“Imagine a woman whose vow is her north star, her guiding light, the faithful breath she returns to in the midst of every season and situation of her life. Imagine yourself as this woman”
~ Patricia Lynn Reilly
In this course, which will be held as a sacred circle via Zoom, Patricia Lynn Reilly will use her decades of work in helping women craft statements of self-sovereignty to lead us home to ourselves, culminating in a Vow Ceremony on March 28.
Vows are highly individual, addressing the aspects of your life you need to reground in to claim your self sovereignty.
This journey back to self has helped women center into themselves in many ways including:
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Cultivating self-worth by recognizing & honoring gifts & contributions;
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Releasing the inner critic & making room for new explorations;
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Rejecting shame of patriarchal religions & cultures & reclaiming our goodness.
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Embracing our inner resources & recognizing our self-sufficiency.
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Bringing forth capacities for non-judgement, mindfulness & compassion.
We are honored to welcome women who crafted their vows decades ago in Patricia's early Vow of Faithfulness circles. This will give us all a glimpse of the difference a vow of faithfulness to ourselves can make in the lives of women.
Some of them will stay with us and renew their vows during our Vow Ceremony.
Reclamation in Community
We will journey together toward a deepened sense of self-sovereignty that allows us to vow faithfulness to ourselves, giving us words and a commitment that affirms our inner truths.
Classes meet the on the following dates in February and March at 7 pm ET / 6 pm CT / 4 pm PT.
Recordings & online classroom provided.
Patricia Lynn Reilly
Patricia has been inspiring women for over 30 years. Her iconic books, poems and trainings have traveled around the world. Patricia's earlier books include A God Who Looks Like Me: Discovering A Woman-Affirming Spirituality, Be Full of Yourself: The Journey from Self-Criticism to Self-Celebration, Imagine a Woman in Love with Herself: Embracing Your Wholeness & Wisdom, I Promise Myself: Making A Commitment to Yourself & Your Dreams, Words Made Flesh: An Anthology of Poetry and Prose, and A Deeper Wisdom: The 12 Steps from a Woman's Perspective.
Vowing Faithfulness to Ourselves is Foundational
Join a group of women going deep together as we descend and emerge able to articulate our essential truths. This reclamation is foundational but never encouraged by our culture that teaches women and girls that vows to another take precedence over all else.
Circle 1: Monday, February 13
Reflection: Turn Toward Yourself
Imagine a woman who turns toward herself with interest and attention.
A woman who turns inward to listen, remember, and replenish.
Whose capacity to be available to others deepens as she is available to herself.
Circle 2: Tuesday, February 21
Reflection: Home is Always Waiting
Home is always waiting. It is as near as a conscious breath, conscious contact with your body, and a descent into the wholeness, wisdom, and truth of your inner life.
Circle 3: Tuesday, February 28
Reflection: The Breath of Life
Imagine a woman who lives an embodied life.
A woman who has returned home to her breath.
Who breathes consciously in gratitude for life itself.
Circle 4: Tuesday, March 7
Reflection: Your Woman Body
Imagine a woman in love with her own body.
A woman who believes her body is enough, just as it is.
Who celebrates its rhythms and cycles as exquisite resources.
Circle 5: Tuesday, March 14
Reflection: Your Inner Life
Imagine a woman who discovers the way home to herself.
A woman who descends into her own inner life.
Who reunites with her essential self and reclaims her natural capacities.
Circle 6: Tuesday, March 21
Reflection: A Vow of Faithfulness
Imagine a woman who has grown in knowledge and love of herself.
A woman who has vowed faithfulness to her own life.
Who remains loyal to herself. Regardless.
Circle 7: Tuesday, March 28
Culminating Vow Ceremony
In this sacred ceremony we each claim the woman we have been imagining over our weeks together. In the presence of sisters, we vow faithfulness to ourselves and hold space for each woman's unique expression of her essence.
Questions? Email Monette at [email protected]
Join the CourseNeed to Spread Out Your Payments?
No problem! We created a payment option that allows you to pay for the course in three monthly installments. Still need help? Reach out to us about scholarships at [email protected]
3 Payment OptionOne-On-One Support For Your Personal Excavation
Need some one-on-one support on your journey to vowing faithfulness to yourself? Two members of our WomanSpirit Reclamation leadership team are ready to work with women enrolled in the class individually using their specialty modalities. Schedule as many hourly blocks as you need for only $40 per hour by contacting Patricia or Shellee directly.
Spiritual Direction
with Patricia Lynn Reilly
With a childhood spent in both Catholicism and fundamentalist Christianity, as well as a Masters of Divinity from Princeton, Patricia brings a deep understanding of spiritual life.
To this foundation, she brings years of work as a humanist chaplain and decades developing her own feminist theology contained within her many books.
Finding Your Voice
with Sound Healing with Shellee Layne
Shellee has been singing, writing and performing music since childhood.
Since embarking on deconstructing and reconstructing her faith in her 20s, she's infused her work with her own becoming, using creative meditations, guided conversation and vocal intelligence exercises as a way to navigate emotions and develop a vast sense of self for creative/sensitive humans trying to exist in a not-so-sensitive world.
If you'd like to explore the revelations, discomfort, joy or triggers that come up while workin on your vow of faithfulness, Shellee is available to process with you.
