Goddess Oceana
Light Up Your Life
Co-collaborative Sacred Space for Women by Women
All women are welcome. Please email to let us know you are coming.
RED TENT 2012
February 4
5-8:30 PM
Unity Church of Central Ma.
21 Cedar St.
Worcester, MA
January 7
5-8:30 PM
Defense-Wise Martial Arts Building
16 Ferry St.
South Grafton, MA
Our location changes, so please ask to join our mailing list.
This year, our time frame allows us to share a potluck dinner together. Please bring a dish or beverage. There are several gluten free sisters among us, so gluten free foods are welcome. Make sure to bring your own cushion to sit on, and anything you need to feel comfortable.
We are requesting a $10 donation to the basket this year to support the ongoing service we bring to the community. Women unable to contribute this much are welcome to donate what they can afford. We are grateful for any contributions, and especially for the contribution of your presence. Thank you.
Contact us for more details...
GoddessOceana@gmail.com
What might it look like there?
Soft music, cozy space, floor pillows, relaxation, homemade soup, herbal tea, hugs, reposing, listening to women's wisdom, getting your back rubbed, stretching, meditation, napping, dancing, reading, candlelight, safe respectful nurturing...and participation is always optional.
We are embarking on a movement whose time has undeniably come. The feminine is rising up to meet the masculine in our society in a way that is new, while breaking away from previous limitations of defined roles and constructs. What I am talking about here is not feminist in the unfortunately negative sense of the word, but a coming to terms with balance and what that means to a world that is globally challenged... to heal the way we relate to each other and the way we relate to our environment.
The way to heal the way we relate to each other is to heal the way we relate to ourselves. As women, we have an opportunity to heal our relationships with ourselves and with other women by coming together in the diverse and colorful ways we show up, and being radically inclusive. What is the Red Tent?
It is an opportunity to take time out of your harried and speeding life and connect with your inner wisdom. It's time for regenerating, recharging, renewing, and finding balance in an chaotic world. It is a place for that crying grieving heart to let loose and wash itself free and clear again. Time to sing, nap, rest, laugh, cry, be hugged, hug, and pay attention to what you want.
Historically women are taught to put others first and to give until we have nothing left. The Red Tent was a place where women went to bleed, to have their moontime together and a place to rest and listen to their dreams each month.
We are bringing back our birthright to have time each month, no matter what, to recharge. Women are intuitive, creative, and flowing...and we live in a society that is often rigid, constricted, and leaves no time for our humanity to be present.
The Red Tent is a sacred space where all women are welcome, simply because we are all women. We will nurture each other, and be nurtured. There will be soup and herbal tea, pillows, music, time for resting and time for sharing. We share our deep unique wisdom in sacred space, learning a new way from each other.
Whether you are still cycling, in perimenopause, menopause, as a young woman stepping into womanhood, or holding your power as a post menopausal woman, we have a place for you here and we welcome the inherent beauty that only you can bring as the only you in existence.
Bring your ragged self, your scared self, your loving self, your not so sure you belong self, your happy self, your wanting to give self, and your wanting to rest self. It matters not. What matters is that you show up...and we will create from there...together.Suggested Donation: $10 and up, or whatever you're inspired to give towards our overhead in continuing to run this most beautiful event.
Our vision is to have a permanent Red Tent where women can go and rejuvenate any day of the year. To that end, we are accepting donations towards the purchase of a building as well. We are grateful for your support.
