"Once I Love Myself..."
Some say, “Once I love myself, I can let in love. But first I need to love myself... First. Once I’m there Once I’ve finished ...
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Aimee Hansen
Nov 22, 20182 min read
Tears don't mean you are broken. They mean you are alive.
Yes, tears are sacred expression. It's amazing to me that women come to a circle that is premised on allowing vulnerability...and STILL...
Kerryn O'Connor
Oct 29, 20181 min read
Soft Fur of Grace
“Head thrown back in ecstasy, confetti raining from the sky. That it is possible feels euphoric. Am I already here though? Do my...
Aimee Hansen
Sep 26, 20181 min read
This is a Rebirth.
I'm not saying your beauty is obvious. I'm not sure if it's a cocoon or a chrysalis you are wrapped in. Or if what I call it makes any...
Aimee Hansen
Aug 24, 20183 min read
Why I'm so compelled to offer these two new retreat collaborations!
Dear loves, This week I came out of my 16th women's retreat circle across 44 months. Our final circle had no starting point and no end,...
Aimee Hansen
Aug 21, 20182 min read
To All the Names I Could Not Know - Thank you.
When I tell women that I planned and canceled five retreats before the first Journey Into Sacred Expression Women's Retreat finally...
Aimee Hansen
Jul 26, 20184 min read
Nothing is getting less interesting.
"One thing's for sure. Nothing is getting less interesting." Those were my words to my yoga teacher and friend Heather in March over a...
Aimee Hansen
Jun 24, 20182 min read
Even if the landing isn't in sight.
The other day I was talking to a woman who mentioned that moment in life when a woman takes a leap. You know, that leap - and for some...
Heather Rideout
May 19, 20183 min read
"I don't like saying no to wondrous opportunities."
(Guest post from Heather Rideout, yoga teacher, about her first traditional sauna experience at Villa Sumaya) It’s Saturday morning at...
Aimee Hansen
May 6, 20182 min read
"Never mourn the mango..."
"Never mourn the mango while you're still eating it." Once when speaking about how much I would miss someone who I was still near to, my...
Aimee Hansen
Mar 28, 20181 min read
The Three Best Writing Retreats Around the World
The Storyteller Within Women's Writing Retreat were named among "The Three Best Writing Retreats Around the World" by writersboon.com ...
Aimee Hansen
Feb 13, 20184 min read
A Sacred Kind of Defiance
I gathered with an incredible group of women during this recent last full moon. We shared a span of ages forty years wide, a multitude of...
Aimee Hansen
Jan 31, 20181 min read
To Love My Mystery
I've met many a fool, said the moon, who loved me full. It's another thing to love my mystery. I'm as present in my waxes and wanes as...
Aimee Hansen
Jan 30, 20181 min read
The Shadow of a Spell
Tonight I sat with sisters circled 'round a boiling pot beneath a moon so nearly full tub water far too hot the elements have been...
Aimee Hansen
Jan 23, 20183 min read
Lines Crossing Every Kind of Time
I remember it happened once years ago in the most mundane way - what do they call it? that thing, when you remember about love? no,...
Aimee Hansen
Dec 31, 20173 min read
Try This New Year's Reflection, First.
This is an invitation to a writing reflection during this turn of the year, an invitation to honor the woman you are. I wrote an...
Aimee Hansen
Dec 27, 20173 min read
Are You Willing To Be This Open?
Often, between the here and there of places, intriguing things happen. On my way home to my family for the holidays, I had a two-day...
Aimee Hansen
Dec 7, 20174 min read
What If You Let Yourself Choose?
The holiday season had me thinking about something the other day. I remember when I preferred the wrapped, unopened gift. My favorite...
Aimee Hansen
Nov 30, 20173 min read
Why Do I Invite You to Guatemala?
I want you to retreat with me, and one of the places I am asking you to join me in 2018 is Guatemala. I could ask you to join me...
Aimee Hansen
Nov 8, 20172 min read
Top 5 Incredible Writing Retreats To Attend
I'm gonna be completely honest. Every year I hold my breath and wait and see if the retreats will again be recommended in an article that...
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