To empower is to make stronger and more confident, especially in leading one's life and claiming one's birthrights

The 2010 series of Equine Guided Women’s Empowerment Circles: A new inquiry of change leadership for yourself, your business, your community, your vision

" it will take all of us to bring circles back as an integral part of our society. Although challenging, the benefits to the world, as well as to the individuals involved are immeasurable. It is important to utilize the innate knowledge of both the masculine and feminine energy in order to achieve balance within any social structure." Dawn M. Campagnola, on Women's Circles

The 2010 series of Equine Guided Women’s Empowerment Circles is a leading edge opportunity for women of all walks of life to gain unique and powerful perspectives, insights and practices to resolve conflict, generate possibilities, regain personal power, inspire each other and maintain accountabilities together. The insights and skill-building practices introduced are dramatic, transformative and sustainable for all life aspects.

The first required, non-obligatory and free Circle will provide many of the skills needed to participate in an Equine-Guided Empowerment Circle with other women. We’ll meet regularly to:

o Continue personal growth

o Deepen trust in self, other, world

o Gain a fulfilling sense of meaning, purpose and direction in life and work

o Practice effective self-leadership and soft skills

Where: Horses and Pathfinders Center for Equine Guided Education, 6899 RT 100B, Moretown

How many: Up to 6 women per Circle

Cost: First Circle is free with no obligation to continue; remaining 7 Circles are $15 each

Your facilitator and contact: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 802-223-1903

 

Topics of Circles:

• Create a sense of meaning and purpose
• Reveal the power of goals and encourage alignment with results
• Improve communication and coordination practices
• Nourish creativity, spirit, and new ways of thinking
• Develop accountability and collaborative action
• Encourage spirit and see possibility
• Honor and develop emotional intelligence and nonverbal and nonthreatening communication skills
• Develop trust and true team harmony
• Enhance effective, non threatening communication practices
• Become a leader of change, without having to know all of the answers
• Be flexible and graceful in complex situations and conflict
• Learn how to be less reactive, more responsive and consider more choice
• Move into the future with intention, strength and balance

 

Horses have an uncanny ability to reflect the deeper inner-workings of our psyche and sense of purpose. Not even a ropes course offers such unique reflections and insights into where we are being effective or ineffective. Through interactive exercises with horses, individuals (and teams) can refine their goals and practice more effective ways of leading self. Being outside in a more kinesthetic, spatial environment (distinct from an indoor room) provides additional value in helping participants to re-find their imagination, calibrate to their ‘true North’, identify and let go of old judgments and attitudes, and develop their intuitive wisdom.

 

Featured activities that may be integrated:

• Declarations
  
• Sensate Awareness (with Energy Layer work) - practicing 'feeling' as a primary sense in relationship to self, other, world
  
• Mother Earth-beat with Hoofbeats, Drumbeats, Heartbeats - drumming and percussion in motion
  
• Living Narrative
  
• Prayer Stick - Materials provided
• Medicine Wheel - together, women create a larger-than-life-sized Medicine Wheel