Join Phoenix and a community of women for Re-birthing Ourselves: A Writing Circle. This will be our inaugural introductory meeting. This meeting will be loosely structured as we shall collaboratively determine the order for the remaining sessions. 

For those of you who were interested in participating but unable to attend please find the following contemplative prompt and discussion questions below that were covered in the circle:

Contemplative Prompt: 

“Come, friends. 

Come with your grief. 

Come with your loss. 

Carry all the pieces of your heart 

and come sit with us. 

Bring your disappointments 

and your failures. 

Bring your betrayals 

and your masks. 

We welcome you no matter 

where you come from 

and what you bring. 

Come and join us 

at the intersection of 

acceptance and forgiveness

where you will find our 

house of love. 

Bring your empty cups 

and we will have a feast.” 

― Kamand Kojouri

Discussion questions:

• What sentiment does this poem evoke for you at this point in your life?

• Who are the “friends” that sit with you at the feasting table at present – mental, emotional, symbolic, physical?

• What “friends” are noticeably absent? 

Parting question for contemplation: 

• What lies at the heart of your healing?

In the meeting, we determined the format for future meetings: 

• Meetings will take place from 6pm - 7:30pm on Tuesdays 

• Meetings are bi-weekly -- next session: 4/25/23 - please note session dates in August are tentative due to previous scheduling

• Rotating co-facilitators for remaining sessions -- sign up form here: https://forms.gle/W5tZEmZGMcfUHt7C9

• We have 9 remaining sessions centering the following topics:

• The Spirit (Transcendent/Eternal)

  1. The Heart (Passions/Relating to my desires)

  2. The Mind (What I think about myself/world around me)

  3. The Skin I'm In (Body)

  4. The World (How do I view and operate within the context of 'community' -- locally and globally?)

  5. Little Me (Making peace with the past -- the environments that shaped us)

  6. Me @ present (What does it mean to be a woman in this moment?)

  7. Who I am becoming (How do I wish to define myself?)

  8. Holisticism/Integration of my parts 

     I am open to suggestions on future topics as well

     Be sure to check out www.cosmikplayground.com for group updates!

     Please feel free to reach out with any additional questions: cosmikplaygrd@gmail.com