to another sister for safekeeping. The new holder of the vessel can add words of encouragement and read what's there as much as she needs to.

It is hers to keep until she feels like passing it on to another goddess within the circle that needs it.

To hold this dish comes with responsibility and is a sacred duty. You must be careful to always hold it in sacred space - always!  Set it on your alter or close to you in your sanctuary.  

Allow Spirit to guide the encouraging words that you add for your sisters in the future to see.  Pass the container on when you feel the time is right.  

Please contact me if you are holding the vessel for more than two lunar cycles.  We can come together as sisters to help you if you are feeling stuck or troubled.

Namaste Sweet Sisters!
Katy

Laugh Therapy & Shawl Alignment Goddess Circle Meeting

  • I have learned some effective healing techniques in my study with The Curanderos (Traditional Healers of Mexico and The Southwest) and through The University of New Mexico's Department for Traditional Medicine.
    I grew up in New Mexico and Alaska and have been exposed to these kind of traditional healing techniques since I was a small girl.
    It is my desire and calling to share this lifelong passion with my goddess sisterhood. 

    I am sharing the following two Curanderismo techniques with Atlanta Women's Goddess Circle in February.  A free event, to which all goddesses are invited! 

    Laugh therapy - will be for all of us. We will laugh and laugh - then take away that joy and those techniques for recreating it by ourselves.

    Shawl Alignment - during this healing service, we will pick one sister that will be swaddled in sheets for an intensive treatment that takes about 30 minutes overall. We will all take part in it in one way or another. It's a group effort - a technique I cannot perform alone actually.

    I would like to invite any goddess in the Atlanta area to join our circle at my my private practice area here in Snellville for this meeting. I realize it may be a haul for some and I will help to coordinate getting people here if I need to.

    It's just that this is the only place I know that I can bring this kind of energy authentically.
    I have a forest and stream in my backyard that is critical to my Curanderismo and Shamanic Practice and I just don't think I can replicate this anywhere else.

    So, if you're interested in attending this February's Goddess Circle Saturday event, it'll be at my place in Snellville. Please RSVP HERE for the exact address.
    This is a free event.

    Thank you goddesses.
    I look forward to seeing you!
    My studio here has plenty of room for all of us - so bring yourself and a friend - it will surely be spectacular!!

    See you soon.
    Much love,
    Katy

It all started with one simple intention.

It definitely feels like I am starting a whole new chapter in 2015.

I feel like an entirely different woman than I was a year ago. I am sitting here shaking my head at how different I am. 
2014 was a year of total transformation for me, and it all started with one simple intention:
BUILD BETTER CONNECTIONS

I had listened to Brene Brown's TED talk on vulnerability enough, to know that making better connections would require me to release shame.  In fact, I probably watched her video (link below) at least 50 times over the last year. It's just that good!

 So, I went to work on me...
I started the journey by identifying the support team I needed. 
That crew included a total of 2 Reiki Masters, 1 Shaman, 1 Psychologist, 1 Psychiatrist and  3 Primary Spirit Guides.
Ya-it was quite a team I needed! :)

So, we all went to work and voila - 365 days later - a new Katy!  One with lots of awesome friends, close family relationships and a newfound community of goddesses.  

I feel like a ton of bricks has been lifted from my shoulders!  That's a feeling I wasn't even expecting honestly. I didn't know how much my lack of positive connections had been dragging me down. 
Now, today, I stand taller and more proud of myself.  My strengthened relationships with my spiritual guides, had also made me a better Reiki and Shamanic Practitioner. 
As I like to say, I am honestly different and differently honest.
And that my friends, feels really great!  

I just know 2015 is going to be CRAZY GOOD!  
Maybe even CRAZY GREAT!
I appreciate every last person that has loved and supported me throughout all of the transformation. You have filled my New Year with so much hope - thank you and namaste!

Much love,
Katy  :)

Here are some links for some tools that have been instrumental for my transformation. Hopefully, they will also help others...

Brene Brown, "The Power of Vulnerability"
Basically, I want to be Brene Brown when I grow up! Love her! :)

Coursera - online extension courses. 
Every kind of class you can imagine, from some of the best universities around. 

Two books you can find on iTunes as audiobooks:
"Radical Acceptance" by Tara Brach
This book changed my life completely!

"Practicing The Power of Now" by Eckhart Tolle
This book is always a great reminder to stay grounded. 

Calling All Goddesses - Let's Make Happiness Jars together!

A week from tomorrow, a Goddess Circle to which I belong, will be having a meeting. 
All goddesses who are local and could benefit, are welcome to attend this event. 
It is being held at Breath of Life Center for Healing Arts in Kennesaw, GA. 

We are each making our own HAPPINESS JARS.

It's a beautiful way of starting the NEW YEAR BY SHARING GODDESS LOVE. 
Please RSVP here:
You need to RSVP so we can have enough supplies. Thanks. 

We will be taking love donations to benefit The Rites of Passage Experience, Girls to Women Camp. 

IF YOU CAN AND WOULD LIKE TO HELP PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR GIRLS ATTENDING, YOU CAN ALSO DONATE ONLINE NOW

Want to know more?
Check out these helpful links:
THEIR WEBSITE

THEIR FACEBOOK 

THE ATLANTA GODDESS CIRCLE
A local Meetup.com group that holds events supporting these scholarships. 

RITES OF PASSAGE EXPERIENCE, Girls to Women.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR GIRLS ATTENDING

Want to know more?
Check out their links below. But first, take a look at this testimonial from Dr. David Busch PhD about the RITES OF PASSAGE EXPERIENCE, GIRLS TO WOMEN...

"Very few of the young ladies I serve in my private psychology practice see themselves as strong independent young women.  Most still fall for the cultural notion that they must base their self-worth on their degree of popularity and their ability to attract boys.  MWI’s Summer Rite of Passage Camp, get a maturational jump start, realizing that their own individual life has an important purpose and meaning all its own.  They come away from the experience with a leap in self-confidence and connectedness with others beyond physical appearances and popularity.  They are more centered and calm from having found themselves, as evolving young women, walking in grace and awareness.  MWI’s carefully selected staff is well-trained, caring, and professional."

This is beautiful experience for young ladies, I hope you will look at their sites. Please feel free to share this information and help SPREAD HEALING LOVE & LIGHT.

THEIR WEBSITE

THEIR FACEBOOK 

THE ATLANTA GODDESS CIRCLE
A local Meetup.com group that holds events supporting these scholarships. 

At Least Once Each Day: Stop To Smell The Air

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