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Rachel Bagby’s Dream: Full Woman
We are honored to have Rachel present, in person, the story behind the music for I Am a Full Woman, and to share her life with us, at our upcoming benefit November 18, at the Ruins in Seattle.
I first met Rachel by phone, after my book, Daughters of the Moon, came out. She called me to tell me how much she loved it and to share that she had just released her book, Divine Daughters. I fell in love with Rachel from the moment I heard her voice; resonant with heart and soul.
Years later, my great friend, Leah Green, founder of Compassionate Listening Project gave me Rachel’s CD, Full, for my birthday. OMG, what a gorgeous CD. I couldn’t stop singing I Am a Full Woman, one of the tracks, in my mind, like a mantra strengthening my self-love for years. And it became the only music that made sense, inspiring me to share my images of women and create a project around my photography, to support women world wide, which has now been seen over 17,000 times since it’s release in January.
On November 18th, Rachel will share about her dream, and we will show the video, as our final presentation of the evening.
With love, linda
Puget Sound Community School – How we honor and love teens
Over eleven years ago, Wind Hughes and I were doing a reading of our book, Daughters of the Moon, Sisters of the Sun, at a bookstore in Seattle. Just before we began to speak, a gaggle of girls full of life and excitement and a couple older women entered the room and took seats. Their vitality and energy were clearly apparent. Their faces were alight, eyes wide, ears open and totally attentive to hear what we would say. In fact, they stood out from all the others in the audience. These were girls from Puget Sound Community School, I later learned as they encircled Wind and me at the end of the reading, wanting to learn more about how they could create a Girl’s Talking Circle in their school. They shared that PSCS was all about supporting students to bring what they yearn to learn and do into the school day. Clearly, these were students who loved their school, and felt empowered by their teachers and administrators to bring new ideas and opportunities to the student body and they would be met with just as much excitement for what they are excited about by them. That blew my mind. The girls did get their circle and as I heard over the years, it went on for quite a while. What happened, tho, is far more important. The process of circle grew at PSCS to be integrated into all parts of the PSCS school day. We were just a part of a greater organic process and are so proud to have been part of this unfolding power-with education that PSCS offers. Which is why we have invited Andy Smallman to bring a student to speak to our patrons, supporters, and tribe and share about Puget Sound Community School and how fantastic this school is in all ways. We hope you will join them and come learn about many of the programs we support as well as learn more about Teen Talking Circles. The event is November 18th at the Ruins in Seattle. Click on http://www.teentalkingcircles.org/awaken
To know who we really are…
To fully know who we truly are as human beings, we must own our own inner wilderness.
So often, we fear the untamed parts of ourselves, or simply avoid peering around in the darkness of as yet unrecognized or rejected aspects of ourselves…Myths and fairy tales reveal this side of ourselves in the person of the “wild man” or the “Wolf woman,” the furred criatura.” Yet, to be a full human being requires that we embrace all of our humanness, including that which is not “civilized,” and heal the split personality to include all of who we are in essence. As much a part of nature as trees, and birds and all Gaia, herself. Ahhh Nature.
In Circle we cultivate and encourage the development of an expanded perception of who we are. We embrace the idea of interconnectedness with all living beings, and each other. We practice taking radical responsibility for our experience, our perceptions and the way our lives unfold. We look for the gifts in all experiences. We reach deep within and expose the raw wilderness of inside ourselves, that which we might otherwise hide from. We bring it to the light and accept it with love – that is the only way people can change what they want to change in themselves. With love.
In this post, in support of our upcoming dinner on November 18th with presentations from 7 of our youth serving partners, we highlight the Wilderness Awareness School, which is one of our favorite organizations.
The Wilderness Awareness School offers young people opportunities to feel the natural world that is so quickly disappearing; the world where our senses are freed to experience life, together with others, in communion with nature. The core values of WAS are peacemaking, vitality, nature mentoring, and community. In a time when more and more young people feel their only connection to others through screens, this is a balm for the soul and a chance to knit together both sides of their humanity, the wild and the disciplined, and be the full human beings they were born to be.
Come learn more about Wilderness Awareness School at the hottest party of the season; go to www.teentalkingcircles.org/awaken and sign up to come.
Upcoming Dinner at the Ruins: A who’s who of youth serving organizations in the PNW
November 18th
5 -8pm
at the Ruins, in Seattle
Check out this description of our upcoming fundraiser/dinner – it’s quite a line-up!
Deva Premal Concert
Deva Premal, Miten & Manose
We are so excited to share Deva Premal & Miten, Lindsay Wagner, and the 747 Wing House
Please join us for a very special benefit concert for Teen Talking Circles, hosted by Lindsay Wagner and Francie Rehwald (owner of the Wing House), with Deva Premal & Miten, Manose and Maneesh de Moor… This is going to be a once in a life-time, intimate experience that is going to be remembered for years to come… Join us in Malibu on September 9th and learn how you can start a teen circle.
For more information about the concert on 9/9 go to http://www.teentalkingcircles.org/deva
Sign up for the special tour of the Wing House…
Teen Talking Circles in your community.
BENEFIT CONCERT: MALIBU, CA
Date: September 9, 2012
Venue: Wing House
Address: Malibu, CA
Concert Only: $90.00
Concert & Walking Tour of Wing House: $175.00
Concert, Tour & After Party: $300.00
Time: Walking Tour of Wing House: 2:30-3:30 pm
Concert: 4-6:30 pm
After Party: 6:30-8:30 pm
Doors Open: 3:30 pm for concert goers
Organizer: Teen Talking Circles
Tickets: http://ttcbenefit.eventbrite.com
Details: A special benefit event for Teen Talking Circles, hosted by Lindsay Wagner and Francie Rehwald at the 747 Wing House in Malibu.
“TTC is a catalyst for civic empowerment and community creation. The practice of making safe spaces where young people learn to find their voice and listen with compassion transforms not only the teens but also everyone who then encounters them.” — Eric Liu, founder, Guiding Light
I Am a Full Woman
It is International Women’s Day today! And what better way to celebrate than to watch Linda Wolf’s truly inspiring video, “I Am a Full Woman.” Celebrating the inherent dignity of all women, inclusive of culture, race, color, shape, size, age, religious affiliation, spiritual belief, sexual orientation, abilities, & life experience.
The song “Full Woman” inspired this video and was graciously donated for use by the composer, Rachel Bagby. For more info about the dream that gave birth to “Full Woman” go to ez.com/fullwoman
Teen Talking Circles 