Cyclical Community Circle

28.02.2025 13.00 GMT

Donations directly to Goma, DR Congo

*Please read the circle guidelines

A 75-90 min online sharing circle for women and people who menstruate to gather. Come join us, in a space for self and collective care where we can explore our relationship with our cycles, our human experience, and our role(s) in co-creating a more just and livable world for all.

A spacious place where all parts of you are welcome, where you can share your stories, grief, rage, hope, tenderness, joy, fear, whatever is present for you. To be held, heard and to offer the same to others. Exploring our experience as cyclical beings, together.

During this time of polycrisis, we are in need of spaces where we can connect with each other and the wisdom of our bodies more than ever. Spaces where we can be heard without having to explain why we care about each other, humanity, our descendants and the earth.

This is a place for you to be held in Circle with other cyclical beings. A space for embodied practice, for sharing and listening without agenda.

A space where your expression doesn’t need to be fully formed or to ‘make sense’. We can be in our process however that takes shape, together.

Gathering in this way is in itself an act of resistance against the dominant culture that priorities exponential growth, individual ‘success’ over collective care, doing over being, perfectionism over process and mind over body.

You are invited to come exactly as you are, in all of your humanness.

a group of people all laying their hands on a tree trunk together

Circle Guidelines

Please read through these circle guidelines before booking and let me know if you have any questions at hello@hayleydunne.com.

  • Confidentiality - We must all commit to keeping everything shared on the call within the circle and to not share about other peoples experiences here outside of this space. Attend from a private place where the group cannot be seen or heard by those outside of the call, to maintain the privacy of the space we share together. Babies in arms welcome. Please do not take any photographs during the call.

  • Please refrain from offering advice within this space - As big hearted people we may feel called to offer advice to help others (of course sometimes this is helpful) but please refrain from doing this within the circle. It can be a real gift to be in community and simply be heard. It also offers us all the opportunity for deep listening without agenda and to witness one another in presence without needing to come up with any answers or solutions. We allow people to be in their own process without trying to ‘save’ or ‘fix’.

  • Please share responsibly and intentionally about our own experience - Use discernment and consideration for others in the group when sharing. This also means that we remain mindful and attentive to how the systems of oppression that we are working to dismantle (white supremacy, ableism, patriarchy, homophobia and all the other isms) can show up in our behaviors, the way that we share and the language we use within this space.

  • Please respect that not all women have menstrual cycles, and not all people who have menstrual cycles are women - Please do not assume that everyone in the circle has a menstrual cycle or has she/her pronouns and use inclusive language (for instance saying 'hi everyone' rather than 'hi ladies').

  • You have agency - Everything I suggest within the call is an invitation and you always have the choice to sit it out. In this space you are encouraged to tend to your body’s needs, i.e moving your body as you feel to, having a drink or snack, going to the toilet, laying down etc.

  • Cameras on/off during the call - Please have your camera on when we start the call and for intros so we can all meet each other. I encourage you to try to keep cameras on throughout the call if you can in support of each other and to stay in connection. However if you need to turn your camera off at moments to tend to your needs or during practices then please do.

  • We will begin at 13.00 GMT - I will open the 'doors' at 12.50 so that you can arrive and settle in with some music if you’d like to. I won’t be able to allow anyone in after 13.05 due to the nature of the call so do try to arrive on time. I will send a reminder 2 hours before the start time to support with this.

  • There will be an allocated time frame for each share - so that there is space for all to share that wish to. The amount of time will depend on the size of the group (max of 8) and I will let you know on the day so we can hold the time together. If it is a smaller group we may do 2 rounds of sharing or an extra practice.

  • Do ensure that you have adequate support outside of the circle - Whilst it can be healing and supportive to gather in this way, do continue to build support in a way that works for you outside of the circle as well.

  • This call will not be recorded.

  • Accessibility needs and questions - See FAQ below. Auto captions will be available on the call, please email me about any access needs or questions at hello@hayleydunne.com

FAQs

    • Once you have registered I’ll send you a link to make a £10-20 suggested donation to Khartoum Aid Kitchen if you have the means to, but if not you are still very welcome to attend.

    • We will start with a guidelines refresh, introductions and a check in where you can share a few words about where you are in your menstrual cycle if you have one and how it is to be you in that moment, should you wish to.

    • I’ll guide a short embodiment practice, everything is an invitation and you can opt out of anything that doesn’t feel right for you on the day.

    • There will be an invitation for you to share but never any pressure to. If you do wish to share it doesn’t need to be fully formed, or to make sense. This is a space where we can be in our process and be witnessed and embraced as our very human selves.

    • I will guide the circle towards a close, perhaps with another short practice.

    • Whilst this is the planned format of the circle I may adapt this slightly depending on the needs of and size of the group.

  • Auto-captions will be available on Zoom. I'll ask you about any access needs after booking, but if you have any questions about accessibility or anything else before booking your spot, you can email me at hello@hayleydunne.com

  • Once you have booked your seat you will receive the confirmation email which will include a link to make a donation directly to a Gofundme for Goma, DR Congo organised by Friends of The Congo. The suggested donation is £10-20 if you have the means however no donation is too small and you are still welcome to book if you do not have the funds to donate.