Belonging that does not ask you to disappear first.
A circle of women who know what it is to have been underground — and who are finding their way back together.
What is The Kindred Circle?
Estés writes in Women Who Run With the Wolves that we are all filled with a longing for the wild — and that there are few culturally sanctioned spaces where that longing is welcomed, honored, and met. The Kindred Circle is being built as exactly that space.
Healing does not happen in isolation. The nervous system needs witnesses. It needs to see itself reflected in women who have walked similar terrain and found their way back — not perfectly, not linearly, but truly.
The Kindred Circle is the community arm of The Sacred Becoming — a curated, intentional space for women in different stages of their return to gather, witness one another, and remember that this work does not have to be done alone. You were not meant to do this alone. The Kindred Circle is where the wild women find each other.
Recent Kindred Circle Events
- Betrayal Trauma: When Your System Learned You Were the Problem
By: Ashley Hartman LCSW PMHC RYT-200 A guide for people trying to understand why they can’t leave, even when they know they should. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ashley Hartman LCSW PMHC RYT 200 (@the_sacred_becoming_) By the time someone recognizes what has happened to them — that they’ve been betrayed, abandoned,… Read more: Betrayal Trauma: When Your System Learned You Were the Problem - Puppy Yoga August 23rd hosted by Rising Lotus The Sacred Becoming, and Ruff Draft Rescue
Puppy Yoga: Connect, Breathe & Give Back Yoga meets unconditional love in this heart-opening class that benefits rescue puppies in need. Move through a mindful Hatha flow to reconnect with your body, then sink into an extended Savasana where adorable puppies from Ruff Draft Rescue join you for cuddles and connection. This isn’t just a… Read more: Puppy Yoga August 23rd hosted by Rising Lotus The Sacred Becoming, and Ruff Draft Rescue - Finding Safety in Your Body Again: Inside a Somatic Reparenting Workshop
There’s a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from understanding your own patterns perfectly and still feeling stuck inside them. You can name the attachment wound. You can trace the anxiety back to its root. You can explain, in detail, why your body braces the way it does. And still, your body braces. This is… Read more: Finding Safety in Your Body Again: Inside a Somatic Reparenting Workshop
What it will hold
The Shape of the Circle
The Kindred Circle is currently forming. What it holds may include:
- Monthly online circles — held with intention, facilitated by Ashley, a space for witnessing and being witnessed.
- In-person Chicago gatherings — seasonal, small, intimate. For women local to Chicago who want to gather in person.
- A membership space — resources, somatic practices, recorded teachings, and access to the community between live gatherings.
- Seasonal events — tied to the rhythms of the year, the themes of the wild feminine, and the arc of the retreats.
- Membership to the Kindred Circle is by invitation or application. This is not a large online community. It is a held, curated circle.
Join the Wait List
Be the first to know
The Kindred Circle is currently forming. If this is calling you — if you feel the longing for a community of women who understand this kind of depth — add your name. You will be the first to hear when the circle opens, what it holds, and how to join.