MOTHER’S circles
Local groups of mothers sharing about their journeys
We know how important community is in the years of motherhood. An accepting, loving, caring, nurturing group of mothers that can support us by sharing our journey as mothers.
By sharing with mothers in our courses and training it was more and more evident how much mothers need to hear each other’s stories to realise that we are all going through the same challenges and that none of us are as bad a mother as we might imagine and that others are not perfect either.
We want to empower women to self organise these communities, mother circles. Circles of acceptance, care, mutual support and nurturing. Circles where you don’t need an expert to give you advice because your local women have enough capacity to carefully listen and wisdom to give you valuable insight.
To learn how to run a group, you can join our “FREE Leading Mother Nature Circle online course” and you can accredit to be a Mother Nature Circle Facilitator by joining our “Live Leading Mother Nature Circles online course” which next starts 1/3/24 and is a wonderful experience of connection and nourishment.
Mother Nature Circles are gatherings of women exploring the activities and reflective questions of the Mother Nature Guidebook and using the Mother Nature Card Deck together.
The Card Methodology and Book were developed with Erasmus + Funding (2017-2020) and the FREE course (2021-2023)
Mother Nature circles in Europe
Mother Nature Circle Facilitators
Here is a list of all our accredited Mother Nature Circle Facilitators and we are adding to the list all the time. Do contact them to see if there is a circle coming up soon. If you want to send an email please replace the (a) with an @. Please note our disclaimer at the end of the page
United Kingdom
England
Ana Sofia Lane Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, UK
Website: www.sofiascircles.com
Hattie Duke Herefordshire, UK
Facebook: Hattie Duke | Email: contacthearthlight(at)gmail.com | Website: www.hearthlight.org.uk
Rainbow Portsmouth, UK
Instagram: rainbowwellness | Email: rainbowwellness(at)yahoo.com
Jayne Li Royal Wootton Bassett, UK
Email: lijayne(at)hotmail.com
Naomi Dawson High Peak, UK
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/highpeakmothernature
Jess Lingard Cornthwaite Skipton and Clitheroe, N Yorkshire and Lancashire, UK
Facebook: Pendle Edge Dwellers Medicinal Forest Garden | Email : jessicacornthwaite76(at)gmail.com
Karolina Moore Northamptonshire, UK
Facebook: Karolina Moore PT | Email: mindfully.personaltrainer@gmail.com
Robin Huttunen Nottingham, UK and Bedford, UK
Instagram: births_of_paradise | Facebook: birthsofparadise | Email: birthsofparadise@gmail.com | Website: www.birthsofparadise.co.uk
Mel Jackson Guildford, England, UK
Instagram: windsunrainshine
Louise Ambrose Norfolk, UK
Facebook: ForestSchoolLou | Email: ForestSchoolLou@gmail.com | Other: www.buymeacoffee.com/forestschoollou
Wales
Tomoko Holloway Ceredigion, Wales, UK
Instagram: doula_in_ceredigion | Facebook: Tomoko Holloway | Email: yourbirthjourney.doula(at)gmail.com | Website: www.yourbirthjourneydoula.com
Joanna Bond - Mama Creatives / Mamau Creadigol, Camarthenshire Wales, UK
Instagram: Earthybond | Facebook:Mama Creatives / Mamau Creadigol | Email: joanna.bond(at)gmail.com | Mobile: +447735729019
Lily Rose Sequoia Abergavenny, Wales, UK
Instagram: lilyredwoodpoet | Facebook: @lilyrosesequoia | Email:lilyrosesequoia(at)gmail.com | Website www.givebirth.co.uk | WhatsApp: +447832 258 877
Aimee Loveday Caerphilly, Wales, UK & online
Facebook: mothers_village
Scotland
Rox Madeira Stirlingshire, Scotland
Instagram: trossachs_wild_apothecary |Facebook: trossachswildapothecary | Email: hello(at)roxmadeira.com | Website: www.roxmadeira.com
Guernsey
Tara de Jersey Guernsey, Channel Islands, UK
Instagram: wild.guernsey | Facebook taradejersey and wildguernsey | Email: wildguernsey(at)yaho.co.uk | Webiste: www.wildguernsey.wordpress.com | Mobile :07781122420
Republic of Ireland
Brigid Teehan Clonmel and surrounding areas, Ireland
Instagram: brigidteehanartist | Facebook: Beehouse Arts | Email: brigid.teehan(at)gmail.com
Germany
Yasemin Belkiran Bad Honnef, Germany & Online
Email: yasbel(at)posteo.de
Julia Schatz Nürnberg, Germany
Email: mail@nannaroots.de
Romania
Ralu Dumitrescu Bucharest, Romania
Instagram: ralu.dumitrescu | Facebook: raluraludumitrescu | Email: raluca.dumitrescuu(at)gmail.com
Switzerland
Julia Rodriguez Nieto Zürich, Switzerland
Email: juliarnieto(at)gmail.com | WhatsApp: +41784043582
Alexandra Choutko Zürich, Switzerland
Instagram: wisdomofmy_heart | Facebook: Alexandra Ch | Email: alexandra.choutko(at)gmail.com | Website: www.alexandrachoutko.com
Finland
Marja Nuora Karjalohja and Helsinki, Finland
Instagram: villimarja | Facebook: Marja Nuora | Email: marja(at)iso-orvokkiniitty.fi | Website: www.marjanuora.fi
Italy
Click here to see the full list on the Italian web page www.mothernatureproject.org/facilitatrici-di-mother-nature
Slovenia
Click here to see the full list on the Slovenian web page www.matinarava.si/voditeljice-zenskih-krogov/
Hungary
Click here to see the full list on the Hungarian web page www.anyautja.hu/mother-nature-anyakorok/
USA
Stephanie Frykholm Maine, USA
Email: sfrykholm@gmail.com
“Mother Nature has been an interesting perspective about motherhood and our way of living it. It has given the importance to motherhood it deserves, giving us the possibility to speak with intensity about something we can hardly ever talk about. Lovely and close experience!”
“Exchanging our experiences with other mothers should be part of everyday life. Knowing that I am not alone with my challenges really gave me power. The tools used during the peer groups helped me to express my feelings, this was liberating. I received a boost of self-confidence, quality me-time.”
“The biggest realisation was that other mothers are facing with similar challenges. Dancing on a rainbow between pink clouds is a gift only a few mothers are given. And they weren't there.”
“It was good to focus on the future and to dream, especially during these times when we are lost in everyday problems and tasks, and there is so little time to plan and think big.”
“The meetings were all rich and stimulating for me, it was the first time I started a circle and invited women to participate... From this experience a plan emerged to continue to meet with other mothers, maybe once a month. I would like to start an experience in nature that can be productive and nourishing at the same time.”
Disclaimer
We trust that each facilitator accommodates participants’ needs to the best of their ability. However, we have no control over the actual circles and cannot be responsible for venues, payments, or any special requirements. Please contact the appropriate facilitator for questions, requests and concerns.
If you do have serious concerns about a listed facilitator, please let us know by contacting us at mothernaturejourney@gmail.com. While we are not responsible or liable for what facilitators around the world offer, we take seriously the job of protecting the integrity of the Mother Nature Project.