The Artist's Way Women’s Circles
Whether you are a freelancer, entrepreneur, maker, doubter, dabbler, creatively curious, confused or an established practitioner, this 13-week deep dive invites change, transformation, and inspiration - especially for those who claim 'I'm not creative'!
Eugenia hosts The Artist's Way Women's Circles, where you are invited to go inwards to discover, embrace and (re)imagine your creative self.
As an Artist, Ritualist, Spiritual Companion and Coach and impassioned encourager of play and curiosity - Eugenia offers a joyful, honest and heart-centred approach to the text and in Circle, she invites space for unfolding, play and shared wisdom.
Read more about Eugenia's facilitation style, informed by her guidelines for Creative Circles.
“The Artist’s Way ‘ helps de-mystify the creative process by making it part of your daily life. It tackles your self-doubts, self-criticism and worries about time, money and the support to pursue our creative dream. It has already helped thousands of people to uncover their hidden talents
- it can help you, too.’
Julia Cameron”
THE ARTIST'S WAY WOMEN'S CIRCLE IS AN INCLUSIVE JOURNEY FOR CHANGE, MEANING MAKING AND CREATIVE IMAGINING.
Through working with Julia Cameron's acclaimed process, supported by bespoke digital downloads of visualisations and mediations, a community of intentional women gather in a spirit of connection, hope, and creative resilience can flourish.
Each session we reflect on:
The daily Morning Pages practice
The weekly Artist's Date experience
The key themes of the weeks' chapter
Creative obstacles, opportunities, and ideas
Mindful and playful practices for connection and centring
In times of uncertainty, our creative inner one - the quiet soulful self - becomes our guiding light as we search through the unknown.
Becoming clear, confident and connected to our innate wisdom is an empowering and comforting way to navigate change and challenge.
Many who embark upon this journey might be unsure of what they are looking for, but share similar desires:
A deeper connection to our inner compass;
Solace and self-supporting tools to soothe stress at this time;
Answers to the big questions in your life;
Bringing something new into being, change, a creative practice, the unknown and imaginative possibilities;
Re-invigorating our artistic perspectives and processes to bring new meaning to your artistic practice.
PLEASE NOTE: Whilst the language of the text references God, Eugenia encourages you to find your own universal meaning and language for the ideas and concepts presented.
We meet weekly to share, reflect and expand on our personal experience and practice of 'Morning Pages' and 'The Artist's Date'.
With The Artist's Way as our source text, supported by Eugenia's facilitation, we use the book and its practices as invitations into our hearts.
In this way, we return to the essence of ourselves and our truth.
Our purpose is to know ourselves intimately to cultivate clarity, self-awareness, and accountability to grow our creativity, take action on our passions, and stoke the limitless possibilities of our lives.
Weekly Sessions are a place for contemplating the chapters, their primary themes, and their role in our lives.
In sharing our stories and witnessing each others' honesty, we cultivate deeper self-awareness, kinship and motivation to set clear actions for growing our creativity, projects and dreams.
Together we go BEYOND the pages of the book. Drawing upon Eugenia's journey of self-sovereignty and mastery of body wisdom techniques, Eugenia supports Circle members to ACTUALISE their deeper truths and UNLOCK blocks and barriers.
This is an opportunity to unravel the knots that keep us bound in a safe, trauma-informed way that meets you where you are.
Using practices for curiosity, including somatic mindfulness, breath work and rituals for RELEASE and EXPANSION into the innate creative power within.
Don't worry - it's not all serious; you can expect a little humour, irreverence and playfulness along the way!
In addition to the online Zoom sessions, Circle members receive weekly emails that include inquiry prompts to support their 'homework' and membership to a private online Facebook community where inspiration and sharing enhance the process.
WHO IS THE ARTIST'S WAY CIRCLE FOR?:
Hobby-ists who want extended time & a support community for growing more confident in their practice;
Career-ists who have been busy & dedicated to their 'day job', who feel ready & eager for some time to play & explore just for themselves;
Art-ists with an established practice or methodology which are seeking change or contrast in their process by way of returning to a beginners state of mind in a committed and inclusive space for re-imagining;
Creatives & entrepreneurs who struggle to find 'white space' for their own musings & ideations;
Change-makers looking for their next 'new thing';
Those wanting to transform their passive consumption of the digital world into time & resource for off-line creation; and
Anyone ready & willing for the challenge and change that comes with the emergence of new possibilities!
