Natasha Taylor: Lioness Out of Africa by Mary Walilko

Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Natasha Taylor says she had a “happy childhood, playing in the garden with my brother, going to wild game parks with my family.” She did however remember a sense that she was living in a bubble, and that things were "not quite right". Her early schooling was in a government all-white school, and for many years the only people of color she saw were those who worked in the homes, shops or restaurants. During high school, she felt lucky to attend a private school, which was racially mixed.   click here to read full article

Vicki Lynn: Vicki Lynn Spirit Art

My work is about expression and transformation. I create wearable art, art prints and greeting cards as an avenue, for those who choose to outwardly express who they are.

My focus is on messages and designs reflecting new thought and ancient wisdom, you’ll see designs with spirit animals, massage therapy, reiki, yoga, sacred symbols, sacred geometry, world peace, t’ai chi, namaste, om, goddess and more; the response has been positive and rewarding.

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A Reader Responds

A reader’s response to the “Do Your Work” article.

Thank you for your contributions to the H&H newsletter. I feel more connected to the community with the monthly updates and I really appreciate your energy and work. I write in response to your article on doing individuals work on racism. As a member of the WW community I find it difficult to read this without pointing out that if the goal is increased diversity then the later section “list and change the subject to racism and state what white people need to do?     click here to read the full article

A Warrior Weekend For Women? Why Not? by Leslie Recht

In the wilds of Malibu, California, dedicated MKP and Woman Within graduates are offering a Warrior Weekend for women, staffed by both men and women. The weekend  www.herweekend.org is modeled on the MKP weekend. I have attended many weekends for women staffed by men and women, from Path to Spirit, to Warrior Monk, to Leaving your Father’s House. However, I have always had a great curiosity about the Warrior weekend. I wanted to “know” what the men got, firsthand, and experience my warrior energy in a safe place. So, this April, I set off to see what "herweekend" had in store for me.

I admit I was nervous, fantasizing about how tough it would be, why was I really doing this?       click here to read the full article

All Play No Work: The First Women in Circle Pajama Party by Mary Ann Hartnett

On April 14th & 15th, twenty-two women gathered in beautiful Delevan, Wisconsin at the House in the Wood for the first-ever Women in Circle Pajama Party.

Who knew that a single question posed by one woman would spark a 2-hour sharing around the circle of our sexual selves. Woman after woman, with openness and honesty, shared what she feared, what she longed for, and pondered how her sexuality might be different, better or more. Several women spoke of great healing and transformation of their sexual selves. There were plenty of laughs too . . . as you might imagine. It was a sacred healing balm.     click here to read the full article

Find Your E-Circle

If you’re looking for an Empowerment-Circle in the Chicago/Wisconsin area, contact Melissa Mondschain, E-Circle Coordinator for Women in Circle, at 847.520.7223 or  ecircle@womenincircle.org.

In Next Month's Issue . . . To be announced.
 

Last Words:  
"The fourth shadow among leaders is fear. There are many kinds of fear, but I am thinking especially of our fear of the natural chaos of life. I think of a lot of leaders become leaders because they have a life-long devotion to eliminating all remnants of chaos from the world. They're trying to order and organize things so thoroughly that the nasty stuff will never bubble up around us (such nasty stuff as dissent, innovation, challenge, change.) . . . Chaos is the precondition to creativity, and any organization (or for any individual) that doesn't have an arena of creative chaos is already half dead. When a leader is so fearful of chaos as not to be able to protect and nurture that arena for other people, there is deep trouble.

The spiritual gift on the inner journey is to know that creation comes out of chaos, and that even what has been created needs to be returned to chaos every now and then to get recreated in a more vital form. The spiritual gift on this inner journey is the knowledge that in chaos I cannot only survive, but I can thrive, that there is vitality in the chaotic field of energy." Leading From Within by Parker J. Palmer)