Girl Gatherings Maiden Circle; May 2022

Girl Gatherings Maiden Circles is a series of workshops for girls aged 10-15yo created by Naturopath Cyena Caruana.

Girl Gatherings aims to
- Empower girls through education and self-awareness activities on their journey of emotional and physical development from tween to teen-age;
- Deepen connections within their peer group;
- Create a sense of greater community for girls by connecting them with other adult women in a safe space;
- Develop self-confidence by promoting self-reflection, verbalisation, respect and honouring of their personal experience in a social context.

In Girl Gatherings Maiden circles, girls participate with their mothers in order to learn from role-modelling. Engagement occurs through listening in a group setting as well as one-on-one discussion and sharing with both peers and adults. The focus topic will change with each session.

Being True to Myself
This is a single workshop where we explore the question What is it to be True to Myself? 

Through structured activities involving thought, reflection and sharing (both one-on-one and in the larger group), this workshop will introduce the following concepts:
- beginning to identify and acknowledge inner thoughts and feelings;
- beginning to identify personal values;
- affirmations of self-worth and self-love.

Working with these ideas helps young girls to build self-esteem and resilience to peer pressure through developing tools for inner reflection and self-directed affirmation.

Activities will engage the girls in mother-daughter, peer to peer and group interactions, and will involve journal work, discussion, fun activities, meditation and circle sharing.

A light afternoon tea will be provided at the end of the workshop.

Workshop readiness
Your child is ready for this workshop if she is:
- 10-15yo
- Showing signs of readiness for personal reflection and deeper discussion;
- Showing signs of developing confidence in groups but requiring a safe space to develop that confidence;
- Likely to benefit from group activities.

Facilitator:
Cyena Caruana is a Mum, Homeopath and Naturopath. 

Cyena has a double degree in Health Science and has extensive knowledge of women's health. She majored in Homeopathic management of women's reproductive pathology while studying with Endeavour College of Natural Health. As part of her practice as a Homeopath and Naturopath, Cyena currently consults with women and young girls to assist with hormone regulation, fertility, addressing reproductive pathology and supporting mental and emotional wellbeing, among other health issues.

Cyena completed facilitator training with Red Tent Australia. Cyena has previously held workshops and events for Samford Red Tent; including women’s circles, maiden circles, menstruation education workshops and Mother/Daughter events. Cyena has also undertaken the Rites of Passage training (Maiden, Mother, Mage, Crone) with Tanishka Moon Woman.

Cyena has a passion for creating sacred spaces for women to gather,  and believes in the importance of helping young girls to embrace their transition to womanhood through positive role-modelling, support, connection and deep-honouring of self. 

Girl Gatherings is a personal initiative that has grown out of Cyena's previous work as well as the intentions and wishes of many passionate mothers wanting to cultivate a safe space for our daughters to experience sisterhood and belonging as they journey into womanhood. Cyena has facilitated a range of Girl Gatherings events, including Passage to Menarche workshop series, Mother-daughter Nurture circles and Introduction to Sacred Circle for girls 8yrs+.

Venue
Yogasol Studios, Ferny Hills; Lakshmi room.

COVID
Due to COVID we will observe a maximum capacity of 10 mother/daughter pairs for this event. 

Mother/daughter pairs will be seated at least 1.5m distance from each other in the room. 

Hand sanitiser and hand washing facilities will be available at the venue. 

In the event of a lockdown, tickets will be held in credit for the next forseeable date that the event can be rescheduled.

Minimum capacity
A minimum capacity of 5 mother/daughter pairs is required for the workshop to go ahead. If the event is cancelled, full refunds will be automatically issued.

Who can attend
Girls may be accompanied by their mother, female guardian, aunty, grandmother, big sister (if >18+) or other nominated female adult. 
As topic talks and guided discussion may include information on pre-pubescent changes relating to female anatomy, it is preferred that only girls and women identifying as female attend. This guideline is to ensure that no discrimination is felt by any participant based on the material presented.

Cost
You only need purchase 1 ticket for this event; the cost is $55 per mother/daughter pair. If you have a second daughter who you would also like to bring along, please purchase the second ticket also 'Add second daughter'.

Refund policy
Due to the limited capacity of the event and the prior allocation of materials, time and resources, 50% refund will be granted if notice is given within 7 days of the scheduled date.

A full refund will be automatically issued if the event has not reached minimum capacity by 6pm of the day before the scheduled event date.

In the event of a COVID lockdown, tickets will be held in credit for the next forseeable date that the event can be rescheduled.

Questions
Contact cyena@highervibration.com.au if you wish to discuss your child's readiness for the workshop or if you would like to be on the mailing list for other Girl Gatherings events.