You can read what fellow journeyers said about their experience of The Artist's Way with Eugenia:
"Eugenia, your facilitation of this course has, in no small way, changed my life. What a synchronicity that I signed up for this just prior to lockdown! The process has been instrumental in my ability to weather this particular storm (Covid-19). The course brought into focus some buried fear I was holding in a few aspects in my life. Exercising creativity and self exploration throughout the process allowed me to approach this fear with a sense of fun and curiosity, in contrast to the rigid methods I had been using to "tackle" these issues previously. This in turn brought a sense of calm and acceptance, and a trust in myself that I had the tools within me to address these issues. Whilst at times, I found the book itself challenging, it was in this area that the weekly sessions were most useful. They cemented the critical messages and provided a forum to explore each topic. The group sessions, the exercises in the book, and Eugenia as a facilitator gave me a safe framework to explore these areas, and I feel transformed afterwards. It definitely exceeded all expectations." Aisling Brazel
“You are a terrific facilitator, Eugenia! I have appreciated your talent and effort enormously. You are warm and perceptive and grounded. Coming to the creative circle has been a total pleasure for me, these past weeks, and I will miss it very much. I have also been grateful for the fact that you were doing the AW yourself, which meant that you were ‘in the trenches’ with us. That felt important, in a way, and I wish you all the best for your ongoing artistic adventure!” Lorraine McCann
“Amazing, friendly and professional facilitation… Thank you so much for the past 12 weeks – it’s been a blast… There were so many insights, but I think these were often only realised, or fully realised as a result of group sharing/reflection. And often it was reassuring to hear that others experienced the same challenges, doubts, etc as myself. For me, overall, the experience has inspired me to become less fearful, to prioritise creative endeavours more and to enjoy more creativity and creative approaches to life.” Marianne“I really enjoyed the whole process, I feel it has altered my life in so many ways, some of which I feel and see and others which will happen in the future. I enjoyed coming into the weekly meetings, and enjoyed the emails, I always felt that I could even be doing two meetings a week as I wanted TAW to be a bigger thing in my life. It was beautiful how safe you made it feel to speak about anything and how nothing was wrong and every effort was appreciated. It would have been so much harder to do this by myself and the positive energy that was created brought a completely different element to it. I loved the meditations which was such a surprise for me (I know meditate almost everyday and I have done so in so many different locations where I felt connected to nature).
Before the course I was a bit lost in between dreams and practicalities of life. What I dreamed of spending my time doing and what I valued having in my life did not align with where I was. I felt very insecure about my abilities, I felt like this (being an artist, overcoming my artistic block) is something that sounds magical but that I can never achieve. Now even though I can’t say that a ‘miracle’ happened, I feel that I have a bigger awareness of where I am heading and how I can get there, of what is important and what makes me feel true to myself. I will continue to apply everything I have learned and try to remember the importance of allowing myself to dream big and be honest with what I want my life to look like.” Marina Chatzivasileiou
“It was a really lovely group of ‘alive’ people. I really enjoyed their vibrancy. It was lovely to have your joyous personality running the group. I enjoyed the fact that you were honest when you had not managed the full requirement of morning pages etc. This allowed others to also admit their own ‘failings’.” Phillipa - Phillipa Crawford Artworks
“Excellent facilitation – the right mix of doing the course yourself with us, and therefore sharing your own experience of it, and leading the group when leading was required. Bringing different people into the discussion when some people are less self confident than others… The course did provide me with a framework to help resolve some of my creative issues… Some deep seated things about work, effort, process and product were highlighted, helping me change the way I think about my artistic expression.”
“I gained a lot of clarity about my avoidance and why I do it. It was good to share that and to see that everyone else had similar issues. I had some profound realisations that were quite painful but also helpful.” Jo - hellogojo.com
“The discipline and the constant reflection really allowed things to emerge that were unexpected and the work together make it even more powerful!”
