Circle for Pregnancy, Birth and Mother, Well Facilitated

Once a month we gather - women at various stages of their journeys to learn, share and enjoy hearing from other women.

These circles are the dream-tribe-circle experience, where we gather with a variety of ages and stages of womenhood.

Guests include: pregnant women, wise-birthed-mothers (willing to share their birth learnings), partners, grandmas, children, birth workers, health practitioners (specialising in birth, pregnant and babies), birth doulas and women on their baby making journeys!

We sit comfortably on yoga bolsters/chusions and children attending play on our outskirts with baby gates keeping them safe and nearby. (okay occasionally a toddler runs through the middle of cicle!!!! lol)

All participants are welcome to speak as their turn comes, or say "pass" and simply listen.

Meetings are professionally facilitated and are welcoming, open-minded, warm hearted and emotionally helpful and empowering.

TIME:

The Fourth Thursday of each Month from 12 noon - to when you go home! Circle officially closes at 1pm.

Location: A comfortable hall setting with low lights, natural views outside the windows and air conditioning when needed. (the lovely hall and courtyard at the Newcastle Birth Movement (NBM is located inside the Uniting Church Owned, Ex Willows Function Centre at Warners Bay))

MORE DETAILS:

Participants have such a lovely connecting and interesting time and leave feeling light, warm and re-enlivened.

Circles run from 12 noon-1pm. After the meeting there is time to mingle and chat or head home, whatever suits your family plans best.

There is no ticket fee and never will be. This is our gift to the community. We do this to carry on a 35 year tradition in the Hunter set by the birth groups that came before us!

Donate by choice, of course is very welcome! But not expected!

Some mums, in the position to do so, may hand us a donation to assist with rent and overheads. Other mums support us by spreading positive word as our "helper promotors"! Other mums support us by shopping at our preloved "op shop" room. Other mums support us by donating excellent quality and excellent condition clothes and goods. Some mums bring a plate to share!

Mums always finds a way to say thank you that suits their particular love language.

How to Book:

To reserve your spot, contact Natalie by text or phone, or DM our page! 0406 934 645

We do limit spots to keep the share time and connection lovely for all. We also balance numbers to have alovely mix of birth workers, pregnant women and wise birthed women.

Meeting dates and share topics:

Thurs, Jan 23rd. 12 noon start. 1pm circle closing. 1-2 stay,mingle, ask questions. My relationship with my body

Thurs, Feb 27th. 12 noon start. 1pm circle closing. 1-2 stay,mingle, ask questions. My relationship with my mother figure/s

Thurs, Mar 27th. 12 noon start. 1pm circle closing. 1-2 stay,mingle, ask questions. My relationship with my father figure/s

Thurs, Apr 24th. 12 noon start. 1pm circle closing. 1-2 stay,mingle, ask questions. My relationship with my partner/ex partner/s

Thurs, May 22nd. 12 noon start. 1pm circle closing. 1-2 stay,mingle, ask questions. My relationship with money, career AND self

Thurs, June 26th. 12 noon start. 1pm circle closing. 1-2 stay,mingle, ask questions. My relationship with my ancestral birthing patterns, my own birth...and more"(this circle will include an interactive, guided journalling)

Thurs, July 24th. 12 noon start. 1pm circle closing. 1-2 stay,mingle, ask questions. My relationship with my current birth environment plan, my birth team, supporters, care provider and my needs, wants and desires"

Thurs, Aug 28th. 12 noon start. 1pm circle closing. 1-2 stay,mingle, ask questions. My relationship with my birth visioning and birth dreaming" (this circle will include a wonderful birth visioning, guided meditation)

Thurs, Sept 25th. 12 noon start. 1pm circle closing. 1-2 stay,mingle, ask questions. My relationship with grief and loss (this session will include a short education on how grief processes and how grief relates directly to relaxing the body for birthing)

Thurs, Oct 23rd. 12 noon start. 1pm circle closing. 1-2 stay,mingle, ask questions. My relationship with life needs and patterns such as: passive, assertive, aggressive, passive/aggressive as well as reflecting upon: flight, fight, freeze and fawn.

Thurs, Nov 27th. 12 noon start. 1pm circle closing. 1-2 stay,mingle, ask questions. My relationship with my mental health, thoughts, self talk and more.

Break for Christmas time.