Circles
Held spaces for women.
There are some kinds of work that only happen in company. Slowing down together. Breathing together. Saying something out loud you’ve been carrying alone. Being witnessed without being fixed.
My circles are small, intentional gatherings where women can put the day down, be honest, and find their way back to themselves — alongside others doing the same.
Why Circles, and What Happens in Them
There’s a particular kind of safety that only exists in a held space with other women. The nervous system reads it before the mind does, it knows when it can let down. That softening is where real things start to happen.
In a circle, we usually:
- Begin with tea, breath, and arriving in the body
- Share an opening practice – meditation, grounding, or breathwork
- Move into the heart of the gathering – discussion, ritual, movement, or cacao
- Make space for journaling and quiet reflection
Close with sharing and connection
There’s structure, and there’s room for what wants to emerge. Nothing is forced. You can speak, listen, move, or simply be present. The circle holds whatever you bring.
The Circles I Hold
Different shapes, same intention: women coming together to slow down, breathe, share, and remember themselves.
Women’s Circles
A space for women to come together around a shared theme – confidence, transition, grief, creativity, the season we’re in. We move between conversation, breath, movement, and reflection. Cacao is sometimes part of the circle, sometimes not — depending on the theme and the group.
Past themes have included:
• Cultivating Confidence & Self-Worth
• Returning to the Body
• Letting Go and Beginning Again
Each gathering is different. The women in the room shape what the circle becomes.
Cacao Ceremonies
Heart-opening, slow, and grounded in tradition.
Cacao has been used for centuries in indigenous Mesoamerican cultures as a plant for ceremony, connection and reflection. Worked with respectfully, it’s a gentle support — not a substance, not a high. It softens the edges, opens the chest, and helps the body settle into a slower kind of presence.
A typical ceremony combines guided meditation, the cacao drinking itself, embodied movement or breathwork, and time for reflection and sharing. Some are women-only; some are open. Held in person, in small groups.
Cacao & Breathwork Journeys
For those ready to go further.
The combination is powerful. Cacao opens the heart and softens the body. Breathwork takes you the rest of the way — into the parts of yourself that don’t usually get a chance to speak. Held as a deeper, longer gathering for people with some experience of either practice, or those feeling called to go deeper in a held space.
A note on cacao across all formats
Cacao shows up across these gatherings in different ways. Sometimes it’s the whole point — a dedicated ceremony built around the plant. Sometimes it’s part of a women’s circle, used to soften the opening or deepen the heart-space. Sometimes a circle has no cacao at all. What matters is the container, not the ingredient. If cacao is part of a gathering, you’ll know when you book.
Cacao Sessions
For women who want the medicine of cacao in a more private setting — not in a group, but one-to-one. Sessions combine cacao with breathwork or movement, shaped around what you’re moving through. Often chosen during transitions, recovery, or when something deeper is asking for space.
Who These Are For
Circles are for you if:
• You’re tired of doing everything alone and want to be in real company
• You’re moving through a transition and need to put it down somewhere
• You miss having a community of women who actually go deep
You want a regular practice of slowing down, in season with the year
• You’re curious about cacao but want to experience it in a held, safe space
• You’ve done individual work and you’re ready to bring it into community
You don’t need experience with circles, cacao, breathwork, or any of it. You need an evening, an open mind, and the willingness to show up.
How Circles Work
Group circles are typically two to three hours, held in person. Small groups — usually six to twelve women. Bring something comfortable to wear, a journal if you want one, and water. Tea, cacao, and everything else is provided.
1:1 cacao sessions are typically ninety minutes, held in person in the Netherlands and Spain.
A note on cacao: I work with ceremonial-grade cacao, prepared traditionally and in modest doses. It’s a gentle, food-based plant — not psychedelic, not overwhelming. If you have heart conditions, are pregnant, or take certain medications (especially SSRIs or MAOIs), let me know before we start so we can adjust or skip the cacao.
Step in.
Circles run quarterly, with cacao ceremonies more often. Join the WhatsApp community to hear about upcoming gatherings first.