Women's Circle Facilitator Training Certificate Course

Explore the history, purpose, and benefits of women's circles, and connect with the sacredness and soul nourishment offered by circle gatherings across past and present.

A women's circle creates a safe, sacred space for women to share, connect, empower each other, and switch off from the outside world in a supportive tribe.

Explore the history of women's circles as ancient gatherings that heal, support, and honor feminine gifts, menstrual cycles, and divine energy, guided by medicine women and their revival.

Today, women's circles foster deep connection, healing, empowerment, and love in a safe sacred space, featuring diverse practices from sharing and self-love to full moon and cacao ceremonies.

Join a women's circle to build community, share stories, and receive emotional support through guided practices that foster deep connection, healing, self-discovery, and stress relief.

Explore the basic structure of a women's circle, your facilitator role, and core practices like sharing, deep listening, meditation, breathwork, and movement to foster connection.

Present a basic circle structure with opening, activities, and closing ceremonies for two hours, plus a two-hour template of timing for preparation, movement, meditation, and main activity to foster connection.

Explore traditional circle rules and guidelines for women's circles, including agreements, talking stick, and a no-advice guideline to foster space, connection, and compassionate listening.

Guide women to share in a circle, creating space for connection, belonging, and empathy. Use the talking stick to manage sharing, ensuring everyone is heard with deep listening.

Learn to practice deep listening and present presence in women's circles, offering undivided attention to others for connection, worthiness, and meaningful dialogue by setting the intention to listen deeply.

Embrace your role as a medicine woman and space holder, leading women through meditations, movement, and self-discovery to connect, heal, and empower the circle.

Move the body to release tension, calm the nervous system, and trigger feel-good chemicals, opening energy flow for joy, connection, and self-alignment in circle discussions.

Guide women in your circle through simple breathwork to calm the nervous system, ground awareness in the present moment, and reenergize the body with slow, mindful breathing.

Learn coherent breathing to calm the nervous system, quiet the mind, and bring group members into the present moment through three rounds of four-in, eight-out breaths, with nose breathing option.

Practice boxed breathing to cultivate calm: inhale for four, hold four, exhale for four, hold four, breathing in through the nose and out through the nose or mouth.

Practice step breathing to calm the nervous system quickly, with held inhalations and controlled exhalations. Adapt rounds for groups, including options like two breaths or hands on the heart.

Open with rituals that set a collective intention and clear space in a circle, inviting connection, focus, healing, and love through candle lighting, breath, and smudging.

Close the circle with gratitude for each member, the space, and the divine or Mother Earth, then share takeaways before a closing ritual using candle, bells, or a singing bowl.

Create a meaningful centerpiece or altar for your women's circle. Choose items with personal meaning or theme, add natural elements and candles.

Explore how oracle and tarot cards enhance women's circle conversations by allowing participants to choose a card, read its meaning, and trust their first intuition for guidance.

Explore diverse circle themes, talks, and activities with blank templates to design your own women’s circle. Tailor themes, timeframes, and activities, mixing self-love with gratitude.

Explore circle theme ideas for women circles, including self-love, gratitude, intuition, emotional healing, manifestation, and full moon or new moon circles; learn talks and activities to inspire connection.

Facilitate self love workshops or incorporate self love activities into a circle, guiding meditation and affirmations to quiet the mind and reconnect with self, self-worth, and self-esteem.

Unpack inherited messages about love, let go of beliefs you no longer agree with, and participate in a circle activity to gain clarity and foster self-love and emotional healing.

Explore self-love as a natural state and use affirmations to reconnect with love for yourself. Reprogram beliefs and mindset, strengthen worth, and use mirror affirmations for growth.

Explore how smell connects to intuition by guiding participants in a circle to inhale scented items, notice emotional and bodily responses, and share experiences after completing the activity sheet.

Explore how connection fuels heart and soul in a women's circle, showing how openness, sharing, and guided activities foster belonging, empathy, and authentic relationships.

Learn five connection activities to foster emotional bonding in women's circles, including sharing poems or quotes, letting go, gratitude or manifestations, eye gazing, and hand holding or hugging.

Lead an eye gazing activity to deepen emotional connection in your women's circle by intentionally looking into each other's eyes and noting the feelings conveyed through eye contact.

Cultivate gratitude as the foundation of abundance through practices and group sharing, fostering happier brainwaves, lower stress, and deeper connection by focusing on what you appreciate.

Facilitate a 30-second gratitude activity in a circle, guiding participants to count red items, then notice blue items and reflect on how focus shapes stress and gratitude.

Guide participants through a gratitude meditation inspired by Yoga Nidra to cultivate deep appreciation, mindful breathing, and a sense of abundance.

Harness the full moon's energy to run circles with intention, explore symbolism, and gain ideas for hosting monthly full moon circles, focusing on release, emotional healing, and optional goal setting.

Guide a full moon circle activity that invites reflection on the past month, writing what to let go of, and safely releasing it through symbolic tearing and affirmations.

Guide women’s circle facilitators to use the full moon’s symbolism and energy to design intention-driven circles that support release, emotional healing, and optional goal setting.

Explore how a new moon circle can manifest the life you want by gathering with intention, understanding new moon symbolism, and planning monthly circles to foster manifestation and focus.

Design your own circle using this template by outlining your circle theme, opening remarks, activities with durations, and closing ceremony. Include equipment needs and reminders for the circle.

Guide meditations in women's circles using provided scripts, selecting suitable practices, and pacing sessions with a calm voice and slow breaths to build safety and relaxation.

Practice a visualization meditation to quiet the monkey mind, breathing deeply as thoughts drift away like clouds, returning to the breath for calm.

Lead a guided body scan mindfulness meditation, guiding breath awareness and sequential attention to each body part from right foot to head, ending with a gentle return.

Guide learners through an extended body scan meditation in women's circle facilitator training, moving from mindful breathing to full-body relaxation from feet to head, ending with namaste.

Set fees for women's circles by assessing local affordability, costs, and time, then explore free, donation-based, and paid pricing strategies to cover costs and compensate your time.

Marketing your circles through free and paid methods, using flyers on community boards and social media to attract women, build a tribe, and spread connection.

Celebrate completing the course and gain confidence to run your own women's circles. Email your full name and the course name to receive your Anjali Academy certificate.