The Jade Circle
is a group for women to explore Taoist practices specifically for women.
Many of these practices are described in Mantak Chia's book "Healing Love
through the Tao: Cultivating Female Sexual Energy".
We aim to bring these practices to life - facilitating your experiences
in an accessible and supportive way, in a relaxed, safe and friendly environment.
All women are welcome - no previous experience is needed: in fact
all our experiences are valued and can contribute to the group pool
of knowledge. Our Circles address the needs, interests and
desires of those who attend - weaving together a rich tapestry of
feminine energy, wisdom and experience.
These practices are about recycling the energy that would be
lost through ovulation - instead the energy is used to enhance and
heal your own life and being. The benefits are numerous. For example,
you may experience increased harmony with the processes of menstruation
- periods can become shorter, less painful and even pleasurable.
More than that - sexual vitality and sensitivity is increased.
Surprisingly enough, the Jade Circle was started by a man! In 1999, after seven years
teaching Mantak Chia's Taoist practices to mostly male students, Kris Deva North invited
the Yin adepts of the London Tao Centre to form the Jade Circle, symbolising the "mysterious
feminine".
Over the years the Circle has been nurtured by outstanding facilitators - and visited
interesting places. In 2003 Cathy Rowan and Jaclyn Snyders facilitated a
'celebrity circle' on an island in the Andaman Sea as part of Channel 4's TV series
'Extreme Celebrity Detox'. And once Kris even ran a circle, in Dublin for women on
Foundations Step 1, the only time a man has entered the circle. Anamarta has taken
the Travelling Circle across the land, from Devon to Newcastle and places in between,
and this year accepted invitations to circle the world: Portugal, India and Florida,
and co-facilitates the London Circle with Liz Peart
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