In today’s episode, I am joined by Johannah Reimer to talk about holding circle for our girls and the female-bodied youth that are in our lives. Johannah is a soulcentric educator, ceremonialist, teen mentor, and an artist of many trades. Trained as a Waldorf teacher, Johannah has been working with children of all ages for over 20 years and holds a particular passion for tweens/teens striving to meet their developmental needs for mentorship and initiation in a culture that has forgotten how to do so. Johannah founded Wakeful Nature & Girls Group as a means to fill the initiatory void for girls crossing the threshold of childhood into adolescence with guidance, ceremony, and community.
Johannah and I share our passion for the healing that can happen through circling and ceremony and in this conversation I get the change to get nosey about her incredible work facilitating girls groups, the impact this work has on her as a space holder and so much more. Above all, Johannah calls for the ‘village aunties’ to step up, cultivating more awareness around what today’s generation of girls is moving through and weaving together multi-generational embodied wisdom.
Tune in to hear more from us on:
Remembering how to be village aunties and engage in re-villaging work
Creating a safe space for younger girls
The challenges faced by girls in today’s society
Working with the elements and ancestral remembrance
Ritualizing the first bleed and normalizing menstrual cycle awareness through storytelling and archetypes
Modeling imperfection and the human experience as a facilitator
Allowing the girls to grow capacity within circle
Experiencing grief as a facilitator whilst also carving the new path for ritual and ceremony
Stepping into our role as matriarchal leaders and how we can move into a post-patriarchal society
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