"The happiest days are the days babies come" ~Melanie Wilkes~ ~Gone With The Wind~ Unfortunately that is not always true. Birth can be very empowering, but it also can be very disempowering. Women can leave their birthing experience ready to take on the world, or not ready for anything- least of all parenting. How we are birthed and how our children are birthed can have a profound and lasting effect on our lives. It can set the stage for how well we parent our children and it can set the stage of how our children interpret their world.

It is for this reason that I have decided to begin a monthly healing circle for people who have experienced sadness or trauma during birth, be it their own or the birth the birth of their child. The circle is intended to be a safe place to share your story and begin the journey of healing. It is for both men and women who have would like to share their story, or just sit and listen to others stories. I intend on having each of our healing circles to be whatever is needed by the participants of the evening. Each circle will bless, honor and celebrate birth.

The Healing Circle will take place at my house on the second Wednesday of every month at 7:30 PM. (as long as I don't have a birth to attend!) Rescheduled dates will be the third Wednesday of the month. The circle is free form and any and all suggestions will be welcome. It is free to everyone who has experienced a difficult birth, lost or had to had to give up a baby, or those who would like to explore the issues from their own entrance into the world. I will be setting aside this time and space as sacred, and I would love for you to join me. No circles will be held through the summer months. Check in again in September!