Hello, my name is Jessika of Soul Mavenhood.  I am a mother of three (23, 17 & 6) and am currently expecting my fourth child in October at the age of 43! I have spent half of my life mothering and have found it to be the most engaging landscape in exploring my soul’s purpose as well as a rite of passage in both becoming and unbecoming.  I am a retired yoga teacher and doula, certified Holistic Nutritionist, Functional Medicine Coach, Reiki Master, Birth Story Listener and self study student of Carl Jung and Marion Woodman via Sil Reynolds.   I’m inviting mothers to be, mothers, grandmothers and those who support mothers on a journey to do their own healing work, create community and build MotherCulture (a term used by the course creators) so we can create a world where mothers are cared for and valued in a fast paced and disengaged society.  

You’re invited to join me for the first of the 8 classes free via Zoom on April 24 from 10am - 11:15am. To receive the zoom link click here and I will email you the link. Read on for more information.

For over 7 years I have studied with Kimberly Ann Johnson, author of The Fourth Trimester:  A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring Your Vitality as well as Call of the Wild: How We Heal Trauma, Awaken Our Power and Use It For Good. She has personally mentored me at different times and I have been fortunate to assist her in a variety of capacities including online support for her popular course Forging A Feminine Path and attending the Earth Daughter’s Festival as an assistant.  Her popular course Activating Your Inner Jaguar has supported thousands of women with their trauma (including birth) through the lens of Somatic Experiencing and Sexological BodyWork. I have had two in person hands on sessions that have been truly integral in renegotiating trauma in my body.  

Back in 2019, I attended her inaugural MotherCircle course that also led me to my current mentor Sil Reynolds, author of Mothering and Daughtering and a Jungian Depth Psychologist, who was a guest teacher.  This last year I took her second MotherCircle course and then the facilitator training this summer.  Guest teachers included Sil Reynolds and Tami Lynn Kent, author of one of my favourite books Mothering From Your Center as well as Wild Feminine.  Together with Jessica Connolly, a mother of four daughters and creator of Moon Daughters they co facilitated the groups and the training.  Jessica has been a guest on my podcast, The Soul Maven Podcast.  We talk a lot about MotherCircle and I encourage you to listen if this course speaks to you.  You can find it on Apple, Spotify or Google Podcasts.

My work over the last seven years has been closely related to what I have learned and it informed my popular group Mavens for Mama in 2019/20 as well as inspired my UnShame My Motherhood Story interview series in 2017/18.

***This circle welcomes mothers of all stages and ages.  It welcomes those who support mothers.  Those who are pregnant or want to become pregnant.  Grandmothers are also welcome.  Babies in arms up to 6mo welcome.

If you are unsure if you fit this criteria but are interested please reach out to me at soulmavenhood.com to discuss.***

(This course is directly from the creators, and I will not be using any of my own professional content.  What I will share is my personal experience and my unique flavour to facilitate the provided structure and content of the course.)

The content below was taken from mothercircle.com 

(click the website link for even more details including upcoming online circles and trainings, this website belongs to creators Kimberly Johnson and Jessica Connolly)

Do you need more support than you’ve ever needed but have less support available to you? 

Are you still healing from your birth, loss, and/or early motherhood experiences and not sure what to do?

Are you committed to living into a new archetype of womanhood and motherhood but confused about what that looks like?

We think we are mothering our children; often we are re-mothering ourselves. Our children reflect our nervous systems, and we’re not sure where we end and they begin.

We are living at a time of renegotiation and re-labeling.

New archetypes are emerging.

What is required of us as women and what we require of ourselves is totally NEW.

Women are finally getting honest about motherhood. There’s space in the culture for this formerly invisible experience. Our safety no longer depends on our perfection and our role-play.

At this time, we can define and redefine motherhood on our own terms…and that comes with its own challenges.

What will the classes cover?

MotherDive

Entering motherhood is an underworld journey often not seen and recognized by the outer world. Learn the arc of this journey, the tools to be present to it, and be witnessed as you locate yourself within it.

MotherCycle

Awareness of our cyclical nature can help us align with our innate wisdom as mothers.. Explore how being in rhythm with the cycles in and around us gives us more access to our wholeness and our power.

MotherBody

Everything a new baby needs, a new mother also needs. Learn a powerful framework for assessing your physical and emotional wellness, and how to tend to what’s needed in your body no matter where you are at in your motherhood journey.

MotherJaguar

The predator - prey dynamic is present in our experience of birth and motherhood. Explore how this awareness and understanding of your nervous system can impact your everyday life and mothering.

MotherBirth

Birth is an initiatory experience that fundamentally changes us. We’ll explore ways to access and share this experience that locates the wisdom that it has to offer for our motherhood journeys

MotherLover

There is often a split between being a mother and being sexual. Learn how to connect with your ever changing sexuality as a mother and become more at home in your body and your sexuality.

MotherWorth

Motherhood changes how we relate to our work in the world. Explore the relationship between your worth and your value and anchor the things that nurture your worth as part of your mothering practice.

MotherCode

We have a powerful opportunity to imagine the legacy we’d like to leave. We are shaped by our motherline and the mothers around us, and we can choose what we want to carry forward. Together we’ll Identify the values that we want to guide our mothering and shape our lineage.

To register please email soulmavenhood@gmail.com to receive the Zoom link for the first class free! If you feel ready to join us and know this is what your soul has been longing for you can send an e-transfer to jessikabmarie@gmail.com or bring cash to your first in-person session at The Yurt. If you need to use credit or prefer this option you may use PayPal with this link https://paypal.me/JessikaMavenhood?country.x=CA&locale.x=en_US

In-Person Local Chapter Location Details:

The Yurt, 508 Duke St W, Kitchener, ON, Canada, Ontario

Online Zoom Details Upon Registration

CLASS SCHEDULE

Wednesday April 24, 10-11:15am, ZOOM / MOTHERDIVE

Wednesday May 1, 10-11:15am, The Yurt / MOTHERCYCLE

Wednesday May 8, 10-11:15am, ZOOM / MOTHERBODY

Wednesday May 15, 10-11:15am, The Yurt / MOTHERJAGUAR

Wednesday May 22, 10-11:15am, ZOOM / MOTHERBIRTH

Wednesday May 29, 10-11:15am, The Yurt / MOTHERLOVER

Wednesday June 5, 10-11:15am, ZOOM / MOTHERWORTH

Wednesday June 12, 10-11:15am, The Yurt / MOTHERCODE

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