Circle for women inspires holistic connection

Kirsty has recently returned to the Seymour area, and with her, she has brought a wealth of knowledge on how to connect women to their “authentic selves”.

Women’s circles, she said, were a way of achieving this connection.

“A women’s circle is essentially a place where women can come and join together,” Kirsty said.

“One of the gifts that we can receive from one another is to be our authentic selves and to speak what’s true for us without feeling filtered or judged.

“The idea of a women’s circle is to create a space where women can be surrounded by other like-minded, light-hearted women and be able to share whatever is on their heart.”

A common story Kirsty knows all too well is that of a busy woman who does not make time for herself, and who thinks she is alone in this.

Kirsty said it was important for women to come together and to discuss life’s pressures, a practice that is quite uncommon in regional areas.

“What I received from the women last night is that it’s actually quite needed, where the women felt as though it’s something that they’ve been craving for,” she said.

“We’ve been trained as women to believe that we can do it all, and so a lot of people do it all, and then it’s the end of the day, and they’re exhausted.

“I’ve been running women’s workshops for a long time, and it’s not just women, it’s a societal thing that we don’t feel like it’s okay to be all of us — we feel like we’re too much or not enough.

“When we actually come together as a group of women and name that feeling for ourselves, it gives a sense of confidence that, actually, you’re not alone.”

Alongside the women’s circles, which she hopes to run every other week, Kirsty is opening a space on Station St for holistic wellbeing and counselling sessions.

The practice, Sage Medicine, will be a way for Kirsty to “work spiritually, emotionally and physically” with her clients.

Kirsty said she felt that it was important to bring a holistic mode of thinking on healing to Seymour.

“(In Seymour) the willingness and the self-permission to say, ‘well, actually, this is what I want’ is not always there,” she said.

“Last night, these women felt that it was okay for them to speak, and that it was okay for them to be who they are.

“I think most of them were a little bit afraid of coming because of the perception that it’s a small town and ‘what are people going to think?’

“When we connect with the elements of nature, and we reconnect to the earth, to our bodies — the earth grows, and she grows so much better when we nurture her and when we fertilise her and when we love her.”

For more information on the women’s circles or on Sage Medicine, get in touch with Kirsty on 0424 281 202 or at kirstygreenshields@gmail.com