The “ Goddess Circle ,” is a group for women. It is a safe place to open up and share your journey and receive support and wisdom from other women on the path to self-discovery. Only through change is there growth. We come together committed to change our old thought patterns that have blocked our positive growth and make new choices that promote our spirit's true expression. Our higher selves have a longing to express and live an intentional life free from mental suffering.
The “ Goddess Circle ,” meets weekly and is by invitation from its members. It is a nondenominational group that embraces all faiths, philosophies and positive spiritual belief systems.
I know that thinking positively has huge impact in one's experience, as I know that negative thinking does too. I know that by removing negative words from one's vocabulary can create an opening for a more positive reality. I know that by adding positive vocabulary and affirmations one can really experience change for the better.
I am a wife and mother and artist. I am of no particular religion, faith or philosophy – I incorporate true wisdom from many teachings into my practice. I say that I'm a free thinker, open to new ideas and willing to change. I believe in acceptance, gratitude, love, honor, compassion, peace, integrity, balance, prayer, partnership, friendship, joy, creativity, abundance, prosperity, knowledge, grace, giving and receiving to name a few things. I believe in following the laws of the universe rather than the man made laws that may be colored by personal agenda, religion or control. I live by the laws of cause and affect – that for each action there is a reaction. I believe in responsibility for ones thoughts, emotions and actions – I know that by being conscious of this I can manifest a life rich in all ways. I know that all things are possible and that we will personally receive all we desire in direct proportion to our allowing of this. I believe we are all equal and that we are each a teacher for the other. There is a wise inner voice within each of us that is ready to direct one for their best and highest good, if and when we listen. I have studied for many years, read books, taken workshops, founded groups and conferences. I have experienced great joys and highs and devastatingly heart wrenching lows, and I must say they have all been a blessing in one way or the other. It is only through my faith and knowing that for all things there are reasons; that each experience is an opportunity for growth and change, and that love, appreciation and acceptance of our fellow humans and all creation, is the key.
I plan to offer my intentions and start this group with the knowing that it will become whatever each one of us needs, I love ideas and truly want this to become much more than I have originally intended. I wish you much joy on your spiritual path, I know that “when the student is ready, the teacher will appear,” thank you for being my teacher. - Ali Benjamin
“Within this circle we are safe and our privacy and trust is honored. Within this circle we speak our truth without interruption or discussion. Within this circle we grow in wisdom, love, compassion and joy. Within this circle we give and receive exactly what we need for our best and highest good, and for the highest good of this circle.”
Sharing - We share without the fear of censorship. We open up and share from the heart, knowing that it is a safe place to share not only the positive but the negative, by opening and talking about things it is easier to let them go. We know that there are answers and when we release negative thoughts, we make room for them. We each remain focused on ourselves and our own spiritual growth. We share and listen without interruption; with an open heart and mind, without judgment. We do not give advice or try to fix each other – this allows each of us to reach our own understanding. Through our sharing and listening to others we are able to see things, thoughts and feelings from a different perspective and this can lead to greater clarity and tools for handling difficult experiences with a new approach.
We respect and honor our member's anonymity. What we hear, share and who we see here is not to be revealed. Openhearted sharing is vital for personal spiritual growth and this relies on our sense of security, knowing that what we share here will be held in the strictest confidence.
Guided Imagery & Meditation - This group offers various guided imageries and meditations. Meditation is a clearing of the mind, a letting go of thoughts of people, places and things. It is a deep sense of peace and belonging. It is a place of no-thingness, where all things disappear and one slips into the void of pure potentiality. It is that space or gap between the thoughts. It is a place of detachment from the physical. A place of Oneness with the divine, spirit, god, universal intelligence… How one reaches this is very personal. I will offer you different techniques that I have learnt. I also encourage you to make it a daily discipline or practice. Eventually, one's entire life becomes a meditation – whether in deep silence, doing the dishes, creating art or mowing the lawn – being “in the moment” fully, without the mind wandering is the objective.
Affirmative Healing Prayer – At the closing of the meditation, I will offer an affirmative style prayer or treatment. It is a five step process:
Closing – We close the circle.
Discussion - We often engage in a more lighthearted discussion following the group – networking, planning outings and get-togethers.
Networking & Information Table – All are invited to share information about their business, talents and interests on the Information Table. We also participate in “Change for Change;” we offer a basket and collect money or change, for positive change in the world. Each quarter we send the change collected, to a group, organization or person that we agree on.
Goddess Circle – Wednesdays 10 am
Private Sessions – One on one individualized healing process. I have been trained as a Religious Science Practitioner; I really find this training profoundly useful in my independent practice. Practitioner - A Religious Science Practitioner is trained in the art, the act, and the science of Spiritual Mind Treatment (positive prayer) to assist a person with healing mental, emotional, and physical problems. Often the root of our problems does not originate in Spirit, and is usually the effect of erroneous thinking, unresolved inner conflict, and/or emotional chaos as a result of suppressed or unreconciled feelings, old beliefs, and habits.